Chapter 93: World System Evolved
Chapter 93: World System Evolved
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
In the white room, Victor remained seated in the center of the chamber. His breathing rose and fell in a steady rhythm as countless streams of mana continuously flowed through every part of his body.
During these ten days, he had not moved from his position even once.
The only thing he had done was cultivate without interruption.
Suddenly, the familiar mechanical voice echoed inside his mind.
[Synchronization: 100%]
[I have completely merged with your mana reserve. I am now about to evolve into a higher form of system. However, I do not know whether the evolution will succeed or fail.]
Victor slowly opened his eyes.
His calm expression showed no surprise because he had expected this moment to arrive sooner or later.
"How long will it take?" he asked.
The World System remained silent for a brief moment before replying.
[I do not know.]
[I am about to evolve into a true system, one that can interact with the cosmic laws themselves. This evolution is unlike anything that has happened before. Therefore, I cannot estimate how much time it will require.]
Victor rubbed his forehead helplessly.
"Whatever."
"Just make it quick."
The World System ignored his complaint.
[Before my evolution begins, you should become a Martial Sage.]
[Once I start the process, your mana reserve will become the foundation of my existence. The amount of mana I consume during that process will be unimaginable.]
[I also believe that I will lose consciousness throughout the evolution.]
[If your body is not strong enough, you might not survive the mana expenditure.]
Victor slowly nodded.
He had already been preparing for exactly this situation.
During the past few days, he had pushed his cultivation to the limit.
His martial cultivation had already reached the Sixth Grade Martial Warrior Realm, a level comparable to an Epic Rank Awakener.
He calculated silently before speaking.
"It will probably take another month before I reach the Martial Sage Realm."
[You should become stronger as quickly as possible.]
[Ethereum is currently experiencing an extremely rare period of peace.]
[Diana Morningstar has already advanced to the Elemental Lord Realm. At this moment, she is the strongest existence on the planet, excluding the sleeping apocalypse beneath the world.]
[However, this peace will not last for long.]
[The Demonic Dragons will eventually sense the death of the previous invader. Once they realize what has happened, they will undoubtedly send another force.]
[Fortunately, only Elemental Lords are currently capable of entering Ethereum through White Dungeons and Purple Dungeons.]
[But if they discover a method to send an Elemental Sovereign instead...]
[Then the sleeping apocalyptic beast will not even need to awaken.]
[Ethereum will be destroyed long before that.]
Victor felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
"You really should learn to be more optimistic."
"You always speak as though the end of the world is right around the corner."
"You make me feel stressed every single day."
The World System remained completely silent.
Victor sighed.
He knew that silence itself was the answer.
Instead of wasting more time, he closed his eyes once again.
The Seventh Layer of the Martial Breathing Technique began circulating through his body.
Every breath carried enormous amounts of energy into his muscles, bones, blood, and organs.
His entire body trembled as overwhelming power continuously accumulated within him.
Victor could no longer estimate his own combat strength.
Even without reaching the Sage Realm, he believed that he could already fight opponents who had.
His Martial Breathing Technique granted him eight times the physical strength of an ordinary martial cultivator at the same realm.
That terrifying advantage alone allowed him to cross entire realms in battle.
A transparent screen appeared before him.
[Physique: 62.5 Million]
Victor stared at the number quietly.
Even he found it unbelievable.
His body had reached a level that ordinary mages could never imagine.
Every breakthrough had brought unimaginable pain.
His bones had shattered countless times before reforming stronger.
His muscles had torn apart repeatedly before becoming even denser.
Throughout the entire process, the World System had continuously healed his body using its own Origin Essence.
Although it could create Origin Essence from mana, doing so required an enormous amount of time and energy.
Without that support, Victor doubted he could have endured such brutal cultivation.
...
Meanwhile, outside the white room,
Diana had become busier than ever.
After ensuring that every injured Sage had completely recovered, she had immediately begun traveling across the entire planet.
Every Red Dungeon.
Every White Dungeon.
Every dangerous monster nest.
None of them escaped her attention.
Whenever news of a powerful dungeon appeared anywhere on Ethereum, Diana would arrive before anyone else.
She destroyed every threat with overwhelming force.
However, despite her incredible achievements, one concern remained buried deep inside her heart.
She still had no idea where Victor was.
She did not know whether he was safe.
She did not know what he was doing.
Nor did she know when they would meet again.
Sometimes, while flying across the skies, she wondered how Victor would react after seeing her breakthrough.
She had finally become an Elemental Lord.
She smiled unconsciously.
She imagined the surprised look that would appear on his face.
Boom!
A sonic explosion echoed across the sky as Diana descended into a vast foreign wilderness.
The entire region was filled with powerful monsters.
Numerous S Rank and A Rank monsters were rampaging through the forests, crushing mountains and terrifying every living creature nearby.
However, the moment Diana’s divine aura spread across the land, every monster froze.
Their instincts screamed at them.
As if death had arrived.
Without any hesitation, the monsters fled in every direction like frightened chickens.
