Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 963: Chapter 406: Extraordinary Contraction

Abyssal Game Players are the key to entering the Abyss Fourth Layer.

Wu Chang mulled over the information revealed by the All-Knowing Crystal; this sentence reveals two pieces of information.

First, entering the Abyss Fourth Layer is extremely difficult; some conditions must be fulfilled, and merely having enough power is not enough to be promoted to enter.

Even Leman, a Great Evil God with various authorities and followers spread across various planes, cannot easily enter it.

The second point is the existence of players, or rather the existence of the Abyssal Game, is closely related to the Abyss Fourth Layer, at least as one of the paths to enter the Abyss Fourth Layer.

This connection might be related to what Kristen mentioned—the mutual selection between players and the Abyssal Game.

It’s not enough just to be players; the players serving as the key should also meet certain conditions.

Leman, Kristen, and the Desire Mother Goddess have developed countless followers, and their subordinate Evil God Cult is a powerful force feared by the Four Major Organizations.

Yet even so, they have not been able to enter the Abyss Fourth Layer, showing the threshold for entering the Abyss Fourth Layer is higher than imagined.

Wu Chang looked down at the All-Knowing Crystal in his hand; according to the existing information, the All-Knowing Crystal and the Miracle Walker clan likely come from the Abyss Fourth Layer.

Perhaps in addition to the players, they are also key to entering the Abyss Fourth Layer.

Thinking of this, he suddenly understood why the Bright Society spent so much effort on the All-Knowing Crystal. Could it be that what they valued was not the omniscience of the All-Knowing Crystal but its origin from the Abyss Fourth Layer?

”Do you have a way to take me to the Abyss Fourth Layer?” Wu Chang asked the crystal he held.

As he expected, the All-Knowing Crystal gave him no response.

No response meant that with his current ability, even knowing the relevant information was out of his reach.

Still not strong enough.

If he had the attributes of the Abyss Third Layer now, the All-Knowing Crystal wouldn’t hide anything from him.

He must quickly improve his strength.

He looked at the Attribute Panel, considering his current situation, the most significant gains he could make now, what he should do most, were to enhance the Power of Mystical Root Source.

Acquired when he became a Root Knight, this ability has been neglected due to its low grade.

His development of the Power of Mystical Root Source remained at the initial stage when he first obtained the ability, only occasionally used in unlocking the Mystical Ceremony or setting up Space Teleportation Arrays.

This time, entering the Steam Phantom Dungeon drastically changed his view on the Power of Rules.

Between abilities, the level is only a reference; suitable abilities are more important than high-level abilities.

For instance, in the Moonlight Sanatorium, using D-Level Mamba Iron Elbow, he could elbow-control the Eye of Leman, while other high-level skills might not work.

Similarly, if the Power of Rules is used well, its effects in the Desolate Realm are no worse than Divinity.

Unless one condenses like the Child of the Sea into a complete Divine Kingdom in the Desolate Realm, the Power of Mystical Root Source that can affect entire Plane Rules is even more practical than Divinity.

This change in perception of the Power of Mystical Root Source, combined with his current title ”Fortune Raider,” intensified his urgency to enhance the Power of Mystical Root Source.

If one day he conquers the Child of Fortune, relying on his own Power of Mystical Root Source to affect Plane Rules, but his Power of Mystical Root Source is surpassed by other players, it would be quite problematic.

While exploring the Steam Phantom Plane, he was greatly inspired by the mystical power furnace in Xavier’s right chest and the Mystical Magic Array used by Leman’s projection.

If he can understand the construction of these two Mystical Runes, his mastery over the Power of Mystical Root Source can at least reach the level of Cold Mountain and Phantom.

The most important thing in studying mysticism is time, and currently, time is precisely what he lacks.

But unfortunately, all his personal planes were previously developed into Pillars of the Present World for the large Divine Kingdom he created.

Including the recently acquired Steam Phantom Plane, it began upgrading from the start, and the moment he conquered it, it transformed into the Middle Layer.

This makes finding a plane with significantly different time flow rates suitable for cultivation extremely difficult.

He sighed bitterly—it seems that being too thorough in execution isn’t always beneficial.

Unable to find a suitable private space, he had to turn his gaze toward Erin’s Divine Kingdom.

In the planes where Erin sowed faith, the Midnight Cemetery Plane still retained the sole Fire Seed.

Fortunately, during the last large Divine Kingdom construction, he hadn’t managed to reach the Midnight Cemetery Plane, leaving this lone seedling; otherwise, he would have had to ask Hou Jingchuan for a favor to borrow a plane.

Erin needed time to communicate the power of the Eternal Lake, so he brought Erin along and traveled together to the Midnight Cemetery Plane through the Pillar of the Divine Kingdom.

He and Erin came before the Tree of Miracles and invested their consciousness into the Tree of Miracles.

Following the main trunk of the Tree of Miracles downwards, piercing through the ground, his consciousness detached from the real world, overlooking Erin’s Divine Kingdom from a macro perspective.

It was a divine hall supported by six massive tree root-shaped pillars, intertwined crowns of six great trees forming the roof of the divine hall.

At the center of the divine hall was a pool, which, from a distance, looked no different from the purification pools storing clean water for priests in ordinary divine halls. But upon gazing inside, it revealed an endless sea instead of a pool.

At the center of the sea stood a statue, modeled after the statue of Erin in front of the Eternal Light Church Plaza on Briff Island.

Erin’s faith occupied the Plane Center of the Peaceful Town Plane, fully acquiring all belief from the plane.