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Chapter 611 The 75th Floor

"You said the reconnaissance team was wiped out?"

When Xiaolin heard the news, his first reaction was astonishment.

It was quite difficult to collect intelligence on the maze area on the 75th floor. They also spent a lot of energy and time to barely complete the exploration of the maze area and find the room where the BOSS was.

But after finding the room, Xiaolin clearly prohibited anyone from rashly entering to prevent danger.

However, there were still players who were greedy for merit and wanted to take the lead without listening to advice.

The result was naturally a team wipe.

The 75th floor was a floor they had to be careful of.

Because as early as when they were attacking the floor, the 25th and 50th floors had both resulted in casualties and almost complete annihilation of the attacking team.

Especially the 50th floor, if it weren't for Heathcliff's help, they could barely pass the level. But before that, Xiaolin felt that he had adjusted the value too high, and it was very likely that the attacking battle would be wiped out, so he had to take the initiative to help, otherwise he would definitely not reveal that he had a powerful special skill of the sacred sword.

If a powerful boss appears every 25th floor, then the same is true for the 75th and 100th floors this time.

Kobayashi warned them not to be impatient and wait until they are ready to take action, but there are always people in the world who do not listen to advice and act without hesitation, and eventually bring death to themselves.

According to intelligence.

The reconnaissance team that took this rash action was composed of five guilds, and they formed a team of 20 people. Ten people stood by as guards at the entrance of the BOSS room, and ten people entered the BOSS room to explore the BOSS's values.

It was a very standard process.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to escape from the SAO BOSS battle, but that is because the door of the BOSS room cannot be opened from the inside, but it can be opened from the outside to allow players to escape smoothly.

This time was no exception.

However, after about five minutes of the door being closed, no matter whether it was the unlocking skill or direct attack, it could not open the door.

When the door was finally opened, there was nothing in the room.

The figures of the ten people and the BOSS disappeared, and there was no sign of transfer and departure at the scene, and these people did not come back.

In order to confirm their life or death, they went to the Black Iron Palace to check, but found that their names were crossed out. The reason for death was that they were killed by the BOSS on the 75th floor.

Argo told Xiaolin that the BOSS room on the 75th floor seemed to be a space where the crystal was invalidated.

Crystal invalidation...

Xiaolin only knew that Kirito and the Moonlight Black Cat Group had encountered it once when they went out to explore the maze. If Kirito had not exposed his true identity and did not hide his strength at that time, they might not have died because of it. And I heard from Kirito that the 74th floor was also like this, and I think every floor in the future will be like this.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of the future strategy.

"It's a headache."

Xiaolin patted his head.

Although the ten people who died were greedy for merit and reckless, their strength should not be underestimated. The blow to the strategy team this time was no less than the group wiped out on the 50th floor.

Maybe some players have lost the motivation to continue to attack the floor.

Then, at this time when someone must stand up and lead the strategy team forward again, Heathcliff sent him an email, hoping to talk about it.

Kobayashi agreed.

Soon, Heathcliff's cold and stiff face appeared at the headquarters of Akusis.

Kobayashi wanted to go to him, but Heathcliff took the initiative to visit him and lowered his status by saying that he had something to ask for.

Heathcliff didn't talk nonsense when he came here. He bluntly said that he hoped that Akusis could help to conquer the 75th floor.

Needless to say, the reason for the need to take action.

If no one can stand up, then those players who have backed down will definitely not dare to continue to conquer the floor. All players will be frozen here. At that time, the top players who have lost the motivation to continue to conquer may do something to the bottom players.

Kobayashi certainly had no reason to refuse.

Because there were fewer people this time, all members of Akusis were dispatched, including Sato Kazuma and Aqua, and even Yui came with them.

When Heathcliff saw Yui, his expression became obviously more stiff. He looked at Kobayashi deeply and turned away.

He was the initiator of this strategy battle, and there were still many things to do.

In front of the transfer gate square of Klinia City on the 75th floor, when Xiaolin and his group arrived here, many players had already gathered here.

