This boss was indeed powerful, if it hadn't been Li Yao that faced off with it, countless other players would've been buried in the sand.
Yet, the biggest challenge about killing this boss was not its superior strength. Rather, it would run away every so often or each time it lost a certain amount of health. Yes, you heard that right, it would flee.
No matter whether it could win the fight, as soon as its health dropped to a certain level, it would grease its heels and take off.
Its speed was incredibly fast, uncatchable even for players in their thirties or forties. Player mounts included, no one could keep up.
This boss was well-known. Though it was a goblin, it had a shape-shifting item, allowing it to transform into a dwarf, infiltrate the hilly dwarf towns, and exchange goods.
It would then use the money to buy dwarf goods, switch back into its goblin form, and sell the goods to the forsaken, thereby earning a fortune.