Max Prepares to Solo the Fifth Wave?
There was absolutely no hesitation.
Meanwhile, Seraphina, who had followed Max into the fourth wave, couldn’t help at all.
She could only cast Detection Technique on the demon lizards appearing in front of her.
Soon, the opponent’s data panel appeared before her.
[Race: Red Sand Magic Lizard]
[Level: 18]
[Strength: 102]
[Stamina: 145]
[Agility: 56]
[Intelligence: 25]
[Skills: Phantom, Cutting…]
…
“Both Strength and Stamina have actually broken a hundred!”
“Is this the kind of monster that only appears in Tier 2 Hard Dungeons!?”
“…”
After reading the Red Sand Magic Lizard’s four-dimensional attributes and skills, Seraphina’s pupils couldn’t help but tremble.
Such high attributes.
They far exceeded the Goblins encountered in the first wave…
Now, it wasn’t just Strength that broke a hundred points; even Stamina had reached a hundred!
Even if a normal Professional put all the free attribute points gained from leveling up from Level 1 to Level 15 into a single attribute, they might not necessarily reach such values.
She previously had little concept of how powerful monsters were, but now she had a very clear understanding.
This was only a Tier 2 Hard Dungeon.
Above this…
there were Nightmare Dungeons, Tier 3 monsters, Tier 4 monsters…
It seemed the road ahead still required unremitting effort!
After all…
even the owner of the Goddess of Light, revered as one of the strongest hidden classes, wouldn’t dare to say they could face monsters alone at the same stage; they would have to rely on a team.
As for challenging across tiers, that was even more unthinkable; it was simply too abstract.
“Monsters produced in a Tier 2 Hard Dungeon!? They don’t seem like much!”
“Let’s try out Hell Path first.”
Max looked at the dozens of Red Sand Magic Lizards appearing before him without a trace of fear on his face.
Instead, he controlled Hell Path to directly summon King Yama of Hell from the spirit realm.
Soon, a giant head rose from the ground, its eyes showing strange purple ripple-like patterns, and unknown purple flames burned on the ground.
Because it was a spiritual body, those nearby who were not caught in the technique couldn’t see it at all.
They could only feel Hell Path placing one hand on the ground, seemingly doing something.
But they couldn’t tell exactly what was being done.
However, while others couldn’t see it, Max, as the caster, saw it very clearly.
The giant head that appeared on the field…
its eyes alone were larger than many human heads.
With its reconnaissance, the blind spots for the Pains during battle would be further compressed.
But Max’s purpose in having Hell Path summon King Yama of Hell wasn’t just for surveillance.
It was for the upcoming judgment—to kill all the monsters that appeared in the third wave!
Just as this thought appeared in Max’s mind, Hell Path, who had just summoned King Yama of Hell, suddenly lunged forward.
The Red Sand Magic Lizard was just about to counterattack, but in its eyes, the giant head of Prison Yama appeared behind Hell Path.
That shocking scene instantly caused the Red Sand Magic Lizard’s body to start trembling subconsciously.
Immediately after, it began to feel difficulty breathing, and the tongue in its mouth extended outward uncontrollably, as if someone were pulling it with great force.
Seeing this scene, Seraphina was dumbfounded.
Her small mouth opened wide subconsciously as she murmured to herself.
“What on earth is happening!?”
“How is a Tier 2 monster being suppressed!?”
Indeed, in Seraphina’s eyes at this moment, the fourth wave of monsters that had just spawned—the Red Sand Magic Lizards—were forced into a suppressed state the moment Hell Path grabbed one.
And from its eyes, one could see that the creature had seen something unimaginably terrifying.
It made it so that the lizard couldn’t even muster the thought of resisting; it was simply too eerie.
Could it be that this puppet her brother was driving now had the ability to control monsters!?
If paired with the previous Asura Path Pain, the combat power added by two puppets wouldn’t be as simple as 1+1=2.
“Big brother, just how many things are you hiding from me?”
“It hasn’t been long since you awakened your professional template, and you can already directly suppress Tier 2 monsters!?”
“…”
Seraphina soon recovered from her shock, and then a look of displeasure appeared on her face…
For these past few days, she seemed to have been kept in the dark the whole time.
Her brother…
Max didn’t seem to take her seriously at all.
Could it be that she wasn’t important to him at all!?
Thinking of this, Seraphina’s mood suddenly dropped.
At that moment, a Red Sand Magic Lizard hiding in the nearby yellow sand suddenly burst out, charging fiercely toward her.
