Changing Life And Career? I Planted The World Tree At The Beginning

"Kala--"

The sound of flesh and bones breaking echoed.

The body of the lance-wielding examinee was torn in half, and blood sprayed several meters away.

"Suck--"

"What a delicious soul!"

The demon boss took a deep breath, revealing an intoxicated expression.

"Unfortunately, a weak body doesn't even qualify as food."

After saying that, the demon boss let go of his hands.

The two halves of the lance-wielding examinee's body fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

"This idiot, knowing how powerful the boss is, still dared to be greedy for damage. As a result, he didn't deal any damage and lost his life."

On the city wall, an archer disdainfully said.

"Wait--"

The warrior teammate beside the archer patted his shoulder and pointed in the direction of the demon boss.

"What are you looking at? We can't defeat this boss, we can't even break through its defense. Let's save our energy for when the monsters attack the city." The archer said helplessly.

"I'm not talking about that." The warrior teammate showed a hint of fear in his expression. "Look at the corpse of the person who was just killed!"

"A corpse? What about it? He died miserably, but it's nothing special, right? There are even more disgusting scenes in doomsday-type instances." The archer sneered and said, "Are you scared?"

"Didn't you think about it?" The warrior's voice trembled. "We are currently in the ranking competition instance!"

"Why... did he leave a corpse?"

"Why... did he leave a corpse?" The archer examinee was stunned.

Immediately, a chilling sensation rose, as if falling into a thousand-year glacier.

He suddenly realized that in the ranking competition instance, when an examinee's health reaches zero and dies, they will directly exit the instance.

In the eyes of others, they would disappear like a white stream of light.

Moreover, there is a protective mechanism in the ranking competition instance.

When an examinee is attacked, they will only lose health, feel pain, and at most, bleed a little. They will not suffer any major physical injuries.

But that lance-wielding examinee's health had already been depleted, yet he did not turn into a white stream of light.

Instead, his body was torn into two pieces and casually discarded on the ground.

The splattering blood had already stained a large area of the ground.

"He... he's dead! He's really dead!"

...

It wasn't just the archer and warrior examinees.

Most of the examinees noticed that the corpse of the lance-wielding examinee did not disappear.

If a professional's health reaches zero and they leave a corpse, it means that person is truly dead!

Regardless of whether this person who left a corpse has any additional means of resurrection.

At least this time, he is truly dead!

The examinees immediately became chaotic.

"How is this possible? Isn't there a protective mechanism in the ranking competition instance?"

"No! There is a protective mechanism! My teammate died just yesterday, and I saw clearly that he exited the instance!"

"But why did that person just now..."

"Could it be because of that golden boss, the demon? I investigated and its name is Tear-Shredding Demon God Estramik!"

"It must be because of that demon boss! Those killed by that demon boss will truly die!"

...

The examinees on the city wall scattered and fled.

Faced with the threat of real death, where would the examinees dare to stay?

The level 100 golden boss and their strength were worlds apart.

Previously, they dared to attack the boss only to try and gain some output, hoping to get some rewards after the boss's death.

But now, the potential rewards they could obtain were not proportional to the risks they would face. Of course, they would retreat and prioritize saving their lives!

"Hahaha!"

Seeing the examinees panicking and fleeing, the demon boss laughed uncontrollably.

"Sacrifices, panic and flee!"

"Let me enjoy the thrill of chasing prey to my heart's content!"

After saying that, it leaped onto the city wall.

It grabbed a slower fleeing examinee with both hands and lifted him into the air.

"No! No! Help me, save me!"

The desperate cries of the examinee.

The demon boss, with a satisfied expression, looked at the distorted face of the examinee due to fear and whispered in his ear, "No one will save you!"

"You can only face death alone!"

"Your soul will become a sacrifice for the Abyss!"

"Go die!"

The examinee's face twisted, and he drew a dagger from his waist, stabbing at the demon boss's arm.

"Ding—"

The sound of metal colliding echoed.

The sharp blade failed to draw even a drop of blood from the demon boss.

"I like prey that resists!"

"Death in struggle is the most delicious death!"

The demon boss grinned, and with a strong pull of its hands, tore the examinee in half.

Crimson blood sprayed onto its head and trickled down its cheeks.

It turned its gaze towards the examinees who were desperately fleeing along the city wall.

"Who's next?"

"Abyss demon, die!"

Just then, a level 150 commanding boss, leading NPC soldiers on the city wall, charged forward.

"False life has no value."

The demon boss coldly looked at one of the NPC soldiers and extended its arm.

"Tear!"

A crimson light flashed.

All the NPC soldiers blocking its way, including the level 150 commanding boss, were torn into pieces.

Then, it looked again at the examinees fleeing along the city wall.

"Talented lives have more delicious souls!"

...

"Its target is indeed the examinees."

Chen Yu stood on the platform made of thorny vines by the Thorny Spirit, observing the every move of the demon boss.

However, I didn't expect it to have the means to directly kill examinees in the instance.

"Houtu, Atom Solidification, shorten the chanting time as much as possible, and control that Abyss demon with the fastest speed."

At this time, most of the examinees were in the royal city.

Su Miaoyue, Li Wei, and the descendants of two forbidden powerhouses were most likely in the royal city as well.

The demon has the ability to truly kill people in the instance. If they don't solve it quickly, they may be in danger.

Su Miaoyue is fine, she won't join in the fun thanks to Chen Yu's previous reminder.

But Li Wei might not be the same.

"Master, I need to get closer, at least within a range of two kilometers." Houtu said with a serious expression.

"And, I can sense that guy's essence is that of a true god."

"If I start casting, it will definitely sense it and come to attack me."

"Even if I compress the preparation time to the shortest, it still takes at least 20 seconds."

"During this time, it's enough for it to tear me apart."

"I can delay it for a while." Xiao Miao flew up, "My domain skill can be released instantly to suppress it."

"But, the opponent's essence is Divine Level, so the effect of the domain will be greatly weakened."

"By myself alone, I'm afraid I won't be able to delay until Houtu completes the control spell."

"But, with me and Xiao An, it will be enough." Xiao Guang led Xiao An to fly in front of Chen Yu and smiled.

Chen Yu frowned, "Will you be in danger?"

"No, master!" Xiao An shook her head gently, "As you know, the Primordial Elf represents the essence of the elements."

"Unless it's in a special environment like the back of the world, or someone like Mother intervenes, it's impossible to completely kill us."

"Even if our HP is depleted and our bodies are scattered, we will slowly recover."

"At most, it will just be a little painful!" Xiao Yan also spoke passionately on the side, "For the master, we are not afraid of pain!"

However, when she said this, she obviously lacked some confidence.

"Alright, that's settled then."

Chen Yu nodded and applied "Plant Enhancement" to Houtu, then ordered the monster legion:

"Charge, all troops!"