[{"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-81":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},1136234,1466,"Chapter 81: The Ignis Behemoth","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-81",81,"\u003Cp>Dante stepped out of the freezing wind of the Steppes and into the sweltering heat of the volcanic cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air inside was thick and smelled of raw sulfur and scorched earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veins of glowing orange magma ran along the black walls. They provided a dim and flickering light that cast long distorted shadows across the cavern floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked carefully. The [Dawn-Breaker Blade] rested comfortably in his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gold-tier weapon pulsed with a faint holy light that actively pushed back the oppressive atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Zone Alert: Frostfire Core]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hazard Detected: Extreme Thermal Radiation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: Participants will suffer 100 Fire Damage per second. Standard health regeneration is disabled.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante barely glanced at the warning prompt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Lord’s Elemental Talisman] in his inventory immediately halved the environmental damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His massive health pool was padded by the elixirs of Vespera and barely registered the 50 points of chip damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ventured deeper into the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tunnel widened and opened up into a massive subterranean chamber. It mirrored the gladiator pit from the Spire, but it was entirely natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive lake of bubbling lava dominated the center of the room. It was surrounded by a narrow ring of black rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And resting in the absolute center of the magma lake and half-submerged in the liquid fire was the objective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface updated violently. The text burned a harsh aggressive red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Regional Boss Spawn: Ignis Behemoth (The Beast King)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Dark Demon]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 25]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HP: 250,000 \u002F 250,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Beast King didn’t look like a standard animal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a massive and hulking bipedal monstrosity that looked like a cross between a silverback gorilla and a snapping turtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was plated in thick overlapping scales of cooling black rock that glowed from within with intense heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its massive arms ended in razor-sharp claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante stared at the health pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two hundred and fifty thousand,\" Dante muttered. \"Not quite half a million, but still a massive bullet sponge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t use [Voidsever] here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passive reflection of the cursed weapon from the [Spiteful Carapace] interaction with Gluttony had nearly killed him. He didn’t know what kind of hidden passives this Dark Demon boss possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single reflected hit from his true-damage sword could instantly zero out his 9,130 health pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to fight it conventionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aura,\" Dante said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant flash of silver light illuminated the dim cavern. The tiny Doom Harbinger materialized by his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t look exhausted. Her twenty-four-hour dormant state had completely reset her cosmic energy reserves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her three starlight tails whipped eagerly in the hot air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are doing this the hard way,\" Dante told the little fox. \"Keep the heals ready, but I need your offensive utility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura chimed. Her eyes glowed with piercing silver light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ignis Behemoth heard the chime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive beast slowly rose from the magma lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The liquid fire poured off its thick scales like water. It didn’t roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply locked its burning and featureless face onto Dante. It stomped heavily onto the black rock ring surrounding the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boss Mechanic Triggered: Volcanic Eruption.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Behemoth slammed both of its massive and clawed fists into the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire cavern violently shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t wait to see what happened. He triggered [Meteor Stride].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished in a flash of white light. He teleported forty feet to the left and left a massive trail of superheated plasma behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exact spot where he had just been standing exploded. A massive geyser of liquid lava shot fifty feet into the air and completely incinerated the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t just one geyser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanic of the boss triggered a cascading chain reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of massive lava geysers erupted sequentially all around the narrow ring. They turned the entire arena into a localized minefield of instant-death fire traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante materialized and immediately had to activate [Meteor Stride] again. He dodged a second geyser erupting directly beneath his new coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash. Flash. Flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante bounced rapidly across the arena. He chained his zero-cooldown and zero-mana teleportation skill just to stay ahead of the cascading explosions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Chrono-Shift] talent was the only thing keeping him alive. A normal player would have run out of stamina and been vaporized in five seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ignis Behemoth watched him teleport. Its glowing face was completely unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is trying to zone me out,\" Dante realized. He skidded to a halt near the cavern wall as the geyser sequence finally ended. \"He wants me moving so I cannot attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t give the boss time to wind up another AoE.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t charge in blindly. He pointed his left hand directly at the massive beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aura, now!\" Dante commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny silver fox zipped forward and positioned herself halfway between Dante and the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t cast a heal. She didn’t cast her invulnerability dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She utilized the offensive utility she had unlocked after absorbing the residual energy of the Annihilation-Tier dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Activated: Aetheric Stasis]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura let out a massive, resonant, and high-frequency chime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding pulse of concentrated Aether exploded outward from her tiny body in a fifty-foot radius. The silver light completely washed over the Ignis Behemoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Aetheric Stasis didn’t deal damage, but it didn’t need to. The skill explicitly bypassed all standard boss immunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive Level 25 Dark Demon boss instantly locked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its heavily armored arms froze mid-swing. The glowing lava dripping from its scales stopped falling and was suspended mid-air. The beast was completely and flawlessly paralyzed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Debuff Applied: Absolute Stun. Duration: 5 seconds.