Through the live-stream thread, people watched Magnus on the ground. It wielded its weapon with incredible agility, clashing furiously with the Immortal Sword remotely controlled by the Immortal Emperor. All sorts of comments flooded in.

Unfortunately, those were just stories. When the monster actually manifested, some of these tales turned out to be true and some false, with many inconsistencies.

ZAP!

ZAP!

As the Immortal Emperor’s Immortal Sword pinned down Magnus, everyone saw Huang Yi controlling the Divine Thunder Tower to unleash endless bolts of lightning. Unfortunately, despite the massive amount of electricity coursing through its body, the thick-skinned Magnus showed no signs of injury at all.

Instead, it even had the leisure to wave its hand, Summoning an endless barrage of green meteorites directly at the stadium.

WHOOSH!

The defensive line, which had just been restored thanks to the Immortal Emperor’s intervention, was immediately in jeopardy again. They not only had to defend against the Demon army still surging forward but also destroy the massive meteorites falling from above. Otherwise, if even one of the huge, high-impact meteorites landed, the stadium’s defensive perimeter would be instantly breached.

BOOM!

Everyone watched as Magnus, glowing red as if it had entered a Bloodthirsty state, unleashed a massive, crushing horizontal strike that was deflected by the Immortal Sword. The deflected blow carved a trench three to five hundred meters wide and nearly ten kilometers long into the city behind them. The buildings within the trench were instantly turned to dust.

This is bad! The Divine Artifact holder from Country F had planned to sacrifice the athletes to save his own country and city, but he never expected the shockwaves from the battle to start destroying the entire metropolis. Even if we manage to drive off or even kill the boss, this defense will be meaningless! My own city can’t be damaged!

SWOOSH!

In a baffling move, he turned and directly canceled the buff he had placed on Zhao Li.

BOOM!

The buff vanished, and Zhao Li’s Combat Power instantly plummeted. He could no longer deflect Magnus’s weapon. As a result, the distant parts of the city were finally safe from destruction, aside from the immediate battle area...

"What the fuck!!!"

"That’s a crime against humanity!!"

"That scumbag!!"

"What the hell are you doing?!"

The dazzling battle had the online viewers in an uproar. What infuriated everyone was that this Divine Artifact holder from Country F had actually, insanely, weakened his own teammate’s Combat Power. It was despicable! So selfish! Unforgivable!

"The weapon in my hand ran out of energy! I can’t provide any more buff support!"

Seeing the instant slander appearing online, the Divine Artifact holder from Country F started making excuses. He was the one who did it, but he just couldn’t admit it.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

The battle raged on. With Zhao Li’s buff gone, he had to readjust, and the scales of victory began to tip toward the Demon army. It was also through a battle like this that everyone finally understood just how powerful an unrestricted and undebuffed Super Boss truly was.

Previously, many people had captured footage of a Super Boss appearing, but those bosses had immediately entered a special zone. Consequently, no one was truly familiar with a boss’s Combat Power. Now, the thirty elite "athletes" chosen by each country were having this much trouble against just one. A shadow fell over the heart of every human who considered this.

"Why didn’t this boss rush into the special zone after it manifested?"

"Why is it attacking the stadium?"

As the human defenders were constantly pushed back, these questions surfaced in everyone’s minds.

"Yeah, why?"

"Could it be that the boss wants to snatch the item in that guy’s hands?"

"I’m an optometrist! I noticed that every time that guy uses the item to cast a buff, the boss seems to glance over!"

Online, someone offered an answer to the speculation about why Magnus was attacking the humans. Unfortunately, his theory was quickly buried under a flood of replies.

Escape?

Another ten seconds or so passed. Seeing the situation on the ground, the Divine Artifact holder from Country F suddenly wanted to flee. The front line was on the verge of collapse. But with these athletes—unable to leave the stadium or depart via the Divine Artifact Link—blocking the way, he thought he could escape.

Just as others had guessed, he had also discovered that the purpose of Magnus’s attack seemed to be the Divine Artifact in his hands. This was also why the Country F Divine Artifact holder was even more reluctant to let the "athletes" leave. If the athletes left, the Super Boss, whose target was the Divine Artifact, would turn its attention to him.

I have to escape! We can’t hold it back!

Two seconds later, he saw Magnus’s body suddenly grow several times larger and the speed at which it was Summoning its Demon army increase yet again. Meanwhile, large-scale casualties began to appear among the athletes in the stadium. The Divine Artifact holder from Country F prepared to run.

No matter what infamy he left behind, he couldn’t die. With the Divine Artifact in hand, he would have a chance to turn things around. The sounds of curses and combat rose and fell from the stadium before him, but he remained unmoved.

In any case, I can’t die!

"Hm?"

Just as the Country F Divine Artifact holder was looking for an opportunity—one where he could escape, the boss wouldn’t chase him, and the athletes would hold back the Demon army—he suddenly froze. He never thought that, even at a time like this, reinforcements would still be trying to come. On the Divine Artifact in his hand, there were hundreds of connection requests. These were all requests to link with the Divine Artifact to retrieve their own athletes. He hadn’t expected that, besides these Divine Artifact Link requests...