"Flame Storm!"
Massive fire elements began to condense toward the Goblin Princess's staff.
At this moment, Lucien was contemplating whether to retreat.
It was clear that this boss was not something he could defeat right now.
He could handle this one strike, but what about what followed?
What if the opponent used that special skill again? Could he still withstand it?
However, as long as he came back to farm it again tomorrow and completed the Goblin Bone set, it wasn't impossible.
By then, he would just need to summon a Goblin Mage for extra damage output, and he should be able to take down the Goblin Princess!
Thinking of this, Lucien prepared to retreat.
But the Goblin Princess's skill had already finished condensing.
Just then, a loud bang erupted from the Goblin Princess's side.
Lucien, who had just turned around, couldn't help but look back.
-80,000.
A massive damage number popped up from the Goblin Princess.
"A spell backfire? Is this Goblin Princess really that unlucky?"
Spell backfire was something every mage might encounter.
When casting a skill, if interrupted, one might suffer elemental backfire, causing massive damage to oneself.
However, usually, even if a skill was interrupted, it rarely triggered elemental backfire.
It only happened to those who were exceptionally unlucky.
But he hadn't done anything, nor had he interrupted the boss's casting, so how could it trigger elemental backfire?
The Goblin Princess, hit by her own backfire, lost her footing, fell to the ground, and scrambled to get up in a sorry state.
Seeing this, Lucien's eyes lit up; this was the perfect opportunity to kick a man while he was down.
Moreover, the Goblin Princess had less than 5,000 HP left.
He could finish her off in less than ten seconds.
Now was not the time for sportsmanship.
A Soul Fire Talisman flew straight at her forehead.
-680 [Critical Hit]
-670 [Critical Hit]
A series of damage numbers appeared above the boss's head.
Just as the boss was on her last sliver of health, one strike away from death, the Goblin Princess waved her hand, and her figure vanished instantly.
"Damn it! I forgot about that."
It turned out that the Goblin Princess had just used Blink.
Blink was an incredibly powerful life-saving skill.
After use, it randomly teleports the user to any position within a one-kilometer radius.
Just think, when you and your teammates are fighting a boss and you use it when you are about to run out of HP, you drop the boss's aggro directly. Once your status recovers, you return, and you are as good as new.
Therefore, the price of the Blink skill book had always remained high.
Blink was a mage skill, but whether it was a warrior, mage, or Daoist, anyone who had the means would buy one.
Watching the boss use Blink to escape, Lucien's expression fluctuated.
He was truly unwilling to let it go!
She was just one hit away from dying!
To let the boss run away like this made Lucien feel terrible.
However, just as he finished this thought, a one-meter-tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
This startled Lucien, who subconsciously fired a Soul Fire Talisman at it.
"Ding, congratulations on killing the Goblin Princess [Hell], gaining 30,000 experience points!"
"Ding, congratulations on obtaining ten gold coins!"
Looking at the Goblin Princess lying on the ground, Lucien was stunned.
No way, no way, is this boss really that unlucky?
Did she actually Blink right into his face?
Seeing the seven or eight rays of light floating on the ground, Lucien impatiently picked them up.
Then he ran to the tent where the boss had just emerged and walked inside.
There was a huge black treasure chest inside.
This was a feature of the dungeon; every time you cleared a dungeon, you could obtain a treasure chest.
As soon as he touched the chest, it disappeared.
"Ding, congratulations on obtaining the Goblin Forest [Hell] clearance treasure chest, which has been placed in your backpack."
Just as he was about to leave the dungeon, the system's voice came again.
"Ding, congratulations to player Falling into the Human World for being the first to clear the Goblin Forest on Hell difficulty. The system will make a game-wide announcement. Does the player wish to hide their name?"
"If you do not hide your name, you can receive an additional 100 reputation points as a reward."
"Do not hide!"
High reputation not only allowed for purchasing houses and shops in the main city, but many hidden quests also required it.
Even creating a guild required sufficient reputation.
And what was everything he had done before for?
He had changed his appearance and used an uncommon name.
Even if friends from real life saw him in the game, as long as he didn't expose himself, no one would be able to recognize him.
It was just that Lucien hadn't expected that clearing the Hell difficulty dungeon for the first time would trigger a system announcement.
This was normal; in his later life, he had never heard of anyone clearing any Hell difficulty dungeon.
All dungeons had level restrictions, so it was impossible for a high-level player to go to a low-level dungeon.
So, wanting to wait until a high level to go to a low-level dungeon was simply impossible.
"Ding, congratulations to the Jiuzhou Empire's 15th Novice Village, player Falling into the Human World for being the first to clear the Goblin Forest dungeon on Hell difficulty. Reward: Gold +1000, Reputation +100, Class-specific Gold-tier skill! Initial All Attributes +1."
"Ding, congratulations to the Jiuzhou Empire's 15th Novice Village, player Falling into the Human World for being the first to clear the Goblin Forest dungeon on Hell difficulty. Reward: Gold +1000, Reputation +100, Class-specific Gold-tier skill! Initial All Attributes +1."
"Ding, congratulations to the Jiuzhou Empire's 15th Novice Village, player Falling into the Human World for being the first to clear the Goblin Forest dungeon on Hell difficulty. Reward: Gold +1000, Reputation +100, Class-specific Gold-tier skill! Initial All Attributes +1."
"System Announcement: The first ten players to clear the Hell difficulty Goblin Forest will all receive special rewards. Wishing all players a pleasant game!"
The system's voice spread to the ears of all players in Battle Online.
...
"Falling into the Human World? From the Jiuzhou Empire? It seems another genius has appeared!"
In the Lighthouse Empire region, a young man who was leveling up in a level 40 area heard the system voice, his eyes turning cold!
There was never a shortage of geniuses in this world, but only those who survived were true geniuses.
In the Japan region, a ninja dressed in black heard the system voice.
"As expected of the Jiuzhou Empire, it truly has outstanding people, but unfortunately, they haven't integrated yet. Although their overall strength is many times stronger than our Japan, they are fighting each other, so they are not a cause for concern!"
And on the Jiuzhou Empire side, the guild leaders of the major guilds immediately put down what they were doing upon hearing this system announcement.
"Who is this Falling into the Human World? Find out which faction they belong to!"
"If they are a solo player, recruit them into our guild, have them reveal their real-world address, and we will send people to protect them!"
"If they don't agree, we must still extract their real-world address and talent information."
The Nine Great Guilds of the Jiuzhou Empire all issued similar orders.
And their common point was that they wanted to know Zhou Yi's real-world address.
Only players under their control could make them feel at ease