My Bugged System Made Me Too OP!

Chapter 184: Not enough

Noah slowly clenched his fists, taking a moment to focus completely on the physical sensations running through his fingers.

He could feel the incredible, massive increase in strength from his grip alone.

It felt as though his bones had been reinforced with solid steel, and a simple squeeze of his hand carried enough compressed physical force to crush solid stone into fine powder without him even needing to channel a single drop of his mana.

His body felt lighter, sharper, and packed with an intense, overflowing vitality that made him feel entirely detached from his previous limitations.

In the grand scheme of things, he had only broken through to the low stage of the Grand Arch Magus rank, but the sheer difference between his current level of power and that of even a peak-tier ordinary Arch Magus was completely like heaven and earth.

It wasn’t just a simple linear upgrade in his numerical values; it was a total, fundamental evolution of his magical core’s quality.

A peak Arch Magus was still ultimately bound by the natural constraints of spellcasting, whereas his newly elevated mana core operated on a completely different frequency, granting him a level of destructive potential that made his past achievements look like mere child’s play.

A sudden, breathtaking realization dawned on him as he continued to stare at his updated statistics, his heart thumping heavily against his ribs with a massive surge of pride.

’This means... I’ve officially become the very first Grand Arch Magus in this entire continent!’ he tbougnt.

The historical weight of the achievement was staggering to contemplate. For centuries, the strongest mages of humanity had hit a brick wall at the peak of the Arch Magus rank, unable to push their human bodies any further, yet he had just shattered that legendary barrier in a matter of minutes inside a quiet luxury room.

Of course, while his absolute dominance over his current territory was entirely guaranteed, he couldn’t confidently say the exact same thing about the rest of the world, since he simply wasn’t sure if there were any other hidden Grand Arch Magi residing out there in the distant lands.

The global landscape was vast, mysterious, and filled with ancient secrets that had never been revealed to the public, leaving him with an incomplete picture of the global power scale.

He was smart enough not to let his sudden success turn into blind arrogance, knowing that assuming he was completely unrivaled on a global scale would be a fatal mistake.

The primary reason for this profound lack of global awareness was the black cloud.

With its terrifying presence that permanently loomed over the borders, all vital information and records about the other distant continents were completely and utterly hidden from them.

However, despite the global mystery, what he did know with absolute, one hundred percent certainty was that there were absolutely no historical records of a Grand Arch Magus ever existing in the southern continent where he currently was.

In this specific region of the world, he had effectively reached a legendary summit that had remained entirely untouched by human feet for generations.

He had rewritten the magical history of his people without anyone even realizing it, carving out a brand-new tier of power that separated him entirely from the strongest magi of the adventurer guild.

What made the situation even more fascinating and tactically advantageous was the absolute secrecy of his transformation.

Even though he had just broken through to a legendary, history-making rank, absolutely no one else in the entire continent or the guild building knew about this occurrence also.

This perfect secrecy was entirely due to his unique skills, as his aura mask was still fully active and functioning perfectly.

The skill suppressed his natural presence, forcefully keeping his apparent rank locked at the standard, low Arch Magus level for any external sensors or prying eyes.

It acted like a perfect emotional and magical sponge, soaking up his true power and projecting a completely fabricated, ordinary baseline to the outside world.

Because of this seamless suppression, no one else in the entire guild headquarters would have sensed any sudden changes in the room’s energy flow, since all the violent, raging aura resulting from the rapid breakthrough was perfectly and completely masked.

To the rest of the world, he was still just the mysterious Mr. White, sitting quietly in his assigned quarters.

Noah slowly lowered his hands, his eyes narrowing to sharp slits as he looked away from the system screen and turned his gaze directly toward the locked door of the inner mana chamber.

The initial wave of joy from his ranking upgrade quickly shifted back into a cold, unyielding hunger for more power.

’It’s still not enough though... I should absolutely be able to do it today... I will smash completely through to the supreme rank before this night is over!’ he thought, gnashing his teeth in determination.

With all he had just recently learnt about the terrifying machinations of the demons, and the apocalyptic nature of the demon lord who actively planned to consume this entire earth, he knew deep down that even his current grand magus strength wouldn’t be anywhere near enough to save them.

The information he had extracted regarding the enemy’s absolute scale was a sobering reality check that completely shattered any lingering illusions of safety.

He absolutely had to get even stronger as quickly as possible, pushing his magical boundaries to an even higher rank so he could confidently take the fight directly to them in the open, and win the war on his own terms.

He refused to remain on the defensive, waiting like a sitting duck in a crumbling capital city while the enemy systematically dismantled humanity’s outer kingdoms.

If the demon lord intended to reduce their world to ashes, Noah would build a power so immense and absolute that he could cross the borders between both worlds, smash through their armies, and strike down the demons right in the heart of their own corrupted kingdom.