The shuttle in the second dimension

　"Hmph~~~" Lin Xuan snorted softly and shook his head in self-mockery. "I never thought that someone like me would end up on the path of a savior."

　"Fate plays tricks on me~~~" Muttering, Lin Xuan stood up. At the same time, a violent magical power surged from his body, transforming into waves of magical power that surged in all directions.

　"Now, it's time for us to settle the accounts [Alliance]." Lin Xuan sneered with a cold smile on his face.

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　Europe, [International Magic Knights League] Headquarters.

　Today, an uninvited guest arrived here, and this uninvited guest has now walked to the gate of the Alliance headquarters. The undisguised hostility of the uninvited guest was discovered by the patrolling magic knights when he approached. But just when they were about to issue a warning and drive the uninvited guest away, they saw the uninvited guest revealing a strange smile.

　boom! ! !

　The next moment, the golden lightning transformed into a violent pool of thunder, instantly destroying the gate of the [Alliance] headquarters.

　Even ordinary people would know something was wrong after hearing the sudden explosion, let alone the magic knights who had a keener sense. They rushed to the source of the sound almost as soon as the sound appeared.

　When they arrived, they saw a giant lion composed of golden lightning. It was unleashing a furious barrage of lightning, destroying the surrounding buildings. Of course, their attention couldn't be solely focused on the lion. Some perceptive magic knights had already noticed the uninvited guest behind the lion, seemingly unharmed. However, the guest had his head lowered, looking at something, and the raging lightning prevented them from seeing his face clearly.

　"Who are you? Why did you attack the headquarters of the International Magic Knights Alliance for no reason?" The middle-aged man took a step forward and questioned the uninvited guest.

　"I'm not attacking without cause." The uninvited guest chuckled, raising his head to reveal his teenage face. "I'm here to settle accounts with your Alliance."

　This uninvited guest was Lin Xuan. After learning many secrets and what to do next from the system, Lin Xuan went straight to the [Alliance] headquarters, and even used a power that he had not used for several years.

　Lin Xuan's youthful face caused a flash of surprise on the middle-aged man's face, but he recovered in an instant and continued to question, "What is the score you want to settle?!"

　"Back then, you [Alliance] almost killed me. Now let me kill you." With a low laugh, a huge amount of magic power surged out of Lin Xuan's body, condensing into a vague figure behind him.

Chapter 212 The Plunder Begins

　boom--

　An amber-colored minotaur, composed of magma, wielded a massive battle axe, leaving gaping cracks in the earth. A divine ram, composed of gemstones, weaved through all manner of attacks, completely reflecting them back. A two-headed dragon continuously tore at the surrounding space, leaving behind hideous dimensional cracks. A giant silver crustacean continuously atomized the surrounding entities, causing them to lose their original form and substance. A golden lion continuously wielded golden lightning, destroying the surroundings. A Valkyrie, wielding a rainbow-colored lightsaber, brandished her sharp blade, bringing death to the enemy...

　The headquarters of the International Magic Knights Alliance, which should have been peaceful, was suddenly overwhelmed by the arrival of an uninvited guest.

　"Alliance headquarters was reduced to ruins due to the rampage of the twelve beasts. Lin Xuan shook his head and muttered. Then, dark magic power surged out from his palm and turned into a dark sword.

　"I will use my spiritual equipment to bring an end to the headquarters of the [Alliance]." Whispering, Lin Xuan threw his spiritual equipment [Destruction] high up. The next moment, endless darkness poured out from [Destruction]. The dark light of the end shone on everyone present. An indescribable despair rose from the hearts of the magic knights of the [Alliance].

　chant—

　Accompanied by a dragon's roar that resounded through the heavens, the people at Alliance headquarters felt their surroundings darken. When they instinctively looked up, they saw a pitch-black dragon hovering above Alliance headquarters. The dragon emanated a terrifying aura, and every time it stretched, the air couldn't withstand it, creating tiny cracks.

　"Fall down." As Lin Xuan whispered, the divine dragon swooped down and smashed into the center of the Alliance headquarters.

　——! ! !

　The fall of the black dragon did not cause any sound. All existences that came into contact with the black waves generated by the fall of the dragon turned into nothingness. Even space could not withstand it and was torn apart by this terrifying force, revealing the void emitting terrifying fluctuations.

　When the darkness dissipated and the void disappeared, the headquarters of the Alliance had turned into a huge pit, and in the center of the pit, a black sword was quietly stuck in the ground.

