[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed":3,"chapter-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-136":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","How Do We Play If This Boss Isn't Nerfed?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1618161,2083,"Chapter 136 - 111: Testing Skills 4","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-136",136,"\u003Cp>He didn’t want his ranked journey to become a boring series of games where his opponents surrendered the moment they entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye clicked \"Match\" again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, his matched opponent was a female assassin wielding two daggers, who looked incredibly agile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank: Silver III.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Battle Start!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, his opponent wasn’t scared into surrendering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the countdown ended, her figure flickered, transforming into an afterimage as she cut in from an extremely tricky angle toward Lin Ye’s rear flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was fast—definitely an expert among ordinary prospective Martial Artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Lin Ye’s dynamic vision, her every move was like a slow-motion shot, slowed down tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riddled with openings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye didn’t even move his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just flicked his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black spear in his hand, though launched second, struck first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tip of the spear drew a perfectly straight black line through the air, precisely striking an inevitable point on the female assassin’s forward path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>POP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female assassin’s figure froze mid-air, then dissolved into a shower of light particles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have won the match!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An instant kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye retracted his spear, remaining silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found that even with [Crush] turned off, the result wasn’t much different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current base stats were just too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So high they were completely beyond the comprehension of players at this rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strength, agility, reaction speed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A complete, all-around crush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people weren’t even qualified to be his training dummies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without giving it much more thought, Lin Ye queued for another match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third match: an instant kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth match: an instant kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next hour, Lin Ye’s ranked matches turned into a one-sided slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single fight lasted longer than five seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single opponent could withstand more than one move from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two lines of text alternated endlessly on his screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have won the match!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Searching for your next match...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His winning streak was accumulating at a terrifying rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「One hour later.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations! Your rank has been promoted to Gold IV!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye glanced at the time and continued with a blank expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Match, load, instant kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tedious, but efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Two more hours passed.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lin Ye once again sent a Platinum-ranked opponent flying with his spear, the system’s pleasant notification tone finally sounded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations! Your rank has been promoted to Platinum I!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he knew it, Lin Ye had reached the highest rank in the Prospective Martial Artist division of *Martial Arts Peak*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped matching and opened the leaderboards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he looked at the main leaderboard for his server, [Prospective Martial Artist Division - Area 11451].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This list displayed the top 300 players on this server from all over the Great Xia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye’s ID—Goblin Soldier—was starkly displayed in fifth place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye switched the filter and opened the local leaderboard for his city, Dongjiang City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This leaderboard was a more direct reflection of his standing among his peers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye remembered clearly that his name had previously been ranked below a thousand, completely unnoticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, his rank had shot up to twenty-first in the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye’s gaze slowly drifted upward, toward the names at the very top of the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top five players in Dongjiang City were all Platinum I, without exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that the ranks in the Prospective Martial Artist division could no longer serve as an accurate measure of their strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current rankings were more of a composite score based on their win rates, hidden MMR, and even their records in the higher-tier official Martial Artist divisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye’s gaze finally settled on the ID at the very top of the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the myths and legends of the Great Xia, Wang Shu was also a representative of the moon god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I’m not mistaken, this \"Blood Moon\" must be Xue Wangshu himself.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye opened his match history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Longest winning streak: 69 wins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His last virtual competition in the Prospective Martial Artist division was two months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he could no longer find any worthy opponents in this division.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Over three hours of tedious smurfing hadn’t been for nothing, after all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current rank and hidden MMR were now high enough to be matched against opponents on the same level as the top geniuses in Dongjiang City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, because of his terrifying winning streak and nearly unbeatable win rate, the system, in an attempt to \"balance\" him, would now match him with opponents even stronger than those geniuses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This was exactly what he wanted.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming he was about to step into the true realm of genius-level battles, Lin Ye made a final micro-adjustment to his health distribution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reset the health ratio for P1 and P2 to 1,000 \u002F 10,998.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All preparations were complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye clicked the ranked match button once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his rank and hidden MMR skyrocketed, the time it took to find a match became noticeably longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seconds ticked by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than three minutes, the \"Match Found\" notification finally chimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Match Found!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Loading map: Suspended Arena]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light and shadow shifted, and Lin Ye’s figure materialized on a circular platform constructed of pure white metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The platform floated above a sea of clouds, surrounded by an endless sky, offering an incredibly vast field of view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And across from him, another figure, also holding a spear, slowly materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Platinum I] Goblin Soldier VS [Platinum I] DealWithIt!\u003C\u002Fp>",914,"2026-06-06T10:31:47.882Z",1,"novelbin.me","927f5e4218dface51e12218c7c300b6fb5f48b2b9cad7e71a43d20f3cecf7ddd","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-137","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-135",250,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-cover.jpg"]