[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl":3,"chapter-started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-51":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Started with a 10,000x Multiplier in a Game World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1136204,1466,"Chapter 51: Entering the Crucible, Breath of the Colossus","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-51",51,"\u003Cp>The heavy iron blast door at the end of the rusted cage slowly ground open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t step through immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood perfectly still and let his maxed-out Intuition stat probe the environment beyond the threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyss difficulty didn’t just strip away the safety nets of the system. It fundamentally altered the baseline physics of the Spire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air pressure was completely wrong. It felt incredibly dense like walking through chest-deep water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every physical movement required significantly more exertion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante glanced at his stamina bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stamina: 1,200 \u002F 1,200]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, that was a massive pool. But swinging Zenith-tier skills drained stamina in massive chunks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the environment itself was actively increasing the physical toll of his movements, he was going to burn out before he even reached the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aura,\" Dante said and did not take his eyes off the dark doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your healing is infinite, but I cannot rely entirely on you for resource management. If you get banished, I will be stranded with zero stamina in a death zone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura chimed softly and floated a tight circle around his head. She understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante opened his infinite inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scrolled past the piles of raw silver, the [Staff of Cinders], and the massive Titan Core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was looking for utility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the chaotic looting in the beginner forest, he had absorbed dozens of low-tier skillbooks just to get them out of his way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found what he was looking for. A simple green-bound book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Appraised: Skillbook - Deep Breath]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Novice]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: A basic physical conditioning technique. The user takes a focused breath, increasing passive stamina regeneration by 5% for ten seconds. Cooldown: 1 minute.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a garbage skill. It was usually ignored by players who preferred to just chug stamina potions during combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante tapped the cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Learned: Deep Breath (Novice)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his inventory and took a slow deliberate inhale to activate the skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Deep Breath.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anomaly triggered instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Talent Activated: 10,000x Multiplier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Registering 10,000 flawless executions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combat enlightenment was intensely physiological.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The digital lungs of Dante expanded, but the knowledge flooded deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t just learn how to breathe efficiently. He felt the exact microscopic pathways required to maximize cellular oxygenation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood how to completely optimize the digital lactic acid buildup in the muscles of his avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He learned how to draw ambient energy directly from the atmosphere and convert it into pure limitless kinetic fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Deep Breath has reached Adept tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Deep Breath has reached Master tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Deep Breath has reached Grandmaster tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chest of Dante heaved. The air around him rushed inward and funneled directly into his lungs with a loud rushing sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Deep Breath has reached Zenith tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Evolution Triggered.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Deep Breath has evolved into: Breath of the Colossus.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface updated. The text glowed with a brilliant and steady white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Breath of the Colossus (Zenith)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: The physiological pinnacle of stamina management. Passive stamina regeneration is permanently increased by 5,000%. The user is completely immune to the ’Exhaustion’ debuff. Active cast: Instantly restores 100% of maximum stamina and cleanses all physical fatigue. Cooldown: 5 seconds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante exhaled slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy and oppressive density of the Abyss air completely vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body felt incredibly light as if he had just dropped a hundred-pound backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a few practice swings with the [Crimson Edge]. His stamina bar didn’t even twitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perfect,\" Dante smiled. \"I can fight for hours now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped through the heavy iron doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment shifted the exact millisecond his boot crossed the threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rusted iron walls dissolved and were replaced by a sprawling and overgrown jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t a natural jungle. The foliage was completely toxic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive towering ferns were a sickly neon purple. Thick vines covered in jagged and dripping thorns hung from the canopy like predatory snakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was slick with a layer of glowing green slime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was humid, suffocating, and smelled like rotting meat and concentrated sulfur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spire of Ascension - Floor 1: The Rotbloom Canopy]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Floor Modifier Active: Toxic Atmosphere]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: Inhaling the ambient spores applies a stacking ’Necrosis’ debuff. Movement speed is reduced by 5% per stack.