"You're nobody to tell me what to do?!" Cao Yaxuan's eyebrows shot up as she spoke with displeasure.

"Pfft~" Tong Qi couldn't hold back a snort of laughter.

Sister Cao really had a big problem with Kui Zi.

"Maybe what she says is right." Wang Yazhi chuckled lightly. "But being correct doesn't mean players have to act exactly as she envisions."

Many people have set up self-discipline schedules, but how many actually stick to them? The distance between knowing and doing is like a vast chasm.

...

First floor, Dorm 10.

"Sister Zi, probably no one will give us supplies!" Su Yuan looked towards a woman with a diamond-shaped face.

"They will, but very little, and only out of respect for my position as Floor Leader." Kui Zi stared at the surveillance screen, speaking calmly.

Su Yuan had only become Kui Zi's tenant by a stroke of luck. His personal strength wasn't great, but his sharp mind made Kui Zi pay him some attention.

There were two other tenants in Dorm 10 with similarly good potential, one male and one female.

"Does this have any meaning?" a delicate-looking female tenant asked.

A plain-looking bespectacled man replied, "It has meaning. As long as Sister Zi's predictions are correct enough times, then in the future, what Sister Zi says will be correct, and Dorm 10 will be the optimal strategy!!"

Kui Zi's gaze remained utterly calm, as if she hadn't even heard their conversation. She only spoke to the delicate female tenant in a faint tone, "Xiao Yu, the Ghouls are attacking Dorm 1. Go lure those monsters over here."

"Okay." Xiao Yu nodded and pushed the door open to leave.

...

"Lang Ge, all the small fry on the first floor have been cleared out." Xu Xiaomeng reported.

"How long did it take?" Xu Lang asked.

"It's been almost half an hour since the game started." Xu Xiaomeng replied immediately.

Xu Lang leaned quietly against the sofa, holding the True Ancestor's Manuscript in his hand, and asked casually, "Any casualties?"

"Two people died, but no dormitory was breached." Xu Xiaomeng answered.

Nearby, Wang Yazhi's sword practice paused, and Tong Qi also emerged from her cultivation state. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"This Kui Zi has a very firm hand." Xu Ruyan put down the bottles and jars she was holding and offered a word of praise.

She also had crafting-type skills, counting as half a Creation Path player, though she could only make some low-to-mid-level poisons, and her success rate was quite low.

"That's true." Wang Yazhi twirled her sword, creating a flower-like pattern. "A horde of Level Five and Six monsters is already very tough, just not exceeding the standard power threshold yet."

The Mad King Dormitory Building was different from other dorms. In other places, monsters exceeding the standard only appeared after several rounds, but the Mad King Dormitory Building often saw them.

After that, everyone chatted for a while longer, when suddenly the Dormitory Broadcast rang out.

[Dormitory Broadcast——]

[Second Floor BOSS Headless Knight sends his blessings]

[Headless Knight's Blessing: All players' mobility decreases by 20% after leaving their dormitory]

...

Second floor.

A warhorse neighed, and a knight charged out from the stairwell!

The black steed was tall and powerful, its tail and hooves wreathed in flames. The Headless Knight sat astride it, clad in deep-hued black armor that seemed to overflow with black mist. In his hand was a three-meter-long lance, its tip gleaming with a cold, eerie light!

The moment he appeared, he drew attacks from numerous Turrets, but he shook them off with rapid maneuvers.

After patrolling back and forth three times, the Headless Knight suddenly raised his lance and thrust it fiercely at a dormitory door!

A hole appeared instantly!

[Black Gold Door Durability -60]

Its Durability plummeted by a third!

The player inside was terrified, his heart trembling!

"Neigh~"

The Headless Knight barely slowed down as he roared past down the corridor. Upon reaching the end, he turned around and charged back again!

Raise lance, attack!

*Clang!*

The same dormitory door was attacked again. The player inside was on the verge of breaking down, hurriedly asking for help in a small group chat while frantically @ing Floor Leader Zhao Liang.

Through collective brainstorming, the second-floor players began discussing countermeasures.

Before any useful plan could be devised, this player's door was broken open by the Headless Knight!

The Headless Knight's pitch-black cloak flared, and a swarm of specters immediately surged inside, killing every player in that room!

...

The second floor had no ordinary mobs, only one terrifyingly powerful, scalp-numbing Headless Knight.

And the player whose door was breached wasn't some nobody either; both his Turret and door were Level Five, yet he died so cleanly!

The Headless Knight was too fast. No one could even capture his stats to post in the chat room.

Xu Lang's expression turned serious. "If this knight appeared on the tenth floor, it would really be a bit troublesome."

The Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door was a Level Seven door, but it hadn't been tested in real combat yet. He didn't know if it had the durability to withstand attacks from something beyond its grade.

Repairing the Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door cost money, and he currently had nearly two million Copper Coins.

"Troublesome? I even feel like no dormitory can counter him!" Wang Yazhi took a deep breath, her gaze distant. "Someone used a Level Four grenade on the Headless Knight, and he came out completely unscathed."

Cao Yaxuan looked at Xu Lang and said, "Xu Lang, that set of armor he's wearing must be amazing!"

Wow, so you're actually the greediest one here!

Xu Lang glanced sideways at Cao Yaxuan, the corner of his mouth twitching as he said, "Yaxuan, you're really daring to think and act now, aren't you?"

"Of course! If he dares come to the tenth floor, I'll definitely make him experience the taste of a horse stumbling." Cao Yaxuan tossed her long hair with supreme confidence. "I am the Ice and Snow Queen. Lay down an ice path, and he'll definitely be finished!"

Cao Yaxuan's confidence wasn't unfounded. In terms of skill potency, she might actually be number one in Dorm 200.

Ultimate Frost Energy was a Level Ten Blood Contract!

"Good, the tenth-floor BOSS is all yours!" Xu Lang patted Cao Yaxuan's shoulder, wearing an expression of entrusting a heavy responsibility.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't mess around!" Cao Yaxuan was horrified.

A Level Ten skill and a Level Ten BOSS were not the same concept.

To rival a Level Ten BOSS, you'd need at least a full set of Level Ten equipment, plus a reasonably matched set of high-level skills and a series of auxiliary items.

Auxiliary items were especially important. The reason Xu Lang could kill the Pure-Blood Vampire last time was because he had powerful counter items.

And this Headless Knight didn't even have minions, which almost certainly meant there were no counter items.

"I wasn't planning to mess around." Xu Lang shook his head.

"I think we still need to find its weakness!" Tong Qi frowned, her chest seemingly feeling tighter as she looked at Xu Lang. "Lang Ge, shouldn't we try to collect some relevant books?"

She was applying the experience from the second round of Fierce Ghosts Return to this round of the game.

"Alright." Xu Lang responded.

"By the way, are you guys hungry? Let's eat a bit more." Sherry patted her stomach and spoke up.

"Okay!"

Watching the girls go make food, Xu Lang's mind was still preoccupied with the Headless Knight.

In soul-like games, equipment dropped by knight-type BOSSes was always top-tier. He wondered if Zhao Liang could handle the Headless Knight.