"You have entered the Unsealed Dungeon-[Beast King]!"
With the dungeon notification, Yi Tian and his two companions arrived in the Desolate Grassland.
Huge beast bones and broken weapons lay scattered around them, and a narrow Giant Stone Canyon was visible in the distance.
Unlike in other dungeons, the three faced a threat the moment they entered.
"Awooo!"
A Silver-Gray Alpha Wolf threw back its head and howled, while three or four gray-black wild wolves bared their teeth at the trio.
After inspecting them, Bai Qiu Li exclaimed, "As expected of an Unsealed Dungeon. Even the Minions have higher stats than those on Hell difficulty!"
The level 10 wild wolves had nearly one and a half times the stats of rare-class holders at the same level.
Unfortunately for them, they still fell far short of Legendary Class holders.
"Watch me work! Hi-yah!"
Jiang Che let out a strange yell, tensed his calves, and punched a charging wild wolf.
His fist struck the wolf's head, but to his surprise, it only inflicted a superficial wound. The wolf then flicked its head and sent him flying several meters.
"Holy shit!"
"You're only level 0, and you want to kill monsters ten levels above you?"
Bai Qiu Li's voice was cool. As Jiang Che was sent flying, she swept past like a streak of light, slashing her sword through the air.
Blood-red damage numbers kept popping up, every single strike hitting a weak point.
Even the alpha wolf was no match for Bai Qiu Li's combat prowess.
After clearing out the Minions, Bai Qiu Li turned back. "Boss, let's go..."
"Boss?"
She and Jiang Che looked over at the same time, only to find Yi Tian frozen in place with an odd expression, as though he had seen something unbelievable.
A special notification flashed before him, visible to him alone:
[Ding! Talent with 'special' potential detected nearby!]
Elsewhere in the dungeon, inside the Beast King’s Lair.
An enormous tiger, as large as a small hill, was taking a nap. Its fur resembled rock-gray armor, and beneath it lay knotted muscles brimming with explosive power.
Just then, a humanoid figure in a black robe approached the giant tiger and bowed.
"Lord Beast King."
The Black-Robed Man's voice was neutral, giving no indication of gender, and seemed devoid of emotion.
The giant tiger's eyes snapped open, irritated that the Black-Robed Man had interrupted its nap.
The Black-Robed Man bowed even lower. "Lord Beast King, more challengers have appeared..."
"You disturbed me over something so trivial?"
"No! Lord Beast King, these challengers are unlike any who came before. Their strength is extraordinary."
"One of them has stats so high that I have never seen their like!"
The Black-Robed Man's voice held a hint of apprehension. "In a head-on fight, we would be no match for him!"
"In my opinion, we should first send scouts to lure the enemy deeper inside."
"When the time is right, we can send elite troops to attack his two teammates while wearing him down with successive waves. Then you and I can fight together. Only then will we have some chance of winning..."
Before the Black-Robed Man could finish, the giant tiger snorted out a scorching breath and roared arrogantly:
"Bullshit!"
The giant tiger stood, its eyes blazing blood-red as it stared at the Black-Robed Man.
"I thought you were quite capable. Now I see you're nothing but a coward!"
"The dungeon's heavenly rules are in place. How strong could a level 10 member of the Human Race possibly be?"
The Black-Robed Man said nothing.
The giant tiger ignored her and headed straight out of the lair, its footsteps shaking the ground.
"Challengers? Just fresh meat!"
"I'm hungry anyway..."
The giant tiger left its lair. Despite being the boss, it intended to hunt down Yi Tian and his companions itself.
The moment it departed, the Black-Robed Man stopped concealing his aura. Cold killing intent radiated from him as he watched it leave without expression.
The aura the Black-Robed Man now exuded was actually somewhat stronger than the dungeon boss's!
"Trash will always be trash."
"Utterly useless!"
Her gaze brimmed with disdain as she watched the giant tiger depart, looking like an entirely different person from before.
"Even I can't beat him, and you really think you're strong?"
"You're just courting death!"
"This dungeon will be cleared soon. If I don't leave, my life will be in danger too... I can't die alongside that stupid tiger!"
With that, the Black-Robed Man exposed an arm, its surface a cold silver-gray.
