"Master, we got a random box as a reward," Ying looked at the palm-sized box and pressed the key-hole patterned button on it.
[You have acquired Blood Crystal x2]
[Blood Crystal]
-Effect: Absorbing the blood crystal using Chaos Breathing Art can increase your physical stats.
"I got the sa thing," Lee said as three thumb-sized blood crystals floated on his hand. "You got three?"
"I also got three," Jiang said.
"I got two. It seems we might get Blood Crystals from these bats but at different amounts," Roxen said.
"Next," Aleron raised his hand, "Liang, i, Rias, and Nerathi. Let's see...I bet that you four will kill four bats within 2 minutes."
"Ara, it seems that we have to go all out from the start," Liang chuckled.
The four of them got up from the chairs and arrived at the designated battlefield at the cavern's center.
"I'll make good use of the Symbios Gear and job class you gave, Master," Nerathi said with a grin, her dark green hair glowering. She was a beastfolk of so kind of serpent, but after her Bloodline's evolution by Aleron, her physiology was changed.
She could beco humanoid with fair jade-like skin and could transform into a scaled humanoid serpent form.
"I am ready," i said as she vanished into the shadow of the ceiling right beside the hole from which Liang was about to disturb the bats.
"Here they co," Liang said and rang the string on her guqin, focusing the waves of sound into the hole without using any energy and purely using her Concept's passive influence.
Concept, Magic Prints, and Bloodline abilities. Aside from Mystic paths, these three powers worked without disruption in Chaosverse, and all three were necessary and complented each other.
The four Darkin Dried Bats erged from the hole and saw Liang, Rias, and Nerathi on the ground, each with their Symbios Gear and Bloodline ability activated for boost.
'Kill'
From the shadow in the ceiling above the four bats that floated, i half erged with her Symbios Gear's first form activated-Shadow Blaze Ranger armor and Shadow Blaze Gunblade.
Mystic Skill-Piercing Black Spiral-9-star.
i's Gunblade released a bullet as she consud 70 of her Chakra to execute Piercing Black Spiral while consuming 300 Bloodline Essence to boost the bullet to increase damage further.
[Singular Wayfinder of Death-10-star]
-Level: 1 [0/100 Exp]
-Mystic Path energy source:
-[Ardent Force of Demise]-
-Traits: Forging Dread, Spiraling Spirit, Shadow Embrace, Peace of Death.
-[Mystic Path Skills]
-Exclusive Mystic Skill:
-> Black Spirit Mist.
-Mystic Skills:
-> Piercing Black Spiral
-> Shadow Station.
-> Spirit Butchering Slash.
> Rune of Horror.
-> Field of Death.
Alongside Aleron, three others had managed to acquire 10-star Mystic Paths, with one of them being i.
The bullet struck a Darking Dried Bat in the back and then unleashed a spiraling layer that put a hole in its chest that struck another bat right below it.
This ti, Bats didn't get the first initiative in attack.
With i's attack disorienting the Bats, Liang, Rias, and Nerathi released their full-powered attack as well.
Rias used her class skill-Cloud of Confusion. Rias had gotten her job class long ago, and since it was her most powerful aspect when she got it, she focused on it and managed to rank it up from Primary-order to Rare-order.
Her job class-Aurora Shaman-had turned into Aurora Sorceres after upgrading.
Since Job class skills also worked here in Chaosverse, this was their advantage because each job class had its separate energy source and didn't consu Chakara, Magilore, or other
energies.
With the Cloud of Confusion enveloping the three bats, Liang's Mystic Skill-Vorpal Spring struck all of them.
Vortal Spring looked like a wave of spring, circular and expanding as their waves passed through the bats while injuring them.
anwhile, Nerathi's attack was last since it was a huge explosion of her direct attack.
Mystic Skill: Toxic Flare Explosion.
She released the arrow from her bow, which was her Symbios Gear-Blighted Fang's first form---Blighted Fang Bow and Blighted Fang Coat.
i erged from Nerathi's shadow right as her arrow exploded among the bats and was enveloped in her sparkling green gas.
Rias also used her Mystic Skill right after Nerathi-Grasp of Umbra.
From the shadows in the ceiling, tens of hands extended and wrapped around the bats to keep
them within the poisoned area.
[You have killed a Darkin Dried Bat. You have acquired 1x Random box]
The 2nd bat also died, one that was injured by the remaining attack of i after she killed the first Darkin Dried Bat.
The remaining two bats were still healthy and looked like they would escape from the grasp. Naturally, the ladies didn't intend to give them that chance as they were focused on them.
"Rias, you kill one. I'll kill the other. That way, all of us would get a kill each," Liang said before she used her class skill-Song of Encouragent.
