Chapter 157: Final Race

"I'll choose the Strength and Agility door," Erix said before moving forward and entering the door, gaining bonus Strength and Agility.

"I'll choose Magic," Rin said as she entered the Magic buff door.

Melissa also went through the Magic Buff door before the trio continued forward.

However, when they crossed 5,000 steps, three more doors appeared.

Door 1: Fight and kill 50 Monsters. — 1 to 3 levels up, depending on your level.

Door 2: Fight and kill two Boss monsters. — 3 to 9 level-ups, depending on your level.

Door 3: Fight one Chaos Boss monster. — 9 to 18 level-ups, depending on your level.

"Don't bother with the last one," Melissa said as she glanced at Rin and Erix.

"Why?" Erix asked. He was very much tempted and eager to choose Door 3.

But then he immediately added, "Will it take more time?"

Melissa nodded.

"Yep. You two are powerful but not powerful enough to quickly kill a Chaos Boss Monster and catch up."

"So, if others chose easy doors to clear, they would finish it quickly and continue climbing," Rin muttered. "Alright, let's choose the Door 1. We don't want to risk it."

Erix nodded. There were only fifty spots, so it was better to hurry.

The trio entered Door 1, killed fifty monsters as fast as possible, and continued climbing.

Rin and Erix leveled three times, reaching level 105.

After an hour of continuous climbing and choosing doors that wouldn't hinder their speed, the trio finally reached the top of the mountain and passed through a gate with a pathway that led toward the sky.

[Congratulation. You are in the top 50]

[Continue towards the gate and fly through the sky passage for the 4th checkpoint race. Only 25 will pass.]

There were no rules or anything for the 4th race except for the simple instruction of going forward towards the sky.

"Let's go. No time to rest," Melissa said as she flew up.

Rin and Erix also flew up. All of the restrictions were lifted so they could fly at their full speed, and Erix could also teleport.

After crossing a thousand kilometers without trouble, the scenery around them changed as everything turned dark.

"Rin?" Erix shouted but couldn't see her. He paused and saw nothing but darkness around him.

It was the same with Rin and Melissa.

"What the fuck?" Erix mumbled in confusion since his Spirit Sense also couldn't detect anything.

'No other choice but to continue forward,' Erix thought as he continued flying. He couldn't feel the sense of distance in this darkness or how long he flew so far, but he continued.

Rin was also in the same boat, but there was no time to get thwarted here as she continued.

As for Melissa, she didn't pause even for a second.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Rin suddenly saw darkness clearing as she arrived in outer space.

Sparkling stars in the distance and a few planets close to her, Rin felt she was alone in this universe.

She could feel weird energies hitting her as her Spirit Senses sensed them.

"Erix?!" Rin shouted, but her voice was null in this place.

'What is going on?' Rin thought, her heartbeat increasing slightly.

'The path, yes... where is it?' Rin thought as she looked around.

'Can't see it...'

The path that guided her from the gate atop the mountain peak disappeared!

It was the final race, so everyone was their enemy.

The duo sat down like most of the others at one of the corner spots under a tree and started meditation.

The next person arrived fifteen minutes later.

Another arrived ten minutes after that.

Soon, a total of thirty minutes passed as Rin and Erix also exited Limitless Plane, their consciousness returning to their body as their aura surged briefly.

They made more progress in Spiritual Formation, which increased their Spirit stat.

Erix's Spirit stat reached 39, while Rin's Spirit stat reached 37. An increment of 19 and 17, respectively.

They looked around and didn't see any of those wolf beastfolks.

"Let's spend the chaos points now. It's time to go all out in the final race," Rin said.

...

Twenty minutes more passed before finally the 25th winner arrived and ended the 4th race.

10 minutes of rest time countdown appeared.

But suddenly, someone approached them.

It was Gentle Death. Nobody knew his true powers. The only thing known about him was that he had the Light affinity at the 2nd realm and a 2nd realm Pierce concept.

"You two," Gentle Death unhurriedly said, his eyes on Rin and Erix.

Both of them felt formless pressure. They knew that this man was far more experienced than them and more powerful in every way...at the moment.

"What?" Erix asked, his eyebrows raised.

"Give up in the next round," Gentle Death said before he turned around and left.

"Give up?" Rin was speechless. "I've never had any scuffle with him."

She turned to Erix and asked, "Did something happen between you and him?

"I met him in the second checkpoint race, but only for a few seconds," Erix said, his eyes confused as he looked at Gentle Death.

"Humph, whatever then," Rin snorted. "He is also our enemy."

Ten minutes soon passed before the final race's details appeared, and it was extremely simple.

[Final race: Ancient Battlefield Race]

—> Everyone will spawn randomly on a huge battlefield littered with overflowing monsters.

—> There are ten zones, and everyone will start in the 1st zone.

—> Every participant can only stay in one zone for one minute. During this minute, they can hunt monsters to acquire killing points and also hurt others using Chaos Gadgets.

—> If you cross the one-minute mark, your killing points will be reduced by half every second.

—> After crossing ten zones, the participants will be ranked based on their killing points.

A countdown of 20 seconds also appeared.

[20]

[19]

[18]

"Simple and straightforward. We might have a chance, Erix," Rin said, her eyes glinting with excitement.

"Yeah," Erix nodded, thrilled. "So, we kill monsters as fast as possible in each zone for one minute."

'We'll have to watch out too,' Rin said as she looked at Melissa and a few others who were casting glances at them.

'That bitch will surely interfere,' Erix said before he quickly told Rin what happened before she was here.