[{"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-58":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},1136211,1466,"Chapter 58: The Apex Predator","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-58",58,"\u003Cp>Dante ascended the final heavy iron staircase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air rapidly grew dry and metallic. It carried the distinct coppery scent of dried blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before stepping through the massive stone archway into the fifth floor, he stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyss difficulty was unpredictable. He wanted to know exactly where his numerical baseline sat before he engaged what was supposedly the final boss of the Spire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his system interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Participant: Dan]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 45]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Class: Warrior]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 9,130 \u002F 9,130]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stamina: 1,200 \u002F 1,200 (Infinite Regen Active)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Core Attributes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength: 3,270]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Agility: 1,140]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Physical Defense: 2,850]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Magical Defense: 1,600]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hidden Stats: Luck (100), Intuition (100), Charisma (100)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His stats were completely absurd for a player who had logged into the server less than twenty-four hours ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Annihilation-Tier dragon kill had forcibly shoved his level to 45. The stat crystals he had been popping after each floor boss had padded his baseline considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have the health pool of a main tank and the damage of a glass cannon,\" Dante muttered and swiped the interface away. \"Let us finish this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped through the stone archway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment was a massive circular gladiator pit. The floor was covered in coarse blood-stained sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towering fifty-foot-tall stone walls completely enclosed the arena. They were lined with empty dark archways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite there being no visible audience, a low ambient audio track of a roaring bloodthirsty crowd echoed constantly through the colosseum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spire of Ascension: Abyss Difficulty]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Floor 5: The Apex Arena]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Floor Modifier Active: Bloodlust]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: All healing received is reduced by 80%. All entities receive a 20% boost to movement speed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante barely had time to read the prompt before the heavy iron portcullis on the far side of the arena violently slammed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive beast launched itself out of the darkness and landed in the center of the sand with a heavy thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a Manticore, but heavily weaponized by the Abyss tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its muscular lion-like body was plated in thick dark crimson iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its wings were ragged leather and steel bone. Its long segmented tail ended in a jagged dripping stinger the size of a longsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Floor Boss Spawn: Blood-Iron Manticore]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Gold]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 20]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 45,000 \u002F 45,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast didn’t roar. It didn’t posture or try to intimidate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its dark red eyes locked onto Dante. The iron plating across its back flared with a harsh neon-red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boss Mechanic Triggered: Predatory Overdrive.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Manticore vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t use a teleport skill. It simply moved with a base speed that completely broke the visual tracking parameters of the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 100 points of Intuition of Dante flared like a siren. It warned him a fraction of a millisecond before the impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante threw himself backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive iron stinger ripped through the empty space where his neck had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sparked violently against the gold plating of the [Sun-Forged Cuirass] as it grazed his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-1,800 HP!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante hit the sand and rolled to instantly come up onto his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was bleeding. The sheer kinetic friction of the graze had completely bypassed his baseline mitigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura pulsed next to his ear and instantly cast [Resurgence Wave].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the 80% healing reduction modifier of the arena, the massive 4,565 HP heal was brutally choked down to a mere 913 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His health bar barely recovered half of what the Manticore had just taken in a single graze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, you are fast,\" Dante said. His eyes darted frantically across the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t visually track it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood-Iron Manticore was pacing the perimeter of the gladiator pit. It was running so fast it was leaving literal red afterimages in its wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante realized his current loadout was a massive liability in this specific room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abyssal Cleave] dealt massive damage, but it had a distinct wind-up animation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wrath of the Firebird] was an AoE, but it was heavily directional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Manticore was moving so fast it would easily sidestep the attacks and gut him during his recovery frames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to match its speed. He needed massive instantaneous burst damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his infinite inventory and kept his eyes locked on the red blur circling him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dug into the pile of skillbooks he had purchased from the Outpost vendors and looted from the beginner forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found a thin crackling blue tome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Item Appraised: Skillbook - Static Charge]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Novice]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: Coats the weapon of the user in weak electricity. Grants a 5% increase to attack speed for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 1 minute.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante absorbed it instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Learned: Static Charge (Novice)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red blur in the sand stopped abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Manticore crouched low, and its iron wings flared out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red light bleeding from its armor concentrated entirely into its powerful hind legs. It was preparing its ultimate teleport-strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t brace for impact. He activated the new skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Static Charge.]\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 electric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neural link of Dante was flooded with the absolute mastery of raw and uncontained voltage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t just learn how to swing a sword faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood how to completely override the digital limiters of the muscular system of his avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the exact frequency required to turn his nervous system into a lightning storm. He forced his reaction time to mathematically exceed the engine of the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Static Charge has reached Adept tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Static Charge has reached Master tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Static Charge has reached Grandmaster tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick jagged bolts of blue lightning erupted from the gold armor of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand around his iron boots turned to glass from the sheer localized heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Static Charge has reached Zenith tier.