They were all familiar faces.

When they saw Xiaolin and Liu Zi appear here, they all looked relieved. After all, the combination of Xiaolin and Liu Zi can be said to be their trump card. If these two were not there, the hope of passing the level would be even slimmer.

Many people came forward to greet them.

Sato Kazuma also smiled and chatted with them to keep in touch, and Aqua even performed her talent in front of everyone, causing a burst of cheerful laughter at the scene, and the tense atmosphere dissipated.

Xiaolin was chatting with Klein and Agil at this time.

Because there were not enough people, Klein's Fenglinhuoshan Guild also came. Originally, Klein didn't want the guild members to follow him on the adventure, but just like he didn't abandon the guild members on the first floor, his guild members also followed his steps closely on the 75th floor.

As for Agil's team, they also came together, but there were only four of them together.

"Sorry, I can't be of more help."

"What can I say? It's great that you can come."

Xiao Lin patted him on the shoulder.

Klein grinned and said, "Oh, we're just here to make up the numbers, and we'll have to wait and see what you do, Xiaolin!"

"Of course, leave it to me."

Xiao Lin smiled confidently.

Although there is suspicion of flattery, in this situation, they must find a backbone. If Xiaolin also shows that he has no confidence, then morale will be greatly reduced.

Then Kirito and Asuna arrived.

Seeing the newlyweds, many people opened their mouths in surprise.

You must know that the news of Kirito's almost assassination spread throughout the streets of Aincrad. He thought he would retreat or take a longer rest, but he did not expect to reappear in less than two weeks.

Kirito was also surprised that Klein and Agil were going to participate, and they chatted happily.

At one o'clock sharp in the afternoon.

Several new players appeared in the transfer door. They were Heathcliff, who was wearing a red coat and holding a huge cross shield, and the elite troops of the Blood Alliance Knights.

After seeing their figures, the tension once again enveloped the players.

In terms of pure level strength, Heathcliff, Kirito and Asuna have the highest levels. However, in terms of real strength, Xiaolin and Ryuuzi are obviously stronger, but the unity of the Blood Alliance Knights is that they can Makes people feel oppressive.

It is completely different from the noisy and loose Axis Cult.

Heathcliff led his ten men to where Xiao Lin was, stopped, nodded, and spoke to everyone.

"It seems that no one is absent. Thank you for your participation. I think everyone already knows the situation. What awaits us next will be a cruel battle, but I believe that with your strength, we will be able to successfully survive it. Crisis. Let’s fight for Liberation Day!”

"Oh——!"xN

Heathcliff's powerful shout made the players roar with excitement.

His charm is different from Aqua's, and he tends to be more of a leader. That's why he can build such a huge guild, and that's why he can make players so excited. On the other hand——

Xiao Lin looked at the stupid goddess beside him who looked stupid.

"What's the matter, Xiaolin?"

"……nothing."

Her presence will only create a cheerful atmosphere, and it is absolutely impossible to be serious and enthusiastic.

Then Heathcliff turned to Xiaolin and Kirito, showed a stiff smile and said: "Xiaolin, Kirito, I'm leaving it to you today. I'm looking forward to you."

He seems confident in Krillin and Kirito.

Obviously most players are too scared to come, but he doesn't feel timid at all and can maintain a relaxed attitude in the face of conceivable tough battles.

Kirito admired him deeply.

"Then let's go."

Heathcliff took out the dark blue crystal from his pocket and said: "I will directly open the corridor leading to the BOSS room. You will follow me."

Ordinary transfer crystals can only transfer the user to a designated street location, but now the corridor crystal in Heathcliff's hand can record any location and then open a transfer door that instantly reaches the recorded location. It can be said to be a very convenient prop.

But the price of convenience is that it is very rare. It is not sold in stores and can only be picked up from the items dropped by powerful monsters that are defeated. Even Sato Kazuma and the others only have a few such corridor crystals.

