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Chapter 149: Over 2 Million Experience Points!
Chapter 149: Over 2 Million Experience Points!
"GALE STRIKE!" all the [Shadow Birds] began to repeatedly flap their wings in Stark's dimension, their shadow aura intensifying with each beat.
A whirlwind of shadows and piercing wind blades surrounded Stark, threatening to overwhelm him in a cacophony of darkness.
'…'
"Shadow Body…!" the bears' bodies also began to grow in size, their auras increasing as if the shadow waves were taking over, making them much more powerful, ready to attack the human.
[9 seconds of 'Dodge Control' remaining]
Not even bothering to acknowledge the attacks, Stark just pointed at the sky above all the monsters and himself, then drew a circle before gently tapping his palm.
"HEAVEN'S WRATH!" the crimson spark appeared in the sky above all of them, and especially above Stark as he actually aimed mainly for himself.
~FWISH, FWISH~ it was charging up.
But the [Shadow Bears] and [Shadow Birds] believed this to be a bluff: after all, why would the human aim such a powerful attack at itself if it didn't want to die?
And so they came up with one simple solution: the human was tricking them, and getting close to him was the sole way to survive as even they could sense that [Heaven's Wrath]'s aura was deadly.
~DASH, DASH~
Stark avoided all of the shadow blades of wind quite easily thanks to [Dodge Control], there were dozens of them in all directions, but his body almost teleported at times just to not be hit.
Basically… it was truly impossible for anyone to hit him when he had that skill.
Maybe he would have even teleported or fazed right through the Mirror Master's [All-Area Strike] without even using [Invincible Dodge].
'…' in the end, it didn't matter.
"SHADOW CLAWS!"
"CREST OF SHADOWS!"
He avoided attacks from all directions for a few seconds, the claws of the bears hitting him by a hair's length every time, and the wings of the birds becoming extremely sharp thanks to [Crest of Shadows], but his aura somehow always finding a way to avoid it.
[4 seconds of 'Dodge Control' remaining]
~FWISH~
By this point, the monsters were becoming desperate, and they truly gave up when they saw the massive beam start descending upon them.
[3 seconds of 'Dodge Control' remaining]
Stark looked up as well, the beam now only a few centimeters above his head, truly wondering how 'Dodge Control' could get him out of there now that it was so close, even almost touching his hair.
It was a risk he had taken, and maybe it was wrong… maybe he would die?
'…' Stark's expression didn't change in the face of death.
~BOOOOOM~
The crimson beam descended from the heaven's and finally hit the ground, disintegrating every living thing that was in its radius as it reduced them to ashes in less than two seconds.
"CRAWKKKE!!!" the birds cried.
"ROAWWR!!!!" and the bears roared in pain.
Yes… everything… was reduced to nothing…
Even Stark?
[0 seconds of 'Dodge Control' remaining]
['Dodge Control' disabled]
Stark opened his eyes again, and saw that he was right in front of the beam, the intense aura before him leaving a weird feeling on his skin.
One step ahead, and his foot, if not entire body, would be disintegrated by the laser.
But this little experiment did confirm it: he could avoid anything, no matter how big or fast it is, well the skill description did say it, but he still tried.
He had literally teleported once the laser was centimeters above his head, so fast that even a level 500 classifier couldn't see how fast his aura controlled him to get out of the way.
'…' Stark remained calm and waited for the beam to disappear, and it did after a few seconds, the dissipating smoke revealing the small body parts of the shadow monsters had somehow survived.
But they were all dead, this was a fact now that he observed it.
And so with that… came the rewards.
[You have slain "Shadow Bear lv93", gained 113432EXP!]
[You have slain "Shadow Bear lv93", gained 109381EXP!]
[You have slain "Shadow Bear lv93", gained 114403EXP!]
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This went on for the fifteen [Shadow Bears] he had killed, then the panels moved to the other monster.
[You have slain "Shadow Bird lv95", gained 124019EXP!]
[You have slain "Shadow Bird lv95", gained 122387EXP!]
[You have slain "Shadow Bird lv95", gained 123312EXP!]
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And so he received an incredible amount of experience.
Because with all of this…
[+2,435,279 Experience Points!]
This was beyond anything he had ever earned, even against the Corrupted Ghoul or Sierra.
But…
'Not enough…' for the first time, Stark squinted his eyes and his expression was filled with worry, 'Not even close…' his eyes were burning with aura as he was surrounded not once, not twice, BUT THRICE, by the golden glow.
[Your level has increased to level 36, granting you two skill points and boost in stats]
[Your level has increased to level 37, granting you two skill points and boost in stats]
[Your level has increased to level 38, granting you two skill points and boost in stats]
[Experience: 683778/834000]
'…' Stark truly wanted to feel happy at this very moment, after all, it was the sigh that he was closer to his goal than he believed.
Maybe five or six more encounters like this one, and he could reach even level 45?!
But… something else came to break that hope.
[Classifier A has reached level 50, conditions for 'Domination Trial' have been met!]
[8/10 classifiers have reached the needed level, be quick or else when everybody but you reaches level 50, you will still be teleported!]
[Only one classifier remains before teleportation!]
So basically… it was a battle between Stark and Classifier B.
[Classifier B: 48/50]
That guy must be currently laughing while slaying monsters, knowing that whatever he did, he would always reach level 50 before Stark.
At the end of the day, it was a battle of determination, and Stark was clearly losing it.
'I can't win…' a vortex yet again formed in Stark's eyes as he thought deeply, 'The only thing I can do is cut my losses as much as possible…'
Being the person with the lowest level inside the 'Domination Trial' was always a death wish as you would be outclassed by both monsters and others, meaning that they could betray you.
And in comparison to the first trial, which awaited for all of them to reach level 15, this one seemed… more cruel…?
It was basically forcing someone to be the scapegoat of the group: and currently that person was Stark.
'FUCK, GET YOURSELF TOGETHER,' he slapped both his cheeks as he greeted his teeth, 'JUST KEEP TRYING…!'
And so he began reading through the mist as fast as he could, this was a matter of life and death now, and all the other classifiers that had reached level 50 were probably all sitting back and waiting for the last one to reach the needed level.
He could feel their laughter, he could feel their mockery…
'…' and Stark hated that, he refused to be the weakest one.
HE REFUSED TO LET THOSE FUCKERS TAKE HIM OVER!
Not today, not in this rift, not even during the domination trial, he would NEVER back down, and he would NEVER let himself get trampled on.
Because at the end of the day… he was still the [Domination] user with the highest potential of them all, wasn't he?