Chapter 706 - A Light Tears Through Space, A GALAXY Falls!
The next set of events have to be described separately, but they happened simultaneously the moment that Four Archaic Animus Summons descended on four separate Domains of the Burning Domains Galaxy.
Each Domain was under the rule of a GALAXY Rank Elder Fiend, and the Animus Pets teleported into the Domains as they descended on the nearest Realm or Planet that held training Fiends!
"Enemies!"
"Move!"
In a particular Domain, an enormous Void Serpent that was hundreds of meters descended into a Realm filled with a blazing atmosphere and an abundant amount of Fiends, this Realm holding two Fiend Rulers at the QUASAR Realm.
The eyes of the Void Serpent buffed with multiple skills shone as it moved at speeds that its enormous body should have in no way been capable of, going to the center of this Realm where the two QUASAR Fiend Rulers resided as the Fiends sensed his terrifying aura and began to mobilize!
RUMBLE!
Essence flew about wildly as not too far away from this Realm, the Elder Fiend at the Lower Tier of the GALAXY Realm was already moving as a streak of light towards this Realm that was only a few hundred thousand miles away, and he would be getting into it in a matter of seconds.
But these seconds...would be extremely crucial as the reason that this Elder Fiend was hurrying towards this enemy was because it could sense the horrifying aura that was no less than its own from the spot it stood!
Few Seconds! But in these few seconds, Noah who was merged with the Void Serpent came across the fortress where two QUASAR Fiend Rulers stood, Fiends of lower levels spread out all over this Realm as they all steaked towards Noah's aura fearlessly.
"Hold until the Elder arrives!"
The two QUASAR Fiend Rulers shone with power as their eyes remained unshaken at the rushing enemy, their bodies reinforced with potent abilities as they threw out their most powerful attacks to stop the advance of this enormous snake just for a matter of seconds!
OOOOM
But the moment the Void Serpent neared them, its eyes shone even brighter as it seemed space came to a halt, an aged voice resounding out from all angles as a skill was cast.
A single skill. One that stemmed from the Animus that held the bloodline of the Galaxy Devouring Serpent- Jörmungandr!
[Annihilatory Death Devouring].
"..."
A mixture of the extreme essence of Chaos, Death, and Aether overflowed from the body of the Void Serpent!
It felt like space and time had come to a stop as the Fiends were held captive, the eyes of the QUASAR Ranked Fiend Rulers only seeing one thing on their sight- the mouth of the enormous Void Serpent adorned with a golden crown and deadly Scythe overtaking everything they could see as from it, an appalling devouring force assisted by multiple Laws erupted out.
RUMBLE!
The force affected the surrounding miles as any and all Fiends no matter their rank, from EPIC and the way to the two QUASAR Fiend Rulers...all of them were frozen in space as a second later, they instantaneously disappeared!
"..."
Devoured!
Not one at a time, not while the strongest at QUASAR struggled. All at once and without question, devoured instantly!
CRACK!
A horrid sound seemed to occur the moment that the Void Serpent closed its wide jaws, seemingly brought to a close with difficulty but the moment they fully closed...the lives of all those devoured were fully lost as the appalling cracking sound represented their very souls shattering.
At the same time, loot from all the devoured Fiends appeared in Noah's [Expansive Space] as he didn't get any time to even target other Fiends, an immensely powerful aura of a being at the Lower Tier of the GALAXY Realm that was only a few seconds late finally arriving!
BOOM!
The Elder Fiend arrived with an enclosed fist that held within it a rotating Galaxy, the Void Serpent turning to meet this fist with its jaggedly scaled and armored tail as the impact between the fist and tail...entirely shattered the portion of the Realm they were in.
OOOM!
"Alert the Master!"
In the shattered space, the Elder Fiend had a disgusted look as its eyes and aura locked in with the terrifyingly large Void Serpent, its fist that shone with a l.u. of a Galaxy actually trembling as one could distinctly see bloody bones protruding from this fist.
A single strike, and a Lower Tier GALAXY Realm expert was left with a bloodied fist!
But something worthy of mentioning with even more importance at this same period of time was another area in the Burning Domains Galaxy entirely, moving away from the Void Serpent that was confronting an Elder Fiend after reaping the lives of multiple QUASAR, Black Hole, and Nebula rank Fiends that were concentrated in the center of an entire Realm.
We have to mention another Summon, the summon that held terrifying proficiency in Soul Damage- the Variant Oculothorax!
When Noah entered another one of the Domains of this Galaxy with this merged summon, he didn't delve into a Realm or Planet that held many Fiends at the realms of QUASAR or below, he directly teleported to an area from the memories of dead Fiends that he knew the Elder Fiend of this Domain would be located.
His aura had spread out the moment he appeared, seeing the Elder Fiend floating a few thousand miles away near a bubbling Planetary Body of liquid that was filled with Vitality. This Lower Tier GALAXY Realm expert noticed the mesmerizing Eye that was the Oculothorax the moment it appeared as well, the shocking aura it released causing the eyes of this Elder Field to open wide as its body began to bubble with power!
Yet the Oculothorax moved forward with purpose as its goal was this GALAXY Realm Elder Fiend itself, its eye filled with the essence of Light and Fate opening extremely wide until golden drops of blood could be seen tearfully dropping from it.
[Envy the Mighty].
First, a skill from the Seven Deadly Sins series, the ability from the Sin of Envy that lowered the abilities and stats of an opponent by one stage was cast! At the same time, a golden light that represented the abilities of the Sin of Pride being activated from facing a stronger foe shone brightly!
|Enhanced Soul Damage|. |Extreme Soul Damage Penetration|. |Soul Lock|. | Non-Evadable Attack|
Numerous Intents combined from multiple Supreme Laws were also brought forth.
RUMBLE!
The wings of the Oculothorax shimmered with immense strength as thereafter, another skill was cast- a skill that caused a brilliant light to tear through the thousand-mile distance between Noah and the Elder Fiend as it reached its target in an instant.
[Eye of Doom].
RIIIIP!
A harrowing light filled with the essence of fate and light.
A light released from a Variant Animus Summon that was proficient with Soul Damage. A light that was enhanced by the Sin of Pride, multiple Intents, [Incandescent Emperor], [Yggdrasil], and [Death Scythe]. A light that was directed against a Fiend whose abilities experienced a sudden debuff, whose one weakness was its Soul!
"IMPOSSIBLE!"
A deathly scream was the only thing that could come out from the Elder Fiend as this appalling light reached it instantly, the illusory stars from a rotating Galaxy it was trying to summon dimming a second after the light touched him, his eyes that were blazing like lanterns struggling with fear as something that should have not been possible occurred.
The blazing eyes of the Elder Fiend that had achieved an extremely high Realm shone brilliantly for just another second...before they dimmed entirely!
Dead!
A single skill from the stupidly enhanced and buffed Oculothorax, and an Elder Fiend...lay dead.
In this Domain that the Oculothorax had teleported in, it wasn't the weakest Fiends that had fallen to it first, but the strongest!
This Oculothorax was at the Realm of Black Hole! Yet! Yet! A Lower Tier GALAXY Elder Fiend lay dead the second it released its attack!
Yes, it was extremely proficient in Soul Damage that was the Fiend's greatest weakness. Yes, it had a ridiculous amount of boosts while the Elder Fiend was debuffed by the Sin of Envy. But still, this was a genuine GALAXY Realm expert...and it still lay dead.
Within the first few seconds of the Siege of the Burning Domains Galaxy...there was one less GALAXY expert within it!
