That female voice exuded a charming aura, inspiring all sorts of fantasies. But... the gap between reality and fantasy is often vast.

The group listened carefully and quickly located the source of the sound. What came into their view... was a massive monstrous butterfly. Its appearance was identical to the small monstrous butterflies they had encountered in the tunnel, except that this one had a body the size of a person, and its wingspan was several meters wide.

"Looking at it up close, it's quite a disgusting creature..." Feng Bujue muttered.

"Whatever..." Honghu replied, "After experiencing the 'Worthless Uncle Incident,' this level of thing is like floating clouds to me."

"Hey... what's the 'Worthless Uncle Incident'?" Worthless Uncle retorted, twitching his lips. "Don't just arbitrarily give that incident a strange code name, okay?"

"You've got some nerve..." The Blade Butterfly Queen couldn't understand what the players were saying. As a fairly typical roadblock mini-boss, she didn't have any plot to trigger; her sole responsibility was to fight. Therefore, her thinking and dialogue were geared towards that aspect. "To dare point fingers at my beautiful appearance and spout nonsense in my presence..." Her tone suddenly became sinister, until finally, it turned into an angry roar, "Do you want to die!"

Before the roar had even finished, she opened her bloody maw and sprayed a glob of viscous, dark green saliva in the direction of the five players.

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

That glob of mucus flew at high speed and eventually struck the crystal crust, making a "sizzle--" sound, followed by a plume of foul-smelling white smoke...

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

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

All that could be heard was a fukafuka... a strange noise emanating from her throat, and the next second, a large number of black, monstrous shadows poured out of her mouth.

"So you were the one playing tricks earlier?" As Tianma Xingkong spoke, one hand was already clenched at his waist, while the other was 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!" The stance was ready, the imposing lines had been spoken, and what he was about to shout next was obvious...

"Tianma Meteor Fist!" (Pegasus Meteor Fist)

With a shout, the fist light burst forth. As swift as lightning, as unstoppable as an avalanche.

Both the speed and the power of the Meteor Fist were far stronger than the one Tianma Xingkong had unleashed in the tunnel.

The Blade Butterfly Queen was no weakling, and she could immediately see that this attack was no small matter. She immediately flapped her wings and retreated, soaring upwards.

In an instant, the enormous butterfly wings swept out a gust of strong wind, and the Queen used this recoil to rise diagonally backwards. And those Blade Butterflies she had released earlier had clearly become cannon fodder to block the Meteor Fist.

"So you're an alien traveler..." The Blade Butterfly Queen understood the other party's identity when she saw the skill. "How boring..." She said, and then opened her mouth to attack for the third time, but this time, what came out was neither liquid nor solid, but an invisible sound wave.

"Eeee--" A high-decibel screech shot out from the Queen's mouth, like a strand of transparent ripples swimming in the air, rapidly approaching Tianma Xingkong.

Little Ma Ge was already in the combat rhythm, his attention was highly focused, and even though the sound wave was extremely fast, he could calmly avoid it. He simply moved his shoulders, bent his knees, and exerted force, instantly shifting more than ten feet to the side.

Unexpectedly... the attack was not as simple as it looked. When the transparent sound wave struck the crystal pillar behind Tianma Xingkong, it actually refracted...

"Eeee-- Eee-- Eee--" At the same time, the Blade Butterfly Queen in the air fired three shots in a row, supplementing the first sound wave with three more before it had even disappeared.

Now the players were caught a little off guard. Because the shapes of the crystal pillars were all different, the refraction trajectory of the sound waves after hitting the crystal pillars was unpredictable, and they also had no way of judging how many times the sound waves could refract in total.

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

Therefore, Worthless Uncle, Atobe, Honghu, and Tianma Xingkong all made the same instinctive reaction - they jumped into the air.

This seemed to be the correct choice, anyway, there was no poisonous mist in this crystal maze. Using the vast upper space for combat was also logical. However... what they didn't expect was that this action played right into the Blade Butterfly Queen's trap...

