"Now you can’t use your speed to escape," Tyler said calmly.

He let the blade in his hand dissolve into light and cracked his knuckles instead.

"Let’s finish this."

Gailo’s expression shifted from amused to alarmed.

"Oh no... no, no, no. You are not doing this." His voice echoed sharply through the chaotic chamber. "My artifact may not be omnipotent— but it was designed with a very specific function."

The floating debris began to glow.

The entire chamber lit up with crimson patterns. Symbols spread across the drifting walls and pillars like veins awakening. A circular platform materialized beneath both of them, lifting them into midair as the chaos fragments synchronized.

Tyler felt it immediately.

His mana.

It was draining.

No— not draining.

Completely vanishing.

He looked down at his own hands as the familiar circulation of energy in his meridians thinned and vanished.

"What is happening?" he muttered.

Gailo’s grin widened.

"This is called Reverse Transmigration."

The chamber pulsed.

"You will lose the power you gained in this world and revert to the power you possessed in your original reality."

Tyler clenched his fist. The aura coating it flickered and disappeared entirely.

"It has a flaw," Gailo admitted. "It affects both of us."

The platform hummed louder.

"But it doesn’t matter," Gailo continued confidently. "You and I both entered this trial before stepping into the Immortal Realm. Which means..."

His eyes sharpened.

"You will never defeat me."

Water vapor began gathering around him.

"Because No one ever defeated me in my own Realm. I was known in my era as the Unbeatable Merman Below Immortal." Gailo shouted with a pride.

Tyler blinked.

"...That’s the title?"

"Yes."

"Whoever named you had terrible taste."

Gailo’s lips twitched. "I tried to change it. The alternatives were worse."

Tyler rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "So you’re a merman in the real world? That’s actually pretty cool. I have an octopus chef on my ship. He’s a merman too. The girls love him so much because he had lots of tentacles."

Gailo narrowed his eyes.

"He’s very useful for shopping," Tyler added casually. "Lots of tentacles. There are some maids tried to hit on him, but he is Asexual."

"Enough!"

Water erupted from nothingness.

A swirling ocean manifested around Gailo as if he were summoning a sea from memory. The chamber filled with roaring currents. He rose higher, like a deity commanding the tide.

"Die!"

He transformed into a spinning water torpedo and shot toward Tyler at blinding speed.

The impact thundered through the chamber.

Water swallowed Tyler whole, dragging him into crushing depths.

Silence.

Then—

Tyler yawned.

He stood inside the torrent, arms relaxed.

"Oh... cool. My powers from back then still work."

Gailo reformed at a distance, eyes widening.

"What?"

"One of my power is Kun Peng’s Blessing," Tyler explained casually. "Well... only the Kun part though. I’m blessed by the sea. Basically blessed by Water itself. It doesn’t harm me. It even heals me. Also boosts my speed and strength."

He stretched his shoulders.

"In simple terms— water immunity or Buff?"

Gailo’s jaw nearly dropped.

He immediately dispersed the ocean and drew a blade of condensed spiritual energy.

Sword Qi slashed forward in a blazing arc.

The explosion shook the platform.

Dust and steam filled the air.

When it cleared—

Tyler still stood there.

Red dragon scales covered his arms and torso.

Mode: Dragon.

"Oh yeah," Tyler added. "I also have a dragon bloodline and learned a transformation art. So I’m physically pretty strong too."

He vanished.

Reappeared before Gailo.

And punched.

Gailo’s body splashed apart like liquid.

He reformed instantly, laughing.

"Hahaha! If you have water immunity, I have physical immunity! In my original state, I can disperse into water at will. You’re an aura-based fighter— you rely on physical force. You can’t hurt me!"

Tyler didn’t reply.

Instead—

A chessboard pattern materialized beneath them.

Red and blue squares spread outward.

Gailo glanced down.

Blue squares glowed under his feet.

"What is this—"

"Brain Freeze," Tyler muttered.

Instantly—

Gailo screamed.

Thousands of invisible ice needles pierced into his consciousness. It wasn’t physical. It wasn’t elemental in a conventional sense.

"Who said I’m only an aura user?" Tyler said quietly.

Frost spiraled into existence. A trident formed in his hand— pure mystic ice.

"Mystic Ice Arts."

Gailo clutched his head, staggering.

"Stop the Reverse Transmigration!" he roared.

The chamber’s glow destabilized.

The floating debris flickered violently.

Then—

The platform collapsed.

Both of them were hurled downward.

They crashed into solid ground—

Inside the chamber where Tyler changed everything into the forest.

Real earth. Real trees. Vines and roots surrounding them.

The artifact’s suppression had ended.

Tyler pushed himself up slowly.

"My powers... gone."

