Reborn with Infinity Money System, I was Worshipped by All Universes!

Jerry was filled with confusion.

"Forget it, wherever he went, it's none of my business. Even if he encounters danger, is there anyone in the entire universe who could possibly stand against my mentor?"

"Even just a projection of my mentor's clone would be more than enough to handle anything."

Thinking of his mentor's terrifying strength, Jerry's heart surged with confidence. Without any hesitation, he activated the spatial teleportation array and stepped into it.

...

Inside the Fortress!

"Lord Velen!"

Upon seeing Velen appear within his personal quarters inside the fortress, Apollo immediately straightened up and bowed respectfully.

"The disciple of the Blackgold Sovereign is almost here," Velen said, a flicker of anticipation flashing through his eyes. "I'll have a little spar with him first. Once I beat him so badly he doesn't even know where he is, he'll surely call for backup. Then, we'll finally get to meet the Blackgold Sovereign himself."

Apollo's eyes lit up with excitement the moment he heard those words. He nodded vigorously, rubbing his hands together eagerly.

Finally, someone was coming to keep him company!

Apollo couldn't wait to meet the Blackgold Sovereign!

If you're a brother, come and be my servant!

At that moment, a spatial ripple appeared, and Jerry stepped out from the rift.

However, the scene before his eyes left him completely stunned, his whole body frozen in place.

Holy shit!

What the hell is this place!?

It's blinding my poor eyes!

As far as his eyes could see, the ground was paved entirely with high-grade mana crystals, radiating intense magical brilliance!

The fortress walls themselves were built from layers upon layers of high-grade mana crystals!

Holy crap, even the walls are made of high-grade crystals!?

What kind of fortress is this?! This is practically a treasure vault made of crystals!

Jerry subconsciously clenched his fists.

"I just got my hands on fifty million low-grade mana crystals... but after conversion, that's only about fifty pieces of high-grade mana crystals..."

Thinking about his recent windfall and then looking at the extravagant scene before him, Jerry felt an overwhelming sense of inadequacy.

His hard-earned fortune felt absolutely worthless here!

"Jerry, this is my place," Velen said with a casual smile. "What do you think? Not bad, right?"

Not bad?

This is absolutely insane!

Jerry's heart was in turmoil.

At this moment, he even had the ridiculous urge to defect and join this ridiculously wealthy fortress!

This must be what they call the unrestrained luxury of the rich!

Suddenly, Jerry's gaze shifted, and he spotted a grand, imposing palace towering over twenty meters high in the distance. He couldn't help but blurt out in amazement:

"Velen, is that your fortress's core hall?"

Velen shook his head calmly. "That's not the main hall. That's... the rabbit hutch."

Jerry blinked.

"The rabbit... hutch?"

Velen nodded seriously. "I raise a spellbeast. That palace is its residence."

Jerry froze.

Then, he burst into loud laughter.

"Hahaha! Velen, you're such a joker!"

But as he laughed, he noticed Velen's face was completely serious — not a hint of humor.

The laughter stuck in Jerry's throat, and his face stiffened awkwardly.

"No way... You're not serious, are you?" he asked tentatively, praying for a denial.

However, in the very next moment—

A figure shot out of the palace, soaring through the air on a longsword — a rabbit!

"Apollo, are you out here picking up guests again?" the rabbit called out cheekily as it soared overhead.

"...What the f*ck!"

Apollo, not far away, instantly exploded with rage at the rabbit's taunt.

"You damn rabbit! I swear I'll tear down your palace right now!"

What the hell am I even looking at?

Flying rabbit?

Daring to taunt an Ascended Rank powerhouse?

Wait, wait, that palace built from high-grade mana crystals... really belongs to the rabbit!?

Witnessing all of this, Jerry felt as if he had taken a critical hit straight to the soul.

A full ten thousand points of emotional damage!

"Jerry, I'll show you around the fortress later," Velen said with a laugh, noticing Apollo's impatient expression from the side.

He knew he needed to speed things up — the main goal was to lure the Blackgold Sovereign out!

"For now, let's get straight to our spar!"

"Fight!" Jerry gritted his teeth and summoned his Mutual Consent Contract.

No matter how extravagant this fortress was, battles were decided by strength!

If he couldn't defeat the big boss, surely he could take down Velen, right?

Both of them activated the Mutual Consent at the same time, surging magical power instantly erupting around them as they assumed battle stances.

The Eye of Annihilation shouldn't be used casually, Velen thought to himself.

Then I'll just fight him relying on my raw mana reserves and an endless stream of high-grade mana crystals!

He would simply bury him under mountains of crystal-powered magic!

In an instant, terrifying waves of destructive mana erupted from Velen's body.

One sword!

Two swords!

Three swords!

...

Jerry's brain completely froze.

Behind Velen, massive swords each stretching forty meters long condensed out of pure mana.

And they kept multiplying — a hundred giant swords in total, each radiating a soul-chilling, deathly aura!

"This guy... was hiding his strength all along!"

Jerry: I'm breaking down over here!

How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!

And just as Jerry was struggling to comprehend the overwhelming gap between them, the situation took an even crazier turn.

Velen casually pulled out a huge pile of high-grade mana crystals and began absorbing the magical energy like a madman!

The hundred massive swords that had already been summoned grew even more brilliant, and to Jerry's horror, a hundred and first sword was beginning to take form!

Holy crap!

Jerry's eyes widened to the size of saucers.

"You've gotta be kidding me! Just because you have a mountain of high-grade mana crystals, you think you can bully people like this?!"

Watching Velen's insane behavior — madly consuming crystals to power up even further — Jerry's mentality completely collapsed.

Is this even a fight?

This isn't a battle of strength — it's a battle of who can throw more crystals around!

So what if he's a pay-to-win player!? Just because you're rich, you think you can do whatever you want!?

"Lord Velen," Jerry said helplessly, craning his neck to look at the 101 gleaming sacred swords floating ominously overhead.

"Isn't this just a friendly spar? Isn't this a little... too serious?"

But Velen didn't stop — he was already beginning to condense the 102nd sword!

Jerry immediately raised both hands in surrender.

"I surrender!"

"Stop! Stop! Stop!"

Although Jerry had mastered high-level magic from the upper plane universe and was virtually unrivaled among his peers, against a monster like Velen — who treated high-grade mana crystals as snacks — he stood absolutely no chance.

He could maybe survive fifty giant swords.

A hundred?

That would be suicide!

"Phew—"

Seeing Velen casually wave his hand and disperse the myriad golden swords into specks of light, Jerry let out a long breath of relief.

But deep inside, he was wailing:

"Even though my mentor is a Sovereign from the upper planes, how is it possible that there's a freak like this hiding in a lower plane universe?!"

"Does his family's mana crystal stockpile just auto-refresh infinitely or something?!"

"Fight! Keep fighting!"

Apollo was bouncing anxiously on the sidelines.

Wasn't the plan to beat him up so badly even his own mother wouldn't recognize him!?

Why did it suddenly stop?!

I even set up a camera for recording!

"Jerry," Velen said smoothly, casually straightening the gold-embroidered cuffs of his robe.

Jerry's mouth twitched uncontrollably at the sight.

Since when did you get so proper and gentlemanly all of a sudden?

"What now?"

"Since you're clearly not in the mood to fight anymore," Velen said with a meaningful smile, "let's move on to the second matter."

"I want to meet your mentor."