Chapter 252

Kanzaki Rei killed the dungeon’s guardian—then immediately turned and exited.

If he had left the guardian alive, the dungeon could have been repeatedly sacrificed to generate even more monsters...

But unfortunately—

This wasn’t a dungeon type he liked.

This one was a Wild Nest.

Almost entirely composed of beast-type monsters—lizards, drakes, giant serpents, and the like.

The most common, most widespread dungeon type.

You could say they had variety—strange and diverse in form.

But at the same time... they were all fundamentally similar.

Nothing like the distinct identities of Corruption Nests, Twinborn Nests, or Insect Hives.

Kanzaki frowned slightly.

Too few monsters.

Not worth farming.

So—

He simply wiped it out completely.

After leaving the dungeon, he turned toward another one—

And sacrificed an additional 10,000 souls.

Stepping inside—

The environment was entirely different.

The sky buzzed with swarming insects.

The moment he entered—

A massive insect horde formed instantly, surging toward him like an army.

"...An Insect Hive."

As expected.

The monster density was far higher than ordinary nests.

The Pure White Tree pulsed faintly.

SHHH—

Where the white light passed—

Entire swarms were reduced to ash.

Kanzaki glanced at the leaderboard.

In that instant—

His score surged by over 1.8 million points.

"...About twenty thousand kills."

The insect hive had mixed tiers.

Unlike standard dungeons, which were "clean" in composition—

This one blended 6th-tier monsters with a massive number of 5th-tier monsters.

Each 5th-tier monster—

1 point.

And more importantly—

They could drop high-value items.

Rhine’s Longevity Flower had come from a 5th-tier monster.

The Pure White Tree’s destruction was absolute.

Not decay.

Not collapse.

But a layer-by-layer disintegration, as if existence itself were being peeled away.

And because of that—

Kanzaki didn’t even need to collect loot manually.

Everything was automatically reduced and gathered.

"This time..."

"...Still Longevity Flowers?"

He checked the drops:

Longevity Flower

Molten Sacred Flame

Piercing Body Fluid

Unbound Mind Lightning

"...That makes three Longevity Flowers already."

Kanzaki couldn’t help but exhale softly.

He had already used one.

The second would have diminished effects—

But still granted 20 additional years.

In total—

He had already gained 70 years of lifespan.

He glanced at the rankings again.

"...Oh?"

Third place—

Was catching up surprisingly fast.

6,000 points.

That meant—

They had already killed over 20 6th-tier monsters.

By normal standards—

That was already abnormal.

Even killing 2,000 5th-tier monsters in a short time would be impressive.

"...Do they have some kind of monster-detection ability too?"

He checked the name.

Gul.

Never heard of it.

Irrelevant.

He examined the newly acquired items.

Piercing Body Fluid—

Not listed in Loren’s known rankings.

But upon contact—

Its effect became clear.

It could be absorbed into any surface.

If it entered a living body—

It would seep through the skin instantly.

And once inside—

It would remain.

Causing constant, needle-like pain.

Permanent.

Irremovable.

Not even healing could cleanse it.

Then—

Unbound Mind Lightning.

A faint arc of electricity danced in Kanzaki’s palm.

This lightning didn’t just deal damage—

It struck the mind.

Fear.

Hesitation.

Weakness.

The more unstable the target’s psyche—

The stronger the lightning’s destructive power.

On Loren’s recorded lists—

It ranked roughly #95 among special lightning types.

"...So these are the so-called rare treasures of the world."

Kanzaki looked at them quietly.

"...And I’m just... picking them up here."

The world truly was vast.

This time—

He left one guardian alive.

At the center of the insect hive—

A massive scorpion stood, with twin horns and enormous pincers, hissing violently.

But—

Its legs were retreating.

It was afraid.

Terrified.

Of him.

Kanzaki didn’t even spare it a glance.

He turned—

And left.

Outside—

He looked back at the dungeon.

"...This one will do."

An Insect Hive.

Perfect as a base.

He would continue sacrificing it further.

...

Turbid Sea — Myriad Spirit Island

At the center of the continent—

A massive ritual altar stood.

Endless monster tides surged toward it.

One powerful creature after another emerged from spatial rifts.

Nest Descent Ritual.

A forbidden ritual that forcibly summoned nests into the present world.

At the center—

A man stood.

Purple skin.

Fangs exposed.

His physique was bestial, monstrous.

Behind him—

A strange entity manifested.

Like his soul had separated from his body.

"ROAR!"

The soul-form creature howled toward the sky—

Its arms slashing outward.

Each swing tore through space itself—

Generating violent black-purple storms across the continent.

Where the storms passed—

6th-tier Kings.

Nation-destroying monsters.

All were shredded—

Their flesh ripped apart instantly.

Some died on the spot.

Gul watched the leaderboard coldly.

"...Hmph."

"Killing monsters?"

"So it’s my domain."

"This chaos... is interesting."

Monsters poured endlessly from the rifts.

They died just as quickly.

5th-tier monsters appeared in swarms—

Hundreds at a time.

6th-tier monsters emerged constantly—

Several per minute.

He looked up.

4,252 points.

Far ahead of everyone else.

"...Looks like second place is mine."

First place—

That absurd Rhine with 200 million points—

Was obviously a fluke.

Impossible to surpass.

But second?

Easy.

Agmessa was known to bring opportunities.

Though not everyone could seize them.

At this rate—

He’d reach tens of thousands of points soon.

Completely dominating the rankings.

As he thought—

He killed several more monsters.

4,844 points.

He lifted his head again—

Ready to admire his lead.

Then—

He froze.

「2nd Place — Kanzaki Rei : 826,732」

"...What?"

"Where the hell did you come from?!"

"I just looked away for a second—how are you already in second?!"

"What the hell is this name?!"

Gul’s expression twisted.

"...That damn Chaos God must be randomly handing out points!"

But—

800,000 points...

That had to be a one-time gain.

If he kept farming—

He could catch up.

At his current speed—

Two to three hours.

That was enough.

He gritted his teeth.

And carved another symbol into the ritual.

BOOM!

The spatial rifts expanded.

More fractures tore open.

More monsters flooded out—

Endlessly.

6th-tier monsters appeared in groups.

5th-tier monsters surged in waves.

"Come!"

"I want to see how many times you can pull off an 800,000-point jump!"

In just one minute—

His score increased by another 2,000 points.

Breaking past 6,000.

Corpses piled up across the land.

He raised his head again—

Confident.

But when he looked—

His pupils shrank.

「2nd Place — Kanzaki rei : 2,723,415」

"...2.7 million?"

"...I gained two thousand in a minute..."

"...Where the hell did you get another 1.6 million?"