Wizard: My career panel has no upper limit

Chapter 407 One Man Cuts Down the Abyss

The clouds had an unnatural purplish-black hue, containing a terrifying power capable of rewriting the rules of local reality.

The abyssal creatures in the audience began to stir.

Even these beings, accustomed to all sorts of distortions, could sense the dangerous atmosphere permeating the air.

"That is, the true primordial chaos..."

An ancient awakened being said, trembling:

"I have never seen such peaceful chaotic power. Logically speaking, chaos and order should not be able to coexist..."

The three apostles, Delaire, Campos, and Crowe, also felt the threat rising sharply.

Although the stitched bodies they created were powerful, they still appeared small and fragile in the face of chaotic forces at this level.

"That's really ￥%*@# rubbish on the little boy's asshole!"

An unsettling bell tolled from within the church of Dreyer:

“Since Nari can directly transfer his original power to that monster, then all our efforts have been in vain.”

Sensing a threat, the stitched-together monster began to attack.

Its limbs moved simultaneously across multiple spatial planes, launching a surprise attack on Ron from unpredictable angles.

At the same time, dozens of faces on the monster's head emitted sharp mental roars in unison, attempting to directly destroy the enemy's consciousness structure.

The fire of vengeance within his torso also began to surge, spewing out flames of hatred powerful enough to corrupt the soul.

But Ron reacted faster.

Faced with a complex and multifaceted attack, he not only failed to defend himself, but instead took the initiative to meet it head-on.

At the moment of contact, a miraculous scene unfolded.

The multi-source fusion power system is beginning to expose its fatal weaknesses.

While the infusion of different apostles' powers enhanced the overall strength of the stitched body, it also made its internal structure extremely unstable.

The flames of vengeance of Draiel and the spatial fragments of Campos are inherently mutually exclusive;
Kro's time curse clashes with Dreyer's mental poison;

The three different sources of power lack unified coordination and can only be barely maintained through forced fusion.

The chaotic and disorderly nature of chaos is precisely the best weapon to disrupt this fragile balance.

When Ron's chaotic aura came into contact with the stitched body, it immediately triggered a chain reaction.

The monster's internal power structure began to fall into chaos, and the infusion of the essence of different apostles became a poison that attacked itself.

"Ruined."

Krampus watched helplessly as the fragments of his power began to spiral out of control, forming miniature storms within the stitched body:

"I knew this would happen, sigh..."

Crowe also discovered the same problem.

The curse of time began to backfire on the stitched body itself, causing severe temporal distortions in certain parts of the monster.

Dreyer's vengeful fire went completely out of control, and he began to indiscriminately attack everything around him, including the stitched body's own structure.

Ron seized the opportunity, his eyes gleaming with the cold, indifferent light of stars.

The power of "The Star Eater's Whispers" has been pushed to its limit, but this time its application is completely different from the past.

It is no longer a simple mental loop, but a chain reaction that triggers an explosive effect in the consciousness of goals.

He locked onto the core of consciousness of the sutured body and began a precise "surgery".

It also drew upon Nari's chaotic power to further enhance his "Mental Blast".

The first shockwave directly struck the main consciousness node of the stitched body;

The second shockwave attack targets the various secondary consciousness centers...

Each explosion creates an echo, causing exponentially increasing mental damage within the monster's complex consciousness structure.

This is because the sutured body contained too many fragments of consciousness from different sources.

The hollow mind of the Void Devourer, the beastly instincts of the Flesh Monster, the twisted faith of the Fallen Angel, and the multiple consciousnesses of the Space Warrior.

The double blast and the resulting echo triggered a catastrophic storm of consciousness within it.

The residual consciousnesses of hundreds of different beings began to attack each other, and the internal order completely collapsed.

The once unified monster will split into countless opposing fragments, each of which attempted to gain control of the body.

The suture body began to exhibit contradictory behavior:

The left hand tries to attack the enemy, but the right hand attacks itself;
The head wants to emit a mental roar, but the muscles in the mouth refuse to cooperate;

The legs want to move forward, but the body is moving backward.

This internal conflict turned the once-powerful monster into a comical puppet, completely losing its ability to fight.

In the audience, some low-level awakened individuals with weak mental resistance fainted directly, purplish-black blood flowing from their mouths.

More abyssal creatures began to exhibit severe symptoms of illness:
Headaches, hallucinations, confusion, and even brief periods of personality splitting.

