[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-with-infinite-system-points-i-gathered-al":3,"chapter-reborn-with-infinite-system-points-i-gathered-al-reborn-with-infinite-system-points-i-gathered-al-chapter-25":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reborn with Infinite System Points, I Gathered All SSS Classes!",{"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},708740,944,"Chapter 25 -25-The Monster Tide Escalates, and the Players Fall into Despair","reborn-with-infinite-system-points-i-gathered-al-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>When they saw that pitifully small damage number, the warrior player froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought it was some kind of bug, so he immediately activated his Heavy Strike skill again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatsword came crashing down on the red-eyed monster’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-90!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strike that would normally deal at least 600 damage had been reduced to only 90.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior player instantly realized something was very, very wrong—but it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-eyed monster suddenly sped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, its savage claws pierced through the warrior player’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-2100!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bright red damage number appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior player’s HP was instantly slashed by more than half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was not all—his face quickly began turning green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had directly entered a poisoned, slowed state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did the other players realize something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them hurriedly cast Detection, and their hearts immediately sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Red-Eyed Goblin] Lv. 25\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP]: 16,000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attack]: 1,000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Defense]: 1,500\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill]: Berserk\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first two waves had been low-level monsters below level 10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how had this third wave suddenly turned into level 25 red-eyed monsters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And judging from their stats, they were even stronger than ordinary level 25 monsters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run! These monsters aren’t right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some players reacted in time and screamed as they retreated backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because everyone had charged too aggressively earlier, the players in the rear had not noticed what was happening at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layer upon layer, they packed together so tightly that those trying to retreat had no path left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could only watch helplessly as they were shoved alive toward the monster tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-eyed monsters might have moved slowly, but when it came to slaughtering players, they showed absolutely no mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-2189!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-2456!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-2798!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dense clusters of blood-red damage numbers burst over the players’ heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squishier players turned into white light in the very first clash, their bodies vanishing on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the equipment they had gotten from the first two waves of the monster tide was destroyed on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the next three days, they would not be able to reappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even tankier classes like warriors could not withstand the monsters’ onslaught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-eyed monsters only needed two or three hits to wipe out their HP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire monster tide was like a meat grinder, slowly crushing apart the players who had charged forward of their own accord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield was filled with players’ screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help! Stop charging forward—fall back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are no elites or loot up front—up there is hell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we don’t retreat now, we’re all going to die here! Run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at this moment did the monster tide finally reveal its true fangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it filled several thousand players with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surviving players cried and fled in the direction of Novice Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as they could retreat back inside Novice Village, they could still survive—at the very least, they would be able to keep their levels and the equipment they had looted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, what these players were thinking about was still protecting their own gains,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not regrouping for a counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because of that, reality taught them its cruelest lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faster assassin-type players were the first to reach the entrance to Novice Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when they tried to rush inside, they slammed heavily into an invisible wall of air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large number of players crashed into it and fell to the ground in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Novice Village would not let them enter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they turned back sharply, the red-eyed monster tide was already closing in behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces went deathly pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s over. We’re completely finished!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John took in the chaos at the foot of the mountain without missing a single detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No surprise showed on his face. Inwardly, he murmured,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So after waiting this long, it’s finally here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John slowly rose to his feet, standing with his hands behind his back as he looked down over the battlefield below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It still was not time for him to make his move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just hope those top guilds and the NPC army can hold this wave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John looked at the player crowd surrounded layer upon layer by the red-eyed monster tide and silently thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, calm down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the chaotic tide of players, the guild leaders of the major guilds began rallying their members and reorganizing the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mage guild leader whose kills had been \"stolen\" by John at Wolffang Gorge roared loudly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t want to die, then turn the hell around!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These monsters may be strong, but there are only so many of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lower-level players stand to the side—let those of us with higher levels do the damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone dares retreat, I’ll kill him myself first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this desperate moment, the top guilds finally revealed the depth of their foundations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their refined gameplay skills and team coordination honed through countless battles, they successfully gathered the routed players back together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hastily formed a defensive line beside Novice Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, some guilds also sent people to contact the female knight and the rest of the NPC army, intending to coordinate and fight the monster tide together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-eyed monster tide’s stats were terrifying, but because their movement speed was slow, they were actually not difficult to kite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the priest players cast a round of control skills, they quickly shrank back to the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior players gritted their teeth and stepped forward, forcibly pushing the monster tide back a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the archers’ first volley arrived, instantly shaving off a small chunk of HP from the red-eyed monsters at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus their ranged attackers and assassins first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guild leaders of the major guilds had very clear tactical thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassin-class players slipped into the monster tide, targeting the monsters with ranged attack abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under those circumstances, they actually managed to stabilize the situation—barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the true main force was still the NPC army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Defend our village!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, the female knight had mounted a giant wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising the B-rank spear John had given her, she charged ahead at the very front and impaled a monster to death with a single thrust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-3014!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the underdeveloped players, the NPC army that had been armed by John was on an entirely different level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mage class mentor cast a fireball, and blazing flames engulfed more than a dozen monsters at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-2167!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-1998!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-eyed monsters were already slow-moving to begin with, and now they were being burned by fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their HP dropped, their bodies moved as if trapped in a swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the 700 NPCs charged into the monster tide, they forced it backward by dozens of meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The far more numerous players had instead become support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the further back the monsters were, the stronger they became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the lower-level monsters in front had been cleared out, the NPC army could no longer push deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players and NPCs together held only a slight advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could do no more than ensure that the monster tide would not press forward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And strangely enough, whenever NPCs and players fought side by side,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the monster tide would almost always prioritize attacking the NPCs, turning a blind eye to the players beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters ignored the players’ attacks and focused only on tearing into the NPCs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the NPCs had not been protected by their equipment, they would probably already have suffered massive casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female knight noticed this and shouted a warning:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be careful, everyone! These monsters seem to have much higher aggro toward us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bizarre targeting behavior made things much harder for the NPCs, though it greatly reduced the pressure on the players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold the line! These monsters have low agility. As long as you pay a little attention to dodging, they can still be handled!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guild leaders were still trying to boost morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, at that very moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one of the vice guild leaders who had led his squad toward the front line suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spun around sharply, only to see a blade rapidly enlarging in his field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splurt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-3168!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying damage instantly emptied his HP bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several of the subordinates beside him were also killed in an instant by a few longswords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies turned into white light and vanished from the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>",1427,"2026-06-02T10:04:42.114Z",1,"novelbin.me","15608ca418447fcc318143aeb485edd92ab9d386abd34ef5a3a28cf8fbe3cd69","reborn-with-infinite-system-points-i-gathered-al-chapter-134","reborn-with-infinite-system-points-i-gathered-al-chapter-133",202,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-with-infinite-system-points-i-gathered-al-cover.jpg"]