After some consideration, he ultimately decided to make the purchase.
"Alright, I’ll buy your cooldown reduction effect!"
"Alright then. That’ll be one bravery point. I’ll apply the cooldown reduction effect for you right away!"
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have spent one bravery point for the services of the Skill Master. Your current bravery points total fourteen.]
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have received the blessing of the Skill Master; you have gained the "Calm Aura".]
["Calm Aura": Your cooldowns, and those of all friendly units within a 100-meter radius, are reduced by 50%. (This aura cannot be immunized against, cannot be erased, cannot be dispelled, cannot be nullified, and will last until the current dungeon ends.)]
"It’s even an area-of-effect aura! Goodness, they’re really giving value for money," Chen Mo chuckled as he looked at the Skill Master before him.
"How about it? Satisfied?"
"Quite satisfied. It’d be even better if it could reduce it by 90%."
"If you encounter my elder brother in the deeper layers, he may be able to do it for you. My power hasn’t yet reached that level."
"Really? How many layers does this Underworld City have?"
"You’ll know when you get there."
The Skill Master smiled mysteriously without saying much more.
"Fine, I’ll see for myself then. Bye then."
Chen Mo turned and moved directly onto the twenty-sixth floor.
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have entered the sixth-tier area. All monsters in this area have their Life increased by 8,000% and their attack and defense increased by 800%! They will also gain the fifth Underworld City universal BUFF.]
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: The current Underworld City universal BUFFs are "Solid", "Cruel", "Bloodthirsty", Dodge, and "Tenacity".]
["Tenacity": The effects of all control skills used against monsters are halved.]
The bosses are already getting progressively stronger, and now the dungeon’s attributes are being insanely boosted too. This Underworld City’s difficulty is truly off the charts. Is this really designed for level 10 professionals?
Chen Mo thought that this dungeon, escalating from a level 10 silver-grade BOSS all the way up to a level 20 Golden BOSS, was already absurd. And on top of this, attributes were continuously being enhanced.
It’s clear they don’t intend for anyone to proceed further.
This, however, only piqued Chen Mo’s curiosity.
What would I encounter if I manage to reach the very bottom layer?
Of course, given this kind of outrageous increase in intensity, whether he could actually reach the bottom was an unknown.
As Chen Mo passed the twenty-fifth floor, the teachers who had been stationed outside regained their spirits. At this time, others were still struggling on the first or second floor; basically, no one was paying attention to anyone else—they were all watching Chen Mo, wanting to see where his limit was.
Chen Mo had just reached the area before the guardian elites of the twenty-sixth floor, but he already knew what kind of BOSS awaited on the thirtieth floor. This was because the elites of the twenty-sixth floor were level 20 first-transition elites.
So, it’s obvious the thirtieth floor will have a first-transition level 20 BOSS!
A first-transition level 20 BOSS with 80 times the Health and 8 times the attribute enhancement... that’s really tough! I just don’t know if it’s silver-grade, or if they’ll jump straight to golden-grade.
At the current intensity, Chen Mo could still handle it.
Soon, Chen Mo reached the thirtieth floor. The teachers also looked expectantly at the empty central field. If Chen Mo was knocked out on the thirtieth floor, he would become the first person to exit the dungeon.
At this time, Chen Mo had already arrived in front of the thirtieth floor’s BOSS.
Thank goodness, it’s a level 20 first-transition silver-grade BOSS.
Chen Mo felt more at ease upon seeing the BOSS.
It’s not that I’m afraid of a level 20 first-transition golden-grade BOSS. I’m mainly worried I won’t be able to beat the thirty-fifth floor. If this floor has a level 20 first-transition silver-grade BOSS, then the thirty-fifth floor will almost certainly be a level 20 first-transition golden-grade BOSS. Thinking of it this way, getting the SSS-level title seems more achievable. But if a level 20 first-transition Golden BOSS appeared on this floor, then I really wouldn’t know what kind of monstrous BOSS would be on the next one.
However, even a level 20 first-transition silver-grade BOSS had extremely high attributes after the substantial enhancement.
Its Health alone is close to three billion! And its attack power is over fifty thousand, with its defensive power over twenty thousand.
If the thirtieth floor is already this insane, one can only imagine the intensity of the thirty-fifth floor!