How could there be such a coincidence in this world…
The things Atiste had been worried about did not happen.
He transferred into the Training Space.
To his surprise, he found that there wasn’t a single trace of battle here.
No, to be precise, they had been “erased.”
Eileen had already entered a Berserk State, and her eyes held only her “target.”
That target was none other than Atiste’s “artwork.”
“Truly a magnificent sight,” Atiste remarked.
Eileen was frantically destroying, attacking, and hunting down Lillian.
Lillian didn’t even have time to dodge.
She was torn apart by Eileen time and time again, only to reassemble.
Each time the reassembly was complete, she absorbed the very destruction Eileen had caused in the process.
One moment, she was in her most beautiful form; in the blink of an eye, Eileen ripped her into fragments.
Yet immediately after, Lillian would always instantly reassemble into her most perfect state.
Yes, she possessed a human form, but she lacked human pain, human sensation, and human emotion.
She had become like water.
The highest good is like water.
However, she was not a fluid like water; instead, she constantly reformed into a fixed shape.
Lillian saw Atiste.
Her first reaction was to cry out for help.
But she knew that calling for help would be useless, so she gave up.
She could only rely on herself and this reassembled body to find a way to escape.
She had to escape Eileen’s clutches, her anger, her jealousy, and her madness.
“Few people can push Eileen into this state. Last time it was Lillian, and this time it is still Lillian. It seems Lillian is a good training tool for Eileen.”
Hearing this, Lillian felt incredibly satisfied.
‘If I am useful to Eileen, then I am useful to Master Atiste,’ she thought.
‘And if I am useful to Master Atiste, it means I won’t be discarded. I won’t have to return to that boring world.’
As Lillian reassembled once more, the Thorn Crown atop her head shone again, as if responding to her will.
Furthermore, during this reassembly, her body momentarily became extremely hard, even matching the intensity of Eileen’s Berserk State.
Eileen slammed a punch into Lillian, but instead of shattering as she had before, Lillian directly reflected the force of the attack back at her.
The powerful interaction force pushed Eileen back 9 feet.
Instead of stopping her assault, Eileen increased her power.
“Good, very good! This is a true artistic marvel!”
Atiste was getting fired up!
The originally fragile Crystal of Myriad Splendor had become so powerful after obtaining a Human body completely devoid of mana!
Atiste shouted, “This girl might even become an existence more powerful than the Demon King!”
Lillian felt a surge of unhappiness when she heard those words.
‘Am I being compared to the legendary Demon King?’
Lillian hoped she was unique in Master Atiste’s heart, not someone who could be replaced by just anyone.
The moment that thought occurred, her body immediately reverted to its original hardness.
As Eileen struck her, she turned into fragments once again.
This time, she did not reassemble, nor did she absorb the destruction Eileen had caused.
A large crack appeared on the floor of the pure white Training Space.
Lillian’s fragments fell like crystal raindrops, shining with various brilliant lights.
“Ordinarily, this white space doesn’t refract any colors, yet she still sparkles. Truly an exquisite piece of art! She carries her own light!”
Atiste was extremely satisfied; his intuition was absolutely correct!
He had lived in this world for 500 years and had never seen anything without mana.
In this world, even one drop of rain possessed mana.
In a human’s blood, their skin, and every single hair, all of it contained mana.
But Lillian was different.
He was truly relieved now that he had chosen to carry out the system missions when the System awakened.
Otherwise, he never would have discovered that such a pure Human existed in this world!
And the Crystal of Myriad Splendor needed such a pure Human—a pure vessel.
As for how Atiste discovered this?
It was because while he was processing the Demon King’s remains, he discovered the Demon King’s body essentially had no mana.
It wasn’t that there was none, but “essentially none.”
When the Hero and the Demon King fought 500 years ago, Atiste was also present.
Initially, he wanted to wait until one of them was killed, then rush up to scavenge the corpse and absorb it to strengthen himself.
After all, whether the Hero or the Demon King lost, both were powerful enough that Atiste only needed to devour one of their corpses to leap to the top of the world.
However, to his surprise, the Hero and the Demon King fought to a draw, so Atiste had to move in to deliver the finishing blows.
He killed the Demon King first.
Just as he was about to kill the Hero, the Hero’s teammates suddenly appeared and took the Hero away.
Atiste didn’t bother to give chase at the time, because the fresh corpse of the Demon King was the most valuable prize to devour.
After the Hero was taken away, Atiste had Eileen stand guard while he inspected the remains.
Aside from the Demon King’s heart and outer body, Atiste absorbed the Demon King’s brain and internal organs.
This greatly enhanced Atiste’s strength, making him the strongest in the world.
But when he tried to continue devouring the Demon King’s body and heart, he found the body had almost no mana, making it useless to consume.
The Demon King’s heart was actually a crystal.
No mana could be felt from it at all, yet it was indeed the Demon King’s heart.
Atiste named it the Crystal of Myriad Splendor and had kept it since then.
The mana-less remains of the Demon King were turned into his current fortress, Outside the Three Realms, because the Demon King’s body seemed capable of countless transformations.
Atiste didn’t look too deeply into the reason; regardless, the fortress he built could turn invisible, hide mana, and possessed incredible durability.
So, he and Eileen had lived inside ever since.
For the past 500 years, he had been searching for a way to use the Crystal of Myriad Splendor, but he hadn’t found anything effective.
He hadn’t expected Lillian’s appearance to change everything.
Eileen still wanted to pursue Lillian’s fragments.
She rushed over, intending to grab them and crush them into powder, fully exposing her berserk inner self.
Atiste walked to Eileen’s side and placed a hand on her shoulder.
“Stop, Eileen. She has completely fused with the Crystal of Myriad Splendor. Even if she is destroyed until nothing remains, she will return to her original state whenever she wishes to reassemble.”
Hearing her master’s voice, Eileen’s anger gradually settled.
She pulled back from her wild stance and resumed a poised demeanor.
She coughed twice and said, “Ahem… Master, I was merely conducting a strength assessment. She told me not to hold back, so I was ‘seriously’ instructing her.”
“There is no need to be so formal, my Eileen. You did well.”
Atiste patted Eileen’s head, a small gesture that made her feel incredibly happy.
Atiste looked at the powdered remains of Lillian and said, “Continue your transformations. I want to see more of your forms!”