Grinding in the Paracelsus dungeon became the main activity now, and bosses became harder and harder to defeat, each having various special abilities to frustrate the adventurers.
Another month passed, with difficult dungeon Floors all the way.
Shadow teleportation, immunity to magic or physical damage or even both, like that Argo sheep.
Of course, there was always a trick to defeat them, but Lise was keeping mum, letting Pef work hard for his victories.
And then on Floor 37, they finally reached the next immortal type boss.
*Cerberus, the Hound of Hell.(immortal)
*Level 202. HP 6.66 million, MP 66000
*Status: Fire aura, ghost summoner, undead.
"Not only it is immune to fire, it absorbs fire damage and heals itself!" Miya exclaimed with an upset voice.
Pef glanced at Raiju and nodded. The Lightning summon grinned and ran in a circle, slashing the newly summoned ghost apparitions with his own lightning claws.
Lucia's fire imp was useless and could only run around as a distraction, its fireballs only healing this boss. She fired acid clouds from afar, mainly targeting the extra ghosts summoned by Cerberus. Her new ice spells were too weak to damage a boss for now, and will need to get upgraded.
Then Pef had an idea and sped forward, punching the Cerberus with a glowing fist. "Yang Sunfire!" "Soul Recovery!"
With the extra stats from the Yang Cultivation, and the Soul damage incurred for being undead, Cerberus wailed in agony and began loosing HP points fast.
Miya added her blue ghostly hands, now able to damage even souls. That was the main ability of ectomancers after all, and with her 130 levels Miya was now a strong ectomancer.
A flare of fire aura hit Pef in the face, but luckily his new Gorget amplified his Magic resistance yet again, reducing the incoming damage to tolerable levels.
*Gamer's body has reached level 16.
*Regeneration has reached level 19.
Punch after punch, Pef sapped the boss hit points until it collapsed and died.
*You have defeated Cerberus. Gained 38 million Exp.
*You have reached level 158.
*You have defeated an immortal. Gained +100 HP.
*You have slain the guardian of Hell. Gained +1 Karma.
*You have found a Mental Resistance Manual. You have found 2 Elixirs. You have found 6 Major HP potions.
*You have found a Sage Eye Ring. You have found a Hellhound Abyss Lance.
Checking to see the new loot, Pef smiled wryly.
*Sage Eye Ring(unique). Saint rank accessory. Grants all stats +5. Grants Magic Resistance +5. Grants all damage resist +5. Grants Mana Recovery +5 percent. Indestructible.
*Hellhound Abyss Lance. Heroic class weapon. Damage bonus +1300. Adds + 20 Strength. Adds + 20 Agility. Adds +20 percent Penetration. Can damage ethereal enemies. Indestructible.
*Mental Resistance. Saint ranked manual. Needs 300 Mind attributes to learn.
Pef opened the character page, which had changed a bit with the new cultivation and the Profound Pill.
*Pef the Gamer
Heroic Class
Level 158 Mage
Level 15 Alchemist Elder.
HP 106700, MP 14200
Free attributes: 48
Strength: 55+5
Agility: 50+20
Constitution: 67+20
Magic: 588+30
Mind: 266+20
Charisma: 45+4
Karma: 47
Euros: 0.87 Billion.
Of course, in combat and with all the buffs his physical stats were much higher. Strength reached 150, with Farmer Strength and the Yang Sunfire active.
Agility reached 130, with Nine Lighting Steps at level 14, it gave + 64 Agi points. Even Constitution went reached 130, 50 points from the Yang Sunfire cultivation.
He nodded to himself, and raised the Mind stats with the free attributes. Spending 34 points, he reached the minimum level for the new manual.
*You have learned Mental Resistance. All enemy auras and mental effects are reduced by 20 percent. This skill is absorbed by the Invictus ability. Your Mind and willpower become harder to shake and disrupt.
"After 3 more levels, I can Ascend again. I will be a Saint rank!" Pef announced proudly.
With the new Sage Eye ring, all his stats now passed the 50 point mark and the Magic Resist reached 90 percent.
His wives rushed to read his stats page, and kissed him proudly. "Keep doing well, Pef. You're getting there." Lise said with a half-envious voice.
Pef gave Miya the new lance, so she could do some real damage now.
She was originally trying to gain more Strength and Agility for her martial arts skills, but got deviated by the need to gain Mind and Magic points for Ascensions.
Not that Miya was weaker with magic spells, but her old roots drew her towards more physical abilities.
However, when Pef tried to buy her another Yang Sunfire Manual, there weren't any on auction, just like the Duke Gorget. Some items were too rare, it seemed.
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Pef had spent a lot of money to upgrade her armor and accessories to decent levels, and same for Lucia.