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante checked his status bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small green skull icon appeared, then instantly shattered into silver dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Harbinger’s Grace] passive of Aura completely deleted the environmental debuff before it could even register a single stack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good girl,\" Dante noted and kept his sword drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jungle was dead silent. There were no ambient bird sounds or rustling leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante walked forward. His iron boots squelched slightly in the glowing green slime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept his eyes scanning the thick purple ferns. The Spire wasn’t going to give him a warm-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive wet snapping sound echoed from the canopy above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t look up. He used [Blink Step] and teleported twenty feet to his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spot he had just been standing on violently exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive fleshy pod dropped from the ceiling and slammed into the slime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pod ruptured and unleashed a torrent of highly concentrated dark green poison gas that instantly killed the surrounding purple ferns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the gas stepped the first Boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a horrific amalgamation of plant and monster. It looked like a massive bipedal Venus flytrap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head was a giant snapping maw lined with jagged wooden teeth dripping with thick glowing venom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its arms were thick thorny vines ending in razor-sharp scythes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Floor Boss Spawn: Rotbloom Terror]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Bronze]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 15]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 12,000 \u002F 12,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante frowned. \"A Bronze-tier boss on floor one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the standard Normal difficulty, floor one was usually packed with Level 5 trash mobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyss tier was throwing a Level 15 Bronze boss right out of the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the system wasn’t finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four more wet snapping sounds echoed from the dense jungle canopy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four more fleshy pods dropped from the ceiling and formed a perfect circle around Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pods ruptured simultaneously and unleashed four more identical bosses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five of them,\" Dante corrected himself. \"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was completely surrounded by five Level 15 Bronze bosses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five Rotbloom Terrors didn’t roar. They communicated through a series of rapid clicking noises from their wooden jaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In perfect synchronization, all five bosses raised their scythe-like arms and slammed them into the slimy ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t attack Dante directly. They attacked the environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath Dante violently erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive thorny roots shot out of the slime. They twisted and braided together to form a solid impenetrable dome of thick wood and poisoned thorns completely trapping him inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inside of the root-dome was pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t panic. He stood perfectly still in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard the clicking of the bosses outside the dome. Then a massive hissing sound started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five Rotbloom Terrors were pumping their dark green poison gas directly through the gaps in the thorny roots and rapidly filling the enclosed space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gas was so thick it actually restricted his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: Lethal Toxin Detected.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system flashed the warning, but the health bar of Dante didn’t drop a single point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Aetherial Nectar] he had bought from Vespera didn’t just grant resistance. It granted absolute and permanent immunity to all poisons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lethal gas was literally just bad-smelling air to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are trying to gas me out,\" Dante muttered and raised the [Crimson Edge]. \"Creative. But boring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to use [Abyssal Cleave] inside the tiny dome. The spatial fracture might collapse the floor entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated his newest offensive Zenith skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Phantom Waltz]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The avatar of Dante became completely untargetable. He was surrounded by glowing purple invulnerability frames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t target the bosses outside. He targeted the massive thorny roots trapping him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five deafening cracks echoed in rapid succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante teleported around the inside of the enclosed space and unleashed five instantaneous strikes of pure kinetic force. Each strike dealt 1,000% physical damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive impenetrable dome of roots didn’t splinter. It was completely pulverized into fine green mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante reappeared exactly where he started. He stood in the open jungle totally unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five Rotbloom Terrors clicked in visible confusion. Their trap was destroyed, and the target wasn’t dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t give them time to recalculate their strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He locked his eyes onto the closest Terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He triggered [Meteor Stride].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished in a blinding flash of white light. He left a massive ten-foot-wide wall of superheated plasma cutting straight through the glowing green slime of the jungle floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He materialized directly behind the first Rotbloom Terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the monster could turn around, Dante swung the [Crimson Edge] in a brutal horizontal arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade sheared cleanly through the thick woody stalk of the neck of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive snapping flytrap head flew into the air and leaked dark green sap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-3,500! Critical Hit!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boss didn’t die instantly. Its Bronze-tier defense mitigated some of the standard damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it staggered violently as its health dropped into the red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t bother finishing it off. He let the lingering trail of plasma do the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The superheated fire caught the staggering boss and completely incinerated its woody body in a fraction of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Rotbloom Terror]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One,\" Dante counted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining four bosses screeched and completely abandoned their environmental tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They charged Dante simultaneously with their scythe-arms raised for a lethal strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante just smiled. The Abyss difficulty was supposed to be a meat grinder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew the sword back and waited for them to close the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>",1601,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","c135f8210ebf84e6a35efd322bc0b8ab5dadb011944ff641ba6388b510fb44d3","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-52","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-50",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]