That feminine voice exuded a charming quality, sparking all sorts of fantasies. However... the gap between reality and imagination is often vast.

The group listened carefully and quickly located the source of the voice. What came into their view was… an enormous mutant butterfly. Its appearance was identical to the smaller mutant butterflies they had encountered in the tunnel, except that this one had a body as big as a person and wings that spanned several meters when fully extended.

"Enlarged, it's actually a pretty disgusting creature..." Feng Bujue muttered.

"Whatever..." Honghu replied. "After the 'Trash Uncle Incident,' something like this is just a passing cloud."

"Hey... what's the 'Trash Uncle Incident'?" Trash Uncle's lips twitched as he interjected, "Don't just randomly give that event a weird code name, okay?"

"You've got some nerve..." The Blade Butterfly Queen couldn't understand what the players were saying. As a rather typical roadblock mini-boss, she didn't have any plot that could be triggered; her only job was to fight. Therefore, her thoughts and lines were all geared towards that end. "Daring to point fingers and spout nonsense about my beautiful appearance in front of me..." Her tone suddenly turned sinister, and finally, it exploded into an angry roar, "Do you want to die!"

Before the roar finished, she opened her blood basin-like mouth and spat out a glob of viscous, dark green saliva at the five players.

The five reacted extremely quickly, scattering in all directions in less than a second, escaping the range of the attack.

The glob of slime flew at high speed and struck the crystal crust, making a "sizzle—" sound, followed by a puff of white smoke that emitted a strange odor...

"Be careful not to get sprayed by her saliva; this corrosive attack is no joke," Trash Uncle warned loudly.

"Heh... that was just a greeting," the mutant butterfly sneered, adding, "There are plenty of ways to kill you..." With that, she opened her insect mouth again.

Fukafuka... a strange noise came from her throat, and in the next second, a large number of black shadows poured out of her mouth.

"So you were the one causing trouble earlier?" Tianma Xingkong said, his one hand already clenched into a fist at his waist, the other raised high in a tiger claw stance. "You villain! In this open space, I don't need to hold back and be polite with you!" He had already struck his pose, and the imposing lines were already spoken. The next thing he was going to shout was obvious...

"Tianma Meteor Fist!" (Pegasus Meteor Fist)

With a shout, the fist radiance erupted. As fast as lightning, as powerful as a mountain collapsing.

Whether in terms of speed or power, the Meteor Fist in front of him was far stronger than the one Tianma Xingkong had unleashed in the tunnel.

The Blade Butterfly Queen was no slouch. She could tell at a glance that this wave of attacks was extraordinary. She immediately flapped her wings and retreated, soaring into the sky.

In an instant, the huge butterfly wings swept out a strong wind, and the Queen used the recoil to ascend diagonally backward. The blade butterflies she had released had become cannon fodder to block the Meteor Fist.

"So you're an interdimensional traveler..." The Blade Butterfly Queen realized the identity of her opponent upon seeing the skill. "How boring..." As she spoke, she opened her mouth for the third time, and this time, what came out was neither liquid nor solid, but an invisible sound wave.

"Eee—" A high-decibel shriek rushed out of the Queen's mouth, like a transparent ripple swimming in the air, rapidly approaching Tianma Xingkong.

Little Ma was already in combat mode, his attention highly focused. Even though the sound wave was extremely fast, he could still avoid it with ease. With a slight movement of his shoulders, he bent his knees and exerted force, instantly shifting more than a zhang (approx. 3.3 meters) to the side.

Unexpectedly... the attack wasn't as simple as it looked. When the transparent sound wave struck the crystal pillar behind Tianma Xingkong, it refracted...

"Eee— Eee— Eee—" At the same time, the Blade Butterfly Queen, hovering in the air, fired three shots in quick succession, adding three more sound waves before the first one had even dissipated.

This caught the players off guard. Because the shapes of the crystal pillars were different, the refraction paths of the sound waves after hitting the pillars were unpredictable, and they had no way of knowing how many times the sound waves could refract in total.

