I asked you to be a mage, not to raise a nine-tailed fox

Chapter 497 Target: Fifth Floor!

"Is this the hidden boss?"

Mina didn't seem too surprised by the giant python's continued attack.

In a typical Nightmare-level challenge, even the final boss, in its final explosive phase, barely manages to reach the threshold of the Star-level.

But this survival challenge, the final hidden challenge, is just as amazing as Starfall!

It could also be real starlight.

But that's where things get interesting.

Mina also became excited.

How can there be any satisfaction in simply slaughtering those ordinary celestial beings below?

With a flick of his wrist, lightning suddenly crackled across his hand.

At that moment, it seemed as if thunder roared in the sky.

Boom!

A thick bolt of lightning struck down, landing precisely on the massive serpent.

The giant python, which was charging at high speed, shuddered. This lightning bolt had a significant restraining effect on it, but it was far from enough to truly cause it effective damage!

Retracting her staff, Mina assisted Little Mengmeng, who had just finished using the Beyond Visual Lock, and transformed back into liquid form from Ansana's form. Her body, which had almost reached the threshold of the Star-level, turned into soft yet tough armor.

At this moment, Mina's magic and understanding of the elements in her body reached a new level.

"kill!"

Sparks filled Mina's body, and the overwhelming demonic power condensed into a dragon shape, pressing down.

One punch, unleashed!

Boom boom boom!

This punch was Mina's full power, and it was also the first full-power strike Mina delivered after reaching the fourth level.

Sparks swirled around his fist, aided by the dragon's might and demonic pressure.

Even a giant python comparable to starlight trembled violently under this punch, its foul-smelling blood splattering in the air, and it almost died instantly.

The magical pressure emanating from Mina intensified, as if stimulated by something. A strange sense of exhilaration welled up within Mina, as if she were standing atop a high mountain, wanting to shout and vent her emotions.

Mina's second punch seemed to be brimming with some kind of pent-up energy.

With a swift movement, it arrived before the giant star-studded python could land, appearing behind it just as it was about to touch the ground.

The punch landed squarely on top of him.

boom!
The spark exploded with a visible shockwave, and everything inside the body that came into contact with the fist was reduced to a puddle.

Twisted, deformed, and blasted away by Mina at an even faster speed.

Bang!
Mina was even faster; his Wind Walk allowed him to appear on the Starry Serpent almost instantly. He clasped his hands together and delivered a powerful blow.

boom! ! ! !

Bang!
This time, Mina did not pursue them.

The Starry Python slammed into the ground with the speed of a cannonball.

The sparks spread across it, igniting its body—at this moment, this Star-level giant python couldn't even stop the sparks from burning.

Mina breathed slightly and looked down, a surge of heroic spirit welling up within him.

It’s been a month.

Finally, he truly touched the threshold of starlight.

Back in Shagus, there was a battle with the heavily injured Starshine of the Steel Righteous Family.

If we had the fighting strength we have now, what would we have to worry about!

One punch would be enough to kill him instantly.

"It's time to take on the challenge."

Mina looked at the magic weapon in his hand, a fleeting spark of light flashing in his eyes.

Perhaps... we could try five layers...

but……

Mina still shook her head, still unsteady. If she could try an epic survival challenge beforehand, she might know the approximate difficulty of the fifth floor.

Ultimately, it would be great if there were a personal challenge stone.

Ten minutes later, the entire valley was bombarded by Mina three times, and the emblem finally finished calculating the points.

Without a doubt, this is a personal survival challenge, out of 9999 points, I've given it a perfect score.

What Mina didn't know was that his nightmarish score of 9999 had already alarmed the administrators on the eighth floor.

Even some super-powerful individuals who had largely retired from active involvement received notifications from the Void Tower.

"what happened?"

"A prodigy has emerged from the first floor?"

"One month, one floor, a nightmare, a perfect score on the survival limit? Is this another An?"

"This is even more outrageous than what An did back then."

“Senanhill, why is it Senanhill again?”

"Damn humans, why can't I be a minotaur!"

The meeting resumed, and this time, we needed to re-examine this unassuming little human.

At the conference, they did their best to provide support.

After all, anyone who can deal 9999 damage is someone who needs to be given special attention and training.

It seems that Ovilia's previous applications can be reviewed again.

