[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-98":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563465,2028,"Chapter 98 - Debt","divine-path-system-chapter-98",98,"\u003Cp>Varian saw the tree slowly slipping into the ground as a golden light shone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped towards it and saw a spinning fruit bathed in the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...this won't be poison, right?\" He grabbed the apple-like fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning mana in his body roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like it was screaming at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Devour. Devour. Devour.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Varian devoured the fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was soft and cold. After entering his mouth, it melted and Varian could feel the smooth lightning mana boiling in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to the incoming lightning mana, the one within his body boiled and they slowly merged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The System prompted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[+1Xp]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? Wtf?\" Varian wanted to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resumed and this time, it didn't stop for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[+1 Xp\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>+1 Xp\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>+1 Xp]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning mana rose and lightning sense expanded continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incoming lightning mana was almost out and his lightning mana seemed to reach a peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't increase for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian sat down and guided his lightning mana. His lightning sense turned inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the lightning mana inside him— It was a golden river that seemed to be confined by something invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Focus.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian controlled it and with the push from the external mana, he broke the confinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advancing]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The System prompted and sparks appeared around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a few aura crystals in his space ring disappeared and Varian felt his lightning mana surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was much higher compared to the peak Level 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His combat power improved a bit more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Status'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Body Path Level 3: 40\u002F400\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space Path Level 2: 60\u002F200\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning Path Level 2: 0\u002F200]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wow! Lightning Path is almost catching up.' He compared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Was I too slow in my Space Path?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No. Without the reward of this special location, your progress would eventually slow down. To break the bottleneck, and advance, you'd need a few more days.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Well, the reward is indeed great.' Varian grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he recalled 'How am I supposed to exit here?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if answering his query, the cave shook and a white light flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian found himself back in the tree burrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least warn me!\" He was about to slam the burrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh-oh\" But recalling where that led him to, he retracted his fist and exited the burrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Should I enter the Inner Zone?' Varian dashed through the forest and reached the river bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I will only go if I'm the strongest in Outer Zone. Inner Zone monsters would likely be in Level 4…' Varian walked along the direction he came from— Golden Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then I should defeat a boss of the Outer Zone.' He planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Outer Zone, like in any zone, the weakest monsters lived farthest from the center. The strongest lived closer to the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones that lived at the absolute border were called as Bosses. There were many bosses and their strength varied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, all of them were at the top of the Outer Zone pyramid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So defeating a boss meant he was strong enough to get into Inner Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Outer Zone, Inner Zone, then Core Zone.' Varian grinned as he ran at a breakneck speed. The surroundings seem to vanish as he moved from one location to another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he saw the golden mountain. The apes were patrolling strictly. They expanded their watch deeper into the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also searching extensively along the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Thank you for making me rich.' Varian said sincerely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He maintained a considerable distance and wasn't seen by the golden apes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Before I exit the outer zone, I have a debt to settle.' His speed rose and he shot towards the familiar location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to a few days ago, the rocky cave opening had a few more scratches, more gravel and less boulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come out!\" Varian yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to beat the heck out of this bitch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian hated it for two reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it treated him like a prey or just attacked him like the usual golden apes, he too would've treated it as a normal foe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this one went as far as to use him as a prey to teach its kids how to hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I can't go any lower.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was…the rat didn't have anything special in its cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why don't you be like the golden apes? Have something precious, you know or what am I supposed to get for attacking your nest?' Varian thought with a straight face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, neither the mother rat nor the golden apes knew his thoughts or they'd be march together to hunt him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he was immersed in justifying why he had to kill it, the creature arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roarrr\" The mother rat was larger than the last time. It was already the size of an adult elephant and now it looked like a mammoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its aura was even stronger than the last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'High Level 3. The beast cores helped, huh.' Varian gripped his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned forward and put pressure on his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot at the mother rat and reached it in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roarr\" The mother rat wasn't to be outdone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite its bulky size, it dodged his sword and clawed at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The claw was so strong that all the air in the way was blasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, its physicals strength was higher than Varian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But I'm not coming with just physical strength.' He channeled his space power and lightning mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space around the mother rat solidified for a split second and—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zapp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lightning arc of one meter shot at its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creaaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother rat forcefully broke the solid space and the lightning arc struck at its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roarrr!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It roared in pain but its paw didn't flinch. It was about to tear his chest apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lightning wall appeared in between the paw and his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screech!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother rat broke the lightning wall at the price of small injury and losing a bit of its momentum and—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hit the solid space. This further weakened its momentum and delayed some time before the paw finally reached Varian's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what greeted was a spiked gauntlet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roarr!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The paw's bones were broken as the mother rat wailed in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zapp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the opportune moment, the space around its head once again solidified and a lightning ball shot at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creakk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother rat broke the solid space and managed to dodge again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also avoided taking the lightning ball on the wound of its neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's gauntlet punched its face, and broke its skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ro…ar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It opened its mouth to bite him down in a final attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That didn't help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space binding prevented it from closing its mouth for a split second and a lightning arc shot into its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zapp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its insides were blasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood, flesh and bones splattered into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge body slowly collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian gazed at it coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days ago, it was the hunter and he was the prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he was the hunter and it was the prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, he gazed towards the border of Inner and Outer Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to clear one more enemy before he stepped into Inner Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Outer zone Boss, I'm coming.'\u003C\u002Fp>",1221,"2026-06-06T07:58:11.287Z",1,"novelbin.me","c4e5c4fc60f004b6e785f6e9f423ece2dff4d32507c9ee1561d81fd63c82ea54","divine-path-system-chapter-446","divine-path-system-chapter-445",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]