Chapter 356: Dying expectations

The rage that was focused on him completed the <Rage> mission, allowing him to purchase a mana purification manual with a limit of 88%, but that was not the important matter for now.

There were still 10 days left before the fluare tower dungeon would complete the fourth floor.

With a total of around 150 individuals around him, Shane should have been worried.

However, instead of worry, one could see a radiant smile on his face.

He felt excited and couldn't help but exert his [Light steps] movement technique as he rushed towards one direction. 

Holding the pouch that had every single spatial ring in one hand, he summoned an arrow into his other hand.

Then he tied the pouch to the arrow, while the bow of destruction appeared in the hand that was freed.

Shane was curious about the decision everyone would take after he would send the arrow flying in the air.

Would it be more important for the others to take revenge, or to retrieve their spatial ring?

If it was the latter, they had to fight against others, or not attack each other at all.

Attacking each other was more likely because most of them still had less than 100 value points, preventing them from ascending to the 5th floor.

As such, Shane was simply revealing his bright smile as Cosmo emerged on his shoulder.

He was issuing a high-pitched bark in joy which caused Shane to caress his head with one finger while holding the arrow.

The moment he saw the outline of the first few opponents who were charging at him, Shane nocked the arrow calmly on the bowstring before he pulled it back.

After inserting a large amount of mana inside the bow which increased the tension of the string he held it in place.

Maintaining a steady grip on the arrow, he waited a few seconds, letting his opponents arrive in the range of 100 meters as Shane saw how they manifested elemental attacks.

Nevertheless, he still turned away his entire body before he released the arrow with the pouch that had more than 150 spatial rings inside.

Everyone around was able to sense their spatial rings, only to notice that they were inside the pouch that was shot away with a terrific speed.

Unsure of whether to focus on retrieving their spatial rings or defeating Shane, some wanted to achieve both at the same time.

Unfortunately, Shane had already expected this.

Thus, the bow of destruction disappeared inside his spatial ring and a moment later Shane disappeared too as if he had never been there.

Cosmo had manifested a spatial portal below Shane, and another directly behind the row of opponents who had attacked him.

After that Cosmo utilized his [Space Jump] affinity in order to make another jump before exerting his spatial affinity once again.

In an instant, they had distanced themselves more than 500 meters from the opponents who had wanted to attack him.

Shane could barely refrain from laughing out loud as he exerted the [Light step] movement technique once again.

Rushing further away, he decided to search for Princess Ilya who had told him that she was nearby.

She had warned him of the different groups of foreign races that had teamed up to teach him a lesson.

Somehow, Shane was a bit sad that escaping the grasp of his opponents had been a little too easy.

He had expected that they would try harder to defeat him, but who was he to complain?

His value points had already attained an extremely high number and there was not much left for him to do.

Shane wanted to search for more opponents, but there was only one issue.

There weren't many dungeon challengers with a high value point count left! 

The ones he wanted to avoid for now were the four participants who were at a higher ranking than his own.

Shane assumed that their equipment was also better than the one he owned.

Because of that, Shane could tell that they didn't have a single advantage.

His perfect physical foundation could be ignored because increasing the mana purity within the mana pool would similarly enhance one's physical strength.

This was also the reason why he had been able to defeat opponents at a mana purity of [93%] without much of an issue.

His mana purity might have only reached [77.5%], but his perfect foundation increased his physical strength to be at par, if not better than the average individual with a mana purity of [95%].

Nevertheless, he had been unable to choose the occupation he wanted yet, preventing him from claiming an affinity or other kinds of amplifications that strengthened him!

Owing to that, he was unable to fight opponents whose mana purity was too high. 

There was a reason for them to reach a high mana purity, which was partially because of the occupation they had chosen, or the affinity they had innately been born with!

Nevertheless, Shane couldn't help but feel that this was the exciting part of the Basic Primordial dimensions.

It was not to be too weak to fight beasts at the Elite or lower rank of the Awakened stage but to fight against the best of the best with their unfathomable strength and all kinds of tricks, affinities, and weapons in their arsenal.

The fights he had won inside the fluare tower dungeon had already been exciting and Shane hoped to have some more fun during the next few days. 

Unfortunately, Princess Ilya shattered this hope as she scolded him for his reckless behavior. 

"If you want to enter the fifth floor, you should have stayed low key without attracting the attention of too many groups consisting of a dozen races. Your value points are high, but a single defeat can change that. 

It will be more difficult to make a comeback later, which would be even harder if you were to be injured right now. 

As I don't know your exact plans, I cannot say what you are up to, but in my opinion, it would be better if we make use of the dungeon and advance a few more floors. 

Don't waste this opportunity just because you feel like fighting everyone."

Shane had already been aware of every word Ilya said, and it was an undeniable fact that her words were nothing but the truth. 

As such he just nodded his head, calming down the excitement he was still able to feel that was surging through his body. 

"If that's the case, do you want to increase your value points a little bit, or should we play defensive? I can fight with you against other groups or cultivate. We can either both gain experience or you can help me increase my mana purity!"

Princess Ilya was also unsure what she wanted. On one hand, her value points had already reached more than 4,000 which meant that she was in the top 10 ranks. However, looking at Shane's value points, she couldn't help but frown.

He had more than three times her number after all!

In the end, she didn't really have anything else to do either way. Her mana purity had reached her mana purification manual's limit. Furthermore, her strength had increased drastically, owing to the [Legendary] quality weapon she had used her limitation crystal on!

"Alright….let's just fight!"