【Insight Successful】
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The information was identical, except the weakness section had changed to:
【Weakness: A rule-monster that has violated the rules; it has been abandoned by the very rules it relies on for survival! It fears fire and everything scorching. If you stab its body fiercely with your long blade, you can kill it. But be careful, it seems to be able to fly.】
Cheng Shuili: "..."
Did she really need a ring to remind her that this thing could fly? It was currently floating right there in the sky!
However, she had already obtained what she wanted.
Cheng Shuili’s smile widened, leaving the other players looking utterly confused.
"What’s wrong with Crow?"
"What happened?"
"I don’t know what happened either, but judging by Crow’s expression, something good must have occurred."
Finally, Hao Hao reached out and poked Cheng Shuili cautiously, "Big Boss, is there some good news?"
"There is." Cheng Shuili replied with only two words before raising her eyes to look at the Faceless Jester in the air.
Her gaze was sharp as a blade, and a cold smile played at the corners of her lips.
"The good news is," she said slowly, her voice not loud, yet clearly carrying across the entire field, "this host, this monster, is no longer invincible."
"Not invincible?"
"What does that mean?"
"Has the Faceless Jester changed?"
"I can’t tell!"
The players began to argue, but Panshi suddenly stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "If Crow says it has changed, then it definitely has."
Not bad, this guy actually had some discernment.
Cheng Shuili’s voice rang out again, filled with absolute certainty as she shouted, "The rules have abandoned it! It can now be killed!"
This sentence exploded in the minds of all the players like a thunderclap!
It could be killed?!
That rule-monster, which seemed to stand above everything, could now be killed?!
The Faceless Jester let out a shriek of shock and fury—a sound of weakness and panic as its foundations were shaken. It clearly had not expected this human to be aware of this change.
And its reaction, in the eyes of Cheng Shuili and the players, was the clear guilt of being exposed.
Some players had been skeptical, but seeing the Faceless Jester’s reaction, they chose to believe in Crow.
But others were still puzzled: "Didn’t the person chosen earlier get sucked dry when they attacked it? Can we really kill it?"
At this moment, even Kyle stopped clashing with the Dragon Country players. He snorted disdainfully, "How can someone be this stupid? That was during the dessert-making phase, and the monster might have had higher permissions then. But this is the waiting period. If we can attack the monster at all, now is the best time!"
Cheng Shuili glanced back. Although her gaze lingered only briefly, the players understood her meaning.
"So, while now..."
Attack!
All the players reached a consensus in an instant, gripping their weapons tightly, their eyes glaring fiercely at the monster hovering in the sky.
This was the first time a full-server dungeon had been opened, and everyone participating possessed a spark of desperate courage.
Were they afraid of the Faceless Jester?
Of course they were!
The fear had lasted too long, and this monster had been invincible for too long.
But emotions are like that; the more they are suppressed, the more violent they become when they finally erupt!
"Take it down!!!"
Someone shouted first, acting like a spark hitting a fuse.
The long-suppressed fear and anger transformed into a surging battle intent at this very moment!
Like a bursting dam, the players charged toward the Faceless Jester in the air. Swords, spears, clubs, and hammers—they clutched various weapons, their eyes burning with long-lost fighting spirit.
But just as the description said, this disgusting Faceless Jester could fly.
Most of the players’ weapons couldn't pose any threat to it. Instead, the black tentacles it extended hit their marks with precision, nearly rendering the players combat-incapable in an instant.
Realizing that these players were as insignificant as insects, the Faceless Jester’s nervous tension deflated like a punctured balloon.
It reclaimed its mocking, high-and-mighty posture, emitting a shrill, "Hee hee hee" laughter. It circled nimbly in the air, dodging sporadic ranged attacks while its black tentacles lashed out like whips, sending the players who had rushed too far forward flying.
"It’s no use! It’s flying too high!"
"We can’t reach it at all!"
"Most of our ranged attacks are being dodged!"
A sense of agitation and helplessness began to spread among some players.
To have hope ignited only to be coldly extinguished by reality—the feeling was truly unbearable.
But how could Cheng Shuili let that happen?
Cheng Shuili narrowed her eyes and made a final adjustment to her aim, murmuring, "You like to fly, huh? You like being up there?"
