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Chapter 173 World Crystal Fragment
Chapter 173 World Crystal Fragment
Chapter 173 World Crystal Fragment
In The Abyss World, Swamp Area:
A few hours later,
Maximus gazed boredly at the never-ending swarm of abyss monsters.
"I wonder where the source of these abyss monsters is..."
This thought took root in Maximus's mind as he suddenly stopped his fire spell.
"It's time to move," Maximus muttered to Tintin.
"Are we finally going to escape?"
"No, it's time to destroy this place," Maximus replied with a smile.
Suddenly, Maximus teleported a few kilometers away.
"Disappear," Maximus muttered under his breath.
His mana stirred up, and the abyss monsters slowly collapsed away like sand.
Then, he began teleporting every millisecond, erasing every life form within a kilometer radius.
Looking above, you could only see circles suddenly becoming hollow, like an eraser on a chalkboard.
...
In the City of the Arcane:
Maximus' sudden action caused disturbances in the leaderboard.
[Skye: 153,372,372]
[Elowen Shadowfang: 117,362,173]
[Thaddeus Holycrest: 108,134,237]
[Maximus Shadowcrest: 97,472,428]
+136,372
+162,163
+158,275
+124,573
The scoreboard jumped as if it had been hacked, and Maximus's position quickly climbed up.
Within a minute, he surpassed third place.
Five minutes later, he overtook second place.
After a quarter of an hour, Maximus claimed the first place.
[Maximus Shadowcrest: 177,472,428]
[Skye: 173,372,372]
[Elowen Shadowfang: 129,362,173]
[Thaddeus Holycrest: 128,134,237]
The movements of Maximus were watched by many.
Every flicker a group of abyss monsters is erased.
It seemed to grip their heart as they observed.
Soon, Maximus's points reached over 200 million before gradually slowing down.
"Huh~"
"Damn! If I hadn't watched the live feed, I would have thought he was cheating."
"Releasing top-tier spells a thousand times every second is truly inhuman!"
"It should be a special physique multiplying the mana capacity."
"Anyway, even if I had unlimited mana, my brain couldn't possibly process that."
"How amazing is this? What a core student he is!"
The people began to marvel.
What amazed them the most was not the seemingly unlimited mana but Maximus's quick execution of skills.
It was like an ordinary human turning a light switch on and off.
Even if given unlimited speed, the switch couldn't possibly handle being turned on and off a thousand times every second.
Moreover, casting a spell wasn't just about stringing up the elements and sending out mana.
It required a complex rune system and calculation to cast precisely what you desired.
...
In Maximus Manor:
The originally bored people, who were watching Maximus's live feed, were already standing up, eagerly watching him perform.
"Cool~"
"Dad is still the best!"
"Compared to Skye, Dad is superior!"
"Heh, that Skye was just showing off without much substance."
The children quickly abandoned their fascination with Skye as they bragged about their father to the skies.
"By the way, Lux, what happened to you?" Liam asked, noticing Lux changing expressions faster than flipping a book.
"I-I earned over 10 trillion," Lux stuttered with excitement.
"I knew that Daddy was about to explode."
"But what I didn't expect was for Daddy to explode into the sky!"
"Hehe, then don't forget about us later," Lux's brother and sister chimed in.
Maximus's wives were also fascinated, thinking about how domineering their husband was.
"As expected of my husband. He probably wasn't in the mood earlier."
"To think that we worried about him~"
"Not bad, your husband still has some skills," Denice praised.
She and her niece, Ella, were in Maximus Manor to watch the event together.
After all, even though Denice was a few thousand years old, she didn't have many friends.
"How about it? Are you falling for our husband?" Jane playfully poked her.
After marrying Maximus, Emma and Jane often bragged about it to Denice, their partner in crime from that night.
"Still not enough," Denice neither agreed nor denied.
"Then you'll have to wait!"
Maximus's wives looked at Denice with eagerness and temptation.
...
In The Abyss World, Swamp Area:
After Maximus's rampage, the swamp area seemed to have been erased by something.
The plants, trees, and abyss monsters were nowhere to be found, leaving only bare, smooth land.
At this moment, Maximus was standing in front of what he called an abyss source.
"Is this where abyss monsters are generated?"
Looking at the abyss monsters being generated.
He waved his hand to wipe them out as he walked closer to the abyss source.
Looking at the weird gem, he tried to grab it.
"What is this?" Maximus muttered.
