"Hmm? This seems feasible!" Zar muttered, a light sparking in his eyes.
"Come on, good luck~"
As Zar approached, Maximus couldn't help but smirk.
He had long wanted to test the strength of these two mysterious figures.
Walking toward the two, Zar's expression turned cold.
"I want to challenge you to a fight."
"Don't disturb us, little brat," Nyx said coldly.
"It's not up to you."
Without another word, Zar attacked.
"Hmph! Ignorant little rascal!" Feeling provoked, Nyx stretched out his hand as a black hole of abyssal energy began to swallow Zar alive.
"Strong~" Instead of being intimidated, Zar's smile widened as he struggled against the suction.
Soon, increasing his power to hundreds of thousands of times, Zar tried to break free.
With a forceful nudge, Zar felt like hitting a solid wall.
Wiping his smile, his expression turned solemn.
Looking at Nyx, he quickly increased his power another million times.
With another grunt, Zar finally realizes his despair.
No matter what he did, he was still slowly getting sucked into Nyx's hand.
"It's useless… Now die!"
Closing his palm, Nyx's devouring power began to consume Zar's very being.
Feeling the threat of death, Zar no longer cared about the fight and unleashed a billionfold surge of power.
Shattering the devouring power, Zar quickly retreated in fear.
"Who are you?!" Feeling the injuries on his body, Zar couldn't help but stare at Nyx in terror.
Nyx seemed to be from a completely different realm as if he were already an Overlord.
"It's none of your business." Nyx waved Zar away, like an adult dismissing a child.
Nyx, as an incarnation of the Abyss Will, only sought to enter the Primordial Origin Realm—not for status or reward.
If not for wanting to conceal his incarnation from the Overlords, he wouldn't have even joined such a childish competition.
Seeing Nyx ignore him, Zar didn't press further.
The billionfold amplification had taken a heavy toll on his body.
Although, in theory, with his solid foundation, he could endure even a trillionfold amplification, it had to be gradual.
Jumping to a billionfold amplification instantly was like smashing an egg with a hammer.
Feeling his injuries, Zar could only glare at Maximus with a dark expression.
"Did you expect this?!"
"A little… I just didn't expect you would be so miserable." Maximus shrugged.
"You!" Feeling indignant, Zar nearly punched Maximus in the face.
"Hahaha, you should rest first." Maximus laughed as he walked away.
Such injuries should keep this troublesome child quiet for a few hundred years.
Taking one last look at Nyx and Sira, Maximus gave them a faint smile.
"It seems he noticed something~" Sira mocked.
Hiding their incarnations and clones from others, Sira and Nyx were in the same boat.
The only difference was that Sira didn't care if her clone was discovered.
It was merely a backup plan, not a necessity.
Nyx, on the other hand, was betting on his incarnation to break through the bindings of the Aeon Plane and finally become an Overlord.
Although he already had the strength of one, the gap between tier 11 and tier 12 was still immense.
"Hmph! If he reveals anything, I'll kill him myself!" Nyx muttered irritably.
A few months later, under their cooperation, the stronghold finally wiped out the Dark Beast Wave.
Returning to the stronghold, they couldn't help but celebrate.
"Hahaha, I earned 17 points this time—too easy!"
"If we could have a harvest every time, then I wouldn't mind staying here for eternity!"
One point was equal to one crystallized strand of causality. At such an exchange rate, a single individual earned more in this fight than a top sect could in a year.
As for worrying that no one would exchange the points, there were too many wealthy individuals in this trial.
"Those rumors about the dark beasts really scared us to death. Who knew they were so weak?"
"What a waste of feelings. I even had nightmares thinking I'd die the next day!"
"Hahaha, you're just a coward. How could the Overlords send us to die?"
Thinking back to the fear and dread they had experienced, they couldn't help but curse those who had spread rumors about the dark beasts' notoriety.
"Did any of you receive any merit? I heard one would be rewarded by the Aeon Plane for killing a dark beast."
Remembering they still hadn't received their due rewards, they looked around for answers.
"You still need to purify the dark beast's body,"
Suddenly, Lennox, who had been hiding in seclusion, appeared.
"Purify? How can we purify it?"
Having come into contact with the dark beast's body, they knew that without strands of causality or the help of an Absolute of Law, purification was impossible.
"I'll help you—for a price," Lennox said with a sly smile.
"Of course, merit. As long as you agree, I'll help you purify the dark beast, taking 70% of your merit."
Although the Aeon Plane didn't have a will of its own, it was still quite intelligent.
It knew who was who and what contributions they had made.
If Lennox purified the dark beasts without their consent, he might still earn merit, but it would be a pitiful 10%.
How could he accept such thankless work?
Looking at the numerous dark beasts they had killed, taking a 70% cut should give him decent progress.
"It took so much effort to kill the dark beasts—how can you take 70% by doing nothing?!"
Although they didn't know the exact details of merit, they knew 70% was far too steep.
"Hahaha, it's up to you whether you need my help or not." Lennox laughed, unbothered by their indignation.
"By the way, if you don't purify the dark beasts, after a period of time, they'll resurrect."
"Furthermore, because of the energy from your attacks, the dark beasts will come back even stronger," Lennox added with a smirk.
The thought of the dark beasts resurrecting made their faces pale.
Although they laughed earlier about how weak the dark beasts were, it had only been to vent their emotions.
In truth, even killing a single dark beast had pushed their bodies to the limit.
If the beasts became stronger, what would they do?
"Damn it, too hateful!"