Diana merely snorted.
She had no interest in chasing creatures that no longer posed a threat.
Instead, her gaze shifted toward the enormous Red Dungeon standing in the middle of the wilderness.
She calmly walked inside.
Five minutes later...
She stepped back out.
The dungeon behind her had completely collapsed before sealing itself forever.
What required entire armies to conquer had taken her only a few minutes.
She looked toward the distant horizon before soaring into the sky once again.
Her search for the next dungeon had already begun.
While flying, she contacted Nova.
"Nova."
"Can you create satellites now?"
"I think I will be able to protect them."
"No monster should be capable of destroying them anymore."
Nova’s cheerful voice replied almost immediately.
"Yes."
"I have actually been thinking about that for quite some time."
"Ethereum desperately needs a proper satellite network."
"Without satellites, monitoring the entire planet is practically impossible."
Diana nodded.
The reconstruction of civilization had finally entered its next stage.
...
Thirty days later.
Deep underground...
Victor’s cultivation finally reached its final step.
Boom!
It felt as though heavenly lightning had exploded inside every cell of his body.
His bones shattered into countless fragments before instantly reconstructing.
His muscles ripped apart and regenerated repeatedly.
His blood transformed.
His organs evolved.
Every part of his body was undergoing an unimaginable metamorphosis.
The pain was beyond description.
Even Victor’s extraordinary willpower was nearly broken.
Yet he endured.
Minute after minute.
Hour after hour.
Finally...
The violent transformation came to an end.
Victor slowly stood up.
An overwhelming aura erupted from his body.
His already majestic presence had become even more extraordinary.
He looked less like a human and more like an ancient ruler who had walked out of mythology itself.
Suddenly...
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
Eight terrifying beast projections materialized behind him.
Each one radiated immense killing intent.
Each one possessed terrifying pressure.
They were the dreamlike manifestations of the eight S Rank monsters whose blood essence Victor had refined into his body.
Another transparent panel appeared.
[Physique: 1.9 Billion]
Victor’s pupils slightly contracted.
Even he had not expected such a dramatic increase.
Every movement of his body contained overwhelming destructive power.
He felt as though a casual punch could shatter mountains.
For a brief moment, an uncontrollable desire to unleash that strength surged within him.
Fortunately, he suppressed the impulse.
Taking a slow breath, he looked ahead calmly.
"All right."
"I am ready."
"You can begin your evolution now."
The World System responded immediately.
[Evolution Process Initiated.]
The very next second...
A limitless ocean of mana burst out from Victor’s body.
The white chamber instantly became a sea of pure energy.
Mana flooded every corner of the cave before pouring into the surroundings without end.
If any true cosmic being had witnessed this scene, they would probably have cursed Victor for wasting such an astronomical amount of mana.
Such reckless consumption would have generated an absurd amount of universal entropy.
Fortunately...
There was no cosmic observer present.
No one complained.
...
Outside...
An unexpected disaster struck Ethereum.
Every person suddenly discovered that their connection with the World System had disappeared.
Status panels vanished.
Skills could no longer be viewed.
No one could access any system function.
Panic immediately spread across the planet.
Arthur stared at the empty air with a pale expression.
"What is happening?"
"This has never happened before."
The other Sages looked equally shaken.
Nobody understood what had gone wrong.
Only Diana remained relatively calm.
She did not have time to worry about the missing system.
She was still clearing dungeons across the world without stopping.
During the following ten days, countless news agencies published one ridiculous theory after another.
Some claimed that the World System had disappeared forever because Diana had become too powerful.
Others insisted that humanity had committed too many sins, causing the heavens to abandon Ethereum.
Some even declared that the apocalypse had already begun.
If Victor had heard those absurd reports, he would probably have slapped every one of those reporters before forcing them to use their brains.
...
Ten days later...
A familiar notification echoed inside Victor’s mind.
[Ding! Evolution Complete.]
Victor blinked.
"That is all?"
"There was no heavenly phenomenon."
"No terrifying vision."
"No cosmic storm."
He frowned suspiciously.
"Are you absolutely certain that you evolved?"
The World System sounded slightly offended.
[Hmph.]
[Why do you not look at your status panel first?]
Victor immediately opened it.
A completely different panel appeared before him.
[Name: Victor Walker
Title: World Master
Rank: Adept Rank
Martial Rank: Sage Rank
Evolution Points: 0]
Victor carefully examined every line. His eyes soon stopped on the final entry.
"What are Evolution Points?" he asked.
The World System answered calmly.
[As the World Master and the owner of this newly evolved system, you possess a unique privilege.]
[Whenever you kill life forms that do not originate from Ethereum, you will obtain Evolution Points.]
[These points are one of the highest forms of energy in existence.]
[They can be used to evolve anything.]
[Weapons can evolve.]
[Bloodlines can evolve.]
[Skills can evolve.]
[Physiques can evolve.]
[Even laws themselves can evolve.]
[As long as sufficient Evolution Points exist, nothing is truly impossible.]