From Firefly, Speedrunning Worlds (Up to Volume 5, Chapter 50)
Chapter 49

Speedrunning Worlds Starting with Firefly

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But this five-digit number starting with a 2 still made the girl somewhat happy.

If she converted it all into Destruction Path power at a ratio of one to a hundred, could she directly obtain the power of a Destruction Emanator?

But thinking of Suel's abilities, even if she became a Destruction Emanator, she would still have a headache when facing the might of time.

That guy could easily turn back time. If she could not kill him instantly, he would probably be very difficult to deal with!

More importantly, Suel was also hard to kill. Who knew how many hidden tricks he had!

Even Ace Ukiyo, who had awakened Creation Power and transformed into Kamen Rider Geats Nine-Tails, had failed to kill him. In the end, it was only with Nene Arakawa and her father's help, and after Ace Ukiyo completely accepted his mother's inheritance and became a Creation God beyond time's control, that he had defeated him.

After thinking for a while, Firefly still decided to draw cards first and take a gamble.

Once she drew something that would not be affected by time reversal, she would convert all the rest into Destruction Path power and take another step toward Emanator-level strength.

With 24,800 Points, even if her luck was terrible, she could still guarantee a gold item. She only hoped it would be useful to her.

Otherwise, she could only use those dangerous trump cards!

Whether it was a Stellaron, a blessing of Abundance, or a fragment of Lord Ravager Phantylia, they were all extremely dangerous items.

She might not necessarily be able to control them...

With those thoughts in mind, the girl opened the card-drawing interface and began spending Points on draws.

As 1,600 Points disappeared, just as expected, no gold appeared. It was only the guaranteed purple.

And there was only one purple.

(Blue) Silver Wolf's Game Account (Blue) Light Cone "Leqi" (Blue) Asta's Monthly Allowance (Blue) Random Blue-Quality Relics (Blue) Sparkle's Personal Item (Blue) Topaz's Leg Ring (Purple) Light Cone "Good Night and Sleep" (Blue) Feather of the Rememberer (Blue) Song "Make a Heart Free from Sorrow" ...

After glancing through them, Firefly found nothing that satisfied her.

Asta's monthly allowance was quite substantial, but it was in Credits, which could not be used in this world unless she went to the Star Rail universe.

So it was completely useless.

The Light Cone was decent, at least...

Without thinking much about it, she performed another ten-pull, but the result was about the same.

It guaranteed one purple Light Cone, and it was not even another type of purple item...

The Thirster of Worlds, the Insatiable Devourer

Firefly frowned at the card-drawing screen before her. Her Points kept decreasing, yet she had not seen a single item that pleasantly surprised her.

Instead, her Points vanished like running water, making her heart ache.

It felt like when she had played Star Rail and lost her 85-pull guarantee to Bailu. She almost felt like quitting the game.

Just as Firefly was considering whether to cut her losses and stop drawing, or simply convert everything into Destruction Path power, she finally reached the guaranteed gold.

The girl immediately skipped past the other items and locked onto the gold card.

(Gold) Immortal Divine Fruit

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Well, this...

Although this item was very good and definitely qualified as a decent gold item, it was probably something Phantylia desperately needed. It directly touched upon the authority of Abundance.

According to the game's description, it was an illusory flower that bloomed without roots, born from nothingness. Phantylia had used Jianmu as a vessel to forge herself a physical body, thereby touching upon the authority of Abundance.

Thus, she had gained a body that could endure forever!

But this was not what Firefly needed. What she needed now was something to resist time.

"Still, it's another trump card!"

Although it was not what she needed, Firefly was fairly satisfied with the Immortal Divine Fruit.

This thing was a divine fruit borne by an ancient tree left behind by the Aeon of Abundance. It could shape life at will, a miracle that conquered death...

More importantly, she still had a Phantylia fragment. Little Phantylia had not been released yet.

It felt like she could create an Immortal Divine Fruit Phantylia.

It was just too dangerous. Without Emanator-level power, she would be unable to control such a dangerous being.

A fragment incarnation of a Destruction Emanator combined with a body possessing the authority of Abundance—even if she was weaker than the Immortal Divine Fruit Phantylia on the Xianzhou, she would still possess Emanator-level strength, right?

But then again.

Heliobi were hard to judge. Just like how that great Heliobus had split into so many other Heliobi, including its tail and Ignamar, each of them had their own thoughts.

They did not all share the same thoughts as the great Heliobus Liaoyuan...

So a fragment Heliobus split off from Phantylia might not necessarily share Phantylia's personality and thoughts.

But even if she did, Phantylia was not some madwoman obsessed only with destruction.

