A cold smile appeared on Yuta's face as he looked at the system screen, growing even colder and more sinister as a dim light, a mixture of gray, green, and red, began to shine brightly from between his palms.
His cold and sinister smile vanished, replaced by satisfaction, while sweat poured down his body. Had it not been for the Time-Acceleration feature, he would have needed to remain at the scene for months for the process to take effect.
Afterward, Yuta sat in a lotus position, his hands away from his body, and opened a portal leading into his own dimensional space.
He murmured in a low voice, "Spirit Realm Essence, Forgotten Realm Essence, 10,000-Year-Old Soul, Life Gu, Destiny Gu, Death Gu, Time Gu, Soul Reaper Jewel, Soul Manipulation Pendant, Forgotten Underworld Ruler's Eye, Dust from the Bottom of Failure, 14 Rank 9 Slave Gu, Core The ethereal essence of an ancient dragon, flames from a hellish realm, the flower of hope from the lake of despairing tears...
The resources that Yuta had extracted from a dimensional space gradually appeared until they were fully visible, floating above him in various colors. Yuta's expression was calm and unaffected by the fact that he hadn't found any of the Gu of Time, Destiny, Death, or Life. However, this didn't mean he hadn't searched for these Gu. In other ordinary worlds, these Gu also existed, which is why he had searched for them during the break granted to him by the Verselkin Academy. He used the billions of monsters he had obtained from the Gate of the Rulers' Graveyard. Although their number was in the millions, they had multiplied within his own Spirit World to become this enormous quantity.
He had been waiting for this moment since entering this world, and this was the best time to upgrade and develop his Spirit Eyes to the next level.
Furthermore, having obtained all the resources that were under the control of the system, he no longer cared about the number of times he might fail. With immortality and regeneration, no harm would befall him, and being A splinter means it doesn't possess a soul to begin with, so it can't be harmed in any way.
Yuta closed his eyes, a mixture of crimson and deep violet, and began to focus on the process of fusion and development.
"Spiritual Essence, Forgotten Essence, and Hope Flower from Lake of Despair's Tears: Melt!" Yuta's voice was calm as he unleashed his power upon the Hope Flower from Lake of Despair's Tears, the Spiritual Essence, and the Forgotten Essence.
The Sunflower, which was the Hope Flower from Lake of Despair's Tears, and the Spiritual Essence, which resembled a cool, translucent gray gemstone, and the Forgotten Essence, a mixture of charcoal black and light white, began to fuse.
They fused together to form a ball the size of a basketball, emitting several different colors in varying shades.
After several seconds, a light green portal appeared, leading to the world where Yuta stores the souls of those he kills.
A deafening scream erupted, striking terror into the hearts of all who heard it, yet he remained unmoved. Belqam released over 20 spirits toward a ball floating in the sky.
As soon as the spirits touched the multicolored energy ball, they began to melt into it with such incredible speed that they couldn't even scream.
After three breaths, the ball grew to the size of a butcher's wheel for three seconds before shrinking to the size of a tennis ball. Meanwhile, the ball's color began to change, becoming a mixture of apricot green, cool gray, and light gold.
The light emitted from the ball wasn't very strong and was dim, just enough to illuminate a space with different colors.
Several minutes passed before a round, smooth-edged jewel appeared, radiating a glow that was a mixture of apricot green, cool gray, and light gold.
Yuta opened his eyes, the crimson color of his irises intensifying, and focused his gaze on the disc hovering above.
He murmured quietly as he looked at it, without opening his hand for even a second, because doing so would disrupt the Eye of Enslavement evolution ritual. A spirit and an eye played with a spirit, and upon him, the search resumed for the Spirit Ring, which was extremely rare, along with several other resources considered so rare even by a ruler of a full Existential Path.
Yuta gazed at it for several seconds. "The symbol of a survivor of oblivion, the first piece is complete," Yuta's voice held a hint of satisfaction as he raised it above his head.
Yuta's expression shifted from satisfaction to a sharp edge, as if the smile of contentment hadn't graced his face just moments before.
He spoke in his usual calm tone, "The Soul Reaper Jewel, a 10,000-year-old soul, a Gu Mot."
A fraction of a second later, a greenish-black object shifted. It was the Soul Reaper Jewel and a statue of an old man. A soul was trapped within it, and a black skull-shaped Gu emanated from a suffocating death aura.
They fused, forming a black cloud. A fraction of a second later, the cloud appeared and directly attacked Yuta with the intent to kill, but it stopped in its tracks due to a special mental force. Yuta, who was strong enough to easily repel and control it.
If Yuta hadn't been all-knowing and known for his infinite power, he would have died before even realizing he was being attacked.
Then, a black cloud began to sway slightly, emitting a faint hiss as a warning sign. However, Yuta had no intention of letting it go.
Yuta released 500 spirits from his Spirit World portal towards the black cloud.
Several powerful lightning bolts struck the spirits, binding them with a belt of lightning that caused them to scream in excruciating pain.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
"Aaa ... It devoured the souls greedily.
Several minutes passed before it completely consumed the souls, causing its color to change from black and charcoal to gray. Its size increased, and a hissing sound grew louder.
It attacked Yuta again, but the same thing happened: Yuta suppressed it with his terrifying mental power.
He summoned five types of Gu from the Enhancement Path: three Rank 9 Winged Horse Gus, five Rank 9 Humpback Whale Gus, six Rank 9 Rock Bear Gus, five Rank 9 Ice Tiger Gus, and twelve Gus.Rank 9 Purple Dragon Power
Every five minutes, he threw a type of Goo at the Black Cloud.
