Miss Dragon, the BOSS, will not be captured.

Although she desperately wanted to save her mother, Ye Qingxian knew that she couldn't do anything with her own strength, so she could only place her hopes on Esther.

The system told her she had nine days left to live. This precious time couldn't be wasted. Even with immense worry in her heart, Ye Qingxian had to do what she needed to do.

She has now arrived at the mission location, which is the location of the elite wilderness boss, Rafflesia.

Plant-type monsters are weak to fire, so Ye Qingxian found a human town under the protection of her hounds. The town was very lax in its security and was full of strange otherworldly adventurers (players), so Ye Qingxian did not arouse any suspicion.

She bought incendiary arrows from an NPC in town. These arrows have arrowheads made of a special material. Once they are nocked onto a bow and lit, they emit intense heat and flames, easily igniting flammable materials.

As for her equipment, Ye Qingxian spared no expense, spending almost all of her money to purchase a set of equipment at level 60 or higher. Now that she is level 62, her equipment level has caught up.

This was her first real challenge, so she had Fenrir's hounds stand by at a distance while she prepared to take on the boss alone.

"Faya Continent" is a free game where each class can freely choose their weapons. Therefore, it is normal for a mage to wear heavy armor and wield a two-handed greatsword to hack and slash through a horde of monsters. When Ye Qingxian chose her weapon, she did not hesitate to choose a ranged weapon, namely a bow and arrow.

If you're using a bow and arrow, just keep stacking your agility attribute. When you're fast and move quickly, you can use a kiting tactic to fight monsters, and the opponent won't be able to touch you at all.

Ye Qingxian stood 50 meters away from the giant flower, which was within the effective range of her bow and arrow. At such a distance, the giant flower should not be able to attack her, right?

To defeat this BOSS, Ye Qingxian made thorough preparations. She first took out a portable arrow rack from her backpack and placed it on the ground. Then she took out incendiary arrows, lit them one by one with a torch, and stuck them upside down on the arrow rack.

These arrows, once lit, would burn for five minutes, which would be enough for her to shoot them all.

Ye Qingxian's idea was simple: she would just attack the Rafflesia from a distance. Although she had no combat experience, she was eager to try her hand at this monster-slaying battle.

The giant Rafflesia in the distance is over ten meters long. Although it is a plant, it has a terrifying and ferocious mouth, and disgusting liquid keeps flowing out of its mouth. Just looking at it is creepy.

Most players have enabled the censorship function, so in their eyes, the Rafflesia is probably just an ordinary plant monster. But seeing it in Ye Qingxian's place might give them nightmares.

Before the battle began, the hesitant Ye Qingxian made a final confirmation—

The weather is fine; there won't be any sudden wind or rain.

There are no other monsters around, so there's no need to worry about being disturbed.

The hounds will guard the surrounding area to prevent players from suddenly appearing and stealing her monsters.

All equipment appropriate for the current level is equipped, and various buff skills have been activated.

Now, you can go online!

Ye Qingxian picked up a burning arrow from the arrow rack, nocked it, and shot. With a whoosh, the arrow sliced ​​through the air, grazing the edge of the Rafflesia and flying into the distance.

MISS!

"hiss……"

Because she hadn't fought for so long, or rather, hadn't fought much at all, Ye Qingxian's skills were now quite rusty, and she couldn't even shoot arrows accurately anymore.

The Rafflesia in the distance sensed that someone was attacking it, so it began to howl loudly.

Damn it, where are this guy's vocal organs?

Without hesitation, Ye Qingxian drew her bow and shot again. This time, the burning arrow successfully hit the main part of the Rafflesia, instantly igniting part of its body.

-1421!

-24!

-23!

-21!

-24!

The system begins calculating damage values. The first value is the damage from a direct hit, and the values ​​that float up afterward are the continuous fire damage values.

Ye Qingxian glanced at the Rafflesia's health bar. Good, it had actually dropped by one-tenth!

Elite monsters are nothing special.

Just as she was about to shoot an arrow again, the ground in front of her suddenly cracked open, and several plant tendrils suddenly appeared from it and attacked her!

Snapped!

Ye Qingxian tried to dodge, but one of the tentacles still lashed out at her, pulling her body several meters away.

"It hurts... it hurts..."

Ye Qingxian felt real pain; the attack left her lying on the ground, unable to get up. She felt pain all over her body; the attack was no less than a thick whip lashing her.

The leather armor didn't absorb much damage; I should have just bought a full set of iron armor.

Only then did Ye Qingxian realize how incompetent she was; was her body's pain tolerance really that low...?

Perhaps it's really as Estia said, that you get used to being beaten up a lot?

When Ye Qingxian lost her ability to move, the Rafflesia didn't stop. The 50-meter distance was no longer safe in front of its roots. It first carefully knocked over the quiver of the burning arrow with its tentacles, and then rolled up Ye Qingxian.

"Eh, eh!?"

The roots tightened around Ye Qingxian's body, causing her bow and arrow to fall to the ground. Then, the roots dragged her towards the main body of the Rafflesia.

Damn it, am I still too weak...? I can only call upon the hounds.