On the contrary, she feared Destruction...

That was also why she had been excessively interested in creations of Abundance. The yearning she displayed when Jianmu was revived had been obviously far too intense.

When her immortal physical body had been destroyed, Phantylia had harshly claimed that she had merely lost a body she had casually molded.

Yet only she herself understood how much she cared about that body.

Phantylia deeply feared the self-destruction brought by Destruction, so she wanted to find a vessel that would endure forever. And such an excellent body as the Immortal Divine Fruit had actually been destroyed!

She was probably crying, throwing a tantrum, and rolling around on the floor in private.

No longer dwelling on it, Firefly carefully stored the Immortal Divine Fruit in the system space and continued drawing cards.

Her current trump cards were either too dangerous or unable to completely take down Suel. She still had to continue...

Firefly's luck was fairly good afterward. Although none of the purple items surprised her, gold appeared once again on her third ten-pull.

She quickly skipped the other items and looked at the gold item that appeared with renewed anticipation.

(Gold) Obscurus's Path Remnant

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"Obscurus..."

Looking at this gold item, Firefly froze slightly.

Obscurus—was that not the Aeon of Voracity?

He was one of the oldest Aeons in the Star Rail universe and presided over the Voracity Path.

As insects were to birds, rabbits to wolves, stardust to black holes, so were worlds to Voracity.

He was the Thirster of Worlds, the Insatiable Devourer, a black hole that could think.

He existed as both an Aeon and an ancient beast.

In Obscurus's eyes, life was floating algae flickering in the ocean of emptiness, destined to return to darkness alongside the stars that birthed it—and that darkness lay within his mouth.

The Aeon of Voracity...

This one was the archenemy of the Aeon of Preservation. Both were among the oldest beings, and when they merely passed each other, entire massive star systems would be destroyed.

If he could not be stopped, he would inevitably devour the entire Star Rail universe.

Firefly quickly checked the information on the item. It surely could not be that simple.

Obscurus's Path Remnant Description: The Thirster of Worlds, the Insatiable Devourer. After using this item, Obscurus's remnant can devour authority weaker than his own and acquire the authority of what he devours. Note: Can only be used once, and may only be used on a single target.

"Authority of devouring..."

The girl looked at the information thoughtfully.

Suddenly, she had an idea. If it succeeded, the gains would definitely be substantial.

What was the greatest authority in the Geats world?

Naturally, it was Creation Power.

If she used it to devour the Creation God's authority of creation and devoured the other party's Creation Power, then... without a doubt, the rewards would be enormous.

At that thought, the girl's heart began to stir.

Although the authority of creation in the Geats world was really watered down, it could not be denied that Creation Power had many uses and was extremely convenient.

It was absolutely worth acquiring...

If even the authority of creation was not worth pursuing, then this world had nothing more valuable.

But even with that idea, the girl did not immediately go looking for the original Goddess. Leaving aside the fact that she was already a fading remnant and had little Creation Power left!

She also did not know whether the remnant's devouring would merely consume authority or have other effects.

She still hesitated to strike lethally at the Creation Goddess.

It would be better to wait for a new Creation God to appear, then devour the new god's authority of creation and Creation Power. The harvest would also be much greater than from this Goddess who was about to shatter.

With that thought in mind, the girl suppressed her urge to head for the Creation Shrine.

There was no need to rush. What was hers would not get away.

She then looked at her Points again and discovered that there were barely any left.

Firefly did not continue drawing cards. Instead, she converted everything into Destruction Path power, but she was still far from Emanator-level strength.

The amount of Points needed to obtain Emanator-level power through conversion was truly astronomical, even with the one-to-one-hundred conversion ratio for the Destruction Path.

Looking at it that way, using Points for card draws was not really a loss.

After all, some of the items were genuinely related to Emanators and even Aeons!

It was just that these items were external tools, rather than power she completely possessed herself.

There were gains and losses!

As for failing to obtain anything that countered Suel's time-reversal ability after spending so many Points, the girl did not dwell on it too much. The trump cards on her kept growing in number. No matter how she looked at it, losing would be difficult.

At worst, it would just be a little more troublesome.

She would only know the specifics after fighting him...

So now, she only had to wait for Suel to appear.

Setting Off with Herta

"That should be about right!"

Looking at herself in the mirror, Firefly lifted a hand and brushed through her long hair. Her hair was silky and smooth, drifting gently beneath the lights and gleaming faintly.

As expected of my Firefly wife. She looked adorable no matter how I looked at her! And unlike those styles that seemed stunning at first glance but lost their appeal over time.

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