[Hidden Level, triggered only with Luck above 5]
Looking at the note in front of him, Ye Bai nodded slightly.
Luck 5, for newcomers, the threshold is a bit too high.
But with Ye Bai's Luck at 10, it's nothing to worry about.
Moreover, the method to trigger the Hidden Level has never been officially disclosed, and Ye Bai hasn't received any related information!
"What does the Hidden Level contain?"
Ye Bai focused his attention. He discovered that when he concentrated more, the note displayed more information.
[After entering the Hidden Level, all monsters in the beginner dungeon will be awakened and join the hunt for you...]
"Hiss—" Ye Bai felt a bit of a toothache.
Ten Vampire Bats, one Mutant Bat, that's manageable, not too troublesome.
The real challenge is the juvenile Hellhound!
Monster: Hellhound (Juvenile)
LV.10
HP: 20,000
MP: 12,000
Physical Defense: 150
Magic Defense: 200
Skills:....
20,000 Health Points, equivalent to 100 Ye Bais combined!
With a physical defense as high as 150, normal attacks can't even scratch it.
Immune to magic damage below 500, and for magic damage above 500, it enjoys a 33% damage reduction!
After reading the Hellhound's description, Ye Bai almost fell into despair.
"How did the Supreme Being Nightmare manage to kill the Hellhound back then? This is just insane!"
Fortunately, he also has an SSS Rank Talent.
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Ye Bai calculated the time.
[Ready to Go] stacks one layer every 10 seconds, which means 6 layers per minute.
From the moment he entered the beginner dungeon until now, 5 minutes have passed.
Ye Bai had stacked 30 layers of Ready to Go, and continuing to release it wouldn't increase the layers any further.
30 layers!
What does that mean?
It's not just 30 times!
It's 2 to the power of 30!
Which is...
A terrifying number appeared before Ye Bai's eyes: [1,073,741,824]
Over a billion times!
Seeing this number, Ye Bai couldn't help but twitch his eyelid and click his tongue.
A billion times!
A single Lightning Arrow could deal 60 billion damage!
It's just a mere Hellhound, not to mention a juvenile one, even an adult Hellhound would have to die!
Ye Bai suddenly became spirited.
Facing Cave Giant Rats with heavy punches, but cowering before a Hellhound?
That's not my style, Ye Bai!
Let's do it!
With the support of 30 layers of Ready to Go, Ye Bai possessed terrifying output capability.
Following the hint, Ye Bai moved an inconspicuous stone and drew an obscure pattern on the wall with it in a certain pattern.
As the final stroke fell, the entire passage began to shake, with stones and sand falling continuously, and the stone wall in the middle slowly cracked open, revealing a passage.
"This weird pattern, it's a wonder anyone can trigger the Hidden Level!"
Ye Bai worked for quite a while, then casually stuffed the stone into his backpack.
Don't litter. Even an inconspicuous stone used to trigger a Hidden Level might have special value!
As the stone wall cracked open, something strange happened on both sides of Ye Bai's passage!
Swish, swish, swish—
In the darkness, nearly ten shadows swiftly flew by, hovering above the passage, with pairs of scarlet eyes fixed on Ye Bai, thirsting for blood.
These Vampire Bats didn't attack immediately but silently confronted Ye Bai.
"Roar—"
From the right passage came an angry roar.
Immediately followed by violent crashing sounds, the sound of chains breaking, and the ground shaking continuously!
A terrifying monster broke free from its cage!
And its target was obviously Ye Bai!
Tear, chew, swallow!
The instinct to hunt drove it forward at high speed, as if in the next second, its claws would tear through skin, and its fangs would taste blood!
"It's coming!"
Ye Bai focused entirely, gripping the staff in his hand tightly, not daring to relax even a bit.
He only had one chance to strike!
[Blessing of Thunder] was clearly not an option!
Ye Bai's speed couldn't match the Hellhound's; it wasn't like the clumsy Cave Giant Rats.
One slip, and even if Ye Bai was merely grazed by it, he would become a corpse under its claws, with no chance of turning the tables!
He couldn't just slide tackle it and feed it directly, could he?
[Lightning Arrow] was Ye Bai's only choice!
With 30 layers of Ready to Go stacked on the Lightning Arrow, it could deal hundreds of billions of damage!
One strike, one kill!
Ye Bai held his breath, staring intently at the dark passage, a countdown appearing before his eyes.
"..5.4.3.2.1!"
"Now!"
Ye Bai shouted, swinging the staff in his hand forward!
"Lightning Arrow!"
A massive Lightning Arrow was instantly cast, filling the entire passage with its volume under the support of 30 layers of Ready to Go!
The Hellhound had no space to dodge!
Just as it emerged from the shadows, ready to enjoy its hunt, it was engulfed by lightning in the first instant!
It happened in a flash!
In its eyes flashed unwillingness, anger, confusion, doubt!
Clearly... the enemy was so weak... why was it the one falling...?
Before it could let out a wail, a terrifying astronomical number appeared above the Hellhound's head, and it was completely reduced to charcoal!
Feeling utterly drained, Ye Bai hadn't even had time to enjoy the joy of slaying the Hellhound when a system prompt popped up before his eyes.
"Level up to Level 10!"
Ye Bai's eyebrows twitched, overjoyed!
Level 10!
It's known that leveling up in the Eternal Tower is extremely difficult, with the difficulty of gaining experience beyond imagination!
Ye Bai had painstakingly killed 20 Cave Giant Rats to level up from 1 to 2.
Killing the Hellhound had unexpectedly boosted him to Level 10 in one go!
"Strength +50, Intelligence +50, Spirit +50, Agility +50, Constitution +50."
Because it was an over-level kill, and a solo kill at that!
During the level-up process, the Eternal Tower granted an excessive attribute reward.
According to Ye Bai's understanding, during the beginner period, the attribute increase per level ranges from 1 to 3 per single attribute!
And Ye Bai had effectively gained 2 extra points per level!
"This time, I've hit the jackpot!"
Ye Bai couldn't contain the joy in his heart.
Even without considering the settlement rewards of the beginner dungeon or the loot dropped by the Hellhound.
Just the current five-dimensional attributes alone made Ye Bai feel like he had struck gold!
And there's still the loot!
Ye Bai looked ahead, the passage widened by the Lightning Arrow was pitch black and in disarray.
The Hellhound, having enjoyed the "kill and dust service," left a vague wolf shape on the ground.
And above the charcoal, a golden glowing orb lay quietly on the ground!
"Let me see what good stuff dropped!"