At the moment when the Soul Warrior "Safety First" was killed by the Iron Maiden's counterattack.
Qin Feng had already seized the opportunity to strike as the BOSS made its move!
However, the surrounding players could only see a shadow flash across the field, followed by a series of blade slashes on the core area of the BOSS's chest...
The BOSS's health bar instantly dropped by about 15%!
When the Soul Warrior died.
The Steel Saintess regained her calm, ceased her attacks, and even began to slowly move towards the Cathedral Sanctuary behind her.
It was clear.
Facing an enemy she couldn't see through, this BOSS didn't recklessly unleash area skills.
As long as she didn't attack, the Steel Saintess was in a state of invincibility with 100% counter damage!
Qin Feng maintained his stealth, following closely behind.
"This Soul Warrior managed to kill himself with his own attack; his damage was quite high."
"After all, the Soul Warrior's passive ability allows him to ignore 50% of the target's defense after dodging, which is effective against the Iron Maiden..."
"But his class traits make it impossible to deal with the Iron Maiden..."
Qin Feng shook his head silently.
He knew that the Soul Warrior had a class ability that granted 0.3 seconds of 100% dodge time after each roll.
And after a successful dodge, the next attack could ignore 50% of the target's defense.
But clearly, this person was a natural counter to the Iron Maiden!
When the Iron Maiden attacked, this person could only roll to dodge, with no chance to attack.
When the Iron Maiden stopped attacking, this person would attack and get fully countered.
It was extremely frustrating!
...
"Damn, the boss is dead?"
"Shit, it seems like counter damage?"
"Something's not right, that Shadow is still there! And he just took a huge chunk out of the BOSS's health!"
In the team channel.
The Soul Warrior "Safety First" immediately exclaimed in shock: "Impossible! Why did my attacks do no damage to the BOSS, and all the damage was countered? How can that Shadow take out a whole chunk of health at once?"
The young summoner Little Rabbit was also shocked: "My Tracking Blood Rabbit didn't even see him, his stealth level is at least level 4!!"
At this moment.
Qin Feng's skills had cooled down.
He no longer waited for other players to make a move... because it seemed no one else dared to act.
He could only reveal himself and lure the BOSS into attacking!
"Blacklight Shield."
Qin Feng activated the Blacklight Shield, and his ghostly figure, clad in Resentment Leather Armor, finally appeared before all the surrounding players!
At the same time, he caught the attention of the Steel Saintess!
Crack, crack!
The Steel Saintess instantly turned around, her arms driving the iron wheels, slashing towards Qin Feng!
As she launched her attack, Qin Feng wielded the Ghost Ship Twin Blades and unleashed a "Night Ring Blade"!
The dark blade swept around him, striking the weak core of the "Steel Saintess."
-9000 (Weak Point Attack)!
Immediately after, a Shadow Blink Slash was unleashed, dodging the opponent's attack perfectly while launching an offensive!
The Steel Saintess's health bar dropped again!
However, at the same time, the BOSS's chest-mounted flamethrower finally activated, spewing two streams of black flames towards where Qin Feng had vanished!
Even in stealth, Qin Feng was hit.
Fortunately, he had the 10-layer damage reduction shield from the Blacklight Shield!
After consuming 7 layers of the damage reduction shield, Qin Feng quickly retreated beyond the opponent's attack range.
"The frequency of this flame attack is too high..."
"Even if I were half a second slower, my damage reduction shield layers wouldn't be enough, but luckily I'm fast enough."
Qin Feng patiently waited for the Blacklight Shield to cool down.
This skill had a cooldown of over 30 seconds, meaning Qin Feng could only attack once every thirty seconds...
At this moment.
Qin Feng suddenly noticed someone sneaking towards the spot where the Soul Warrior had died...
Clearly, they intended to snatch the life orb dropped by the Soul Warrior!
Just as the person was about to reach the orb.
A Venomous Dart suddenly flew in from the side, piercing into their head!
-11989 (Weak Point Attack)!
Killed instantly!
Next, two blood-red Curse Flowers bloomed over the two corpses.
Any life orb Qin Feng saw would never be stolen by anyone else!
He turned back to deal with this person and went back into stealth.
The next moment, his figure reappeared in front of the Steel Saintess, repeating the same tactic. When the BOSS launched its flame attack, Qin Feng's Shadow Blink Slash landed fully on the BOSS!
All the surrounding players were stunned by the scene.
They only saw the figure of "Shadow" constantly appearing in various places on the field, flickering rapidly!
Whenever he appeared, it was either a dead person or the BOSS losing a large chunk of health!
"Wow! This Shadow is too fierce!"
"What kind of technique is this..."
"I didn't know how Shadow got the first kill before, but now I'm convinced!"
"I thought our boss, the Soul Warrior, was already strong for being able to solo a Gold-level BOSS in half an hour, but there's someone even stronger..."
"Stronger? This is beyond strong..."
"This is a true master!"
Whether it was the players under the Soul Warrior or the other onlookers, including the few "Knight's Sanctuary" guild members who hadn't been taken out and were hiding, they were all dumbfounded.
People knew Shadow was strong.
But how strong?
No one knew!
There were only a few players who had seen Qin Feng kill a BOSS with their own eyes.
Gray Rose was one, but that was back in the newbie town.
Milky White Xuezi had also seen it, but that "Plague Wraith" was just a Gold-level BOSS.
As for the others, even Wang Meng and his group hadn't seen much of Qin Feng in action.
So, seeing Qin Feng solo the "Steel Saintess" now, the surrounding players were as shocked as if they'd seen a deity, their eyes wide with amazement!
Let alone the Steel Saintess, even a Silver-level BOSS or a Gold-level BOSS could wipe out a team of average players.
Even the Soul Warrior "Safety First," who could solo a Gold-level BOSS without taking damage, was instantly killed in front of the Steel Saintess...
Yet such a terrifying Platinum-level BOSS was utterly powerless against Shadow?!
The surrounding players were all in awe, and naturally, no one dared to interfere with Qin Feng.
And when Qin Feng appeared again.
As the Iron Maiden frantically launched iron wheel slashes and the black flames spewed from its chest... Qin Feng, relying on the Blacklight Shield, withstood the flames, wielded his twin blades, and with a Shadow Blink Slash, emptied the BOSS's last bit of health bar!
——
[You have killed the 'Steel Saintess (Platinum-level).']
[You have gained 48,000 experience points.]
[...]
[Congratulations on becoming the owner of the 'Cathedral Sanctuary'!]
[You are now the owner of both the 'Land of Purification' and the 'Cathedral Sanctuary'!]
[Please choose one to retain!]
(Note: The ownership of the hideout not retained will be converted into a 'Hideout Key (tradeable).' Other players using the Hideout Key will become the owner of that hideout!)
——
As the Iron Maiden collapsed, crushing a section of the surrounding houses, a series of system prompts echoed in Qin Feng's mind.
A single player cannot own two hideouts simultaneously.
So...
Qin Feng had to choose one hideout to retain ownership of.
The other hideout would become a key, available for trade!
"This key, at this stage, only the official channels can afford it..."
"Exchanging it for two thousand years of lifespan seems reasonable, right?"
Qin Feng naturally chose to retain the 'Land of Purification,' relinquishing ownership of the 'Cathedral Sanctuary' and obtaining the 'Cathedral Sanctuary Hideout Key'!
Simultaneously, Qin Feng approached the massive Iron Maiden "corpse" and released the Greedy Hand.
Due to the BOSS's enormous size, the surrounding players' view was obstructed.
No one saw the pile of platinum-colored light glowing beneath the Platinum-level BOSS's body, interspersed with several emerald streams!