One must know...the battle had just begun!
Chapter 707 - What Can They Do But Die?!
In another Domain of the Burning Domains Galaxy, a piercing cry of a future Golden Crow rang out in a stellar fashion.
CAAA!
This cry was accompanied with a flaring of wild and brilliant golden flames, the Three-Legged Fate Crow that was descending onto a nearby Star filled with Fiends up to the Rank of Black Hole shining brightly as with every passing second, the flames around it exponentially increased in size as the descent of this Animus Pet soon seemed like a wild golden sun was forming to strike the entire Planet and its inhabitants!
[Fate Flames of the Void].
A single skill from the merged and enhanced pet was released as Noah already backed it up with multiple specific Intents of laws, and the flames called forth by the Three-Legged Fate Crow had coagulated around it as they expanded rapidly, burning the very atmosphere it was entering as within an instant, it smashed into the planet.
BOOOOM!
Horrific flames shone in a cross shaped manner as from the position the Crow landed, the flames had actually spread out rapidly to cover thousands of miles as they instantly covered the entire planet, this entire star and all the Fiends on it being covered by scorching Fate Flames that burned their very souls, the star itself beginning to implode right after!
"Coward!"
A resounding call erupted out the moment the planet became engulfed in flames and imploded right after, every soul within it dead as among the imploding chunks of earth and flames, the glimmering body of a stellar Elder Fiend instantly appeared above the Three-Legged Fate Crow and struck down.
OOOM
The fist carried with it the force of a shining Galaxy as it smashed into the body of the Crow instantly, a blinding impact flashing as the Crow shot downwards for hundreds of miles in the starry space before coming to a halt.
"..."
The Elder Fiend looked on with incredulousness after landing the strike with his full power, multiple illusory stars from his inner GALAXY that he had called forth to aid him were still rotating on his fist.
Yet the enemy he struck...did not have an ounce of Damage as the moment they recovered from the inertia, the arrogant golden beak on the enemy only rose up in disdain before it completely ignored the GALAXY Realm expert and streaked towards a nearby Planet where more Fiends lay!
"Hold!"
The Elder Fiend put away his questions as he chased, passing messages to all other leading Fiends as he continued to ask himself how this being was not injured by his strike. But he would never find out as this was...[Invulnerability]!
From the casting of [Plot Armor], Noah had Invulnerability for the next hour...and there were four of him that descended onto the Burning Domains Galaxy as the Fiend would soon be faced with ridiculous enemies that could not even be damaged.
In another Domain, the mountainous form of a Millenium Calamity Bear had descended into a Realm that turned out to be one of the core Realms of Fiends, holding within it 5 Fiend Rulers at the QUASAR Realm with millions of other Fiends training within.
The Calamity Bear appeared in the skies of the Realm as the mountainous body cast a shadow, its gaze that of solemnity and regality that was unique to its bloodline as the golden crown and Scythe shimmering atop its head only went towards increasing its grand stature!
As the Fiends cl.u. together with the 5 QUASAR Fiend Rulers leading them with wrathful faces, the Calamity Bear spread its paws out in a welcoming manner as it called forth-
[Hug of Life and Death].
RUMBLE!
Calmly, the skill was enunciated as it rang in the ears of all the beings in the surrounding miles, a hazy green-grey essence shining out from the Calamity Bear as its widespread paws and chest shone with an enticing l.u. !
At the next instant, the 5 QUASAR ranked experts and a few hundred Fiends around them at the Realm of Black Hole and Nebula felt a strong gravitational force that they could not deny, a force that wrapped around each of them and pulled them towards the welcoming hug of the Calamity Bear without question!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The bodies of the Fiends were pulled in as they stuck on the covered fur of the Calamity Bear, their eyes filled with terror as in the next instant...the paws of the Calamity Bear began closing to tightly hug all the Fiends that had been pulled into its embrace, a horrendous pressure grinding down onto each of them as flesh and bones began to tear and break.
SQUELCH!
A shower of blood could then be seen thereafter as the palms of the Calamity Bear touched, the 5 QUASAR Fiend Rules and a few hundred Fiends that had fallen into its hug only becoming a mass of flesh and bones as they perished!
If one could not survive the [Hug of Life and Death], there was only one outcome!
The remaining Fiends on this Realm shook as they saw their strongest combatants wiped out in an instant, their hearts only being lifted as in the next second, a wrathful Elder Fiend at the Lower Tier of the GALAXY Realm made his entrance into the Realm, his body pulsating with strength as he bellowed while shooting towards the Calamity Bear.
At this powerful expert making an appearance, the regal gaze of the Calamity Bear remained as its enormous paw simply waved down with a grand aura of majesty!
The battles had begun simultaneously, and only a few seconds had passed in reality as the Fiends of the Burning Domains Galaxy reacted.
At the same time, in the depths of the Galaxy where the core of it lay, a terrifying Entity opened her eyes as a mystical light swam within her, her gaze rising high as it pierced through the veils of space and sensed the commotion while receiving word from multiple Elder Fiends of what was happening!
"Who dares?!"
RUMBLE!
Chapter 708 - What Can They Do But Die?! II
In the Central Realm of the Burning Domains Galaxy, a terrifying Entity disappeared as her body bellowed forth with power!
She had received numerous communications from multiple Elder Fiends of attackers besieging their Galaxy, and she also felt the life force of one of the Elder Fiends perish a second later.
Her face was filled with wrath as she warped through space and neared the closest Domain where she could sense the aura of one of the enemies that was currently facing another Elder Fiends. No more of her tools would be killed today no matter who the enemies were, they had to die!
RUMBLE!
The Entity appeared instantly in the domain where an enormous Void Serpent had actually enclosed the GALAXY Realm Elder Fiend within its large body as its serpentine body constricted, its tail striking out constantly while the Elder Fiend defended with starry attacks.
The moment that the aura of the Entity spread out to announce its arrival, Noah in the merged Void Serpent glanced towards this titanous being with shining eyes as one of the most powerful skills of the Void Serpent were cast towards the Elder Fiend he had been dealing with this entire time!
[Annihilatory Death Devouring].
WAA!
The essence of Death fully erupted out to cover the surrounding hundreds of miles, submerging the Void Serpent and the Fiend it was battling within as the entire affected space...came to a halt. The only thing moving was the widening jaw of the Void Serpent, this jaw showing a transparent light connecting to the shocked Elder Fiend whose body was vibrating in the halted space while trying to move.
"Great Master!"
The Elder Fiend at the Lower Tier of the GALAXY Realm that was actually on the losing side of the battle utilized all of its essence to try moving in the halted space as a terrible devouring force began to call out to it, calling out to the newly arriving Entity with excitement and fear the moment she appeared!
The Entity herself glanced at this situation with experienced eyes as her body bubbled forth with power, seeing that the enemy was actually at the QUASAR Realm, yet its body released a terrifying aura at the Lower Tier of the GALAXY Realm.
Seeing this sight calmed the wisened Entity much, the first thing she did was waving her hands as an overpowering pressure spread out over the surrounding thousands of miles as she locked the space. She then glanced at the Void Serpent that had activated a skill that was releasing a horrible devouring force that even a Fiend at the Lower Tier of the GALAXY Realm could not defend against.
Amongst the wrath of the Entity, a light of interest appeared as when she looked closer at this creature, she picked up the aura of...an Animus!
This was a type of creature she was familiar with, and from an Ancient Power she had come across before! As she stared at the Elder Fiend that was in a perilous situation, her bellowing voice resounded out.
