Chapter 493: Killing The Enemy
A few years later, after taking a vacation in the Etherium Realm, his children returned to their lives.
Having reached the Tier 10 realm, they had to complete various missions outside their sect's dimension.
With the Tier 11 Protector by their side, Maximus didn't worry about their safety.
However, some of his children still remained at home.
Max and Ella wanted to have another child. Finding the Etherium Realm to be the perfect place, they extended their vacation for hundreds of years.
Joining them were Nathan and the others from the Ashura Sect.
Their killing intent had grown too intense and uncontrollable, which could cause problems in the long run.
Alongside them were Neo and Aria, wanting to take care of Ethan who was still too young.
Though the two were lazy, they didn't want their son to grow up parentless and without their guidance.
Thus, despite the pressure from their sect, they decided to stay in the Etherium Realm.
Meanwhile, Maximus turned his attention to the Blood Ragnarok Realm.
This was a ticking time bomb; if he didn't solve it soon, it could cause more casualties than he could handle.
After saying goodbye to his wives and children, Maximus headed to the Blood Ragnarok Realm with Fealan.
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Blood Ragnarok Realm:
Entering the void portal, Maximus stepped into one of the outposts of the Etherium Realm.
The area was protected by a Tier 10 barrier array, shielding it from enemies and the dimension's suppression.
"Is this another form of divine energy? How interesting."
Unlike other divine energies, where believers produce it and gods absorb it, here all creatures—whether animals, mortals, or even peak powerhouses—produced divine energy.
However, instead of being absorbed by a single individual, it was dispersed across the world for everyone to absorb.
Studying this unique divine system, Maximus thought about the advancement path of the Amalgamation of Will.
The Amalgamation of Will is currently a tier 9 energy system.
Its crystallization only increased its power and concentration, but it hadn't elevated it to a higher energy tier.
Now that he was in the Tier 10 realm, he planned to deduce a higher form of the Amalgamation of Will.
Perhaps, if it became a Tier 10 energy system, the causality of power it could produce would also increase.
While talking to Fealan as they explored the Blood Ragnarok Realm, Maximus noticed that the ordinary people there were still living peacefully.
Some had even integrated with the people of the Etherium Realm, forming a society.
When Maximus asked Fealan about this, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Viewing the Blood Ragnarok Realm as already under their control, Fealan and the others planned to maximize their profit.
From plants, trees, rocks, animals, to even the population, they wanted to keep everything.
Aside from the Tier 10 powerhouses and a few stubborn Tier 9 individuals, they didn't kill anyone indiscriminately.
They even provided supplies and knowledge to keep the population in check.
Because of this, majority of the people in the Blood Ragnarok Realm were ready to surrender.
Unfortunately, without the approval of their dimensional master, it was just a wishful thinking.
"However, without the dimensional master, the majority can decide," Maximus muttered excitedly.
If the dimensional master was eliminated, with the majority of people surrendering, the Etherium Realm could win the dimensional war without further bloodshed.
"This seems feasible," Fealan nodded in agreement.
With Maximus' strength, he could easily kill the dimensional master of the Blood Ragnarok Realm.
That way, there would be fewer casualties in the conquest of the Blood Ragnarok Realm.
Without delay, Maximus began spreading his domain to search for the dimensional master.
After advancing to the Tier 10 realm, his domain had evolved considerably.
The original passive expansion could now be fueled by origin crystals to extend rapidly.
With hundreds of billions of origin crystals, he expanded his domain beyond what was thought possible.
Not only could it cover a Tier 9 dimension, but even a Tier 10 dimension would fall within its reach.
"In the core of the world?" Maximus smiled, teleporting to the location.
"Who are you?!" a voice shouted in alarm.
"A Tier 11 powerhouse? Are you guarding this place?"
"An enemy," Gregor, the Tier 11 protector of Grimnir, muttered solemnly.
Gregor had been assigned by the Pantheon Alliance to protect Grimnir.
He hadn't expected Grimnir to be unlucky enough to face such a formidable opponent.
With thousands of Tier 10 subordinates and slaves, the Etherium Realm was even stronger than most Tier 10 dimensions.
Looking at the dimensional master of the Etherium Realm before him, Gregor frowned.
