Ten years passed…
Maximus and Skye strolled through the city leisurely, to recover their psyche after the battle.
As they walked, people gazed at them like idols, their eyes shining.
“Look, it’s the two new monsters!”
“Hiss, don’t be too loud; maybe they’ll eat you.”
“But I heard they were quickly nice.”
“Shh, that’s only if you shut up.”
A group of fresh blood who just arrived at the Eternal Ruin stronghold chattered about them.
Over the ten years, Maximus and Skye had become quite famous.
After surviving the grueling ten years, their standing in the stronghold reached that of top squads.
They also broke records from time to time, until they were regarded as the fastest-rising stars.
“Maximus,” Lor, who found them, greeted.
“Is there something?”
“No, I just want to congratulate you on being promoted to Vanquisher,” Lor smiled.
Vanquisher was already the highest-ranked status beside Executioner.
With this rank, Maximus could set up a shop in Purgatory City.
“Thanks,” Maximus smiled.
In this decade, although the abyss monsters he killed outside the stronghold couldn’t be counted in the contribution points.
There were still two to three abyss monsters attacking the stronghold every month.
Maximus and Skye didn’t hide much of their strength and fought with the main abyss monster alongside the top squad.
All of this elevated their status rank like no other.
“By the way, did you two really not want to join any squad?”
“No, not for now,” Maximus shook his head.
A few years ago with their fame, Top squads issued invitations one after another.
Unfortunately, Maximus and Skye were loners who couldn’t be tempted by anything.
“Hey, what a pity,” Lor sighed.
“Then be careful; We are traveling closer to the abyss source layer now.”
“The danger should be multiplied a hundred times,” Lor advised.
“It seems that there is some truth in your words,” Maximus smiled as he pointed outside.
An abyss monster exuding a fearsome aura, stronger than all the abyss monsters he knew was just outside the stronghold barrier.
With it was a group of abyss monster army that should be at least tier 7 elite.
Turning his head, Lor’s face couldn’t help but be gloomy.
“A tier 8 Lord-level abyss monster!”
“We’re done…” The people beside them said blankly.
A tier 8 Lord-level abyss monster was a bit stronger than an apex sovereign. \
If the three apex sovereigns in their stronghold didn’t move, they were truly over.
“Calm down, retreat carefully to the core of the stronghold!” Lor instructed.
The core of the stronghold abyss is the emergency retreat place they specifically designated.
It is the strongest structure in the stronghold, capable of withstanding multiple attacks from beings at the level of an apex sovereign.
Hearing Lor’s words, the panicked crowd seemed to have found their support and quickly flew toward their retreat.
Maximus was not too panicked and looked at the abyss monster with interest.
He wondered what rank of abyss source was in this abyss monster.
During these ten years, with the harvest he had from the abyss monster he killed and the annual exchange auction.
He had already amassed about a thousand normal quality tier 7 abyss sources.
Making his daily system points harvest reach a whopping 100 billion!
This is also his confidence in standing here and look straight into the Lord-level abyss monster without fear.
With over a hundred billion system points daily, most of his copied domain and special physique began to be integrated.
From attack, defense, speed, and auxiliaries.
His strength took another leap up.
Now, he could kill a tier 7 Lord-level abyss monster without much effort.
Unfortunately, through all of this good news, he still couldn’t break through the abyss realm barrier.
It seems that dimensional breaking domains and physique are not enough.
Fortunately, there is his bug of unlimited mana.
A few years ago, as soon as he finished integrating this dimensional barrier, domain, and physique, he tried to sense the Etherium coordinate.
Unfortunately, as he tried to activate his barrier-breaking skill, he was rebounded by a huge force.
Seeing it was not effective, he revised his plan.
He was inspired by the special physique, abyss focalization.
Condensing one’s strength in one point, you can attack a head of your tier.
Merging this with the dimensional barrier-breaking skill, he saw hope.
With enough mana, he can accumulate this atomic bomb-like attack until it can explode the world.
Now, after a few years of running in, under the supply of his unlimited mana.
The attack that was accumulating in his dimensional storage was already as big as the sun.
If anyone was here, they would have huge palpitations as if facing a great extinction.
Maximus estimated that he only needed a few decades more before he could go back to the Etherium realm.