"No matter your connection to the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , attacking a domain I have claimed will only result in your death!"
RUMBLE!
Her gaze was filled with wild power as the aura of the Dao erupted out, this aura going on to surround Noah in his Void Serpent form along with the Elder Fiend that was in the process of being devoured.
"Abysmally low comprehension in the Dao, and you dare to try and kill one of my people? You shall not touch a single hair on their bodies when I am here! What do you have to say for yourself before I erase your soul?"
The voice seemed to have everything under control the moment the immense aura of the Dao of Vitality spread out to cover everything, seemingly bringing all things around her control as even the horrendous devouring force released by the [Annihilatory Death Devouring] ability was reducing, the Elder Fiend gradually regaining control of its body as it stopped going towards the jaws of the Void Serpent!
This was the power of an Entity! A being that Noah could not even hope to defeat at his current state even if he brought all four of his Animus Summons to group up. This was because this being, even while injured, was at the Peak of the GALAXY Realm while backed up with the comprehension of a powerful Dao!
Noah's eyes shone with l.u. at this progression as in the halted space, he looked towards the Entity he had only seen in his memories as the ancient voice of the Void Serpent he merged with resounded out with calmness and arrogance.
"A mere Entity, and you think you can stop me from achieving what I want?!"
His shocking words were followed with him outwardly releasing the little comprehensions he had of the Dao of Summoning, a unique pressure that only those who had begun embarking on the Dao could release permeating out to offset the horrific pressure of the Dao that the Entity released just around the Void Serpent and the Elder Fiend. The moment Noah did this, he spammed the same ability that nearly devoured the Elder Fiend as immense mana was utilized!
[Annihilatory Death Devouring]![Annihilatory Death Devouring]![Annihilatory Death Devouring]!
CRACK!
"NOOO!"
Space seemed to crack and fracture at the casting of the ability multiple times, the devouring force from the jaws of the Void Serpent becoming unbearable as the Elder Fiend was sucked towards its jaws instantly.
SNAP!
The jaws snapped shut as the immense pressure of the Dao of Vitality that the Entity released covered Noah again, but the Elder Fiend was already being devoured inside it through and through as the gaze of the Void Serpent stared at the Entity fearlessly!
Even in its presence, he had broken control of its oppressive power for a second as he utilized this to cause the downfall of another Elder Fiend in the Burning Domains Galaxy.
At this time, Noah's voice in the form of the ancient Void Serpent rang out again in an arrogant fashion, his eyes locking with the newly enraged Fiend that had her authority questioned!
"I shall not touch a single hair while you are here? Hmph. If I want them dead, what can they do but die?! Even an Entity cannot change that!"
RUMBLE!
His words were released with regality and majesty as the crowned head of the deadly draconic-serpent rose up arrogantly, its body that was hundreds of meters large actually looking down at the powerful Entity that was proficient in a Dao!
Domineering! Shocking!
Noah could say such arrogant words and act so tough...because he knew he still had [Plot Armor] active for another 57 minutes...
Even a terrifying Entity that he knew he could not defeat, as long as he had [Plot Armor] active...he did not fear them!
Chapter 709 - Merely an Entity!
In life, many beings have many different ways where they carry themselves.
Some are servile and some are overbearing, with many more staying in between these extremes as they simply pass through life. Some may confidently raise their heads to the skies while strutting about while others hunch over and keep their heads very close to the earth!
Those who can confidently raise their heads and those who can be overbearing- a lot of the time there is something within their psyche that grants them such a disposition. Something that is there to back up their confidence in the face of anything.
Some had wealth or high societal position to back them up, others simply cultivated a strong belief in themselves as they raised their heads high through pure hard work. When it came to the being holding the Trait of Protagonist though...his assurance to act high and mighty in the face of a powerful Entity was his fear of Death being removed!
Backed up by [Plot Armor], Noah in the form of the Void Serpent glanced at the Entity with his serpentine head held high.
The Void Serpent towered over 700 meters with all the buffs, its red eyes glancing towards the Entity who towered over 20 meters. This Entity had a humanoid shape with a face similar to that of human females...yet at the same time, it seemed different!
The face seemed like a mixture of human and devilish features as at this moment, it was filled with wrath at having its authority violated, and violated by someone at a much lower status than her!
"I have traversed the Dark Universe more than many can even dream of, seen things that you cannot even imagine. I have fought Entities proficient in terrifying Daos and come out alive, conquered multiple Galaxies and destroyed even more with ease! Yet today, a creature at the Lower Tier of the GALAXY Realm dares to be wild under my gaze?! You dare to kill when I say you cannot?!"
RUMBLE!
Each of her words were filled with wrath as the oppressive aura she released rose higher and higher, the space around her trembling as the unique essence of the Dao swirled around her.
One must recall that this was an Entity! A title that was given to a being that the prerequisite alone was for them to be in the Peak Tier of the GALAXY Realm. The power of this being...was immense!
Yet Noah glanced towards her with even more calmness and arrogance as the rising pressure she released seemed to not make him falter a single bit.
"I dared! Will you continue talking and spreading out that vile aura, or will you act?!"
SNAP!
His words made all hell break loose as a grey-green light covered the Entity and caused her to instantly disappear, her titanic body reappearing right above the head of the Void Serpent as she pushed out her palm.
Only a palm, but it was filled with a terrifying power that would wipe away a Middle Tier GALAXY expert and heavily injured normal Peak Tier ones!
Her eyes shone with innumerable lights as her gaze became cold, this palm of her seemingly eclipsing everything as it expanded to be even larger than the enormous head of the Void Serpent. It was releasing a devouring power that sucked away all the nearby Vitality, even space itself as it began to turn grey and lose l.u. .
"Perish."
Cold! Powerful!
BOOM!
The strike fully shattered and devoured the surrounding space as a void was created, the body of the Void Serpent shooting out like a cannon ball as it was pushed back for tens of thousands of miles, eventually coming in contact with a planet as...
His body actually pierced through the planet and caused it to implode a second later!
WAA!
Noah only came to a stop after another few thousand miles as he came to a halt, breathing hard as he checked his body thoroughly to find...no injuries whatsoever.
"Haha!"
Raucous laughter erupted in the starry space as the Entity reappeared above the Void Serpent once more, her eyes glowing with a cold light as she shockingly observed the creature laughing wildly...to not have been injured even a little!
"That was all? Merely an Entity! Now move, I have work to do."
The body of the Void Serpent turned into a streak of light as its aura spread out and looked for more Fiends in the near cl.u. of stars. He actually ignored the Entity who could not injure him as he went to collect more loot.
The Entity herself hid the shocked look within her eyes as she appeared in the path of the Void Serpent once more, her palm shooting out as it carried with it fearsome essence of the Dao of Vitality!
BOOM!
Yet another strike from a powerful Entity, throwing Noah back for another thousands of miles before he came to a stop.
All he felt when the strikes his him were a sense of pressure that pushed him away, but no pain or injuries whatsoever! He shook his head towards the Fiend as he teleported away.
"Just stay here and relax for a bit, I'll be done and take my leave after I achieve my goal!"
He teleported away as he appeared in another quadrant of the Burning Domains, in the domain where the Elder Fiend taken down by the Aurora Galaxy Dragon used to oversee.
He left behind a stupefied Entity that was looking at her palm and sensing the Dao to make sure that she wasn't seeing things, her face turning ugly as her body disappeared to chase the nearest enemy aura once more!
In a few seconds, the Entity appeared in front of a flaming golden chicken- the fearsome Three-Legged Fate Crow who was going from star to star burning everything down to cinders.