A Tier 11 individual couldn't participate in a war between Tier 9 dimensions. While he could protect Grimnir, he couldn't fight back.
Feeling the power emanating from Maximus, Gregor wasn't sure if he could fully safeguard Grimnir.
"Leave this place. I won't interfere in the war. Just kill the majority of the population, and you'll win. No need to take this path."
If the Blood Ragnarok Realm fell, Grimnir would lose his dimensional authority and bindings, allowing Gregor to take him out.
"I don't want to. I want the Blood Ragnarok Realm intact, so I can only kill the dimensional master behind you," Maximus said playfully.
Though Gregor was a Tier 11 individual, Maximus could sense that he hadn't even mastered 1% of the River of Law.
Such a protector wasn't even worthy of carrying the shoes of his children's protectors, who had at least 30% mastery of the River of Law.
Lily and the others were even protected by a power that had fully mastered the River of Law.
Hearing Maximus' words, Gregor's anger flared.
Maximus was only at the Tier 10 realm. While Gregor felt pressure, he was more concerned about Grimnir's safety.
As a Tier 11 individual, no matter how powerful a Tier 10 opponent was, they couldn't harm him.
Locating Grimnir, the dimensional master of the Blood Ragnarok Realm, Maximus didn't hesitate and attacked.
Bam!
Gregor hurriedly blocked the attack, feeling a sharp pain.
"Don't get in the way if you don't want to die," Maximus muttered.
The less he provoked the Pantheon Alliance, the better. Although he had the backing of three top forces, he didn't want to owe any favors.
Hearing this, Gregor didn't move. This mission was given to him by the Pantheon Alliance. If he failed, the punishment awaiting him would be torturous. What was mere pain compared to that?
"Then die!"
Seeing Gregor's stubbornness, Maximus amplified his attack a hundredfold, launching a devastating blow.
A mutated origin energy, carrying the force of a hundred trillion of magnitude of power, left Gregor unable to even move.
Boom!
The attack ripped through the space node, continuing forward and tearing a hole in the Blood Ragnarok Realm.
The blast seemed to signal the end, halting the fierce battles between the two sides.
No matter how strong they were, in the face of such power, they were mere ants.
Unsure which side the assailant belonged to, they hovered in the air, awaiting their fate.
Perhaps only Fealan knew that it was Maximus who just arrived in the Blood Ragnarok Realm.
"How powerful. As expected of the man chosen by my daughter!" Fealan thought, standing proudly as if he had been the one to make the impressive display.
Meanwhile, having eliminated the interference, Maximus turned his attention to Grimnir.
Impaled by a broken Tier 12 treasure and corroded by the causality of power, Grimnir was barely conscious.
Just as Maximus was about to finish him off, his system stirred.
"Hmm? It can absorb this corrupt causality of power?" Maximus muttered in shock.
He thought his system could only absorb pure causality of power, but it seemed it could also collect the corrupt kind.
Urging his system, it absorbed the corrupt causality of power from Grimnir's body.
Without the corruption of causality of power, Grimnir slowly regained his consciousness.
"Who are you— Arrgh!" Before Grimnir could finish speaking, a bright light greeted him, ending his life.
Maximus didn't care about such an insignificant being and began studying the causality of power absorbed by the system.
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[Causality Points: 1.024 Million]
[Corrupt Causality Points: 3,621]
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"It can really absorb corrupt causality of power!"
Unlike pure causality of power, which can be used for cultivation, corrupt causality of power is laced with malice and destruction.
This energy is commonly found on battlefields, in relics, and abandoned dimensions.
It's a poisonous energy that even Tier 11 individuals who have mastered the River of Law keep their distance from.
"But what's the use of corrupt causality of power?"
Aside from attacking and destroying, Maximus couldn't think of any other way to use such poisonous energy.
Using the Seal of Truth, Maximus sat down to deduce the potential uses of corrupt causality of power.
As for the commotion caused by the death of the dimensional master of the Blood Ragnarok Realm, it no longer concerned him.
After thousands of epochs of deduction, singling out every possibility, Maximus' eyes lit up.
"Comprehension... no."
"Cultivation... no."
"Material for the liquid solution... no."
"Improvement for dimensions... no."
"Promotion of physique rank... yes."
"Promotion of physique grade... yes."