Chapter 77

Kayaba Akihiko, who turned into a red-robed death, was exactly the image that appeared in front of everyone during the public beta.

His huge body was more than ten meters high, and his whole body floated in mid-air, but compared to the first time he appeared, this time Kayaba Akihiko also had a huge scarlet scythe in his hand.

After all, it was a battle that decided the fate of all SAO players, so when he and Shengzai were teleported to the 100th floor, in order to let other SAO players witness this battle, Kayaba Akihiko also very humanely left a projection screen on every floor.

When seeing Kayaba Akihiko who turned into a monster boss, Kirito and Asuna and others were extremely surprised.

And when seeing the HP health bar that appeared next to Kayaba Akihiko's name, all the clearing group players exploded.

Because Kayaba Akihiko, who appeared as the final boss, actually had ten HP health bars!

You have to know that for the current clearing floors, ordinary floor bosses only had about three HP health bars.

For special floors like the 50th and 75th floors, the floor boss's HP health bars had at most five.

As the final boss, the 100th-floor floor boss, everyone had indeed thought that the other party's HP health bars would not be few, but they never dreamed that the other party's HP health bars would actually have ten!

"That bastard Kayaba Akihiko, could it be that he relied on being an administrator to operate behind the scenes and increase his attributes and settings again!"

"Ten HP health bars, even if the entire clearing group goes up together, it will take half a day to cut; Shengzai is alone, how can he beat such a monster!"

"Is this called a fair PVP? That bastard Kayaba Akihiko, in order to win, doesn't even want his face!"

It's no wonder Klein would curse out loud, and even many people present who cursed Kayaba Akihiko for being shameless were not in the minority.

It was extremely difficult for a player to single out a boss-level monster, not to mention that the final boss Shengzai was challenging now was not an ordinary boss, and in terms of level, it belonged to cross-level challenge.

The huge level and attribute gap caused Shengzai to be basically dead if he was hit by an attack when facing Kayaba Akihiko's boss form.

And Kayaba Akihiko's HP, which was as high as ten health bars, was enough for a player of the same level to cut for half a day even if he stood still.

Simply put, the seemingly fair PVP had no fairness at all, and Shengzai had almost no fault tolerance here.

Unless there were rare items for life-saving, with Kayaba Akihiko's current level and attributes in boss form, Shengzai almost had no chance to withstand the second blow.

And conversely, Kayaba Akihiko's absurd HP allowed him to have a lot of fault tolerance.

In short, Kayaba Akihiko could make mistakes many times, while Shengzai would be gone if he made a mistake once.

The exaggerated level and attribute gap, even if Kayaba Akihiko didn't seal his "Instant Death" buff, every attack on Shengzai was also fatal.

So this guy seemingly made concessions, but in fact, the extent of the concession was not as large as imagined.

Shengzai and Kayaba Akihiko at the top of the floating tower had already started to move, and facing the scythe swung by Kayaba Akihiko, Shengzai dodged the attack with a side flip, and then forced himself in front of Kayaba Akihiko with a sprint.

Shengzai also knew very well that he couldn't compete with Kayaba Akihiko in terms of level and attributes; if he withstood the other party's attack, he would basically be gone in one hit.

Then since that was the case, wouldn't it be fine as long as he wasn't hit by the other party's attack!

If it were before, Shengzai probably wouldn't have such confidence, but now, after stacking multiple worlds' abilities, whether it was physical ability or reflex nerves, it was not a joke!

"Wenren Sword Technique Style Two———Endless Slash!"

The one-handed sword "Dawn Bringer," forged from quartz blocks and dragon scales, bloomed with blue light under the use of sword skills, and in the next second, two consecutive slashes formed an "X"-shaped slash and exploded on Kayaba Akihiko's body!

However, even after taking Shengzai's powerful slash with amazing momentum, Kayaba Akihiko's HP health bar, which was ten health bars long, remained motionless.

And just as Shengzai slashed this blow and prepared to withdraw, feeling a strong sense of crisis, he just bent down, and in the next second, the blood-colored scythe wiped past his face with a scarlet light.

Seeing such a thrilling scene, Asuna and the others watching the battle at the "Dragon's Nest" couldn't help but sweat for Shengzai.

"As expected of Shengzai; if it were me, that blow just now would have probably sent me away."

Seeing Shengzai turn danger into safety, Klein on the side also said with admiration, but soon he found that Kirito beside him didn't breathe a sigh of relief like the others, but had a frowning expression.

"Kirito, what's wrong with you? Is there a problem with Shengzai's operation just now?"

Because of Klein's words, the others present also noticed the heavy look on Kirito's face, and the latter, under everyone's gaze, slowly said his conjecture: "Whether it's technique or timing, Shengzai grasped it perfectly just now."

"But we seem to have ignored a very important question, and that is, is the boss Shengzai facing now Kayaba Akihiko himself, or an ordinary computer AI?"

"You should have discovered it too, right? The timing of Shengzai's attack just now, if it were an ordinary floor boss, it probably wouldn't have counterattacked so quickly, right?"

Because of Kirito's reminder, Asuna and the others also discovered that the timing of Shengzai's attack just now was exactly the gap during the usual team "switch."

If it were an ordinary boss, if it were interrupted when attacking and using skills, the body should have a short stiffness.

But now such stiffness was gone, and Kayaba Akihiko, who turned into a death boss, although attacked by Shengzai just now, didn't have the so-called stiffness, but reacted as quickly as a player.

Combining Kirito's words just now, everyone also realized what Kirito wanted to express.

Other floor bosses in Aincrad, although they had extremely strong levels and attributes, because they were computer AI, their intelligence level was definitely not as good as players.

But now Kayaba Akihiko, damn, wearing the boss panel and attributes, but using player mechanisms, this clearing difficulty is no longer hell difficulty, but true abyss difficulty!

Wanting to beat such a Kayaba Akihiko was far more difficult than singling out other floor bosses.

"Shikigami Summoning·Azure Dragon——Kang Jinlong!"

In fact, not only Kirito and the others outside discovered it, but just now when Kayaba Akihiko attacked, Shengzai also discovered it.

Kayaba Akihiko was wearing a boss panel and using player mechanisms to PVP with him.

But even if he was unhappy, what could he do? In this SAO, the other party was the boss.

To return to the real world, he had to follow the other party's rules; although the other party was a bit shameless, he, Shengzai, was not a serious player either.

(End of this chapter)