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Chapter 4 - Break through to Luminis

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Standing in front of the building where Apollo is staying is a two-meter-tall wild wolf. It is relentlessly trying to force its way inside through the reinforced door. In just two minutes, it will likely break in with its powerful strikes.

A few people watch the wolf attacking their door with fear in their eyes.

"It's over. If that monster gets in, we're all dead."

"We're finished."

Just when all hope seemed lost, the door suddenly opened, and a sword—glowing with blinding light—pierced the wolf's body with immense power and precision.

"WHAT THE HELL?! DID THAT THING JUST GET KILLED?!"

While everyone was stunned that the massive beast was defeated, they were even more bewildered at how anyone could kill such a monstrous creature.

Most of them were watching from their balconies, unable to see the attacker clearly.

The attacker, of course, was Apollo, who had just slain the giant wolf. He was now carving into the beast's liver, where its magic core resided.

"A decent core for a Primordial beast, considering it's only in the Glimmer realm," Apollo said, playing with the glowing core in his hand.

"Monsters still have a huge advantage over humans in the early stages," Apollo sighed, reflecting on how weak humans had been at the beginning of Aura's arrival.

Many people were running from the huge magic beasts, but Apollo stood firm.

As for the classification of the beasts, it was simpler. The first major realm was the Primordial Realm. The first minor stage was the Glimmer realm, where magic beasts began to sense and use primal energy, which enhanced their physique and instincts. The second stage was the Flicker realm, and the third was the Radiance realm.

Beasts in the Flicker and Radiance realms were incredibly rare at this point.

After collecting the magic core, Apollo walked out into the open street, catching the attention of several nearby monsters who were hunting humans.

"Who is that? I don't recognize him."

"He's a 19-year-old kid. He doesn't live here often. I heard he's at Harvard."

Some locals recognized him and began to gossip.

"But he's walking straight towards the monsters! Is he crazy?!"

They were all astonished.

Unfazed, Apollo calmly approached three stray magic beasts.

"Time to test the Eclipse Strike," he murmured, ready to try out his new sword technique for the first time.

The Eclipse Strike was a technique Apollo had developed a few years ago, combining light and shadow, his divine precision, and Heracles' raw strength. Its key advantage was pinpoint accuracy and overwhelming power, allowing him to target an opponent's weaknesses easily. The technique flowed naturally between Apollo's graceful strikes and Heracles' brute force, creating a seamless transition between light and shadow.

The technique had five forms, though with his current power, Apollo could only use the first: Solar Crescent. This swift, crescent-shaped strike was designed to pierce defenses and hit vital points.

As soon as the three beasts were within range, Apollo struck.

All three were sliced cleanly in half in an instant. They didn't stand a chance.

Apollo quickly collected their magic stones and continued hunting more magic beasts.

With each kill, Apollo's fame spread. People who witnessed him clearing the monsters began to venture outside again, trusting the environment was now safer.

As word of his deeds spread, more people began talking about him.

After several continuous hours of hunting, Apollo was finally satisfied. He had nearly cleared out the entire borough where he was staying—a feat covering about 1/25th of Munich. Not bad for a day's work.

"468 magic cores. Not bad," Apollo grinned with satisfaction.

These cores would fuel his rapid breakthrough to the next realm, which he needed, as he had already seen others using magic cores to break into the Ephemeris realm.

Although none of them were nearly as powerful as Apollo, their numbers could grow into a terrifying force over time.

Feeling a sense of urgency, Apollo decided to break through as soon as possible. He found an abandoned building, set up a few security measures, and sat down on a small mattress to cultivate.

The next realm was Luminis.

In this realm, one needed to gather enough aura. When the aura surrounding the body was at its peak, it had to be drawn inward, flowing through the body. Once this process was completed, the surface of the body would glow, signaling the breakthrough to the Luminis realm.

Apollo wasn't content with just breaking through—he aimed to reach the peak of the Luminis realm. His goal was to gather enough aura to make his entire body glow with a radiant light. When that happened, he would be at the pinnacle of Luminis.

With this in mind, Apollo began to cultivate day and night.

Three days later, his body began to shine like the sun, completely illuminated.

He had done it. He had reached the peak of the Luminis realm.

"Perfect! The next step is the Novaris realm. I'll need to compress the light into small star clusters. The best way to achieve that is through combat. Looks like it's time to hunt again," Apollo said with a smile as he left the abandoned building.

He wasn't tired or hungry after three days of cultivation, as the aura had replaced most of his need for energy.

Apollo resumed hunting monsters, casually browsing his phone as he did. He had wisely turned it off earlier, so it still had power.

As for Wi-Fi, there was none. But mobile data was mostly underground in Germany, so he and many others could still browse the internet.

He had learned a few things. One was that many people had already broken through to the Ephemeris realm. Their powers were now being categorized into letter grades—F being the lowest, most useless talents, and SSS being the highest and most powerful.

These rankings shifted daily. Someone who was an SSS-level talent on the first day might now only be ranked S, as stronger individuals emerged.

The government had also begun calling the first realm "The Realm of Awakening."

Apollo didn't pay much attention to these developments, continuing his slaughter of the beasts.

Thanks to his divine gifts from Apollo and Heracles, he could easily reach speeds of up to 80 km/h and had a punching power of 5,000 kg—about three times stronger than normal cultivators at his level.