“What is ultimate?” Miles looked at Merlin with a dumbstruck expression.

“When you condense your first seed, it decides your primary branch. But that is not all.

Seeds are also key for creating ultimates. Ultimate can be explained by the peak manifestation of your abilities. Once created, it can never be changed but can be improved.

Some also say ultimate is destiny, so what you create is what you should have been. The first time you create an ultimate, its rank is Bronze. It will level up with every major breakthrough, so when you are in Extol-Rank, your main Ultimate will be Silver Rank.” Merlin explained the most mysterious things about humans.

“You said seeds and ultimates, then it means you cannot have all ultimates in the same rank or you can only have one ultimate, right?” Miles thought about it and asked. If one could create only a seed when they breakthrough to Form-Rank, then it meant they could only create one ultimate only, but from the way Merlin explained things, it sounded like there were possibilities for other ultimates.

“Exactly. As sharp as ever, brother.” Merlin nodded and kept on explaining. “When you level up to Extol-Rank, you can create another ultimate. But it will take away your chance to improve your first. Some people sacrifice it to further empower their one ultimate. After all, having one powerful ultimate is better than having multiple weak ones, but some also think that having ultimates that can fit into many situations is better than having one limited option.

Although the opinions vary from person to person, it is still something you should decide. The more you practice with your ultimates the stronger it will become, so having more will take more time and resources and you will not be able to catch up with a person one mediocre ultimate trained to the peak.

But you can still choose to create a second, then it will be a bronze tier as well. When you level up to Devote-Rank, you can also create the third. Or if you choose to further improve your one ultimate, it will be gold rank…

Of course, if you choose to create, your third will be bronze too.” Merlin cleared out Miles's confusion. Miles didn’t know these things at all. He barely scratched the surface before, and now Merlin let him deep in loads of information about energy.

Merlin opened the second can of drink and started to drink. “Of course it is not easy to create an Ultimate. It requires supreme talent and it is also a deciding factor for progress. Many people are stuck in Form-Rank because they fail to create their ultimates.” He said smugly.

“But, you are just a middle-tier Form-Rank, and you created it already?” Miles asked with his mouth agape.

“Well, your brother is a genius after all.” Merlin basked in Miles’s dumbfounded face and answered smugly.

“Right, right. My brother is a supreme genius.” Miles shook his head and asked. “What is the other reason you came?”

“What other reason? Of course, I am here to help my brother.” Merlin looked offended as he explained exaggeratedly. Seeing Miles’s I-am-not-buying-that-bullshit, Merlin sighed as he fished out the car keyholder before throwing them to Miles. Of course, they were useless, but the gesture was necessary.

“You are giving the car to me?” Miles asked with his mouth agape. He was a speed demon and was interested in any vehicle moving fast. When he drove the beast modified by Merlin, the thrill of taking the turns was better than fighting. He asked for the car at the time, but Merlin said he hadn’t enjoyed the car yet.

“I am borrowing it! BORROWING! NOT GIVING!” Merlin emphasized the last two sentences. “There is a high tier race that will happen in one of the rural areas east of Unity. Only Form-Rank and lower-tiered people can attend it and there is also an age limitation. Unfortunately, I haven’t used the third Mind Serum yet because of the Strengthening Serum limitation and I will not be able to use it any time soon.

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But you already used the third Strengthening Serum and you are at the peak of the level. So you can use the mind serum any time now. Right?” Merlin explained his reasons and continued after Miles nodded his head.

“That is why you have to substitute me. I will give the excuse of military duty or something.” Merlin grinned evilly.

“Who are my opponents?” Miles asked. He never heard people racing with ground vehicles before.

“Best of the best. Most of them have powers related to reflexes and reaction time. I would also use similar power but still having you drive it way better. This is one of the biggest races of the last decade, and we have to win this race. Are you confident?” Merlin was keeping a grin behind his terse face.

“What is in it for me?” Miles asked with a smirk.

“The car itself,” Merlin answered without waiting as if he was expecting Miles to ask for it.

