[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-infinite-classes-in-the-apocalypse":3,"chapter-infinite-classes-in-the-apocalypse-infinite-classes-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-167":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Infinite Classes in the Apocalypse",{"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},1388982,1841,"Chapter 167: Overflowing Mana","infinite-classes-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-167",167,"\u003Cp>\"You know,\" Yuki’s voice mused from beside him. \"If you hadn’t stranded us between worlds, that would’ve actually been impressive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon took a couple of ragged breaths before turning to the rift core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No treasure chest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a brow as he looked around the core and found nothing near it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No two S-Rank rifts are the same. There are always differences, sometimes unnoticeable, but there still are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon nodded and didn’t dwell on it, he didn’t have the luxury of time to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his sword back into the glove before moving swiftly toward the core, raising his arm quickly toward it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mana Absorption Activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki stood beside Damon with a slight unease as she watched the process, which seemed to be taking longer this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp tug he felt last time started as a faint sensation which slowly escalated to the same burning tug, and just as it reached a very uncomfortable threshold—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have absorbed 921 Mana]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core dissolved in Damon’s grip the second the notification rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like last time, their surroundings changed, but this time, not so differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a slow moment of disorientation, Damon looked around to see that they were still inside a jungle, very familiar to the one inside the rift, just a lot larger in scale and without the jagged lines across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So,\" Damon suddenly spoke. \"Ready to explore another world?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki looked sideways, giving him a look that said she would rather not, but had no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon took a single step forward, trying to look for any more changes to their surroundings, and in that moment, the world tilted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden surge of mana inside his body twisted violently all at once, far worse than before. It no longer felt like energy flooding through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt invasive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision blurred instantly as purple lightning and black ice materialised uncontrollably across his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Damon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki’s voice sounded strangely distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to answer, but his attempt at speaking failed before it even began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent pulse slammed through his chest, and for a brief moment, it felt as though every vein in his body had been filled with liquid lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His knees gave out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki reacted immediately, catching him before he could collapse face-first into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world spun violently around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue jungle stretched and distorted while the distant sounds of unfamiliar wildlife blurred into meaningless noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then everything went black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When consciousness finally returned, the first thing Damon noticed was warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was softness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned slightly before slowly opening his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue leaves swayed gently high above him as sunlight filtered through the massive canopy overhead in scattered streaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For several long seconds, his mind remained completely blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he realised his head wasn’t resting on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was resting on something significantly softer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon blinked a couple of times before slowly tilting his gaze upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki looked down at him with an unreadable expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You alive?\" she asked flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon stared at her for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he fully realise his head was resting on her thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint breeze shifted through the jungle around them, stirring strands of Yuki’s jet black hair slightly as she sat against the base of one of the massive trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He propped himself up, wincing at the sharp sensation still lingering inside his abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That did not feel good,\" he murmured, more to himself than to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he spoke up louder, clearly toward Yuki this time. \"How long was I out for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, around thirty minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon nodded. ’Not too long then. That’s good.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a moment to get used to the sensation of overflowing mana before rising to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any nearby rifts?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension in Yuki’s shoulders eased slightly upon the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t answer right away. She extended her arm gently toward Damon, who took it and helped her rise to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only once she patted down her dress did she answer. \"No. I haven’t seen or sensed anything nearby.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon frowned slightly at Yuki’s answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No nearby rifts meant they were stranded here for now, which, considering it was an alien world, was not ideal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled his shoulder slowly, trying to ignore the lingering pressure beneath his skin. The overflowing mana still hadn’t settled properly. Every movement carried a faint crackling sensation through his body, as though lightning was crawling beneath his veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You alright?\" Yuki asked quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never been better,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint snort escaped her before her ears suddenly twitched sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jungle had gone silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She listened to that silence with a keen focus before her ears twitched once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Damon had also noticed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distant sounds that had quietly filled the forest moments ago had vanished completely. No rustling leaves. No distant cries. Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the slow sway of the massive blue canopy overhead remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki’s gaze shifted deeper into the jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Something’s there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he saw nothing except layers of dark blue vegetation stretching endlessly between the colossal trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the shadows moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not in a quick or particularly aggressive way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something enormous shifted far between the trunks and the sheer size of it made Damon’s eyes narrow slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trees here were massive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, whatever had just moved behind them was even bigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low sound echoed through the jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a growl or rustle of trees, but something heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled faintly beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki instinctively shifted closer toward him while Damon turned his glove into a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could go and check what it was, Yuki’s voice came from beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something felt wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature hadn’t approached them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another tremor rolled through the jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a second sound echoed in the distance, this time a lot more recognisable. Sharp and metallic like chains being dragged across stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damon’s expression changed instantly as he realised the sound wasn’t coming from one direction, but from all around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enormous creature hidden between the trees suddenly moved again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it burst through the jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic blue-furred beast crashed between the trees in full panic, tearing through vegetation as it ran directly toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pivoted to the side, bouncing off nearby trees as it ran away from something right behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then Damon saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tall figure slowly stepping out from the darkness between the trees, dragging countless chains behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1103,"2026-06-05T22:49:34.809Z",1,"novelbin.me","95d7bc40c9573deb6c5d198e4d2d30e80cd36f32e0c98be08afb318dad3a0e2c","infinite-classes-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-168","infinite-classes-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-166",170,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finfinite-classes-in-the-apocalypse-cover.jpg"]