In this situation, standing in that maze-like and complicated terrain, trying to dodge four high-speed projectiles that were repeatedly refracting was undeniably difficult.

Thus, Trash Uncle, Atobe, Honghu, and Tianma Xingkong all made the same instinctive reaction—jumping into the air.

This seemed like a relatively correct choice. In any case, there was no poisonous fog in this crystal maze, and using the vast upper space for combat was also reasonable. However... what they didn't expect was that this action was exactly what the Blade Butterfly Queen wanted...

Hiss—

"What's going on?" Trash Uncle had just jumped high enough to exceed the Boss's head when he felt himself collide with something... It was a transparent, incredibly flexible substance, like a curtain spread out in mid-air, only invisible to the naked eye.

The moment he came into contact with this substance, Trash Uncle's entire body became immobile; he was like a fly on flypaper, one side of his body completely stuck and unable to pull away.

"Crap! We've been tricked!" Honghu was in the same situation at this moment, his entire body spread out in a large "大" (da - big) shape, face down in the air. "There's an invisible net here!"

"You're too slow..." Atobe replied listlessly from the side, clearly having fallen victim as well.

"What is this... damn it, the more I struggle, the tighter it gets..." Tianma Xingkong naturally hadn't escaped either, and he was struggling with all his might.

"Hehehe... outsiders are always outsiders..." The Blade Butterfly Queen laughed. "All the creatures here know that the area above the crystal maze is 'Her' territory." She flapped her wings smugly. "The height I'm at is the limit that the creatures on this island can reach. If you go any higher, you'll fall into the 'Net'." She turned her head to look at Tianma Xingkong. "Heh... just keep struggling; the more you move, the faster 'She' will come." She paused for a moment. "Although I really wanted to finish you off myself, it's a pity... the moment you get stuck on the net, you're already 'Her' prey. I don't want to upset her; after all... she likes live things..."

As she said this, the Blade Butterfly Queen cast her gaze downwards: "You should envy the guy who didn't jump up; at least he died more quickly, without having to feel that terrifying re..." The Queen's words trailed off because when she looked down... she didn't see a corpse, and there wasn't even any blood.

"What's going on?" The Blade Butterfly Queen muttered with a hint of panic, "Even a glancing blow from my sound waves can shatter people into pieces... he couldn't have dodged all four in that limited space..."

"That's right; I indeed didn't manage to dodge them." Feng Bujue's voice suddenly appeared behind the Queen, interrupting her monologue.

"What!" The Blade Butterfly Queen was shocked, but her combat instincts wouldn't be stopped by surprise.

In that instant, relying only on the direction from which the voice came, the Queen spun her wings and slashed backward.

The huge, razor-sharp butterfly wings swept out, twisting and turning, the fluttering butterfly shadows dancing out layers upon layers of killing intent.

"With your speed, it'll be hard to hit me with physical attacks..." Feng Bujue said casually. He didn't even activate [Ling Shi Jv Shen Shu – Modified] (Spirit Consciousness Gathering Body Technique – Modified); he simply used Moon Step at normal speed to bypass the butterfly wings' attack.

"How is that possible?" The Blade Butterfly Queen exclaimed in shock.

Doubt and suspicion filled her mind, and a series of questions flashed through her mind: Why is this kid able to change direction freely and nimbly in the air? Why could he dodge the sound waves earlier? Most incredibly... he can foresee my attacks and make all kinds of evasive actions that can only be described as borderline impossible.

"I really wanted to answer all your questions first... and then make my move," Feng Bujue said, as he appeared directly below the Queen. This... was her blind spot. "But your attack methods are too tricky; never mind..."

Before his voice faded, Jue-ge swept his leg upwards in a flash of Ran Jiao (Storm Leg). The arc-shaped slash revealed a full, blue-white light... from below, it cut into the Blade Butterfly Queen's soft butterfly abdomen, splitting her in two...