"The terrifying nature of this kind of psychological attack..."

To Derek's shock, the imprisoned souls within his church body began to stir restlessly:

"His understanding of the structure of consciousness has reached an unbelievable level."

Taking advantage of the stitched body's confusion, Ron's magic sword began to transform again.

The silvery metallic fluid writhed like a living thing, reshaping into another weapon form.

This time, the demonic sword transformed into a magnificent staff.

A fist-sized crystal was embedded at the top of the staff.

Inside, it seems to contain a miniature starry sky, with countless points of light slowly rotating like stars.

Ron raised his staff and began to transmit ancient whispers from the depths of the stars.

Unlike previous simple energy attacks, this time the murmurs carried a terrifying effect of eroding reality.

The Sonic Wave skill, amplified several times over by the staff, also incorporates the effects of Star Whispers, Ring of Radiance, and Chaos Storm.

Micro-structural adaptation and other related features, as well as various professional synergy bonuses, played a key coordinating role in this process.

Three distinct powers were painstakingly fused together under Ron's control.

This has created a situation where even with his current high-precision construction capabilities, it is difficult to maintain a stable composite attack.

—Giga Trio!
The entire arena trembled violently as the combined shockwave erupted from the tip of the staff.

Visible ripples appeared in the air, like the ripples created by a boulder thrown into a lake.

Where these ripples passed, even the spatial structure began to subtly distort and change.

When the impact hit the stitched monster, the effect far exceeded even Ron's own expectations as the caster.

The already unstable forces within the monster began to spiral completely out of control.

The infusion of its essence by different apostles actually accelerated its self-destruction.

Dreyer's flames of vengeance began to burn away the stitched body's own flesh;
The spatial fragments of Krampus formed miniature black holes within the monster's body, devouring everything around them;
Kro's time curse caused different parts of the stitched body to enter different time flows, causing the body structure to begin to tear apart...

Most terrifyingly, the interaction of the three forces produced an unprecedented destructive effect.

The conflict between time and space creates a void-like crack;

The contact between the flames of revenge and nothingness triggered an explosion on the level of the soul;

All this chaos is amplified many times over by the corrosive effect of the celestial murmurs on reality…

Amidst a deafening roar, the stitched-together monster, created by the three apostles, began to completely disintegrate from the inside out.

The enormous body collapsed like a sand tower, turning into countless energy fragments and residual matter.

The fragments burned with flames of various colors in the air, like a dazzling yet terrifying fireworks display.

As the last ray of light faded, only one figure remained standing silently in the center of the battlefield.

He had no injuries whatsoever, and his breathing was perfectly normal.

It was as if the fierce battle just now was just an easy practice for him.

Tens of thousands of spectators did not dare to make a sound; they even breathed cautiously.

All creatures were awestruck by its absolute suppression of the power of the abyss, and their hearts were filled with not only awe but also a rapidly rising sense of anxiety.

After a long silence, Magus announced in a completely emotionless voice:
"The winner of the 127th Abyss Warm-up Tournament is the 'Chaos Concerto' Legion of 'Eye of the Abyss' Nari!"

His voice held no hint of celebration, but rather was filled with deep apprehension.

Magus's nine eyes were fixed on Ron, his consciousness rapidly searching through ancient memories accumulated over countless years.

"This form of power..."

He mentally compared the various possibilities repeatedly:
"The Witcher's punishment, the wizard's rationality, the abyss's wildness; three paths that should be mutually exclusive can actually be harmoniously unified, which reminds me of..."

A fragment of memory, buried deep within, gradually surfaced on the surface of consciousness.

"Nus!"

Magus urgently contacted the Third Throne via mental link:
"You must have seen something similar in your timeline observations, right?"

The response from the invisible mist, Nas, came almost instantly, tinged with obvious fear and trembling:
"You mean... the 'Evil Hunter' from that timeline? The monster that nearly destroyed the entire Abyss?"

Upon hearing the name, Magus's nine eyes contracted simultaneously.

In the memories of the Supreme Apostles, some names are absolute taboos, and "Evil Hunter" is one of the most terrifying.

"Activate deep time rewind."

Magus gave the order, his tone more serious than ever before:
"I need to confirm the degree of this similarity."

Nass's nebulous body began to fluctuate violently, and thousands of eyes simultaneously turned to the river of time in the past.

