It took the group over an hour to dig out all the crystal cores.
In total, they collected more than 12,000 cores—over 5,000 Tier 3s, 6,000+ Tier 4s, around 400 Tier 5s, and one single Tier 6 crystal core.
As usual, Ethan handed the Tier 6 core to Chris. The rest were stored in Miles's pocket dimension.
After consuming the new core, Chris finally reached the peak of Tier 6.
Once someone hit Stage D, they could passively absorb mysterious energy under the starlight. And while the absorption rate wasn't blazing fast—probably due to their current Tier—it wasn't exactly slow either. At this pace, it would take about seven or eight days to reach the peak of Stage D naturally. With crystal cores added into the mix, that timeline could shrink even further.
