Level up is hard? I can Directly Purchase infinite Levels!-Chapter 90: Harvest — Time to Take Stock of the Spoils

Raine withdrew back to the high ground.

Along the way, what he cared about most were the gazes fixed upon him.

Because those were eyes filled with longing for victory—eyes that became the faith supporting him as he fought on!

The battle was far from over, and he didn’t waste even a single minute.

After returning to the highland encampment, he immediately began to tend to his injuries.

At the same time, he started inspecting the spatial rings.

There were rings belonging to geniuses like Victor and Camille.

There were also rings taken from Master-level powerhouses of the Gargoyle race and the Soul Devourer race.

Inside Victor’s ring, aside from the flying knives Raine had reclaimed, there was also a formidable art—Judgment Waltz!

This art continuously nurtured the flying knives, tempering them with Nex and mind power until they became perfectly attuned to the user’s will.

At the proficient stage, mind power could be used to control each blade independently, effectively adding extra attacks that left opponents overwhelmed.

At the mastery stage, one could command dozens or even hundreds of flying knives at once—striking in a single move to form a heaven-piercing river of blades, with terrifying power and lethality!

There were also blade-type skills such as Blade Dancer and Blade Intent Resonance.

A dozen or so bottles of soul tonic.

Dozens of precious ability potions.

Not a single skill scroll.

Earlier, the pressure Raine had put on Victor had been far too great. In order to strangle Raine at the source, Victor had burned through all his scrolls in one go.

Thinking of this, Raine couldn’t help but regret acting too slowly—if only he’d killed Victor earlier!

There were many strange and curious treasures inside as well, which he didn’t examine carefully. His attention soon shifted to Camille’s ring and the others, which likewise contained plenty of resources.

Transcendent weapons, alchemical materials, and the like—the quantity was roughly on par with the gains from the mountain battle.

As for Master-level rings, he had currently found ten in total.

With just one glance at the abundant treasures inside, Raine was immediately stunned.

During the previous great battle, that group of Master-level powerhouses had been constantly consuming supplies to replenish their condition, frantically throwing out all kinds of one-use scrolls. Raine had assumed most of their resources were already spent and hadn’t held much hope.

Now that he looked again...

He realized how wrong he’d been!

From just those ten rings alone, there were over a hundred bottles of soul tonic.

Twenty bottles of Holy Healing Potion.

Plenty of Source Essence Elixir, Energy Amplification Potion, Spirit-Tempering Elixir, and Perception Control Potion.

Ordinary potions were lined up in several full rows.

Energy Amplification Potion could expand the energy core, solidify the foundation, and strengthen the core’s intensity.

For Raine, this was truly a case of finding what he had searched for in vain.

He had been worrying about how to strengthen the limits of his core, hoping to condense a few more Law Seeds at the Expert level.

There was no doubt about it—Energy Amplification Potion had arrived at exactly the right moment.

"They even carry this kind of miraculous potion on them... these alien races are obscenely wealthy!"

"The fact that these Master-level geniuses all carry such potions means the foundations laid by these prodigies far surpass those of the human race."

Raine reflected inwardly.

The path of advancement was nothing but the consumption of resources.

The alien races possessed deep reserves. The resources their geniuses enjoyed were already far beyond the reach of humanity—and when you added in superior talent, how could they not be terrifyingly strong?

Of course, none of this could shake Raine’s conviction.

To him, these alien races were nothing more than enemies. There was no distinction between genius and ordinary.

If he ran into them, he would cut them down—whether it took one strike or three was the only difference.

He put away the Energy Amplification Potion and continued examining the combat techniques, weapons, and potions.

In total, he had obtained four supreme transcendent weapons and seven high-grade transcendent weapons. Many others had been destroyed by him during the fighting.

He also found powerful art-type techniques such as Radiant Godfeathers, Riftcleaver Hand, and Oblivion Domain.

Radiant Godfeathers could condense three thousand six hundred and fifty divine feathers, forming a thousand-feathered wing that fused with the body.

