’I wonder how much universe recognition I will receive for destroying an entire Dark World?’

After all, Ajax’s main goal wasn’t merely killing Dark Beasts.

It was destroying the Dark Worlds themselves and expanding the universe’s area of influence.

Thus, Ajax was naturally curious about the amount of recognition he would obtain.

Soon, his figure completely exited the collapsing Smaller Grade Dark World and entered the endless dark void outside.

Behind him, the dark world continued collapsing at a terrifying speed.

Massive chunks of land shattered apart while violent spatial storms devoured everything inside the world.

’BOOOOM!’

Finally, a deafening explosion echoed throughout the surrounding dark void as the entire Smaller Grade Dark World completely exploded into countless fragments.

At the same time, a series of system notifications rang out in Ajax’s head.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully destroying a Smaller Grade Dark World]

[The Universe’s Acknowledgement towards the host has increased by 2 percent]

[Current Universe’s Acknowledgement: 3 / 100]

’Only three percent?’

Ajax was a little disappointed after seeing the amount of universe recognition he received from destroying the Smaller Grade Dark World.

After all, killing one hundred High-level King Realm Giant Dark Rats already gave him one percent of the universe’s recognition.

Yet, after spending six entire hours clearing millions of Giant Dark Rats and destroying the whole Dark World, he only received an additional two percent.

’Even though it is only a Smaller Grade Dark World, it still took a lot of effort to destroy it.’

To destroy the world, Ajax first had to completely wipe out all the Dark Beasts living inside it.

Although the process itself was not difficult for him, it was still six hours of continuous slaughter.

Thus, the result naturally disappointed him a little.

’Forget it...with how bad my luck has been recently, I should already be happy that I managed to get two percent of universe recognition.’

With that thought in mind, Ajax decided not to think too much about it.

Instead, he focused on enduring this unfortunate phase of his life and continuing farming the universe’s recognition.

As for the Smaller Grade World Core he extracted from the Dark World, Ajax temporarily kept it aside inside his Divine Spirit Consciousness.

’Even though the system said I can gain universe recognition by upgrading the worlds of this universe, it is a very time-consuming process.’

Compared to destroying something, upgrading something always required much more effort and time.

To upgrade any world, Ajax first needed to obtain ownership of that particular world.

Only after becoming the ruler of that world could he use the World Cores to upgrade it.

’Although I have High-level Emperor Realm Divine Body Cultivation, I can’t use force to become the ruler.’

It was not that Ajax lacked the strength.

Instead, he simply shouldn’t use it recklessly.

Unlike the Smaller Grade Dark Worlds that existed outside the universe’s influence, the normal worlds of the universe possessed the universe’s protection.

If Ajax forcefully invaded such worlds with overwhelming strength, the world itself would treat him as an invader and start resisting him.

And if the resistance continued for too long, the world could even collapse under the pressure of his power.

Naturally, if that happened, all the living beings inside the world would die along with it.

’If that happens, forget about gaining universe recognition, I will probably be labelled as a Universe Invader and become the target of the universe itself.’

Ajax helplessly shook his head.

Because of this, Ajax decided not to focus too much on upgrading worlds for now.

Compared to that, killing Dark Beasts and destroying Dark Worlds was both faster and easier.

’Looks like this is the only suitable method for me currently.’

Soon, Ajax stopped thinking about it.

’Let’s find the next Dark World.’

Earlier, Ajax barely used much strength while clearing the Smaller Grade Dark World.

Thus, he wasn’t tired at all.

’Swiish’

His figure quickly flew through the endless dark void as he searched for the next Dark World nearby.

’Without the Thunder Phantom Ark, travelling through this endless space is really slow.’

Ajax sighed inwardly.

The Thunder Phantom Ark was the Quasi-Divine Grade Artifact he previously used while exploring the Dark Region with Aron and Siora.

After getting used to travelling with such a powerful flying artifact, moving through the endless dark void using only his body made Ajax realise just how convenient the Thunder Phantom Ark actually was.

Unfortunately, when he was swept away by the Dark Spatial Tornado, the Thunder Phantom Ark remained with Aron and Siora.

Otherwise, with the speed of the Thunder Phantom Ark, Ajax could have already found multiple Dark Worlds by now.

’Looks like I need to buy a good artifact to travel through the Dark Region in the future.’

Ajax quietly thought to himself.

After all, if he wanted to increase his speed in farming the universe’s recognition, then travelling speed was extremely important.

Otherwise, most of his time would continue getting wasted searching for Dark Worlds instead of actually destroying them.

Time continued to pass.

In a flash, one week passed by.

During this period, Ajax once again destroyed two more Smaller Grade Dark Worlds.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully destroying another Smaller Grade Dark World]

[The Universe’s Acknowledgement towards the host has increased by 2 percent]

[Current Universe’s Acknowledgement: 9 / 100]

The good thing was that the Universe’s recognition from killing the Dark Beasts and destroying the Smaller Dark Worlds remained the same.

After destroying a Smaller Grade Dark World, the overall Universe’s recognition would increase by 3 percent.

’Sigh...it is still too slow.’

Looking at the increased universe recognition, Ajax was not happy at all.

Instead, he helplessly sighed.

But the sad part was, it was much slower than Ajax expected.

In the past week, excluding the Giant Dark Rat World, he only managed to destroy two additional Smaller Grade Dark Worlds.

The actual process of destroying the worlds didn’t consume much time.

However, searching for the Dark Worlds within the endless Dark Region consumed nearly ninety percent of his time.

’At this rate, reaching one hundred percent universe recognition will take an absurd amount of time.’

Ajax lightly frowned.

’I think I should temporarily leave the Dark Region and buy a proper flying artifact first.’

While travelling through the Dark Region earlier, Ajax had occasionally seen powerful cultivators riding incredibly fast flying-type artifacts.

Some of them were so fast that even Ajax couldn’t clearly see them before they disappeared into the endless darkness.

Thus, his desire to buy a powerful travelling artifact became even stronger.

’Thankfully, I have only been farming near the outer border of the Dark Region.’

Ajax silently calculated the distance in his mind.

’With my current flying speed, if I continuously travel without stopping, I should be able to reach a normal Human World within two or three days.’

Of course, if he were lucky enough to encounter a Greater Human World, it would be even better.

However, Ajax knew such chances were extremely low near the outer border of the Dark Region.

Most Greater Worlds existed in the center of the universe because the worlds at the center experienced almost no external invasion.

Thanks to that, they could rapidly develop and upgrade themselves.

’Looks like I should—’

[Ding!]

Just as Ajax was about to change directions and leave the Dark Region, a sudden system notification rang out in his head.

[The system has detected a High-grade Elemental Source Land nearby]

’Hmm?’

Ajax’s eyes instantly lit up.