With less than five days remaining before the university entrance exam registration closed, he couldn't afford to linger in the lobby.
Instead of heading to the fourth floor, he spoke up
"I wish to challenge the first floor," he commanded, stepping through.
The air instantly beca thick, humid, slling of damp earth and reptilian musk. The familiar sounds of the Lizardn swamp croaks, buzzing insects, the slither of unseen things – filled his ears.
But this ti, he wasn't as careful as he was in dispatching the Lizardn sentries, no need for stealth or strategy. He was here to harvest stat points!
He went directly towards the heart of the Lizardn territory. His enhanced perception easily picked up the patrols long before they saw him.
A group of five standard Lizardn warriors burst from the bushes, crude spears leveled, their scaled faces morphed into roars.
Lucian didn't even hesitate in his steps.
"Whoosh!"
He moved, with just a burst of his raw, enhanced agility. He beca a crimson blur passing through them.
"Splorch!" "Thwack!" "Crack!"
Sounds of impact, shattered bone, and ruptured flesh echoed behind him. Before the lead Lizardman could finished its roar, its head imploded from a casual backhand. Another was bisected by a flick of the spear. The remaining three collapsed with crushed chests or severed limbs before they could even register the attack.
[Lizardman Warrior (Lv 5) Eliminated!] [ 50 EXP | 8 Relic Gold Coins] x 5
[SS-Rank Skill: Blood Devour Activated!] → 1
He didn't slow down, he transford into a crimson blur, breaking past Mach one as he speed into the bushes.
His body passing through patrols like a tank crushing a group of ants.
He ignored the crude traps, simply smashing through them or stepping over them.
Soon, the main encampnt ca into view a collection of crude huts surrounding a larger, more solid structure where Baltzer resided.
Elite Lizardn, larger, tougher, bearing better weapons and crude armor, stood guard. They roared challenges as Lucian approached, their formation tightening. There were ten of them.
One Elite, wielding a heavy stone axe, charged forward, bellowing.
[Skill Activated: Lizardman Elite - Crushing Blow!]
The axe swung down, powered by reptilian fury.
Lucian t the charge. He didn't dodge. He raised his free hand, palm open.
"CLANG!"
His palm t the descending stone axe head-on. The impact reverberated through the air. Cracks spider-webbed across the axe head instantly.
The Elite Lizardman stared in disbelief, its blow stopped cold by a bare hand.
Lucian suddenly closed his fingers.
"CRUNCH!"
He crushed the stone axe head into gravel within his grip. Then, before the Elite lizardman could react, he punched forward. Just a simple punch, powered by his imnse Strength.
"BOOM!"
His fist connected with the Elite's chest. It wasn't just a punch; it was an explosion. The Elite Lizardman's torso exploded outwards in a shower of green blood, scales, and shattered bone. The force of the impact created a visible shockwave that blasted the nearby Lizardn backwards.
[Lizardman Elite (Lv 10) Eliminated!] [ 150 EXP | 25 Relic Gold Coins]
[SS-Rank Skill: Blood Devour Activated!] → 2 Physique
The remaining nine Elites hesitated, reptilian eyes wide with fear.
Lucian gave them no ti to reconsider. He flowed forward, Dragon Soul Devourer becoming a crimson blur of death.
He wasn't even using techniques, he was simply touching the Lizardn with his spears and they exploded into a shower of blood.
A thrust pierced one Elite's throat before its shield was fully raised.
"Puchi!"
[Lizardman Elite (Lv 10) Eliminated!] [ 145 EXP | 22 Relic Gold Coins] → 1 Agility
A horizontal sweep bisected two more at the waist, their upper bodies flying off in arcs of gore.
"Swish!"
[Lizardman Elite (Lv 10) Eliminated!] x2 [ 300 EXP | 48 Relic Gold Coins] → 2 Strength
He spun, the spear shaft blurring, shattering the skull of another Elite like an eggshell.
"Crack!"
[Lizardman Elite (Lv 10) Eliminated!] [ 155 EXP | 26 Relic Gold Coins] → 1 Physique
He moved through them like a whirlwind. Spears glanced off his defenses but they shattered and could even break past his skin not to ntion the adamantium skin.
Bodies were torn apart with contemptuous ease.
In less than ten seconds, all ten Elites lay dead or dying around him, and the other weaker lizardn bodies shattered without a single intact bone the ground soaked in their green blood.
Lucian walked towards the main hut, he kicked the door open.
"CRASH!"
Inside, Balzer, the Lizardn King, sat on a throne made of bones and steel. Lucian suddenly rembered the ti Baltzer called him and rage filled his mind.
Baltzer rose, hissing, fear warring with kingly pride in his reptilian eyes.
[Na: Baltzer, Lizardn King]
[Level: 15]
[Type: Boss Monster]
"Intruder! You dare defile my-" Balzer began to roar.
Lucian didn't let him finish. He activated [Crimson Shadow Step].
"BOOM!"
He crossed the room in an instant, appearing directly before the throne. Balzer reacted, striking his hamr towards him.
Lucian simply tilted his head slightly, the hamr scraped past his cheek, leaving a faint sizzle on his skin that healed imdiately.
Before Balzer could react, Lucian punched upwards.
"BANG!"
Bones shattered audibly. Balzer's head snapped back violently, eyes rolling up.
[-4,800 HP!] [Debuff: Stun!]
Lucian followed through smoothly. He brought the spear around, the crimson blade flashing.
"[Mountain-Cleaving Slash]!"
He didn't need the full power, just the motion. But he activated it to gain experience and unlock level 3 move.
A miniature crescent of golden-red energy detached from the spear, slicing through the air.
"SLICE!"
It passed cleanly through Balzer's thick neck. The Lizardn King's head slid from his shoulders, landing on the crude throne with a wet plop, eyes still wide with stunned disbelief. The headless body stood for a mont before collapsing in a heap.
[Floor Boss: Balzer, Lizardn King Eliminated!]
[ 3,000 EXP | 1,000 Relic Gold Coins]
[SS-Rank Skill: Blood Devour Activated!] → 2 Physique, 1 Strength
[Blood Harvest Activated!] → Dragon Soul Devourer Attack Power Bonus: 103%
[Soul Drain Activated!] → Life force stored (55%)
[Floor Cleared!]
[First Floor Cleared (Repeat)]
[Repeat Clear Reward: 1 to Random Stat, 500 Exp, 200 Relic Coins, Bronze Chest (1x)]
[ 1 Agility!]
[Congratulations on clearing the floor, breaking the record.]
[Do you want your na to be written in the primordial record?]
Lucian thought for a while and said yes.
[You've been rewarded with 1 legendary chest, 10 to all stats]
Lucian was surprised. It was an unexpected gain but was nice. If that was the case, could he actually to that do all floors and grind them, amassing more stat points?
The entire clear, from entering the floor to killing the boss, had taken less than five minutes.
Lucian felt the familiar surge of power, it was small but it was satisfying bump in stats.
Using a miniscule amount of mana, he resurrected Baltzer. But this ti, it was extrely weak but Lucian didn't mind.
His palm was to grind for more Lizardn king and rge the lizard king with his original Baltzer.
This was also the sa for his remaining blood shadow! This was his master plan to upgrade his Blood Shadow's strength fast.
He didn't linger. He looted the Bronze Chest (yielding minor potions he imdiately rerolled into slightly better ones, using one Reroll charge), absorbed the lingering blood essence.
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