In the blink of an eye, the mini-Boss perished.

Two halves of the enormous butterfly corpse fell suddenly from either side of Feng Bujue's body, crashing to the ground with a loud bang. The Blade Butterfly's steel wings smashed against the crystal crust, even making the sound of metal clashing.

"Hmm..." Feng Bujue remained suspended in the air as if nothing had happened, stroking his chin and looking up at his four teammates who were stuck above. "Well then... next, I should deal with the problem of you few."

"We seem to be stuck on a very large and very dense spiderweb," Honghu immediately began to describe the current situation. "The entire back of my body... including the back of my head, neck, spine, buttocks, and limbs... is all tightly adhered to the surface of the net. I can't break free, nor can I reach into my knapsack to retrieve anything." He turned his head slightly, looking at Trash Uncle and the others out of the corner of his eye. "I think everyone else is in the same situation, so... Brother Feng, you're our only hope."

"Oh... in that case..." Feng Bujue muttered, "Then I'll try Ran Jiao first..."

He did as he said, flipping over and kicking four times in a row. Four slashes whistled upwards, forming a quadrilateral that enclosed Honghu.

However... after a few soft "fufu" sounds, these slashes actually flew all the way up into the sky...

"What's going on?" Feng Bujue's confusion lasted less than half a second. As the first half of this sentence came out, he already had a conclusion. Thus, he immediately answered himself with the second half: "Non-physical attacks will pass through, is that it..."

"Wait for me, I'll try using equipment to cut it." Jue-ge called out, took out the [wjQ-308 Military Shovel] from his knapsack, and then carefully stepped on Moon Step, arriving at just the right height and standing firmly in the air.

The reason he chose the military shovel instead of [Must Break Defense Blade] was because of the latter's shape. After all, it was a kitchen knife, and the distance between the handle and the blade was too short. If, during the cutting process, the distance between his hand and the net was too close, leading to his entire arm, or even his whole person, getting entangled... that would truly be capsizing in the gutter.

"Don't move around." Feng Bujue said loudly to all his teammates. "If I get entangled in the net too, everyone knows what the consequences will be."

"Understood," Honghu replied.

"Don't worry, I couldn't move even if I wanted to..." Atobe muttered.

"Ah... I moved around too much earlier and got entangled too tightly, and now I don't have any strength left..." Tianma Xingkong responded in a wooden tone.

At this time, Trash Uncle gave a rather encouraging response: "Don't be nervous, take your time... if it really doesn't work, I have a way to break free myself, but that method is like using a super move, and it's best not to use it if possible..."

His teammates didn't know, but the readers must know at this moment... that's right, Trash Uncle's ultimate escape method was to throw his sunglasses (his main body) on the ground...

"Very good, then I'll save you last." Feng Bujue actually replied with these words after hearing Trash Uncle's encouragement.

Trash Uncle couldn't help but feel a little depressed upon hearing this, but after thinking for a few seconds, he quickly understood Jue-ge's thinking... If the "Her" that the mini-Boss mentioned earlier was already on her way, then... Feng Bujue might not have time to save everyone. Under this premise, putting the person who has the ability to save himself last was indeed a reasonable approach.

"Very good, the military shovel can cut through this net, it's just a bit slow to cut." At this time, although Feng Bujue's tone was very relaxed, his movements were meticulous and nonstop. "At this speed... I can get you down in about five minutes."

The first person Jue-ge saved was Atobe, because Atobe had a very good cutting weapon. As long as he got him down, things would be much easier next. Jue-ge had even thought of the method... He would carry Atobe and stand firmly at a precise height, and then let this guy use his fan to cut in large, sweeping motions.

"By the way, what exactly did you do earlier?" Taking advantage of the time while Jue-ge was cutting the net, Atobe asked curiously, "How did you dodge those sound wave bullets?"