Ye Qingxian used her previously acquired dog-taming skills to summon Fenrir's hounds, but the hounds did not respond to her.

What's going on?

Ye Qingxian quickly glanced at the status bar and noticed that each of the hunting dogs had a special marker after its name—"Foraging for food".

This is not the time to be greedy!

Ye Qingxian hadn't expected the hunting dogs to let her down at the crucial moment. She struggled to draw the dagger from her waist and tried to cut the roots wrapped around her, but she soon realized that she was cutting through hard steel bars.

Her body was dragged by the roots to the front of the Rafflesia, this ugly plant-like monster opened its disgusting mouth, and it was obvious what it was going to do next!

Are we going to be eaten?!

Section 131, Chapter 124: Enemies of Nature

The Rafflesia is clearly an intelligent monster, knowing to first knock down the burning arrow rack that could harm it. However, its level of intelligence makes it prone to oversights. Currently, Ye Qingxian's body is bound by roots, but her hands can still move.

Ye Qingxian wasn't stupid. Although she couldn't cut the roots with the dagger she carried, what if she used fire?

She began to implement her backup plan, taking out a projectile called "black oil" from her backpack and throwing it at the Rafflesia.

Pfft!

The black liquid instantly stained the Rafflesia, but the Rafflesia found that the viscous liquid did not harm it, so it ignored it.

These monsters are indeed less intelligent than humans.

Ye Qingxian then took out a projectile called "Flame Bomb" from her backpack. This projectile can instantly create flames in a certain area. Without hesitation, she threw the Flame Bomb at the Rafflesia.

Whoohoo!

The black kerosene burned fiercely after being ignited by the flames, with the intense flames shooting straight into the sky and creating a cloud of smoke.

"Awoooooo!"

The Rafflesia let out a mournful cry. This flame was countless times stronger than the fire arrows from before. It probably couldn't understand why the black oil burned so fiercely until its death.

Its roots lost their strength and loosened their grip on Ye Qingxian's body, allowing Ye Qingxian to quickly escape the area of ​​the burning flames.

Just then, the hounds arrived late, each one glistening with oil from their meal... that word might not be quite right, but these guys really had a good time, their bellies swollen as if they were pregnant.

Ye Qingxian was overjoyed because the giant Rafflesia in front of her was about to run out of health. She had defeated the monster with her wisdom, rather than simply through brute force.

She knew that if it were Estia, she would probably just rush up and pull out the Rafflesia's roots and throw them into the air. Violence is not unacceptable, but sometimes there are better ways to choose from.

Unfortunately, this mission didn't reward any gold coins; Ye Qingxian had already spent all her money on equipment and items.

With the mission nearing completion and the experience rewards promising countless more levels, Ye Qingxian lowered her guard, unaware of the monster's frenzied rage in its final moments.

Before its complete demise, the Rafflesia flower mustered all its strength to launch a final attack on the humans before it, using a ranged attack method.

A bright green magic bullet, about the size of a soccer ball, flew towards Ye Qingxian. It was so fast that there was no time to react. It exploded after hitting Ye Qingxian, and a large area around it was instantly covered with dense pollen.

"Cough cough..."

Caught off guard, Ye Qingxian inhaled several mouthfuls of pollen and began to cough uncontrollably. However, when she coughed, a large amount of pollen entered her body when she opened her mouth.

A hunting dog played a protective role at this time, rushing into the pollen and carrying Ye Qingxian out on its back.

Ye Qingxian took a long, deep breath when the air was clear before she finally broke free from her violent coughing fit.

Ding! Task completed! Please contact the task poster to claim your reward!

Ding! Inhaling Rafflesia pollen has caused your body to enter an abnormal state.

Ye Qingxian didn't have time to be happy for long before she received some really bad news.

"Type 3 Aphrodisiac Pollen Disease: Infected individuals will experience intense sexual desires within three days at the latest, and their physical sensitivity will increase fivefold. Girls infected with this disease, don't be sad, the benefit is that during the infection period, engaging in sexual activity with other people will allow you to gain some of their experience."

"What the hell is this?!"

Ye Qingxian was stunned, as if struck by lightning, and stood there dumbfounded for a very long time.

Is this game I'm playing really not an eroge?! Why is there such a strange abnormal state?

Let's take another look at the end time of the abnormal state—

"It cannot be dispelled or cured; it will subside on its own once the body is released."

Ye Qingxian really wanted to find out who designed this game and ask her if she was actually a former adult game author who had gone ashore.

She immediately took a screenshot of the status and planned to post it on the player forum, but then realized that her system no longer had the player forum function.

Damn it...

By this time, the Rafflesia's body had been completely burned away. Ye Qingxian sent a message to Esther, asking if she had saved her mother, but she still did not receive a response.

Why? Estia has no reason to ignore her.

Ye Qingxian was very worried about her mother, so she sent many more messages. Perhaps the system found her annoying, so it finally made an announcement.

Ding! The other party is currently located in another area and cannot receive private messages at this time.

Okay... okay, when it really matters, there's not a single reliable person.

Ye Qingxian was about to return to Youjing Longyuan when she suddenly realized something.

The Rafflesia is a plant-type monster that lives in jungle areas, and if I use fire...