Although it was still a longer time than estimated, at least he was able to go back to his home.
…
Soon most of the people in the stronghold retreated, as the top squads remained.
“Are you sure you want to fight in this?” Lor asked with a smile as he looked at the two.
“It’s only a few million tier 7 elite abyss monsters and a few lord abyss monsters,” Maximus said, shrugging his shoulders.
“Hehe, this should be fun!” Skye smiled.
“You two…” Lor shook his head.
“Just wait later, after the three apex sovereigns lure the tier 8 Lord-level abyss monster, we can attack,” Lor said.
“Just to ask, all the harvest is ours this time, right?” Skye asked, like a money fan.
“Yes, this tier 8 lord abyss monsters should be enough for the apex sovereigns,” Lor nodded.
Hearing this, Maximus smiled.
With the scan of his system, he already saw tens of thousands of tier 6 abyss sources in some abyss monsters.
There were even a few hundred tier 7 abyss sources hidden.
Although it would make the fight harder, it would also make the harvest richer.
As the abyss monsters bombarded the stronghold barrier, the top squad remaining felt a mix of nervousness and excitement.
Finally, after a few minutes of attack, the stronghold barrier crashed like a breaking glass.
“What pitiful beings…” the tier 8 abyss monster spoke in their language.
As a Lord-level abyss, its intelligence was no joke.
In just a few minutes of attacking the stronghold barrier, it had already studied the language of the beings living in it.
“You should worry about yourself first,” an apex sovereign, Yagan, the god of Fire and Volcanoes, said.
“Oh? A stronger ant?” the abyss monster mocked.
“What?!” Yagan exploded as the fire in his body was like boiling magma.
“Relax, just think of it as a talking Shit,” Hytrid, a tier 9 mechanic and alchemist who mastered the law of metal, conformed.
“That’s right, you shouldn’t talk to this kind of monster in the first place,” Melk, the leader of the Falcon tribe who mastered the law of wind, said.
“Three little ants…” the abyss monster muttered angrily like a deep abyss.
“Hehe, look, a Shit is talking,” Yagan mocked, listening to his two partners.
“Enough…” The abyss monster didn’t want to talk any longer and attacked.
A huge group of abyss aura suddenly gathered, forming an attack.
“An elemental-type abyss monster?” Melk muttered, seeing the abyss aura forming into thunder.
“Die!” The abyss monster said as the storm of lightning descended into the stronghold.
Suddenly, a wind barrier barely parried the attack.
“Let’s take this outside; it’s too dangerous,” Hytrid suggested, sweating as he saw the stronghold was nearly destroyed.
“Alright,” the other two nodded.
“Come here, you piece of shit!” Yagan cursed as he crashed a ball of fire into the abyss monster.
“Hmph!” The abyss monster was also angry and followed them.
It can’t withstand the mocking of being from a low dimension.
As a Lord-level being in the abyss, it also had some pride.
…
“Too strong…” Maximus thought, looking at the leaving abyss monster.
Just the strike of thunder earlier, he didn’t know if he could survive scratch-free.
Fortunately, it seemed that the tier 9 apex sovereign in the stronghold was not some fledglings.
They should have mastered at least 70 percent of the essence of law.
“Ready!” Lor suddenly yelled as the tier 7 abyss monster began to descend.
“Finally, a fight!” Skye clenched her knuckles as she got ready.
Maximus also turned his attention to the abyss monster.
“I hope you give me some entertainment…” Maximus thought as he also got ready.
Spreading his domain, he locked one of the tier 7 lord abyss monsters who was coming to them.
“Crazy!”
“What a lunatic!”
A few squads near him cursed, seeing he locked a tier 7 abyss lord on his own.
This is something that even top squads need to group together to kill, yet Maximus presumptuously attacked it alone.
“Do you need help?” Lor asked.
“No, do your thing,” Maximus shook his head.
He also needed to show some strength from time to time.
Furthermore, there are three tier 7 lord abyss monsters.
With their current state, if the lord Abyss monster three attacks simultaneously, there would be a lot of casualties.
Attacking one is just right as they kill the other two.
“Okay, then be careful,” Lor nodded.
Although he didn’t know the exact strength of Maximus, seeing his confidence, there should be no problem in a short time.