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Chief Thalassa hopped off his mount and stepped in front of Rudra. The scarred warrior looked deadly serious.

"Listen closely, Challenger," Thalassa warned, pointing his jagged spear at the doors.

"Inside is the exiled Starfish King. Do not fight it in the deep water. That beast draws its life directly from the sea. As long as it touches the water, its flesh will knit back together in seconds."

"So it has infinite regeneration," Rudra said.

"Worse," Thalassa grunted.

"If it feels threatened, it will physically tear off pieces of its own flesh. Those severed limbs will instantly grow into new, fully formed starfish warriors. It will multiply endlessly as long as it has water to heal the wounds. You must out-damage its healing before it builds an army." Rudra scratched his chin.

"Out-damage a regenerating water boss in a giant pool of water, while it summons endless mobs. Sounds interesting."

"It is a battle of attrition and remember the starfish warriors are still a part of the Starfish King, so you wouldn't be able to grow by fighting them like you did in the previous trials," Neria added.

"So I can't grind exp, huh," Rudra mulled over but he didn't mind much since just killing this monster should allow him to reach the next level. Rudra: Level 299 (99. 8%) Rudra grabbed his dark metal staff, Extortion, and pushed the heavy doors open after making sure to activate the [Mumud's Weapons Enchant] skill. [You have entered the Fifth Trial of the Orca Archipelago!] The inside of the temple was a massive, indoor saltwater pool. The water was perfectly clear and deep blue.

Floating dead in the center was a massive, five-pointed monster covered in thick, rocky purple spikes. It was easily the size of a small house. [Exiled Starfish King Lv. 430] The moment Rudra stepped through the doors, the Starfish King shifted. The water rippled. Rudra's passive stat immediately flared. A system prompt blinked rapidly in his peripheral vision. [Super Sensitivity detects a massive buildup of mana in the target's limbs!] [The Starfish King is preparing to sever its own flesh to summon subordinates. Interrupt the cast!]"Yeah, we're not doing that today," Rudra said. He didn't jump into the pool. He looked directly at the massive starfish. He used the new spell he had just learned from the whirlpool trial. [Spatial Anchor]. This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. A heavy, geometric box of blue light slammed down around the boss. The spell bound the monster to its exact spatial coordinates. The giant Starfish King completely froze in the water.

The mana building up in its limbs violently fizzled out. It couldn't move a single inch. Rudra dashed to the edge of the pool. He reached down and physically grabbed the very tip of one of its massive, spiked tentacles. He planted his heavy boots firmly against the wet limestone tiles. He channeled every single point of raw Strength he had in his stats.

"Come here!" Rudra grunted. He pulled. The spatial lock held the starfish rigid, making it incredibly awkward to move, but Rudra's absurdly high physical strength completely overpowered the monster's natural weight. The limestone tiles cracked under Rudra's boots as he strained. He hauled the frozen, building-sized starfish straight out of the water along with the spatial box. With a massive, roaring heave, he dragged it completely over the edge and flipped it onto the dry stone floor.

The [Spatial Anchor] shattered. The Starfish King thrashed wildly, its heavy limbs smashing against the dry stone. But it was too late. It was out of the pool. Without the water to heal it, the starfish was just a giant, squishy punching bag. Rudra gripped Extortion with both hands and then went to work. [Avalanche]. He brought the dark metal staff down on the center of the boss. The heavy metal cracked the thick purple spikes. The blue lightning stored inside Extortion exploded outward. He kept swinging.

Because he didn't stop, his [Saint's Momentum] triggered. His attack speed and physical damage multiplier quickly scaled up. The heavy staff became an absolute blur. Thwack. CRACK. The Starfish King screeched. It tried to tear off one of its own limbs to summon a minion, but Rudra just smashed that limb into a pulp before it could detach. He didn't give the boss a single second to breathe. He just beat it down with raw, stacking physical strikes. He crushed its central core in exactly three minutes.

The massive body stopped thrashing. It dissolved into a massive pile of grey ash. [You have gained experience] [Level Up!] [You have cleared the Fifth Trial.] [You have exceeded the limits of the trial by killing the boss before it could summon a single subordinate!] [As a reward, All Stats +20!] Rudra smiled, resting Extortion on his shoulder. Beating the bosses in an efficient way was highly satisfying. A new system message popped up in front of him. [You have acquired the Title [Starfish King Slayer]!] [Starfish King Slayer] [You carry the stubborn, undying will of the Starfish King. - Maximum Health increases by 50%. - Health Regeneration doubles in the presence of water. - Regeneration + 100 - Any Starfish or aquatic beasts you meet will feel highly hostile towards you.]"I'll take it," Rudra grinned as he looked at this title with excitement since this title was absolutely broken, since he can create the presence of water anytime he wants using [Pressure Zone] skill.

His health bar instantly shot up, the red gauge extending massively across his vision. And the extra 100 stats points to Regeneration was a cherry on top, since ever since this stat exceeded 1000, the effect of each stat point's effect was quite noticeable. He didn't care if a few random fish hated him; the raw survivability was a massive upgrade. [The Champion's Rite] [Progress: 5 / 15 Temples Cleared] He turned around and walked out of the temple doors, stepping back onto the bright, sandy beach.

As he left he looked at the prompts he got when he leveled up to reach Level 300 again and got his third class awakening.