“Huh~”
Maximus took a deep breath and felt relief as he healed himself.
“It’s too dangerous,” he thought.
But, observing the increase in his soul’s will, he wanted to do it one more time.
Anyway, he knew he wouldn’t truly die.
He just let his soul crumble because he felt in that state, the increase in his Soul Will skyrocketed.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t convey this desire to stay longer to Tintin.
As his physical body and spiritual consciousness had been temporarily damaged at that moment.
“If I had stayed longer, maybe my soul’s will would have caught up to my soul’s amplitude,” Maximus thought but quickly shook his head.
“I should be more careful in the future.”
“After all, there are system points; there’s no need to endanger myself.”
After healing his body and soul, he looked around.
Just like him, the other students were recovering from the oppressive pressure they had just endured.
The top three powerhouses on the other hand gave them time to recover.
“I didn’t expect there to be no casualties.”
“Should we consider regulating access to the abyss realm for weaker individuals?” Fealna asked the other two.
“It’s feasible, but the only problem is protection,” Radius said.
“The reason we had no casualties is that the students had tier 9 protection amulets.”
“That is indeed a problem.”
“Anyway, we can just manage the entrance.”
“Whether they choose to enter or not is their problem,” Alabaster said.
He didn’t regard weaklings as the same as the other two.
One considers it his believer,
The other considers it a treasure for the future.
For him, However, weakling is just grass and trees.
Their only use is to add a bit of greenery and fresh air.
“That’s it; I will refine the rules later.”
“However, What I didn’t expect is the presence of mutated elite abyss creatures,” Fealan said.
“It should be just an anomaly.”
“It should not happen very often.”
After discussing the topic, they finally turned their attention to the recovered students.
“Congratulations on surviving,” Fealan smiled at them.
“You must be curious about your rankings.”
“Without further ado, here are your standings:”
[Maximus Shadowcrest: 56 billion]
[Skye: 49 billion]
[Elowen Shadowfang: 37 billion]
[Thaddeus Holycrest: 34 billion]
[Azura Runecaster: 33 billion]
[Selene Moonwhisper: 25 billion]
[Thalia Dawnchaser: 24.5 billion]
[Zephyr Thornfur: 22 billion]
[Azurith Voidwalker: 18 billion]
[Xandor Stoneclaw: 15 billion]
…
Looking at the scoreboard, they were shocked.
Although they now knew their real-time scores, they didn’t know about the others.
Seeing that the top 10 had scores in the tens of billions.
It left the people at the bottom astonished.
They had only managed to score a few hundred million after struggling and nearly dying multiple times.
Now they saw the leading player with a score of numbering tens of billions.
“Are we even in the same dimension as the top ten?”
“How can they do it?”
“Hey, we are only here as background,”
“Sigh, if I didn’t look carefully I wouldn’t even find my name”
“You should start at the bottom, maybe you’ll find it faster”
“Damn, there it is,”
“The last place? So that’s why you can’t find your name.”
The students at the bottom ranking were chattering, hoping to dilute their sadness.
As for the other three people from the Diving Continent who traded with Maximus?
Thanks to the transaction that brought them great ideas.
Even though they only had a few hours left, they still collected a few billion points worth of trash resources.
Plus the billion points worth of trash Maximus paid them.
They had reached the top twenty.
“Hehe, maybe we collect trash, but we’re still at the top.”
“No, we are the glorious envoys of God!”
“That’s right, we are collecting resources for the growth of believers in God!”
They chatted silently, bragging with each other.
“Alright, attention, everyone,” Fealan called their attention.
“For those ranked from 31 to 100, you can choose a treasure in the Etherium Vault.”
“The Etherium Vault?!”
“I heard the rewards are generous, but I didn’t expect them to be this generous!”
The people in the top 100 erupted in cheers when they heard about the rewards.
The Etherium Vault is the treasure place holding their realm’s world wonders.
If it were just some normal Tier 9 treasure, they wouldn’t be so excited.
However, every treasure there is coveted, even by Tier 9 apex sovereigns.
Unless they made sufficient contributions, dreaming of obtaining something from it would be futile.
As for where the treasures come from and how they are managed, it basically comes from two sources: the Chaotic Sea and the Void.
The Chaotic Sea can sometimes give birth to a world treasure.
In the Void, they can sometimes capture treasures that come close to the Etherium Realm.
In the past, countless powerhouses competed for such treasures, leading to numerous conflicts and losses.
Eventually, the top powerhouses had enough and began to formulate rules.
All the treasures found are now kept in the Etherium Vault, a vault where the world’s origin manages itself.
