Clang!

The sound of the impact echoed through the massive underground cavern like a cannon shot.

The massive paw of the Phantom Chimera Emperor hit Dante’s golden hexagonal shield dead center.

The shockwave of the collision blew away the dense fog. It completely cleared the arena in a rapidly expanding ring of pressurized air.

Dante’s boots sank two inches into the solid stone floor, but his arms didn’t buckle.

The 0.2 second window of [Aegis Deflection] had caught the strike perfectly.

The eyes of the Chimera widened in genuine and digitized shock.

The golden shield pulsed.

A reflection wave containing 500% of the base attack power of the Chimera exploded outward!

The sheer force hit the beast like a freight train. It launched the massive monster backward into the air.

It crashed hard into the stone wall of the arena and shattered one of the ancient statues.

[-4,500!]

A massive chunk of the suppressed health bar of the boss vanished instantly.

Dante ripped his boots out of the cracked stone. "You hit hard for a Level 0."

The Chimera recovered instantly.

It shook its massive lion head. Its glitching and phantom body stabilized as the void chains around its limbs glowed violently.

It realized physical brute force wasn’t going to work.

The viper tail whipped forward and moved like a blur.

It didn’t aim for a direct strike. It swept across the ground and unleashed a wave of highly corrosive black venom that blanketed the floor.

Dante used [Blink Step]. He teleported instantly to the left to avoid the acid pool.

The moment he reappeared, the Chimera was already there.

It had predicted his evasive maneuver.

Its massive dragon wings flared. It unleashed a localized tornado of razor-sharp wind blades directly into the chest of Dante.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The arm of Dante was a blur.

He triggered [Aegis Deflection] three times in the span of a single second to catch the three fastest wind blades.

The golden shield flared like a strobe light.

The reflected wind blades shot back at the Chimera. They sliced deep into its wings and chest.

[-1,200!]

[-1,200!]

[-1,200!]

The Chimera shrieked. Its health bar dropped into the critical red zone. It was down to a mere 1,900 HP.

The fight was a lethal and high-speed dance.

The Chimera possessed the combat and complex attack patterns of an endgame raid boss.

It mixed feints, delayed strikes, and massive sweep attacks with terrifying precision.

If Dante missed a single parry window by a fraction of a millisecond, the raw attack power of the beast would bypass his massive health pool and instantly crush him.

But Dante was completely in the zone.

The 10,000x Multiplier had burned the physical mechanics of survival deep into his neural link.

He wasn’t thinking about the blocks. His body was reacting automatically.

The Chimera landed heavily in the center of the arena.

It knew it was dying. The void chains were suffocating it, and its own reflected power was tearing it apart.

It reared up on its hind legs.

The light in the cavern completely vanished. The air grew impossibly heavy and dropped the temperature below freezing.

The violet glow of the eyes of the Chimera burned like twin suns in the absolute dark.

It was charging its desperation ultimate.

Dante didn’t try to interrupt it.

He stood perfectly still and lowered his stance. He gripped the hilt of the [Crimson Edge] with both hands.

He locked his eyes on the center of the chest of the beast. A massive sphere of concentrated and destructive dark matter was rapidly expanding there.

The sphere pulsed once. Twice.

Then, the Chimera unleashed it.

A beam of pure and apocalyptic dark matter shot across the arena!

It was ten feet wide and moving at the speed of light. It completely tore up the stone floor as it traveled.

It was an attack designed to wipe out an entire forty-man raid group.

Dante watched the beam approach.

Time slowed down to a crawl. He tracked the leading edge of the destructive energy.

0.3 seconds.

0.2 seconds.

Dante snapped the sword up.

[Skill Executed: Aegis Deflection]

The golden hexagonal shield materialized.

The dark matter beam hit it.

The impact was entirely silent for a fraction of a second. It was followed by a concussive roar that physically shook the entire Whispering Chasm.

The golden shield bent inward under the sheer and astronomical pressure of the Titan-tier ultimate.

The health bar of Dante flickered dangerously. The system struggled to process the math of the interaction.

But the Zenith-tier skill held.

The shield snapped back.

The reflection multiplier kicked in. Five hundred percent of an apocalyptic raid-wipe mechanic was suddenly concentrated into a single and blinding beam of golden light.

The reflected beam shot back. It completely swallowed the original dark matter attack and slammed directly into the Phantom Chimera Emperor!

[-50,000! Overkill!]

The Chimera didn’t even have time to scream.

The golden beam hit it and instantly vaporized its physical form. It shattered the thick void chains and reduced the massive Titan to a cloud of glittering golden dust that rained slowly down onto the ruined arena floor.

Dante stood up straight.

His arms were shaking slightly from the sensory feedback. His stamina bar was completely bottomed out.

He breathed out a long and heavy sigh.

"Perfect parry," Dante whispered.

The system went absolutely berserk.

[Target Eliminated: Phantom Chimera Emperor (Cursed)]

[Massive Experience Gained!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

Dante watched his level rocket from 14 straight to 19 in a matter of seconds.

Then, the true reward triggered.

[Ding!]

[Server-Wide Announcement: The Titan-Tier Anomaly ’Phantom Chimera Emperor’ has been slain!]

[Another Boss Kill secured by Player: Dan]

[Rewarding 5,000 Global Fame, +10 to all base attributes, and an exclusive Titan Loot Chest!]

The golden text didn’t just flash across the sky this time.

It blared with the sound of cosmic trumpets! It shook the heavens of the entire Overture server.

Every single player from the lowest beginner zones to the distant capital cities saw the prompt.

Just ten minutes prior, Silas had spent a fortune in real-world currency to broadcast a server-wide message. He was bragging about Vanguard’s Legacy securing the First Kill of a Silver-tier dungeon boss.

Silas had tried to cement his guild as the unstoppable top players of the new world.

The announcement of Dante completely overshadowed it. He had just casually dropped a Titan-tier kill announcement onto the server on day one.

Dante opened his system menu and looked at the global chat.

It was moving so fast it was completely unreadable. It was a blur of panicked and terrified messages from millions of players trying to comprehend who "Dan" was.

"Enjoy the spotlight, Silas," Dante smirked. He walked toward the massive pile of glowing Titan-tier loot sitting in the center of the ruined cavern. "Because I just stole it."