[{"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-29":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},1618104,2083,"Chapter 29: Fight to the Death","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-29",29,"\u003Cp>A grim look flashed in Lin Ye’s eyes. He twisted his body at the last possible second, avoiding a vital spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PSHCHT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp panther claws dug viciously into his left shoulder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An agonizing, soul-tearing pain shot through him. Lin Ye let out a muffled grunt as the immense force sent him stumbling forward. Three gashes, so deep the bone was visible, were brutally torn open from his left shoulder to his back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, blood stained half his body red!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The excruciating pain coursed through his body like an electric current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under that single swipe, Lin Ye’s Life Value plummeted by nearly 150 points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t stop. That last-second dodge was a calculated sacrifice of his left shoulder, made when he knew he couldn’t avoid the attack completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An injury there would only cause him to lose blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t affect his mobility in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye could feel his temples throbbing wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no doubt that if the panther’s claws had slashed across his throat just now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—he would already be a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment between life and death, a massive surge of adrenaline allowed Lin Ye to temporarily suppress the sluggishness brought on by the intense pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used the forward momentum to roll, then sprinted for the rooftop without a backward glance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As large amounts of blood splattered behind him, the panther’s pursuit grew even more frantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It abandoned all pretense of subtlety, smashing through every obstacle in its path in the most savage way possible as it chased Lin Ye in a straight line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye burst onto the rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold night wind hit him head-on, clearing his mind, which had grown dizzy from blood loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any hesitation, he took a running start and leaped from the edge of the six-story-high rooftop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The howling wind rushed past his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body slammed heavily into the small mountain of discarded mattresses and sofa stuffing he had prepared below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive impact still made his Qi and Blood churn, and he saw stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn’t worry about that; he immediately scrambled out of the garbage pile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost at the same instant he landed, the mutant black panther leaped down from the rooftop after him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its massive body cut a trajectory through the air like a bolt of black lightning, landing with a destructive aura and a deafening CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what greeted it wasn’t the corpse of its prey, but the acrid smell of gasoline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it landed, Lin Ye threw a lighter he had prepared beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single spark flared in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the panther’s landing spot as the epicenter, a circle of ground that Lin Ye had doused in gasoline instantly erupted in a raging inferno!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gasoline ignited the flammable materials Lin Ye had set up nearby, and a wall of fire shot into the sky, forming a massive ring that trapped the panther squarely in the middle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames quickly caught on the mutant panther’s glossy, black-satin fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AWOOO—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shrill, agonizing roar echoed through the night sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intense, burning pain made the panther instinctively roll on the ground within the circle of fire, but it couldn’t completely extinguish the flames on its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye stood outside the ring of fire, panting heavily, his face pale from blood loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, instead of staying, Lin Ye took advantage of the precious time the fire trap had bought him and continued to flee!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye sprinted toward the final escape route he had left for himself 200 meters away—a sewer entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ROAR—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A booming sound came from behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye knew it was the panther. Realizing it couldn’t put out the fire on its body, it had forcibly broken through the ring of flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lin Ye had guessed, the panther had charged out of the fiery encirclement, risking even more severe burns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it had paid the price of its right eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its remaining good left eye was filled with endless fury as it began to search for the cunning human who had brought it to this wretched state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye lifted an extremely well-hidden manhole cover and dove in without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a narrow pipe, only wide enough for one person to pass through, and filled with a nauseating stench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the smell, he quickly crawled for a dozen or so meters, then found a corner and stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed his ear against the cold pipe wall, listening quietly for any sound from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye felt as though his own heartbeat was a clap of thunder, hammering in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere was tense to the extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed, second by second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s notification sound echoed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Host has been detected as out of combat!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boss Mechanism: Healing out of combat has been triggered!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warm and powerful life force surged from deep within his body, flowing rapidly to the wound on his left shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three gashes, deep enough to expose bone, began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. Flesh and blood regenerated, leaving not even a single scar behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just over ten seconds, the Life Value he had lost from his injuries was restored to full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye let out a long, turbid breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had seriously wounded the panther.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye was certain that with its vitality, it wouldn’t die so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, with its beastly sense of smell, it would find this place sooner or later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Lin Ye feared even more was that after all the effort he’d gone through, the panther would just run away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to trick it again would be nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I have to take the initiative!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the narrow pipe, Lin Ye slowly inched his way back toward the manhole cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was still two or three meters away from the cover, Lin Ye froze, held his breath, and listened intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Ye didn’t let his guard down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he used the long staff in his hand to suddenly shove the manhole cover aside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ROAR—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, a claw glinting with a cold light shot inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long staff in Lin Ye’s hand was instantly knocked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a massive panther head—half its face charred black from the fire—lunged down through the manhole!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its single, uninjured eye glowed with a menacing green light in the darkness, locking onto Lin Ye deep inside the pipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hatred and killing intent were almost tangible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It roared, trying to squeeze its entire body into the narrow pipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye suppressed the fear in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the final trap he had prepared for the panther.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pipe’s diameter was just right to get its wide shoulders stuck, leaving it unable to advance or retreat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this terrain, its speed and agility would be completely nullified!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the power it unleashed in its death throes was terrifying to Lin Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A single swipe of its claw can crack the inner wall of the pipe!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Such terrifying power!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye knew there was no time to delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he dragged this out any longer, he would be the one sealing his own escape route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye picked up his staff and, holding nothing back, poured all the power of his Qi and Blood into his arms. The staff in his hands became like a Poison Dragon Drill piercing the darkness as he viciously thrust it toward the panther’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SQUELCH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff accurately pierced the socket of the panther’s burned-out right eye!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AWOOO—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panther let out a shriek more piercing than any before. The agony sent it into a frantic struggle, its sharp claws gouging horrifying trenches into the walls around the manhole!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having landed a successful blow, Lin Ye didn’t press his advantage, immediately pulling back the staff and retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled thud echoed as the panther actually managed to force the front half of its body inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that brief instant, several eerie, blue, unknown crystals bizarrely grew from its front claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the influence of these crystals, Lin Ye’s pupils contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the panther’s front claws miraculously extend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this extension that allowed the claw to suddenly slam into Lin Ye’s chest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tremendous force struck him, sending him sliding back several meters inside the pipe. His arms went numb, and his chest became a mess of mangled flesh and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There’s no time to use Healing out of combat now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye made an instant judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I retreat and run deeper into the pipe...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...then the panther will just break through this narrow space, and I’ll be the one to die in the end.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The searing pain completely ignited the ferocity buried deep in Lin Ye’s bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of retreating, he advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a man possessed, he relentlessly stabbed with the long staff in his hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SQUELCH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SQUELCH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ROAR—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the narrow pipe, flesh and blood flew everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trading injury for injury!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trading life for life!\u003C\u002Fp>",1535,"2026-06-06T10:31:47.603Z",1,"novelbin.me","af43c80f800823ae42fa9983adcf5dba101cf3f6a05cac043f1a2897f3162366","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-30","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-28",250,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-cover.jpg"]