"Once I absorb this bit, it will be enough."

Lin Ye let out a long breath, gazing at the tiny black dot in front of him, now smaller than a grain of rice.

This was the last remaining trace of the thirty-three portions of Abyssal Origin Power.

After days and nights of relentless absorption by Lin Ye, the Origin Power that was originally enough to shatter space had now shrunk to this minuscule size.

Lin Ye had already given up on keeping track of time, as towards the end, it took him several seconds just to mentally count a single second.

In such a situation, keeping track of time with mental counting became meaningless.

Moreover, Lin Ye had to concentrate on absorbing the Origin Power, leaving no extra mental space for remembering all sorts of numbers.

There was one thing, however, that made Lin Ye slightly more at ease.

With his continual absorption of the Origin Power, the physical pain it caused had significantly lessened.

Now, he didn't feel any pain at all.

Because, during the absorption process, Lin Ye's body had been completely reshaped by the Holy Flame.

Afterwards, the Origin Power was completely unable to cause any damage to Lin Ye's body.

The entire body reshaping process consumed precisely three portions of Abyssal Origin.

The remaining thirty portions were nearly completely absorbed into Lin Ye's body.

At this moment, rhythmic booming sounds continuously emanated from within Lin Ye's body, each boom sending ripples through the Alternate Space.

It was incredibly terrifying!

It seemed like something extremely terrifying was brewing inside Lin Ye's body.

"I suppose many people would think I'm already dead."

Thinking about this, Lin Ye couldn't help but find it amusing.

He wondered what expressions those who wished for his demise would have when they saw him return safely.

At this moment, Lin Ye closed his eyes.

He only needed to absorb the last bit of Abyssal Origin before him to end all of this and return to the human world.

He didn't know exactly how much time had passed, but by his estimation, at least a year must have passed in the human world.

Under Lin Ye's guidance, this tiny bit of Abyssal Power transformed into a wisp of energy and merged into his body.

This grain-sized bit of Origin Power was less than a hundredth of a portion, but even a Level 100 Professional might explode just by touching it.

Yet Lin Ye could absorb it without hindrance. It was slow, but not insurmountable.

After several more days passed, Lin Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

A surge of unprecedented powerful energy erupted, sweeping across the dark atmosphere of the surrounding Alternate Space in all directions.

[Do you wish to condense the 'Abyss Core (Middle)'?]

Lin Ye saw this prompt, which made him raise an eyebrow slightly.

He was not unfamiliar with the term Abyss Core.

This was the most fundamental component of a Demon God, determining the upper limits of a Demon God.

For some Upper-Rank Demon Gods, their core's upper limits far exceed those of Lower-Rank Demon Gods.

Currently, all of Lin Ye's Origin Power had compressed into a rotating vortex form inside his body.

Evidently, if Lin Ye wanted, this vortex could collapse to form a true core.

At that time, Lin Ye could step directly into the Demon God rank.

However...

"Thirty portions of Origin Power are only enough to condense a Middle core?" Lin Ye was a bit dumbfounded.

He hadn't expected that this amount of Origin Power, which would even pain Gongsun severely, was only enough to condense a Middle core of a Demon God.

For someone like Gongsun, a Upper-Rank Demon God, wouldn't at least a hundred portions of Origin be necessary as a base?

Thinking about this, Lin Ye was in no rush to condense the core.

Even not condensing it right now proved to be fine.

Once he had absorbed five portions of Origin Power, he had already seen this prompt.

However, at that time, the prompt was for condensing a Lower core.

Lin Ye had unhesitatingly refused the Lower core option, as he couldn't accept setting limits on himself.

Who knew if after condensing it, further improvement would be impossible?

With this consideration, Lin Ye chose to tough it out and absorb the remaining Origin Power.

And yet, after absorbing all thirty portions of Origin Power, it was just enough to condense a Middle core of a Demon God.

If that was all, Lin Ye surely wouldn't be satisfied.

According to Lin Ye's understanding, the power disparity between Demon Gods was sometimes greater than that from Level 1 to Level 100 for Professionals.

For instance, Gongsun is a Rule Demon God, seemingly not very powerful in battle, but as an Upper-Rank Demon God, he could easily enslave Lower-Rank Demon Gods.

Many powerful Demon Gods had numerous Lower-Rank Demon Gods under their command as servants.

However, Gongsun always acted alone, seemingly uninterested in those Lower-Rank Demon Gods.

He appeared frivolous and always like a trickster, but honestly, he simply regarded everything with contempt.

It was this arrogant disdain that allowed him to view everything as mere amusement.

Still, it showed that Lower-Rank Demon Gods didn't have a high ecological position within the Abyss.

From an Upper-Rank Demon God's perspective, they were mere slaves summoned and dismissed at will.

Considering all this, Lin Ye didn't immediately condense this core, only maintaining the vortex without letting it collapse.

This vortex was effectively like half an Abyss Core.

"So, my current real level should be equivalent to a Peak Demon Monarch?"

Lin Ye scratched his head, feeling a bit dazed as he examined himself internally.

Unexpectedly, his Professional Level was only Level 35, but his Demon Level had reached the Peak Demon Monarch.

A Peak Demon Monarch who could step into the Demon God Realm anytime he wished.

Moreover, his combat power wouldn't be inferior to any Lower-Rank Demon God...

After all, Lin Ye's Origin Qi Vortex contained as much Origin Power as thirty full portions.

Ordinary Lower-Rank Demon Gods might have at most ten portions of Origin Power.

With this much power, Lin Ye could effortlessly eliminate most Lower-Rank Demon Gods with his Origin Qi Vortex alone!

"It's time to return..."

Lin Ye looked around, realizing there was no need to linger here any longer.

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