Advancing to the Eighth Tier, Part One

"Though this is a little unexpected, it's not a bad outcome."

The King of Earth Demons, ruler of the deep Abyss, smiled, utterly delighted.

All around him, the power of the Abyss continued to erode everything. But by now, it could no longer erode the King of Earth Demons out of existence.

As the Ability Imprint's light flickered, the erosion before him finally vanished, stopped in its tracks.

Everything around him slowly changed.

The power of the Abyss continued to surge.

Within it, immense power surged and a terrifying aura spilled out.

As the laws of the Abyss continued to assimilate and suppress him, the King of Earth Demons' very essence began to transform.

The laws of the Abyss were being branded onto his body, bit by bit. Deep marks were carved into his origin, taking shape across him little by little.

At the same time, the Abyss's source power surged all around him.

The space before him was the core of the Abyss World, containing the power it had accumulated over countless years.

Now, with the King of Earth Demons' arrival, this source power began flowing toward him, slowly enveloping his body.

Terrifying power erupted.

Ripples began to shudder through this place.

The Ability Imprint's light continued to flicker. The excruciating pain persisted, but it was nowhere near as terrible as before.

Violent power swept through the area as boundless source power flowed toward the King of Earth Demons, gathering around him and slowly converging.

An immense amount of source power gathered.

Never before had there been such a quantity or scale. It was so vast that even Arthur himself would have been shocked and astonished had he been there to see it.

The power accumulated by the entire Abyss World over countless years was terrifying.

Though it had