Escaping a disaster, the family couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
"How could those dark beasts be so sensitive?"
In the outer area, no matter how much commotion they caused, at most, a few hundred or thousand dark beasts would be attracted.
However, here, just a few days of fighting attracted billions of dark beasts swarming toward them.
"It's the chaotic miasma. The thicker it is, the more sensitive and stronger they are," Maximus explained.
After studying dark energy for thousands of years, Maximus concluded that these dark beasts were almost invincible in a chaotic energy environment.
Maybe even an Overlord would have a hard time killing a tier 11 dark beast if the fight was conducted directly in the chaotic void.
Having experienced firsthand the power of a tier 11 dark beast, they couldn't wait to purify it for merit or materials.
Using strands of causality, they slowly melted away the dark energy, keeping the most essential parts of the beast intact.
"The merit is ten times higher!"
"With this, it would only take hundreds of years for our path to advance to ocean level!"
"Tsk, killing these beasts for days has been worth it."
Although it was harder to kill tier 11 dark beasts, the return ratio was more generous.
They could even save strands of causality during purification.
Meanwhile, purifying the dark beast for material, Maximus couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.
"It's more cost effective..."
Because the tier 11 dark beast had a stronger and tougher body, purifying it for materials was more cost-effective than using tier 10 dark beasts.
If it would take 10 billion crystallized causality to condense a tier 12 ultimate material using tier 10 dark beasts, then it would only take a few billion using the tier 11 dark beasts.
"This should be what the ultimate materials they were selling in the outpost were made of," Maximus thought, remembering the ultimate materials he bought from those absolutes.
Although using the feral beasts still didn't reach the desired price of hundreds of millions per tier 12 ultimate material, the Apex-level dark beasts should suffice.
Even the Predatory-level dark beasts might bring the price to about a billion crystallized causality.
(Feral, Predatory, Apex, Primal)
Unfortunately, looking at the map, it would still take some time before they could hunt Apex-level dark beasts.
Situated in the deepest part of the dark domain, it would take hundreds of years for their void ship to reach it.
The problem wasn't the distance or the time it would take.
Maximus and his family could even stay on the ship for thousands of years without any problem.
The problem was they were defending the passage of the Aeon Plane.
They were not here to attack but to defend.
Once the Aeon Plane is breached, much less all of them being disqualified, a huge repercussion might occur, destroying a part of the plane.
To prevent any accidents, Maximus could only wait until those talents became stronger.
He estimated that once at least a thousandth of them reached the river level, they could defend the stronghold without any problem.
Enhancing the path of law was now easier than ever.
As long as they could solve the bottleneck, they could even advance to the absolute realm.
Maximus even tried to move the progress of his Ocean of Knowledge; unfortunately, it was in vain.
Stuck at 59%, no matter how much merit he received, it wouldn't budge.
Without a long precipitation of time or a boost from a higher path of law, it could no longer improve.
Turning to his family, they had already finished processing all the dark beasts.
Seeing their brimming fighting intent, as if wanting to destroy all the dark beasts, he could only shake his head.
Like prospecting and mining for gold, they were like hungry jackals searching in the void.
Encountering a lone group of tier 10 dark beasts, they killed them like cattle and sheep.
After a swift move, storing all their harvest, they escaped, looking for yet another target.
Going on for years and years, their excitement didn't fade.
Watching their path of law begin to move forward, inching toward the ocean of law, they couldn't wait to fight day and night.
As they wandered, studying the map projection, Maximus detected a nearby lone predatory dark beast with a group of feral dark beasts on its back.
"Let's see if they can handle this," Maximus thought with interest, instructing Wanderer to change course.
A predatory dark beast was equivalent to a master of the river of law.
Being stronger than their counterparts, Maximus wondered if his family could defeat it.
Soon, as they reached the range of the dark beast, his family also sensed something unusual.
"Hmm? Why does that dark beast feel different?"
Although the same size as the others, it moved with agility.
Like a fish swimming in the sea, not only was it faster, but it could also maneuver in all kinds of ways.
"That's a predatory-level dark beast. Let's see if you can beat it."
"A predatory dark beast?! Haha, then let me go first!" Max muttered in excitement.
Without waiting for their reply, Max dashed toward the dark beast without any fear.
Helpless, they could only follow, planning to support him.
Taking the feral dark beasts away from the battlefield, they left Max to fight to his heart's content.
"Oh~ It can fight back!"
"If Max doesn't get serious, he's finished this time."
"Be ready to support him when necessary."
While whittling down the dark beast's life, they watched as Max got beaten up by the enemy.
Controlling its body to near perfection and disregarding all defense, the dark beast exchanged blow after blow with Max.
"What a brute. Who fights ?"
"Can't he dodge? He'll die if this continues."
"No need to worry. Max must have a plan," Maximus reassured them.
Seeing the glint in his eyes, it was clear Max was confident in his strength.
Soon, mobilizing his path of law, his special physique, and the entity of the supreme law of wrath, Max's body began to expand.
"Hehe, time for round two..."