BOOM!
A palm struck out against this unsuspecting chicken as she was thrown back for thousands of miles, but the same thing repeated itself as the chicken only looked towards the Entity with an annoyed expression after coming to a stop.
That's right! Annoyed!
The Entity saw this expression as she couldn't hide the stupor on her face anymore, the golden beak of the crow raising up as its voice was heard in passing while its body teleported away.
"Little Entity, don't bother us! We'll be gone in a bit!"
The aura of the chicken reappeared in another corner of the Burning Domains Galaxy as its Siege continued, the Entity sensing this with shock and bubbling fury as she went towards the other 2 attackers!
Chapter 710 - An Entity chases to no avail, Noah Farms!
This powerful Entity had many questions as she moved, the words on arrogant golden chicken ringing out in her mind as her fury only grew!
'Little Entity...Little Entity...Little...'
RUMBLE!
Wrath of unbridled proportion erupted out at this moment!
In a few seconds, the powerful Entity reappeared in another Domain of the Burning Domains Galaxy as this time, she faced a Kingly Bear that was swiping its powerful paws left and right, each time a Fiend falling from it.
This time, the Entity was careful as she called out, her words changing the very surroundings themselves.
"One With the Dao! [Vitality Reversal]!"
RUMBLE!
At this moment, it seemed like all the surrounding space and stars lost color, everything gradually turning grey and lifeless as they were all taken towards a singular being.
Even the remaining Fiends that the Calamity Bear had not taken care of became lifeless husks as in the surrounding thousands of miles, it became a lifeless world!
Everything in the surroundings became lifeless...except the Entity that had cast the terrifying skill, and the regal Calamity Bear that actually gazed towards this Entity with disdain.
His snout twitched to the side as the paws of the Calamity Bear shimmered, its voice ringing out before spatial essence covered it.
"So damn annoying!"
These were the only words left behind as the Entity looked on in a wrathful stupor as the Calamity Bear disappeared as well.
'This...'
Numerous thoughts crossed the Entity's mind as she tried to make sense of the situation in front of her.
'I cannot sense anything that would make such a thing possible! A Grand Dao? A protective Dao Weapon?!'
Many thoughts crossed the terrifying mind of the Fiend as nothing made sense, she could not figure out how this being was escaping any and all damage she dealt- even when she utilized the very essence of her Dao to deal horrendous attacks that would shatter a Middle Tier Galaxy expert in a few moves.
Yet no answer came as the Entity could only continue to chase the attackers besieging the Burning Domains Galaxy to no avail!
She threw out an attack that drained the essence of an entire star the moment she neared another one of the attackers, and it was the Variant Oculothorax this time around.
The planet that the Oculothorax was rampaging around in was drained entirely with everything on it as one could shockingly see chunks of it turning to earthen dust, yet the Oculothorax wasn't harmed one bit by the attack as the huge eye stared at the Entity.
A light of curiosity twinkled as before teleporting away, the eye was buffed by Intents as the ability of Sin of Envy was also utilized, [Eye of Doom] being cast a second later as a shocking ray of light erupted out and struck the body of the Entity!
OOOM!
The light encompassed her as she harrumphed, the light of Dao shimmering off of her as the skill that killed a Low Tier GALAXY expert did absolutely nothing against this being. Noah affirmed his thoughts that he could not defeat this creature no matter what he did at this moment, teleporting the body of the Oculothorax away as he continued his Siege to collect more loot.
He couldn't take care of the most powerful being in this Galaxy, but his goal of obtaining a large number of cores from Nebula, Black Hole, and Quasar rank experts was proceeding smoothly!
None of the Fiends at the Realm of QUASAR could stand against him, and he had already taken down two at the Low Tier GALAXY Realm as the three remaining Elder Fiends were among his targets before his [Invulnerability] effect was taken away.
So while being chased around by a furious Entity that could do nothing to him, he continued to amass more and more loot that would for sure bump him to the QUASAR Realm while keeping his Grand Completion, and it still remained to be seen whether it would be enough to rise to GALAXY!
When he was running rampant throughout the Domains, his Three-Legged Fate Crow appeared near the green Planetary Body of water that all the Elder Fiends were guarding, glancing over its description with shining eyes.
[Vital Life Water] :: A treasured vital water that was drenched in the Dao of Vitality. To those delving into it or drinking it- Enhances Realm Progression by 200%. The Vitality Essence will gradually fade away after 1 year.
Yet another treasure lied in front of him as he waved his hands and used an enormous amount of mana to place all of it in his [Expansive Space]. He also made it his goal to steal the rest of the Vital Life Water that was in the other Domains- the thing that caused the battle driven Fiends to elevate themselves and create many experts over the last hundreds of years!
"Wretched creature!"
BOOM!
The Entity appeared before him again as she continued to released attacks without giving up, with his reaction being to ignore her as he knew he couldn't defeat her at this moment, only collecting information on all the skills and abilities she used while trying to observe the powerful Dao she wielded.
Like this, minutes passed in the Burning Domains Galaxy!
There was a powerful Entity still recovering from injuries chasing away four attackers, while each of them continued to release terrible skills that reaped the lives of Fiends over and over again.
The loot piled up in Noah's Expansive Space as he enjoyed the perks of [Plot Armor], moving freely in the Burning Domains Galaxy while not worrying about the powerful Entity attacking him!
It was only after half an hour of him scouring the multiple Domains that the Entity came to stop, her gaze being extremely cold and filled with immense wrath as she only watched the four Animus Summons continue their rampage.
Even an Entity who had comprehended a powerful Dao had to come to stop!
In front of [Plot Armor] that granted the carrier of the Protagonist Trait [Invulnerability], what could an enemy do but despair?!
Chapter 711 - Bearing a Heavy Toll!
Throughout life, one can sometimes hear about treasures piling up as high as a mountain, or learn about treasure troves that would even make the greediest Dragons be filled with jealousy.
Yet all the treasure troves one could imagine...could not even enter Noah's sight at this moment as he stared at the resplendent Cores and Skill Books that he had collected as Loot from the Fiends!
The shimmering cores were piled up together as they formed an enormous mountain, and this was especially so for the GALAXY Rank Cores that were much different than any other past cores.
These cores were as large as his own head as they shimmered with a mystical light, each of them showing a multitude of stellar Stars rotating within the core as it seemed Noah was holding on to a small Galaxy within his hands!
Ah!
Can one even imagine this? Close your eyes as you try and picture the image of your palm outstretched, and on top of your palm there lies a large circular crystal that contains within it a small galaxy...
It was truly a majestic sight to behold as Noah could not wait to see just what these GALAXY-ranked cores could elevate him to!
Other treasures that he chose to take for himself from this Galaxy was the Vital Life Water present in each Domain, taking this treasure created by an Entity proficient in the Dao of Vitality for himself as he planned to personally use it as well as hand it to his people.
Both he and them needed many resources to elevate their realms higher, and this was especially so for him who wanted to keep his Realm at Grand Completion continuing forward!
After obtaining a Manifested Black Hole Realm, if he wanted to stay on this ancient path he had to make sure that he reached Grand Completion in all his future Realms, which meant absorbing as much essence from Cores or treasures until his very Origin could no longer take it.
After that, he could breakthrough as through his Realm, he would obtain battle power that was multiple times greater than the same beings on his Realm.
Of course when it came to him, he already had horrific Traits and abilities that made him unrivaled in the same stage as many others!
