Soon, Maximus returned to searching for materials, hoping to encounter another abyss source.
However, the disturbance he had caused was far from over.
In the City of Arcana, at Maximus Manor:
“D-dad is truly amazing,” they struggled to find words to describe what they had just witnessed.
“Is that really our dad?”
“So awesome, so mighty!”
“As expected, our dad is the strongest in the world!”
Maximus’s children erupted in cheers as they witnessed the fight.
Despite the countless battle videos throughout history, their father’s style was quite unique.
It was a straightforward battle style: as long as you had mana and had mastered the spells enough, you were good to go.
But what made Maximus’ style unique was his seemingly unlimited mana and his ungodly mastery of spells.
If others tried to emulate his style, they would either deplete their mana reserves or perish due to their own spells.
“It’s indeed our husband who is the greatest.”
“I didn’t realize that our husband’s strength had reached such heights.”
“What’s wrong, Denice? Are you already falling in love with our husband?”
They teased Denice, who was lost in thought.
“Hmph!” Denice blushed but didn’t reply.
After all, Maximus was the one who took the jewel that she kept for thousands of years.
Although she wouldn’t admit it, she was slowly falling for Maximus.
Her previous excuse had been that Maximus was weaker than her, but now it had been overturned.
“Hehe, I’ll see how long you can hold on,” Maximus’s wives thought to themselves in silence.
…
Outside, the students were already in a carnival-like atmosphere, watching the overwhelming spectacle.
“Is he really a Tier 5?”
“Impossible! With such power, I’d believe it even if he said he was a Tier 7.”
“Hehe, you’re ignorant. Maximus must have a dimensional-ranked physique.”
“Mastering all the elements, coupled with that physique, makes it possible.”
“Dimensional-ranked physique?” The students contemplated this idea and nodded.
Indeed, having a dimensional-ranked physique made such feats possible, especially when combined with a genius talent.
As for physiques higher than that, it was beyond their cognition.
In a dimension, there could only be one ultimate physique.
Even then the chances of a dimension giving birth to one is close to impossible.
They were only able to identify dimensional physiques because all the world-destroying geniuses possessed them.
Like the strongest Tier 8 Holy Emperor of the ages, Ashoka.
The top three powerhouses of the world: Fealan, Alabaster, and Radius.
The only anomaly was Malgron, who shattered all this preconceptions.
Still, they didn’t believe that Malgron’s physique was of a higher rank.
They just attributed his overwhelming strength to exceptional combat intelligence.
…
In the Etherium Apex Colosseum:
The top three powerhouses were also shocked by Maximus’s outburst.
“Another dimensional talent!”
“Hahaha, this is the blessing of the Arcane Continent,” Fealan laughed happily.
“It’s just pure luck,” Readius said enviously.
“It’s merely a dimensional talent; it’s not like we don’t have one.”
“A talent is just a talent, after all,” Alabaster added.
“That is, except for that monster,” Readius muttered, thinking of Malgron.
“Tsk, such a monster should not be born in this world.”
“Hey, let’s not talk about that monster,” Readius said, fearing that Malgron would sense them.
“Don’t worry; we didn’t mention his name, so it should be all right.”
“Furthermore, he’s stuck in the Abyss Realm; there’s no way he can reach us.”
…
Deep in the Abyss:
“Is someone talking about me again?” Malgron murmured.
“It must be those brats who dived into the Abyss…”
Although he couldn’t feel the Abyss’s movements in real-time, he could still sense its disturbance.
Knowing that a few talented geniuses had come to train in the Abyss piqued Malgron’s curiosity.
“I wonder how talented the people from the Ethereal Realm have become.”
Throughout all the epochs of his battles, his ultimate dimensional physique had reached Rank 10.
If it weren’t for the world’s frustrating limits, he would have already advanced to unknown heights.
Unfortunately, before advancing to Tier 10, he couldn’t leave his source.
Otherwise, he would have already gone to another dimension to advance.
“Hehe, let me give you some challenges, little brats…” Malgron smirked and strangled an Abyss monster in front of him.𝔬𝔳𝗅xt.𝒸𝑶𝑚
“Now, go rampage, show them a glimpse of the Abyss.” Throwing the abyss monster, he muttered.
…
A month later:
“Huh~”
“Another Tier 4 World Crystal fragment!”
This month, Maximus continued his job of giving the Abyss Realm a ‘haircut.’
By now, large patches of the Abyss seemed to be bald, leaving only sand or dirt.
Even the once-rampant Abyss monsters were nowhere to be found.