Her Chronical Bard job class was support type. Song of Encouragent increased stats of herself and another target by 50% for 5 seconds.
"Great," Rias smiled, her eyes sharp and aid at a Darkin Bat that was about to break free
from her Grasp of Umbra.
Mystic Skill-Surprise Explosive Missile.
*Swoosh!*
An arm-lengthed magic missile of golden-brown color with red patterns shot the Darkin
Dried Bat, and boom!
The struck bat was encased in a crystalized structure and ceased its movent before it
exploded.
At the sa ti, Liang's Mystic Skill-Folding Sound, also struck the Bat. Folding Sound was an adjustable skill. She could manifest sound physical and shape them with her thoughts. The more sound plates she folded, the more power her product would contain. It was pure shockwave-type power condensed into the shape of her will.
Liang's Folding Sound, in the shape of a short but fat spear, struck the Bat.
The fat part of the spear shaft shrank and released through its tip, penetrated the Darkin Dried
Bat, and exploded the monster.
[You have killed a Darkin Dried Bat. You have acquired 1 x Random box.]
[You have killed...]
"Bravo," Aleron chuckled. "Finished in less than a minute. I should have made a tougher bet,
haha."
"That's right, darling," Rias cheekily smiled. "We are strong."
...
After they were done, Aleron sent Yueha, Enorin, Ruan, and Arran'tel.
He bet they could finish the bats within a minute. And the four of them destroyed the Bats
within 30 seconds.
Afterward, he sent Darzax, Riki, Hua, and Fang.
"Alright, I've you four will finish them off within 30 seconds since the previous group did it
within that ti," Aleron grinned.
"We shall no disappoint you, my lord."
Darzax stood at the forefront, covered in his black robe that manifested with activation of his
Symbios Gear.
The other three also got ready, with Fang even creating an offensive array at the hole.
In the end, the four of them destroyed the Bats within 30 seconds. There was still one more hole left, and Aleron wanted to attem t it alone while betting on himself. To be on the safe side, he bet that he would kill the monsters within 5 minutes.
In the end, he exhausted 70% of his Magilore, Soul, and Vigor energy and killed four Bats without using his Geno Gear within 5 minutes.
During the last 20 days, he had honed his combat and adapted to fight in this new style. His Mystic Path was also the strongest and most versatile, allowing him to be flexible.
King of Over-Encompassing. This na of his mystic path was not just for show, and he was
imnsely happy with it.
"Dungeons are a good way to earn Gacha Points, that's for sure," Aleron said with a laugh.
"Let's proceed."
The group flew into one of the holes and arrived on the surface, only to find themselves on a
cliff high in the clouds.
Behind them, it was a wall of darkness that indicated the dungeon's border.
"That red aura in a vast area going upward seems to be the target location," Aleron said with
narrowed eyes. "It's far."
"The journey seems to be a long one, given the dangers of death I feel in the forest," Darzax
smiled.
"For us, it's not just a journey but a long, fruitful journey," Aleron grinned. "Let's go."
-
Flying required Chakra, so they couldn't afford to waste it in case they encountered monsters while flying. Unlike how it was easy to fly in lower cosmos at a low cost of Magilore, this was
not the case in Chaosverse.
Dungeon's atmosphere was the sa or worse than Chaosverse's atmosphere, so they couldn't afford to skip over the forest by flying.
But even if they could fly, they wouldn't do that.
The forest was filled with monsters and dangers that could raise their power and make them powerful, not to ntion that killing monsters granted random boxes.
As the group descended from the cliff and entered the forest, they soon encountered monsters. They turned out to be weaker than Darkin Dried Bats but gave natural materials as rewards instead of Blood Crystals, which could raise their physical stats directly. Everyone had gotten Blood Crystals, and one of them increased Strength, Stamina, Agility, and Health, all physical stats, by 1 to 5 points at random.
They continued for two hours and killed five to seven monsters occasionally as they appeared
in groups. They were different types of monsters, but all of them dropped Random boxes that gave raw resources of Paragon-rank.
They continued for half an hour and, killed three monsters at a pond and decided to rest here.
All of them were at less than 90% of the energy threshold, and this pond covered with
greenery all around was a good place to rest and recover to the peak.
"Let's camp for two hours. It would take that much if we want to recover without ditation
and purely rest and chill here."
"I am also hungry," Enorin smiled. "I cook so food since we can't open a portal in the
dungeon."
"I'll help," Rias said. "I got so new recipes."
"Count in," Yueha said.
"Then I'll flirt with Master," Ruan said with a cheeky grin.
"Co here, you brat. Cut these veggies here," Liang said with a chuckle.
"Wu~, you're scaring with those eyes, elder sister."
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