Chapter 29: Chapter29-Reforging the World Bubble, Completing the SS-Rank Quest

When John heard that she actually wanted him to become a god, he was stunned.

"But I’m only—"

Before he could finish speaking, the Goddess of Space interrupted him.

"I believe in your potential.

"As long as you can ascend to godhood as soon as possible, then under extreme circumstances, you may even have to personally hunt down gods and seize their divinity and authority.

"Even if doing so goes against some of your principles, you absolutely cannot allow the power of those gods to fall into the hands of the God Hunter."

John fell silent.

It was difficult to imagine just how terrifying that God Hunter truly was, for even the Goddess of Space to say such words.

At that moment, the Goddess of Space’s illusory figure began to fade.

Seeing that there was little time left, she spoke faster.

"There is one final thing I must ask of you. Please find my true body as soon as possible!"

As soon as her voice fell, a notification sounded beside John’s ear.

[You have received the main quest: "Find the True Body of the Goddess of Space"!]

[Quest Requirement]: Find the true body of the Goddess of Space.

...

At that moment, the Goddess of Space’s figure faded away completely.

She left behind only a faint voice.

"You now possess four of my Authority Fragments. They may be temporarily entrusted to you for use.

"Good luck, old friend. I hope we can meet again soon."

As her voice disappeared, time resumed its flow.

The terrifying authority energy began to backlash against John’s body.

Cracks appeared across the surface of his body, as though he might be torn apart by spatial power at any moment.

With his attributes cut in half, even though John still had tens of thousands of HP, it was still far from enough when facing the pressure of god-tier authority energy.

[-10880!]

[-10880!]

His HP began to drop rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

John knew very clearly that he did not have much time to use these four Space Authority Fragments.

He immediately seized the moment and began mobilizing their power.

Space authority, as its name implied, could be used to manipulate the folding and cutting of space.

When the user was weak, it could be used for flight, movement, and teleportation.

But when controlled by someone powerful, it could even be used to directly tear open the void and reshape boundaries.

With a thought from John, the spatial power around him instantly changed.

His figure flew toward the center of the World Bubble.

John slowly raised both hands.

Below him, the Astral Colossi that had been slaughtering players and NPCs were instantly lifted into the air by spatial power.

In the next moment, all of the Astral Colossi were rapidly drawn toward John’s location like magnets.

John slowly brought his hands together, his eyes covered by white light.

All of the Astral Colossi were forcibly gathered together by terrifying spatial power.

The stone blocks that made up their bodies constantly shifted, rearranged, and scattered, before finally being compressed into an enormous mass of stone.

John’s expression was cold. Slowly, he snapped his fingers.

Snap!

With that soft sound, the Astral Colossi, along with the surrounding space, were completely shattered by the authority of space.

A notification sounded beside John’s ear.

[You have killed lv.100 Astral Colossus. EXP +100000!]

[You have killed lv.100 Astral Colossus. EXP +100000!]

...

[Due to the player’s current abnormal status, EXP cannot be used for leveling up. It has been temporarily stored in the EXP pool!]

At that moment, John’s HP was already nearly depleted.

But he did not stop. Instead, he used the last of his strength to reconstruct the land of the entire World Bubble.

Rumble!

The ground continuously bent and folded, slowly shaping itself into an entirely new spherical structure.

If the original Starter Village world had been a cylinder, then the towering walls on all four sides of that cylinder had now completely collapsed.

What John was doing now was forcibly folding it into a sphere, using the land itself to fill in the collapsed boundary gaps.

The instant he completed the reconstruction, the collapse of the World Bubble finally stopped.

And at that very moment, John’s HP finally hit rock bottom.

[-19009!]

[Current HP has reached zero. You have died!]

As a black notification appeared, John’s body abruptly turned into a grayish-white corpse and plummeted toward the ground at high speed.

A few seconds later, however, a blood-colored flame burst out from John’s chest.

[Phoenix Blood passive has been triggered. Reviving...]

In just a few short seconds, the blood-colored flames covered John’s entire body.

His tightly shut eyes suddenly opened.

[Revival successful!]

The first thing John did after reviving was to separate the four terrifying Space Authority Fragments inside his body once again.

He only kept one fragment equipped on himself, while tossing the other three into storage.

With his current Constitution and attribute panel, enduring a single Authority Fragment was already his limit.

[-2579!]

This amount of damage was still something he could withstand.

Immediately afterward, John used the remaining spatial power to cover the surviving NPCs and players below.

With a flash of white light, the figures of the NPCs and players were all teleported back to the area in front of Starter Village.

...

The NPCs and players below only felt their bodies suddenly go weightless.

Then, the scene before their eyes changed.

As they looked at the familiar castle ahead of them, everyone was struck by shock and confusion.

"What’s going on? How did we suddenly get teleported back?"

"I only saw a flash of white light, and then I had no idea what happened."

"There seemed to be a figure floating in the sky just now."

At that moment, a world announcement suddenly rang out.

[World Announcement: Congratulations to player Outlander for completing the SS-rank quest—Edge of the World!]

The entire crowd instantly fell into shock.

Meanwhile, on the other side, notifications were also ringing beside John’s ear.

[Congratulations, player. You have obtained EXP +150000, Reputation +15000, and gold coins +15000!]

[Congratulations, player. You have obtained the god-tier item: God Mask!]

[God Mask]

: Can change appearance and race, greatly increase charm, and avoid detection to an extreme degree. Even gods will find it difficult to see through the wearer’s true identity.

[Remark]: Suitable for hiding one’s identity and completing special follow-up quests.

...

[Congratulations, player. You have obtained the special item: Mysterious Token!]

[Mysterious Token]

...

[Congratulations, player. Divinity points +20!]

[Congratulations, player. You have obtained Goddess of Space Authority Fragment ×4!]

John’s face remained expressionless. At this moment, he had no time to care about these rewards.

His figure flashed, and he quickly rushed toward Starter Village.

...

At the same time, in the open area in front of Starter Village.

Everyone was still dazed by the announcement that had just sounded.

Outlander.

Outlander again!

Could the person who had saved them just now have been Outlander?

Before they could recover from the shock of the world announcement, the sky suddenly lit up.

Immediately afterward, a figure slowly descended.

Silver-white spatial fluctuations still lingered around that figure’s body. Divine might radiated from him, as though he had just returned from the realm of gods.

At that moment, the feeling he gave everyone was almost like that of a god descending into the world.

Only after the white light dissipated slightly did everyone finally see his appearance clearly.

It was John!

LoranBlade was the first to react. She immediately rushed forward.

But when she was still a few steps away from John, she suddenly stopped.

Only after confirming that there did not seem to be anything wrong with John did LoranBlade give a slight nod. She did not say anything more.

On the other side, Lord also walked over. He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to ask what exactly had happened just now.

But at that very moment, an arrogant and hearty laugh suddenly came from the castle entrance behind them.

"Hahaha!"

Everyone turned toward the voice and saw a figure with dyed yellow hair appear at the entrance.

It was none other than the idiot vice guild leader of Overlord Guild.

The moment Nix appeared, he shouted arrogantly, "Perfect, you’re all here. Hurry up and come pay your respects to this young master.

"Let me tell you all something. This young master has just awakened an SS-rank talent: Necromancer!"