Even the tabulation of contribution points is done by the world’s origin.
As for how the powerhouses accomplished this, it seems that the world’s origin had some consciousness.
With the top powerhouses guiding it, the world’s origin quickly agreed.
“Now, for the top 11-30,”
“You can choose two treasures from the Etherium Vault,”
“As for those in the top 10-4, you get to select three,”
“Finally, for the top 3,”
“In addition to receiving five treasures, you also have the privilege of bathing in the Origin Mana Pool,” Fealan said with a smile.
“Origin Mana Pool?” Maximus inquired, clearly puzzled.
Tintin seemed to notice his confusion and proceeded to explain.
“It’s where the first and all the mana is produced.
“Bathing in it can enhance your potential and affinity!”
“Oh, I see,” Maximus nodded, seemingly unfazed.
“What’s wrong, host? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Tintin urged.
“It is said that this pool of origin mana can only be produced once in an epoch.”
“I know,” Maximus replied, though his tone showed limited interest.
“Tsk,” noticing Maximus wasn’t paying attention to her explanation.
Tintin hummed and returned to the token.
Maximus looking at this, didn’t show any reaction.
He didn’t really regard the origin mana pool as something.
With his current network, although he can’t buy an entire pool of origin mana.
Buying a glass of it is still possible.
Furthermore, with his potential point upgrading his affinity and potential is child’s play.
Nevertheless, he didn’t really disregard the value of the Origin Mana Pool.
After all, it can save him a considerable amount of system points and money.
Suddenly, a handsome man approached him.
“Maximus Shadowcrest, I’ll remember you,” Skye said, gazing at him intently.
“Don’t remember me too hard, or you may-” Maximus suddenly stopped.
He remembered that the one in front of him was disguised as a man, which is kind of weird.
“Or you may?” Skye looked puzzled.𝑂𝓋𝐋xt.𝒸𝔬𝐦
Skye had noticed Maximus mainly because of his remarkable healing skill.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have paid much attention, considering it a waste of memory space.
Skye, despite his immortality, frequently perished due to his reckless behavior.
Fortunately, the Etherium Realm is a safe haven where he can quickly regain his strength after each death.
His recklessness was a trait he hoped to fix, but with his immortality, he had chosen to forget about it.
Skye believed that true strength meant being able to do whatever he pleased without fear of death.
“Nothing,”
“By the way, it looks like you’re from the Beast Continent.”
“It seems we may not meet often,” Maximus shifted the topic.
“That’s true,” Skye fell into deep thought.
Maximus’s healing magic was so divine that Skye couldn’t bear to part with it.
While others could heal him perfectly well, Skye didn’t like it.
What they did was regenerate, whereas what Maximus did was reconstruct.
With Maximus, he could regain 100% of his training experience without any loss.
Despite being immortal, he didn’t like wasting time.
“Then I’ll come to the Arcane Continent,” Skye decided.
“Wait for me…” Skye domineeringly left, not waiting for Maximus’s reply.
“Oh, well then, good luck,” Maximus said in passing.
Finally, after a brief talk, they were teleported back to their respective continents.
…
In the City of Arcana, Tower of Arcana:
“Come here three days later to get your treasure,” Fealan hastily reminded and disappeared.
“It seems that we will receive our rewards three days later,” Azurith told Maximus.
“It appears so.”
“Hey, I didn’t expect you to take the number one spot,” Azurith said enviously.
Although in the beginning, Azurith had sensed something different about Maximus.
Azurith didn’t expect the difference to be so vast that Maximus would outperform everyone
Maximus even surpassed Skye, who was originally considered a prodigy in a thousand epochs.
“I’m just lucky,” Maximus downplayed his achievement.
“There is no such thing as luck without corresponding strength, Shadowcrest,” Azura Runecaster muttered from behind.
Azura was the 5th on the score list.
He is also the highest-ranked student in the Arcane Continent aside from Maximus.
“No, I am indeed lucky. Look,” Maximus displayed mountains of worthless resources.
“This is worth over 30 billion points,” he proudly explained.
“30 billion points?”
The other students had their mouths twitching as they looked at the seemingly tasteless materials.
“So we can get billions of points from these?”
Looking at the pile of trash in front of them, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of regret.
Perhaps they had been lazy and wasteful, only focusing on collecting high-tier resources.
“Strength is also required to obtain these kinds of resources,” Azura insisted.
He would definitely not admit that he had lost to this pile of trash.
In any case, Maximus had beaten them with over 20 billion more points, which was somewhat redeeming.
After exchanging contact information, they quickly departed for their respective destinations.
“See you again after three days…”