The Black Cloud transformed into a winged horse, soaring through the air, its hooves pounding the sky as it neighed loudly and angrily.
"Aaaaaahhhhh!"
Yuta's eyes narrowed as he watched the wild horse flying through the air. He knew this stage would be the most difficult yet.
The Black Cloud, now a winged horse, attacked Yuta with even greater force than before.
Yuta shook his head in obvious disappointment. "You never learn."
Yuta suppressed the winged horse again with minimal effort. He wasn't even focused on it; his attention was entirely on the Spirit Enslavement Eye and the Spirit Manipulation Eye, preventing his Spirit World from collapsing.
After subduing the Black Cloud for the third time, it reverted to its original form.
To By throwing five humpback whale power stones at it in turn, a sound, a mixture of hiss and humpback whale sounds, emanated from a black-gray cloud.
The cloud began to grow in size and speed, becoming the size of a humpback whale. If it weren't for the fact that it was located at the heart of the Origin Tree, several kilometers below the surface, and had a dome concealed the traces of the smelting and development of the Manipulation Eye and the Enslavement Eye, they would have been able to see it from all over the island.
A deep sigh escaped Yuta's lips as he looked at the black-gray cloud, whose shape was beginning to transform into that of a humpback whale. "You stubborn cloud, do you think I'll just stand by and watch your rebellions?"
Yuta threw a funnel gem, which was shaped like a black pearl. It was a gem with a smooth texture that shimmered in the dark, ominous sky.
As soon as the stone was thrown at the black-gray cloud, powerful lightning bolts erupted from it, attacking Yuta and anything in its path.
But Yuta created a dome to protect himself and all the resources he needed to develop his Soul Manipulation Eye and Soul Enslavement Eye.
Several minutes passed before Cloud stopped emitting lightning bolts and gradually returned to its original form.
However, Yuta wasn't satisfied with that. He threw a Legendary-level Slavery Pill at Cloud, making it calmer than before.
He realized, however, that throwing a Rank 9 Rock Bear Power Gu would require him to repeat the process over and over again to advance Cloud to the next level of improvement, as Cloud kept rebelling against him.
Despite this, Yuta wasn't bothered. He accepted that it wouldn't be easy, even though the resources seemed trivial to him and could be obtained anywhere within the Infinite Fantasy Realms.
Even if there was only one Gu in each realm, the Infinite Realms would lose their rarity. However, the absence of things didn't mean they were extremely rare; even low-level items were rarer than high-level ones.
Meanwhile, Cloud's color had changed again from grayish-black to reddish-black, and its hissing sound had grown even louder.
Yuta then immediately turned his gaze to the Rank 9 Rock Bear Power Gu, which was shaped like a bear the size of an adult's fist.
He launched it at Cloud, who was lying still as usual. The Rock Bear Power Gu began to crumble upon contact with Cloud, releasing a loud hissing sound that resembled a popping noise.
After several seconds, Cloud began to rage again, its size gradually increasing. However, Yuta didn't have time to witness it transform into a bear and attack again.
He threw out both the Rank 6 Sloth Gu and the Rank 8 Receiving Gu, as the Funnel Gem and the Slave Pill wouldn't be effective at this point.
Cloud began to lie still again after the Sloth Gu and Receiving Gu melted inside it, and its size began to decrease once more, returning to its previous state. The color of the black cloud changed to reddish, the red deepening, and a faint green hue began to appear, barely visible.
Yuta closed his eyes to rest, not because he was tired, but because his other half was exhausted from the immense mental strain he was experiencing.
Several hours passed inside the Origin Tree Gu Center, followed by a few seconds outside. During this time, Yuta shared his other half's mental energy to return to normal.
Yuta took a deep breath and then opened his eyes, focusing his gaze on a cloud about twelve paces away.
Yuta wasn't in a hurry, even though it felt like several days to him. Outside, only minutes passed, because time flowed much faster inside the Origin Tree Gu Center than on the island or elsewhere.
Moreover, most of the places ahead were on the island, thanks to the Gu of Destiny and Gu of Death, which were more active and accelerated fate much faster than outside. No one would dare approach, as they say. The most dangerous places are in the safest places.
Yuta threw a Rank 9 Ice Tiger Power Gu and a Rank 9 Violet Dragon Power Gu at a black cloud.
After throwing 17 Rank 9 Gu simultaneously, a cloud began to churn uncontrollably, taking the form of an Ice Tiger at one moment and a Violet Dragon at another, while emitting a deafening hiss that caused the ground to shake violently.
However, Yuta remained unfazed and threw a Rank 5 Yang and Yin Gu to maintain balance, a Rank 8 Violet Lotus Flower Gu (shaped like a light purple lotus flower), a Rank 7 Tranquility Gu (shaped like a jade disc with smooth edges), 45 million Spirit Stones, and finally, 3 x 1000-year lifespan Gus, 5 x 500-year lifespan Gus, 2 x 10-hour lifespan Gus, and a Master Gu. Greed
He threw each one of them every 5 minutes.
He threw a Go of each type at a specific time and in perfect synchronization to avoid any mistakes.
A cloud would settle and constantly change color from black to red to light green to dark green to ethereal gray.
The cloud would shrink continuously after each Go until it was the size of a normal-sized car wheel.
Although it seemed calm, Yuta's expression became more cautious. He moved his head slightly, and a lightning bolt struck, destroying a barrier and hitting the trunk of the root tree Go, leaving a charred spot the size of a grown man's palm.