Then, with another wave of its hand, a meteorite hundreds of meters in diameter suddenly materialized, trailing long green flames as it smashed viciously into the ground.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Amidst the immense shockwaves from the impact, the green fireball shattered, and countless demonic creatures crawled out from within. Magnus raised the green, double-bladed weapon in its hand and pointed it toward the distant stadium.

WHOOSH~

A massive horde of Demons roared and surged forward like a tidal wave. Among them were three-headed Hellhounds, Demon Guards wielding long axes, and Demon Mages casting explosive Magic from a distance. The Super Boss had appeared, instantly bringing with it a monstrous tide of a Demon army.

"You son of a bitch!"

"Who closed the Divine Artifact Link?! I can’t get back!"

"You bastards from Country F! Let me go back!"

"Everything was fine when we came, but now we can’t go back?"

Watching the massive green meteorites that were still plummeting from the sky, some of the athletes who knew of Magnus’s power wanted to flee immediately. But they never expected that the Divine Artifact Link, which had supposedly been permanently open just moments ago, had suddenly been shut down.

There was no going back!

Amidst their cries of alarm, everyone immediately turned to look at the Divine Artifact holder from Country F.

"Esteemed experts and contestants!"

"The moment to protect our planet is now!"

"If we do not fight now, then when?!"

"Whoever can kill the Super Boss before us will become the champion of this competition!"

"The boss’s sudden appearance... it has disrupted the Divine Artifact Link..."

The Divine Artifact holder from Country F had also recognized the boss’s identity and abilities. The moment he saw his city being destroyed, he had instantly closed the Divine Artifact Link. Unwilling to let his nation be annihilated, he wanted to make the contestants help them fend off this Super Boss. Especially the top ten experts! They had to fight!

With their escape route severed, none of them could hope to go back if he didn’t reopen the Divine Artifact Link. Faced with the sudden descent of the Super Boss, Country F’s Divine Artifact holder had cast aside all pretense of honor. Protecting his people and fending off the boss was his number one priority.

"Protect my ass! I want to go home!"

"The planet is huge now! Even if this boss wipes you out, it won’t reach me!"

"Fuck you! Let me go back!"

"’Disrupted,’ my ass! Can’t you come up with a better excuse?!"

The righteous speech from Country F’s Divine Artifact holder was met with a barrage of vulgar, slang-filled curses. Unfortunately, no matter how much everyone raged, they couldn’t change his decision. In the face of a world-ending boss, he would be as shameless as it took to make these people stay and try to kill the creature.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Amidst the roar of curses, the monstrous Demon tide swarmed over them. The many athletes brought here by the Divine Artifact were trapped within the arena’s bounds. With the Divine Artifact’s Teleportation channel closed and faced with the tidal wave of the Demon army, all they could do was take their stances and focus on defense.

BEEP!

BEEP!

BEEP!

While arranging his own personnel to establish a defensive line, the Divine Artifact holder from Country F watched his Divine Artifact blow up with notifications. Every nation that had an athlete present was furiously spamming link requests, trying to bring their contestants back.

But that was impossible. After seeing for himself just what level of Super Boss Magnus was, he had no intention of letting anyone go.

Either you kill the boss and save Country F, and then I’ll let you go. Or, you can all die here with Country F!

In the face of world-ending power, all notions of honor and morality had vanished without a trace.

"Fight!"

As Magnus, with its grotesquely large ass, continued to summon an army of Hellfires from the rear, the Divine Artifact holder from Country F let out a furious roar. At the same time, he activated all of his Divine Artifact’s abilities, bestowing powerful Aura blessings on everyone present. Although he had forced the athletes to stay, they were now his allies, so he buffed them all.

WHOOSH~

WHOOSH~

WHOOSH~

Auras granting Blessing of Strength, Armor Blessing, True Word Shield, and Endurance Blessing washed over the crowd as the Divine Artifact holder unleashed a torrent of skills. His own gaze, however, fell mainly upon the Immortal Emperor in the crowd. He was counting on the Immortal Emperor to unleash his divine might and eliminate the world-ending boss.

In this competition, the Immortal Emperor was the only one who had used just a single move the entire time. Although he had forfeited one match, the Divine Artifact holder from Country F still believed he was the strongest. In truth, his main reason for closing all the Divine Artifact Links was to keep the Great Xia Immortal Emperor here to help him fend off this Super Boss.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Amidst a cacophony of roars, the monster tide surged forward, and the two sides clashed. The battle had begun!

And the Immortal Emperor, just as the holder had wished, began to move across the battlefield, controlling a Flying Sword. All monsters in the Flying Sword’s path were sliced apart as easily as butter. The Immortal Emperor and the others didn’t want to fight, but they had no choice. With the Divine Artifact Link closed, they were trapped and forced to fight.

Soon, following the Immortal Emperor’s lead, a dazzling array of skills collided with the Demon tide. Huang Yi deployed his Defense Towers as well, and Father Shen’s full set of chess pieces assumed their formation.

The battlefield was utter chaos.

***

It actually ended up like this?

After Shen Fei left, Zero sat in the City Lord’s Mansion in Mist City and opened a live-feed post. She never expected to see such a scene. The New Olympic Games are really just one disaster after another.

She had originally thought that her maneuver of quickly sending over and then recalling more than eighty people was a big deal. But she’d never imagined that it would all turn into such a mess at the very end. Her little operation was nothing in comparison. The ten-person grand finals didn’t even get to have a single match before a Super Boss showed up out of nowhere and ruined everything.

Zero knew that with the inheritance of the second project completed, the Super Bosses that had been restricted for the past two weeks had begun to spawn without limit. She and Shen Fei had encountered one before in the Northern Territory of Myanmar, but the moment that boss appeared, Shen Fei had insta-killed it. She hadn’t expected that an even stronger boss would spawn right at the venue for the New Olympic Games. Furthermore, the first thing this boss did upon appearing wasn’t to retreat into a special zone to recover. It immediately summoned an army and launched an all-out assault.

Zero truly had not seen this twist coming. She was sure that no one had expected this was how things would end up.

Look at them struggling so desperately! If Shen Fei were there, he could probably insta-kill it... right?

「Half a minute later.」

Zero muttered to herself. Unfortunately, that scumbag Shen Fei had already left, so Zero couldn’t discuss the situation with him. She could only watch the live-feed post with curiosity, waiting to see what would happen next.

If the boss manages to wipe out everyone on site, now that would be interesting. It’s no big deal if Country F gets flattened; after all, plenty of countries have been destroyed since the apocalypse started. But if all those contestants—those "athletes" who are considered the elite of their nations—are killed by the boss... then things will have really gotten out of hand.