Chapter 255

After exiting the nest, Kanzaki Rei immediately continued grinding dungeons...

To maximize the drop rate of "Realm of Ascension," he pushed his efficiency even further.

The moment he entered a dungeon, he would instantly deploy the Purified White Tree, wiping out an entire wave of insect-nest monsters in one go.

A sacrificial insect nest dungeon typically contained around 10,000 to 20,000 sixth-tier monsters, mostly Lord and Monarch class. Nation-Destroying and Land-Sinking–grade monsters were extremely rare.

Insect nests were defined by quantity, not quality.

And quantity—

Was exactly what Kanzaki Rei needed.

Enter the dungeon.Sweep the surroundings.Confirm no one else was present.Deploy the tree.

Five seconds.

Battle over.

A single wave yielded approximately 1.2 million points.

Collecting the loot actually took longer—about a minute.

Then exiting the dungeon, performing another soul sacrifice, and restarting the process...

One full cycle took roughly two minutes.

Two minutes—

Over one million points.

At this point, ten hours had passed since the event began.

During that time, Kanzaki Rei had even regrouped monster tides to generate new dungeons.

He also encountered occasional unexpected situations.

For instance—

In one sacrificial dungeon, upon entering, he saw an entire shadow army, composed of countless dark figures, battling the insect swarm inside!

So this was the so-called war between the Church of Darkness and the insect nests?

Kanzaki Rei watched with interest for a short while.

Unfortunately—

Time was limited.

Opportunities like this wouldn’t come twice.

He couldn’t afford to linger.

After a brief pause, he returned to his grinding rhythm.

...

Tainted Sea

Yelia stared at the ranking above her.

"...What exactly did that guy do?"

At this moment—

The name in first place was no longer Rhine.

It was—

Kanzaki Rei.

First Place: Kanzaki Rei — Score: 285,994,547

Two hundred eighty-five million?

Yelia glanced at her own score.

After ten hours—

She had only just surpassed 300,000 points.

With Rhine’s absurd luck, they had managed to locate several powerful dungeons.

After clearing them all, they had killed just over 4,000 sixth-tier monsters, along with quite a few fifth-tier ones.

That was how they barely reached 300,000 points.

Their ranking was considered high—

But even finding those dungeons had relied heavily on Rhine.

And yet—

Two hundred eighty-five million?

What kind of nonsense was that?

It even surpassed the guy who had mysteriously gained two hundred million points earlier!

"...I didn’t see him when we got back. No idea where he went," Yelia muttered.

Rhine scratched his head.

"I think he probably solved some major puzzle and unlocked a special scoring method."

That had to be it.

Otherwise—

There was no way someone could grind that many points manually.

"...So there really are special scoring methods?"

Rhine shrugged, glancing at his own number.

201,500,000 points.

Absurd.

Yelia sighed.

"...Yeah. Clearly there are."

Rhine chuckled.

"If we could find Kanzaki Rei, maybe we could ask him how he’s farming."

...

After twelve hours—

Kanzaki Rei finally stopped.

His score had reached 320,000,000.

Around him floated numerous potion bottles, each radiating a unique glow.

"Ultimate Perfect Realm of Ascension"

Out of those twelve hours—

Two had been wasted listening to Ezi’s endless rambling.

The remaining ten hours—

He had spent grinding nonstop.

It almost felt like his past life—

Pulling all-nighters in online games.

An event drops—

And you grind like your life depends on it.

No cap on rewards.

No limit.

Only time pressure.

"Thirty bottles of Realm of Ascension..."

"On average, one drops per ten million points."

"1,000 Longevity Flowers... roughly one per 300,000 points..."

"As for special materials like Molten Sanctified Flame, Piercing Body Water, Dream-Shattering Ice, and High-Viscosity Living Earth... I’ve gathered quite a lot."

These materials weren’t unique.

They could be farmed endlessly.

Kanzaki Rei raised his hand—

And over a thousand flame seeds of Molten Sanctified Flame appeared in his palm.

Once he left this place—

He could practically become a wholesale supplier.

At over 300 million points—

He had already figured out the loot table.

Nothing new had appeared since the 100 million mark.

The drops were simply repeating.

But that didn’t matter.

His goal—

Was Realm of Ascension.

"...Thirty bottles."

"For now... let’s try drinking ten."

The effect of Ultimate Perfect Realm of Ascension only began diminishing after five uses—

And it didn’t drop to zero immediately.

Drinking more would still have some effect.

The question was—

How much?

He opened one bottle.

The golden liquid floated out—

Forming a suspended sphere.

Kanzaki Rei swallowed it in one gulp.

Glug—

A strange sensation surged through him.

He felt—

Closer to the origin itself.

No tangible proof—

But his intuition told him:

His very existence had ascended.

He was becoming—

Closer to the essence of all classes.

Not just following principles—

But embodying them.

"...So that’s how it works."

In that instant, he understood.

The original Realm of Ascension worked by simulating alignment with the origin—

Tricking it.

Making it seem as if the user had fulfilled the necessary principles.

At the same time, it weakened the presence of other classes.

Advancement became easier—

Like deceiving the heavens.

But this—

Ultimate Perfect Realm of Ascension—

Did not deceive.

It transformed.

It elevated one’s existence to align with the origin.

Naturally reducing advancement requirements.

After one bottle—

A lightness spread through him—

Then faded.

The effect remained.

Next—

Second bottle.

Third.

Fourth.

Fifth.

After the fifth—

A qualitative change occurred.

His existence now felt like a fragment of origin itself.

Every class resonated with him.

The Warrior class—

No longer required fighting humans to advance.

Battling powerful monsters intensely was sufficient.

Even retreating from an unwinnable fight could count.

The requirements had dropped significantly.

The Decipherer Scholar class—

Its requirement had also decreased drastically.

Now—

Only 40,000 deciphering points were needed.

An enormous reduction.

But he didn’t stop.

Sixth bottle.

Seventh.

Eighth.

Ninth.

Tenth.

Glug... glug...

Finally—

After ten bottles—

Kanzaki Rei sat cross-legged, sensing himself.

From the sixth bottle onward:

6th: ~80% effect

7th: ~60%

8th: ~30%

9th: ~10%

10th: ~5%

In total—

Ten bottles amounted to less than two full-effect doses.

Yet—

The Decipherer Scholar requirement had dropped to 40,000 points—

Equivalent to his earlier Tier 4 → 5 requirement.

And that was when he had fewer classes.

Now—

With more classes, higher advancement—

The requirement remained the same.

Terrifying.

Of course—

His God-Tier Talent played a role.

With this—

He could likely accommodate even more classes in the future.

The remaining twenty bottles—

He decided not to drink.

They would serve as samples.

There might still be room for further refinement.

Kanzaki Rei glanced at the dungeon beside him.

Time remaining: 2 days, 12 hours.

"...Keep grinding."

Even though he already had massive quantities—

When would he ever obtain Longevity Flowers and Ageless Demonic Spring Water again?

Events like this—

Were rare.

He had already gone this far.

Might as well go all in.

Even if he didn’t need them now—

Stockpiling rare, life-extending materials—

Was never a bad idea.

...

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