Weapon seller in the world of magic

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The beast named Zhuhuai was struggling to move but to no avail under the effects of the 40g environment and Mark reached it before he took a leap and landed right before its face. The beast struggled to open its mouth and snap him into two halves with its sharp teeth but it couldn't move an inch from the spot.

Raising his foot and stomping on its mouth that's as big as a fully grown pumpkin, Mark changed the power from 3 to max (8) and pierced one of its injured eyes through the sniper's barrel, "If I do like this, then, your tough skin will not come in the way. Time to disappear."

Mark proceeded to click on the trigger with a murderous gaze on his face.

The remaining amount of the ether energy that he poured into the sniper rifle was consumed and a rank-5 energy bullet escaped from the rifle's barrel, piercing through everything and destroying the brain in the end.

The beast's eyes turned lifeless in one shot and disappeared instantly, leaving behind the rifle with blood on its barrel.

And in the next second, a white portal appeared a few feet away, clearly inviting him to step inside and get out of this place. However, Mark didn't readily do that.

Instead, he walked to a wall and punched the ore a couple of times to break apart a chuck of it. As a Spirit Warrior with 4.5 points of strength, it isn't that difficult to accomplish such a feat.

Taking the ether ore into his hands, Mark tried to absorb the ether energy to see whether it is fake or true.

Unfortunately for him, while the ether ore turned white and the energy absorbed into his body, it only replenished it, not increased the ether points. Mark lost interest right away.

"I'm a fool to even expect something good comes out of misery." He threw away the white ore and walked into the portal, returning to the stairway. All of the steps were white like earlier except for the bottom step, the one he was standing on. It turned black.

"Hmm, I see. So, this is like a dungeon with various levels?" Mark wondered as he proceeded to climb onto the next step. Just like earlier, it glowed before transporting Mark to a similar kind of place.

It almost looked like the same cave with ether ores protruding from the walls and ceiling all over but the place is a lot bigger and there were two monsters this time. Both the blue-furred hounds were beast kings of the 7-circle realm.

"Gravity Dome"

He unleashed the same skill that doesn't have any cooldown, making the two hounds grovel on the ground due to the immense pressure.

Assuming that there are still more battles to go, Mark decided not to explore the powers of his suit or his strength. Instead, he opted for the easiest route to clear this difficulty.

"Lightning Clone"

He summoned the super-powerful lightning clone that has the stats of a Supreme realm expert and ordered it to finish the hounds.

The lightning clone charged forward. It only took one powerful kick from the lightning clone to kill each monster. As a result, the battle was over in a couple of seconds and Mark returned to the stairway without bothering to place attention on the ether ores.

With the Ether regeneration, he can recover his ether points within a couple of minutes anyway. So, there's no need to depend on them.

Anyways, with an aim to complete this so-called trial in hurry, he didn't take much rest and stepped onto the third step.

The location was again similar to the previous one, although increasing the cavern size. And this time, the opponents are giant Spiders that are as big as an average adult male. They were four in number and all of them had the ability to spew poisonous venom.

But, in front of the Gravity Dome and Lightning Clone combo, none of those beasts stood a chance as Mark took the initiative to start the battle. It lasted only a few seconds and Mark proceeded to the next step.

On the fourth level, the difficulty increased along with the change of location.

Mark found himself in the middle of a forest covered by snow and a giant Ice ape was seen jumping from one branch of a tree to another. He activated the Sage eyes' ability and observed the ice ape.

"Okay, now, it is an 8-circle realm beast king, eh?" Mark didn't pay much attention to the monster that has no chance of facing against his powerful combo attack.

The ice ape was fallen only in a few seconds, and in this level, along with the portal, something new, although with similar power, made an appearance as soon as the beast disappeared.

It resembled largely like an energy ball floating in the air. When Mark inspected it, he lost interest right away.

Beast Spark

Grade: N/A

Description: Contains the extracted core energy of a beast. Used for replenishing one's ether energy based on the quality.

"Forget it. I don't have the time to spend time on refining it. I would rather waste the time by taking a short break."

Mark walked past the free reward and stepped into the portal.

After returning to the stairway, he continued his trial right away as there is enough ether energy left to use.

On the fifth level, Mark faced two ice bison, which of course, didn't last even ten seconds in battle.

On the sixth level, the opponents were four yetis.

Just like before, once again, the battlefield changed. This time, it was on an island surrounded by endless lava, which is as hot as over 2000 degree Celsius.

On the seventh level, a bull that breathes flames turned out to be the opponent. It was a nine-circle beast king that managed to defend quite a few punches and kicks before finally getting killed.

And on the eighth level, two giant fire golems became the opponents that drew their energy from the lava lake around the island. The lightning clone faced great difficulty to defeat them. By the time this level was cleared, Mark was left with only a little over 22k of ether points, which would be enough for just two seconds of the clone.

Hence, he decided to take the beast sparks left behind by the golems and replenished his ether energy. Thankfully, the process didn't take much longer; within minutes, he was ready to face the next challenge.

Mark's confidence in his combo attack was at his peak and he wasn't that bothered or looking forward to battling the opponent. For him, this trial became a walk in the park.

Little did he expect that the opponent on the ninth level won't be four 9-circle realm beast kings but a single opponent of emperor grade.

Bi'an

Grade: Emperor

Rank: 9 (peak stage)

The tiger with dragon scales and wings let out a mighty roar, launching an attack as soon as it spotted the intruder. Mark couldn't even properly see its details or observe the surroundings and was forced to defend himself against its attack.

Within a fraction of a second, it covered the distance between them and slashed at his chest with its claws.

As he blocked the attack by crossing his arms to the chest in reflex, Bi'an's claws tore through the suit and scratched his wrist.

"Argh…" Mark let out a painful scream and quickly backed away while unleashing the Gravity Dome.