Chapter Three: Thirty-Seven Players, One Sparring Session

[HIDDEN CONDITION COMPLETE: TEN DEATHLESS ONES ILLUMINATE THE ROAD HOME.] [SHORTCUT UNLOCKED: THE REVERSE ESOPHAGUS.] Lin Jin ran along the contracting wall and through the door. Only then did the hunters understand. He had never intended to grind down the boss. He had been waiting for enough expensive crests to activate together. At the end of the passage was the Time-Eater's heart. It had only one hundred fixed health, but every attack dealt exactly one damage. Thirty seconds remained. Cold Edge laughed behind him. “Can you swing a hundred times?” The Crown produced a notification. [PEAK PERFORMANCE OBSERVED: COLD EDGE, HIGHEST RECORDED ATTACK SPEED OF PROFESSIONAL CAREER.] [CREATE PEAK IMPRINT “HUNDRED FLASHES”?]