Entering the base of the Tower of Aion
"Let's take a look."
The golden light cluster emitted a bright glow.
[Skull of Cerberus]
Kai Blake reached out his hand, and the golden light gradually dissipated. A palm - sized skull floated in mid - air, as clear and translucent as amber, but the skull had three different colors: red, yellow, and blue.
"Is it a special material?"
The skull landed in Kai Blake's palm, and a warm sensation spread throughout his body.
"Special material: Skull of Cerberus (SSS - rank)
Effect: Can be used for equipment making, item crafting, etc.
When carried as equipment, Strength + 100, Constitution + 100, Mana recovery speed + 500%."
"It's actually an SSS - rank material!"
Kai Blake didn't expect that just carrying this material could bring him a huge increase in attributes!
"If it can be made into a staff, it will be at least an SS - rank equipment!"
Kai Blake put the skull into his backpack.
This should be the biggest gain of this trip.
Back then, the supreme powerhouse [Devilson] killed Cerberus and obtained an SSS - rank evaluation in the newbie dungeon, causing a huge stir.
Thinking of this, a sense of pride welled up in Kai Blake's heart.
He had accomplished the same thing as the supreme powerhouse!
Living up to the supreme ones is not just an empty boast.
No, that's not right!
Kai Blake turned around, looked at the hole in the middle stone wall, his eyes blazing with enthusiasm.
He could do more than what the supreme powerhouse did back then!
The hidden level of the newbie dungeon!
"Although I don't know what's ahead, since I'm already here."
Kai Blake walked back to the hole, ready to continue exploring forward.
Before that, there were still some minor troubles to deal with.
Because the lightning just now was so astonishing, the bats were completely stunned. They clung to the wall, not daring to move.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——
Bats kept falling from the air. After hitting the ground, they struggled a couple of times and finally died.
Ten vampire bats, plus one mutated bat, were as fragile as paper in front of the level - 10 Kai Blake!
Relying on normal attacks, Kai Blake quickly killed them all.
Since Kai Blake had already reached level 10, and the vampire bats were only level 2 - 4, they couldn't provide him with any experience.
As a result, Kai Blake only got a bunch of copper coins.
He glanced at his attribute panel. Compared to when he first entered the Tower of Eternity, Kai Blake's attributes had nearly multiplied by six times!
His health points also shot up to 1800 in one go!
Of course, this was with the boost of the Skull of Cerberus. The extra 100 Constitution added 1000 health points.
You know, in the Tower of Eternity, it's extremely difficult to level up and increase attributes!
The attributes Kai Blake currently had were beyond what many level - 20 or level - 30 players could achieve!
At the same time, any improvement here would be synchronized to the real world!
For Kai Blake, in just one night, his physical fitness had become six or seven times stronger than before!
This was something almost unimaginable, yet it had really happened!
Kai Blake closed his attribute panel and started counting his gains.
Previously, he killed 20 burrowing rats and got 60 copper coins. He killed 10 vampire bats and got another 90 copper coins, plus 2 silver coins dropped by the mutated bat.
Kai Blake had a total of 3 silver coins and 50 copper coins at hand.
In the Tower of Eternity, there are three types of currency: gold, silver, and copper, with a conversion rate of 100.
10,000 copper coins equal 100 silver coins, which equal 1 gold coin.
1 gold coin is also equal to 1000 US dollars!
So, 1 copper coin is approximately equal to 0.1 US dollars.
That is to say, after all the hard work of killing monsters, Kai Blake had only earned $35...
After counting the current loot, Kai Blake once again stood at the entrance of the hidden level.
During this time, he didn't idle around either. He started stacking [Ready to Strike] again!
Judging from the result of instantly killing Cerberus, [Ready to Strike] was a god - tier skill. Once stacked to a high enough level, it would be invincible!
The passage of the hidden level was pitch - black, and nothing could be seen clearly.
Kai Blake tore a torch from the wall of the previous passage and lit up the area in front of him.
[No danger ahead. Detection completed!]
With the hint from [Eyes that analyze the essence], Kai Blake felt a bit more at ease, but he still didn't let down his guard.
In the dark passage, Kai Blake walked forward cautiously.
"It feels like I'm going down!"
Kai Blake realized that the passage he was in was sloping downwards.
"The newbie dungeon is at the bottom of the Tower of Eternity."
"If I'm going down, does that mean... there's a zero - th floor?!"
This idea lingered in Kai Blake's mind. The Tower of Eternity has a mysterious origin. Even after a hundred years of research by humans, it still hasn't been fully understood.
Guided by the flickering torch, Kai Blake walked a long way. He didn't even know how many layers of [Ready to Strike] he had stacked.
Suddenly, Kai Blake smelled a pungent smell!
"What is this?!"
"Sulfur smell. Where have I come to? Underground lava?!"
As if to confirm Kai Blake's guess, a wave of heat rushed towards him.
Whoosh——
This wave of heat came suddenly, and the wind was quite strong. It actually blew out the torch in Kai Blake's hand!
Snap——
The only source of light completely disappeared. Only a few tiny sparks emitted an extremely weak light, and Kai Blake's vision went dark.
The passage was plunged into boundless silence...