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Chapter 759 - Just one day

Even hours later, we still sit there, back after two more rounds of making more pancakes and getting some drinks to go with them. Chocolate milk, for example, or some fancy brands of freshly pressed fruit juices whose names I can’t even read.

At some point, we take off our shoes and walk into the sea and let the waves wash over us as we wade there. My mom shows me her favorite places and spots where she saw whales far in the distance. She talks about sailing on a smaller boat and how ...

Chapter 758 - Pancakes

As per the last messages I sent to Earth, I learn my mom is currently on a nice tropical island that I reach by ramping up the use of kinetic energy. During my flight, I notice fighter jets in the distance, but they disappear quickly before I can fly toward them and check them out up close.

But the closer I am to my destination, the more I notice myself slowing down. When I see the island in my view, my speed is barely faster than a car and slow down even further.

My destination i...

Chapter 757 - Party pooper and Grumpy

“So, how does it look here on Earth so far?” I ask. To not waste any time, I start manifesting and weaving together weapons made of manabloc that I put on the floor.

“Please make some simple square plates, cubes, and orbs, I’m selling these, and pass some to scientists I hire,” Channeler says as he sees that. “I would say it goes as well as it can in the current situation. Sure, they try to control us, but they have a smart person or two who realizes it will be near impossib...

Chapter 756 - Threat Assessment: Extreme

After exiting the bus, I move through the city. I either stretch Ley Lines or use Wraith Dance to pass miles upon miles in mere seconds. With the city I grew up in as a base for comparison, my abilities feel incredible. The street that took so long to pass now requires just a mere second, and the hour-and-a-half-long bus travel is barely longer than that.

Finally, I come to a stop and look around a small park I start walking through. Though Earth is awakening, and there must be rumors, ...

Chapter 755 - Where are you headed?

POV Sophie Martinez

When the fight ends, the wall on the side of Nathaniel's room explodes, and I see his figure step through before using that kinetic movement to appear near us.

We don't say anything, and neither does he, as he looks us over. Then he lies down on the ground before saying, "Lily, I might need a bit of help over here."

The body upgrade that he seemed to have gradually gotten under control now, for some reason, ravages his body again.

L...

Chapter 754 - Vessel

The flash blinds me, and I observe the rest with my other senses. The initial fireball heats up, reaching a temperature I cannot even grasp properly. It quickly grows, surrounding both of us and reaching further. Everything inside of it is set ablaze.

I grab currents of heat from the explosion in between us. It is the hottest I have dealt with until now, and dealt is a strong word. Thankfully, there is no need to deal with a body upgrade if you almost do not have a body.

...

Chapter 753 - A glass of juice

Another piece of metal ore gets pulled into Jean's hand, and he throws it. It breaks through the barriers, slowing down a little, and even then, the fire shield melts it into glowing liquid metal, which drops and falls across Sophie's body, burning through her skin.

The same happens with another, bigger piece, and liquid metal splashes across Sophie's face, burning her lips and chin.

Jean throws Blackie away again, and while pulling the piece of stone Sophie is on, he continues to...

Chapter 752 - It almost makes sense

The first person to challenge Lily is another thylarin with six arms. In each of his hands, he holds a dagger. There is no waiting either, the fight starts right away in a sudden burst of speed.

The arena is still the same, a huge floating island with a few dozen more islands of various sizes floating around it. Some of them are connected to the main one with long vines, others float there freely. Some hold forests, others mountains, and some flatland with lush grass. It is all high in ...

Chapter 751 - Open Challenge Circuit begins

One of the first people to return from the event is Tess, who cleared her dungeon with Maya. Coming to the area, she halts in her steps, seeing us resting there against Wolfy's slowly moving belly as he breathes. Her disciple is sleeping, and her tiny arms are put over my chest in what almost looks like she is hugging something in her sleep.

I would throw millions of people off the balcony for her.

"Tess, if you wake her up, I promise I will become your worst enemy," I say softly ...

Chapter 750 - Everyone knew it was coming

From the kids, I learn that it is possible to summon a personal screen to watch the event. It is even possible to filter out people to watch the person you want. So, of course, I now sit outside, resting against the side of Wolfy and surrounded by kids, Lily on one side and Biscuit, who, even this time, does not participate in the event.

Same as that black-haired bulldozer, the corgi stays in the common area, and even for the same reason, though he is not as forceful about it as she is....

