"Boss finally spawned, brothers, let's crush it!"
A three-meter-tall black praying mantis spawned, and though it was only level 30 with Elite strength, it had a valuable loot drop — a full set of 30-level excellent quality gear. It respawned every three hours, making it a steady source of income for several strong gold-farming groups. As a result, many players had gathered to hunt the boss.
"Huh, did they use the biological code of the flying magic insect race?"
Laketon suddenly stopped laughing, looking curiously at the little boss named Scythe Mantis.
Hundreds of players rushed from all directions. Among them were some high-level players, level 40 and above, and taking down this Elite boss with less than a million HP would only take a couple of minutes.
The melee tank charged in, immediately drawing the boss's aggro, while ranged players in the back started dealing heavy damage. The boss's HP dropped by over 100,000 in an instant.
The Scythe Mantis let out a raspy roar, swinging its dual scythes at two main knights.
Critical Hit -4000!
Armor Break!
Critical Hit -8000!
...
"Shit! A boss with armor-break effects is a bit tricky," a knight player yelled as he retreated while fighting.
"Hold steady! Don't let it get to the backline!"
Under the command of the gold-farming team leader, several priests immediately cast healing spells, stabilizing the line as the boss's health dropped rapidly.
"Hahaha, too weak! Far weaker than the Celestial Domain's Shurtu, let me show you how it's done."
Laketon, watching from the sidelines, smiled sinisterly.
Orson frowned. He saw Laketon grab the air near the small forest where the boss had spawned.
A white circular disk resembling a clock appeared, its hands pointing to 9 o'clock, aligning with the real-world time.
The next moment, Laketon grinned widely and lightly flicked the hour hand, causing it to spin rapidly, jumping forward three hours.
Hiss!
An eerie shriek rang out, and Orson's scalp tingled. A second Scythe Mantis mysteriously emerged from the spawn point.
"Shit! Jackpot! Isn't it supposed to respawn every three hours? But now there are two bosses! Brothers, hold steady!"
The leader of the gold-farming team froze for a moment but quickly rejoiced. With their team's strength, handling two bosses was no problem, essentially doubling their efficiency in farming equipment!
"Player: MysticMan used special skill [Summon]."
"Monster spawn process error!"
"Infinite Dimensions Grey Watch is heading to Purple Thunder Fortress for error correction!"
A prompt sounded in the ears of the players.
Despite the two high-damage, low-HP assassin-like bosses, they could be killed quickly with attention, but the players were a bit confused but didn't pay much mind.
Gold-farming groups typically had the worst equipment on ranged players, as their role didn't require melee combat. They just needed to focus on spamming ranged attacks.
The main knights, however, had high equipment demands, so resources were heavily invested in them. With the help of the priests, the knights easily tanked each boss.
"Bring it on! Bring it on!"
Laketon laughed maniacally, his hand reaching out to adjust the clock again.
With a loud crash —
Several large trees collapsed, and another small boss charged through the trees, heading straight for the gold-farming group's backline.
"Three... three?! What the hell! Didn't we agree that the boss spawns every three hours?"
"The first one hasn't even been finished, and now we're getting three?!"
The gold-farming group leader's face stiffened, feeling as though they were seeing a ghost.
The Scythe Mantis tore through the backline, massacring the under-equipped ranged players, sending soul-light speedily into the sky.
"I'm gonna kill whoever gave us this fake information!"
An archer's cursing was cut short as the small boss cleaved him into four with its scythes.
This was just the beginning of the despair. Laketon continued to adjust the clock hand,
One after another, black mantises rushed out of the spawn point, and for the weaker brick-moving players, this was a deadly blow.
"Bug! Someone's exploiting a game bug!"
"MysticMan? Yeah, the lunatic we saw earlier!"
"What the hell is this? Didn't they say this game has no bugs? This is absurd!"
The gold-farming players quickly recalled the prompt they had received and began searching for the "player" exploiting the game's flaw.
"He's over there! We can't let him get away!"
"That son of a bitch is trying to mess with our equipment, damn it!"
Everyone turned to see Laketon, laughing maniacally, and without hesitation, various spells and arrows were fired at him.
Miss!
Miss!
No target lock!
...
However, all the gold-farming group's attacks were ineffective.
"Impressive, looks like the rules of Infinite Dimensions aren't foolproof."
Orson's gaze deepened. Instead of Laketon being in an invincible state, it seemed like his presence was an illusion.
Players couldn't even lock onto him to attack.
It was as if he stood in another dimension, mocking everyone at will.
As the small bosses went on a rampage, several main tank knights were killed, and the gold-farming group began to show signs of collapse.
"He looks like something."
Orson's expression grew more serious.
The Immortal Slave residing in the players had undergone bizarre changes. It not only ignored equipment requirements but also broke the monster spawn rules. This led Orson to think of a program virus!
"Is this the real purpose of the Immortal Slave's plot to enter the game?"
Orson frowned and sighed deeply before jumping down from the sky.
Awakened Heavenly Fire Slash!
Just as the gold-farming group sank into despair, a cold voice suddenly rang out, and an overwhelming fire erupted, burning the ground into a charred mess.
Critical Hit -3.8 million!
Critical Hit -3.9 million!
...
"Fuck! A few hundred thousand in one slash? Am I seeing things?!"
"Impressive! Impressive! This game hasn't even been out that long, and now we're dealing with hacks? Are we having a godly battle already?"
Orson slashed through the monsters with one blow, instantly killing the three small bosses.
The sight left the gold-farming group players in shock, their jaws dropping.
In their eyes, what was happening looked like a godly war between hackers, and it was terrifying!
"You... you're the golden-faced warrior from the Pondenorlin City Dragon Battle?"
The gold-farming group leader stared blankly at Orson as he walked past, his heartbeat instantly racing to 180.
"Skull mask, dark gold equipment, red fighting aura, it's definitely him!"
"My god! Orgod disappeared... Could it be that this hacker... killed him?"
A cold sweat broke out on the players' foreheads.
The terrifying aura emanating from Orson made them doubt that they were in a virtual world.
Hearing the whispers around him, Orson nearly spat out blood.
What rumors were these?
Only one thing could be said: they really knew how to play!
"Sorry, friends. Pondenorlin City has been renamed to Forever City. You're welcome to visit and shop once it's completed..."
Orson said indifferently.
The gold-farming group leader froze instantly, muttering, "Did he just say... 20% discount?"
Orson remained unfazed as the small bosses charged toward him. He raised his sword, the power bursting forth like a raging bull, unstoppable.
Blood spurted into the air as his ordinary attack couldn't even be withstood by bosses with less than a million HP.
It was so powerful that the players watching were in awe.
After solving the gold-farming group's problem, Orson walked coldly up to Laketon, "Don't mess around like this again without my orders, or I'll drag your main body out of the No. 11 Tomb and make octopus barbecue."
Laketon pretended to look afraid, but his head was down, still speaking in a sarcastic tone, "Ah, yes, yes!"
Orson sighed deeply, unsure whether bringing the Heaven Demon parasite into the game was a blessing or a curse.
But one thing was certain: with this guy's strange abilities, he might turn out to be a very useful tool.
Since he could manipulate monster spawns, Orson wondered if simply standing by a monster spawn point and waiting for Laketon to release monsters could allow him to activate Ice Prison Ring and leave it to AFK farm...