THE STRONGEST NEXULYTE

[Level 28 cleared, proceed to level 29?]

[Yes/No]

Ivan stared at the notification with a liberated gaze, a good feeling swelling within him.

He had been stuck in the previous level for more than a month, unable to move further notice matter how much he tried; he was helpless against the monsters of that level.

This realization had made him very displeased and caused him to take a long break from training rooms at the start of this month; he had only returned after he had crossed into the upper level of his rank.

And the result of his short break? It was worth it!

Not only had he managed to defeat the monster and finally pass the 28th level, but he had done so easily without breaking a sweat and still had enough energy to continue.

The fight would have been over very quickly if he had gone all out and used the fire snake from the start.

Now, he was just two levels away from reaching the highest level a trainee had ever reached. Level 30, and the trainee who had reached this level was none other than Alaric Vladimir.

"Yes!" Ivan replied to the notification, a wave of excitement rushing through his body.

After receiving Ivan's response, the body of the red monster vanished into light particles and a new monster appeared in the virtual space.

Ivan's eyes twitched when he saw the monster, a word appeared in his mind.

'Huge'

The monster that appeared in level 29 was a behemoth creature with spider legs and the body of a turtle, its head was a giant mass of flesh with a single eye taking the whole space on its face.

The creature was so huge that Ivan had to bend his neck fully just to see its head.

[Level 29, begin]

The notification of the system rang in Ivan's ears, and his expression immediately turned serious as he repeated several meters back from the monster.

At the same time, the one eye of the monster rotated disgustingly inside as it came to life.

It looked around for a couple of seconds before gazing down at Ivan.

Its eye suddenly glowed with a bright flash and the next instant.

Woom!!

A huge beam of light was shot out and toward Ivan.

"Crap!" Ivan cursed and quickly brought out a card and shattered it in front of him as the light beam arrived in front of him at the same time.

BOOM!!!!!!

The light beam fell on Ivan, covering him completely as it brought a wave of destruction along.

This lasted for over 30 seconds straight as the light beam from the eye of the monster washed over Ivan.

After 30 seconds, the light beam stopped and the huge eye of the monster blinked.

It looked at the result of its attack.

Its eye beam had destroyed the ground and created a canyon that was over ten meters deep, and hundreds of kilometers long; scorched earth and a huge cloud of dust covered the canyon.

As the dust slowly settled, at the very start of the canyon was Ivan who was standing inside a radiant blue barrier, perfectly unharmed.

He had created the barrier just in time before the light beam reached him.

Looking at the deep canyon that he was now standing in, Ivan's eyes could not help but widen in shock; nothing would be left of him if he got hit by that thing!

Crack! Crack!

While Ivan was busy being stunned by the level of destruction caused by the light beam, the sound of breaking glass suddenly entered his eyes.

Ivan's eyes immediately zoomed in on the source of the sound and his face showed disbelief while his mouth hung open.

Right in front of his eyes, more cracks appeared on the blue barrier and quickly spread like webs before the entire barrier shattered.

The attack from the monster had…destroyed his barrier?

One had to know that the items Ivan created with his cards were at the extreme of their purposes. If it was a blade, it would be sharpest amongst blades of its level. The same was true for items that acted as shields; they were the sturdiest on their level.

While Ivan was still in shock, the eyes of the monster glowed again; it wasn't done attacking yet!

"Oh no you don't!" Ivan scoffed before bringing out another card and throwing it into the air.

The card shattered into light particles before transforming into a huge fire snake that was the size of a long bus, its searing heat scorched the ground even further as it slithered toward the monster at a breakneck speed.

It coiled around the legs of the monster and used them to climb up its large body, its intense flame scorching the shell of the monster.

But unlike the previous red monster, this turtle-like monster was more resilient and its body only gained burnt marks from the flames of the fire snake.

Although the fire snake didn't manage to melt or burn the shell of the monster, it was still painful to have something so hot on one's body regardless.

A piercing screech resounded through the air, Ivan was stumped as to how the monster was able to make such a sound when it didn't even have a mouth.

It couldn't be that it could talk through it asshole, right? Continue your adventure at mvl

But that wasn't something Ivan should be worried about right now, controlling the fire snake to move to the head of the monster, he made it explode right in the monster's face.

BOOM!

The fire snake exploded in the face of the monster, forcing it to close its one eye. The monster's body swayed as it staggered on its spider legs, causing the space to shake violently.

It stabilized itself after a few seconds. Aside from its blackened face and scorched skin, it wasn't unharmed!

Its eyes glowed again, about to fire another light beam.

But Ivan wouldn't allow it, its attacks were too dangerous to let them out; he had to prevent it from attacking.

Taking out another card, a bizarre image appeared in his mind as the card shattered into the air.

A massive earth golem suddenly appeared in front of the monster.

The earth golem was almost as big as the monster and in its large rock arm was a massive black axe.

Woom!!

The light beam shot out from the eyes of the monster and toward the earth golem; at the same time, the axe in the hand of the golem came down on the monster like a meteor.

Boom!

The light beam touched the chest of the earth golem and immediately pierced through it before bursting a five-meter-wide hole in the middle of the golem's body, sending pieces of rocks flying everywhere.

Likewise, the axe of the earth golem hacked into the head of the monster and almost chopped it off in one strike but it stopped after traveling just a few meters into the flesh of the monster.

One more strike and the head of the monster would fall off; sadly, the light beam from the monster had destroyed the golem.

"If one is not enough, then take two" Ivan let out a cold chuckle before bringing out another card and tossing it into the air.

Another earth golem carrying a black axe was formed!

The new earth golem attacked with its axe immediately after it was formed, not giving the already wounded monster time to react.

BANG!

The massive head of the monster fell to the ground with a loud sound, raising a cloud of dust and creating a crater.

Its massive body swayed a bit before falling over as well.

[Level 29 cleared, proceed to level 30?]

[Yes/No?]

The notification from the system appeared in front of Ivan.

Ignoring the notification, Ivan opened his mouth and exhaled deeply.

"I've used quite a lot of energy just now; creating massive attacks consumes too much energy," Ivan muttered to himself while sensing his Nexus chamber that had been halved after the fight just now.

"But I still have enough energy to face another monster like this, so…Yes, proceed to level 30," Ivan said.

After receiving Ivan's response, the body of the monster vanished while another appeared in the virtual space.

While Ivan moved to level 30 of the training room, outside…