Chapter 31: Getting Stronger With Each Fight

Tony stretched, suddenly feeling physically powerless, every cell in his body practically screamed in pain. He was also quite light-headed and sleepy.

System Warning: player Stamina, constitution, and Consciousness have been consumed completely.

System Warning: because of the weakened state and the consumption of your Hidden Attributes. Enter a close crippled state for 30 minutes.

Hearing the system notification made Tony feel bitter in his heart, using both (Sword Barrier) and (Mirage Step) without a stop pushed his mind way too much. He was wondering if it was worth it.

What Tony didn't know was that if not for the Soul Orb purifying his soul, he would have not been able to execute either (Sword Barrier) or (Mirage Step) half the time he used them, let alone use both combat techniques at the same time flawlessly.

Suddenly Tony felt a warmth spread throughout his body, and his mind started to clear. Mysterious energy started spreading inside his body, and his cells devoured this energy like starving dragons that wanted to swallow the sea.

After about ten minutes, Tony felt as if he had been resurrected. He had also completely digested the mysterious energy that suddenly appeared.

As Tony recovered from his dizziness and looked around him, he felt as if he had emerged in an entirely new world, to be precise, his perception had sharpened drastically.

'What's going on?' The development stunned Tony greatly.

It wasn't just the world around him that felt different. He could also sense that his body had become significantly stronger. Now, he felt that he could achieve his top speed and strength casually, his reaction speed had also improved.

With these changes, his physical control had reached a new level.

"System notification: congratulations your body digested the world energy raising your constitution and stamina to the basic level"

Tony was surprised by the notification as he didn't understand what this basic level system rewarded him.

"Whatever when the time's right I'll understand everything" saying that Tony adjusted his breathing before sitting down, every time after a good fight Tony would always sit down and meditate and he would run through various simulations in his mind while trying to solidify his gains.

That's one of the reasons why his senior brother considers him to be a freak because from those simulations Tony's foundation in Martial arts will become even more stable and firmer.

After 4 hours Tony stood up and back to his peak and stronger form again.

"The next floor is going to give me even more excitement" wild aura started spreading from Tony as he only wanted to fight stronger opponents to know how strong he currently was after solidifying his gains.

Tony approached the door that led to the third floor and jumped inside without hesitation. As he appeared on the third floor, Tony started surveying his surroundings when he suddenly smacked his head.

"Fuck I forget to loot the monsters" his happiness made him forget that 13 monsters were waiting for him to loot them, yet he walked away as if that loot meant nothing.

"Fortunately I'm in a dungeon alone or else I would have started crying".

Tony put the matter of the loot in the back of his head, as he observed his surroundings, Tony's expression turned slightly serious.

Although his surroundings looked very peaceful, Tony could not ignore a sense of crisis in his mind. The worst part about this hunch was that he did not know what triggered it. When he suddenly thought of something

A monster that could use Stealth… It was a player's worst nightmare. A single careless moment could result in their deaths.

Tony immediately activated his skill [Reality Eye], which enabled him to see through almost everything.

He immediately discovered five small-sized, black-furred wolves.

[ Shadow Wolf] (Rare Special Elite)

Level 7

HP 6000/6000

When Tony activated [Reality Eye], the Shadow Wolf knew that it had been discovered. It dashed towards him with astonishing speed. a silvery fang suddenly appeared before him, directly slashing at his neck.

So fast! Surprised, Tony instinctively sidestepped.

With the speed of the attack as well as the short distance it was launched from, if Tony had not responded instantly, he would have gotten stuck without a doubt. As he thought of counterattacking, Tony felt a slight fluctuation in the air.

Tony tightened his grip on his twin swords and hurriedly slashed at the locations the two fluctuations originated from.

Peng! Peng!

Two crisp sounds echoed throughout the entire forest. The sparks generated were also extraordinarily eye-catching. As Tony blocked the two Shadow Wolves that bounced at him.

The difficulty of the dungeon's third floor had left everyone who had managed to reach it utterly helpless. The Shadow Wolf's attacking method was the reason why all that reached the third floor couldn't even see the boss before being wiped out.

Following this, Tony brandished his swords dozens of times, as he relayed at (Sword Barrier) to block every attack sent at him. Not a single scratch could be found on his body. Instead, the constant clangour of metal surrounded him

As more time passed, Tony grew accustomed to blocking the attacks of the Shadow Wolves.

At this moment, he no longer bothered to block the dagger striking at him. Instead, as if he had already anticipated this attack, his body smoothly sidestepped while his right arm swung at the location the fang appeared from.

Soon after, a streak of greenish blood stained the grassy ground.

-500 appeared above the Shadow Wolf.

Although their HPs were very low, these monsters had an innate skill: they remained in a permanent state of stealth. Their bodies existed in the shadows, so one's senses of sight, hearing, and smell could not detect these monsters no matter what.