Chapter 749 - Should have expected that

The third event starts, leaving the disciples behind while their masters enter inside. The minion tournament should take place before the last event, with me still wondering if the black wolf will participate.

I do not enter this event, as I do not want to be kicked out right away, and it seems like Lily doesn’t participate either. The very same who had promised me she would join it now remains behind inside of the barrier with me.

“I thought you were okay and could join the e...

Chapter 748 - How do you become an Absolute?

During my wait for the next event, I am interrupted by a bus-sized, pitch-black wolf with not a single hair of a different color. Only his eyes are golden, shining with deep intelligence. I get a feeling from him, not dissimilar from Biscuit, just much weaker, even now.

Biscuit's disciple appears in the common area the same way many other disciples do, as people summon them thanks to their rewards from the previous events.

There is obvious screaming and all that stuff, but most of...

Chapter 747 - Others you should be wary of

POV Lily Chen

When Nathaniel returns to the common area, he immediately sits down.

At first, nothing happens, he simply sits there, dealing with his body upgrade. But after a few seconds, his shoulders begin to shake. A moment later, he coughs, and a bit of his blood sprays onto the ground beneath him.

I do not step in, but I worry that he may have wounded himself too much again and is in pain. That thought disappears when I realize what is actually happenin...

Chapter 746 - Stampede

The location of the first event is huge. It is entirely flat land covered with ruins, stretching as far as I can see from the screen. These ruins are not the remains of buildings, but of some sort of gigantic structures. Some resemble pillars, others are broken arches, or, most strangely, an enormous cube broken apart.

Both the Earthlings and our opponents are spread all over. They are not separated, the humans are mixed with the tall, blue, multi-armed thylarin from a planet I have lea...

Chapter 745 - Events for the 3rd tournament

This tournament has only four events over the duration of five days. It is less than before, and the tournament is shorter too.

What I keep thinking of is that the fact that it is impossible to die during events might push the planets to fight against each other. I would not be surprised if this entire setup is designed so that we attack each other. Us being on two separate floating islands clearly hints at that. All paired with the fact that people can die outside the events.

It ...

Chapter 744 - All me

From where I sit on the ground, I watch the transparent half figure above Adrian lift into the air somewhere in the distance as wings grow from its back, and with Adrian hanging beneath it, he flies toward the second floating island.

I only have time to wonder what I should even call him in my mind before the mess I put myself into becomes too much and forces all my focus onto it. Lily tries to come back to heal me, but I gesture for her to stop and instead try to deal with it on my own...

Chapter 743 - Earthling

I watch as the back of that transparent figure over him splits, and two more arms grow from it. Both reach toward me, pushing through the torrent of my mana and thermal energy, until they touch my shoulders. Like the Hornless Demon, Adrian calms my raging mana and helps me circulate it, easing the pressure so we can talk.

“I have always liked people capable of pushing themselves this far,” he says with a calm smile, “what you have done is impressive. Truly impressive. The sheer fa...

Chapter 742 - Hello

The rest of my time before the tournament, I spend in Beyond, only returning to the ninth floor to go over some things with Lily or to observe what Maya and Sophie are working on with thought acceleration. I take a lot of notes from that, adding everything to my own preparations.

Biscuit moves with me in and out of Beyond as he wishes, and during these weeks, he becomes infamous in the Headquarters of Primordial Knights. I often sense his primordial energy as he "plays" with yet another...

Chapter 741 - Into the final stretch

POV Weslin

For the remaining hours, I keep watching the event and come to the realization of what the Ruler of Humility likely wanted to show us. Most of the assholes on the screen are out of their depth. They are slow, they do not handle pain that well, and they are unused to their bodies being so weak. Though as time goes on, everyone keeps improving as they adapt. After all, all of them are Hell difficulty and Beyonders, so it would be lame if they did not adjust. 2025-11-23 10:03:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 740 - Sticks and stones

There are a bunch of people around me, and one of them, a selari woman, almost tackles me right away. But she miscalculates her speed, and I avoid her, only for another man to tackle her to the ground, where he starts punching her. Someone throws a rock that scrapes the side of my head and sends blood running down my cheek.

I rush in first before anyone else even finishes adjusting to their weakened bodies. My own body feels so slow, so weak. All the extra senses are gone, reduced to th...