His dragon scales faded. The mystic trident dissolved. The water immunity receded.

Across from him, Gailo staggered upright, equally stripped of enhancements.

"Impossible..." Gailo muttered. "How could you be that strong in the same realm..."

Tyler wiped dust from his face.

"Because I had lot of money to refine myself with powerful things. Basically I am Rich."

Gailo’s expression twisted.

"Fine," he growled. "Tyler... this is my final move."

His body split apart.

Hundreds of spiders erupted from him and burrowed into the ground.

The forest fell silent.

Tyler activated his Eye of Jungle.

His vision expanded.

He sensed vibrations beneath the soil.

"Oh... he’s coming," Tyler muttered.

The earth trembled.

A massive hand burst from the ground.

Then another.

A colossal body rose upward, tearing through roots and soil.

Two massive horns pierced the sky.

An eight-foot-tall armored figure emerged fully—

Minotaur.

Tyler’s eyes widened.

"The first Demon King’s body... You still had this?"

Minotaur roared.

Its eyes glowed faintly.

Inside the pupils—

Small spiders crawled.

Gailo was controlling his previous life’s body.

And this time—

There would be no artifacts.

No reversals.

Just raw battle.

"THIS IS THE END!" Gailo roared, his voice thunderous within the towering Minotaur body.

The monstrous form stood nearly eight feet tall, muscles bulging like forged iron beneath dark, battle-scarred skin. Two massive horns curved upward, glinting under the fractured light of the forest canopy. Every step he took cracked the earth beneath him.

"This body contains my peak strength!" Gailo bellowed. "Five thousand strength! You are dead meat, Tyler!"

Without another word, he charged.

Like a raging bull from Jallikattu, he lowered his head and stormed forward. Trees shattered upon impact, splintering into debris. The ground trembled violently as he barreled through the forest, uprooting trunks and crushing boulders beneath his hooves.

Even outside the forest—far beyond the battlefield—the shockwaves could be felt. The corrupted Hero Party paused mid-combat. Kaeya steadied herself as the tremors rolled through the land.

Back at the epicenter—

Tyler didn’t move.

He simply stood there, watching.

The Minotaur closed the distance in seconds, unstoppable momentum carrying enough force to flatten mountains.

"You don’t understand, Gailo..." Tyler said calmly.

At the very last moment—

He raised his left hand.

And blocked.

The impact should have obliterated him.

Instead—

Everything stopped.

The Minotaur’s charge halted completely.

Dust exploded outward from the point of contact, but Tyler’s feet did not budge an inch. His palm pressed firmly against Gailo’s massive horned skull.

The forest fell silent.

The Minotaur strained.

Muscles bulged. Veins pulsed. Hooves dug deep trenches into the earth.

But he could not move forward.

His eyes widened in horror.

"How...?" Gailo’s voice trembled from within the monstrous body. "How is this possible?!"

Tyler smirked faintly.

"Because my status is..."

A translucent window appeared before him.

---

Name: Tyler White / Richard

Age: 20

Species: Human

Occupation: Level 100 Farmer

Skills:

DNA Fertilizer

Slash

Eye of the Jungle

Familiar: Serena, Dia

MP: 9999 / 15600

Strength: 14035

Stamina: 12540

Vitality: 12345

Speed: 12000

EXP: XXXXXXXX+

Points: 0 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

---

The numbers gleamed clearly in the air.

"Can you see my status... No? It says over Fourteen Thousand."

The Minotaur gasped.

"Fourteen... thousand strength...?" Gailo’s voice cracked.

Tyler’s grin widened.

"I am always stronger," he said quietly. "And I’m still getting stronger."

"Impossible!" Gailo roared in disbelief. "Not even a year has passed since you entered this world! How can you reach this level?!"

Tyler didn’t answer with words.

He answered with a punch.

His fist drove forward into the Minotaur’s torso.

The sound that followed wasn’t an explosion—

It was cracking.

Crack.

Crack crack crack.

Fractures spread rapidly across the massive body like shattered porcelain. Lines of white fissures raced across muscle and armor alike.

The Minotaur staggered backward.

Then—

It shattered.

The colossal form broke apart into dozens —then hundreds— of fragments that exploded outward and disintegrated mid-air.

Within the collapsing pieces, countless spiders writhed in panic.

The shockwave from Tyler’s strike annihilated most of them instantly. Tiny bodies burst apart, unable to withstand the overwhelming force. The forest floor was littered with twitching remnants before even those dissolved into dust.

Silence returned once more.

Tyler lowered his hand slowly.

Across the clearing, only a handful of damaged spiders remained, barely moving.

"It’s because..." Tyler said calmly, looking down at the scattered remains,

"I’m rich in every universe."