"Didn't I say?" Feng Bujue replied calmly, not stopping his hands, "I didn't dodge them." He paused, adding, "I was going to dodge, but I failed... fortunately, my equipment absorbed the damage."

"Huh?" Atobe was stunned. "Your armor is that powerful?"

"Yeah, is that a problem?" Feng Bujue replied expressionlessly.

In reality... it wasn't that powerful. His armor was far from being strong enough to ignore the attacks of Boss-level monsters. There were two reasons why he could withstand those sound waves... First, [Artemis' Embrace] could [greatly reduce the damage of all ranged attacks]. Second... the [Echo Armor] had the hidden attribute of resisting various sound wave attacks.

Although the item description of the Echo Armor didn't state this effect, it was hinted at in the notes: [After collecting some whispers from Black Bolt, Dr. Doom used this immense energy to create this device. The user can open the belt to obtain an invisible "sound" armor.]

This invisible "sound" armor, by its nature, was similar to sound waves. And Black Bolt's voice was undoubtedly the king of sound. This boss... could level dozens of acres of land with just a few words, destroy stars with a loud shout, and even tear through space-time if he really yelled at the top of his lungs.

Under the combined effect of these two pieces of armor, Feng Bujue barely managed to withstand those few sound waves...

Of course, he himself also put in a lot of effort. If he hadn't used Zero Hour Calculation to dodge as much as possible, successfully staggering the time the sound waves hit him, the outcome would have been hard to say... Even if the equipment was perfectly suited to counter the attacks, being hit by two or three such attacks at the same time could very well have broken his defense.

"So you didn't jump at all in the beginning?" Atobe was also a perceptive person; he wouldn't ask what exactly the other party's equipment was. So, he continued to ask.

"That's not the case," Feng Bujue replied. "I didn't jump because I felt something was amiss from the beginning..." He licked his lips, explaining, "Little Ma's Pegasus Meteor Fist was fired diagonally upwards, and the angle wasn't too large. To dodge such an attack, the most effective method is to fly at a right angle to the attack line."

"In terms of this Boss's speed and ability, flying straight up was undoubtedly the best option. But... she didn't do that; instead, she chose to retreat diagonally, giving the feeling that... she didn't dare to rush upwards suddenly."

Jue-ge paused for two seconds and continued, "Later events confirmed that the Boss had already made her plan and set a trap as early as when she was dodging the Meteor Fist..." As he said this, he slightly adjusted his grip on the military shovel to better suit the cutting angle. "First, she retreated to the extreme height that was very close to this net... As a native creature of this island, she naturally knew exactly where this limit was. Then, she launched her trump card..."

"Wait, how do you know those sound waves are her trump card?" Honghu interjected from the side.

"It's simple; judging from the several abilities she's already displayed, sound waves are the strongest..." Feng Bujue said, "If she had any other powerful moves, she would have used them when I got close."

"Hmm..." Honghu nodded, "That makes sense."

"In short... she used this bottom-of-the-box, ultra-powerful move to force us into the air," Feng Bujue continued. "Under normal circumstances... if you want to engage in aerial combat with an opponent, people will instinctively jump to a higher position than the other party... Even I have this habit; there's no way around it, because my ability is only levitation, not true flight. Unless we can fly up, down, left, and right at will like Superman, otherwise, we're bound to react that way..."

"Right, because you have to factor in the distance you fall," Trash Uncle interjected, "The higher you jump, the longer you stay in the air; that's a basic concept."

"And this Boss took advantage of our habitual psychology... and set this extremely hidden trap," Feng Bujue continued. "This move is almost foolproof... people who stay on the ground will be hit by the sound waves, while people who jump up will crash into the net. The only chance of survival is to jump to the same height as her and stop... but we, these 'outsiders' who know nothing about the net, can't know that." He tilted his head and glanced at his teammates. "Of course, earlier, I... didn't think about that much; I just... saw you all jump up and wanted to take a risk to verify the suspicions in my heart."