Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 22 Gap
[Host detected has entered a gathering place for evil adventurers to fight each other!]

[Daily tasks updated!]

[New Daily Quest 5: Grind Your Teeth and Suck Blood!]

[Although he was repeatedly told to abandon the illusion that he was human, he still seemed unwilling to kill other adventurers. Therefore, honing his killing skills in a virtual network could be a form of compensation.]

[Task Requirements: Defeat at least one adventurer in virtual arena battles each day.]

[Task Rewards: 50 Experience Points, 0.5 Free Attribute Points.]

This task can be completed repeatedly, with a maximum of 5 completions.

The fifth daily task has been added by the system.

She also took the opportunity to criticize Lin Ye.

However, in any case, this daily task happens to align perfectly with Lin Ye's current goal.

I did it on a whim.

Clicking "Start Matching" brings up a series of pop-up dialog boxes.

[No weapon data you pre-entered was detected. Please return to the current screen and select the corresponding module to enter the data. If you are unable to enter the data, please select the corresponding weapon, and the system will provide an initial standard weapon.]

Please select the level of pain feedback.

Weapon entry is obviously for martial artists who already have their own suitable weapons in reality. Lin Ye didn't have any, so he could only choose the weapons that came with the system.

After choosing the stick as his weapon, Lin Ye immediately maximized the pain feedback.

[WARNING: 100% pain feedback will perfectly simulate all damage in real combat, which may put a great strain on your mental state. Not recommended for first-time users!]

Lin Ye looked at the warning message in front of him without any hesitation.

confirm.

Settings have been saved.

[Matching you for your first placement match...]

【Successful match! 】

hum-

The next second, Lin Ye's feet landed on solid ground.

This is a dilapidated city street, with abandoned and crumbling buildings on both sides, and the ground is covered with cracks and scattered rubble.

Opposite him, a hundred meters away, a figure also materialized.

He was a tall, slender young man dressed in a flowing white martial arts uniform, holding a long, thin alloy sword, with a cynical smile on his face.

"Oh, a newbie?"

The other party had obviously also seen the gray badge above Lin Ye's head that indicated "unranked".

"A stick? Do people still use such a cumbersome weapon these days?"

"Kid, you're lucky to run into me in your first ranked match. I'll give you a three-move head start, so don't lose too badly."

Lin Ye did not reply.

He simply held the standard long pole in one hand, with the tip pointing diagonally to the ground.

【The battle begins! 】

The moment the cold system notification sound rang out.

The young man's smile had not yet faded.

Lin Ye's figure had already moved.

He stomped his foot hard, and like a cannonball, he charged straight at his opponent with an indomitable and fierce momentum!
The youthful flippancy on his face froze instantly, replaced by astonishment.

What a great speed!

What a fierce aura!
He didn't have time to think and quickly raised his sword to parry.

Lin Ye gripped the stick with both hands, channeling all his strength into one, and slammed it down from top to bottom in the simplest and most brutal way!

Heavy stick style!
call--!
The long staff tore through the air, creating a dull whistling sound!

That didn't look like a stick at all; it was more like a giant sledgehammer used for siege warfare!

The young man's pupils contracted sharply. He tried to dodge, but found that the opponent's staff had completely enveloped him, leaving him no way to escape!
He could only grit his teeth and pour all his energy into the longsword, holding it horizontally above his head!

"clang--!"

A deafening clang of metal clashing rang out!
The next second, the swordsman who claimed to give Lin Ye three moves to win was smashed head to toe into the hard concrete ground by Lin Ye's earth-shattering blow!
His body twisted and deformed instantly under the enormous impact, turning into specks of light that dissipated into the air.

Instant kill!

Lin Ye slowly put away his staff and stood tall.

[Ding! Daily Quest: Grinding Teeth and Sucking Blood (1/5) Completed!]

[Reward: Experience +50, Free Attribute Points +0.5]

[Ding! You have defeated an adventurer in a virtual battle, gaining 15 experience points!]

As the system mentioned before, you can also gain experience by fighting adventurers!

Although it's not much, it adds up!

Lin Ye didn't hesitate at all and immediately clicked on the next match.

In the second match, the opponent was an agile martial artist who used dual swords, but under Lin Ye's heavy staff attacks, the opponent was full of openings and was defeated by Lin Ye with three strikes in less than ten seconds.

In the third match, the opponent was a master of boxing, incredibly powerful. After a hard clash with Lin Ye, the opponent's arm was broken, and he was taken down by subsequent attacks.

Lin Ye launched a fierce attack, sweeping away all resistance.

He could clearly feel that, starting from the third match, the opponents the system matched him with were becoming increasingly stronger.

When the notification sounded to signal the start of the fourth battle, Lin Ye realized that his opponent was different.

It was a burly man over two meters tall, his entire body wrapped in a mechanical exoskeleton with a heavy industrial style, pale blue streams of air occasionally shooting out from his joints, and he was holding an energy gun that was comparable to a cannon barrel.

