instantly turned it into a bloody mist…
A one-hit kill!
No, it can’t even be called a hit.
Merely a touch completed Max’s first-ever career kill!
The entire combat process was so clean and swift that before anyone could even react, the living cat demon had already become a puddle of bloody pulp…
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully obtaining 700 experience points. Level up!]
[1 → 3!]
[Obtained 20 free attribute points!]
…
“I’m already level three!?”
“So fast!”
Seeing the level-up feedback from the system, Max’s heart swelled with joy!
Just one cat demon had allowed him to level up twice in a row!
If he continued to kill cat demons, would he directly reach level fifteen!?
Thinking this, Max immediately wanted to recall the Asura Path Pain and advance deeper into the forest.
After all, he understood the principle of following up on a victory.
Max first selected materials from the cat demon’s corpse that could be exchanged for money later, then prepared to continue walking deeper into the Dark Forest.
As he went further, dense cat cries soon surrounded him.
In Max’s line of sight, dozens of cat demons appeared before him.
With just a glance, the Detection Technique fed back a large number of information panels.
Most had four-dimensional attributes similar to the cat demon he first encountered.
Among them were a few mutated species, their bodies far more slender than their kin, with even sharper claws and fangs…
Just from their appearance, it was clear they wouldn’t be easy to deal with!
In response, Max simply cast the Detection Technique, and their detailed data appeared before him.
[Race: Mutated Cat Demon]
[Level: 8]
[Strength: 41]
[Stamina: 54]
[Agility: 60]
[Wisdom: 8]
[Skills: Bite, Phantom Shadow…]
“Meow meow meow!”
“Hiss!”
Accompanied by piercing cat cries, the cat demons surrounding Max and the Asura Path all assumed combat stances.
The mutated cat demons ghostly leaped into the nearby grass, lying in wait, ready to deliver a finishing blow once the battle began.
Utterly typical ambush behavior…
“Even cats know how to play it safe and finish off the weak. Truly, ambushers know no borders or species.”
“…”
Max, completely unafraid of being surrounded by dozens of cat demons, lounged with utter nonchalance in the center of the battlefield, waiting for some lucky one among them to be the first to attempt an attack on him.
After a period of silent standoff, Cat Demon No.
1, unable to bear Max’s lazy attitude any longer, pounced fiercely.
Following the signal to attack, Cat Demons No.
2, 3, and 4 also charged forward.
They intended to devour the audacious Max alive, but in reality…
the outcome differed from their successful pounce.
The Asura Path, which had stood motionless like a wooden statue, once again turned into a phantom.
In a mere moment, it completely crushed and twisted all the charging cat demons into bloody mist.
The shift in the battle was as swift as ever.
This caused the previously confident cat demons to scatter like startled birds, letting out terrified cries.
The weaker ones even felt fear, retreating backward.
However, the mutated cat demons that had been waiting in the bushes seized the moment, leaping out from the foliage.
As they landed, their bodies actually split into two shadowy figures, running in opposite directions.
With this maneuver, the originally single-digit number of mutated cat demons instantly multiplied into dozens.
Not only did their numbers skyrocket, but their speed also surged, seemingly aiming to attack by surprise.
Max naturally saw this but didn’t rush to act, calmly waiting for them to make their move.
Similar to the previous cat demons’ attack pattern, the mutated cat demons, witnessing Max’s persistent laziness, finally lost patience and charged simultaneously from front and rear directions.
Once they attacked, the Asura Path instantly dashed forward.
A swing of its right fist shattered the phantom charging from the front.
Simultaneously, a cold, fierce glint came from behind—a nearby cat demon had seized this opening to launch a fierce assault.
Although from the Asura Path Pain’s perspective, the rear was a complete blind spot, impossible to predict where an attack might come from.
But in Max’s eyes, everything was crystal clear.
He saw the direction of the cat demon’s pounce perfectly.
And in that instant of intersecting gazes, the Asura Path suddenly twisted its body, threw a punch, and directly shattered the mutated cat demon’s skull.
The immense force even turned the mutated cat demon’s body into a bloody mist.
“The shared vision of the Rinnegan… leaves us with no blind spots.”
“And this is the terror of the Six Paths of Pain.”
Looking at the mutated cat demon lying dead before him, Max inwardly sighed at its naivety.
Although it thought of a sneak attack from behind…
unfortunately, he was dealing a crushing blow this time…
utterly ignoring tactics, simply overpowering with strength.
“Meow!”
Upon witnessing the absolute power displayed by the Asura Path Pain, the mutated cat demons felt genuine terror for the first time.
They realized the gap between them and their foe was far too vast.
Even with their absolute numerical and terrain advantages…
Against the enemy before them, it was utterly useless…
This was the most direct feedback they received from their brief encounter with the Asura Path Pain.
However, although they now knew, it was far too late.
There was no room left for them to escape.
As the Asura Path’s figure flickered, the mutated cat demons that had just been surrounding them, waiting to strike, all exploded into bloody mist, turning into in-game experience and a scattering of materials.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully obtaining 2500 experience points. Level up!]
