About 20 to 30 miles away from the shore...


    A giant glowing figure popped into existence. ??


    As took a look around. He was about 50 meters in air now. Only fog could be seen around. Below, it''s the endless ocean tides.


    "Oh?" As turned his gaze. Before him, Jeff had suddenly appeared.


    "You''ve got to hit harder than that." As chuckled. His giant golden figure gradually dissipated away.


    There wasn''t an audience here anyways.


    In a moment, As'' body came into view. Wearing a purplish-ck crown, having a halo floating behind him, the dude''s eyes overflowed with a purple light. His surroundings was clearly dimmer than the environment. It''s as if this guy was a ck hole engulfing light.


    Wearing a confident smile, As looked at Jeff with a raised chin. "Jeff Norman... Myst obstacle..."


    About half a street away, Jeff stood in air as well. In sage mode, he was emitting a faint blue glow. Blue light overflowed from his eyes.


    Under the two''s unreserved presence, the ocean winds quickly disappeared. Below, the ocean tides gradually ttened. In a moment, the ocean surface gradually curved downwards.


    Looking at As, Jeff smiled a little in relief as well. He''d sessfully brought As away from the sanctuary. With this sess, half of the battle was won.


    Sure, As had the same attributes as him. However...


    Jeff tightened his grasp onto his staff. He had a radiant-tier weapon. What did As have?


    Jeff could stack pages of abilities. What did As have?


    Yet, for some mysterious reason, As thought that he was on the same level as Jeff now? Weird.


    ''Everything is under control now...'' Jeff took in a deep breath.


    "I never liked you." Jeff sighed. "But I never wanted to see you as my enemy either."


    "You don''t have to." As raised his brows. "Take your girlfriend and your friends. Leave this city. I won''t stop you."


    "So you can sacrifice this city to the void, get stronger, be unstoppable?" Jeff chuckled at this offer. "Then what. This region? This world?"


    "Say. As. Of all the people, you should know the consequences of epting the void''s gift."


    As raised his brows in disdain. "You mean bing the void''s eternal ve after death?"


    "Well. Yes." Jeff nodded.


    "The consequences onlye after death." As chuckled. "So just don''t die. I am currently immortal anyways. Age means nothing to me."


    "Uh huh..." Jeff slowly nodded. ''Still trying to pursue me to join?''


    "Well Jeff. Nobody can n for afterlife. I only n for this lifetime. You only live once after all."


    Jeff raised his brows. ''Did he just yolo me? He totally just yolo''d me. Seriously?''


    Leaving a smile, As shot into one direction.


    Jeff tapped his staff in air. In an instance, Jeff appeared in As'' way. Without hesitation, Jeff swung his staff at As'' head.


    BOOM!


    Jeff''s staff shed with As'' blocking arm.


    Under this collision, the air around the two quickly expanded out into a wild torrent. For a moment, a vacuum had formed.


    Along with the air, the dense fog was shoved away as well. For an instance, within 100 meters of these two''s vicinity, the fog had cleared up. For once, the view had been clear.


    Below, a shockwave quickly expanded out above the water surface. Under this st, tides quickly built up to 20 meters tall.


    BAM!


    Under the atmosphere pressure, the air crashed back into this vacuum.


    "Hmm..." As smiled. This towering dude suddenly exploded into a cloud of ck mist.


    The ck mist brushed through Jeff and condensed back to As. Without hesitation, this guy continued to fly back to the sanctuary.


    ''Troublesome...'' Jeff''s expression turned serious.


    The game here was rigged.


    As only needed to return to the sanctuary. If he aplished this objective, Jeff would be heavily restrained. As had nothing to lose. However, Jeff had people who''d cared about in the sanctuary.


    As never needed to defeat Jeff in battle. However, Jeff had to defeat As. A draw was not an option. As knew Jeff''s staff''s ability now. The same trick won''t work again. As won''t give Jeff charging time again.


    Realizing As'' objective, Jeff''s gaze turned cold. A trace of kill-intent shed by.


    Can''t hold back...


    Tapping his staff in air, Jeff appeared in As'' path again.


    Wearing a smile, As threw a punch at Jeff. This warrior couldn''t be surprised by the same trick again.


    BOOM!


    Jeff grabbed onto As'' wrist.