More importantly, the level number above his head is no longer LV5 like Lin Ye's.

It's LV6!

In the fourth match, Lin Ye finally won.

But winning is extremely difficult.

The opponent's long-range firepower was fierce and brutal, and their physical attributes, enhanced by the mecha, were in no way inferior to his.

At the very start, Lin Ye was suppressed by the dense energy beams and couldn't lift his head.

He changed tactics, no longer choosing to charge head-on, but instead, like the most patient hunter, stealthily moving behind cover on the map.

When he got close again, the staff technique in his hand changed from the heavy staff with wide and sweeping movements to the dense and rain-like "flower staff".

Ding-ding-ding-ding!

Countless sparks exploded in the narrow alley. With an impenetrable defense, he neutralized his opponent's last counterattack, then twisted his long staff to disarm him, followed by a clean and swift thrust to end the fight.

The energy gun in the opponent's hand also blasted off most of his arm.

A Pyrrhic victory!

However, when Lin Ye began the final qualifying match.

He gave his first drop of blood on this platform.

He lost.

The loss was somewhat inexplicable.

The opponent's level jumped to LV7, his ID was [Lone Wolf], he did not communicate with Lin Ye at all, and the weapon he used was an ordinary battle sword.

Judging solely from strength, his opponent is similar to him; even if he is stronger, it's not by much.

But from the very first second of the battle, Lin Ye found himself in a completely passive position.

The opponent's swordsmanship, however, was like a gazelle leaping through the air, leaving no trace. It always found gaps in his defense, leaving deep, bone-revealing wounds on his body.

The balance of power shifted instantly.

This time, he was on the receiving end of the beating.

Even after his virtual body was beheaded by the other party, Lin Ye's consciousness remained stuck in that feeling of frustration and powerlessness.

How did you lose?

Back in the matchmaking space, Lin Ye didn't start the next match immediately, but instead immediately opened the post-match replay function.

He needs to figure out exactly where he went wrong.

The light screen lit up, and the battle recording began to play.

Lin Ye immediately slowed down the playback to 0.25x.

In the video, each swing of his stick is powerful and imposing, unleashing the full force of his body like a hail of bullets, covering a wide area.

However, in slow motion, he could clearly see that most of his vital energy had already dissipated ineffectively in the air before it even reached the tip of the staff.

Every strike by Lone Wolf was so restrained and precise.

His vital energy was highly condensed, as if a thin film of energy, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, covered the blade.

Wherever the blade strikes, the power is concentrated in a single line, like a precise sniper bullet, easily tearing through its seemingly impenetrable net of sticks.

"So that's it..."

Lin Ye muttered to himself.

The way you use your own Qi and blood is too simple and too primitive!
However, the other party clearly possessed a more advanced and efficient method of energy utilization!

In addition to using the power of qi and blood, there is another power that he does not understand.

That kind of power is the key to victory or defeat.

Lin Ye silently opened the battle log and sent a friend request to Lone Wolf.

He wasn't trying to provoke anyone or have any friendly post-match conversation.

He simply wanted to get revenge later.

Lone Wolf quickly accepted Lin Ye's friend request.

"?"

"Shall we have another match another day?"

"it is good."

Their exchange was extremely brief.

But Lin Ye was content, as long as he didn't run away.

Just then, the system's final evaluation results appeared before his eyes.

Placement matches are complete!

Record: 4 wins, 1 losses, 0 draws

[Win rate: 80%]

[Initial Rank: Iron II]

Overall combat strength index: 31

Lin Ye hadn't closed the battle log, and he could clearly see that [Lone Wolf]'s overall combat strength index was 39.

Lin Ye closed the battle log and then opened the leaderboard.

Screening scope: Dongjiang City.

Group: Entrance-level Martial Artist Group.

The next moment, a list of leaderboards shining brightly appeared before him.

Lin Ye's gaze fell directly on the ID that was at the top of the list.

[NO.1: Blood Moon]

[Rank: Platinum I]

Record: 414 wins, 39 losses, 6 draws

[Win rate: 90.1%]

Overall combat strength index: 137

The win rate is ridiculously high!

His combat power index is more than three times that of him!
When Lin Ye subconsciously clicked on Blood Moon's personal homepage.

He noticed a small label next to the rank information of this ID.

[Official Warrior Class: Bronze III (27 wins - 2 losses)]

People my age... have already started killing each other indiscriminately in the official martial arts division?
Judging from his win rate, this person should have just started playing in the official martial arts group. Bronze 3 is far from his true rank.

Chen Meng's words from that afternoon still echoed in my ears.

Lin Ye took a deep breath, his fighting spirit igniting within him.

He did not become a genius.

He simply went from being mediocre to being an ordinary person.

The geniuses on this list...

He wants to surpass them one by one!

(End of this chapter)