Counting his harvest, he already had 10 Tier-4, 3 Tier-5, 1 Tier-6, and 1 Tier-7 World Crystal fragment.
If a Tier 7 fragment could provide him with 80 million points per day.
Then a Tier fragment 4 would yield tens of thousands, Tier 5 fragment would yield hundreds of thousands, and Tier 6 fragment would yield millions.
While Maximus was collecting resources, he finally encountered other students.
“People from the Divine Continent?” Maximus thought, noticing their divine aura.
“People from the Arcane Continent?”
The group approached Maximus, contemplating their next move.
“You must have gathered many resources,” they inquired.
“Yes, there is plenty,” Maximus replied confidently.
With only three people on the other side, even if they multiplied their numbers a thousand times, they were no match for him.
Observing that Maximus showed no fear, they backed down slightly.
“As expected from people of the Arcane Continent; you’re resourceful.”
“How about teaming up with us?” they suggested.
Testing Maximus’s strength, they couldn’t help but feel apprehensive.
Provoking someone like him in this perilous land was dangerous.
“No, I’ll go alone.”
“By the way, do you know where I can find an Abyss source?”
“Abyss source?”
“It’s the one that creates Abyss monsters,” Maximus explained.
“Oh, that one. We have a few with us.”
“We only knew one, as for others we already harvested them.” They said.
After all, the World Crystal Fragment was a precious resource.
If they could get their hands on it, they would not let it pass.
Although it can’t directly upgrade the Ethereal Realm.
The abyss pollution it releases can help strengthen the soul’s will.
“Can you tell me the locations? Don’t worry; I can pay,” Maximus proposed.
The payment he referred to was Abyss Resources.
After all, those who had come to this land were the most talented individuals in their continent.
They couldn’t possibly be short on magic crystals.
“Sure, we accept 1 billion worth of resources in exchange for the location of the Tier 7 Abyss Source.”
“Did you find a Tier 7 Abyss source?” Maximus asked excitedly.
A Tier 7 Abyss source was worth more than all of his low-tiered World Crystal fragments combined.
“Mmm, unfortunately, we are too weak to get it ourself.”
“That’s unfortunate.”
“Anyway, I want to get information about the Tier 7 Abyss source.”
“Are you sure you can handle it?” They looked at Maximus with puzzlement, mixed with fear.
Daring to face a Tier 7 Abyss source alone, either Maximus had something to rely on or was insane.
“Don’t worry about it, I’m sure.”
“Alright, the Tier 7 Abyss source is located at…”
“Thanks, here are the resources,” Maximus took out mountains of trash resources worth a billion points and hastily flew away.
As they looked at the pile of trash in front of them and then at the departing Maximus, their mouths couldn’t help but twitch.
“Did we just get fooled?”
“Damn people from the Arcane Continent are really liars!”
“They really don’t have a hint of integrity in their blood!”
“But it’s worth a billion points, isn’t it?” One of them said, counting the points given to them.
“Uh?”
“Is it also possible to gain so much from trash?”
There was silence as they exchanged glances.
“Should we also…” They looked embarrassed broaching the topic.
“Hmph! It’s our duty to bring back resources to our world!” One of them thought of a reason.
“That’s right, this is our duty as Envoys of God!”
“Praise to the mighty gods!”
“Praise to the mighty gods!”
“Praise to the mighty gods!”
…
After Maximus obtained the coordinates, he quickly took action.
Looking at the dense Abyss monsters, he couldn’t help but be excited.
“Let’s begin…”
Learning from his past mistakes, he controlled his output within the range of his will.
“Blinking Light…”
Maximus began to flicker, sending light into the gloomy Abyss.
This was a newly created spell.
It concentrated all his mana into a singularity and then exploded.
With the addition of all of his elements, its power was maximized.
Flash*
Flash*
Flash*
It seemed that light became the nemesis of the Abyss monsters as they disintegrated, like a vampire meeting the sun.
Soon, the place became as clean as polished marble.
“Huh~”
“The control is much better,” Maximus nodded in satisfaction.
The only reason he was nearly swallowed by power a month ago.
Is because the spell he unleashed can only cause uncontrollable destruction.
Although it took him longer to eliminate the Abyss monsters.
With newfound control, he felt much more in tune with the fight than when mindlessly pouring out mana.
“The second Tier 7 World Crystal Fragment!”
Just as he was about to celebrate, an earthquake occurred.
If it were just that, he wouldn’t be worried, but he felt an oppressive force bearing down on him.
“What happened?!”