Chapter 187

He had already prepared himself, ready to battle the No. 8 boss for three hundred rounds, even nearly winning after dying a few times.

I never expected there to be such a strange boss in this dungeon.

Xiao Dao gathered a few pieces of rock material near the No. 8 boss, then everyone retraced their steps back to the vicinity of the Guardian Hundun's nest.

As soon as he saw the Hundun, Xiao Feng asked, "Little Hundun, what's the deal with the old 8 around here? Why does he run off without even fighting?"

The Hundun climbed up from the ground and laughed, "He's not a prisoner of the Lost Land, so he's not bound by these rules—of course he can choose not to fight you."

Xiao Feng blinked, "What do you mean? Isn't he the boss here?"

His HP looks somewhat like a player character, but a level of 277 is way too high—there's no such person on the Blue Star War Zone rankings at all!

The Hundun explained, "The No. 8 leader you mentioned was originally a mass of mist among the mountains, named 【Evil Qi Demon Cloud】, its strength somewhat greater than that of a ten-thousand-year-old banyan tree. But after that person arrived, he directly subdued the Evil Qi Demon Cloud and took it as his mount."

"What? Taming a boss as a mount?"

Xiao Feng's mind was full of question marks.

That means the original No. 8 boss was kidnapped, and the kidnapper also ran away!

So the system gave a consolation prize of 1,000,000 experience?

"Holy crap, what a trap! Our gold and experience are gone!" Xiao Feng said speechlessly.

The Hundun lazily said, "At least it's better than being beaten to death. That guy's power is unfathomable; his aura makes even me feel dread. He probably has true god-level combat strength. With your little skill, you likely can't even hit one of his fingers."

"Huh? Who are you looking down on?" Xiao Feng grew unhappy upon hearing that.

He's the one who instant-killed a level-300 demon king Mihel with a single ice arrow—would he fear a mere god?

Never mind that the opponent is only level 277; even if he were level 300, I'd still fight him without hesitation!

It's just that the guy ran too fast, his body turned virtual and vanished, leaving him no chance to act and causing him to miss a great battle opportunity.

"I'm not looking down on you; that person is incredibly strong. When he moved to subdue the Evil Qi Demon Cloud, I and several other strong beings imprisoned here were all pressed by a terrifying aura and couldn't even breathe. If he went all out, he'd be scarier than a god—even if you had three or five transformation skills, you couldn't oppose him." The Hundun explained again.

"I don't believe it!" Xiao Feng said resentfully.

This round we lost a lot of gold coins, still feeling a bit upset.

But the dungeon is already like this; there's nothing he can do.

"Enough talk, little Hundun—now it's time for us two to have a showdown!"

He walked toward the Hundun's lair, took out the Shrieking Hag's Staff, and prepared for the final boss battle.

Who would have thought, the Hundun had no intention of fighting him at all!

Seeing Xiao Feng approach, the Hundun immediately lay down on the ground, flicked its tail, and said, "You're strong, though not as strong as that person, but I can't match you. I surrender—take the rewards, you may leave."

As he spoke, without any visible action, a flash of golden light appeared.

All around burst forth over 4,000,000 gold coins, along with a large amount of mythic gear, mythic items, legendary skill books, and—a necklace with seven-colored radiance!

【Ding~ You defeated the level 200 mythic leader Guardian Hundun, gaining 89,950 reputation!】

【Your team defeated the mythic leader Guardian Hundun, evenly gaining 7,836,000 experience!】

【Congratulations, you successfully defeated the Guardian Hundun and cleared the level 150 legendary dungeon Lost Land!】

【Please name your team (no more than 8 characters); the system will make a war zone announcement!】

Xiao Feng: ……

Everyone: ……

A string of announcements appeared in their ears, and the team of fifty people were all dumbfounded.

This dungeon boss actually has a feature to surrender voluntarily?

Looking at the dazzling array of final rewards, everyone's mood felt a bit strange.

It's not that they're unhappy; it just feels too easy to clear it like this.

We've only fought seven bosses!

It's fine that old eight ran away, but old nine actually surrendered voluntarily! They never dreamed this would happen; they had originally looked forward to watching an intense battle between Xiao Feng and a level 200 mythic boss with twenty times the HP.

Result……just this?

"Emmm……"

Xiao Feng picked up a large pile of things from the ground.

Looking at the Hundun lying on the ground with an unworldly air, he curled his lip and said, "If I kill you now, would I still get a reward?"

The Hundun opened its eyes, looked at him, and asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with you? I've already given you the rewards and let you clear the dungeon, yet you still want to kill me?"

"Who made you act so arrogantly at first? I bear grudges; not beating you up would leave me feeling uneasy!" Xiao Feng said irritably.

The Hundun laughed and cried, saying, "You're so low-level; is it wrong for me to look down on you? Now that I know you're strong, my voluntary surrender is reasonable, right? We're both sentient beings—there's no need to fight to the death over a trifle. I now have nothing left; even if you kill me, there'll be no reward. And if we really fought to the death, even if I couldn't kill you, I could use the Lost Land Guardian's privilege to trap you here forever, preventing your return to Zhu Shen Da Lu."

"Uh, that actually makes some sense..."

Although this boss is a bit arrogant, his words from start to finish are basically fine, and he even gave a pointer or two along the way—his attitude isn't too bad.

Moreover, as the "warden" of the Lost Land prison, he might indeed have some privileges.

To kill him for a moment's satisfaction, causing oneself to be unable to leave the dungeon, is somewhat not worth it.

The "Eternal Binding" of the Sea God's illegitimate daughter boss gave Xiao Feng a good lesson; now he holds a certain degree of caution toward bosses with special abilities.

"In that case, can we leave now?" Xiao Feng asked.

The Hundun lay still and replied, "Yes, you can leave anytime. After a while, new prisoners will likely be thrown in here. But by then your keys will have expired; if you want to keep challenging, you'll need to find a new way in."

In other words, the Lost Land dungeon will refresh again, similar to a "season" playstyle.

"Alright."

Xiao Feng felt somewhat unsatisfied, still not having fought enough.

But things are already like this; there's indeed no need to stay.

He turned to look at his teammates and asked, "Do you still have anything to do?"

Xiao Dao weakly raised his hand, "I still haven't gathered the materials from the final boss..."

Take it!

Without waiting for Xiao Feng to speak, the hellhound opened its huge mouth, directly used its front paw to break off one of its own teeth, and threw it to Xiao Dao.

After receiving the materials, the nine mythical materials required for the quest were all gathered, and he immediately beamed.

"Xiao Feng, great god, I'm done!"

With nothing else to do, everyone left the instance together, crushed the return-to-city scroll, and returned to Giant Elephant City.

The hellhound lay on the ground, and only after watching Xiao Feng and the others leave did it slowly get up.

"This human is truly ridiculously strong. Good thing I admitted defeat quickly, otherwise today I would surely have been beaten to death."

"Sigh, although my master can revive me, I can't stand the miserable feeling of being killed every time the Lost Land opens."

"Hopefully next time there won't be him among the visitors."