    Spurts of water were sted into the air.


    By mere collisions, the two brought catastrophic destruction to the environment.


    Locking gazes with As, Jeff''s eyes bursted with light. In an instance, a stream of psychic energy had sted out of Jeff''s eyes.


    Yet, this psychic energy failed to punch into As'' head.


    Vrrrrreeeemmm...


    It''s as if countless invisible des had exploded out from these two. The water droplets in the air instantly vaporized.


    BAM!


    As punched Jeff off.


    "I can do this all day Jeff." As carelessly smiled. "With my current body, I will never tire! But how long will youst Jeff? How long can you halt me for?"


    "Really now." Jeff tiredly looked at As.


    "You can try me." As smiled in victory. The dude seemed to be enjoying this moment. "It is my win this time."


    "Huh. That''s not very fair." Jeff took in a deep breath. His psychic energy was quickly regenerating. His mental rity quickly returned.


    "It is what it is." As'' smile widened. Even now, As looked rather rxed.


    Leaving a shrug, As headed to the sanctuary again.


    With a tap of his staff, Jeff appeared in the way.


    Leaving a series of shes, the two drew a destructive path above the ocean.


    Gradually and steadily, As was closing in distance from the sanctuary. Jeff was the one under pressure here.


    BAM!


    Clenching onto As'' wrist, Jeff sighed. "If you return to human, we can still figure something out As."


    "Neither of us want to see the sanctuary in ruins. I don''t want to kill you As."


    "Kill me? Kill me?!" As leaned back and heartilyughed. "Are you saying you can kill me anytime you wanted?"


    "So be it." Jeff exploded with a blinding golden light.


    BAM!


    Jeffnded a firm punch onto As'' face.


    PLUSH!


    As shot into the ocean like a meteor, bringing out an explosion of ocean water into the air.


    At this moment, Jeff''s attributes became overwhelmingly higher.


    [Beast Instincts] toggled on...


    This was the first ability Jeff had gained. A reward from the oversized coyote Jeff had in.


    Thinking back at his first fight, Jeff couldn''t help but to chuckle in his mind. So many rookie mistakes were made in that fight. He''d grown so much since then...


    [Blessing of Wind] toggled on...


    An ability gained from that giant goose. If that goose wasn''t chasing down Alice, perhaps Jeff wouldn''t have met Alice...


    [Warrior''s Physique] toggled on...


    An ability Jeff had gained from that wolfman. This was his first time facing an S-rank monster. This was the monster that changed Jeff''s mentality. No more running away from threats. Eliminate them!


    [Telekinesis]


    That vampire girl''s trump card ability. A versatile ability that could be used by itself to clear out small minions. Or, it could be a buffer ability that strengthened Jeff''s attacks.


    [Mist Breathing Technique]...


    [Furnace Body]...


    These were the rewards from Lord Trample the minotaur. Thanks to these abilities, Jeff could grow even when he couldn''t find unique monsters.


    [Living Fortress] toggled on...


    [Runic Barrier] activated...


    [Unbreakable] toggled on...


    [Energy Drain] activated...


    [Regenerative Genes] toggled on...


    [Assassin''s Instincts] toggled on...


    [Execution] activated...


    [Cursed Aura] activated...


    [ze] activated...


    ''Before knowing it, I have already umted this many abilities huh...'' Jeff looked down with aplicated look.


    5% might not be much by itself. But 5% stacked 50 times bes a 11.5x multiplier.


    For most attributes, Jeff had more than 50 abilities stacked. And most abilities gave him more than 5% enhancement.


    (% effects reduced after entering sage-tier. But most still gave more than 5 %)


    About a 20 times boost in strength...


    18 times boost in reflex speed...


    Only 12 times faster movement speed...


    Mana capacity. Mana density. Defenses. Damage reduction. Regenerative speed. Mental strength...


    At this moment, all of Jeff''s attributes flipped 10 folds at least.


    The cost: Jeff could only be in this mode for 10 minutes. But that''ll enough.


    With Aura vision, Jeff could see As'' glowing figure under the ocean.


    Jeff raised a palm at As. A sphere of golden energy quickly inted before Jeff''s palm.


    ''For the sanctuary. For this world. Rest in peace, As...''