The interior of the room is quite large, about the size of a football field. The curved walls gradually extend upwards until they bend and close together at a distance.

When all thirty or so people entered the room and stood in a natural formation, the door behind them closed with a loud bang. There should be no way to open the door until the boss dies or the player is wiped out.

Inside, there was silence for several seconds. Zhang Yu secretly began to pay attention to the sky above, he had long known that the boss was hiding on it. The others had been paying attention to the wide ground, but the leader had not appeared, as if their nerves were stretched to the limit.

"Everyone, be careful, the boss should be on it."

A calm voice reached everyone's ears. Heathcliff turned his head and pretended not to care about Zhang Yu, who was talking, and glanced at Zhang Yu, a little surprised by his observation in his heart.

When everyone heard this, they looked up at the sky and clenched their weapons in their hands to make a vigilant and defensive posture.

The top of the Dome - there's something stuck to it.

It's a very big, long-standing thing.

Entertainment ——?

It is about 10 meters long, and its body, which is made up of many segments, resembles a human backbone rather than an insect. A pair of sharp feet protrude from the side of each grayish-white cylindrical segment.

At the front end is a skull with a vicious face. The bones twisted into a streamlined shape were covered by two pairs of eye sockets that hung up in the air, and blue flames flashed on the inside. The entire jawbone protruding forward was lined with sharp fangs, and on either side of the skull were huge scythe-like bones and arms protruding outward.

When you look at it, the monster's name is displayed along with the yellow arrow. "TheSkullreaper" - Bone Hunter.

Under the frightened and wordless gaze of everyone, the skeletal entertainment beetle slowly climbed up to the ceiling as it squirmed countless steps, and all of its steps suddenly stretched out and fell directly above the group.

"Don't stay there, disperse!"

Heathcliff's shrill screams broke the silence, and it was only then that all the members finally came back to their senses and began to act. Zhang Yu kicked under his feet, and took the lead in rushing forward with his sword.

Directly below the falling entertainment beetle, there were three people who moved a little late. They panicked as to which way to go, but stopped and looked up.

The moment the scythe fell above their heads, a black long sword slashed through the air with pure blue light, and hit the scythe head-on, and the sound of impact rang out.

"Bell ......"

The entire ground shook strongly, and everyone looked closely. It was discovered that it was Zhang Yu who resisted the scythe attack on the right side of the boss. Ordinary people can't block the frontal attack of the bone hunter at all, and they will even be killed in one hit.

However, Zhang Yu's level was suppressed, and the attribute value basically reached the extreme. It's not too hard to block the boss's giant attack.

At this time, the boss let out a hissing roar, and the huge bone scythe on his left wrist was raised high, aiming at Zhang Yu and sweeping over.

"Jade!"

Asuna screamed in concern beside her.

Zhang Yu saw the attack that was about to swing overhead, and was about to retreat. Yu Guang saw a red figure and rushed over.

And that man was none other than Heathcliff. He raised his massive shield to fend off the scythe's attack, and the sound of an ear-shattering thud rang out, followed by sparks flying in all directions.

Taking advantage of the slowing down of the scythe's momentum, Zhang Yu pushed the bone scythe back with a flick of his hand, and turned his head to Asuna and Kirito.

"The scythe is up to us to resist, and you attack from the flank!"

Zhang Yu's voice seemed to free everyone from the curse, and the players let out a roar of rage, raising their weapons and launching a surprise attack on the body of the entertainment beetle. Several attacks slashed deep into the enemy's body, and only then did the boss's HP bar finally decrease slightly.

At this time, Kirito didn't hide it, and took out another long sword from the package. Holding dual swords, he rushed up and slashed rapidly, as if it was a two-knife flow skill [Starburst Air Flow Slash].

Asuna also used her thin sword to make eight consecutive stabs and stab the top-level sword skill [Stardust Splash].

The bossHP blood gauge is decreasing at a visible rate with the naked eye, and everyone is happy, and the skills in their hands are constantly being released.

The screams of several players rang out. Zhang Yu took advantage of the gap between the counterattack and scythe attack to take a look, and found that the spear-like bone at the end of the tail of the entertainment beetle swept several players to the ground.

A black figure rushed out desperately. Instantly closing the distance between enemies as if flying through the air, he rushed under the tail of the bladed spear that swung down with a loud bang, and then crossed his left and right swords to block the attack. The beauty tail is a little less powerful than the forelimb scythe, and Kirito can just handle it.

In this way, Zhang Yu, Heathcliff, and Kirito were involved in the main attack of the boss, and the others were attacking as much as they could.

The battle lasted a full hour.

When the difficult battle finally ended, and the huge body of the boss monster flew in all directions, most of the people had no more strength left to cheer. Some sat down on the obsidian floor as if they had fallen, while others lay on the ground panting violently.

"Great, it's finally over. No one sacrificed ......"

Asuna felt a strong feeling of fatigue rush over her, and her legs went limp, and she couldn't support herself and sat on her knees.

Kirito and Klein also sat down on the ground tiredly, leaning back to back, and both of them couldn't move for the time being.

With a wave of his right hand, he called out the map and counted the green dots on it. From the number of people at the time of departure, the total number of victims appeared.

"It's great that no one is sacrificing. Sure enough, it was a lot easier to have a jade come over to raid the strategy...... Otherwise, I don't know how many people will die. ”

A happy smile appeared on the corner of Kirito's mouth, happy for the successful strategy boss, and also glad for inviting Zhang Yu.

"We made it!"

Akyl's voice was filled with cheers of triumphant joy. Let all the players cheer and respond, and the whole thing is enveloped in a layer of cheerful air.

In the eyes of the exhausted people on the floor, there were only two people standing there in the depths of the room.

They are all the strongest in SAO.

A man in the armor of a red knight stands upright, Heathcliff. A young swordsman Zhang Yu in a blue and white trench coat stood casually. They looked at each other, and there was an incomprehensible look in their eyes.

"Akihiko Kayaba, I don't want to play like this anymore."

Zhang Yu looked straight at the red-clothed knight in front of him and said solemnly.

When everyone heard what Zhang Yu said, they all held their breath for a moment. Asuna, Kirito, and Klein and the surrounding players are also completely inactive. In the silence, everyone stared at the only two people standing on the field.