Wizard: My skills can be upgraded indefinitely.

As Ian and Gaga passed through the rift barrier, the world before them suddenly twisted and stretched.

As soon as it landed, countless mutated beasts surrounded it, all emitting piercing screams.

"Noisy!" A blinding white light shone in the sky, turning all the mutated beasts within a kilometer radius into ashes.

With his ears cleared, Ian unleashed his full mental power, somewhat surprised.

"This is... a level 5 rift."

His body slowly rose, and five-colored star trails slowly rotated deep within his pupils.

This fissure is extremely large, with a diameter exceeding three thousand kilometers, making it larger than any fissure that had been purified before.

The sky was filled with countless black spatial rifts, like a tattered spider web.

The earth had long been corrupted, and a thick carpet of fungi covered everything in sight.

In the distance, there are twisted mountain ranges, their surfaces covered with bulging pustules that occasionally burst open, spewing out foul-smelling pus.

Further away, you can see twisted, insect-nest-like structures with honeycomb-like holes on the surface, from which deformed creatures crawl out in dense swarms.

The number of auras ranged from level one to level four, so many that they were impossible to count.

"Caw..." A clacking sound came from his shoulder, carrying an unusual solemnity.

"Ian, something's wrong with the mutants here. They're more manic than the ones we've seen before."

The little guy's shadow perception was fully activated, and he sensed that something was wrong.

Ian also noticed that these mutants all had bloodshot eyes, no rationality whatsoever, only the purest killing and madness.

"Heh, is it because too many rifts were purified before? The will of the abyss... is it getting impatient?"

He curled his lips slightly, and a gravitational field unfolded, easily enveloping an area of ​​hundreds of kilometers.

The mutants crawling on the fungal carpet suddenly froze, as if they were being held down by an invisible giant hand, unable to move.

next second.

"roar!!!"

A deafening roar echoed from the depths of the rift, unleashing a terrifying aura that partially countered Ian's suppression.

Those suppressed mutants began to swell, their muscles bulged, their bones cracked, and their aura surged wildly.

Level 1 becomes Level 2, Level 2 becomes Level 3, Level 3 becomes Level 4...

In just a few breaths, at least tens of thousands of mutants completed their evolution.

"As expected..." Ian's eyes turned cold.

The environment of a level 5 fracture has a strong "catalytic" effect on the aberration.

Here, their evolution speed and recovery ability far exceed those of the outside world.

To completely eradicate them, you must strike decisively, giving them no chance to recover.

"Let's go for a saturation attack then, and see what my limits are."

He took a deep breath, and deep within his chest, the crimson core began to spin faster, the temperature soared, and the surrounding space began to distort.

Then, Ian raised his hands, palms up.

hum!hum!hum!

One after another, crimson spears condensed in his palm, their number rapidly increasing.

This time, he directly condensed over a hundred spears, each only the length of a little finger, with smooth lines on the shaft, looking like flying swords.

"Go," Ian whispered.

Hundreds of crimson spears flew out of his hand at the same time, flying in all directions like a crimson meteor shower falling from the sky.

The first spear landed with a loud bang, and the fungal carpet, with a diameter of one kilometer, instantly vaporized.

The aberrations within the range disappeared without even letting out a scream.

The second, the third, the fourth... spears rained down.

Each strike triggered a small "purification storm," with crimson light exploding outwards like blooming flowers of death.

Where flowers bloom, the fungal carpet evaporates, the aberrant organisms vaporize, and the remains of the insect nest disappear.

The entire Rift World was shrouded in crimson light.

"roar!!!"

From the depths of the mountains came a deafening roar, and seven terrifying auras erupted simultaneously.

Each one is at the legendary level, with the weakest being at the early legendary stage and the strongest reaching the late legendary stage.

"Finally out." Ian's expression remained relaxed, but a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Such a grand display is meant to lure them all out, saving us the trouble of searching for them one by one.

Seven figures rushed out from the depths of the mountains, the one at the front being over two hundred meters tall.

Its entire body was covered in dark gold carapace, the surface of which was covered with twisted runes.

