As soon as Kaelen stepped through the dungeon gates and was teleported into the dungeon, he stood on the spot and spent over 100 million Evolution Points to upgrade all his evolution attributes from Level 400 to the benchmark of Tier 5 Lifeforms: Level 800.
[You have reached the strength cap for Tier 5 Lifeforms.]
[Do you wish to spend 10,000,000 Evolution Points to ascend to Tier 6?]
"Ascend!"
Boom—
The raw energy exploded from his chest and swept through the dungeon’s first floor, pulling the aggro of all the Tier 0 to Tier 1 beasts residing on the first floor.
In an instant, Kaelen was already being surrounded from all directions by an endless mob.
He didn’t react to this at all. Not only were they too insignificant to pose a threat to a Tier 6 Lifeform like himself, but he was trying to speedrun the dungeon all the way up to the 100th floor.
He couldn’t let the top guilds steal the kill for the final boss.
He didn’t bother wasting time with the mob and immediately activated [Miasma Slime], releasing the toxic white mist that quickly clouded the entire floor as he made a beeline for the boss room.
Though the floor was built like a maze, it didn’t stop Kaelen from easily navigating through its corridors when he had the [Sharp Senses] evolution attribute to rely on.
It didn’t take long before he arrived at the floor boss room, which turned out to be a Tier 2 goblin.
The goblin roared ferociously as it drew its rusted axe and charged at Kaelen. But to its surprise, Kaelen simply ran past and headed straight for the doorway that led to the second floor. And just as he arrived before the door...
Spark—
A loud snap of a finger.
A spark in the dark that instantly ignited the white mist.
This wasn’t regular or dragon flame. It was a Divine spark of flame amplified a hundredfold by the Primordial Chaos Bloodline.
BOOM—
Before the Spark of Extinction could completely erase the floor boss from existence, the first floor had already been blown to smithereens.
[You have killed the Destroyer of the Seven Nations and his army of fearsome demons.]
[10,000× Reward Multiplier Triggered...]
[You have received 10,000,000 Evolution Points.]
[You have received (125) Loot Bundles.]
[10,000× Reward Multiplier Triggered...]
[Quality or Quantity?]
"Quality!"
[(13) Genetic Traits/Skills Available for Extraction]
[Do you wish to extract?]
"Extract all!"
[10,000× Reward Multiplier Triggered...]
Kaelen didn’t stop to look back. He was already on the second floor, and didn’t hesitate to repeat the strategy. Except this time, he didn’t spend more than a second on the floor as he activated [Titan Burst].
There was no beast capable of challenging him on the lower floors, so Kaelen didn’t stop for anything and ran straight to the floor boss chamber with the white mist on his tail, activated the Spark of Extinction on the floor boss, which caused a chain reaction that detonated the entire floor, while Kaelen was already two floors above.
[You have received 15,000,000 Evolution Points.]
[You have received 30,000,000 Evolution Points.]
[You have received 50,000,000 Evolution Points.]
[You have received 80,000,000 Evolution Points.]
[You have received 120,000,000 Evolution Points.]
The accumulated Evolution Points from each floor kept climbing as Kaelen ascended the tower.
By Floor 50, Kaelen was forced to slow down as he was starting to face Tier 5 beasts as field mobs, which should pose a threat to every other Tier 6 beast. But not Kaelen. Not only was he already faster, but he also activated the Reaping Angels Wings.
As soon as he got to the floor boss chamber, he killed it with a snap and detonated the entire floor.
At this point, Kaelen had accumulated over three billion Evolution Points, shooting his total Evolution Points balance to over five billion.
BOOM—!!!
The entire tower suddenly shook to its core, forcing Kaelen to stop abruptly and take cover as dust and debris rained down from above.
"ROARRRRR!!!"
The sound alone made Kaelen cold to the bone, and he immediately knew what was happening.
The mysterious beast had been awakened.
But Kaelen knew now it wasn’t just a mysterious beast, because from its aura alone, which swept across the tower floors, he could feel it.
His speculations were right.
This was a Divine beast.
Something more ancient and far stronger than the Mythic Dragon. And the top players across Evolution Online were already engaged in a fierce battle with it.
Kaelen didn’t dare underestimate the strength of the top players or think that they wouldn’t be able to take down the final boss. Because he knew there were truly powerful players in this world, ones backed by SSS-rank Talents like Black Rose.
Kaelen was so distracted by this that he didn’t notice the boss of Floor 80 charging straight at him with a great battle axe. By the time he came to, the minotaur was already upon him with its axe raised high above.
Spark—
He didn’t hesitate to activate the Spark of Extinction.
But to his surprise, the minotaur neither flinched nor reacted to the Divine-tier skill, which immediately told Kaelen the floor boss had bypassed the skill’s effects by being stronger than him.
With no escape route, as the minotaur was incredibly fast and could hit him before he could back away, Kaelen stepped forward, channeling his entire speed into closing the distance between himself and the floor boss before its axe could split him in half.
One moment, Kaelen was standing right opposite the minotaur. The next moment, he charged straight through it as he activated [Vortex Slime] at the last moment, turning himself into a living drill that smoothly severed the minotaur with the help of the Primordial Plague, which melted everything the tips of his blades touched.
[You have killed the King of the Borderlands and his subjects.]
[10,000× Reward Multiplier Triggered...]
[You have received 850,000,000 Evolution Points.]
Kaelen didn’t spare the notifications a second glance as he quickly dumped over three hundred million Evolution Points into upgrading all his evolution attributes to Level 1600.
[You have reached the strength cap for Tier 6 Lifeforms.]
[Do you wish to spend 20,000,000 Evolution Points to ascend to Tier 7?]
"Ascend!"
He didn’t wait for the excessive energy to disperse from his chest before he pumped it into his core and disappeared into the upper floor like a black hole, racing against time to get to the 100th floor.
Boom—