Max’s Surprise!
Animal Path is Within Reach
“Crazy!? That’s a Tier 4 dungeon boss, what business does a Puppet Master like you have getting involved!?”
“What the!? Is this a damn dream!? He’s actually charging straight toward the Tier 4 dungeon boss!?”
“I don’t know… Are Second-Order Professionals all this reckless!?”
“It’s over, it’s completely over, no one can save us now!”
The members of the Red Lizard Guild lying on the ground turned pale as wax upon seeing Max’s actions.
They had originally come to this dungeon with their equipment under guild orders to take control of it.
As it turned out, the boss inside was far too powerful.
With their strength, they had no way to fight back.
Just as they finally encountered a glimmer of hope, Max had inexplicably charged straight toward the dungeon boss.
Now, let alone being saved, they wouldn’t even have a chance to escape!
“Boom!”
A massive roar echoed.
While the members of the Red Lizard Guild lying on the ground were still wondering what to do next…
The Snake Ancestor, who had been standing on the field just a moment ago, was suddenly sliced in two.
Then… in the blink of an eye, the fallen Snake Ancestor was decapitated.
…
After a hard-fought battle, Max successfully killed the Tier 4 dungeon boss.
Although it seemed simple or even easy to outsiders…
But only Max knew that the attribute advantages of all the Pain he had created were slowly diminishing.
If he didn’t upgrade the Asura Path and others to increase their four-dimensional attributes later on, they would likely fall behind the curve and eventually be phased out.
“It’s finally over. Once Beatrice helps me gather all the materials for the Animal Path…”
“I’ll have to prepare to upgrade the Pain I currently have.”
“Right now… they’re starting to fall a bit behind.”
After successfully killing the Snake Ancestor and using the Rinnegan ability of the Hell Path to restore all the damaged Pain to their original state, Max clicked to check the rewards.
The rewards he had just obtained for clearing this dungeon.
As his thoughts reached into his body, Max felt a flash in his eyes, followed by a large number of message pop-ups.
However, while he was checking them…
A piece of hidden information caught his attention, shocking him so much he almost jumped up from the spot!
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully clearing the Nightmare Dungeon: Phantom Demon Snake.]
[Obtained Drop Materials: Demon Snake Scales x500, Demonized Snake Pupils x40, Snake Ancestor’s Head x1, Tiered Wave Wind Blade Skill Scroll x1 (Mage), Myriad Spirit Snake Gall (Consuming this increases Spirit attribute by 10 points!), Tier 4 Magic Beast Core x1! Tier 4 Dungeon Key x1 (The holder will be eligible to open the dungeon entrance!)]
[Total Experience: 25,000 points]
[Personal Rating: SSS (System Bonus Reward: Manda)]
PS: After the host unlocks the Animal Path, you will be able to summon Manda.
Summoning requires no cost and it will be automatically controlled by the Rinnegan!
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“This! Manda!? Orochimaru’s Summoned Beast!?”
“The system actually gave it to me!?”
“Awesome!”
This was Manda!
One of the most powerful Summoned Beasts in the early stages of naruto!
Even Orochimaru had to pay a significant price to summon it.
But once he created the Animal Path in the future… he could directly control it using the Rinnegan, and there would be no possibility of it resisting.
In other words… he could manipulate it like a puppet.
Thinking of this, Max could barely restrain himself from jumping up on the spot!
Obtaining Manda would definitely give his strength a massive boost, and he might even be able to get more Summoned Beasts in the future!
Without any hesitation, Max first passed through the dungeon exit in front of him and then vanished from the dungeon.
Leaving behind only a few members of the Red Lizard Guild staring at each other in bewilderment.
“Did you guys see what just happened!? That Tier 4 dungeon boss was actually killed directly… how on earth did he do it?”
“I don’t know, but I do know… a genius is about to emerge from Silveridge City. A Second-Order Professional solo-killed a Tier 4 dungeon boss. If this news leaks out, it will definitely cause a massive sensation!”
“It’s simply unimaginable. How was this even possible!”
“I’m completely shocked by him now… If it weren’t for his appearance, I would never have imagined even in death that a Second-Order Professional could achieve this!”