Chapter 739 - It had to happen one day

Well, it had to happen one day.

We now have the best doggo of Beyond.

I stare at Biscuit by my feet, and he stares up at me. He is back in his adult form, wearing a cute royal blue vest with many pockets. It even has tiny bags filled with pieces of dried meat as if he has been preparing for an expedition.

I blink. He blinks.

“What the fuck is that?” one of the Primordial Knight’s demons asks while passing near the lounge.

(Food!) Biscuit shouts, an...

Chapter 738 - Seven days

An hour later, I enter the main room, doing my best to avoid any member of the Dusk Horizon tribe who might want to challenge me to a duel. Walking across the way, too strong, man-eating, skyscraper-like tree, I examine it as always, though not too intrusively. It might notice and try to eat me to fill its daily macros by using me as a protein source.

I try to imagine how much stronger one of the reanimated beings on the fifth floor of Beyond is compared to this tree, but I just don't h...

Chapter 737 - Investments

Looking at it from any reasonable point of view, it should be impossible for Biscuit to produce this much saliva, not in his puppy form. It has already been five minutes, and I still lie there while he keeps licking my face, hair, neck, anything he manages to reach.

A few times, he even pushes his butt against my face as he turns around to bite the hem of my shirt and tug at it playfully. That makes him stumble and shove his butt even harder into my face before barking at some invisible...

Chapter 736 - When the time comes

It takes a few days, but while I deal with the damn wound, I also take care of other things. I find out it really is possible to rent out a residence, and for a surprisingly high price too. I do it through the Japanese salary woman look alike realtor.

Of course, she gets a cut, but this way I don’t have to deal with people, and I would rather not think about what the residence will be used for. I just really don’t want to know.

For now, I rent the place for three months and wi...

Chapter 735 - Instrument

It’s already been a few days since our short mission to the hideout of what was left of the Eternal Clowns, and my wound still hasn’t healed. Everything else did, but where that white lightning pierced through my side, where sparks hit my face and body, the wounds remain. They don’t heal, they make me slowly bleed out, even forcing me to use my thermal healing passive just to keep up. Morwag also still doesn’t have his leg back, even though he’s healing faster, and a big part of it ...

Chapter 734 - NORA

POV Brich

It has been a few days since my failure to get possession of that low pristine armor Isolde wanted to study so badly. She paid a lot of shards for the information about the Eternal Court’s location. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be! If not for that man’s eyes, maybe…

I shudder and shake my head, trying to push away the memory of that gaze. Those gray and brown eyes with golden circles around the pupils filled with potential. I’ve seen a few...

Chapter 733 - White lightning

The sky above us turns darker as heavy clouds gather even though it’s midday, and the wind starts to pick up. Between the dark masses of clouds, white lightning crackles, but the sound it makes is unlike any other I’ve heard before. It sounds like it tears the sky as it passes through.

In the center of that storm, Lyraen floats, and for a moment our eyes meet before he glances at the armor lying at my feet, thinking.

I don’t like it. Not at all.

In response, my mana bu...

Chapter 732 - Thieving rat

Morwag, still gripping Brich, swings the lumoran the second time and slams him into the ground with another sickening crunch, and I see Brich’s neck snap.

Before Morwag can swing again, that same neck twists back into place with an even worse crunch, and his eyes open wide. In a burst of quick movement from his back, Brich draws Calvorn and slashes at the demon, who raises his arms to defend himself.

I don’t have time to watch further. Two more figures appear and rush toward t...

Chapter 731 - Fine gentlemen

The place around us starts to fall apart as I expand the field with kinetic energy and hold it steady. All the debris, even the dust, freezes in the air, but there’s one thing I can’t stop from moving.

Even through all of this, Morwag climbs out from behind the wall I sent him through. The cracks spread around him as the debris falls down, but then even that stops, frozen midair.

That same maniacal smirk crawls back onto his face, and for the first time, there’s a wound on h...

Chapter 730 - Feral animal

POV Nathaniel

The secret base isn’t as populated as I thought it would be. I think the number is around fifty people, or at least that’s how many of the Eternal Court remain. Everyone else is either dead, left the guild, or scattered across the other floors. Even from these remaining numbers, only around ten percent are what I’d guess are Locals, with most Locals being smarter and likely leaving in greater numbers.

But Morwag doesn’t let that fact stop him...