SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 110

Chapter 110: Cleared in 1 Minute and 12 Seconds! Another Upgrade!

TL: Etude Translations

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the ruins, a massive hand formed by divine power descended with an unmatched might.

Time and space…

At that moment, both seemed to lose their meaning. Only the eternal presence of that divine hand remained.

“It’s useless! Human, you cannot kill me!!”

The Bear Monster Wraith wore a mocking expression, not even bothering to unleash a single innate skill.

Of course, it knew.

Under this skill, all struggles were futile.

“But, this must be your trump card, right?”

“Now that you’ve used it, how much power do you have left in your body?”

“The next time I resurrect, it will be your death!”

The grating, claw-on-glass screech of the Bear Monster Wraith echoed in Zhou Yi’s mind.

At that moment, the God’s Hand finally landed!

Bang!!!

Like shattering a porcelain doll, the Bear Monster Wraith exploded into pieces!

The stone pillars, the throne…

Half of the area ahead was completely obliterated as the divine hand descended, leaving nothing behind.

Boom!!

Simultaneously, the entire ruins were filled with the divine power that erupted from the fragmented God’s Hand.

The once eerie and sinister atmosphere was entirely dispelled, and even the putrid, blood-stained air vanished.

“I told you, you can’t kill me!!!”

The Bear Monster Wraith’s voice resounded once more.

Ahead, black mist coalesced, and its massive nightmare-like form seemed ready to reappear.

However, before it could even fully materialize, the black mist halted as if its source had been cut off.

Sensing something was wrong, the creature’s voice trembled with panic:

“Human, what have you done?!”

“Why has the power gifted by Lord Aexia vanished?!”

Sizzle—

Sizzle—

At that moment, golden divine power began to invade its already incomplete body.

Its massive form rapidly shrank, and its aura grew weaker and weaker!

“No!!”

The black mist around its body roiled chaotically, as if making a final desperate struggle.

“Annoying!”

With a crackling sound, a bolt of golden lightning descended, obliterating the remaining black mist completely…

“And now, the world is finally quiet.”

Zhou Yi gazed forward. After the final wisp of black mist disappeared, the Bear Monster Wraith did not reform.

“As expected, the so-called infinite resurrection is just an illusion.”

“As long as all its energy is depleted, it can be killed in one go.”

Because of the S+ talent, Protection of the Holy Angel, Zhou Yi was exceptionally sensitive to dark attributes or strange energies.

Upon entering this space, he had detected a faint and hidden energy permeating the area.

This energy didn’t belong to elemental forces. Instead, it resembled the divine power of the God of Light he had once encountered.

However, the energy in this space was roughly only one ten-millionth of the God of Light’s divine power—extremely weak.

And unlike the warm and comforting power of the God of Light, this energy felt eerie and violent…

It was this peculiar energy, combined with the strange magic array on the ground, that led Zhou Yi to deduce the occurrence of an Evil God Ritual in this place. Someone had once gained the power of an evil god.

The emergence of the Bear Monster Wraith further confirmed his suspicions.

Moreover, when the Bear Monster Wraith resurrected for the first time, part of this eerie energy disappeared.

From this, Zhou Yi deduced that the wraith’s resurrection was not limitless.

Once the energy within the space was fully depleted, the wraith would die!

Even so, because of the peculiar nature of this energy, most professionals couldn’t directly erase it.

They could only repeatedly kill the Bear Monster Wraith, allowing it to draw upon the energy of the space until it was fully consumed. Once the energy was gone, they could clear the stage.

However, for Zhou Yi, this process wasn’t necessary.

After all, his S-Rank God-level skill, God’s Hand, also contained the power of the God of Light.

So he tried it.

And as expected, the moment the God’s Hand was unleashed, not only was the Bear Monster Wraith slain, but the eerie energy in the space was also completely purged.

With the Bear Monster Wraith destroyed, a notification sounded in Zhou Yi’s mind:

[Congratulations on clearing the additional stage. Clear time: 1 minute and 12 seconds.]