She swept her arm through the air, opening a dark-purple doorway that seemed to lead into the void. Light flowed like liquid within it.
The Black-Robed Man stepped through and vanished straight out of the dungeon.
The glowing doorway closed behind her.
[Ding! Talent with 'special' potential detected nearby!] [Notice: 'Special' potential is not necessarily stronger than gold or prismatic potential. Rather, it indicates someone who possesses or can awaken a unique ability, one found nowhere else across the tens of thousands of worlds.] [Recruiting talent with 'special' potential also grants you their special ability...]
Before Yi Tian could finish reading what made special potential unique, the automatically detected information suddenly vanished!
"Huh!?"
Looking puzzled, Yi Tian activated his skill again, only to receive this message:
[No talent with gold potential or higher nearby.]
"How did that happen?" Yi Tian froze.
He had finally found someone with extremely rare special potential, and now they had vanished!?
Granted, recruiting a special potential talent cost 60 funding points, which was terribly expensive.
But if he could keep them nearby, he could at least save up and eventually recruit them. Now even that hope was gone!
Yi Tian's brow furrowed deeply.
"A talent appeared inside the dungeon, but now they've disappeared."
"Either they were killed, or they left this dungeon!"
Having made up his mind, Yi Tian told Bai Qiu Li and Jiang Che:
"Quick, let's speedrun this dungeon!"
"Then check it thoroughly for hidden rooms or special passages leading to other areas!"
Yi Tian had not originally intended to fight personally.
But now, eager to find that vanished special potential talent, he could no longer sit still.
"Search carefully!"
Yi Tian went all out. Every formidable elite monster along the way fell apart before him.
Monsters that even Bai Qiu Li could only one-shot with precise weak-point strikes fell to a single casual punch from Yi Tian, demonstrating the sheer power of overwhelming stats.
Jiang Che watched, dumbfounded. "Does the Boss have Legendary Class combat power too?"
They were only halfway through the dungeon when the ground began to shake.
Before Yi Tian and the other two, a fearsome giant tiger appeared, its body like a moving mountain, accompanied by a deep rumble.
"The boss!?"
"Why would the dungeon boss come here on its own?"
[Crag-Splitting Tiger King (Beast King) (Level 18 Epic Boss)!]
Seeing the giant tiger's information, Bai Qiu Li and Jiang Che grew wary.
The level 18 epic boss's stats were considerably higher than even those of Bai Qiu Li, a level 10 Legendary Class holder.
Even she would have to fight cautiously to win.
The giant tiger let out an earthshaking roar, staring savagely at the three.
"Heh, humans. Frightened already...?"
Yi Tian ignored it, mainly because he was not proficient in 'Universal Beast Speech' and had not understood a word.
But at this moment, Yi Tian had no intention of wasting any time on an obstacle.
"If you're not a special talent, get out of my way!"
With that, Yi Tian threw a straightforward punch, hurtling toward the Crag-Splitting Tiger King like a cannonball.
With the damage boost from the Kung Fu Kid's [Martial Arts Heart], a layer of blood-red light coated Yi Tian's right fist.
"Armybreaker!"
The combined abilities of two different legendary classes unleashed an unstoppable force.
The Tiger King's enormous pupils kept contracting as Yi Tian approached.
As the Beast King, it had never imagined a human could unleash such terrifying power. The human class holders it had encountered before were not even remotely comparable.
It was like a bully who ruled an elementary school suddenly running into an adult!
The gulf between them was insurmountable!
As Yi Tian's fist was about to strike, the Tiger King suddenly remembered the Black-Robed Man's warning...
Boom!
The Tiger King's enormous body crashed to the ground, gouging out a massive crater as cracks spread across the surface like a spiderweb.
The boss fell to a single punch!
Jiang Che's jaw nearly hit the floor, his mind filled with questions.
"Seriously, man, who the hell told me to help someone this terrifying level up?"
"Are they out of their mind?"
"Oh, it was Wei Yuan. Never mind, then..."
Bai Qiu Li's beautiful eyes narrowed sharply as she stared at Yi Tian in disbelief.
"Why am I so much weaker than him?"
"Could it be that I'm still not working hard enough..."
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