With a scan of his system, he quickly learned what it was.
[World Crystal Fragment: Part of the world's origin, polluted by the abyss. Tier 4 ultimate treasure]
"Oh, this is an ultimate treasure?" Maximus was a little shocked.
"Host, throw it quickly; your body is being devoured!" Tintin warned, feeling the abyssal aura climbing towards Maximus.
"It's nothing," Maximus shrugged as he tried to expel the abyss energy.
Unfortunately, to his shock, nothing happened.
Instead, it seemed that the abyssal energy was becoming stronger.
"It's devouring my mana?" Maximus frowned.
Although the rate at which the abyss energy was creeping into him was slow, it couldn't be removed.
"Troublesome,"
Maximus quickly placed the polluted world crystal fragment in his system space.
He then studied the abyss energy, thinking of a solution.
Trying his combined elements, he succeeded in expelling some abyss energy.
However, the rate of propagation was much faster than his expulsion.
The frown on his face deepened.
"Let's see if the system can absorb this thing," Maximus thought as he instructed his system.
[+10,472]
"This..." Maximus was shocked to see that it could be absorbed.
"Another source of system points?" Maximus's frown faded away, replaced by a smile.
"What did you do, host? You removed it quite quickly," Tintin asked as she floated around his arms.
"Nothing, just a little trick." Of course, Maximus wouldn't tell her about his system.
"What an awesome trick!" Tintin showed a shocked face.
"If this can be applied to the World Crystal Fragment, then it would be great."
"Do you know about this thing?"
"Of course. According to records, explorers from the Etherium Realm found a lot of these World Crystal Fragments, which are the source of abyss monsters."
"After studying them, they noticed that it's part of a swallowed World Origin."
"According to theory, if the Etherium Realm can absorb these World Crystal Fragments, its advancement would be faster!" Tintin said excitedly.
"Unfortunately, there is this abyss pollution."
"If the Etherium Realm were to absorb it, it would also be polluted."
"No matter how they tried to expel the abyss energy in the World Crystal Fragment, it will come back," Tintin sighed.
"What a pity," Maximus feigned.
Hearing Tintin's narration, he thought a lot.
There are a few things that piqued his interest.
First is the usefulness of the World Crystal Fragment to the world.
If he can find a way to eliminate the pollution thoroughly, then he can help accelerate the advancement of the Etherium Realm.
Second is the nature of the polluted energy; it can regenerate endlessly.
Looking at the World Crystal Fragment in his system space, he ordered his system to absorb.
[+1,002,172,274]
"Huh?" Looking at the pure white World Crystal Fragment, he didn't see the abyss energy generating.
"Could it be it's devouring mana or other energy to generate abyss energy?"
"So that's why," Maximus concluded after a bit of thought.
His system space is a unique, self-contained area.
Anything placed in it will not leak any information unless it is controlled.
The reason why no one was able to eliminate the abyss pollution is due to an energy leak.
Even if they isolate it, eliminating the pollution relies on something that has energy.
His system is unique in this regard; it directly absorbs the abyss energy without any energy fluctuations.
Of course, maybe it's because the abyss pollution of this World Crystal Fragment is too weak to be detected by the system.
"A pity, I wasted a system point generator," Maximus sighed at his carelessness.
But knowing that he can thoroughly purify a World Crystal Fragment is also good news.
After he has enough strength in the future, he can help upgrade the Etherium Realm instead of waiting like the others.
"The Abyss Realm is really filled with treasure," Maximus muttered after sorting out a plan.
Anyway, now he would find more World Crystal Fragments so he can have another source of system points.
...
In Etherium Apex Colosseum:
The three top powers of the world were playing a three-way Etherium chess as they watched the live feed.
"A student got a World Crystal Fragment," Fealan said, making a move.
"It's just a useless product," Alabaster didn't bother and thinking about his next move.
"If only we had a method to purify it..." Fealan sighed.
"It's a waste of time; that thing is quite difficult to deal with," Readius mocked.
"Hmm, but if we had a way to purify the World Crystal Fragment?" Fealan asked jokingly.
"Then the situation would turn around," Readius and Alabaster finally looked at him.
"The Abyss World coming to devour us?"
"Heh, if we can really purify the World Crystal Fragment, then it would probably be a treasure house waiting to be looted."
"Hahaha, I hope there will be such a future."
"The Abyss Realm becoming our treasure house? What a grand dream..."