Heathcliff didn't care about the eyes of everyone. He raised his right hand and shouted out that the corridor was open. Then the extremely expensive crystal shattered instantly, and a vortex of swaying blue light appeared in the space in front of him.

"Well everyone, let's go."

Heathcliff walked in at the lead, followed closely by his four team members, followed by Xiaolin, Liu Zi and others. Kirito and Asuna were the last, and after looking at each other, they Hold hands and jump into the whirlpool together.

After a slight dizziness, they opened their eyes and found that they were already in a maze.

This is a quite spacious corridor, with huge pillars lined on both sides of the wall, and a huge door can be seen at the front.

The maze area on the seventy-fifth floor is made of a slightly transparent obsidian material. Unlike the roughly cut and uneven surface of the lower maze, the floor here is made of straight black stone polished like a mirror. Arranged.

The air was cold and humid, and there were also light clouds and mist slowly surrounding the ground.

The cold breath hit my face.

Aqua hugged her shoulders and shivered, and finally lay on Xiaolin's back to keep warm as if she couldn't bear it anymore. He had no choice but to take out clothes from the toolbar and put them on her.

"I always have a bad feeling."

Asuna whispered.

Xiaolin heard it but didn't comment.

After defeating so many floor bosses and accumulating a lot of experience, I can now tell how strong the boss is just by seeing where it lives. There is no doubt that the BOSS on the 75th floor is terrifyingly powerful, and the difficulty has not only been raised by one level.

Forty-four players were scattered around. They opened their respective menu windows and began to check their props and equipment to make final preparations. The stiff expressions on their faces could also be seen.

Only Aqua, Sato Kazuma, and Alice, who occasionally made noisy noises in the corner, instantly dissipated the heavy atmosphere.

About ten minutes passed.

Heathcliff dropped the cross shield heavily on the ground in the middle of the corridor, making a sound, and said: "Are you all ready? This time there is no information about the BOSS's attack mode. Basically, our Blood Alliance Knights and Axis Church will serve as the vanguard to resist the BOSS's attack, and then everyone will take this opportunity to find out its attack mode and then launch a counterattack against it."

Everyone nodded silently.

"Then, don't be careless."

Heathcliff said in the softest voice possible, and pushed open the obsidian door. Even the noisy Aqua ran behind Kobayashi early, and Yui was also protected in her arms. Alice held a long sword, like a princess knight ready to go to war.

The door made a heavy sound and slowly moved, and the players drew their weapons together.

"——The battle begins!"

Then the players followed Heathcliff's footsteps and entered the BOSS room in a line.

The room was a rather wide dome-shaped space, as big as the first-floor arena, with arc-shaped walls that gradually extended upwards until they were far above and then curved and closed.

When all 44 people walked into the room and naturally formed groups and stood in formation, the door behind them closed with a loud bang.

Before the BOSS was captured or they were all killed, there should be no way to open this door.

In other words, they had no retreat.

There was silence among the crowd for several seconds. Although they kept paying attention to the wide ground, the BOSS did not appear. Time passed little by little, as if to tighten the players' nerves to the limit.

"Hey——! Up there!"

I don't know who made the sound, he screamed and pointed at the ceiling.

Everyone raised their heads at the same time and found that there was something attached to the top of the dome, and it was very huge and long.

The whole scene is about ten meters long. Its body, which is composed of many body segments, is more reminiscent of the human spine than an insect. Each gray-white cylindrical body segment has a pair of sharp legs with exposed bones.

Moving forward along its body, you can see a gradually thickening front end with a ferocious skull.

And it is not a human skull. The skull twisted into a streamlined shape has two pairs of eye sockets hanging high up, and blue flames are flickering inside.

The entire lower jaw protruding forward is lined with sharp fangs, and huge sickle-shaped bone arms protrude outward on both sides of the skull.

Focus your eyes on it.

The name of the monster is displayed at the same time as the yellow arrow.

TheSkullreaper

——Skeleton Hunter!