Just call me Thor

From the flickering blood light, Maxen emerged, carrying his blood-red flail, strolling leisurely. Joseph's timely commentary painted a perfect picture, leaving an indelible impression on everyone present.

This scene seemed etched into their souls, unforgettable for each person there.

However, Kaelum was puzzled.

Why had his nephew suddenly turned into a commentator?

This didn't seem right!

Was something wrong?

Joseph stepped forward to greet Maxen.

With his back to the others, his right hand in front, Joseph lowered his voice, "I said everything you wanted me to say! Enough already! Using blood energy to aggravate my injuries is a bit too much, don't you think?"

Earlier, when Joseph had spat blood in front of everyone, it wasn't due to his own condition.

Someone had been messing with him from behind!

That someone had coerced Joseph into saying a few flattering words.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand," Maxen said, blinking his innocent eyes, full of pure innocence. "I think I heard someone say I looked handsome."

"You really... wait, you're level 981?!"

Joseph gritted his teeth in anger, quickly realizing something else.

Maxen's level had increased by one?!

After level 600, killing powerful demon creatures in the Abyssal Plane could increase one's level.

However, leveling up this way required killing creatures of the same tier or higher, which was extremely difficult!

For ordinary people, it was better to return to the Tower of Truth and level up slowly.

Of course, for Maxen, it was like a walk in the park.

"I was just about to tell you."

Maxen's face turned serious as he explained,

"The demon creatures underground are completely different from those on the surface; they don't have damage reduction buffs. They probably weren't born in this plane but were hiding here from the start! The ground here can block the mist and our detection, so we never found them."

Listening to Maxen's explanation, Joseph's face clouded with worry.

Maxen continued, "There was a ninth-tier Lord demon creature hiding in the crack just now, carrying a demon god seed. If I'm not mistaken, at the right moment, the Lord-tier demon creature would swallow the demon god seed, potentially advancing its strength further, even reaching demon god level!

And from what I sensed, there are more than one ninth-tier Lord in the passage!"

Joseph frowned. The Suture Abyss was even stranger than they had imagined.

The demon gods had set up multiple traps in this Abyssal Plane.

"As the Abyssal Plane evolves, the level cap it can accommodate keeps increasing."

Maxen pointed behind him, "I have to chase down the ninth-tier Lord demon creature in the passage. Leaving it would be a hidden danger. You lead the team to the lightning's location.

The lightning cleared the mist from the entire Abyss. Leading the team won't be too difficult for you."

"Also, the commotion I caused just now was too big. The Suture Abyssal Plane has started to reject and despise my presence. Wherever I go, the demon creatures will attack me madly."

From Maxen's words, it was clear he planned to split the team.

If they ignored the underground demon creatures, they could cause significant trouble at a critical moment.

The top human powerhouses in the Suture Abyss included four ninth-tier Lords:

Shadow Ten, Shadow Eleven, Maxen, and Joseph.

With Maxen drawing aggro and acting alone, keeping the others together was the best solution for now.

Joseph didn't hesitate long and nodded in agreement, "Alright."

There was no need to worry about Maxen's safety.

Even without two Supreme Godfathers, Maxen was incredibly formidable.

In fact, the demon gods had tried to assassinate Maxen multiple times.

To break through to Ultimate Lord level 990, Maxen always appeared in the most dangerous places during battles, fighting for his life.

The demon gods didn't fear humanity gaining another Supreme Being but couldn't accept another Ultimate Lord!

Another Supreme Being would trouble the Supreme Demon Gods.

Another Ultimate Lord would trouble the demon gods.

Especially an Ultimate Lord like Maxen!

Given Maxen's combat prowess as a ninth-tier Lord, if he became an Ultimate Lord, the consequences would be unimaginable!

The title of humanity's first Ultimate Lord would be undisputed.

Because of this, even with two Supreme Godfathers, the demon gods wanted Maxen dead!

The demon gods feared the fully-powered Apollo the most.

As for Morpheus and Ares... their time had passed.

Nothing to fear anymore!

Joseph pointed at the crack and spoke again.

"This pit might be a trap."

The timing of the crack's appearance was too coincidental, and the connected passage made it seem like a ploy to lure their strongest member, Maxen, away.

"I know, but do I have a choice?"

Maxen smiled and shook his head, "I can sense at least two ninth-tier Lord demon creatures on the other side of the passage.

If I don't chase them, their target will be Professor Gregory!"

To make Maxen willingly step into a trap, the demon race had to show some sincerity!

These two ninth-tier Lords were appetizers for Maxen.

If the sincerity wasn't enough, Maxen could kill the demon race Lords and still have time to reunite with Professor Gregory and the others.

"Enough talk, I'm off to kill a ninth-tier Lord."

Maxen, carrying his flail, jumped back into the crack to chase the ninth-tier demon race Lords.

If he delayed any longer, he wouldn't catch them.

For some reason, Joseph felt a bit offended.

Watching Maxen's departing figure, Joseph pondered.

"Why do I feel like this guy is making excuses to avoid seeing Thor?"

Maxen had said a lot, but it all boiled down to not wanting to meet Thor!

"Let's go!"

Joseph called the remaining team members, heading towards the remnants of the lightning.

They needed to quickly reunite with Professor Gregory and Thor and find a way to escape this place!

...

Meanwhile, at Mike and Professor Gregory's location.

The lightning had killed all the nearby demon creatures.

Once everything calmed down, the area around Mike and the others became a vacuum, free from demon creatures and mist.

"Let's set up quickly while we can!"

Shadow Ten stayed to guard, while Shadow Eleven carried various items and set up formations and traps around them.

In the distance, the commotion from the blood pillar was also noticeable, and Mike and the others naturally took note.

"Is Maxen really that strong?!"

Mike looked at the blood pillar, his eyes gleaming with a strange light,

"Does that mean he'll be much richer after this battle?"

Richer?

Shadow Ten was puzzled. Wasn't Maxen always wealthy? Had he gone bankrupt recently?

Setting aside Maxen's wealth, they had other matters to attend to.

Taking advantage of the brief calm, Professor Gregory spoke again.

"Did you collect any data on the Abyssal Plane along the way?"

Shadow Ten shook his head, "The situation was sudden. I'm not good with these things, so I only brought a simple detector."

He handed the detector to Professor Gregory.

Professor Gregory's previous calculations were based on Shadow Eleven's data.

While he could deduce part of the truth, it was too vague!

The instrument Shadow Ten brought was also of poor precision.

Just as Professor Gregory was feeling disappointed, Mike suddenly spoke from the shadow.

"Data? Professor Gregory, what data do you need? Just ask me!"

With the Eye of Truth, getting any data was simple!

Mike suddenly felt he was born for scientific research!

"I forgot about you."

Professor Gregory chuckled and then said seriously,

"My authority allows me to create a temporary SS-tier research group to study the 'Suture Abyssal Plane' topic, with a budget not exceeding 100,000 Lord merits. A research report and corresponding materials must be submitted to a specific committee for approval afterward.

Based on the value of the research results, the temporary research group can be converted into a formal project group, up to SSS-tier, with an unlimited budget.

That's the general situation. Shadow 8008, are you interested in joining the research group?"

Mike nodded enthusiastically, "I'm interested! Please let me join your research group!!"