　"This will definitely change the general direction of the world line—" Lin Xuan said calmly, raising his hands and sneering, "After being a terrorist for several years, have you become so cold-blooded that you can actually get your hands stained with blood for just one thing?"

　"Forget it, I'll stop being so sentimental and get down to business." Lin Xuan scoffed at himself, eyes closed. Then, abruptly opening them, his once azure eyes had turned a strange, pitch-black darkness, as if a single glance would devour and plunder. Simultaneously, a chilling, fear-inducing aura emanated from Lin Xuan.

　"The plunder begins." Along with those plain words, a dark energy, different from the extremely pure black color of destruction, overflowed from Lin Xuan's body crazily.

　At this time, Lin Xuan felt a different feeling, which was very wonderful. At the same time, he saw the true face of the world.

　It was an existence that was hard to describe. It was completely different from the feeling when looking at it from outside the main world. From outside the main world, the world was just a small shining point, but from the current perspective, the world was a huge existence that emitted brilliant light.

　However, within this brilliant light, a strange patch of darkness appeared, and it continued to expand. That was Lin Xuan's masterpiece. That strange patch of darkness was a small part of the world that Lin Xuan had plundered, and the plundering continued.

　Finally, when that small piece of darkness occupied one tenth of the world, the world consciousness that had been successfully diverted by Lin Xuan and focused on dealing with the changed direction of the world line was finally awakened.

　As soon as it was awakened, the world consciousness immediately locked onto Lin Xuan, the instigator of all this. Then, the world consciousness sensed the aura of an alien hidden deep within Lin Xuan. At this moment, the world fell into rage.

　As the system had previously stated, the World Consciousness would not tolerate outsiders who could threaten its existence, let alone Lin Xuan, an outsider who was plundering it. If Lin Xuan had not been located in the plundered area, the World Consciousness would have immediately mobilized the power of that part of the world to strangle Lin Xuan. But now, the World Consciousness could only do this by reclaiming the plundered area.

　"Finally discovered it?" Lin Xuan chuckled as he felt the plundering slow down. The awakening of the world consciousness wasn't surprising to him at all; it was inevitable. Originally, his plan had been to avoid being discovered by the world consciousness right after he began plundering. With his current strength, if he were discovered right from the start, there would be no chance of success. Being able to plunder nearly one-tenth of the worlds before being discovered already made Lin Xuan very satisfied; it could be considered exceeding his mission targets.

　"Although the speed of plundering has slowed down, the progress of plundering is still increasing. Judging from this speed, the difficulty of the world consciousness is within expectations. Next it depends on whether we can survive several rounds of struggle of the world consciousness. As long as we can survive them, the next step will be easy." Feeling the decrease in the speed of plundering, Lin Xuan stroked his chin and murmured.

　At this moment, the world consciousness, realizing the plundering was still going on, roared in anger, causing the entire world to tremble and seethe. In an instant, Lin Xuan felt his plundering speed slow down again.

　"Tsk, this struggle is really powerful!" Lin Xuan said with bared teeth. His eyes changed and he became fierce. The plundering power in his body began to surge, regardless of whether his body could bear it.

　"Ugh!" Regardless of the body's use of plundering power, even if this was Lin Xuan's own root, it made his body unable to bear it. Both his body and soul felt severe pain as if they were being torn apart.

　"If I fail in such a good opportunity, then what's the point of me plundering so many worlds in the future." Lin Xuan gritted his teeth and growled, enduring the severe pain in his body and soul.

　Lin Xuan's determination worked, and the surging plundering power made the speed at which he plundered the world increase visibly.

Chapter 213 Success

　"Ouch!!" Lin Xuan cried out in pain, pressing his head with both hands.

　Lin Xuan had already seized nearly half of the world's ownership, but the price he paid was excruciating pain. Forced to use power beyond his capacity, Lin Xuan was practically going insane.

　Lin Xuan could still endure the severe pain in his body, but the severe pain in his soul was unbearable. At the beginning, he could still bear the feeling of his soul being torn apart, but as time went on, the severe pain in his soul became worse. Lin Xuan felt like his soul was torn apart, and then he squeezed it into a ball, and then threw it to the ground and trampled on it madly.

　"Oh - damn it! Over-overload use, use - the source, the aftermath - is so, so serious!" Feeling the excruciating pain in his soul, Lin Xuan growled intermittently.

