Chapter 185

Xiao Feng!

Old Xiao!

We need to decide: Should we list "Old Xiao"? The glossary didn't provide that. But we could translate as "Old Xiao". However, the rule says: Use glossary names exactly as provided. For terms not in glossary, we need to translate them meaningfully (not pinyin). Since "Old Xiao" is a nickname, we could translate it as "Old Xiao". But is that a named entity? It's a nickname for a person; we could treat it as a name. However, the instruction says: "List every NAMED entity / coined term in these lines: characters (incl. the protagonist & minor ones), places, sects/clans/factions/peoples, official & sect ranks/titles, techniques, cultivation realms/pills/treasures, named beasts/items, fan-fiction names." So "Old Xiao" is a character reference, thus a named entity. Should we include "Old Xiao"? Probably yes.

But we need to check if we should output pinyin for names. The glossary says for a person's actual name we use capitalized pinyin. For nicknames habitually used as that person's name, we also use pinyin. However, "Old Xiao" is not a formal name but a nickname. The rule: "Use Hanyu Pinyin ONLY for a person's actual name (personal name — including a nickname, childhood name, courtesy name, or epithet habitually used as that person's name: nickname, courtesy name, childhood name, epithet) and for place-names that are a bare surname/meaningless proper noun." So if "Old Xiao" is a nickname habitually used, we should use pinyin: Lao Xiao? Actually "Old Xiao" would be "Lao Xiao". But we need to decide if it's habitually used. In the line, teammates shout "Old Xiao!" as a familiar address. It's likely a nickname. So we could output "Lao Xiao". However, the glossary didn't give that. The instruction says reuse the exact English from the glossary above for terms already listed. If none found: 【】.

Thus we need to decide whether to include "Lao Xiao" in glossary. Since it's not in the provided glossary, we need to add it if it appears. The glossary list should include every named entity that appears in these lines. So we should include "Lao Xiao". However, we need to follow the rule: "Use glossary names exactly as provided." That applies to terms already listed in the glossary above (the provided glossary). For terms not in that glossary, we need to translate them (not pinyin unless it's a person's name). Since it's a person's nickname, we should use pinyin. So we would output "Lao Xiao". But we need to check if we should capitalize each part? Typically pinyin names are capitalized: Lao Xiao.

Now, other names:

What the hell is going on?

At this moment, the teammates were all dumbfounded.

Xiao Feng was actually caught by the boss—what kind of thing is this?

Without giving them time to think, the mermaid boss glanced at everyone, let out a cold snort, "You're all lackeys of the Sea God—go die!"

Then, with a flick of her hand, towering waves surged, instantly killing all 49 team members at full health.

Damn, what's going on now?

A group of people revived outside the lair of the hornless dragon.

Nasha, the illegitimate daughter of the Sea God.

Now, other names:

The change came too fast; they simply didn't realize what had happened!

Xiao Feng didn't come back.

At this moment, Xiao Feng kept falling without stopping, plunging into the deep water.

He couldn't breathe; the game's "swimming" skill requires learning, and this had already gone beyond swimming—it was deep diving.

"Xiao Feng, how are you?" Lucky Meow asked in the team.

Xiao Feng could receive the message. He wanted to reply, but he couldn't move, couldn't even speak, his head buzzing, feeling as if trapped in a nightmare.

Are you in pain?

Then it's right!

I will make you taste every torment I have endured, and let you know how wicked the god you believe in is!

The voice of Nasha, the Sea God's illegitimate daughter, filled with hatred, came from beside his ear.

Xiao Feng really wanted to retort, "If you hate him so much, why don't you go beat him up instead of telling me what's the point?"

But he felt that saying such a thing was really weak, not his style.

Moreover... he couldn't even speak right now!

Blade!

The Sea God's illegitimate daughter let out a low shout.

The next moment, Xiao Feng felt as if his body were being cut, with countless tiny knives sawing back and forth inside him, pain so intense it felt like he was dying and coming back.

Holy shit, that hurts!

Xiao Feng was speechless.

Can't die, can't run away—what the hell is this?

Log off, log off—I didn't come here to suffer!

The game's perception is too realistic; normally when blown up by magic you can still prepare somewhat, but this kind of immobilizing pain is truly torturous.

Xiao Feng wanted to log off.

I didn't expect the system to prompt: currently in a special environment, unable to log off.

"What the fuck??" Xiao Feng's head instantly swelled.

This game is amazing!

This boss is toxic!

Damn, I just don't believe it!

Repeated losses aroused Xiao Feng's competitive spirit.

He is a top-tier player with a ten-thousandfold amplification talent; when has he ever been treated like this by a boss?

Even if he encounters a boss he can't beat, it's just a lack of survival ability; dying is just dying, he doesn't care.

But torturing people like this is too much! Don't players know they're like gods?

We need to find a way to break free!

This Eternal Imprisonment is overpowered--it can't be dispelled, and its duration seems infinite, totally unreasonable.

He tried instant-casting various skills, scrolling through his entire skill bar.

But now he can't use any of them, not even town return scrolls or home keys.

At this moment, the only thing he can move is his brain.

