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    A giant monster emerged from the depths of the ground!


    BOOOM!!!


    Giving a jump that shook the bare wastnd we made inside the forest after the frantic attacks that decimated anything rushing towards us, the big boss showed up.


    Is this some kind of scripted event? Right after we ughter thest one, the big boss shows up.


    I feel like the actual world just became some kind of MMORPG instead of a survival apocalypse setting… Wait, it still kind of that at the end I guess.


    Monsters dropping a lot of items and giving EXP, literal dungeons popping up endless waves of monsters, and bosses emerging after certain requirements are aplished…


    "GGRRYYYAAARRR…!"


    Ah well, I don''t have any time to spare with my thoughts, as a gigantic cricket, which had enormous and slender pincers showed up, the pincers and well, its entire body was covered in a crimson-red metallic material, and its jaws extended horizontally like des that shed each time it roared.


    This thing is definitely C-Rank now…


    I quickly use Appraisal.


    [Giant Scarlet Armored Flesh Cricket Emperor (C-Rank++)]


    [Vitality: [10000/10000]


    [Mana: [3000/3000]


    [Strength: [7000]


    [Magic: [2500]


    [Dexterity: [4500]


    [Abilities: [Power Jump], [re Kick], [de Jaws]


    When I checked it with Appraisal, the monster''s stats showed up… This didn''t show up before.


    Was this an update of Appraisal without me knowing? Is the Soul Records stabilizing and finally showing proper stats? Well, whatever it is, this monster had a hell of a health bar.


    Even more, its Power was ridiculously high, and its Magic stat was good too.


    It possessed three Abilities, Power Jump, re Kick, and de Jaws, all probably rted to what it can use to decimate me.


    The beast''s presence released a thick crimson-red aura that seemed to create some kind of strong pressure, which even made the air around it heavy…


    This is a true Boss.


    "GGRRYAAR!"


    The creature quickly enhanced its entire body with its crimson-red and fiery aura, enhancing its powerful legs and unleashing a barrage of kicks right towards us!


    But instead of the kicks hitting us, they released waves of crimson mes!


    FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!


    We quickly took evasive measures, flying away from the bombing zing kicks as the zing fireballs they exuded fell like meteors over the ground, shing over the barren floor and shaking everything!


    BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!


    The explosions of mes left enormous craters over the ground, but the beast wasn''t done yet, it rushed directly towards me!


    Yes, me!


    It seems that just like the other monsters, the Boss is also sensitive to Mana, and they seem to prioritize those withrge quantities of it. And as the one with the most Mana and also the Summoner, I am the most attractive target.


    But I expected as much.


    I already had ready ten Consecutive Mana Bullet sts, which I hastily fired towards the beast face, sting away both of itsrge crimson-red eyes, and then hurriedly evading right before one of its de jaws were to slice me in half!


    SLASH! CLASH!


    The des closed right in front of me, as my heart began to beat hastily.


    Soon after, Ervas quickly pushed the beast away with a powerful Telekinesis Wave in the shape of an enormous hand, while Kireina flew towards it with her Khaos Spear, and unleashed powerful techniques that released beams of pure chaos over its head!


    BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!


    I intercepted it afterward, charging my Sanguine Sword into my Staff andbining it with Phantom mes, Dark Winds, and Holy Light Beam, generating a twisting spiral of darkness, light, and mes!


    Anna charged her axe with ck thunder and shed it against the beast who had lost its sight and was now clumsier, easily throwing the Boss for me to take on!


    Unleashing the powerfulbination of my Skills, I swung my staff downwards, unleashing an enormous beam of darkness and light twisting together with mes, crushing the bug into the ground!


    BOOOOOOMMM!!!


    CLAASH!


    The beam crushed the Boss into the ground, as the entire earth around it began to tremble, forming deeper and deeper craters, as boulders began to fly all over the ce!


    As the beam dissipated, we nced down below as the bug was still somehow alive.


    But through our powerful teamwork, we reduced its Health Bar a lot, and it now had a -6000 HP in one sitting!


    "GRRRYSSSHAAA!"


    The beast suddenly roared, as its entire body was epassed in mes and then it jumped towards us! The force of its jump shook the earth below as its de jaws were coated in mes as well, unleashing waves of slicing mes whenever they closed!


    CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!


    All of us quickly entered into evasive measures, as we began to charge our long-ranged attacks.


    I decided to not release anotherbination attack and simply spam long-ranged attacks, consecutively firing transparent spheres of mana that exploded on contact with the beast''s destroyed scarlet armor.


    At the same time, I created a spiral of blue mes by merging Phantasmal Fire with Dark Winds, epassing the beast''s entire body while it was overwhelmed by everyone else Chaos shes, Thunderbolts, Thunder Axe Attacks, Telekinesis Bullets, and ws and fangs.


    "GGRRRYYYAARRR…!"


    BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!


    Crack… crack!


    The scarlet exoskeleton of the monster was not able to resist anymore, as it shattered into pieces, right before the beast''s entire body was overwhelmed by our explosive and ridiculous onught of elemental attacks!


    Mana Bullet sts exploded and turned it into minced meat, my spiral attack of blue mes burnt through the firstyer of flesh exposed after the exoskeleton shattered, the piercing chaos attacks generated deep and bloody wounds, the electricity fried its flesh alive, and the other attacks helped diminish any area we were not able to coverpletely!


    BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!


    "Grrryyaarr…!"


    sh!


    The entire beast''s body fell over the ground, its flesh was sttered all over the ce, and most of its exoskeleton was shattered into pieces.


    It was finally dead.


    And just as it died, several bright lights emerged out of thin air near it, alongside a crimson-red treasure chest!


    Ding!


    [Your Level has increased to Level 39!]


    [Your Level has increased to Level 40!]


    [You gained Skill Points]


    Level 40 reached!


    And with that, I flew down below to pick up what the monster dropped. I had particrly high expectations for the treasure chest.


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