In addition to massively boosting speed, each divine feather could be used as a peerless blade, carrying horrifying lethality!

Raine valued both its acceleration effect and its feather-to-blade capability.

If combined with the Thunder Light Wings and Judgment Waltz, the resulting speed would be even more terrifying, and the killing power almost unimaginable!

He continued examining the alchemical materials and resources inside.

[Frost Core — rare object, can be used as a Law Seed]

[Sacred Flame Moonfruit — rare object, alchemical material, can be used as a Law Seed...]

[Divine Relic Fragment — fragment of the ancient Divine Relic, the Rift-Splitting Blade...]

[Star Core — holy relic, can be used as a Law Seed...]

Raine, both shocked and delighted, took out a broken blade fragment about half the size of his palm, along with an oval gemstone shimmering with starlight.

These two items had originally been mixed in with a pile of miscellaneous junk.

At first glance, they didn’t seem particularly special.

Aside from the gem, which sparkled like a teardrop and was somewhat eye-catching, everything else appeared utterly ordinary.

Whoever had acquired them likely couldn’t tell what they were for, but had still felt they were unusual and kept them.

After researching them and finding no apparent use, they were tossed aside.

Even Raine had almost been fooled at first.

Fortunately, the system prompt saved him!

Even if this weapon fragment was only a tiny piece of an ancient Divine Relic, it was still absolutely superior to top-tier transcendent weapons.

This was evident from the Thunder Prison Blade.

Before it, even supreme transcendent weapons were no better than wooden sticks—and even now, Raine had yet to fully harness that Divine Relic, only able to use it in a rudimentary way.

He tried several times while holding the fragment but couldn’t find any method to activate it. Still, he knew it was extraordinary and could only store it away for future research.

What delighted him even more was the Star Core!

This kind of holy relic was extremely rare—he doubted even the alien races possessed many of them.

If used to condense a Law Seed, it could allow him to form an incomparably powerful Godform at the Master level!

The quality of the Law Seed material was one of the key factors determining the strength of a Godform.

According to the system, the Star Core could condense into one of the strongest Godforms—the Star Godform, complete with unique stellar radiance, illuminating the boundless heavens!

As for what other powerful and special attributes it possessed, only time would tell.

This was clearly a case of the enemy failing to recognize its value—an outright bargain for him!

He carefully stored these treasures away separately, then finally drank a Holy Healing Potion to treat his injuries.

The Gargoyle race and the Soul Devourer race would never let this go.

Once they reacted, they would certainly launch a massive counteroffensive against Crimson City.

Before that happened, he had to restore his body to a combat-ready state as much as possible, to block the Gargoyle assault.

First, he needed to stabilize Crimson City and the newly captured territories—then move on to completely wipe out the severely weakened Soul Devourer race!

Only...

He had gravely underestimated the impact this battle would have.

And another earth-shaking upheaval was also about to influence the entire Eastern Front battlefield.

Far beyond the distant stars, a blazing celestial body—brilliant like a sun—came crashing down into the Eastern Front...

...

In the span of a single day, the Seventh Division of the Scarlet Wall Patrol drove the remnants of the Soul Devourer race across the Swiftflow River.

Using the river as a natural barrier, they swiftly constructed defensive lines.

Ballo tore open space itself, returning to the Gargoyle race at top speed and charging straight toward the Gargoyle King’s palace.

Zor, Nyx, and several other geniuses also returned to the clan. When many clan members saw their deathly pale expressions and were about to ask what had happened—

The group said nothing at all and directly entered their meditation chambers.

The Gargoyle King Platus, the High Priest Korok, and the Elder Romel, along with other high-ranking figures, all rushed to the Gargoyle Great Hall.

Seeing that only Ballo had returned—and in such a sorry state—Platus frowned deeply, already sensing that something disastrous had occurred.

"What happened?"

Platus still asked.

Ballo spoke through clenched teeth, unwilling yet resigned:

"We failed. And Crimson City has fallen."

"What?!"

The pupils of the gathered elders shrank violently.