However, in closed-door meetings of certain groups, there was only one decision regarding Mina.

Suppression!

Continue the crackdown.

We must suppress them completely before they reach the fifth level, before they reach the Starshine Realm.

We can't let Seran Hill produce another An!

Mina in the lounge was quite surprised.

Lucia actually came out.

This girl's individual match last week lasted six hours.

This time it was surprisingly fast.

Lucia was also surprised that Mina came out so quickly.

But she was lucky today, she pulled off a big win, and... hehe.

"You seem so happy, did you get some good stuff?"

"whee."

Lucia smiled, and with a flick of her wrist, she revealed a small stone with a unique pattern.

When Mina saw the small stone, her heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened.

"The shipment has been completed! This is..."

Lucia was quite pleased with herself: "This humble woman has managed to obtain a personal challenge keystone."

"Challenge the Keystone"

It really is a Keystone Challenge!
It's just a personal challenge keystone!

"As soon as I went in, I felt something was off. It was supposed to be a normal challenge, but the final boss was much stronger than the hidden bosses in other standard challenges. The overall challenge process was relatively simple, and finding the hidden boss was relatively easy. It was a demonic wolf comparable to a star-level monster. Fortunately, it was vulnerable to Dragon's Might, and its legs went weak when it was intimidated by my Dragon's Might. Then I..."

Lucia rattled off her experiences, while Mina listened with a smile.

The two leaned against each other, enjoying the morning sunlight.

Anshana didn't know how the fight was going, and Mina Lucia had been waiting for an hour, but the girl still hadn't come out.

Lucia suddenly remembered that Mina seemed to have a satisfied smile on his face when he came out.

"Mina, did you find anything?"

"some."

Mina blinked and smiled.

With a flick of his wrist, he took out a keystone that also had a special pattern.

Unlike the personal challenge keystone that Lucia obtained, Mina's keystone is actually an epic keystone!

"Oops~~"

Lucia gasped softly, her eyes lighting up.

She knew it; the way Mina looked at her the moment she came out was enough to tell.

"Is this the epic challenge keystone?"

Lucia's eyes were full of excitement, and... eagerness to try.

"I really want to try it."

Mina nodded as well.

He had the same idea.

The nightmare-level difficulty of the first floor, even if it were a survival challenge, would be completely unchallenging for them.

Furthermore, judging from the amount of money the three of them spent on in-game purchases...

He couldn't resist any longer; he really wanted to try it.

The two looked at each other.

"Why don't we give it a try while we still have time?"

Seeing that it would be an unknown period of time before they could emerge, the two decided to try an epic challenge first.
My heart is fluttering, incredibly fluttering.

but……

"How about we hold back a little longer?" Mina suggested.

Lucia calmed down as well. In fact, if they were to start now and attempt an epic level 1, frankly, either of them would likely be able to clear it, and their results would probably be quite good.

But the question is, then what?

Even on Mythic difficulty, the drop rate for Mythic Keystones is still not 100%.

The upper limit for a single floor is fixed. But it's a different story for higher floors.
Can the drop rate of an epic item on level 1 be the same as that on level 4?

One-time epics and recurring epics are completely different in difficulty.

"Decided."

Mina and the other person exchanged a glance.

Once Ansana is released, challenge the next level. After unlocking access to higher levels, directly attempt the higher-level epic challenges.

Maximize profits as much as possible.

After spending half a day discussing the secret realm with Lucia, Ansana finally came out.

The girl was quite excited as soon as she came out.

The person was in a state of high excitement.

"Yo, Mina, Lucia, we've kept you waiting."

At this moment, Ansana's face radiated confidence that was clearly visible.

It was as if... we were absolutely certain of what was about to happen.

"Come on, let's start the division."

The girl couldn't wait to take out the badge in her hand.

This time, she played exceptionally well.

I have absolute confidence!
Lucia smiled and took out the emblem from her hand.

Light it up.

A score of 5983 is close to the limit of a perfect score, and it is almost the highest score in the Mina Squad's nightmare level.

Besides the survival challenge.

Ansana was stunned when she saw the score, and even Mina was secretly amazed.

No wonder Lucia was able to get the Challenge Keystone this time; she really scored a high score.

Ansana shook her head speechlessly.

At other times, she might not be as good as Lucia, and might even come in last place.

But Ansana is different today.