Because she wasn’t paying attention when it happened, she didn’t even react by the time the Red Sand Magic Lizard’s sharp claws neared her neck.
In this critical moment, Asura Path, standing in front of Max, blocked the strike with its body.
A deep wound was carved into its chest, and one could even see the metal components inside.
Belatedly realizing what happened, Seraphina looked gratefully at Max.
Max spoke with concern.
“The quality of the fourth wave’s monsters is too high for you right now. You should head out before the next wave.”
“Alright then.”
Seraphina indeed felt that if she stayed in the assessment dungeon any longer, she would only hold Max back.
She couldn’t help at all; she couldn’t even detect the monster’s attack.
*Squelch!*
*Squelch!*
*Squelch!*
The sounds of tongues being pulled raw from bodies rang out.
All Red Sand Magic Lizards controlled by Hell Path Pain died because their tongues were ripped out.
Their appearance after death was extremely gruesome, as if they had suffered unimaginable fright before dying.
At this point, Hell Path Pain moved as if in an uninhabited land; no monster could restrict its control.
In less than three minutes since entering the fourth wave, very few of the dozens of Red Sand Magic Lizards remained.
The survivors hid under the yellow sand out of fear, not daring to show their heads.
Seeing this, Max stopped holding back.
He controlled both Asura Path and Hell Path to begin a carpet search of the yellow sand ahead.
Asura Path tore open the skin covering its arm, and a large number of missiles were manufactured out of thin air within its body.
Without any wasted movement, it fired them directly in all directions.
The moment they appeared, they were instantly caught by Hell Path, their consciousness suppressed by King Yama of Hell, falling into the technique.
They simply could not escape the fate of being killed.
…
With such simple coordination, all the monsters in the third wave were cleared.
At this point, Max also received the message that the fourth wave had been passed.
The options to continue or leave popped up in front of him again.
At this moment, Max hesitated.
Continuing to clear stages didn’t have much meaning regardless of whether he passed.
After all, by checking the rankings, he saw that the most “promising” team, Gideon Thorne’s team, had been completely eliminated in the second wave.
They hadn’t even entered the third wave, while his side had just passed the fourth…
a complete and utter crushing victory.
Right now, first place was guaranteed, and he would obtain the Tier 5 dungeon materials gifted by the academy assessment.
It was a worthwhile trip, so it seemed there wasn’t much point in continuing!
[Ding! System mission refreshed! Host successfully passes the fifth wave of the academy assessment. Reward: Unknown.]
…
While Max was hesitating, the sound of system static suddenly rang in his ears, followed by a blue pop-up box in front of him.
Looking closely, he found that a system mission had actually refreshed!
As long as he could pass the upcoming fifth wave of the student assessment, he could obtain a system reward.
Although the reward was unknown…
how bad could a reward gifted by the system be!?
If it was a new puppet crafting template, he would hit the jackpot…
Thinking of this, Max immediately became fully alert and began preparing for the upcoming fifth wave of the academy assessment, which was also the final wave.
Max didn’t know what kind of monsters would spawn, but the two Pains he currently possessed gave him plenty of confidence.
“Big brother… you’re not going to challenge the fifth wave in a bit, are you!”
“This is too ridiculous.”
Seeing that Max didn’t plan to stop and wanted to continue challenging the fifth wave of the academy assessment, Seraphina couldn’t think of any words to describe it.
For her now, no matter how much power Max showed next, she wouldn’t feel surprised anymore.
Because today had been far too shocking.
“Since there’s only one wave left, it would be a bit uncomfortable not to clear it.”
“Fine… that reason of yours…”
“Then I’ll head out first. Promise me that if you encounter danger, you must leave the assessment immediately. Don’t joke around with your safety.”
“…Understood.”
Only after Seraphina repeatedly emphasized to Max that if he encountered monsters he couldn’t handle, he must prioritize his life and choose to leave the academy assessment immediately…
…did she reluctantly choose to leave the academy assessment and return to the Silveridge City First Middle School playground.
After she left, Max completely let loose, no longer planning to hide anything.
He prepared to go all out for the upcoming fifth wave to see what kind of strength the two Pains could display when working together.
This made him very expectant.
Directly discarding defense…
using full power to fight!
After all, as long as the puppets were on the field, he was an immortal existence; there was no need to worry about some sneaky monster launching a sneak attack.
Meanwhile, the moment Seraphina chose to leave the academy assessment and return, everyone from Silveridge City First Middle School participating in this academy assessment…
completely boiled over.