The Jayzepanese were completely terrified.When fighting monsters, even if they were trampled to death in a single stomp, at least they would die knowing exactly what they were up against.But in front of this Gohaven man, they were nothing more than toys."No—!"Amid a chorus of screams, one Jayzepanese ability user after another exploded into a rain of blood, vanishing forever from this world.All except one.A woman in her twenties remained.She was fairly attractive, though she had one obvious flaw—her uneven teeth. Jayzepanese women actually considered such teeth beautiful; some even deliberately disfigured otherwise normal teeth for the sake of that bizarre aesthetic.In her hands, she still held two fireballs, yet she no longer dared to throw them. She was completely frozen in terror.Ray didn't spare her out of mercy. He simply intended to use her after absorbing the abilities. Under a certain strange rule, the efficiency of ability absorption had been steadily decli

"What did you do to us?!" the Gohaven-speaking Jayzepanese man roared. "How are we supposed to be men like this?!"Ray shrugged. "Relax. I just tucked it back into your abdomen. It's nothing serious. Anything more complicated would be a waste of my time.""Fix it! Put us back to normal!" the man shouted again.Ray dug at his ear lazily. "Why are you shouting so loudly? Don't you know reason doesn't get louder just because your voice does?""Kill him!" one of the Jayzepanese finally snapped.He immediately activated his beast transformation. But to his horror, the transformation only reached halfway before violently stalling—and then even that incomplete state collapsed, reverting him back to normal.Even without beast form, he was still an ability user, but his attributes were now severely diminished. From full strength to maybe one-tenth—could he even still fight? Barely.Another Jayzepanese user, an elemental type, tried to conjure a fireball the size of a basin. But the flame

'Oh? Who's that?'Ray suddenly noticed a young beauty.She looked no older than twenty. Her long, jet-black hair cascaded all the way to her hips, loosely tied with a simple knot. The only ornament on her was a fresh flower. She wore a pure white dress—not Western in style, but something closer to a Jayzepanese shrine maiden's attire.Her teeth were perfectly aligned, and she had no bowlegs.If anything had to be said, her only flaw was her height—at most 160 cm.But her proportions were flawless. Without comparison, one might even believe she was 175 cm tall.Still… a flower? Do people still wear fresh flowers these days? Was it her ability?Ray naturally confirmed that she was an ability user—and the strongest one within the entire shrine.He smiled faintly.His first souvenir had appeared. This Jayzepanese woman could be taken back.She scored over 90 points and was a top-tier specimen.Ray stepped up the stairs.Before he even reached the halfway point up the mountain,

The weaker the target, the greater the amplification effect.Ray snapped his fingers.One by one, living people exploded on the spot, turning into clouds of blood mist.In a single instant, nearly half of the hundred-plus people were gone.'Mm. A snap of Thanos' fingers,' he thought it casually to himself—just a little joke.Now then… who still dared to step forward? No one.Just moments ago, over a hundred people had been charging. Now, half of them had simply vanished.How were they supposed to fight that?At this moment, they finally understood—deeply and completely—how terrifying this Gohaven man truly was. They trembled in fear. Some even lost control of their bodies.The supreme shrine maiden covered herself awkwardly, her face as pale as paper.What now?The problem was, they couldn't even communicate. She didn't know how to beg for mercy even if she wanted to.Ray stepped forward.He had already absorbed the abilities of twenty people earlier, and the side effects

Ray slept peacefully, but his spatial perception remained fully open. If Victoria made even the slightest unusual move, he would notice immediately—and then she would learn exactly what it meant to provoke him.Unfortunately for her, she did not dare.One night passed. The sun hung high in a cloudless sky.After breakfast, Ray hoisted Victoria onto his shoulder and began running.He had hovercrafts stored in his otherworldly storage space, but they were too slow. He had no patience to drift leisurely across Jayzepan.Victoria had already gone completely numb.She had thought she understood this Gohaven man well enough. Yet, when she saw him conjure food out of thin air during breakfast, she was once again left stunned—her expression identical to her state from the night before.And now, being carried on his shoulder as he sprinted at the speed of a high-speed train, she was shocked all over again.Heavens… Was this man truly a divine being in human form? Otherwise, how could he