It has the head of a lizard, with three pairs of compound eyes on its head that gleam with a bloodthirsty red light, and six pairs of bony wings spread out on its back, each with an edge as sharp as a knife.

It was that legendary late-stage aberrant beast king.

Behind it followed six smaller mutated beasts, some resembling giant centipedes, some like multi-headed snakes, and others like rotting giants...

"Insect...die!"

The king of the mutated beasts roared, its six pairs of bone wings flapping and stirring up a violent gust of air.

The fungal carpet beneath them was torn apart, and deep furrows were plowed into the ground.

When it flew to within 500 meters of Ian, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a beam of energy with a diameter of more than ten meters, which went straight for Ian.

Behind them, six other mutant beasts also launched an attack at the same time.

Centipedes spew venomous mist, multi-headed snakes spew corrosive acid, and rotting giants raise their fists...

Seven attacks, from seven directions, blocked all of Ian's escape routes.

"Perfect timing." Ian sneered, his right hand clenching as he activated the full force of the gravity rules.

A silent humming sound rang out, and the space within a radius of several thousand meters was completely "locked down".

The seven attacks—poisonous mist, acid, fists—were all frozen in mid-air the moment they were launched.

The leading energy beam, only a dozen meters away from Ian, could not advance an inch further.

"Awooo?!" For the first time, the three pairs of compound eyes on the head of the Aberrant Beast King showed a look of panic.

It tried to turn around and run away, but the surrounding space was frozen, and it couldn't even blink.

"Before I die, I'll show you a big treasure."

A mocking glint appeared in Ian's eyes, and the red core's rotation speed surged once more.

One million degrees, two million degrees, three million degrees... all the heat is bound and condensed into a single point at the fingertip.

Then flick it gently.

A pure, blazing white orb of light floated from Ian's fingertips.

The ball of light, only the size of an egg, floated into the air and then silently bloomed.

As the light swept across, all matter was instantly annihilated, completely erased, and reduced to "nothingness".

The light swept across the head of the Aberrant Beast King, its dark golden carapace melting away layer by layer like wax. Meanwhile, in the discussion forum, readers were freely sharing their thoughts on the allure of fantasy novels. The crimson light in its three pairs of compound eyes instantly dimmed.

The enormous body disappeared little by little, starting from the head, leaving not even ashes behind.

The other six mutant beasts suffered the same fate; all their tissues evaporated instantly, from the inside out.

Three breaths later, the light completely dissipated, and within a radius of a hundred miles, there was no trace of the abyss's aura remaining.

Ian withdrew the gravitational field. "Hehe, let's continue cleaning up the remnants."

"clear!"

The little guy darted out of the shadows, transforming into a black streak of light.

It darted through the fungal carpet, each flash taking the lives of dozens of mutants.

From Ian's palm, countless small crimson spears once again materialized and scattered across the earth.

And so, the man and the bird combed back and forth like a comb several times until they could no longer see a single living mutant beast, and then they stopped.

"That's right. Once the rule exceeds 60%, not only will the strength increase, but the continuous flight time will also increase significantly."

Finally, Ian followed his senses and flew to the deepest part of the rift.

There, a beating purple heart grows, slowly pulsating.

He stopped above and looked down, where a wisp of dark purple light, about the thickness of a thumb, was deep within his heart.

It exudes an extremely rich aura of the abyss, as well as a hint of the origin of the world.

"now you."

Ian made a grasping motion with his right hand, and the gravitational field enveloped the light filament, pulling it directly from the depths of the fungal carpet.

Hiss!!

The light filaments struggled violently, emitting a silent hiss, but to no avail.

The gravitational field is like the most solid cage, locking it firmly in place.

At the edge of the field of vision, the panel silently appeared.

[Corruption of the world's origin (Level 5) detected, pollution level 99%, purify?]

"Yes."

As the thought settled, a pale golden light emanated from the panel surface, penetrating into the inner workings of the light filaments.

Black smoke began to emerge from the filaments, and the dark purple quickly faded, turning into a pure gold.

[Purification complete, beginning to absorb the world's essence...]

This time, the feedback from the panel was extremely strong.