[Rewards will now be distributed…]

[Congratulations, you’ve received 7,113 experience points.]

[Congratulations, you’ve obtained the item: Bear Monster Horn.]

Compared to the previous rewards for clearing stages, the rewards for killing the Bear Monster Wraith were much smaller.

However, since it was an additional stage, having rewards at all was already a bonus.

Zhou Yi didn’t pay much attention to the notifications.

[Level: 18 (42,649/42,000)]

“Over 7,000 experience points… just enough to level up.”

Glancing at the experience bar, Zhou Yi didn’t hesitate and directly chose to level up.

[Congratulations! You have leveled up to Level 19. You have gained 15 free attribute points and 15 skill points.]

[Level: 19 (649/54,000)]

After allocating the newly acquired free attribute points, a humming sound echoed. A golden light descended from above, landing right in front of Zhou Yi.

It was a yellow-black horn covered with intricate patterns, faintly glowing like fireflies.

[Item: Bear Monster Horn (Gold-grade)]

[Description: Upon use, it summons an 18th-level Gold-tier Bear Monster Leader and a 19th-level Gold-tier Bear Monster Wraith.
Both summoned creatures will remain for one hour.]

“A horn that summons Bear Monsters? Not bad. I’ll give this to Xiao Yun for protection when I return to Lijiang.”

Casually storing the Bear Monster Horn in his inventory, another hum sounded as a light gate slowly materialized before him.

“The entire Bear Monster dungeon is cleared. The return gate has appeared—it’s time to leave.”

“One minute and twelve seconds… No one could possibly beat that, right?”

Muttering softly, Zhou Yi’s tall and slender figure stepped through the light gate and disappeared.

…

At the same time, as Zhou Yi had guessed, another individual was also tackling the Abyss-level dungeon.

Shen Lingfeng had just finished clearing the final Bear Monster Boss stage.

“Fourteen minutes and twenty-three seconds. Excellent!”

Seeing the notification in his mind, Shen Lingfeng was filled with satisfaction.

As one of the Eight Great Families of Ning’an, he naturally kept track of the Bear Monster dungeon records from recent years.

In previous years, even the easier Nightmare-level dungeons had never been cleared in under 15 minutes.

Let alone the far more difficult Abyss-level dungeon.

After collecting his rewards, he also chose to enter the additional stage.

“The additional stage is the most challenging part of the Bear Monster dungeon.”

“Defeating it requires killing the boss ten times to fully eliminate it.”

“Even though I’ve just gained two levels, I can only hope to keep my clear time within eight minutes.”

…

Walking into the passageway, Shen Lingfeng recalled the detailed family information he had studied.

He resolved to give his all and shorten his clear time as much as possible.

…

Elsewhere, Jiang Churan, with her graceful figure, had just collected her dungeon clearance rewards.

Having already gained two levels during her time in Tempest Mountain Range, she was now level 16.

This dungeon’s clearance rewards brought her up another level, making her level 17.

Thanks to the augmentation from her Succubus Bloodline, though she had only gained one level, she received 30 free attribute points and 30 skill points—double the amount awarded to ordinary professionals upon leveling up.

This demonstrated the advantage held by professionals with special bloodlines compared to ordinary ones.

Moreover, as her level increased, the benefits of her bloodline would become even more apparent.

“With the clearance rewards and level-up points, my four-dimensional attributes now average about 100.”

“But… it still feels like I’m far from catching up to Zhou Yi.”

Jiang Churan furrowed her delicate brows after distributing her attributes.

Despite the significant boost in her own strength, she couldn’t forget the sheer power Zhou Yi had displayed a few days ago in Tempest Mountain Range.

A faint suffocation gripped her as she recalled it.

“Forget it. I’ll focus on clearing the dungeon first.”

“The gap between Zhou Yi and me will become clear during the second stage of the competition.”

With a graceful sway of her figure, Jiang Churan quickly vanished into the corridor.

Indeed, even knowing she couldn’t currently defeat Zhou Yi, she had no intention of giving up on challenging him during the second stage of the competition.

On the contrary, she was looking forward to it with anticipation.