This could already be seen from how at the Realm of Black Hole, he was already capable of taking down Low Tier GALAXY Realm experts! Of course it was only because of his Summons, but at this moment he considered his pets a part of his strength- they were one and the same.
They raged through the Burning Domains Galaxy as numerous planets were destroyed and multiple Realms ruined, Noah continuing to move forward with his goals even though he was very well aware of his actions!
In his mind, he was erasing the problem of Fiends that had waged war first against multiple other Galaxies. When they invaded other Galaxies and carried out these attacks, they didn't feel any remorse for the lives they took or what damage they dealt. So in his perspective, he was simply taking care of an enemy force! All was fair when one was at war!
But he also understood that from the minds of the Fiends, they experienced an unknown Invader coming to their Galaxy as he laid waste to their powerful combatants and destroyed multiple places that many of them called home.
It was extremely hard to look at these events without a strong mind, especially when you were the one carrying them out! So every time that Noah moved and reaped the lives of more Fiends, his heart only became calmer and calmer as he forged his will and made became even firmer in the belief of his goals.
As long as there were enemies, they had to be taken care of! Sooner or later, it would be either the Fiends and this Entity as the victor as the Nexus Galaxy and many others were laid to waste, or it would be the Fiends experiencing great loss like they did today.
His mindset was such at this moment!
Who was to say whether it was correct? How far would the line be blurred from what he did and what his enemies did? By the end of it all, it purely came down to survival! It was kill or be killed, and there were Predators and Prey. And Noah...never wanted to be a scared little prey ever again.
RUMBLE!
With a steeled heart, his one hour of [Plot Armor] was used as efficiently as possible as multiple Domains of the Burning Domain Galaxy were besieged, many Fiends falling as he collected a multitude of loot.
After he used the strength of the merged Animus Summons and killed his 3rd Low Tier GALAXY Fiend, the Entity moved with a cold face as she collected the remaining 2 Elder Fiends that were trembling with anger and shame!
They actually had to be protected by their Master from an enemy they could not counter, an enemy that had such shocking defenses that nothing went through him.
He wasn't able to get his hands on the other 2 Elder Fiends as they were kept by the side of the Entity thereafter, casting him to search across the Galaxy and finish off any remaining QUASAR ranked experts and below. It was truly a heavy day as he faced the experts of an entire Galaxy!
His subordinates in the Novus Galaxy would have never believed he was doing something like this, and even the powerful beings in the Nexus Galaxy had no idea that the powerful force of Fiends they knew to be great in number was actually taken care of alone by the new Imperial Ruler they knew as Alexander.
The only threat that would remain at this moment was always the biggest one...and that was the terrifying Entity that traversed in the Dao of Vitality!
As Noah finished the most powerful experts of the Burning Domains Galaxy and saw less than 15 minutes remaining in his stage of [Invulnerability], he was content with the abundant amount of loot as he looked towards the position where the wrathful Entity that could do nothing to him had remained.
This Entity stayed at this location while protecting the last two Elder Fiends, her heart continuing to breed immense hate towards the unknown creatures that even she could not take care of.
The eyes of Noah's Summons all now looked towards this Entity as before his [Plot Armor] ended, he actually wanted to check out the power of this Entity some more as he prepared for the future!
Chapter 712 - ||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust||!
In the Burning Domains Galaxy, much of the Central areas of the Domains lay in ruin as in a particular Domain, the wrathful Entity stood in front of two trembling Elder Fiends who had their bodies trembling from shame and anger!
They had their auras spread out across the many thousands of miles as they could only helplessly watch while 4 creatures ravaged their homes. They could only watch ad these creatures were extremely powerful, and even their Master could not put a scratch on them.
After a while, they sensed all of the creatures come to a stop as spatial fluctuations occurred in the same region they were in. Soon after, the images of a kingly Calamity Bear, an arrogant future Golden Crow, a saintly Variant Oculothorax, and an ancient Void Serpent all appeared in front of their eyes calmly!
"..."
The eyes of the Entity were filled with extreme coldness as her voice rang out while looking at the mystery she could not solve.
"Are you done?"
The words felt cold and sharp, being words of someone thinking of many ways to cruelly kill the creatures in many sorts of ways the moment she got the chance!
Noah listened to these words as the voice of the Void Serpent resounded out. "Not quite yet!"
RUMBLE
Even though he could not defeat this being, it did not prevent him from testing out more of its abilities with the remaining time he had! Aside from the skills of his summons, he wanted to try a particular skill that was the combination of techniques from the Law of Life and the Law of Death.
The Law of Life had Ashes to Ashes, and it mentioned a counterpart ability lied in the Law of Death termed Dust to Dust, and they came together to bring about a terrific skill!
It was a first for Noah to observe as well, something that was different compared to the many other skills he had.
||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust|| :: Somewhat different from Unique or Absolute Skills, this is a unique type of skill that grows with the Realm of the user, and was birthed from the combination of the two Ultimate Laws of Life and Death. Depending on the user, this ability could cause mountains to tremble or it could be utilized to lay waste to stars and Galaxies. The ability utilizes the essence of both Life and Death to release an area of attack that can either cause the age regression or progression of that entire area. Those capable of casting it long enough can regress the ages of the area and everything within it, or progress everything as they experience the vicissitudes of life and death. Those that cannot defend against it will only have one result- ashes to ashes, dust to dust! At the current Realm of the User, an area the size of a normal star can be affected. Once one reaches a high enough Realm, even entire Galaxies can be affected.
It was an ability with a lengthy explanation, but one that heavily interested him nonetheless!
When it came to its high mana requirements of casting it and keeping it active, he did not have to worry at all as the Void Serpent raised its head towards the Entity and two Elder Fiends before he called out the words that were drenched with an aura of ancientness.
||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust||.
"..."
RUUUUMBLE!
The starry space trembled and splintered as the words were called, the area where the Entity floated with two Elder Fiends changing colors to gain a grey hue that contained an unknown aura of death...and also life!
Yet everything with the space seemed to be getting older and older, starting with the horrified Elder Fiends that felt their very bodies and souls aging as their Origins calculated the age of their demise getting nearer and nearer.
"Master!"
The Low Tier GALAXY Realm Elder Fiends called out fearfully as their bodies aged rapidly, seemingly thinking they would turn to ash in a matter of minutes if nothing was done! Thi single skill was actually capable of affecting those at the GALAXY Realm who had no laws or Dao to defend themselves!
The only being in the space to still remain with a calm expression was the Entity, her body covered by the unique essence of the Dao of Vitality as in the next second, this essence also leaped out to cover the aging bodies of the Elder Fiends as well.
The gaze of the Entity was sharp as she seems to have figured out something, nodding towards Noah nonchalantly as if the space around them did not continue to rapidly deteriorate!
"Possessing a treasure that allows you to ignore the attacks of even someone like me, but possessing Offensive Power no stronger than a being at the Low Tier GALAXY Realm. Even the treasure you have most likely protects you for a set time, otherwise nothing in this Universe would make sense anymore."
Her voice was calm but chilling, the essence of the Dao she released only becoming stronger as it exploded out to cover the area where the effects of ||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust|| were covering!
One must recall that this skill that Noah just cast was capable of aging even the Low Tier GALAXY Realm experts...
RUMBLE!
Yet...the aura of deterioration that this horrendous skill released was wiped away with the essence of the Dao of Vitality as the Entity continued.
"Merely a skill using Ultimate Laws, not enough to reach the Dao! You best hope your protection treasure does not run out while you're still here, otherwise..."