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Evolution Triggered.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Static Charge has evolved into: Storm-Lord’s Avatar.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface turned a brilliant and blinding cyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Storm-Lord’s Avatar (Zenith)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: The user channels the raw and unrestrained power of the storm. For 10 seconds, Attack Speed and Raw Damage are increased by 500%. Movement speed is uncapped. Cooldown: 5 minutes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of Dante turned solid and glowing blue. Sparks of electricity leaped from his iron gauntlets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held out his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black brand flared. [Voidsever] materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The primordial greatsword instantly devoured the ambient blue lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned the crackling electricity around the massive blade into a volatile and pitch-black storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood-Iron Manticore launched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It triggered its teleport-strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast crossed the fifty yards of the arena in exactly one frame. It aimed its massive iron stinger directly for the center of the chest of Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an attack designed to completely bypass human reaction time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Dante wasn’t reacting at human speed anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the 500% speed steroid of [Storm-Lord’s Avatar], the teleport-strike of the Manticore didn’t look like an invisible blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like it was moving through thick mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t try to dodge. He stepped directly into the path of the lethal strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Aegis Deflection]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden hexagonal shield flared into existence directly in front of his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The iron stinger slammed into the perfect parry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concussive shockwave blew the blood-stained sand completely out of the arena. It exposed the bare stone floor beneath in a massive radius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 0.2-second parry window caught the ultimate attack of the Manticore flawlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive kinetic energy of the beast was completely absorbed by the shield and violently reflected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 500% reflection damage hit the Manticore like a cannonball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It staggered the massive boss backward. It completely broke its offensive momentum and left its iron-plated neck exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t hesitate. His ten seconds of godhood were actively ticking down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped the dark bone hilt of Voidsever with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 500% damage multiplier from [Storm-Lord’s Avatar] stacked onto his massive base attack power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passive of Voidsever, [Absolute Severance], guaranteed that 100% of the Gold-tier iron armor of the Manticore would be completely ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante swung the black lightning-coated greatsword in a brutal and perfect horizontal arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade sheared through the thick iron-plated neck of the Manticore without a single fraction of resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the physical impact was completely drowned out by the thunderclap of the Zenith-tier lightning discharging from the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive lion-like head of the Blood-Iron Manticore separated cleanly from its shoulders. It spun through the air and was completely decoupled from its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the severed neck, the damage numbers exploded in bright red static.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-135,000! Critical Hit! OVERKILL!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The headless body of the Manticore stood frozen for a single second before violently exploding into a massive shower of golden polygons and blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stood in the center of the glassed sand and slowly lowered Voidsever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue lightning violently arcing across his gold armor flickered and died as the ten-second duration of [Storm-Lord’s Avatar] expired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a long and heavy exhale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer adrenaline of processing visual and combat information at that speed left him momentarily dizzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura chimed happily and floated down from the air to affectionately nuzzle his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system flooded his vision with victory prompts and caught up to the sudden execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Eliminated: Blood-Iron Manticore (Level 20 Gold)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Experience Gained.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Floor 5 Cleared.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time: 0 Minutes, 45 Seconds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reward Distributed: +10 to all base stats.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante dismissed Voidsever back into the brand on his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled his shoulders and felt the immediate surge of power from the flat stat boosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over to the center of the arena where the Manticore had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vacuumed up a massive pile of gold coins, high-tier crafting materials, and a single glowing Gold-tier chest piece that he threw into his infinite inventory to appraise later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around the empty gladiator pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ambient audio of the cheering phantom crowd had completely stopped. The arena was dead silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, we are done here,\" Dante said and stretched his neck. \"System. Open the exit portal. I want to hit the main server.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited for the familiar swirling blue portal to appear in the center of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the standard server-wide reward for clearing the final trial of the Outpost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was his ticket out of the beginner limitations and into the open economy where he could secure his real-world physical safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue portal didn’t appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante frowned and looked around the empty sand. \"System. Acknowledge Floor 5 clear. Initiate exit protocols.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence in the arena deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The temperature which had been warm from the lightning and the sand suddenly plummeted and turned entirely freezing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud and jarring alarm violently shrieked in his ears! It wasn’t the standard red alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tone was discordant, heavily corrupted, and deeply unsettling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky above the open colosseum didn’t just turn dark. It shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface slammed into his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text wasn’t blue, gold, or even the red of a Catastrophic event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text was a deep bruised and pulsating black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ERROR.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ERROR.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Anomaly Detected in Participant: Dan.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abyss Difficulty Parameters Breached.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood of Dante ran completely cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spire of Ascension - True Final Floor: The Primordial Hunger]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: You have entered the domain of the Gluttony.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The solid stone walls of the gladiator pit violently dissolved into thick black smoke. The blood-stained sand vanished beneath his boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante was falling again. He was plunged back into an absolute and eerie void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have got to be kidding me,\" Dante whispered into the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>",1908,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","1d8e38a6da92eeb58ae76fcacb9aaced1c643e9bb13bd7f256e3591ab2f11aae","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-59","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-57",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]