…
The members of the Red Lizard Guild stood up in a daze, looking at the Tier 4 dungeon that had been successfully conquered, their minds filled with utter confusion…
Some of them didn’t even understand what had just happened.
And then it was all over.
It was simply too surreal.
Meanwhile, just as all the Red Lizard members were preparing to leave the dungeon in a daze, a cave opening behind where the Snake Ancestor boss had been was slowly closing.
Faintly visible within were several humanoid figures… from which emanated obscure and difficult-to-understand tones and voices.
But if anyone could have understood them…
They would have been astonished, because all of these words were directed at the Max who had just appeared.
“This human brat has too much potential. At only the second order, he could actually kill a fourth-order creature from our Outworld. If he is allowed to continue developing…”
“He will definitely bring trouble to the descent of the [Supreme One] in the future.”
“We must find a way to nip him in the bud.”
…
After that flickering figure appeared a few times, the cave entrance to the dungeon also completely sealed, and everything fell into silence.
As if nothing had ever happened.
At the same time, Max, who had just conquered the entire Tier 4 dungeon, smoothly exited and appeared before Beatrice and numerous members of the Red Lizard Guild.
He didn’t show any shyness but instead spoke indifferently.
“This dungeon has been conquered by me. As per our agreement… you must also bring me the Tier 5 dungeon materials I need.”
…
After Max finished speaking, he left without looking back.
To be honest, he didn’t care much about clearing the dungeon itself; he only cared about whether clearing it would provide the materials for making the Animal Path.
Now that the conditions were met, there was no need for him to waste any more time here.
After stating the Tier 5 dungeon materials he needed, Max turned and headed toward home.
“Huh!? What did he say!? This Tier 4 dungeon was actually conquered!?”
…
The Guild Master of the Red Lizard Guild turned pale upon hearing Max’s words and almost collapsed backward.
Too much had happened today…
It was a bit much for him to take.
The plan that had nearly drained all his resources… had actually failed like this.
It was simply too painful.
In the future, Red Lizard would surely fall to Black Dragon.
…
Beatrice looked at the Tier 4 Dungeon Key in her hand and the pile of Tier 5 dungeon materials.
Her gaze gradually began to change, and then she also turned and left.
Returning home, Max didn’t go to sleep immediately.
Instead, he opened his system panel to check his level.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 25,000 experience points!]
[Level 21 → Level 25!]
[Obtained 40 free attribute points!]
[After the host successfully changes classes, you will be gifted Gamabunta (awakened after the host successfully creates the Animal Path!) and materials required for a random Tier 6 Puppet Template.]
…
Looking at the message notification in front of him, Max felt a surge of joy.
After clearing the Tier 4 dungeon, his level had actually reached the limit of the second transition.
Level 25!
As long as he changed classes again, he could obtain another Summoned Beast from the system—Gamabunta, a very popular Summoned Beast from the original work.
And he could obtain this just by changing classes again!
In addition, Max could also obtain production materials for a Tier 6 puppet… didn’t that mean he could get the materials to create the Deva Path Pain!?
Awesome!
Next, as soon as Beatrice collected the materials for the Animal Path, he could put the plan to create it on his schedule.
Once the Animal Path was successfully created…
Then his own strength would be enhanced once again!
Every time he thought of this, Max would feel extremely delighted.
“Besides that, I also need to consider where to find a Tier 3 Class Change Book for Puppet Masters…”
“That way… the issue of Summoned Beasts can also be resolved.”
…
When Max thought about the Tier 3 Class Change Book for Puppet Masters, he felt a wave of helplessness…
In fact, for any profession, once you reached the third tier, the difficulty of obtaining a Class Change Book would increase significantly.
There were even cases where some class change scrolls had disappeared and could no longer be obtained.
Thinking of this, Max kept this matter in mind, not expecting to complete it in a short time.
[Ding! Detected that the College Entrance Examination is in twenty days. Achievement Tasks have been refreshed!]
[Task Requirement: The better the host’s performance in the College Entrance Examination, the richer the rewards.]
[Reward Pool: New puppet production panel, Summoned Beasts…]