The Entity waved her hands as an appalling gravitational lock erupted out for over a hundred thousand miles, covering all of Noah's four merged forms as she continued
"You best pray that I do not meet you again, or next time...you will not be able to escape my grasp!"
Noah heard these wrathful words as his eyes shone expectantly, affirming the strength of this fearsome being that held the title of an Entity as he nodded.
He had accomplished much here today, and did not need to stay any longer and accidentally bring himself harm if anything happened!
He wanted to leave this Galaxy with a few minutes remaining, just in case his aura or teleportation route could be tracked or anything mysterious like that. He cast a teleportation skill while the words of the Entity rang out in his mind.
The figures of the Calamity Bear, Three-Legged Fate Crow, and the Variant Oculothorax disappeared with the light of teleportation. Even under the locked space that the Entity had laid down, he could still teleport out with ease through the use of the Absolute Skill- Astral Connector!
Only the Void Serpent remained as it raised its crowned head high while its eyes glanced down at the Entity. The eyes dripped with confidence as the light of teleportation covered the merged Summon, the voice of Noah mixed with the ancient demeanor of the future Jormungandr ringing out.
"Even if there is a next time, you will not be able to stop me. I will come and go as I please!"
Words of extreme arrogance that slapped the authoritative face of the Entity rang out, and Noah grew even more calmer as he saw the increasingly wrathful face, leaving a few more words before he disappeared to utterly piss off this being.
"Just pray that I don't grow to your level before I meet you again, otherwise an Entity like you will end up just like the Fiends- as dead as you could be!"
SHAAA!
With that, he disappeared from the Burning Domains Galaxy as he laid waste to much of its experts, leaving behind a wrathful Entity who still could not explain the mysteries of what happened!
Chapter 713 - The Overseer- As Ridiculous As Always
In the chaotic void between the Nexus Galaxy and the Stellar Sky Galaxy that Noah had seen when he and the party of Imperial Princess traveled back and forth, the enormous body of the Void Serpent appeared!
It shimmered with a powerful aura as it appeared alone in this space, observing the changes around it to see whether the powerful Entity was capable of using some mystical methods to track him down.
The other 3 Animus Summons had also teleported to random locations in the Chaotic Void, spending the last few minutes in their Invulnerable state to make sure they weren't followed!
He even waved his hands as he released the Planetary Body of the Vital Life Water in the chaotic void, wanting to test if the Entity could somehow track this treasure that she used her Dao of Vitality to bring to life.
After the minutes went down and nothing occurred, he once more checked with his skills in the Law of Fate as he saw no trouble would come to him, and then each of the Summons performed teleportation again as they all had a singular location as the goal- the Novus Galaxy.
He appeared with his summons in the Central area of his Infinite Realm, the continent that used to be the largest one when it was still the Spiritual World in the past!
RUMBLE
The shocking aura of four Animus Summons with shocking power appeared in what could be considered the capital of the Infinite Realm, the location that many beings knew to be the home of the Overseer.
Noah came back to his home Galaxy to celebrate the successful completion of an extremely fruitful siege mission, the treasures he obtained being something that was worthy of celebrating!
-[POV Change]
Hello. It's your favorite Shadow Guard once more, Night.
Let me tell you, I was having what could be considered a normal day in this mystical Infinite Realm, but my heart nearly leaped out of my chest just now!
The cause was of course, as always, the Esteemed Overseer.
What we call the Infinite Continent, the area at the direct center of the Infinite Realm that has continued to expand as more worlds are constantly fused into it- this area was where the Esteemed Overseer had built enormous buildings of beautiful aesthetics that he found from many worlds.
Buildings as tall as the huge trees one could find in the Celestial Realm rose to the skies, some looking medieval and majestic while others looked like they came from a technological empire!
But they made for a beautiful Citadel at the center of this Infinite Continent as the largest structure that lied at the very center was an exquisite fortress where the Esteemed Overseer would reside.
This was the place where you could find the shocking personages like my Queen, Adelaide, or the domineering Barbatos and the much too forward Vampyre Queen- Elena.
It was THE place where the delegations of all fused worlds came to pay respect as most of the powerful personage in our Realm could be found in this fortress or around it.
Very few of them ever got to meet the Esteemed Overseer themselves, with most of them being seen by the Guide, Queen Adelaide, or the Protector, Steel Mikhail.
But today, above this regal and mystical fortress at the very center of the Citadel of the Infinite Continent...four shocking auras that caused the very skies themselves to tremble appeared!
This was the reason for my heart nearly leaping out of my chest, as the power the for auras released was greater than anything we had come across before.
I nearly peed myself at the presence of these beings, but gradually calmed down as I saw their bodies reducing in size, losing their golden shimmering crowns, Scythes, and layers of resplendent armor as the proper images of a Crow, Bear, Serpent, and a floating Eye Ball appeared!
My worries only reduced after a light shone and I observed the forms of the Esteemed Overseer appearing next to these four majestic animals while stroking them, a boisterous laugh that shook the skies themselves coming out from him.
"Haha!"
He was laughing as jovial as one could, glancing at his fortress below him as he waved his hands on the large courtyard and...did something that would be inscribed deep in my mind for years to come.
With a wave of his hand, large amounts of crystalline shimmering Cores flooded into the courtyard as they soon began creating a mountain, this shocking action and the auras of the four creatures already being picked up by all the powerful personages in this Citadel as they all came out with agape expressions to watch this spectacle.
They came to watch as the Esteemed Overseer waved his hands, and a mountain of valuable treasures appeared as Cores of all levels nearly eclipsed the large Fortress!
What was more shocking was the power these cores released, where through the use of the intuitive System we gained by joining the Esteemed Overseer- we could see the identity of these Cores that made us all the more shaken.
This was because among the mountain of treasures Cores, we could make out hundreds of thousands of Cores at the Star Forging Realm, tens of thousands of cores at the Nebula Rank, and thousands of Cores at the Black Hole Rank!
Thousands!
This number made my legs give out as I fell down in a stupor, as they truly represented a shocking truth.
You must know, the strongest experts we had currently were the Ladies of the Esteemed Overseer that had just broken into the Nebula Rank, where the first appearing Black Hole expert was actually the Ill.u. Emperor Penguin- as he liked to be called!
Yet at this moment...the esteemed overseer had thrown down a mountain of treasures where cores at the Black Hole Realm that signified thousands of Black Hole experts were overflowing, not to mention our eyes picking up on the even more luminous cores that actually read [QUASAR Rank Core].
"..."
Speechless was all we could be as I saw Queen Adelaide appear in the skies and smile sweetly towards the Esteemed Overseer, the mountain of treasured cores below her seemingly not even entering her eyes as they seemed to be looking at the man in the skies like he was the most treasured thing alive.
The Ill.u. Emperor Penguin and others appearing in the skies were among the only ones that shared my unbounded shock as we realized what the jubilant laughter of the Esteemed Overseer meant as he continued to release treasures in the skies, his hands moving again as thousands of skill books descended down and nearly overshadowed the fortress!
As if to say he wasn't done, his gaze also went to the skies as his hand commanded, and we observed as a blue moon ridiculously appeared far in the skies. It seemed like a blue moon, but it was actually an enormous body of water that was the size of a small planet, seeming like a moon as it hanged above the skies of the Infinite Realm.
One must remember that the Infinite Realm was currently approaching over 500,000 miles in size after many worlds continued to be fused into it, the moon appearing in the skies that seemed like a small star being only a few thousand miles in size and fitting snuggly!
