Landlord World - Start with SSS talent

The deafening explosion echoed, followed by a shockwave that swept through the surroundings like a wild storm.

The fiber bullet instantly pierced through the protective shield, continuing to pass through the lower part of the shield, drawing a straight line as if slicing the sky in half and plunging downward.

BAM!

Another loud explosion rang out when the fiber bullet hit the ground, causing the surrounding area to shake violently, dust and debris flying up into the air.

Noan was pushed back by the gun's recoil, but he quickly used his spatial ability to teleport to a position farther away from the Black Dragon and Kotarok.

Noan safely landed, panting heavily, glancing at the ground where his fiber bullet had just struck.

The dust began to settle, revealing a crater about ten centimeters in diameter, but its depth seemed to have no bottom.

Surrounding the crater were countless cracks, spreading out like a spider's web.

Noan looked up at the sky. Inside the protective shield was nothing but a chaotic mass of fire and smoke, making it impossible for him to see anything.

BANG!

The cracks around the crater, left by the fiber bullet, spread throughout the entire shield, causing it to shatter into countless small fragments.

These small fragments turned into specks of light that quickly dissipated into the air.

The smoke and fire were no longer contained, spreading out in all directions.

At that moment, Noan could see how badly the Black Dragon and Kotarok were injured.

Though their exterior was still black, they had terrifying wounds on their bodies.

The strange thing was that these wounds weren't bleeding; instead, a black substance was oozing out.

Even more surprisingly, the fiber bullet had pierced through Kotarok's thigh and severed one of the Black Dragon's wings, causing it to fall to the ground slowly.

BAM!

The massive body of the Black Dragon slammed into the ground with a loud crash, sending a cloud of dust rising like mist, covering the entire surrounding space.

Noan dared not let his guard down.

Although exhausted, he immediately moved backward, keeping a safe distance from the Black Dragon.

Suddenly...

WHOOSH!

Noan stopped, lowering his head, realizing that the Lancer had pierced through his chest at some point, though he hadn't noticed.

"Pff!" Noan coughed, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

However, the Lancer seemed to want to pierce through his chest completely, continuing to fly forward.

Noan tried to stop it, but...

Whoosh!

The Lancer immediately pierced through Noan's chest, flew back toward Kotarok, and was caught in his hand.

Before Noan's chest was a gaping hole the size of a hand, with fresh blood pouring out like a river.

He slowly fell to his knees, then collapsed on the ground and died.

Kotarok saw Noan lying in a pool of blood for a moment and suddenly spoke, "Finally, someone can take my place."

"50 years... 50 years trapped in this wretched place, and finally, I can be free."

"I..."

Smash!

Before Kotarok could finish speaking, he suddenly felt something pierce his heart.

He looked down and saw part of a needle protruding from his chest.

"What the hell?!"

At that moment, Noan's hand suddenly rose and clenched, his mouth mumbling, "Change!"

BAM!

The needle that had pierced through Kotarok's chest suddenly changed its form, immediately expanding.

"ACK!" Kotarok cried out in pain as the needle grew to over 30cm in length.

However, that seemed to be the limit; it could no longer expand further.

Kotarok gritted his teeth, and his hand immediately reached for the large needle.

But...

The needle disappeared.

"Dammit! Is it spatial energy?" Kotarok muttered. "But... he's already dead!"

It seemed to prove Kotarok's words wrong. Noan slowly stood up, and the wound on his chest had vanished, leaving no trace behind.

"What the hell?!" Kotarok jumped back, full of disbelief. "You're... you're not human, are you?"

Noan tilted his head, his hand waving, and the needle in his hand shrank back before spinning around at an incredible speed.

Though Noan was confused and didn't understand why a replica could talk and think like a real person, he didn't care much about it.

All that mattered was killing Kotarok and the Black Dragon to end everything.

Kotarok controlled the Black Dragon, but it remained still.

"Black Dragon, hurry up!" Kotarok shouted, and immediately, the Black Dragon opened its mouth, a black fireball slowly forming.

However, this fireball was even more terrifying than before, its temperature causing the ground beneath it to scatter.

Noan wasn't afraid, his eyes still locked on Kotarok as the needle in his hand spun faster and faster, creating a small vortex around it.

The strange black glow from the fireball made it appear like a dark sun, filled with destructive power and heat intense enough to burn everything to ash.

Noan could feel the heat from the fireball, enough to scorch his skin even though he was standing over a hundred meters away.

He swung his hand, and Kotarok, at the same time, raised his Lancer.

A beam of light appeared, forming a protective shield around Kotarok. In addition, five floating magical circles in five different colors appeared around him, emitting a blinding light.

"Foolish!" Noan muttered.

The needle in his hand vanished, and he used his spatial innate ability at that moment, causing his body to disappear.

"Where?!" Kotarok jerked, hurriedly trying to sense where the needle and Noan might appear.

However, as he looked around, he couldn't find the needle, and there were no wounds on his body.

GAOO!!!

Suddenly, the Black Dragon roared in discomfort. Kotarok frowned and shouted, "Black Dragon, what's happening?"

GAOO!!!

The Black Dragon seemed to ignore his commands, thrashing violently and causing Kotarok to lose his balance, nearly falling.

Kotarok carefully looked and saw that something was stuck in the Black Dragon's mouth, preventing it from spitting out the fireball about exploding inside.

"What the hell?!" Kotarok jolted, hastily jumping down and looking toward the Black Dragon's mouth.

A rather crude staff was lodged inside its mouth, preventing it from closing its jaws.

The black fireball radiated an ominous glow as if it were about to explode, causing Kotarok to panic.

"Damn it! I've been tricked!"

Indeed, at that moment, Kotarok realized he had been deceived.

He had thought that the needle in Noan's hand would attack him, but he never imagined that the needle had turned into something that blocked the Black Dragon's mouth, preventing it from releasing the fireball.

Kotarok found himself in a dilemma. If he tried to remove the staff from the Black Dragon's mouth, there was a high chance the black fireball would burn him and the Black Dragon.

But if he didn't act, the Black Dragon would surely die.

A problem without a solution, plunging Kotarok into despair.

"Damn it! I refuse to accept this!"

"50 years... 50 years trapped in this damned place, finally seeing a chance to escape. Why does fate treat me like this!"

"AAA!!!" Kotarok screamed in desperation and grief as if pouring all his hatred into that cry.

BAM!

A terrifying explosion rang out, and the world seemed to turn into two colors: black and white.

Then, a strange black glow enveloped the entire world.

The black glow was suddenly pulled toward a single point a second later. That central point was the black fireball, and then...

BAM!

Another explosion erupted, and a black light sphere rapidly expanded in all directions.

After reaching a diameter of over 1,000 meters, it stopped, radiating heat so intense that even the surrounding stones began to melt.

Noan was standing very, very far away. He couldn't tell how far exactly, but the earlier explosion made his ears bleed.

A wave of heat shot out like a shockwave, heading toward Noan.

"ACK!" Noan cried out in pain as he couldn't avoid this wave of heat.

His skin turned red from the burns and then caught fire, causing him excruciating pain.

A few minutes later, the space fell silent again. Everything within a 10,000-meter radius was destroyed.

Things within 1,000 meters of the explosion were burned to the point of turning into molten rock.

Noan's body slowly recovered, but since his energy was insufficient, his skin bore burn marks and scorch marks.

He moved farther away, where there was a crater over 1,000 meters wide and more than 50 meters deep, with two large black chunks of what seemed to be charcoal in the center, still emitting smoke.

Noan knew that these were the remains of the Black Dragon and Kotarok.

[Ding! Congratulations, you have completed the 10th floor challenge.]