Ian's eyes lit up with surprise, "This feedback is equivalent to the growth I've gained from absorbing hundreds of source crystals."

The origin of the world in a level 5 rift is at least a hundred times more profound than that in a level 4 rift.

"It's over." He looked up at the sky.

As the origin of the world was stripped away, the entire rift began to collapse, the cracks in the sky expanded rapidly, and the earth began to sink.

Three minutes later, the entire East China Sea rift completely disappeared, leaving only a long and narrow crater with a diameter of more than ten kilometers.

Ian hovered above the giant crater, watching this scene with a calm expression.

"The first level 5 rift is done, and Wei Song is almost finished too."

He turned to look northwest, where Wei Song was purifying another level-five rift.

At the same time, in the northwest of the Great Yan Dynasty, in the Red Sand Rift.

Wei Song hovered in mid-air, his face beaming with joy, below him a burning desert.

In the center of the desert, a dark purple crack pierced the earth, and around the crack lay the corpses of five legendary mutated beasts.

Each one was carbonized at high temperatures, and its surface was covered with a glassy substance.

Wei Song wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Level 5 rifts are indeed difficult to deal with, far less easy than the main body."

He looked into the depths of the crack, where the last wisp of abyssal energy was dissipating, and the crack began to collapse.

"Done." Wei Song's figure transformed into a streak of red light and soared into the sky.

Three days later, in Jiangzhou City, in Wei Song's private cultivation room.

Ian and Weisong sat facing each other, with a few source crystals scattered on the table.

"We've received news from Li Yan." Wei Song's voice was somewhat cold.

"How so?"

"They call us heroes of the entire Great Yan Dynasty, with 'outstanding achievements,' but 'do we need to reconsider our methods'?"

"Wu Zhenshan complained to the military, saying that he had guarded the East China Sea rift for sixty years, and even if he had no merit, he had worked hard."

"We injured him as soon as we arrived, and then purified the rift without permission, which is against the rules."

Ian laughed. "Rules? Who made these new rules?"

"Besides, these are the rules of the Great Yan Dynasty, and they have no right to interfere with me."

Wei Song also scoffed and shook his head.

"Li Yan said that the higher-ups were under a lot of pressure, and many of the legendary figures were dissatisfied with our 'self-serving' behavior."

"Although we purified the fissures, the source crystal veins did not form, and their interests were harmed."

"So..." he paused, "suggesting that we 'go out and travel' to help other friendly neighboring countries."

"The rewards are very generous: ten source crystals for a level four rift and one hundred for a level five rift."

Ian picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Are they trying to kick us out?"

"Although it wasn't said explicitly, the meaning was roughly the same," Wei Song nodded.

"We've cleared out all the rifts below level five. They want to take over the remaining ten level five rifts themselves."

"After all... the source crystal mine is related to their vital interests, and everyone wants to take it a step further."

Ian put down his teacup and looked out the window.

The sky outside the window is a clear blue, and the sun is shining brightly, but there are always shadows where the sun doesn't reach.

What are you thinking?

"Me?" Wei Song was taken aback. "I think it's fine."

"The cracks in the domestic market have been mostly cleared. We can go abroad to earn source crystals and absorb the source essence at the same time, which is the best of both worlds."

"And..." His eyes sharpened.

"When we get stronger, they won't have a chance to win when we come back."

Ian nodded. "Then it's settled. You'll go to those small countries in the southeast, and I'll go to the northwest."

"We'll meet in the capital two months from now."

Wei Song stood up, stretched, and said, "Okay, I'll go pack my things."

He walked to the door, then turned back.

"By the way, Li Yan also said that several countries can't wait any longer."

"Especially Japan and Korea, they don't have a single legend, and the rift is right next to the capital."

"They offered the highest price: 150 source crystals for a level 5 rift."

Ian raised an eyebrow. "Then you can go to... Siam first."

"Okay." Wei Song pushed open the door and left.

Ian sat in the chair, looking at the sky outside the window with a deep gaze.

"The Northwest... has several countries that seem to be notorious defaulters with extremely poor international reputations. I hope you won't do anything foolish!"

"Otherwise, I'm really afraid I won't be able to control myself."