With the dark beast reaching the stronghold, they hurriedly deployed all of their long-range attacks.
Seeing even Zar had to retreat, how could they dare to confront the dark beast wave head on?
Staying under the safe haven of the Stronghold, they remained calm even under the siege of the numerous dark beasts.
Closing on the stronghold barrier, the dark beast wave initiated a charge.
Under such a charge, the void creaked, shaking under the pressure.
Yet, looking at the stronghold standing firm and strong, an unconscious smile appeared on their lips.
"Come on, let the storm fall harder!"
With the protection of the stronghold, they felt unprecedented confidence.
No matter how many came, it was just meat on the plate waiting to be butchered.
Remembering Maximus' promise to provide energy indefinitely until the dark beast wave was over, they felt unhurried.
Some even had crooked minds, planning to slow down their attacks so that it would continue to attract more and more dark beasts.
Imagining the stronghold turning into an indestructible grinding machine, they felt excited.
As if seeing what was on their mind, Liam quickly reminded them of a time limit.
"If this dark beast wave still isn't over after thirty years, we will increase our cut to 60%."
"Leader, can you be more gracious? How could we clear this dark beast wave in just thirty years?"
"That's right, the time limit should be at least a hundred years!"
"Hmph! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking," Liam said coldly.
If he didn't give these bastards a time limit, they would abuse the stronghold's defenses, incurring an even bigger dark beast wave.
Although his father could produce an infinite amount of energy, he couldn't waste it just like that.
Seeing they were still complaining instead of clearing the dark beast wave, Liam thought of a compromise.
"Fine. If you clear the dark beast wave within 10 years, we will only take 10% of your harvest."
"Clear it within 20 years, and we will only cut 30%.
"However, once you cross 30 years and the dark beast wave is still not cleared, every subsequent year will increase your cut by 1%."
Hearing Liam's offer, they felt unprecedented excitement.
Although clearing the dark beast wave within 10 years was impossible, 20 years was doable.
Hearing their harvest would only be cut by 30%; they felt endless motivation.
Looking at the dark beasts bombarding their base like maggots, their eyes turned fiery.
"No time for games. It's time for you beast to die!"
Unleashing their full power, they became emotionless turrets, killing the dark beasts one after another.
Every second, thousands upon thousands of dark beasts began to fall like piles.
After they were killed, a special corpse picker stored them away to prevent them from being resurrected.
Like shadows in the void, they came and went undetected amidst the rampaging dark beasts.
After collecting enough corpses, they would split the harvest in half, keeping one portion for the Shadowcrest family, while the other half was distributed based on the contribution points they received during the battle.
Like a well-oiled machine, all processes seemed rehearsed, allowing them to kill dark beasts with efficiency.
If not for the depletion of energy, they could even attack without a single pause.
As for using strands of causality to quickly replenish themselves, they were not that extravagant.
Half of their harvest was already cut by the Shadowcrest family. How dare they still use strands of causality?
Meanwhile, in the Shadowcrest Laboratory, Zar looked around curiously.
"What do we do next?"
Excited to know what it felt like to have unlimited energy, Zar couldn't help but look at Maximus with a light in his eyes.
"Relax. I first need to run some tests, then create a device," Maximus smiled.
Directly supplying energy to Zar wouldn't work.
His infinite amplification skill consumed too much energy.
Zar also couldn't absorb energy while in a fighting state.
To cope with this problem, a special device was needed.
As for using his system to connect to Zar, it was impossible.
This was reserved exclusively for his family.
He would rather think of an alternative path than resort to such a mortifying plan.
Fortunately, he already had some experience creating the ether device.
Able to directly connect to an individual's physique and path, Maximus just needed to calibrate the device to become a two-way door, with him supplying energy and Zar consuming it directly.
"Mobilize your physique and path of law. Let me see," Maximus began.
Like an obedient child, Zar mobilized his physique and path of law.
He even controlled it deliberately, catering to Maximus' observation.
"Huh? This physique…"
Another reason Maximus wanted to help Zar was to study his nature.
The ability to infinitely amplify his power without damaging his origin was too incredible.
Although Maximus had origin explosion to do the same, it was too damaging.
Seeing Zar's physique, Maximus quickly entered omniscient mode to investigate.
Seeing such a complicated structure, Maximus couldn't help but be shocked.
It was more complicated than his Dimensional Source Physique.
Feeling it touched some fundamental rules of the Aeon Plane, an incredulous thought popped into his mind.
"Plane-level physique?"
"No, it's only pseudo," Zar corrected, hearing Maximus.
Staying in hibernation for trillions of epochs, his physique broke through the limit.
If not for not being the son of the plane and receiving its blessing, his physique might have fully broken through to the Plane level.
"It's still unprecedented," Maximus shook his head, seeing Zar was still unsatisfied.
One had to know that a Plane-level physique could only be achieved under the sacrifice of a plane.
Getting such a bargain after just sleeping, Zar was luckier than Atlas, the real son of the Aeon Plane.
That kid only got a peak ultimate origin physique despite being the son of the plane. How dare Zar still complain?
This was like waking up in a mountain of gold, becoming richer than the son of the empire, yet still wanting more.
"Hey, who wouldn't want to be more talented," Zar smiled, regaining his confidence.
Being called the most talented creature in the Aeon Plane was no joke.
"Alright, stop grinning. I can't concentrate."