[3 → 7!]
[Obtained 40 free attribute points!]
…
Just as Max, controlling the Asura Path, successfully eliminated the last nearby cat demon, he subconsciously opened his profession template.
Seeing the prompt box pop up before him, his excitement grew even more!
He had only been in the dungeon for a few hours, yet he had jumped directly from level 1 to level 7!
Although this Nightmare dungeon was highly difficult, the corresponding rewards were also incredibly rich.
If he had entered an Easy or Hard dungeon, even killing the final boss might not have gotten him to level 7!
High risk, high reward!
“Killing those cat demons even dropped a bunch of materials! If I auction these on the market…”
“I could probably earn thousands of alliance coins. If I clear a few more dungeons, I might even save up enough to create the next Pain template!”
“Awesome!”
Max calmly bent down to pick up the scattered materials on the ground, then allocated all 120 free attribute points he gained from leveling up from 1 to 7 into his Spirit stat.
As a mysterious power rose from the depths of his soul…
He immediately felt his five senses become sharper.
More importantly, the portion of power belonging to the Rinnegan also grew stronger.
And Max felt all these changes tangibly.
“As Spirit increases… the power of the Rinnegan indeed grows stronger.”
“The system is truly amazing!”
Max wasn’t from the Naruto World.
Being able to use the Rinnegan without hindrance was already miraculous.
Yet, he could actually enhance the Rinnegan’s power by increasing his Wisdom stat.
This was simply cheating!
But as the beneficiary, Max thought, what if there were even more of this kind of cheating?
Just as Max prepared to continue relying on the Asura Path to dominate the Nightmare dungeon, he suddenly heard dense cat cries coming from the distance to his left.
Without hesitation, Ye headed straight in that direction.
Since entering the dungeon, Max’s goal had been clear: to clear the Nightmare dungeon…
and exterminate all the monsters within.
To maximize his gains.
Meanwhile, at the location of the dense cat cries Max was approaching, the three hidden profession Professionals who had parted ways with Max at the dungeon entrance were now in a standoff with all the surrounding cat demons.
Judging from their pale faces and the fact that the boy with the Shadow Assassin profession template was already injured on the ground, losing his combat ability…
The current situation was highly unfavorable.
Standing before them was a giant monster, far larger than regular cat demons or mutated cat demons—several times over.
It roughly resembled a brown bear, eyes crimson red, claws and fangs so sharp one could feel their keenness with just a glance.
It seemed capable of easily slicing through steel.
[Dungeon Boss: Iron-Cutting Cat Beast]
[Level: 12]
[Strength: 81]
[Stamina: 84]
[Agility: 80]
[Wisdom: 8]
[Skills: Demonic Transformation, Steel Slash…]
“Damn it! Although we knew beforehand… the monsters in Nightmare dungeons are far stronger than those in Easy or Hard dungeons…”
“But we never imagined we’d encounter this kind of monster!”
The boy on the ground spoke with a trembling voice.
In his eyes flashed the information data of the Iron-Cutting Cat Beast before him…
ignoring the fact that monster Wisdom stats were generally low…
the other three attributes had all reached a terrifying 80+!
That was directly equivalent to eight times the data of a normal person!
Let alone newly-transcended Professionals, even those who had experienced dozens of dungeons…
and successfully reached Second Transcendence might not necessarily be able to face this.
The four-dimensional attributes alone filled them with fear.
“Stop talking… Leo, the wound in your abdomen won’t stop bleeding.”
“…”
Kneeling beside the fallen boy was a cute loli dressed in blue diviner attire.
She was Elena, who had fused with the Water Witch profession template, also a hidden profession, possessing water-based attack magic and water-based healing magic.
Currently, she was gathering surrounding water elements to heal the bloody hole in Leo’s abdomen.
Although, with the help of magic and potions, she could barely stabilize the injury…
If they couldn’t deal with the elite species before them, they had no chance of leaving here alive.
The final outcome would simply be death.
“Wasn’t there another person when we entered the dungeon!?”
“If it’s a Puppet Master, maybe they could lure this elite monster away, buying us a chance to escape the dungeon.”
The person standing at the forefront of the team, facing the Iron-Cutting Cat Demon directly, was Marcus, who had transcended into an Earth Knight.
Although his condition was the best among them, it was clearly a forced front.
If the monster before them launched a few more attacks…
The result would undoubtedly be severe injury or even death.
“That person probably left the dungeon long ago… What use do you expect from a first-tier Puppet Master!?”
“Being able to normally become a combat profession is already a luxury.”
Leo immediately cut off Marcus’s words.
Regarding the useless Puppet Master profession template, contemporary society was well aware of its impractical abilities.
Now, hoping for that person to save them…
was simply a pipe dream.
Right now, even imagining the elite monsters fighting each other was more realistic than fantasizing about such a scenario.
“This must be the dungeon boss, right!? I wonder what rewards we’d get for killing it!”
“If it could drop… a core, equipment, that would be great.”