Guided by his ability to perceive time, a deliberately forgotten history begins to reappear in the consciousness of the two Supreme Apostles.

That was a flawed timeline where the power of the abyss was at its most rampant.

In that distorted reality, the corruption of the abyss reached an unprecedented level, and the entire main world was polluted by the abyssal aura. A total of twenty-five Supreme Apostles existed simultaneously, and countless ordinary Apostles were present. Almost every level of the abyss had more than ten Apostle-level beings residing there.

Even more terrifying is that in that timeline, a terrifying being whom even the Supreme Apostle revered—"Mother"—also successfully awakened.

It is an ultimate being on almost the same level as the Four Cornerstones, and the power of all the Supreme Apostles, Apostles, and Awakened Ones originates from Him.

Even the abyss itself is merely an extension of His body.

In that timeline, the wizarding civilization was forced to coexist with the abyss, and the entire world became extremely distorted and warped.

In order to gain the power to survive the corruption of the abyss, countless wizards voluntarily accepted the abyss's contamination and became Awakened Ones.

But it was in this desperate environment that an unprecedented anomaly was born—the "Evil Hunter".

He was a legendary figure who had successfully navigated the paths of knights (represented by witchers and demon swordsmen), wizards, and the Abyss Awakener.

In him, three evolutionary paths that should have been in complete conflict were miraculously harmonized.

"That existence..."

Nass's voice became indistinct during the time rewind:
"It should be a natural balancing mechanism that arises from the rules' overexpansion of the abyss system."

When the power of the abyss threatens the fundamental stability of reality, the universe itself creates a corresponding counterforce.

The terror of the Evil Hunter lies in its absolute control over the power of the abyss.

Anyone who wields the power of the abyss is like a lamb to the slaughter before him.

Even more terrifying is that attacks imbued with the power of the abyss not only fail to harm him, but instead become nourishment to replenish his energy.

In that timeline, the Evil Hunter single-handedly swept through half of the Abyss.

Eight Supreme Apostles died at his hands, dozens of ordinary Apostles were completely wiped out, and countless Awakened Ones and Abyss creatures became nourishment for his growth.

The entire abyss system began to collapse systematically under his hunting, and even the oldest and most powerful beings began to feel fear.

"If it weren't for the end..."

The final scene of that timeline appears in Magus's memory:
"If it weren't for 'Mother' personally intervening and causing a fatal conflict in his triple power system, the entire abyss would probably have been completely wiped out."

But even the supreme "Mother" paid a price for eliminating the evil hunter.

He was forced to fall back into slumber, and the entire Abyss system consequently declined and could never recover to its peak strength.

This also became an excellent opportunity for the anomaly catchers to execute timeline restart and cleanup procedures.

With the Abyss losing most of its power, the mysterious mechanisms responsible for maintaining stability in reality can intervene more easily.

Ultimately, that dangerous timeline was restarted.

"The 'Mother' also fell into a deep sleep due to overexertion, and has remained so in our current timeline..."

Nass added that the eyes within Nebula's body emitted a complex light.

Today, "Mother" remains dormant in the deepest part of the abyss, becoming the ultimate threat that all apostles must carefully avoid waking.

With the time rewind complete, the two Supreme Apostles turned their attention back to Ron in the arena.

Looking at the figure before him now, Magus felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Although Ron is not yet at the terrifying level of the Evil Hunter.

But the characteristics of the harmonious unity of the three forces are almost identical.

"Although we are far from reaching that level..."

Magus's nine eyes began to glow simultaneously, and the network of runes on the mask's surface was fully activated:
"But if this trend is allowed to continue..."

"Among all the timeline branches I can observe..."

Nash's sense of time extended into the future once more, but what he saw made him even more uneasy:
"The result of allowing this existence to continue to grow is... a repeat of the catastrophe in the abyss..."

Countless timelines unfolded in his observations, each revealing the same terrifying outcome.

"All possible futures point to the same outcome..."

Nass's voice trembled in the mental connection:
"If we don't stop his growth, the abyss will inevitably come to an end."

Magus remained silent for a long time, his nine eyes turning off and then back on one by one, as if he were making some important decision.

Finally, he slowly turned towards Nari:

“Nari, we need to talk.”

Nari sensed the solemnity in Magus's words, and all his tentacles tensed slightly.

At this moment, she could clearly sense a certain threat from the Supreme Apostle.

That wasn't hostility directed at her personally, but rather a fear of the very existence of the "child."

