Three minutes later, Levi appeared on the 49th Floor of the Labyrinth.
He intended to summon the Pitch-black Balor next.
Considering that once the latter appeared, its potential ability would inevitably reach Lv.8, and likely the upper tier of Lv.8, Levi very prudently applied the 'Possession' states of both 'Valkyrie' and 'Orion' to himself first.
Then, after another round of chanting, he summoned the protective phantoms of nearly twenty goddesses within the Dungeon.
This was not the end.
Behind him, the 'Eye of Stormy Judgment' and the 'Seven-Colored Divine Light' manifested simultaneously, and under Levi's conscious control, they gradually merged together.
A total of 105 'Icy Kitty Paw' condensations were generated over three rounds. After smashing into the ground, they added a layer of Ice Element shield to their summoner and his clones, sufficient to negate several Lv.8 basic attacks.
Only after completing all of this did the young man with short pale-gold hair take out the Divine Blood provided by Hestia from his Inventory. He raised his right hand and quickly drew a rune.
In the next instant, accompanied by the overflowing dispersion of terrifying Divine Might, the entire 49th Floor of the Labyrinth underwent an unprecedented and violent tremor.
This place was perhaps already very close to the core of the Dungeon.
It was precisely because of this that the Labyrinth's consciousness of resistance became increasingly intense.
Amidst the shaking earth and swaying mountains, the wall a hundred meters ahead suddenly shattered.
Closely following that, a tall Cyclops nearly 40 meters in height made its entrance.
Its entire body was pitch-black, with short limbs and a massive head.
It looked somewhat deformed.
—Buzz!
A pitch-black beam shot out from the Balor's single eye, instantly leaving a large crater over 10 meters deep in the ground.
Levi relied on 'Space Displaced' to dodge the first attack, but his expression looked slightly unsightly.
"Lv.9?!"
The Pitch-black Balor summoned by his use of Divine Might, after receiving the Dungeon's blessing, seemed to have its potential ability boosted not from Lv.7 to Lv.8, but directly breaking through to Lv.9!
As for why Levi was so certain... the Spirit Clone behind his left side, which completely dissipated after its shield was grazed by the pitch-black beam, was the best proof.
"[DanMachi Profanity]!"
All the originally formulated plans were invalidated at this moment.
Levi did not hesitate for even half a second; he directly abandoned the intention in his heart to obtain the Feats for leveling up to Lv.6 through the Pitch-black Balor.
With a succession of dozens of teleportations, he appeared directly at the entrance to the 59th Floor, more than ten kilometers away from the opposition.
Subsequently, he floated into mid-air along with six Spirit Clones.
With his own body as the center, the naturally escaping magical power transformed into connecting chains.
In an instant, a massive magic circle wrapping around six rings was formed.
It was impressively the '7-Star Magic · Spirit Six Rings' that had repelled an evil dragon in the distant past!
The Pitch-black Balor's intelligence was not low. Detecting a terrifying threat from the magic Levi was preparing, it ran towards this direction with a very deformed movement.
However, the maximum attack range of its Evil Eye was less than 5 kilometers.
Trying to enter shooting range within just a few seconds was fundamentally an impossible task.
In contrast, Levi had ample time to prepare.
Counting the six clones, a total of nearly 500,000 Mind was stuffed into the magic circle in one breath at this moment.
Consequently, the light blooming from the latter changed from a gentle brightness at the start to becoming increasingly dazzling and blinding.
The next second, under the interference of some unknown rule, the Gungnir light spears held in the hands of Levi and the Spirits turned into sky-filling specks of light and scattered.
At the same time, a long spear, with a body size several times larger than those imitations, emerged from the center of the magic circle.
And without needing Levi to aim or control it at all, it turned into a beam cannon and shot out.
Its destination, needless to say, was naturally the Pitch-black monster approaching his side.
The Balor detected the danger and clearly made a dodging motion.
However, although the potential ability of this assassin of the gods reached Lv.9, its speed had evidently not yet stepped into the domain of the gods.
By the time the beam cannon, with a diameter exceeding 20 meters, dissipated...
In the distance, the figure of the Pitch-black Balor had long since disappeared.
Let alone a Magic Stone, even the materials that should have dropped were vaporized and dissipated under the attack of the giant Gungnir light spear.
Only the completion of Main Quest 2 on the character panel proved the traces that the Pitch-black Balor had once existed.
It was only then that Levi, who had tensed his mind, exhaled a breath of turbid air.
A slightly helpless smile appeared on his face as he said, "Hestia was right. The Dungeon indeed brings people 'infinite surprises'."
While speaking, the six Spirit Clones had already flown quickly to the front using 'Space Displaced'.
After confirming that on the ground where the Balor last appeared, there were indeed no materials left behind, Levi shook his head helplessly. With a slight movement of his mind, he disappeared from the spot.
Although the plan to acquire the Lv.6 Feats was temporarily stranded due to the sudden accident—or perhaps the targeting by the Labyrinth—the 'High-Rank Skill Star-Up Card' gifted after completing Main Quest 2 meant that this operation was not entirely in vain.
After returning to the surface, Levi reported his experiences in the Labyrinth to Hestia and Hephaestus.
Upon hearing this, the two goddesses both revealed thoughtful expressions.
Hestia looked at Hephaestus: "I remember you mentioned before that the Zeus Familia and Hera Familia had reached the 71st Floor in the past?"
The red-haired goddess nodded: "Not long after coming back, those guys started challenging the Three Great Quests. At the time, I thought Zeus and Hera were being a bit too eager for quick success and instant benefits. Now it seems they might have been stuck at a level barrier."
The Blue Ribbon raised an eyebrow: "The floors further back require completing the Three Great Quests to continue advancing?"
"That is highly probable. Moreover, if the Black Dragon had also been successfully subjugated back then, perhaps that thing in the deepest part of the Labyrinth would have been exposed to the Lower World."
The two were speaking words that only they themselves could understand.
Regarding this, Levi behaved very calmly.
With insufficient strength, knowing too much would only increase one's troubles in vain.
Conversely, Hestia and Hephaestus would naturally clarify everything eventually.
Seeing that the two goddesses temporarily had no time to pay attention to him, Levi took out the High-Rank Skill Star-Up Card he had just obtained.
Along with 10 Law Crystals, he used them on the skill 'Constellation Resonance'.
In the next instant, just like a reenactment of the scene when he awakened the 'Goddesses' Loving Protection' magic, his consciousness was suddenly pulled into a vast, illusory starry sky.
Here, there was no up, down, left, right, front, or back. There was no past, present, or future.
All that existed from beginning to end were those individual 'Constellation' stars, either dim or shining, and the 'Constellations' composed of those stars.
—Boom!
It felt like an instant, yet also as if ten thousand years had passed.
When Levi reopened his eyes in reality, on his character panel, the skill 'Constellation Resonance' had already disappeared, replaced by:
(Constellation Awakening, Image! Image! Image!)
[Constellation Awakening · 7-Star (-)]
[Obtain Development Ability 'Genshin S']
[Can activate Constellation Resonance, inscribing the complete Constellation within a Vision onto one's own soul, acquiring the combat techniques, survival skills, and knowledge inheritance of the original owner of the Constellation from the Genshin world. Current number of inscribed Constellations: 2/5]
[Can help oneself or others awaken a Constellation. The strength of the Constellation is positively correlated with the awakener's strength, ranging from a minimum of Mortal 1-Star to a maximum of Divine 6-Star, and can evolve with the improvement of the awakener's strength.]
[All Constellations born through the skill 'Constellation Awakening' are treated as equivalently having been resonated by the skill holder, and do not occupy a resonance slot.]
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