This was an extremely dark corridor, without the slightest trace of light. Without a torch, an ordinary person would not even be able to see the path clearly.
Elise walked forward at an unhurried pace. The farther she went, the wider the path became, until it finally opened into an immensely spacious chamber.
Even here, she could still hear the roars of countless monsters from the floors behind her. But for some unknown reason, none of them could come here—or perhaps they did not dare to.
"This is the place."
The instant Elise stepped out of the corridor, a sudden change occurred!
Buzzz—
An unnatural vibration spread from all around, growing stronger with each passing moment, as though the earth and stone themselves were wailing.
Boom!
Without warning, the previously level ground split open with a massive crack. From within, a pitch-black figure was born...
It was an incomparably gigantic black earthborn, yet strangely, only its upper body emerged above ground. Below the waist, it was fused directly to the very earth of this floor.
Floor Boss Udaeus!
Roar—!
As the Floor Boss bellowed, countless bone spikes burst forth from the ground, instantly sealing off the entrance to the thirty-sixth floor.
This Floor Boss actually knew how to trap its prey in a jar?
Elise lightly tapped one of the bone spikes. Ordinary weapons would probably be unable to shatter them. This was a choice to fight the enemy to the bitter end.
Between the challenger and Udaeus, one of them had to die. Otherwise, neither would leave!
"But that doesn't matter." Elise raised her right hand, pure white light gathering within her palm. "I came here to kill you in the first place!"
"Est..."
The radiant Sacred Demon Sword appeared in her grasp. Elise pointed its tip toward the enormous skeleton before her.
"Let's go together!"
"Mm, Sister!"
In the next instant, Elise stepped into Udaeus' attack range, and those eyes that burned like ghostly flames locked onto her.
Roar—
A silent roar resounded as Udaeus raised a hand as massive as a towering tree and smashed it down toward Elise.
Faced with such terrifying brute force, Elise merely shifted her body slightly, slipping through the gaps between its fingers. Then she leapt up onto its arm.
A sword strike wrapped in storm winds descended without hesitation, cleaving down at the arm beneath her feet.
Crack!
Unexpectedly, under the Sacred Demon Sword's slash, Udaeus' defense proved utterly useless. Its arm was severed in a single blow.
But just as Elise was about to follow up, she sensed something and immediately sprang away from her position.
In the next moment, countless bone spikes pierced through where she had just stood. Even the surrounding ground was filled entirely with spikes, leaving her not the slightest foothold.
However, this move was ineffective against Elise—because she could fly. For ordinary adventurers, though, this was a nearly flawless attack.
Udaeus possessed only half a body. It could not move freely, and even turning was extremely difficult.
But that did not lessen the fear adventurers felt toward it!
The innumerable bone spikes in its command were both offense and defense.
No matter how many people faced this Floor Boss, the first thing they had to contend with was this chamber that constantly generated bone spikes.
The moment you lost focus in battle, you risked being impaled and killed.
Because anywhere you set foot was within this Floor Boss' attack range.
Even the entrance to the floor had been sealed, making escape impossible.
Boom!
Thud! Thud!
Although Udaeus swung its arms slowly, the speed at which bone spikes grew far exceeded expectations.
Elise hovered in midair, able to ignore the spikes on the ground...
But what about the sky?
The ceiling was also part of this floor. If bone spikes grew there and fell downward, that would not be strange at all.
With the Skeleton King's roar, the ceiling was instantly covered in black bone spikes. They began to tremble, ready to fall at any moment.
Just as she prepared to evade, Elise immediately understood Udaeus' intent.
A full-coverage attack!
Bone spikes filled above and below, while Udaeus' arms swept through the middle. Avoiding all of these attacks at once was practically impossible.
But since she could not dodge, she would simply endure.
Elise's defense was nearly on par with her attack. If she could shatter Udaeus' defense, she could likewise withstand its assaults.
Ding!
A single point of starlight flickered on her body. Within seconds, it blossomed into a scene of countless stars shining brilliantly.
This was Elise's Prana. Having absorbed Urm Manadyte, her reserves of Prana were no less than Orphelia's—virtually inexhaustible!
"Roar—"
At Udaeus' command, the all-out assault began!
The bone spikes from above rained down, forming a massive net of thorns. The spikes below erupted upward at the same time. It looked like a monster filled with fangs closing its jaws, seeking to tear apart and devour the prey within.
And that was not all. These spikes would never harm their master, meaning Udaeus remained completely unaffected.
Its massive arms could still launch effective attacks. Even with one arm severed by Elise, its overwhelming strength was hardly diminished.
Especially in a crisis like this.
In Elise's perception, she was completely surrounded—countless bone spikes and Udaeus' crushing fists...
Ais at Level 5 could actually solo this?
It seems I still underestimated this world's heroine.
Mm, and Riveria too...
Elise did not move, but that did not mean Udaeus would halt its assault.
Bang bang bang...
Endless impacts rang out—each one the sound of attacks striking true. And each one meant Elise's Prana barrier had withstood them all.
For the moment, the dust stirred up by the onslaught had yet to disperse, making it impossible to see what was happening within.
Finally, as the dust cleared, Udaeus saw the scene inside. It seemed startled, even letting out a sound of confusion.
"Roar?"
From the tone, it clearly could not comprehend why this human had managed to block its attacks.
But the facts were before it. It had no choice but to admit that this human female truly had some ability!
So next, it would bring out its real strength.
Rumble—
An enormous black bone spike suddenly burst from the ground, standing upright before Udaeus.
With its remaining hand, it tore the spike from the earth.
This was... a sword?
Yes.
A gigantic jet-black greatsword!