[Mistborn King] Lv.55

[HP]: 1,800,000 / 1,800,000

[Skills]: Mist Servant, Mist Armor, Mist Blade...

...

After the entire Mistborn army had been dealt with, only the final Mistborn King remained.

At this moment, it was continuously absorbing the surrounding mist, causing its HP to keep rising.

As an extremely intelligent BOSS, the Mistborn King could tell at a single glance that John was definitely not someone it could deal with easily.

That was why it wanted to raise its own HP in order to withstand John’s assault.

By now, Crimsonflame Dragon and Frost Phoenix had already pounced in front of it.

Under the alternating attacks of ice and fire, the damage caused by the elemental reaction was pushed to the extreme.

The mist blades released by the Mistborn King were completely ineffective.

Large numbers of damage values appeared over its head one after another.

And because the elemental reaction was growing more intense, the damage values continued to climb higher and higher.

[-460,000!]

[-520,000!]

[-600,000!]

Finally, the speed at which the Mistborn King increased its HP limit still failed to catch up with the damage dealt by the two exotic beasts.

Its HP eventually hit rock bottom.

[Your pet "Crimsonflame Dragon" has killed the platinum-grade BOSS Mistborn King Lv.55. EXP +10,000,000. Gold coins +1,000,000. Fame +1,000,000!]

[You have plundered S-grade skill: Mist Armor!]

[You have plundered A-grade equipment: Concealing Mist Hat!]

John glanced at the equipment and directly tossed the mist hat to the priest, Evelyn.

"This thing can help you hide your figure very well."

After receiving it, Evelyn thanked him repeatedly in pleasant surprise.

When she put on the mist hat with white misty edges, her figure was directly concealed within the mist, faintly revealing only graceful curves.

John had always been generous toward his subordinates.

After all, when he was not in Zone 5, he would need these people to help him manage things.

Moreover, as members of his warband, the stronger his subordinates became, the stronger he would naturally become as well.

"What’s our progress now?"

John casually asked while leading everyone toward the final BOSS gathering point.

Alan immediately opened the dungeon progress leaderboard.

The leaderboard updated in real time.

[Zone-wide Dungeon Progress Leaderboard]

[First Place]: Zone 1 — 99.7%

[Second Place]: Zone 3 — 98%

[Third Place]: Zone 2 — 97%

[Fourth Place]: Zone 4 — 95%

[Fifth Place]: Zone 5 — 80%

...

"We’re already at 80%, guild leader."

After reading it, Alan said in surprise and delight.

Although they were still in last place, one had to know that less than ten minutes had passed since they entered the dungeon.

In ten minutes, they had violently pushed the progress to 80%.

This speed far surpassed every other Zone on the ranking.

John, however, frowned slightly.

"It’s still a little slow. Zone 1 has probably almost finished killing their BOSS.

"Pick up the pace!"

As his voice fell, he waved his hand.

He summoned Crimsonflame Dragon once again.

Then he ordered everyone to climb onto the dragon’s back with him and rush at full speed toward the final BOSS area.

...

At the same time, players from the other Zones also discovered that something was wrong with Zone 5’s progress.

They began discussing it one after another in the world channel.

[Tyrone] (Zone 1, Glory Guild): "What does this mean? How did Zone 5’s progress suddenly shoot from 0% to 80%?"

[Loser] (Zone 1, Glory Guild): "Zone 5 players aren’t trying to pull off some last-second base steal, are they?

"We’ve already reached 99.8%. We’re only one breath away from taking down the final BOSS.

"Do you really think you can do it?"

[Raymond] (Zone 2, Thunder Guild): "Interesting. I’m guessing John wasn’t in their Zone earlier, which is why their progress was stuck at 0%.

"But this speed is genuinely terrifying."

[Kassad] (Zone 3, Death Guild): "Zone 1, don’t get too arrogant. Looking at Zone 5’s speed, they might really overtake you."

[Ares] (Zone 4, War God Guild): "Are you joking? No matter how strong John is, there’s no way he can surpass Zone 1 in such a short time, right?

"As for those useless pieces of trash in Zone 5 who are nothing without John...

"They think they deserve the server-wide first clear?"

[Baron] (Zone 5, Overlord Guild): "I’ve remembered your ID. When the all-zone war opens later, remember to come onto the battlefield!"

[Sylvie] (Zone 1, Glory Guild): "Everyone can disperse. Zone 1 is taking this first-clear reward!"

...

Zone 5’s wildly soaring progress naturally shocked everyone.

But it was not taken seriously.

Because Zone 1 was truly only one final step away from taking down their BOSS.

In such a short period of time, even if Zone 5 pushed their progress to 99%, it would still be absolutely impossible for them to catch up to Zone 1.

Even the players of Zone 5 themselves did not hold much hope in their hearts.

...

Zone 1.

Inside the Zone-wide Dungeon.

Guild leader Edward was currently leading everyone in a siege against the BOSS that had only a sliver of HP left.

Because this BOSS had already been controlled by them until it had fallen into a mire and could no longer move, taking it down was only a matter of time.

After releasing another round of skills that entered cooldown, Edward wiped away his sweat and casually opened the progress panel to take a look.

"Zone 2 and Zone 3 can’t catch up anymore. Zone 4 has already been crippled after getting messed up by John earlier.

"As for Zone 5, they’ve been stuck at..."

His brows raised slightly.

"Interesting. They actually jumped to 80% in such a short time.

"But unfortunately, the final reward is ours."

Edward looked at the BOSS below that was about to be killed.

The corners of his mouth curved up slightly.

"John, so what if you’re strong?

"In the end, this is still a team game.

"I’ll use the facts to show you why Zone 1 is the true future of humanity!"

...

Inside Zone 5’s public dungeon.

John and the other four rode on Crimsonflame Dragon.

Soon, they arrived outside an abyss.

This abyss was located at the center of Mist Forest.

A vast amount of mist was surging out from within the abyss.

And the final BOSS of Mist Forest—

Abyssal Devourer—lived inside it.

The entire abyss had been gnawed open bit by bit by the creature.

Beneath the abyss, there seemed to be an endless supply of mist stored within.

The mist spread little by little across the entire forest.

It transformed the monsters inside the forest and even gave birth to strange creatures like the Mistborn.

It could be said that the entire Mist Forest had been created under the shaping of the Abyssal Devourer.

At the same time, its level had also reached a terrifying Level 60!

When the other Zones dealt with this BOSS, they would often specifically wait for other five-man teams to arrive.

Then, relying on sheer numbers, they would slowly grind it to death.

As for someone like John, who directly brought only four people and dared to force his way through—

Zone 5 was the only one.

"Are you ready?"

John stood with his hands behind his back and asked calmly.

The four people behind him bowed at the same time.

"Ready at all times!"

"Good. Go down."

John nodded slightly.

Crimsonflame Dragon let out a roar and directly dove downward.

The five of them plunged straight into the mist and were brought into the depths of the abyss.

The moment they entered, the entire abyss began to tremble.

A massive and ferocious figure was slowly emerging within the mist.

The Abyssal Devourer had appeared!