　Although he really wanted to stop right there, Lin Xuan knew that if his plundering speed slowed down even a little, the world consciousness would never miss such a good opportunity. It would definitely take the opportunity to take back the part of the world 883 that it had plundered.

　At the same time that Lin Xuan was in excruciating pain, an indescribable feeling of comfort rose from his body and soul. The feeling was like drinking a glass of delicious ice drink on a hot summer day. The original severe pain in his body and soul began to subside.

　"Eh!?" The sudden change made Lin Xuan puzzled. He hadn't done anything, so how could the pain in his soul and body have been reduced so much? "System, did you do this?"

　After thinking about it, Lin Xuan felt that in this situation, apart from himself, only the system could help him.

　"Yes," the system responded coldly to Lin Xuan's doubts. "After analysis, I've determined that this world is extremely important to the host at this stage. Therefore, I've used my limited remaining [Source] to strengthen your body and soul, allowing you to maximize your Source."

　"Thank you." After a thank you, Lin Xuan continued to strengthen the power of the root. After receiving the help of the system, Lin Xuan was able to strengthen the power of the root again, allowing the plundering power to erode the rest of the world more quickly.

　The World Consciousness also noticed Lin Xuan's increased plundering. At this moment, it began to panic. Previously, although it was furious that this outsider, Lin Xuan, had set his sights on this world, it still didn't believe that Lin Xuan could wrest ownership of the world from it. It was still confident that it could drive out the evil invader. But now, it was no longer confident. The situation was no longer under its control. The evil invader had already plundered nearly half of the world, and the plundered area was still increasing. If this continued, the world would be completely plundered. At that time, it would no longer be the World Consciousness, and even separated from the world, and its survival as the World Consciousness would be in doubt.

　Under the threat of death, the world consciousness struggled even more fiercely, and even seemed to be determined to drive Lin Xuan away at the cost of his life.

　"Tsk!" Feeling the fierce struggle of the world consciousness and the panic behind the struggle, Lin Xuan smacked his lips and sneered, "Are you finally panicking? You're starting to fight to the death. I thought you would be very confident. But--" After speaking, Lin Xuan became fierce again and continued to overload the power of the source. In an instant, the pain that had almost disappeared appeared again on Lin Xuan's body and soul.

　"Ouch!" Lin Xuan cried out in agony from the sharp pain in his soul. His once handsome face was now filled with a ferocious expression. He stared fiercely at the part of the world that hadn't been eroded by the plundering power, his mouth widening in a creepy grin. "It's just a fight to the death! Who hasn't risked their life?!"

　At this moment, the power of plunder was eroding the world at a faster pace. Even if the world consciousness was struggling desperately, it still could not stop Lin Xuan's increasingly faster erosion speed.

　Roar--! !

　Finally, unable to endure Lin Xuan's ever-increasing encroachment, the World Consciousness roared in terror. Simultaneously, the power within it surged even further. Furious and terrified, the World Consciousness immediately summoned all the strength it could muster and charged directly at the forces being plundered by Lin Xuan, attempting to annihilate those evil forces.

　Lin Xuan admitted that he had once again underestimated the struggle of the world consciousness. The violent force was like a sledgehammer, smashing fiercely into Lin Xuan's body and soul. Lin Xuan's face turned pale and a mouthful of hot blood rushed out of his mouth.

　"Wow--!!"

　"Cough cough cough—cough cough cough—!" Coughing violently, Lin Xuan ripped at his hair, hoping to ease the pain in his soul. But even after pulling out several clumps of hair, the pain continued to torment Lin Xuan. Sweat and blood mixed together, soaking his hair. His body, overloaded by the struggle of his world consciousness, began to slowly seep into a bloody mist. At this moment, Lin Xuan was like a demon crawling out of purgatory.

　Staring wide with those bloodshot and crazy eyes, staring intently at the part of the world that had not yet been eroded, Lin Xuan kept muttering, "Can't stop, can't stop, can't stop, can't stop..."

　Meanwhile, as the world was being eroded more and more, the world consciousness roared with fear and anger. Although it struggled more fiercely, the eroded part of the world continued to increase, until -

　The world is completely corrupted.

　The moment the world was completely eroded, the world consciousness let out a final wail before dissipating. Without the world that served as its carrier, the world consciousness had no way of continuing to survive. Death was the only outcome that awaited it.