Shhh--

"What's going on?" Worthless Uncle had just jumped to a height slightly above the Boss's head when he felt himself hit something... It was a transparent, extremely flexible substance. It was like a curtain spread out in mid-air, but it was invisible to the naked eye.

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

"Crap! We've been tricked!" Honghu was in the same situation, his whole body in the shape of a large "X," face down in the air. "There's an invisible net here!"

"You're too slow..." Atobe replied listlessly from the side. Obviously, he had been caught as well.

"What is this... Damn it, the more I struggle, the tighter it gets..." Tianma Xingkong was naturally not spared either, and he was struggling desperately.

"Hehehe... Outsiders are just outsiders..." The Blade Butterfly Queen laughed. "All the creatures here know that the area above the Crystal Maze is 'Her' territory." She得意得意 flapped her wings. "The height I'm at is the maximum height that 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 and said, "Heh... struggle as much as you like. The more violently you move, the faster 'She' will come." She paused for a moment. "Although I'd like to finish you off myself, it's a pity... the moment you're stuck on the net, you're already 'Her' prey. I don't want to make Her unhappy, after all... She likes live things..."

As she said this, the Blade Butterfly Queen cast her gaze downwards, "You should envy that guy who didn't jump up. At least he died more quickly and didn't have to experience that terrifying tor..." The Queen didn't finish her sentence 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 murmured in slight panic. "Even if it was just a graze, my sound waves can shatter people to pieces... He couldn't have dodged all four of them in that limited space..."

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

"What!" The Blade Butterfly Queen was horrified, but her combat instinct would not be halted by surprise.

In that instant, relying solely on the direction of the sound, the Queen spun her wings and slashed backwards.

The huge butterfly wings, as sharp as knives, swept out, moving up and down, and the graceful butterfly shadows danced out a myriad of killing intents.

"With your speed, it's probably hard to hit me with physical attacks..." Feng Bujue said in a relaxed tone. He didn't even activate [Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu - Modified] (Spirit Consciousness Gathering Body Technique - Modified), and simply used Moonwalk at normal speed to bypass the butterfly wings' slash.

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

Her mind was filled with shock and doubt, and a series of questions flashed through her mind: Why can this kid change direction freely and flexibly in the air? Why could he dodge those sound waves earlier? The most incredible thing is... he can foresee my attacks and make all sorts of evasive maneuvers that can be called borderline.

"I'd really like to answer all your questions first... and then take action," Feng Bujue said, as he appeared directly below the Queen. This... was her blind spot. "But your attack methods are too troublesome, so never mind..."

Before the words were even out of his mouth, Jue-ge swept his leg upwards in an Arashi Kick. The arc-shaped slash emitted a rich 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, this mini-Boss was dead.

The two halves of the enormous butterfly corpse fell suddenly from either side of Feng Bujue's body, crashing to the ground. The Blade Butterfly's steel wings slammed against the crystal crust, and even made a sound of metal clashing.

"Hmm..." Feng Bujue remained casually in mid-air, touching his chin, and looked up at his four teammates stuck above. "Well then... next, it's time to solve your little problem."

"We seem to be stuck on a very large and very dense spider web." Honghu immediately began describing the current situation. "The entire back of my body... including the back of my head, neck, spine, buttocks, and limbs... is tightly adhered to the web surface. I can't break free, and I can't reach into my backpack to get anything." He turned his head slightly, using his peripheral vision to look at Worthless Uncle and the others. "I think everyone else is the same, so... Crazy Bro, you're our only hope now."

"Oh... in that case..." Feng Bujue muttered. "Then I'll try Arashi Kick first..."

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

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

"What's going on?" Feng Bujue's doubts lasted for less than half a second. As he uttered the first half of the sentence, he already had a conclusion. So, he immediately asked and answered himself, "Non-physical attacks will pass through, is that it..."

"Wait for a moment, I'll try cutting it with equipment." Jue-ge greeted them and took out the [WJQ-308 Military Shovel] from his backpack, then carefully took a step of Moonwalk, arriving at a just-right height and standing firmly in the air.

The reason he chose the military shovel instead of the [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, and then his entire arm, or even his entire body, got tangled in it... then that would really be a capsize in the gutter.