Right, willpower!

Xiao Feng suddenly realized he still had one usable ability.

Willpower is consciousness; using willpower to cast spells requires no staff or shouting skill names--just a thought and it appears.

Recalling his recent experience casting fireball at La Luo Na Er, Xiao Feng desperately meditated, gathering the surrounding elemental forces.

Fire element, fire element, fire element...

Wrong, this is deep water--where did the fire element come from!

Water element, water element, water element...

He tensed his mind, focusing with all his strength.

-1000 -> numeric.

-1000

-1000

Due to suffocation, his HP has begun to gradually decrease; this damage cannot be offset by shields.

Xiao Feng noticed he was losing HP, and felt relieved, knowing that once his HP hits zero he'll die and can respawn--also a way to escape.

However, the next second.

+100000

The Sea God's Illegitimate Daughter actually gave him a healing spell, and his HP is full again!

"Damn!"

Xiao Feng nearly fainted from anger.

Seeing the boss was determined to torture him, he stopped thinking and focused entirely on sensing elemental power.

Previously, sensing the fire element was mainly thanks to La Luo Na Er's divine embryo assisting him.

Now he has no external help to rely on; he can only rely on himself!

What is the water element?

Xiao Feng was thinking.

The intangible thing that can produce fire is the fire element; the natural thing that can form water is the water element.

And since he is in the water, it can be said that his entire surroundings are solidified water element, present everywhere.

He tried to use his willpower to sense this water, wanting to mobilize it.

At first there was no effect; he couldn't feel anything.

But after several attempts, he gradually found some inspiration, a sense of consciousness spreading out, touching some floating objects.

"Is this the water element?"

He seemed to 'see' countless soft, tiny factors surrounding him, infinite in all directions, unimaginably many.

These tiny factors are the solidified water element, real water.

Perhaps… it's that thing whose chemical formula is H2O!

"How can I use the water element to create a realm ice arrow and instantly kill the boss?" Xiao Feng thought of a problem.

But he immediately denied it himself.

Damn, he's just learning to walk, yet he wants to reach the realm—absolutely impossible!

Better think about how to escape!

The boss's 'Eternal Imprisonment' skill also seemed to be made of water element; he tried to sense the bubble film on his body surface and analyze it.

This sensation truly revealed a layer of extremely tough, densely packed water element cluster!

It was like loose soil being constantly compressed and forged into a hard mud brick!

"I think I understand…"

Xiao Feng's heart stirred; he sent out his willpower, establishing a connection with the confinement layer on his body surface.

Then, he exerted his consciousness fully, pushing it open!

Pop~

It sounded like bubbles bursting.

The water bubble imprisoning Xiao Feng was broken by him!

"What? How is this possible!"

The mermaid boss, sensing something odd, let out a cry of surprise.

Without waiting for her to think, Xiao Feng's freed right hand gripped the staff, its tip pressing against her huge forehead.

She had been beside him all along, trying to closely enjoy Xiao Feng's pained appearance.

This conveniently helped Xiao Feng!

"Cold! Ice! Arrow!"

Without hesitation or thought, Xiao Feng directly unleashed his strongest single-target skill.

Pfft~

The ice arrow floated at the staff's tip, not yet fully formed, and sank into the boss's skull.

"Ah!!"

"Damn it!"

"My head, my head hurts so much..."

The mermaid boss never dreamed she would be held by the head and hit with a realm skill.

A single ice arrow, at zero distance, pierced her skull and drilled into her brain.

In less than a second, her consciousness began to scatter.

-642929999

The huge number of lethal damage floated in the lake water.

"No, no, I can't die..."

"I haven't taken revenge on that old thing yet!"

"I can't, I..."

Sea God's Illegitimate Daughter Na Sha struggled in the water.

Her consciousness slowly dissipated, and her body gradually stiffened.

【Ding~ You defeated the level 180 mythic leader Sea God's Illegitimate Daughter Na Sha, gaining 57,950 prestige!】

【You alone defeated the mythic leader Sea God's Illegitimate Daughter Na Sha, gaining 266,400,000 experience!】

Xiao Feng heard the system prompt; the number 6 boss of the Lost Land was finally slain.

He swallowed all the experience himself; the other teammates revived and went away, too far to get any share.

-1000

-1000

The drowning damage appeared again; he didn't want, after finally killing the boss, to end up drowning in the water.

He quickly used the previous method, sensing the water element and mobilizing it to push himself toward the water surface.

The dungeon monster gave double experience; with 260 million experience, his level rose to 172, and his attributes grew a little more.

Back on the water surface, Xiao Feng gulped fresh air; the painful feeling from just now was finally over.

Looking toward the shore, his teammates were nowhere nearby; they were inquiring about his condition on the team channel.

Moreover, the items dropped by the boss after its death were all lying where they had just fought, not sunk to the lake bottom.

"There's still quite a lot of stuff."

Xiao Feng saw a large pile of gold coins and red items by the lake, and he felt a little relieved.

He slowly swam back to shore, about to reply to his teammates' messages.

But his eyes suddenly caught sight of something glittering with colorful light in the pile of gold coins!

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