Only when these monsters launched an attack would their real bodies manifest. However, they would appear for only a very short time, around two seconds at most. Aside from this brief period, attacks directed at these monsters would be completely ineffective

There's only a one and half second period for a counterattack. That really is short. No wonder so many people have failed to clear this floor.

Tony adjusted his breathing and finally launched his counterattack. In less than twenty minutes, Tony had defeated all Five Shadow Wolves.

The moment the minions fell the big boss of the floor decided to strike. Compared to the Shadow Wolf that hides in the shadow the boss was scarier because Its body existed in a completely different space. Its innate talent made it easy for the boss to hide in the void which made it almost impossible to be sensed by normal means.

Even with the help of the [Reality Eye], Tony could barely see its blurred figure from 30 yards. It was a black-furred Werewolf. This black Wolfman wielded two crimson daggers in each hand.

[ Shadow Werewolf] (Rare Lord)

Level 7

HP 20,000/20,000

Skills: Shadow Strike, Phantom Assassination, Backstab, Counter, Werewolf Rage

The moment the Shadow Werewolf knew that it was discovered, with mad speed the Shadow Werewolf attacked Tony.

Before Tony could react, the Shadow Werewolf had closed the distance by more than 20 yards and stood before him. Without hesitation, it slashed its crimson daggers toward Tony's neck.

Startled, Tony hurriedly activated [Absolute Defence]. The two sawtooth daggers froze just before they struck him, unable to proceed by even an inch.

WTF!!!!! Tony screamed inside.

Realising that its first attack had been unsuccessful, the Shadow Werewolf spun backward and vanished right before Tony's eyes. In an instant, it appeared behind Tony and used the Thief class skill Backstab. Fortunately, Absolute Defence deflected that attack as well.

However, the Rare Lord was far from done. Within one second, it had launched no less than six attacks. Just as Absolute Defence was about to run out, the Shadow Werewolf sent a Flying kick toward Tony's abdomen.

"Which bastard taught this stupid wolf karate" Tony cursed loudly because the way the Shadow Werewolf fight with was more like a real person than that of a monster.

Just before the Shadow Werewolf's Flying kick struck Tony, the Rare Lord revealed a human-like sneer. Suddenly, it reversed its grip on one of its daggers and sent a Shadow Strike at Tony's chest, intending to end Tony's life with one strike.

However, just as the crimson daggers were about to slide into Tony's heart, the screech of metal against metal sounded in the air

The Shadow Werewolf was confused when it heard this sound. Looking at his adversary carefully, the Wolfman's cold smile suddenly vanished. Now, it wore a grim expression as it bared its fangs and growled

Phantom Assassination!

Suddenly, the Rare Lord transformed into a streak of black light that pierced through Shi Feng's body.

Phantom Assassination was one of the most lethal moves an Assassin possessed. It could devour almost half the HP of an MT of the same level with a single hit. The attack could drop a Swordsman's like Tony's HP to a critical level. Phantom Assassination was also the fastest skill in a Thief's repertoire. One could only defend themselves against this skill with a skill.

However, even after the Rare Lord struck Tony, its intense expression had not relaxed in the slightest. On the contrary, it had grown even more solemn as it glowered at Tony, emitting a low, angry growl.

It turned out that the skill had not struck Tony, but his afterimage as he used (Mirage Step) in the nick of time.

"Aooo!" The Shadow Werewolf was furious. Suddenly, it launched a series of violent attacks at Tony, disappearing in one moment and appearing in the next.

The crimson daggers transformed into countless streaks of blood light that bombarded the dual wilder Swordsman.

However, Tony also vanished and reappeared repeatedly, and the Humming Blade and the Jade Sword responded with their own streaks of light, blocking every attack sent at their owner.

The one-sided situation had suddenly become a stalemate.

As both sides clashed, sparks flew into the air around them. If other players saw the storm that rolled in with every collision, they would be frightened to their core.

As both parties fought on, Tony's HP began to decrease rapidly. Even though Shi Feng currently had 1,100 HP, as a Swordsman Tony has HP that rivalled that of the best Main Tanks in the game at the moment, but he could not outlast the Shadow Werewolf. Against the Rare Lord's 20,000 HP, Tony would grossly overestimate himself if he tried to do so.

After roughly 20 seconds, Tony's HP fell to around 300. Tony took out the Health potion and drank it, inside the Lone Peak Mountain range he got 5 advance Health potions and two regeneration potions. That's what made him bold to conquer the dungeon in the Nightmare difficulty.

"Stupid puppy let's start our second round" Tony looked at the Shadow Wolf with a sneer and provocation.

The Shadow Werewolf growled angrily at Tony as if the monster understood his provocation, this made Tony even more shocked by the Shadow Werewolf's intelligence.

'Don't tell me this fucker understood that' Tony thought to himself as put his guard up and started treating the monster like he would treat a strong equal player.