But his hands continued waving as another four of these same Planetary Bodies appeared, and we would only later come to find out they were called [Vital Life Water], a grand treasure that would cause us to break through ranks even faster.
As we looked at all of these things...we could only begin to imagine what grand battles the Overseer had gone through to bring such treasures to light.
But the more important question was- could the Esteemed Overseer please try not to shock us too much?! My legs can't handle such surprises so frequently you know!
Chapter 714 - Others Take Years, I Take Days!
In the courtyard of the expertly built fortress reminiscent of the architecture in the Nexus Galaxy, Noah stared at the mountain of cores and skill books as the top combatants in his Infinite Realm came close.
"Come! Let us partake in loot as I tell you all a story!"
His voice was vibrant as he was in good mood, choosing this time to be as good as any to let them know of the forces outside of the Novus Galaxy while his other bodies used their boons to elevate their Realms to even greater levels.
Off to the side, the Nebula Rank Kazuhiko could not help but tremble while looking at the four Animus Summons that surrounded Noah's multiple bodies!
"This...what are they?!" His voice was tinged with excitement as he glanced at the terrifying pressure the Animus Pets released, Noah smiling towards him as he replied,
"Pets. Similar to Draco, but much more powerful! I'll tell you guys about them as well."
Noah's main body remained for the job of spreading out the treasures and talking with his people as the Three-Legged Fate Crow and the Void Serpent disappeared with the body of Alexander.
This party of Alexander reappeared in a Time Space of the Infinite Realm in an area only privy for him, waving his hands once more as a pile of cores ranging from Black Hole to GALAXY appeared in front of him!
There were many things to be done, but raising his strength came first as with the raising of it there came many surprises and a vast increase in his power!
This was more clearly displayed when one thought about the fact that he would be able to summon two more Animus Pets when he entered the QUASAR Realm, and another 2 more after he touched the GALAXY Realm.
His thoughts moved as from the 6 Planetary Bodies of the Vital Life Water that he stole from the Burning Domains Galaxy, he removed a circular portion with the diameter of 6 meters from the single planetary body he kept to himself to come outside and drench him as he enjoyed the +200% speed in Realm progression that the Fiends had been enjoying for so long!
With such a thing, he was confident in breaking through to the next level, even if the GALAXY Realm might remain out of reach after he absorbed even the few cores of the beings at this level.
The main body of Alexander had already begun devouring the Black Hole rank cores first as he would move on to QUASAR...consuming them until his body released the signal that he could advance into the next Realm while keeping himself at Grand Completion.
Meanwhile, the clone of Alexander was taking the questions of the Animus Summons that were shocked out of their minds!
"Are you a chosen Dao Child? Do you have a Dao Treasure? How were we not hurt when facing the attacks of an Entity?"
"CAA! CAA! CAA!"
The ancient voice of the Void Serpent could finally not help it as it asked, while the future Golden Crow screeched loudly as she remembered her majestic figure taking the hits of Entity and coming out unharmed.
Noah smiled as he began discussing with his Pets some truths about himself, trusting these creatures as they were contracted with him and a part of his strength!
So a multitude of discussions were taking place with Noah as the central character, his clones and main bodies each doing their own tasks as he considered the most important one to be the task of Alexander consuming cores like pieces of candy.
RUMBLE!
His black hole continued to expand and actually became ever brighter as it attempted to form a Quasar. The Quasar itself was an extremely luminous supermassive black hole that was surrounded by a powerfully gaseous accretion disk!
In trying to understand the term 'accretion', it is the acc. of miniaturized small particles into a massive gravitational mass like a Black Hole, and this acc. of particles attracts more matter in the gaseous form as it forms a disk around a Black Hole. Such was an "Accretion Disk", such was the shocking event that was occurring within Noah's Origin at this moment.
It was the stage of Quasar where the active galactic nucleus would be formed, the stage that made one prepare to form their own GALAXY.
An hour passed as he had swallowed all of the Black Hole and QUASAR Rank Cores, his body feeling vibrant and nearly full as he downed the cores of hundreds of Fiends at the same rank as him or greater. But he still did not have that final piece of the puzzle that gave him the signal of reaching Grand Acc. of this Realm before he broke through into QUASAR!
This made his eyes turn towards the shimmering GALAXY Cores that were the size of his head, each of them shining with a miniature Galaxy as they seemed extremely enticing to him, his very Origin calling out to them.
He was at the Realm of Black Hole, but he would be consuming a core of a being 2 Realms above him in order to break through! Such was the difficulty of achieving Grand Completion in one's Realm...
His hands grasped onto the GALAXY Core without any more wait as a brilliant light shined out, his body sucking in the essence of a ridiculously powerful core for his level as the gaseous mixture forming into a disk around his Black Hole became ever so denser, a blinding aurora of a gorgeous red, orange, and purple light beginning to emanate out as the process of forming a QUASAR fully went underway!
THRUUM
His body felt extremely full as he let out a wild cry, keeping his Realm at Grand Completion as he now advanced into the next Realm. The accretion disk expanded and spun crazily as it drew in the atmospheric essence and the essence of the GALAXY core, the potent energies causing its formation to be extremely rapid as in a matter of seconds, Noah's body unconsciously and grandly began to float in the glimmering skies of the Infinite Realm.
On his body, one would distinctly be able to notice an astronomical body of extremely high luminosity, an astral body that would normally be found at the centers of Galaxies! Being powered by gaseous matter spiraling at appallingly high velocities as they surrounded a Black Hole, this was a Quasar!
QUASAR!
A vibrant and thrumming QUASAR was manifested on his body in a stellar fashion as the gravitational forces around him went into a tumultuous fervor. His aura was that of someone in the Quasar Rank, but its oppressive force was more than 10 times what others in the same Realm would release. And this was before he even employed his strength.
As he sensed the profound strength within him as well as the majestic Quasar manifested throughout his body, the body of Alexander looked like an ancient treasure that even Ancient Powers would protect as a grand smile could be seen on his face!
Others took years to advance through these Realms, while he merely took days! Just days!
His bubbling excitement only increased as while sensing this power, he felt a shackle being lifted as it told him he could utilize Archaic Animus Summoning once more to bring about another Pet...
Chapter 715 - A Coming Catastrophe!
In the Burning Domains Galaxy that Noah left in ruin, the Entity was floating amongst the starry stars as many thoughts crossed her mind.
The 2 Elder Fiends she protected were weaving through the Galaxy as they ascertained the damage, but she knew the force of Fiends she raised for the past hundreds of years was all destroyed in a single day!
Her wrath was just as great as ever, but she contained it as she waved her hand and released an ancient page- a Page from the Book of Ruination!
She used a unique method as she poured essence into the page, closing her eyes as she wanted to sense something- only for her face to become even darker as the rage grew to greater levels. What she had sensed with her unique method was the fact that...the Page that should have been present in the Stellar Sky Galaxy was actually gone!
She could no longer sense that signal even though the two Galaxies weren't too many light-years away, which let her know that within this period of time- someone had taken it away.
Her bubbling rage gave way to her thousands of years of experience as she thought of multiple possibilities, with the greatest one coming out to be the next strongest power that had just gone into the Galaxy to save them from the siege of Fiends, as well as the power that was taking over the Stellar Sky Galaxy at this time!
"Puny Adjudicator!"
Yes! She began with the nearest possible force that might have taken something hers, and it was the Nexus Galaxy that had just provided support in the Galaxy that the Page of Ruination used to be in.
