Chapter 460, what? I'm the 2.0 BOSS?

Death shrouded overhead, and Van Dijk, his consciousness blurring, looked up as the incandescent, gold-light-bursting trajectory pierced through his ritual—so he closed his eyes.

When Lind began his assault, his ability to infinitely stack and his extreme attack speed made him grow stronger as the battle went on; as long as the enemy didn't respond with an instant kill, defeat awaited them.

Moreover, Van Dijk wasn't all that strong; he relied on the explosive power of his giant statue, which could kill many strong foes instantly, but it was too slow and inaccurate. It might have some use in a war, perhaps even be able to level a city with indiscriminate bombardment, but it couldn't cope with agile warriors like Lind.

In the final moments, Van Dijk embraced "Abyss," offering himself up, but Lind's second heartbeat had long been filled with an Abyssal Curse; that pollution couldn't affect him—he was a boss-type NPC with three health bars.