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This Astral Trial is meant to be one in which the participants are supposed to fight increasingly powerful monsters while starting from the very beginning of the powertrain, namely, with the strength of mere mortals...
Azmodeus remembered how much Pan Nu struggled to dismount the wolf, attributing it to her strength being constrained to the Mortal Realm by the Astral Plane's Laws.
Which was all to say that the rest of the participants were likely no different when it came to their power reductions.
And then there was Azmodeus, the Unparalleled Crimson Devil Lord…
It looks like I'm likely the only one among all those taking the Astral Leap who started off above the Mortal Realm.
This thought of his was indeed correct, as not a single other participant possessed the necessary combat power to ascend past the Mortal Realm after the power reduction.
After all, no one else had millions of Physique's, one singular overpowered Physique, or the number of evolved Starry Laws that he had.
All of this was going towards the point that…
"I'm too OP…"
Azmodeus was beginning to realize that the level of cheat he was had already surpassed anything that the Astral Principality Princes could've predicted!
In the gaming terms that he learned from Earthlings, he had become a Max-level character in the Newbie Area, likely making that giant Arachnid one of the MiniBosses!
It's no wonder that the Infinite Evolution System told me to keep my head down for the next few days…
Before I get back to hunting, I'm going to need to alter my Cloak Traits in order to conceal everything around my approximate location, including what I'm about to do with various monsters.
If I put a few Comet Rank Formation Rune Array's into the mix while taking advantage of a couple spirit foods and spirit beasts with A.O.E. stealth abilities, then I should be able to conceal everything from the eyes of the all-powerful Astral Principality Princes.
After figuring out what he had to do, Azmodeus decided to get to work right away, as he took out a few Lunar Ascendancy Realm Beasts that he kept within an isolated dimension on Fallen Immortal Mountain.
He made sure to only take out the ones who could assist with the current objective, while leaving the rest to play around inside the Wonderland-like world that he set up in a sub-dimension.
Following this action, he went to a wide and expansive metal kitchen with a different Primordial Essence Clone, taking out various ingredients before summoning a few million Mirror Mirage's, all of whom turned into master chefs as they started cooking up a wide assortment of Comet-Rank dishes related to camouflage, power increasing, or stealth.
It was only after getting all of this out of the way that Azmodeus moved a couple dozen of his Primordial Essnece Clones into the Formation Rune Array Concoction and Creation Room.
This was where he had millions of his Mirror Mirage's get to work on improving his proficiency over the various professions, along with slaving away at making various objects of immense value!
Of course, to minimize material consumption rates, only the best of the products were allowed to be kept inside the 'Boundless Treasure Room', a separate pocket dimension that incorporated the unique aspects of Storage Rings in order to make a room that quite literally stretched out in every direction for infinity.
This was where all the valuable treasures, such as Formations, Rune's, Array's, Spirit Foods, a few peculiar beasts, and powerful weapons were kept, all of which were of the Comet Rank equivalent, with some even nearing the Meteor Rank!
There was also a treasure room like this one, but for materials instead, as it was called the 'Endless Storage Room'
All in all, that was basically everything that had been added to the interior of Fallen Immortal Mountain over the last few years.
On a side note, although the 'Fair Slave' work of the Mirror Mirage's might seem a little cruel as it was just recently implemented with the rank-up of the Mirror Mirage's to A-Rank, not a single one of them was complaining.
After all, every single Mirror Mirage and Primordial Essence Clone was based on the memory connection with Azmodeus's main body, essentially making it so that Azmodeus felt all their boredom as well.
Except he didn't feel just one person's boredom, but the boredom of millions of identical copies of himself…
It came as a great surprise that he hadn't already gone insane by now, but that just went to show the level of grit that he, along with all his clones, possessed!
There was absolutely nothing that could get in his way of reaching for more power—nothing!
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Time passed like a fleeting shadow, quickly and silently slipping away, as two months forever disappeared from the timeline of the Astral Plane, while less than a few hours had gone by for the residents of Fallen Immortal Mountain.
"Do you want to head over to that quaint little village in the distance, Pan Nu?"
Azmodeus's voice resounded from atop a giant wolf as he rode Pumpkin Wolfy while traveling across vast grassy plains at speeds surpassing Mach 1.
And while he was exploring the surrounding environment with Pumpkin Wolfy, he also made sure to farm all the Spiritual Beasts in the nearby areas, as no matter if they were in the Copper Rank or the Silver Rank, it only took a single finger in order to cut them down like pesky weeds.
In fact, as he was speaking, a monster in the Silver Realm started to awaken in the form of a large mountain in the distance.
However, before it even got the chance to open up its terrifying eyes, a far more terrifying ball of energy trailed toward its forehead!
BZZZNGG!
*Spurt!*
The energy beam penetrated the head of the beast in less than an instant, as Azmodeus received a few system notifications.
While this was happening, he listened to Pan Nu tell him that she would like to go to the village for more 'Diverse Treats'.
However, as the silly girl ranted about all the things she wanted to eat, a number of bright lights flashed in front of his face.
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