"Hee hee?"
The Faceless Jester seemed to sense something; its laughter paused, and its hollow face turned toward Cheng Shuili’s direction.
"I’ll set off a big firework for you, but you have to stand properly on the ground to watch it!"
Cheng Shuili hooked her lips into a cold arc and pulled the trigger!
The shell whistled away, trailing a plume of smoke.
The players charging in the front only then realized what was happening. They turned their heads one by one, then exclaimed in surprise:
"What is that thing?"
"A rocket launcher?!! How could a player have something like that?!"
"Who on earth is this person?!!"
There were also pragmatic players:
"Isn't the monster immune to heat weapons?!"
The shell carried Cheng Shuili’s cold determination, tearing through the air with a deathly scream, aiming precisely at the figure constantly emitting that hee-hee laughter in the sky.
The Faceless Jester clearly hadn't anticipated an attack of this magnitude.
It might have been able to playfully swat away swords or nimbly dodge arrows, but faced with a rocket-propelled shell trailing flames and moving at astonishing speed, the agility granted to it by the rules—which seemed flawless—appeared pale and ineffective.
It tried to block with its black tentacles, tried to climb rapidly.
But it was too late.
"BOOM!!!"
A deafening explosion rocked the mid-air. A scorching fireball expanded instantly, swallowing more than half of the Faceless Jester’s body!
The shockwave spread like an invisible giant hammer, causing even the ground to tremble.
The players were pushed back a few steps by the blast, instinctively raising their arms to shield themselves from the scorching heat and blinding light.
"It hit!"
"It’s a rocket launcher! Crow hit it with a rocket launcher!"
From within the flames came a shrill, distorted scream unlike anything the Faceless Jester had made before.
Its tuxedo was blasted into rags, charred black.
Half of its body was twisted unnaturally, and some black, viscous liquid resembling tar was dripping continuously from its wounds.
It was clearly severely injured!
Most significantly, it could no longer maintain a stable flight, and like a bird that had been shot, it tumbled crookedly from mid-air.
"Bang!"
It crashed heavily into the empty space in the center of the arena, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Panshi was the first to react, his voice booming like a bell, instantly igniting the final hesitation in the eyes of all the players: "It’s injured! It fell! Take this chance, kill it!!"
Hope—true, tangible hope! At this moment, it transformed into overwhelming battle intent!
"KILL IT!!!"
Someone shouted again. This time, there was no fear in the voice, only cathartic fury and a conviction of victory!
The players surged like a tide, launching a full-scale assault on the monster that had just fallen and had yet to crawl back up.
Cheng Shuili stood where she was, a wisp of heat still lingering on the muzzle of the rocket launcher on her shoulder.
She didn't move forward again, merely watching the battlefield calmly, like a chess observer who had dropped a spark.
Her task was complete. She had broken that seemingly invincible shell; as for the rest...
Blade light, sword shadows, hammer winds...
All kinds of attacks poured down on the Faceless Jester like a torrential rain.
It tried to block with its remaining tentacles, but before the enraged players, these efforts were in vain.
Hao Hao gripped her axe tightly, roaring as she charged to the front, the axe blade cutting through the air and hacking fiercely into the Faceless Jester’s twisted shoulder, nearly splitting half its body open as more black liquid sprayed out.
It seemed to have lost all ability to resist.
Cheng Shuili put away the rocket launcher and finally pushed through the crowd to enter.
The frantically attacking players saw her coming and stopped their actions, instinctively clearing a path for her.
Cheng Shuili walked up to the Faceless Jester. This once arrogant rule-monster was now at its final breath.
Its charred, shattered body twitched slightly, and viscous black liquid bubbled from countless wounds, pooling into a small puddle on the ground.
Those clawing tentacles now lay limp, scattered around, occasionally spasming feebly.
It seemed to sense Cheng Shuili’s approach; its hollow face struggled to turn toward her, emitting a very faint, intermittent "hee hee" sound, like the final gasp of a broken bellows, filled with unwillingness and resentment.
Cheng Shuili looked down at it from above and suddenly raised her hand to take something out before flipping a switch.
A dynamic rhythm immediately began to play!
