"Is that the diamond-rank BOSS?"

"What terrifying pressure!"

"Even looking at it from this far away makes it hard to breathe!"

Alan and the others felt their hearts tighten as they watched the Warrens Lord crawl out of the abyss.

Just by looking at it, they could feel Demonic Aura constantly seeping out from their bodies.

It was as if they would be assimilated into the demon race in the very next moment.

Compared to this BOSS, whose size and aura were both terrifying beyond measure, John’s figure seemed incomparably tiny.

"Guild leader... can he really contend against that diamond-rank BOSS?"

"I can’t see any chance of winning at all. That monster’s strength is way too heaven-defying!"

"Just that oppressive aura alone is enough to make us unable to even raise our hands. The guild leader is at too much of a disadvantage!"

...

Compared to the worries of his subordinates, John himself, who was about to face the enemy, was much calmer.

He looked quietly at the Warrens Lord, whose full body had now completely emerged, and seemed to be deep in thought.

"Generally speaking, the first kill of every BOSS rank gives pretty good rewards."

"This diamond-rank BOSS should be no exception. After killing it, maybe it’ll drop something good."

"Best case, it drops some useful talent. I heard that every player who wants to advance into a Divine Class needs the corresponding talent.

"My current talents are indeed strong enough, but they still don’t meet the standard for a Divine Class."

A Divine Class was a profession that players could only change into after reaching Level 300.

A player’s innate starting talent and class-change talents, even if all of them were SSS-rank, and even if their combat bonuses were extremely impressive, still fell far short of the requirements for advancing into a Divine Class.

Only by hunting BOSSes above diamond-rank was there a chance to obtain divine-class-exclusive talents. Alternatively, players could acquire them by completing Hidden Quests after Level 250.

John was currently only Level 200, so naturally, he could not accept such Hidden Quests yet.

Therefore, the only way for him to obtain a Divine Class talent right now was to kill a diamond-rank BOSS.

After successfully advancing into a Divine Class, a player would completely break away from the ordinary class system and obtain exclusive divine abilities, divine enhancement, and unique class buffs.

Once a player stepped onto the path of the Divine Class, their combat power would undergo an all-around explosive increase. They could even unlock divine inheritances and divine power that ordinary classes could never obtain!

It could be said that the Divine Class was the ultimate development path that all players dreamed of after Level 300.

If they could continue breaking through, they might even have a chance to become a god as a player! 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Boom!

While John was thinking, the Warrens Lord suddenly raised its arm.

A giant axe burning with Hellfire appeared out of thin air.

"You dare... kill my kin? Human, you deserve death a thousand times over!"

A hoarse roar came from the Warrens Lord’s mouth.

The demonic voice entered their ears, making Alan and the others’ scalps go numb.

But John was not affected in the slightest.

He merely tightened his grip on the dagger in his hand and aimed at the Warrens Lord’s throat.

Seeing this, the Warrens Lord let out a string of ear-piercing laughter.

"Hahahaha! You, an ant without even the slightest trace of divine blood, think you are worthy of opposing me?"

Clearly, this Warrens Lord had already touched the edge of godhood.

It could sense the difference between gods and mortals.

John did not answer. He merely turned his wrist.

Whoosh!

The red dagger instantly turned into a streak of flowing light and plunged straight into the Warrens Lord’s chest.

The latter let out a muffled groan. Before it could even raise its giant axe to resist, it was horrified to discover that it had already been struck.

"So fast?"

[-16,090,000!]

The Warrens Lord’s HP instantly dropped by a large chunk.

A look of shock appeared on its face. It simply could not understand why it had suddenly been hit.

But soon, that shock transformed into rage.

"A mere ant actually managed to injure me? You think you are worthy?"

The Warrens Lord roared furiously.

The next moment, the demonic axe in its hand suddenly erupted with violent Hellfire.

In just a few breaths, the flames spread outward and instantly enveloped John as well.

"This is Hellfire I borrowed from a god. Even if a true god came here, they would still suffer damage from it.

"A mere ant like you—let’s see how you withstand me."

The Warrens Lord’s sinister laughter rang out continuously.

John’s expression changed slightly, because he realized that he had truly taken damage.

[-290,000!]

This was the first time he had lost so much HP.

Logically speaking, with his defense, such a thing should have been completely impossible.

But under the burning of the Warrens Lord’s flames, his defense had really been broken.

"Impossible! Ordinary attacks can’t break through my defense.

"Unless this Warrens Lord used some special method."

John’s expression darkened. Although his HP quickly recovered, the feeling of having his health deducted made him very unhappy.

His gaze swept back and forth through the Hellfire.

In the end, he really did discover something strange.

"According to what it just said, this Hellfire was stolen from a god.

"In other words, it actually contains a trace of divine attributes.

"Once something reaches the level of a god, it can basically ignore the defenses of the mortal world.

"So I wasn’t actually injured by the Hellfire itself. I was injured by the Divine Attributes contained within the Hellfire."

After seeing through the essence of the Hellfire, John’s eyes lit up.

"Doesn’t that mean that if I can kill this Warrens Lord, I might also be able to obtain Divine Attributes?"

At that moment, the Warrens Lord’s value in John’s eyes skyrocketed.

How was this merely an ordinary diamond-rank BOSS?

This was practically a pile of Divine Attributes delivering itself to his doorstep!

Divine Attributes were exclusive attributes belonging to divine beings. Every single point was extremely difficult to obtain.

Moreover, each point was far beyond ordinary mortal attributes. Its effects could be imagined.

In his previous life, who knew how many players had gone bankrupt just to obtain a single point of Divine Attributes?

John had never expected that now, within this warren, he would encounter a way to obtain them so quickly!

"Hahaha. In that case, I’ll have to get serious!"

John sneered.

The next moment, his figure burst out from within the Hellfire.

In just an instant, he charged right in front of the Warrens Lord.

The latter’s eyes tightened. It subconsciously raised its giant axe to block, but in the next moment, it was sent flying by the Repelling Halo around John’s body.

"What?!"

The Warrens Lord was greatly shocked.

"How is this possible?"

"This human clearly doesn’t possess any Divine Attributes."

"And yet he can actually injure me?"

At that moment, the Warrens Lord no longer dared to look down on him.

After being injured by John twice in a row, it finally realized that the human before it was not simple!

Puchi!

One of the Warrens Lord’s eyes was directly stabbed blind by John.

[-19,390,000!]

If this had been an ordinary BOSS, this strike would have emptied its health bar completely.

But when it landed on the Warrens Lord, it merely reduced less than half of its HP.

As expected of a BOSS that possessed Divine Attributes. Its defense was indeed high.

But so what?

John gritted his teeth and directly pulled over half of his clones. At the same time, he gave Alan and the others an order.

"You hold back the monster tide for now. I’m going to end this quickly!"

When Alan and the others heard this, they hurriedly stood up and helped fill the defensive line left open by the missing clones.