“Not good enough. What will you gain with this win?” Miles asked. Since Merlin was putting a lot of thought into this race, there must have been something big going on.

“The prize is a couple of hundred million UD. But that is not what I am interested in. The real prize is, the winner of this race will have a chance to race against the legendary QGF!” Merlin explained with visible excitement.

“QGF? You mean Quintus Granius Faustus?” Miles asked with his eyes about to pop out their sockets.

QGF, Quintus Granius Faustus was the fastest man in Unity. His rare speed element allowed him to accelerate anything he held. He could slash swords, spears, or axes at the speed of sound or throw javelins and arrows like a beam of light. But that wasn’t all. He could make himself faster too.

He was so fast that the monsters would die before they could locate him. He was once a hero of Unity, cutting monsters left and right every day, but some time ago he vanished and only his legend remained. There were rumors about him racing all day and night long, but Miles didn’t know if they were true or not.

“Not many people know of it, but I know for certain that Quintus has a passive ability. Because of his fast speed, his brain wouldn’t be able to capture his movements and would delay, making his speed useless, thus his passive ability allowed his brain to work faster and faster as he speeds up.

At first, Quintus didn’t know he could use this ability with foreign devices, but one day when he was in a fast shuttle to deploy at a newly opened portal, he realized the faster the shuttle was moving, the more time slowed in his eyes. After that day, he quit the army and devoted himself to car races.

He has the fastest ground vehicle on Unity now. I heard he found a Bugatti could go as fast as 600 km/h even before it was modified. It is said that after he modified it, the car turned into a beast and could reach the speed of sound with half of its speed.” Merlin was depressed as he was explaining, and Miles could relate to that. Their car could only go half as fast at full speed, and neither of them was able to handle speed a little faster than that as they were. So, their win against Quintus was akin to impossible, but Merlin still wanted to race against him.

“Do you want his passive ability?” Miles asked. How could he not understand what Merlin wanted? Merlin himself was as much Speed Demon as Miles, so gaining ability like that would be giving the tiger a pair of wings. Merlin wouldn’t miss this opportunity.

“Exactly, brother. I want to wager against Quintus and ask to copy his superpower if I win.” Merlin nodded with excitement.

“Do you think you can win?” Miles asked.

“I can’t but you can,” Merlin answered with an evil smile.

“Are you crazy? Do you want me to kill myself in that car?” Miles shook his head helplessly. Even if his car could go as fast as Quintus’s, if he couldn’t cope with the speed, he would be killing himself by crushing something while racing.

“The race will be sometime later after you win this one. Until then, you will be able to use the F-Series Mind Serum and the explosive increase that comes with the fifth serum will allow you to cope with the speed.” Merlin explained matter of factly.

“Even if I can cope with it, I say if, where will you find a car as fast as his?” Miles asked. No factory produced ground vehicles anymore, and there were no old blueprints. If Merlin were to produce one on his own, it would be a copy of what he had and speed would still be limited. And flying shuttles had different working mechanisms copied from Portal World.

“Don’t worry about it, I will handle that one.” Merlin wasn’t taking no for an answer.

“Fine, let’s say you dealt with the vehicle, how about the serum. I am not sure if I can use the fourth Strengthening Serum, let alone Mind Serum.” Miles shrugged his shoulders. He still didn’t have a way to use the fourth serum because it would literally kill him, so he also wouldn’t be able to use the fourth Mind Serum.

“How come you are sometimes so smart and sometimes so dumb? It is marvelous!” Merlin exaggeratedly shook his head with tututu. You already tested your mind for Mind Serum correct?

“Hmm.” Miles nodded. He tested twice before using the serums, and he was more than qualified to use them.

“Then you should know that your mind is already strong enough to use the fourth serum even before you use the third one, right?” Merlin asked. Miles's eyes opened wide as he looked at Merlin, “You mean?”

“Yes, silly brother. If Strengthening Serum can help you to take Mind Serums, the Mind Serum will also be able to reduce the effects of the Strengthening Serum!”