Chapter 5 "Billion Damage Outburst"

"Outburst of a Hundred Billion Damage."

As Ye Bai continued his journey, he silently contemplated the upcoming challenge. On the left side of the corridor were bats, while on the right side lurked the Hell Three-headed Dog. Meanwhile, there was an unknown factor in the form of the hidden level ahead.

"If I go left now, facing eleven bats, using the combination of Thunder Blessing and Stored Power, I should be able to quickly deal with them. However, the bats attack swiftly, and their collective strength is considerable. And what about the hidden level?"

Ye Bai, faced with a Luck stat of 10, found the Luck threshold of 5 too high for newcomers. He hadn't received any information about how to trigger the hidden level!

"What's in the hidden level?"

Ye Bai concentrated, noticing that the more focused he was, the more information the notes displayed.

"[Upon entering the hidden level, all monsters in the novice dungeon will awaken and join the chase to kill you.]"

"Phew..."

Ye Bai felt a bit uneasy.

Eleven vampire bats and one mutated bat weren't too troubling. But the real problem was the juvenile Hell Three-headed Dog!

"Monster: Hell Three-headed Dog (Juvenile)

LV10

HP: 20,000

MP: 12,000

Physical Defense: 150

Magical Defense: 200

Skills:"

20,000 HP was equivalent to a hundred Ye Bais put together! With a physical defense of 150, breaking through with basic attacks was impossible. It was immune to magic damage below 500, and above that, it enjoyed a 33% damage reduction!

After reading the Hell Three-headed Dog's stats, Ye Bai almost went into shock.

How did the legendary top players kill the Hell Three-headed Dog? It was insane!

Fortunately, he was also an SSS-ranked talent. Ye Bai calculated the time. With Stored Power stacking every 10 seconds and a maximum of 30 stacks, he had accumulated 30 layers. From entering the novice dungeon until now, it had been 5 minutes. He had stacked 30 layers of Stored Power, and trying to use it more wouldn't increase the number of layers.

30 layers!

What did that mean?

It wasn't just 30 times!

It was 2 to the power of 30!

That was 1,073,741,824 times!

Ye Bai's eyes widened at the terrifying number.

"One Lightning Bolt thrown down could deal 600 billion damage!"

Dealing with just one Hell Three-headed Dog, even in its juvenile stage, wasn't a problem!

Ye Bai suddenly straightened up.

Faced with giant rats with heavy punches and the Hell Three-headed Dog with subservience?

That wasn't the style of Ye Bai!

Bring it on!

With 30 layers of Stored Power, Ye Bai possessed terrifying output capabilities. As per the prompt, Ye Bai moved an inconspicuous stone and drew a cryptic pattern on the wall with it in a certain order.

As the last stroke fell, the entire passage began to tremble, and stones kept falling. The middle wall slowly split open, revealing a passage.

"Whoever triggers the hidden level with such a strange pattern must be strange indeed!"

Ye Bai fumbled for a while and then casually stuffed the stone into his backpack. He wouldn't litter; items that triggered hidden levels, even if just an inconspicuous stone, might have special value!

As the wall split, something unusual happened in both passages!

Swish, swish, swish...

In the darkness, nearly ten shadowy figures swiftly flew over, hovering above the corridor, their pairs of crimson eyes fixed on Ye Bai, thirsting for blood.

These vampire bats didn't immediately attack but silently faced off against Ye Bai.

"Roar!"

From the right passage came an angry roar. Then came the sound of violent impacts and the snapping of iron chains. The ground trembled as a terrifying monster broke free from its cage!

And its target was unmistakably Ye Bai!

Driven by the instinct to hunt, it charged at lightning speed, seemingly about to tear, chew, and swallow!

"Here it comes!"

Ye Bai focused all his attention, gripping his staff tightly without any trace of negligence. He had only one chance!

Thunder Blessing was obviously not an option! Ye Bai's speed couldn't match that of the Hell Three-headed Dog, which wasn't as clumsy as the giant rats. One wrong move, and even being grazed by it would mean becoming its prey, with no chance of turning the tables!

It couldn't be that he'd just slide in and feed it directly, right?

Lightning Bolt was Ye Bai's only choice!

With thirty layers of Stored Power, he could deal hundreds of billions of damage!

Ye Bai held his breath, staring fixedly at the dark passage, a countdown appearing before his eyes.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"

"Now's the time!"

Ye Bai shouted angrily, waving his staff forward!

"Lightning Bolt!"

A massive lightning bolt instantly filled the entire passage under the influence of thirty layers of Stored Power, completely engulfing the Hell Three-headed Dog!

In the first instant it emerged from the shadows, ready to enjoy its hunt, it was engulfed by the lightning!

With a crack, it happened so quickly!

In its eyes flashed disbelief, anger, incomprehension, and doubt!

Why was it collapsing when the enemy was so weak?

Before it could even let out a wail, a terrifying astronomical number appeared above its head, and it turned into ashes!

Ye Bai, feeling drained, hadn't even had time to enjoy the joy of killing the Hell Three-headed Dog when a system prompt appeared before him.

"Level up to Level 10!"

Ye Bai's eyebrows twitched, overjoyed!

Level 10!

Know that leveling up in the Eternal Tower is extremely difficult, with experience gaining being beyond imagination!

Ye Bai had painstakingly killed twenty giant rats to go from Level 1 to Level 2.

But killing the Hell Three-headed Dog had skyrocketed him to Level 10 in one fell swoop!

"Gain +50 Strength, +50 Intelligence, +50 Spirit, +50 Agility, +50 Constitution."

Due to the overleveled kill, he received additional attribute rewards during the leveling process.

As per Ye Bai's understanding, during the novice period, attribute gains per level usually ranged from 1 to 3!

Yet, Ye Bai had received 2 extra points per level!

"This time I've hit the jackpot!"

Ye Bai couldn't contain his joy.

Even without considering the settlement rewards from the novice dungeon or the loot dropped by the Hell Three-headed Dog, just the five-dimensional attributes he had now made Ye Bai feel like he'd hit the jackpot!

And there was loot!

Ye Bai looked ahead at the widened passage from the lightning bolt. The ground was littered with debris. The Hell Three-headed Dog, enjoying the "kill and ash service", had left a blurry wolf shape on the ground. On the charcoal lay a golden glow, quietly lying on the ground!

"Let's see what goodies we have here!"