Chapter 100: A Hundred-Meter-Tall Insect! Leaving the 51st Floor!
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She raised her staff high.
A scorching fireball, ten meters in diameter, materialized within the Kamui dimension. With a thought, Seito instantly shifted the massive sphere of flames outside!
BOOM!!!
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-1
-1
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The four of them stared at the monitor, only to find the monsters' health bars barely budging. These were mere single-digit "pity damage" ticks. In fact, it was only the burning effect of the fire element doing anything at all. In reality, Haruno's attack hadn't bypassed their defenses at all. The monsters' damage reduction was staggering.
"Looks like it's up to me to clear the trash," Seito said.
While Haruno's current output wasn't enough, Seito's attack power was in a league of its own. As long as he could break their guard, they had a chance. He looked at the other three. "Stay here. I'm going out to thin the herd."
"Got it."
Seito stepped out of the Kamui dimension. The moment he appeared, the monsters sensed his presence and swarmed toward him with localized ferocity.
Hiss—!!
Skitter—!!
The piercing, discordant shrieks grated on his ears. He raised the Spatial Dragon Tachi high.
"Spatial Void Step!"
Whoosh!
Seito's figure blurred into a streak of light as he lunged forward.
[Malice Black Mist]
[Level: ???]
[HP: ???]
One look at the data told Seito these things were well over Level 100. Since they had "smuggled" themselves onto this floor, they could only see information for entities under the Level 100 cap.
"Dimensional Slash!"
He swung the blade downward.
-1.85M
-1.82M
-1.98M
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With the Spatial Dragon Tachi and a speed stat reaching 200,000, Seito's raw output was monstrous. He had been able to one-shot the Floor 19 Boss because the artifact-tier Tachi provided a 10,000,000 damage multiplier on critical strikes.
Clearly, the Floor 51 mobs had thick armor, but dealing nearly two million damage per swing was still impressive.
The monsters grew agitated after the assault, their speed increasing as they converged on him. Seito seamlessly cycled back into the Kamui dimension for defense. The battle was joined.
Twenty minutes later...
[Congratulations! You have leveled up. Current Level: 42]
[You have gained 2,000 Free Attribute Points.]
[Your "Spatial Dragon Tachi" set effect has triggered: Gained 20,000 Speed.]
Seito's mouth twitched at the system notification. All those kills, and he only went up two levels? These were Level 100+ mobs! The experience curve at this stage was a vertical wall.
On the bright side, the speed gains from the high-level kills were excellent. Stripping 20,000 points of raw speed through the Tachi's effect was a massive boost, even without gaining Divine Power.
"Dump everything into Speed," Seito muttered.
After Level 40, every level up granted a 200-point boost to all four primary stats, and the free points reached 1,000 per level. Health also increased by a million per level.
[IGN: Sei]
[Level: 42]
[HP: 3.01M / 3.01M]
[Divine Power: 162]
[God Speed: 420,000+]
[Weapon: Spatial Dragon Tachi (Artifact), Dimensional Cube...]
His base speed was now over 40,000, and with equipment multipliers, it shattered the 420,000 mark. Since the Tachi's attack power was 50 times his speed, a single strike now dealt 21 million damage.
He was becoming a literal glitch in the system.
"If Maple were here to farm her 'Destructive Growth,' she'd hit six digits in no time," Seito thought. At this rate, his speed had already surpassed Maple's current defense.
He reopened the Kamui dimension and let Sora, Shiro, and Haruno out.
"The experience on this floor is incredible!" Haruno's red lips curled into a smile as she saw she had also reached Level 42. Since they were in a party, they shared the bounty of Seito's slaughter equally.
"Alright, we should—"
BOOM!!
Before Seito could finish, the ground began to heave and shudder like a massive earthquake. The four immediately went back-to-back, scanning the cardinal directions.
"Look over there!" Sora pointed ahead.
Two massive, hundred-meter-tall alien insects were charging toward them at high speed. They were grotesque, with thick slime dripping from their mandibles and coating the wasteland as they ran.
"RETREAT!" Seito barked.
He wasn't an idiot. Two hundred-meter insects were clearly Mini-Bosses. Charging them blindly without knowing their HP or defense was a fool's errand.
He scooped up Shiro, while Sora and Haruno grabbed his shoulders. Seito used Spatial Movement to blink back into the safety of the Labyrinth passage.
Inside the Labyrinth, the tension didn't fade. Spatial Movement caused a distinct sound upon landing, and the sleeping giant moved. It slowly turned its massive head, causing cold sweat to pour down their necks.
When they realized its eyes remained closed, they finally exhaled. A narrow escape. If that thing had woken up, they'd be back at the respawn point.
Haruno naturally climbed onto Seito's back, and together with Sora, they drifted silently out of the Labyrinth toward the lower floors.
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