She was taking on a rare survival challenge.

The upper limit is much higher than the standard version.

With a flick of her hand, magic was channeled in, and Ansana's score was displayed clearly.

8978.

With a score of nearly 9,000, Lucia's score of 3,000 was instantly surpassed.

This made Lucia smile and shake her head.

The score cap for the survival challenge is still high; this time she'll be ranked third.

Ansana's gaze fell on Mina's emblem.

Losing first doesn't count as losing; winning later is what counts as winning.

We're about to strive for an even higher level.

It was almost the last intra-team competition for the first floor.

If she could get first place, Ansana would be laughing in her sleep.

Mina looked at Ansana's nervous yet excited expression.

"Do you want to forget?"

"How can this be? Let me be number one, let me be number one."

Mina blinked: "How about I let you be first?"

"What do you mean 'let me win'? I want to win first place fair and square! Mina, hurry up and start the game!"

Mina shook her head.

"Since this is your request..."

With the magic input, Mina's score was immediately displayed.

9999.
Same result as the three-person raid.

Ansana's breath hitched, and her body swayed visibly.

"Mimi Mina, you didn't get the survival challenge too, did you?"

Mina nodded with a smile.

Anshana, you insisted on splitting it up yourself.

Ansana: "..."

Ahhh.

Miss Run Run is so angry.

Why didn't she get first place?
Mina the dog is so lucky!

"With so many points, you must have gotten a lot of good stuff."

Mina moved closer and looked at Ansana.

Upon hearing this, Ansana was speechless.

"They gave me three Nightmare-level Personal Keystones in total. These things can't be sold or converted into cash through official channels yet, so giving me so many of them is useless."

Each time you complete a Nightmare difficulty challenge, you will receive Nightmare difficulty Keystones, more or less.

Actually, one is enough; the others are completely unnecessary.

Ansana has saved up quite a lot of money now.

"Where are you two?"

Anshana blinked, looking at the two with ambiguous smiles.

Lucia, in particular, seemed completely unaffected by her third-place finish today, even smiling and winking.

At that moment, Ansana felt a jolt.

Could it be that these two actually revealed something good?

Lucia smiled and took out her Challenge Keystone.

Mina, on the other hand, took out his Epic Keystone.

"It's shipped."

Mina smiled lightly.

Lucia remained calm and composed.

Two extremely rare keystones were neatly arranged in front of Ansana.

For a moment, Ansana's mind went blank.

what?
Ansana, in the final match of the individual team competition on the first floor of the Void Tower, achieved a commendable second place. But did she truly win...?

o (╥﹏╥) o
However, Ansana's grief is only temporary.

It's always a good thing that the team has new Challenge Keystones and Mythic Keystones.

If handled well, the snowball effect can lead to Star Power!

"So...we'll do raids first?"

As expected of a member of the Mina team, Anshana got straight to the point in one sentence.

"Let's do the raid first." Mina's eyes lit up.

"So, which floor should we attack first?" Ansana's eyes lit up.

Lucia: "At least four layers."

Mina pinched her chin, "Actually, four or five layers are both fine."

To be honest, based on my experience over this period of time...

The Nightmare difficulty level 1 is basically the same as the Ascendant difficulty level 3.

Now, if it's only the fourth floor, it really doesn't pose much of a challenge for the three of them.

But five layers would be unstable.

Actually, according to the original plan, we should first reach level four, and then use the epic keystone to develop a wave of resources.

Let's talk about it another time.

but now……

Having Lucia's personal challenge keystone, while not as good as the raid keystone, is still a kind of safety net.

"Open the fifth floor directly!"

Mina made a decision; the fifth floor was just the beginning of Starshine's reach.

Just do it!
"it is good!"

"Second~"

"Squeak squeak~"

"Hmmmmmm~"

"Chirp chirp chirp ee~"

The Mina team passed unanimously.

It's unclear when I'll get the Universal Challenge Keystone again.

Now all three have reached the threshold of Star Power, and Mina even has the ability to instantly kill monsters comparable to Star Power.

To be honest, if they were still at the fourth level, and all three of them were to break through one day, wouldn't they only be able to do missions to advance to the next level?

There's only one Keystone for solo challenges.

and so……

The opportunity is right there!

Give it a try!
"That's it!"

One breath, and I'll conquer all five floors!
(End of this chapter)