Looking directly at the ancient gods for a whole year

Chapter 2581 Omnipotent Cursed Object
My path to defeat ends here. I will now venture deeper into error, alone.

His growth was astonishing, but he was also riddled with wounds. Although, in theory, the tool Afei at this moment was already a second-order swordsman with 100% accuracy, he even killed himself.

But as the culprit behind all this, Fu Qian has no intention of continuing to wield this sword that has been honed to its sharpest point.

It's not so much about pity. Elsewhere it's fine, but in the current situation, the core of the bloody exploitation lies in the word mentioned earlier.

When you're being exploited, you have to be able to bleed.

Don't forget the difference between a tool and a tool person that we've emphasized repeatedly.

The initial purpose of choosing this tool was to have him act as a relatively independent entity, to stir up cause and effect and become tainted by worldly poisons in my place.

Therefore, combat strength has always been secondary.

What is the essential difference between using a purely painless tool and directly wielding a knife to kill someone?
So theoretically, this is already the limit for Afei, the tool; his value has been completely burned out.

Unfortunately, there is still a lot I need to do.

So far, only one of the core locations of this special research site has been visited.

The platform depicted with a "prism," used to view Moore, is undoubtedly of great significance to this place, in Fu Qian's opinion.

Especially the most important point—squeak!

Leaping back to the only entrance, Fu Qian casually opened the door and looked around, observing the traces of crystallization.

Sure enough, the direction in which the whale's tail extended seemed to be where the prism was located.

With the torch guiding the way in the past and crystals spreading now, it has to be said that Prism has never lost its prestige.

……

The departure was not hindered in any way, neither by the second-tier Afei nor by the true King of Abandoned Prison who was sitting there.

The former didn't move at all, but stood by the Crystal Lake with his sword, exuding an indescribable transcendence, as if he had transformed into a solitary guardian.

The latter, as Fu Qian had expected, did not become a pure statue.

He remained seated, but at that moment, crystals swirled around him, as if he were giving a perfect salute to the departing King of the Mechanical Abandoned Prison.

Fu Qian even believed that even if he arrived at the door, that person would still "watch" him all the way here.

Bonds are not so easily severed. Although the extraordinary perception that was briefly gained earlier has now been completely eliminated, and I have returned to a state of isolation.

……

To be honest, the changes in the back room were somewhat unbelievable.

Regarding Afei's sword strike, the reason why it could directly cut out a bunch of materials has already been discussed. It is suspected to be the ultimate authority of the sword path, the Great Disintegration of Extraordinary Buildings.

That destructive power, which has clearly touched the most essential level of extraordinary power, brings about the direct destruction of the extraordinary form.

As for the position of the divine messenger, which corresponds to the normal sequence of becoming a god, and is the pure and unblemished version, isn't the tool Afei at this moment somewhat similar to classmate Ariel?

Once this point is considered, it becomes easy to understand how the latter can invoke a little divine power.

But cutting down a demigod is one thing, what's exaggerated here is that it's as if some switch was flipped, and even the Creator and the True Abandoned King actually crystallized.

Even the Mycelium Sword Saint, Fu Qian didn't think could cut so cleanly. Fortunately, combining this with another question, Fu Qian said it seemed to provide an explanation.

That is, after the demigod Afei fell to the ground, the only material that was dropped was a pile of crystals. Isn't this extraordinary building too pure?
……

"Weave correctly," this is what the Creator himself said, an explanation of the authority in his hands.

And it did indeed demonstrate the emergence of demigods, and even true gods.

So here's a very important question: where do the materials for weaving come from?

It's one thing to have an extra demigod appear out of thin air, but to have an extra superior being appear out of thin air requires an astronomical amount of "extraordinary materials"—it just appears out of nowhere.
In retrospect, crystallization seems to be the answer.

As a special form of power, all those "right ones" are composed of it.

A vivid analogy is to use a flawed blueprint like the Mechanical Abandoned King as a comparison, automatically calculate the correct version, and then 3D print it using a certain material.

This printing material is incredibly versatile, showing no rejection reaction to any form of material.

This could even explain, to some extent, what the academy's exploration team encountered back then.

Kalaudora herself admitted that crystallization could almost be considered a blessing.

Because anyone infected with it seems to benefit greatly, their own form appears to be complete and elevated.

The most direct example is that she later even possessed divinity.

Even after her condition completely collapsed, she retained one of her core attributes: the ability to fuse and absorb all extraordinary materials.

This is quite consistent with the versatile attribute mentioned earlier.

And this is not even the only example—Blood of Thorns.

In the first mission in the capital, the special material extracted from the corpse, under Neferi's careful adjustment, even granted a mid-level cultivator divinity.

Comparing this to the example of Kalaudora, aren't they somewhat similar?

Even in subsequent exchanges with the technical staff, Neferi herself admitted that the core principle was that although the blood of thorns was unclean, it could essentially be considered a "higher life form" that "could compensate for the difference in talent in a distorted way."

The warehouse, in contrast, was described as "a highly concentrated form of pollution and error, which is mistaken by ignorant people as a higher form of life."

Not only do they correspond to Neferi's words, but the two combined also fit with Kalaudora's experience—the initial completion and sublimation, followed by decay and depravity.

All I can say is that everything seems to have come together.

After all this analysis, it seems that it still hasn't proven why Afei was able to kill the Creator with a single sword strike.
It's very simple. The core of all this is just one point: "crystallization is a material"—and the Creator who is standing still there at this moment seems to be made of this material as well?
So what is the essential difference between him and the shattered Sword Saint Afei?

I wondered before why the Creator, an individual who doesn't even seem to possess much divinity, could have such godlike authority.

In addition, it's clear from the radar that the only truly high-ranking creatures in the area are the lake beneath our feet and the whales within it.

Could the great power that the Creator believes in have always been just an illusion?

Even his existence, like that of the Sword Saint Afei, is merely a 3D-printed product of crystallization in the lake.

Ah Fei's sword strike shattered this illusion, revealing the true nature of everything.

(End of this chapter)