Pretending To Be A Boss

Catastrophic-level boss creatures took nearly a century for humankind to complete the tier development needed to hunt and kill them.

They had never faced a double-digit number of catastrophic-level creatures at once.

Watching numerous comrades fall to the ground, watching the quiet approach of distant breaths drawing closer and closer.

Song Que suddenly turned around and said,

"There's no escape, let's fight bravely, everyone."

Lin Jue wiped the sweat from his brow and said,

"People die and birds fly back to heaven, even if I die, Laozi will take one of those catastrophic creatures down with me today!"

"You've troubled so many girls in this lifetime, dying isn't a loss for you…" The one-eyed king raised his gun, preparing to predict Lei Xiao's path. He had tried many times but never once hit his target.

Gu Luo and Ye Feng exchanged a glance, both ready to fight to the death.

As the army began to cast off their armor and abandon their gear, Song Que and the others had already foreseen the outcome of the battle.

The figure of Shiling drew nearer and nearer.

Behind the ten catastrophic creatures was an even more terrifying beast.

Shiling was very similar to Lei Xiao.

Both had stats that were lower than those of beasts of the same tier, yet they both possessed heaven-defying abilities.

The fleeing crowd suddenly stopped in their tracks.

Evaporated sweat, splattered blood, and dust in the air, all were frozen in place.

It was as if time was chasing the footsteps of these people, and as soon as it caught up, everyone was instantly immobilized.

Regardless of whether they were humans or beasts.

In the center of Shiling's domain, everything stopped.

The domain was so vast that Song Que couldn't even see what Shiling, at the center, looked like.

He just watched as more and more beasts suddenly halted in their tracks.

Humans in mid-run were frozen, maintaining their running poses.

Even creatures and humans that were knocked into the air did not fall down.

Because falling down also required time, and they were now in a domain without time.

Even Song Que and the others, who just a moment ago had high fighting spirit, instantly felt chills upon seeing such a sight.

What kind of monsters were these?

If the meaning of a bloody and fierce battle included a glorious death and making the enemy pay a price, then the appearance of Shiling completely erased that possibility.

The one-eyed king started firing into the distance, but when the bullets entered Shiling's domain, they too were stopped.

As the domain gradually enveloped the battlefield, Song Que and the others had no choice but to retreat.

The last bit of fighting spirit was subdued by a terror so powerful that even time had to compromise.
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The domain continued to expand, more and more creatures lost the concept of time.

They were like statues.

Finally, Song Que and the others saw the true face of Shiling.

It was, surprisingly, a creature resembling a Qilin.

Its eyes carried disdain.

In terms of size, Shiling was not large among the myriad beasts, even quite small.

But the domain it displayed was definitely worthy of a catastrophic-level boss creature's strength.

Song Que suddenly didn't know what to do.

There were tens of thousands of gifted individuals here, amounting to forty percent of human talent currently known.

These people were very likely not going to survive the day!

He watched everything with despair.

But more despairing circumstances awaited him.

Ten Lei Xiaos blocked the human army's escape route.

These ten lightning-like creatures formed a massive blockade line.

The blockade line forced the retreating human army to turn back.

Shiling continued to walk forward steadily.

With Lei Xiao's death blockade in front and Shiling's massive Time Stop Domain behind,

eleven creatures had managed to encircle tens of thousands of humans on this vast battlefield.

There was no escape.

The beasts started to scatter because Shiling didn't distinguish between human or beast.

But the beasts were much luckier than humans, as they weren't obstructed.

In Shiling's barrier, although creatures were only frozen, seeming harmless, Song Que and the others witnessed a strange phenomenon.

All life within Shiling began to drain away bit by bit.

"We're done for. I thought we were going to have a good fight, but the creatures that showed up are ones we can't even touch.," Lin Jue trembled with anger and fear.

It was both rage and terror.

For the first time, Song Que saw fear in the eyes of Lin Jue, who had always been fearless.

He felt fear as well.

No one was not afraid of such a being.

This was a type of monster that, even if you went into battle determined to die heroically, you would ultimately be subdued and watch your life drain away quietly and without dignity.

The power of a catastrophic creature finally shattered the last vestiges of morale among the few passionate individuals.

People were forced by the blockade line of Lei Xiao to keep retreating until they finally fell into the still domain of time.

The Qilin-like Shiling Beast still wore that arrogant expression.

As if up to this point, it hadn't even expended an ounce of effort.

It just walked slowly, step by step. In its wake was desolation and decay.

It didn't need to do anything; with a leisurely stroll, the largest human-initiated battle had already ended.

All was lost.

The space for tens of thousands of people to move became smaller and smaller.

Within Shiling's Time Stop Domain, the health of both beasts and humans continued to dwindle.

That suffocating sense of oppression was like watching two walls covered in iron spikes slowly squeezing closer.

Death was not the greatest fear; the scariest part was the process that led to its arrival.

The two walls of calamity and catastrophe made that process painfully clear.