"What to talk about?"

Nari's voice became wary, and his eyes simultaneously turned to Magus:
"If it's about the result of the competition, my son has already proven his ability. Any doubt is an insult to his capabilities."

She deliberately emphasized the title "my child" to declare her position to everyone present.

No matter what happens, she will stand by Ron's side without reservation.

The light in Magus's nine eyes flickered.

There is both helplessness regarding Nari's protective instincts and anxiety about the impending conflict.

"It's not about the result of the match."

His voice remained calm, but the authority it conveyed made the air in the entire arena heavy.
"It's about...his true identity, and the potential consequences of that identity."

As soon as he finished speaking, thick energy clouds began to gather in the sky above the arena.

Unlike the chaotic storms summoned by Nari before, this time the clouds were a deep indigo blue.

It contains an ancient pressure from the deepest abyss of the soul.

This is Magus's main body infusing power into his clone once again.

Although limited by distance and the clone, its strength is still inferior to the real body, but at this moment the power infused is enough to reach 50% to 60% of the original body's strength.

The abyssal creatures in the audience began to stir in a massive uproar.

Some of the more perceptive awakened individuals have already sensed the dangerous atmosphere in the air and have begun to quietly move towards the exit.

Some fearless madmen were drawn to the confrontation between the two top figures, waiting with a mixture of fear and excitement for what would happen next.

Several apostles, including Delaire, who were participating in the war, were so nervous that their entire bodies stiffened.

Their recent act of illegally injecting primal power pales in comparison to the conflict between two higher-level beings.

Now, all they can do is pray that they won't be caught up in the coming storm.

"real identity?"

Nari's tone grew even more dangerous, and countless tentacles began to release pure chaotic energy:

“My child is my child, and he doesn’t need any other identity to define him. Magus, you’d better explain what that means.”

The two forces began to confront each other in the air above the arena, and the spatial structure was subtly distorted due to this high-intensity energy conflict.

Cracks began to appear in some nearby buildings, and an ominous rumbling sound came from the ground.

Magus knew the consequences of continuing the standoff and had no choice but to confront them directly:

"Evil Hunter".

The moment he uttered those four words, the audience who had been whispering fell silent, as if the name itself possessed some indescribable power of intimidation.

Nari's eyes widened simultaneously, and his tentacles trembled violently with astonishment.
"What nonsense are you spouting? The Evil Hunter has long since..."

"They were completely wiped out in another timeline long ago, yes."

Magus interrupted her, and the nine eyes began to light up one by one, each emitting a different color:

"But now, the same characteristics are being reproduced in your 'children'."

The harmonious fusion of power systems, the absolute restraint over the existence of the abyss, and the growth rate that surpasses conventional understanding…

His voice became more solemn:

"Nari, haven't you noticed?"

How much has your level of rationality increased since he came into your life?

This influence is not a one-way favor, but rather a deeper, more fundamental resonance.

The other party clearly pointed out the current situation, causing Nari to fall into deep thought.

Indeed, since Ron appeared, she has gained an unprecedented level of rationality and clarity.

Even the control over the power of chaos has reached an unprecedented level of precision.

She initially thought this was a special response from the natural bond between mother and son, after all, she had never received favors from other subordinates, but now it seems...

"even so."

Nari's voice became firm again:
“He is my child, and that will never change. No matter what makes him special, I will protect him with all my might.”

Magus had anticipated this reaction, but he had to make Nari understand the seriousness of the situation:
"Nari, you should know the ultimate fate of the evil hunter."

He wasn't defeated by an enemy, but died from the irreconcilable conflict within his own power system.

His nine eyes began to blink in unison, projecting fragments of memory from that forgotten timeline:

"When three distinct forces reach their limits, the balance between them will inevitably collapse."

The destructive power of that internal conflict is enough to completely erase the user from existence.

The memory projection shows the horrific scene of the evil hunter's final moments:
That invincible existence crumbled in an instant, and the three forces tore each other apart like wild dogs that hadn't eaten for days, ultimately perishing together.

The implosion effect completely destroyed a large area around the site, leaving behind a large, ever-expanding crater.

"If you really care about him..."

Magus's tone softened, and his words became somewhat suggestive:
"He should be stopped from going down this path."

There is still a chance to salvage the situation. You can cooperate with us, the Supreme Apostles, to help him choose a safer path for development.

(End of this chapter)