Dragon Soaring World moved so fast he was practically leaving afterimages.
He had even abandoned Undying Battle Soul, clawing wildly at the ground with both hands.
The Origin Essence fragments of Mid-Rank Gods and Upper Gods, once so far beyond his reach, were now gold nuggets in his eyes.
System notifications hammered through his mind like a rapid drumbeat.
[Notice: Obtained "High-Rank Arrogance Law Fragment." Automatically converted to Merit Points.] [Current debt: 4.5 billion... 3 billion... 1.5 billion...]
Dragon Soaring World's eyes were bloodshot, his grin stretching from ear to ear.
"Almost! Almost there!"
He plunged into the crater where Pride's True Form had just self-destructed. Several head-sized pure crystals lay piled inside.
He lunged and clutched them tightly to his chest.
[Notice: Obtained "Flawless Original Sin Core Crystal" ×3.] [Notice: 3 billion Merit Points added to your account.] [Current debt: 0.] [Current balance: 1.52 billion Merit Points.]
Dragon Soaring World froze.
He stared at the positive number in the corner of his vision, one he hadn't seen in ages. His eyes reddened instantly.
"I paid it off!"
He leaped out of the crater and howled at the sky, his voice thick with pent-up misery and sheer joy. "I'm finally free from working myself to death! Dragon Soaring World is back on his feet!"
Water God drifted to the crater's edge on a stream of water and rolled his eyes.
"Look at you. You're a Lower God, and a measly ten billion gets you this worked up?"
Dragon Soaring World glared at him. "What the hell do you know? Try owing ten billion at loan-shark rates! Even in my sleep, I felt like someone was whipping me from behind!"
He dusted off his clothes, straightened his back, and strode over to Qin Chuan.
"Boss, my debt's