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five seconds,\" Dante said. His eyes narrowed. \"That is an eternity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante triggered [Meteor Stride]. He teleported directly into the personal space of the boss and entirely bypassed the magma lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He materialized right in front of the paralyzed chest of the Behemoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t use a massive winding Zenith-tier skill. Those took too long to animate, and he needed sustained DPS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped the [Dawn-Breaker Blade] with both hands and unleashed a flurry of rapid basic strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang. Clang. Clang. Clang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gold-tier blade was amplified by his massive 3,270 Strength stat. It battered against the thick obsidian scales of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-3,200!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-3,500!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-3,100!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-6,800! Critical Hit!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the [Dawn-Breaker Blade] possessed a passive that dealt +50% bonus damage to ’Corrupted’ or ’Void’ type enemies, and the Ignis Behemoth was a Dark Demon, every single strike hit with devastating force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carved deep glowing gashes into the armored chest of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4... 3... 2...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante watched the stun timer ticking down in his peripheral vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second the timer hit one, Dante didn’t try to squeeze in an extra hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He triggered [Blink Step] and teleported thirty feet backward. He was completely out of melee range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absolute stun expired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ignis Behemoth violently snapped out of stasis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boss roared in genuine fury. Its health bar had dropped by nearly twenty thousand points in a matter of seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boss Mechanic Triggered: Thermal Vents.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast didn’t chase him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It opened its massive and jawless mouth. It began rapidly venting highly pressurized superheated steam directly at Dante in a massive and continuous cone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante didn’t try to dodge the steam. It was an arena-wide cone and was impossible to completely evade without jumping into the lava.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his left arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura hovered right next to him and chimed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Activated: Harbinger’s Grace]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passive twenty-foot aura of pure starlight flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The superheated steam washed over Dante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system interface flashed red. It attempted to apply a massive and stacking ’Melt’ debuff that would shred his physical defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The starlight aura instantly cleansed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The debuff shattered into digital dust before it could even register a single stack. The steam was reduced to a harmless and localized fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your mechanics are useless,\" Dante yelled through the steam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t wait for the boss to finish its casting animation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated the Zenith-tier mobility skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Phantom Waltz]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple pulsating invulnerability frames enveloped his avatar. He vanished from his position at the edge of the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five deafening cracks echoed through the cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dante materialized directly inside the massive cone of superheated steam. He was completely immune to the environmental damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He delivered five rapid and teleporting strikes directly into the deep gashes he had already carved into the chest of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-15,000!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-15,000!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-15,000!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-15,000!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-30,000! Critical Hit!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 1,000% damage multiplier from the Zenith-tier assassination skill absolutely shredded the health pool of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The animation ended, and Dante materialized behind the Behemoth perfectly balanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t wait for the boss to turn around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Aetheric Stasis] skill was currently on a five-minute cooldown, but Dante didn’t care. He had his own crowd control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated the Master-tier teleport he had looted from Gluttony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Executed: Phantom Dash]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of his [Chrono-Shift] talent, the cooldown on the skill was halved. But more importantly, he didn’t need to wait for a cooldown to initiate the first cast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vanished. He instantly teleported from behind the boss to directly in front of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sonic boom of his materialization hit the Ignis Behemoth point-blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Guaranteed Stun Applied. Duration: 1 Second.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive boss froze again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One second is plenty,\" Dante smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought the [Dawn-Breaker Blade] down in a brutal two-handed chop directly onto the paralyzed head of the boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[-8,000! Critical Hit!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He followed up immediately with [Abyssal Cleave].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black spatial fracture erupted from his gold sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tore a massive and deep wound straight down the center of the torso of the boss to deal a massive 50,000 damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one-second stun expired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ignis Behemoth stumbled backward. It was completely overwhelmed by the sheer volume of instantaneous and staggered burst damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t getting a chance to execute its complex attack patterns. Dante was actively interrupting its animations with hard crowd control and localized teleportation strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ignis Behemoth HP: 110,000 \u002F 250,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boss was already below half health, and the stamina bar of Dante hadn’t moved a single inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep the heals ticking, Aura,\" Dante ordered and settled into a comfortable aggressive rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t rush it. He treated the Dark Demon boss like a heavy punching bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used [Blink Step] to dodge the massive and telegraphed physical slams. He absorbed the environmental fire damage with his massive health pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used [Phantom Dash] every time it was off cooldown to interrupt the casting animations of the boss with the sonic boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a perfectly executed and flawless cycle of combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ignis Behemoth roared in absolute frustration. It was completely unable to lock down the tiny teleporting human who was systematically dismantling its massive health pool.\u003C\u002Fp>",1788,"2026-06-03T12:02:19.066Z","2026-06-03T12:02:25.060Z",1,"novelbin.me","2fd561f1e200d90deb08f0aca4a112ed0455bd17b7d80d5e7841d875e1f2e145","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-82","started-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-chapter-80",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarted-with-a-10-000x-multiplier-in-a-game-worl-cover.jpg"]