Arthur stood at the edge of the pitch-black rift that led to the Sixth Floor. The golden sands of the Celestial Battleground were now nothing but cold, black ash. Behind him, his army of mutated shadow sentinels stood in eerie silence, their white eyes glowing like stars in the dark.
[Ding!]
[You are entering the Sixth Floor: The Abyssal Void.]
[Danger Level: Error... Level exceeds System Calibration.]
[Warning: This floor is the prison of the 'Ancient Primordials'. Even the gods fear to tread here.]
Arthur didn't hesitate. He stepped into the rift.
The sensation was like falling through a sea of ice-cold ink. When he finally landed, there was no ground, only a platform of solid gravity. The Sixth Floor was a world of floating obsidian islands, connected by chains of dark energy. The sky was not red or blue; it was a swirling vortex of purple and black, with lightning that made no sound.
[Ding! Environmental Effect: 'Soul Pressure' active.]
[Your current Soul Strength is 100x higher than required. Effect Nullified.]
Arthur walked toward the center of the largest island. There, he saw a city that looked like it had been built from the bones of dead universes. It was the City of Pandemonium, the home of the Great Demons.
Suddenly, a presence appeared in front of him. It wasn't a sentinel or a giant. it was a creature that looked exactly like Arthur, but with horns made of obsidian and wings that spanned the entire horizon.
"So," the creature spoke, its voice a thousand whispers. "The Monarch has finally arrived. I am Malphas, the Warden of the Abyss. I have been waiting ten thousand years to taste the soul of a Sovereign."
Malphas snapped his fingers, and from the obsidian city, a legion of demons emerged. These weren't A-Rank or even S-Rank. These were 'Calamity-Class' demons, each one capable of destroying a small nation.
[Target: Abyssal Demon Legion x10,000.]
[Rank: SS-Grade.]
Arthur didn't flinch. He felt a surge of excitement. "Ten thousand? That's it?"
He raised the 'Sovereign's Command Staff' and pointed it toward the sky. "100x Multiplier... Monarch's Authority: Global Harvest!"
A black sun appeared above the city. It didn't emit light; it emitted 'Gravity Wells'. The demons, despite their immense power, found themselves being pulled into the air, their bodies stretching and cracking.
"You think your numbers matter to me?" Arthur's voice was like a physical weight. "I don't see enemies. I see resources."
Malphas roared, charging at Arthur with a blade made of compressed suns. Arthur met him head-on with his black sovereign dagger.
CLANG!
The impact shattered the obsidian island they were standing on. They fought in the air, moving so fast that they appeared as streaks of black and purple lightning. Malphas was strong—stronger than anything Arthur had ever faced. But Arthur had the system.
[Ding! Enemy 'Malphas' is using 'Temporal Manipulation'.]
[Countering with '100x Speed Acceleration'!]
To the demons below, it looked like Arthur was in a hundred places at once. He struck Malphas a hundred times in a single second. Every strike didn't just deal damage; it 'stole' mana.
[Ding! 100x Multiplier Activated!]
[Mana stolen multiplied x100!]
Malphas began to shrivel, his divine power being drained into Arthur's core. "No! This power... it's not meant for mortals! You will destroy the universe!"
"Then let it burn," Arthur whispered. "I'll build a better one from the shadows."
With a final, devastating thrust, Arthur plunged his dagger into Malphas's heart.
[Ding!]
[Host has slain the 'Warden of the Abyss: Malphas' (Rank: SSS-Boss).]
[Base Experience: 50,000,000 EXP]
[Base Loot: Heart of the Abyss x1, Blade of the Void x1, 10,000,000 Gold.]
[100x Multiplier Activated!]
[Experience gained: 5,000,000,000 EXP!]
[Loot gained: Heart of the Abyss x100, Blade of the Void x100, 1,000,000,000 Gold!]
[Ding! LEVEL UP! LEVEL UP! LEVEL UP!...]
[Host has reached Level 200!]
The power was so great that Arthur's old body couldn't contain it. His soul expanded, merging with the very fabric of the Sixth Floor. The 10,000 demons, seeing their warden dead, bowed down in terror.
"Shadow Extraction," Arthur commanded, his voice now a cosmic roar.
[Ding!]
[Extracting 10,000 SS-Rank souls...]
[100x Multiplier Activated!]
[You have acquired: 1,000,000 Shadow Demons!]
A million shadows rose from the obsidian city. The entire Sixth Floor was now filled with a dark army so massive that even the 'Watcher Gods' in the higher floors were trembling. Arthur stood on the ruins of the bone city, a million-soul army at his back and a billion gold in his pocket.
He looked toward the final gate—the one that led to the Seventh Floor, the place where the Creator was said to reside.
"Zane, Elara... Association... Gods..." Arthur whispered, his eyes glowing with a power that could extinguish stars. "I am no longer coming for revenge. I am coming to take my throne. And the world is just the first step."
Arthur stepped toward the final gate, his million-soul army following him into the ultimate unknown. The weakest porter was now the God of the Abyss.