Dum-da-dum-dum, dum-da-dum-dum!
At this very moment, she had actually pulled out a speaker and was playing 《The Most Handsome National Style》 again!
"Big... Big Boss..." Hao Hao was truly confused, "What does this mean?"
The other players were equally puzzled, yet the Faceless Jester, already unable to move, struggled frantically, hoping to move its ears further away.
Cheng Shuili watched the Faceless Jester’s futile struggle, a mocking arc forming at the corners of her lips.
"It doesn't mean anything," her voice was calm and waveless, carrying a nearly cruel indifference, "I just felt that this music was very fitting to send it on its final journey. After all, it never seemed to appreciate my taste."
She raised her foot and stepped lightly on the Faceless Jester’s charred, shattered chest, applying a little pressure.
The Faceless Jester let out a blurred, choking sound, its remaining tentacles slapping feebly against the ground.
"It seems that terrible music is sometimes more effective than swords."
As Cheng Shuili spoke, the Night Hunt in her hand was already raised, the blade tip aimed at the single red smile on that smooth mask, which now appeared incredibly comical.
"Farewell, my friend without aesthetic sense."
The blade light fell.
There was no earth-shattering boom, no scene of flesh and blood flying.
The edge of the Night Hunt cut through like a thick shadow. The Faceless Jester’s body twisted violently under the blade, then began to shrink, emitting a series of fine sounds like glass shattering.
Countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared on its iconic red-smiling mask.
Finally, amidst the high-pitched chorus of 《The Most Handsome National Style》, its body and the mask disintegrated completely into countless fine black light points, like ashes blown away by the wind, falling rustlingly before dissipating entirely into the air.
Disappearing along with it was the suffocating sense of oppression that had lingered over the island.
The music stopped abruptly at this moment.
Cheng Shuili turned off the speaker and casually put away the Abyss Ring.
The entire field fell into a strange silence.
The players stared blankly at the spot where the Faceless Jester had vanished, then looked at Cheng Shuili, who was standing there with her blade sheathed, looking as composed as ever. For a moment, they couldn't even react.
That rule-monster that had toyed with them, bringing endless fear and despair...
Just died like this?
Blasted down by a rocket launcher, hacked into critical condition by a frenzy of blades, and finally finished off by Crow with a single slash to the accompaniment of a square-dance hit?
This ending... was it not a bit too... dramatic?
"Is... is it over?"
A player muttered, their voice full of uncertainty.
"It seems... yes."
Their companion beside them swallowed hard and replied hoarsely.
"Then... then we..."
Was it time to say goodbye?
Before the second half of the sentence could be uttered, the scenes before all the players began to distort.
The dungeon had ended, and it was time to return to their respective vehicles.
At the very last moment, the woman from the Panshi team who had been saved by Crow suddenly asked urgently: "Crow! Is your full ID Crow Takes Flight?"
Cheng Shuili looked at the female team member, whose eyes were filled with urgency and a certain confirmation.
But the teleportation had already begun, and the space was becoming blurred.
"Yes."
Cheng Shuili gave an affirmative answer, but it was already unheard.
In the Panshi team group chat:
"What did Crow say at the end?"
As soon as she appeared, the female member couldn't help but ask in the group chat.
And the others were clearly also very interested in this matter:
"Did she speak? I didn't hear it. But you, why did you suddenly think she was Crow Takes Flight? That’s Crow Takes Flight!"
"Is our luck really that good? In our first full-server dungeon, not only did we meet someone from Dragon Country, but we also met the number one on our Dragon Country regional leaderboard? Haha, if that’s really the case, I’m going to go gamble again!"
"You’ll gamble yourself into ruin sooner or later!"
Panshi looked at the dozens of messages that had instantly flooded the group chat, rubbed his brow, and spoke in a deep voice: "Everyone be quiet."
The captain’s authority still held, and the group chat instantly went quiet.
"Xiaoya," Panshi looked at the female team member who had asked the final question, "Why did you think she was Crow Takes Flight?"
The female member with the ID "Ya Sister Invincible" replied excitedly: "Panshi-ge, since you’re asking like that, you must have thought so too! We are already the top combat power in our partition, yet that person had so many things we had never seen before."
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