"Don't move around." Feng Bujue said loudly to all his teammates. "If I get tangled in the net too, you all know what will happen."

"Understood," Honghu replied.

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

"Ah... I moved around too much just now, and I'm tangled too tightly, and I don't have any strength left..." Tianma Xingkong replied in a dull tone.

At this time, Worthless Uncle gave a rather encouraging response: "Don't be nervous, take your time... if it really doesn't work, I also have a way to break free on my own, but that method is like using a big move, it's best not to use it..."

His teammates didn't know, but presumably the readers know now... that's right, Worthless Uncle's ultimate escape method is to throw his sunglasses (his main body) on the ground...

"Very good, then I'll save you last." Feng Bujue actually returned such a sentence after hearing Worthless Uncle's encouragement.

Worthless Uncle couldn't help but feel a little depressed after hearing this, but he thought for a few seconds and quickly understood Jue-ge's idea... If the "She" that the small Boss mentioned earlier was already on her way, then... Feng Bujue might not have enough time to save everyone. Under this premise, putting the person who has the ability to save themselves last is indeed the reasonable thing to do.

"Very good, the military shovel can cut this net open, it's just a little slow to cut." At this time, Feng Bujue's tone was very relaxed, but his movements were hectic and non-stop. "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, the rest would be much easier. Jue-ge had even thought of a method... he would carry Atobe, jump to a precise height and stand firm, and then let this guy use his fan to cut freely.

"By the way, what exactly did you do just now?" Taking advantage of the time that Jue-ge was cutting the net, Atobe asked curiously, "How did you dodge those sonic projectiles?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Feng Bujue said without stopping his hands, replying in a calm tone, "I didn't dodge them." He paused and added, "I originally wanted to dodge them, but I failed... Luckily, my equipment absorbed the damage."

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

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

Actually... 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 was able to withstand those sound waves... first, the [Embrace of Artemis] could [greatly reduce the damage of all ranged attacks], and second... the [Echo Armor] had the hidden attribute of resisting various sonic attacks.

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

This invisible "sound" armor was naturally similar in nature to sound waves. And Black Bolt's voice was undoubtedly the king of sounds. This big shot... could level tens of acres of land with just a few words, destroy stars with a loud shout, and even tear space-time if he screamed at the top of his lungs.

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

Of course, he himself also contributed a lot. If he hadn't used Zero Time Difference Calculation to dodge as much as possible and successfully staggered the time when the sound waves hit him, the result would have been hard to say... Even if the equipment was exactly the right counter, being hit by two or three such attacks at the same time could very likely break his defense.

"So you didn't jump in the first place?" Atobe was also a sensible person. He couldn't possibly ask what the other party's equipment was, so he continued to ask.

"That's not true," Feng Bujue replied. "I didn't jump because I felt something was abnormal from the beginning..." He licked his lips and explained, "Little Ma Ge's Tianma Meteor Fist was hitting diagonally upwards, and the angle wasn't very big. To dodge such an attack, the most effective dodging 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 backwards, giving the feeling that... she didn't dare to rush upwards suddenly."

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

"Wait, how do you know those sound waves were her killing move?" Honghu interrupted from the side.

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

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

"In short... she used this trump card to try to force us into the air." Feng Bujue continued, "Under normal circumstances... if you want to fight an aerial battle with your opponent, you will instinctively jump to a place higher than them... Even I have such a habit. There's no way around it, because my ability is just to stay in the air, not true flight. Unless we are like Superman and can fly up, down, left, and right at will, otherwise, there will inevitably be such a reaction..."

"That's right, because you have to factor in the distance you'll fall," Worthless Uncle interjected. "The higher you jump, the longer you stay in the air. It's a basic concept."

"And this Boss used our habitual psychology... to set up this extremely hidden trap." Feng Bujue continued, "This move is almost foolproof... The people who stay on the ground will be hit by sound waves, while the 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 'outsiders' who know nothing about the big net can't know this." He tilted his head and glanced at his teammates. "Of course, I... didn't think of that much just now. It's just that... I saw you all jumped up, so I wanted to take a risk and verify the suspicion in my heart."