　"Success, success!?" Kneeling on the ground, Lin Xuan murmured in disbelief.

　In the end, under the painful torture of his soul, Lin Xuan's consciousness was no longer clear. The only thing he remembered was to force himself not to stop. Unexpectedly, he actually succeeded in the end and became the new master of this world.

Chapter 214

　Success, Lin Xuan succeeded. He successfully plundered everything in the world from the hands of the world consciousness, and he became the new master of this world.

　"I feel like I'm doing it~~" Lin Xuan murmured as he lay in a deep pit in a mess, looking at the blue sky.

　After successfully snatching the world from the hands of the world consciousness, Lin Xuan immediately felt a different feeling, a feeling that Lin Xuan had never experienced before, as if everything in this world was under his control, as if he was the god of this world.

　At the same time, after connecting himself with the world, Lin Xuan felt an ancient power flowing into his body. As that power flowed into his body, Lin Xuan understood what it was.

　[Source] is the foundation of the world and a necessity for the world to operate.

　The feeling was different from when the system injected the Source into him. Back then, the system had very little Source left, and his body and soul were already overloaded. The Source immediately transformed into nourishment, strengthening both his soul and body. He felt nothing but a surge of pleasure. However, the Source infused into him by this world truly elevated Lin Xuan's body and soul. This dreamlike sensation made Lin Xuan feel a little unreal.

　Raising his hand, a brilliant light flowed in Lin Xuan's palm. The light seemed to contain all the colors, yet it seemed as if there was no color at all.

　"Is this the Source? It feels similar to the Origin Above All Things. Indeed, both are the world's original power, and everything in the world is born from that original power." Lin Xuan felt a surge of excitement as he watched the Source flowing through his palm. "This kind of power is truly on a different level from magic. Using the Source to replace magic would likely lead to a quantum leap in my strength." He couldn't wait to try it out.

　Then, Lin Xuan got up from the ground, dusted himself off, and walked towards [Destroy] which was inserted in the center of the deep pit.

　Pulling out [Destruction], Lin Xuan immediately injected [Source] into [Destruction]. Then, the dark destructive power began to overflow from the blade of [Destruction] and completely enveloped the blade.

　"Let's give it a try." After the words fell, Lin Xuan casually swung a dark blade towards the sky.

　The next moment, something happened that shocked Lin Xuan. He saw the dark sword energy directly tearing open the space, leaving a space crack in the air that exuded a terrifying aura.

　"This—!" Lin Xuan blinked blankly as he watched the slowly repairing spatial crack in the sky. "Although the spatial strength of this world is the weakest among the four worlds I've experienced, this power is too outrageous. It was just a casual wave of the hand."

　"This is the power of [Source]." At this moment, the system's cold mechanical voice rang out from Lin Xuan's mind.

　"[Source] is the oldest and highest level of energy in the Main Realm, and it is also the most powerful energy within the Main Realm. It is precisely because of the power of [Source] that that adult possessed the strength to contend with that dark entity."

　"Indeed, the increase in strength brought by [Source] is truly terrifying." Lin Xuan felt the system's words.

　"The only drawback is that it is not easy to generate the [Source]." As he said this, a trace of regret appeared on Lin Xuan's face.

　After gaining ownership of the world, Lin Xuan replaced the original world consciousness and became the new consciousness of this world. This also allowed him to understand more about the [Source]. Lin Xuan didn't know about other worlds, but this world was not a world with a very rich [Source].

　"There isn't much [Source] available in this world right now. If we were to use it in a real fight, I'm afraid it would be exhausted after just a few battles."

　"This is normal. The amount of [Source] is related to the power level of the world. The higher the power level of the world, the stronger the world will be. Correspondingly, the speed of generating [Source] will be faster and the reserves of [Source] will be greater. Of course, in such a world, the world consciousness will be stronger and the difficulty of plundering will be higher." At this time, the system explained to Lin Xuan.

　"Your journey has just begun. You're still some distance away from being able to use [Source] without reservation. Right now, you're still in the accumulation phase. At this stage, [Source] can only be used as your trump card."

　"Okay, I understand." Lin Xuan nodded and agreed with the system's words.

　"This world has come to an end. After I say goodbye, it's time to prepare to go to the next world." After putting away [Destruction], Lin Xuan let out a long breath and said.

　"I don't know if the remaining time is enough for me~~~~" With a long sigh, Lin Xuan was about to leave here, but at this moment, the system suddenly spoke.