And spell manuals were not cheap either.
Luckily they had this dungeon to farm for Elixirs and potions, which sold like warm bread on the Abyss Auction.
"The Saint Tribulation will have nine bolts, better be prepared, my dear Pef." a godly voice spoke from above.
Raiju ran close and pawed at the air, almost like seeing someone invisible. Gaia laughed gently and patted the elemental with a warm wind.
"Of course, my dear goddess. I'll buy some magic resist items to reduce the damage." Pef said serious.
"Indeed. Try to stay over 60 percent resistance. And always protect the head." Gaia said before vanishing yet again.
Pef grinned at his wives. "Come on, my dear wives! Let's farm this Cerberus now. A dozen times today!" he yelled in fervor.
Lise sighed and flipped another page of her book. She was merely hovering there for support, as her level was still too high and would only reduce the Exp gain, for now. Lise only intervened when someone was in danger.
"I want the next weapon, if I can use it!" Lucia demanded in a pleading tone.
Pef poked her nose and ran off towards the portal. "I just bought you a Black Wyrm Wand!"
Lucia sighed and flew after him. "Damn idiot. It's the gesture that counts..."
Soon enough, Pef and his wives began farming Cerberus and its nice supply of HP points, plus all the Elixirs and other potions and goodies.
A week later, Pef was ready.
A storm cloud formed above him and 9 gigantic golden thunderbolts descended like the angry fists of a Heaven.
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*You have failed to Adapt to the Heavenly Tribulation.
*Regeneration reaches level 20
*Gamer's Body reaches level 17.
*Your Snowflake necklace is not destroyable.
*Your Sage Eye ring is not destroyable.
*Your Duke Enchanted Breastplate was destroyed.
*Your Duke Enchanted Pauldrons were destroyed.
*Your Duke Enchanted Helmet was destroyed.
*Your Duke Enchanted Greaves were destroyed.
*Your Duke Enchanted Vambraces were destroyed.
*You have resisted 75 percent of damage via Magic Resistance.
*You have survived a Heavenly Tribulation and Ascended to Saint-class.
*Your MP pool doubles.
*Due to having a Gamer's Body, dying in a private dungeon now reverts you to level 161, the current level of your Ascension.
*Maxed out spells can now evolve to the next tier.
*Regeneration has reached level 20 and has evolved. Regrowth is now at level 1. As long as your head is intact, you can regrow everything else. HP recovers passively by 300 HP a minute.
Back in their dormitory, Pef and his harem farmed just as hard, all of them gaining Strength and Constitution boosts from the extra time in the bed dungeon.
Pef reached 100 Constitution just from loving his wives very much, and they in turn all passed 50 Constitution mark, for being loved that much.
And at 100 Constitution, Pef received a strange choice of talents. Durable, Resilient and Unending.
Curious, Pef clicked that button and has not regretted it ever since.
*Unending. A special ability for those beloved by Gaia. Your refractory period is gone. You can go on forever.
Sure enough, Lise put this to the test, farming her husband for 24 hours nonstop, until she fainted.
Miya and Lucia could only watch in awe, as the never ending plow rose to fight again.
"Next?" Pef asked with a smirk.
Miya stepped forward, only to be plowed and defeated in an hour.
Lucia lasted a bit longer, but it was still not enough.
"You're going to need a lot more wives, hubby..." the witch muttered in afterglow.
Miya nodded in silence and guilt. She was the one to start Pef on this harem path. Now she could only follow, and hope everything will be okay, somehow.
"Hmmm. A harem king...not a bad idea, my dear wife. Perhaps you can recommend a witch or two?" Pef wondered out loud.
Lucia moaned in agreement. "Even three...we don't get many men in the Golden Branch. A few lucky druids...sometimes."
Pef rested on his pillow and drew his wives into his lap, then fell asleep.
Life was good, for now.
However, the message he received from the Yin cultivation still sounded in his mind.
*You have attempted to fuse Yin and Yang without the prerequisite attributes.
*Continue and die? No, hell no, Die.
*You need 1000 Magic, 1000 Mind, 1000 Constitution and 200 Karma.
He wondered what would happen when he did reach those stats.
Sure, it would take some time, but he was only a month away from reaching 1000 Magic already.
The alchemic pill with 10 percent to all attributes had given him 52 Magic points at once.
Growing his Mind stats would be harder, but probably necessary anyway, if only for that Alchemy Master rank. Then, he could make such pills himself, and buff himself and his wives with crazy pills.
However, to reach 1000 Constitution...he will need many more wives to sate.
Luckily, there were billions of women to choose from, only here on Earth. And perhaps in other places too.