Chapter 979: Entering the Final Phase (2/2)

As their names were dull, it signified that they were either dead or had left Layer 3. Since all the other names were also the same, Krune knew that they had reached Layer 2. He couldn't think how someone with an active ability could die in Layer 3.

He then looked at the sole flashing name in the ranking. It was Gehen. Having decided to settle in Layer 3, despite being unable to obtain Godly Points any longer, Gehen was still making wide strides.

He was capturing a Primary Landmass once every two years. And the people that arrived were able to head towards these Primary Landmass to survive.

Shaking his head, Krune continued to work. A year later, by condensing the Blood Essence of a Neon Radiance King and causing another Neon Radiance King to swallow it, killing it after that, Krune repeated the cycle until he finally obtained a Neon Radiance Emperor.

He determined a simple solution for that. He tossed a Blood Essence Crystal to the first Neon Radiance King, watching it swallow that as its body was filled with energy. When the energy ran out, the side-effects kicked in, causing it to become immobile for a while. During this time, he easily killed it, repeating the process until he killed the final of the nine that had become an emperor by this point.

After absorbing the Blood Essence Crystal resulting from it, Krune had obtained a new passive ability, Neon Radiance King. The only difference in the name as displayed in the tablet was the suffix King. While using it, he noticed that it was more powerful than his previous Neon Radiance.

He was able to expend a greater level of energy while activating it than before, causing the intensity of light to be even stronger. Thanks to it, all his other abilities had also experienced a boost. On top of that, he noticed that its potential for development was higher than Neon Radiance. So, Krune was happy with it.

”Now, except for my Sonic Radar, all my other abilities are the strongest of their king,” Krune muttered, laughing in joy. He wasn't worried about others obtaining an active ability before him. It was because he was taking his time to train and develop his passive abilities to their strongest state.

Having witnessed Layer 4 and Layer 3, Krune could easily guess that Layer 2 would be no different. He would remain a mortal there as well. So, in that case, it was better to take time in his base of comfort and head to Layer 2 only when he knew he was truly ready enough.

12 years since he arrived in the Secondary Landmass, Krune beamed with a smile, gazing at the six Tongue Fish before him that had reached the Emperor status. They were all brimming with enough power that even he shuddered while looking at them.

Nevertheless, he wasn't in the least scared by them. After all, they were fully tamed by him now. Since birth, they hadn't killed even a single living being, living solely on the bone tree fruits. This had dulled their vicious nature.

Moreover, since they were being fed with Motor Fish blood-based bone tree fruits that forced their evolution to proceed in such a direction, they had practically become a harmless species. Moreover, due to the instinct of the Motor Fish becoming dominant in them, they had completely submitted to Krune.

They hadn't just reached the status of an Emperor, but had already reached the peak for it. They no longer had any room for growth. Just in case the experiment failed, Krune didn't wish to lose all his progress.

So, he placed two of them in a pool for the first time in their lives. Urged by his commands, it didn't take long for them to mate. A month later, four eggs were laid. Another month later, they hatched. And, they reached adulthood within six months, reaching the status as a Mutated monster.

Upon seeing that they had all the traits as their Supreme Monster parents, Krune made the others mate as well. A year later, he had enough contingency measures to kickstart the plan to fruition soon after.

He then took in a deep breath, causing a bone tree to absorb the blood from now one, not two, but all five at the same time. During the past year, he grew this one bone tree from scratch, using only the blood of the Emperor Monster that he determined as the strongest of the six and had the highest potential for growth.

And now, he simultaneously caused this particular bone tree to absorb the blood of all the other five Emperor Monsters. When the blood of five Emperor Monsters was absorbed at the same time, a mysterious reaction of sorts seemed to have been sparked as their bodies began to shrink.

It took a month for the process to end as not even their skin was left behind. As for the bone tree, it had grown to a height of 50 meters, requiring an insane supply of water daily. Otherwise, it began to show signs of wilting.

Moreover, the bone tree seemed to be absorbing essence from the rock pillar itself as it began to show signs of cracking.