Chapter 681: Choosing The Reward
After recovering from his state, Maximus turned his attention to the Overlords.
"Now, I announce the champion of the dimensional competition! The strongest talent in all of the Aeon Plane is none other than Maximus Shadowcrest!"
With Ascelon's announcement, the world seemed to erupt in applause, lifting Maximus to the top, showcasing his power and majesty.
Feeling the attention, Maximus was a little uncomfortable.
Being put on a pedestal above even the Overlords, he felt every eye laid on his body.
Fortunately, after a moment of glory, Ascelon began to announce the rankings of the remaining contestants.
From the top 2 to 1 million, all were ranked according to wins and losses.
Looking at the ranking, he saw his family was in the top thousand.
Most were unlucky and met Zar, Nyx, Sira, and even Paragon.
Especially Zar and Paragon—if Nyx and Sira still had to hold back, the two were just pure unbeatable monsters.
Watching the battle earlier, it seemed Paragon was even stronger than Zar.
However, once the two were matched in the 19th round, Paragon immediately surrendered as if not wanting to show his cards.
After announcing the ranking, Ascelon began to announce the schedule for the Primordial Origin Realm opening.
"A hundred years later, we will open the Primordial Origin Realm!"
"Close enough…"
Hearing the announcement, Maximus couldn't help but smile.
He thought it would still take a while—it seemed the Overlords were also in a hurry.
Opening the Primordial Origin Realm wasn't easy.
Prying the entrance open in advance required meticulous preparation and came at a price.
After the announcement, the talents began to disperse, in a hurry to prepare for what they would need.
Meanwhile, watching the Overlords about to leave, Maximus felt dumbfounded.
"Ahem, it seems that the Overlords forgot something."
"Huh? What do you mean, little guy?"
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"Is there any danger we aren't aware of?"
Feigning ignorance, they looked at Maximus in puzzlement.
"Didn't the Overlords promise that I could pick an ultimate treasure from each of your vaults?"
"What? What do you mean? Didn't we say before that you can only pick one?" Elvian hurriedly said.
"Elvian!"
Suddenly, the Overlords looked at Elvian like a traitor who had let the cat out of the bag.
An ultimate treasure in their vault!
Unlike the rewards in the Virtual tower, the ones in their vaults were treasures that were hard to find even in billions of epochs.
Some even had one of the top ten ultimate treasures, which can only be found once in a trillion epochs.
Reserving it for themselves for the future, they even considered sacrificing their dignity to deny Maximus.
Now that Elvian had said it out loud, no matter how shameless they were, they couldn't back out.
"It seems that the Overlords still remember their promise~" Maximus smiled.
"You little guy!"
"Here is the list of our ultimate treasures!"
Gritting their teeth, they began to list all the ultimate treasures in their vault.
"Hahaha, thank you!" Seeing the list was complete, Maximus heaved a sigh of relief.
He was even planning to fight for the sake of the top ultimate treasure.
It seemed they no longer bothered to play him for a fool.
Using the True Path, his Plane-level ability, Maximus could easily tell lies from the truth.
Soon, looking at the list, Maximus' eyes widened.
"This!"
Quickly browsing through the list, Maximus skipped all treasures below the top hundred.
Seeing a few dozen of them, Maximus finally felt the foundation of the Overlords.
The top ultimate treasures had all been collected by them, leaving others no chance.
Browsing down, he finally saw his goal—the top ten ultimate treasures.
The strongest ultimate treasures in all of the Aeon Plane.
With the top spot occupied by the Plane Gate, he saw three ultimate treasures ranked 5th, 7th, and 9th.
"Damn it!"
Seeing Maximus grin, Ascelon, Nyx, and Frir were already cursing in their hearts.
Among them, only the three possessed a top ultimate treasure they didn't use.
"Hehe, too bad." Secretly watching the Overlords' reaction, Maximus smirked in his heart.
[Chronos Hourglass (Absolute Ultimate Treasure) - A time-space manipulating artifact that can slow, accelerate, and reverse time at the wielder's command.]
[Eclipse Crown (Absolute Ultimate Treasure) - An Abyssal artifact that can shroud, disguise, and hide the origin of laws and the power of causality.]
[Sovereign Edict Tablet (Absolute Ultimate Treasure) - A sovereign artifact of absolute authority, capable of etching, bending, creating, and disabling rules with a decree.]
"Awesome!"
An absolute-level ultimate treasure—a treasure that could affect a Tier 12 Overlord and even the Aeon Plane itself.
The Chronos Hourglass not only manipulated time and space but also controlled all the energy, origin of law, and causality of power within.
With enough power to control the treasure, Maximus could even accelerate a domain by a billion times, mass-producing power that could topple the Aeon Plane itself.
Even facing an Overlord, he could slow down and even stop their time, giving him a chance to attack until they died.
As for reversing time, this was not merely going back in history but reproducing history.
As long as he willed it and had enough power, he could reverse the Aeon Plane's time to its conception.
As for the Eclipse Crown, although it looked lackluster, it was an ultimate assassination weapon.
A weapon that could fool the Overlords and the Aeon Plane itself—with such a treasure, Maximus could even go inside the Primordial Origin Realm without opening it.
Hidden from the origin of law and power of causality, nothing could stop him from entry.
Maximus could even use it to raid all the powers in the Aeon Plane—as long as they dared to store something, he could ignore all restrictions and steal it.
Then there was the Sovereign Edict Tablet—just setting up a rule that even the Overlords themselves couldn't disobey filled him with fantasy.
With such a treasure, why couldn't he just set a rule that all living beings in the Aeon Plane —never to disobey and always follow his orders?
Possessing the rule-making tablet, there would be no one in this world who could be his match.
Looking at the three absolute ultimate treasures, Maximus felt greedy, wanting to take them all for himself.
"What are you waiting for? Choose!" Nyx said in irritation.
"Can I pick three?"
"Stop dreaming!" Ascelon snorted.
"What about two?"
"Are you going to choose or not?" Even Frir was getting impatient.
"Fine, fine, I choose…"