Chapter 8

The [Steel Shield] just cast, with 192 points of shield value, was nearly shattered by a single punch from the BOSS, leaving only a pathetic 13 points of durability.

It was unbelievable that a BOSS with a Summoner class could be even more reckless than him after transforming.

If not for the shield, he would likely have been reduced to critical health and forced out of the dungeon by now.

Abyss Battle Body, truly terrifying!

"Roar!!"

After transforming, [Abyss Envoy Aike] seemed to have lost its sanity; after a moment of hesitation in place, it continued its pursuit.

However, Luo Chenyu followed the footsteps of a certain emperor, sprinting around the black pyramid.

Finally, a few seconds later.

The skill cooldown ended.

"Explode!"

After the [Steel Shield] exploded, he immediately refreshed it, continuing his "King Qin circling the pillar" specialty technique.

Luo Chenyu didn't care about dignity; as long as he could kill the BOSS, what was a little dignity worth?

He wasn't brainless; he knew better than to go toe-to-toe with the BOSS in melee combat.

"Explode!"

"Explode!"

Once, and then again and again.

Finally, the BOSS, which possessed 4,200 health, crashed to the ground under the explosions of his [Steel Shield].

"Ding, killed Level 5 Nightmare BOSS [Abyss Envoy Aike], gained 20,000 experience points!"

"Ding, leveled up by 1, current level LV.4!"

Luo Chenyu stood where he was, letting out a sigh of relief.

This kind of battle was truly heart-stopping; he had nearly been caught by the BOSS several times just now.

"Hehehe..."

The eerie laughter made Luo Chenyu’s heart, which had just settled, jump back into his throat.

He looked around, but the BOSS was nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, he noticed a wisp of black mist appearing above the black pyramid.

"Insignificant human, the great Aike will remember you. I look forward to our next meeting; that will be your death..."

The hollow voice drifted further and further away.

Finally, as the black mist dissipated, the voice stopped abruptly.

At the same time.

The black pyramid in the cave slowly sank into the ground.

Everything vanished...

No, a tattered black robe remained at the scene, highlighting that the hidden BOSS had truly been there.

"Huh!"

Luo Chenyu’s eyes lit up. Beneath the black robe, a charming radiance caught his eye, shining brilliantly as if beckoning to him.

It dropped loot!

Luo Chenyu covered the distance in three steps, arriving beside the black robe and using his novice sword to flip it open.

"It actually dropped two items!"

Luo Chenyu couldn't wait to pick up the two items, examining them closely in his hands.

[Abyss Ring]

Quality: S-Tier

Restriction: LV.5

Attributes: Strength +20, Constitution +10

Additional Trait: 10% chance upon attacking to gain the "Abyss Battle Body" effect, lasting 10 seconds. This effect can only trigger once every 30 seconds.

Abyss Battle Body: Status skill, grants 3 seconds of Super Armor, increases all damage dealt by 10% per attack, and ignores 50% of the target's defense attribute.

Equipment quality is categorized the same as hidden classes, from the lowest F-Tier to SSS-Tier.

The S-Tier [Abyss Ring] was already an artifact-level existence at the novice stage.

Especially the "Abyss Battle Body" status, which was actually a rare Super Armor skill.

Top-tier!!

Super top-tier!

Except for... the fact that he couldn't equip it yet, it had no flaws.

As for the other item, it was a Tier 2 skill book for a Summoner.

[Summon Abyss Beetle] (Tier 2): Rare Summoner skill book. Summons 3 Abyss Beetles to assist in battle. Abyss Beetles possess "Corrosion," "Evolution," and "Bloodthirst" traits.

"If only it were a skill book for a Defense Warrior, how great that would be!"

Luo Chenyu was insatiably greedy and expressed deep regret.

For a BOSS to drop two items, one of which he could actually use, was already an explosion of luck.

That said.

In the dungeon, except for drops from special monsters and hidden BOSSes, items dropped by other monsters are soul-bound and cannot be sold at all.

A rare Tier 2 Summoner skill book is different; if taken out to be sold, it would fetch at least a million.

A look of expectation appeared in Luo Chenyu’s eyes.

In this life and the last, he had never possessed so much wealth.

"Ready to settle!"

The hidden BOSS [Abyss Envoy Aike] had been pushed over, and the novice dungeon had officially concluded.

In fact, the moment the hidden BOSS died, the dungeon timer had already ended.

He summoned the dungeon interface to request settlement.

"Ding, settlement starting!"

"Killed all monsters in the dungeon, evaluation coefficient increased!"

"Cleared [Goblin Cave] without taking damage, evaluation coefficient increased!"

"Killed final BOSS [Goblin Priest] within 2 seconds, triggered hidden BOSS, evaluation coefficient increased!"

"Cleared dungeon [Goblin Cave] within 60 minutes, evaluation coefficient increased!"

"Killed hidden BOSS [Abyss Envoy Aike] without taking damage, evaluation coefficient increased!"

"Killed hidden BOSS [Abyss Envoy Aike] within 2 minutes, final evaluation coefficient increased by one level!"

"Settlement successful, final evaluation SSSS. You have gained 50,000 experience points, Giant Bear Battle Shield +1, Special Skill Chest (Defense Warrior) +1, Primary Skill Forced Upgrade Scroll +1!"

"You may remain in the dungeon for five minutes!"

Several prompts appeared on the virtual interface before him.

At this very moment, Luo Chenyu finally knew the trigger condition for the hidden BOSS: kill the final BOSS within two seconds!

With such harsh conditions, it was no wonder there was no information available.

He didn't know the abilities of those super hidden classes, nor did he know if they had summoned the hidden BOSS, but he knew that the circle of those heaven-favored children was outside his realm of knowledge.

What surprised him most was...

SSSS rating!

The highest dungeon rating shown in books and on the internet was SSS; he hadn't expected to force out an SSSS, which was simply outrageous.

But, being able to increase the final reward was enough.

"Five minutes left!"

Luo Chenyu didn't rush to leave the dungeon space, but instead began to review the harvest from this novice dungeon trip.

50,000 experience points didn't level him up; he only reached 67.66% of LV.4, still some distance from leveling up.

Level five is a watershed for professionals, where the required experience skyrockets.

Because upon reaching level five, one can comprehend their first passive skill, fully revealing the characteristics of each class.

It also significantly increases the strength of a professional.