"First an unexplainable assailant, and now mere Galaxy thinking they can stand in my way! I have healed enough to be able to withstand another Entity if I face one...this time I shall act myself!"
RUMBLE!
The horrendously powerful Entity that even Noah could not stand at the moment had taken enough time to heal, and her healing was always in terms of carefulness and safety.
She would not step out of the Burning Domains Galaxy if she wasn't confident in being able to withstand another Entity, and it was this type of paranoia and carefulness that had caused her to keep her life for so many years.
This time, she would be moving herself as she went towards the Nexus Galaxy, wiping out the pesky beings that dared to withstand her might and deny the wishes of an Entity for so long!
She had destroyed multiple Galaxies before, this one would simply be among them soon enough. As she looked around the Domains of the Galaxy she had occupied for the last hundreds of years, she shook her head in disappointment.
"What a waste of time, no decent force even came out of it!"
Her aged gaze was filled with disappointment as the light of teleportation filled her body, disappearing from the Burning Domains Galaxy as she made her way towards a single place, with her goal being to wipe out a Galaxy!
Galaxies were unique things in the vast universe as they birthed within them multitudes of life, and they were granted senses unique to them as well by the Universe.
One of such privileges was a sense of danger for the Galaxies and all the beings it contained, this sense allowing for a Galaxy to try and mobilize its forces before this danger came and wiped everything away. Many destroyed Galaxies felt this sense before they were destroyed, where even when they mobilized all their forces- they were never enough for an unavoidable danger coming towards them!
Thus they would be destroyed as they experienced rebirth who knew how many years later, birthing within them a whole new generation of creatures as cycles passed over the eons of time.
On this particular day, the powerful Nexus Galaxy that had its reach across multiple surrounding Galaxies and even enjoyed the uses of a unique Universal Rift...such a Galaxy felt an astounding impending sense of danger that told it...death was on its for it and all the inhabitants within it!
All the formed worlds, Realms, beings, cultures, and structures of power that they had worked on for hundreds of thousands of years...they were all about to be torn apart from this coming danger.
THRUUMM!
On this day, the powerful inhabitants of the Nexus Galaxy felt a strong calling as their faces turned ashen, where they heard no words from their Galaxy- but they were given the understanding that they had to prepare, or they would all perish!
This sense traveled to even Noah who had the body of Alexander in the Nexus Galaxy, raising his face up with a dark face as he was about to summon his 5th Animus Pet.
In the Nexus Galaxy, The Imperial Princess that had been glued to the Dao Crystal for the past few days finally lifted up her face, her body beginning to glow with the glimmer of the Dao as shockingly- she had been able to glimpse it and gain initial understanding in a few days!
Her drop-dead gorgeous demeanor wasn't happy though, and one could see a hint of sadness on her face as it would make any man run towards her while whispering sweet words of how they could help so that such an expression could never appear on someone like her.
She had this saddened expression because even after stepping her foot in a Lesser Dao, her home was facing a threat that could destroy everything soon after!
She sighed as she rose, her actions taking her Mom, Anastasia, out of her stupor as she turned towards her daughter with shining eyes.
"Just like your mother...you hold some talent."
She went towards her as she rubbed the glimmering crimson hair that could be seen on the both of them lovingly, Anna nodding shyly as she looked around her and remembered someone else.
"Where are Dad and Alexander? Did they manage to step on the Dao as well?"
"Well..." A wry expression appeared on Anastasia as she told of the past events, a cute O forming on the face of Anna as in a few minutes, the Imperial Adjudicator appeared in the Blue Plains Realm they were in with a heavy face.
"Something is coming. A danger that poses a Calamity to destroy everything we have built, and I am not sure where it is from..."
His gaze was that of a frustrated Ruler and a pained Father, his mind feeling a sense of weakness that wanted to make him bellow out his grievances!
Anastasia nodded at this as she still held her daughter lovingly.
"It's alright. We shall go through it together. Call the genius Alexander and assemble all of the powerful forces to gather outside the boundary of the Galaxy. We shall see exactly who wishes it harm."
RUMBLE!
A coming threat! A movement of forces! A start of something that would lead to shocking results...
Chapter 716 - As Trouble Looms, I Shall Summon Pets!
Noah thought hard about the looming threat making its way towards the Nexus Galaxy, the sudden feeling of danger making it very clear to him that if nothing was done, destruction was coming for the Galaxy!
Such an event was not something he wanted to happen, and there was still the matter of his Trait that was not fully completed.
Many thoughts passed across his mind as he thought of countless possibilities, his eyes landing on the [Plot Armor] skill that had 29 days left on the cool down timer, and then staring at the [Deus Ex Machina] skill that he saved for emergencies!
If worst came to be...he still had the choice of evading the coming doom of the Nexus Galaxy with such a skill, and he would see what possibilities would come out of it.
But first, he would continue elevating his strength as he breathed out, getting ready to summon his fifth Animus Pet.
After breaking through to QUASAR, he enjoyed the feeling of the [Vital Life Water] as he brought more of it out while consuming another GALAXY Rank Core, feeling the abundant essence of this stellar core rushing towards his QUASAR as it disappeared into it like a drop of water!
That's right, a mere drop of water, and it felt like he had an entire small pond to fill up before he could be considered to have achieved Grand Completion and broken through into the GALAXY Realm without issues. If he kept his Manifested Realm at such a stage, it would mean that he could easily wipe out those in the Low Tier as he would match the experts at the Middle Tier GALAXY Realm. In the case he brought his Animus Pets into the picture...the thought of it alone made his blood boil in excitement.
RUMBLE!
Since he knew that even if he absorbed the remaining amount of GALAXY Rank Cores they would not help him achieve his breakthrough, he put them aside to absorb later as he went about the business of obtaining his fifth pet.
Essence freely overflowed as he pumped mana with wild abandon while activating Archaic Animus Summoning, causing the opening of a Summoning Rift to appear in the skies of the Time Space he was in as it got larger and larger.
His excitement was so palpable that if someone was there, they would be able to notice his eyes visibly shooting out golden beams of light as he focused on the widening Summoning Rift, this luminous light only getting brighter and brighter as he noticed the size of this Rift to pass one that would give out an Ultra Rare Pet and actually approach the size of the prized rarity- PRISMATIC!
Ah!
He nearly cried out in joy as the first PRISMATIC Pet was a Void Serpent with a terrifying bloodline and was a Rank higher than him.
As he saw this widening Summoning Rift that seemed to be even larger than the Void Serpent's who carried the bloodline of Jormungandr, his thoughts wildly moved as he repeated a single sentence!
'Please be in the GALAXY Realm...Please be in the...'
His eyes were filled with expectations as the Summoning Rift got larger and larger, a terrifying pressure beginning to be released from it as the fiery golden feathers of the future Golden Crow had began to tremble, and the gaze of the Void Serpent curled not too far away was filled with an ancient light as it watched on.
THRUM!
Space seemed to be getting twisted and pulled apart as the figure of the Animus Pet came out of the Rift, the powerful Aura it released attracting the attention of the Harbingers of Sin that were with the body of Noah far away in the Infinite Continent. The thing coming out of the Summoning Rift was truly too attention-grabbing, Noah noticing the oppressive aura of dragons from it as this seemed to only be a portion of this creature, and it was mixed in with even more potent auras that he did not know!
The enormous body seemed to be squeezing out of the Rift with difficulty as a bright silver light shone out, the vibrant scales on this creature's body flashing wildly as its body became slippery and it quickly passed through, its grand figure being visible to Noah's eyes.
"This..."
His mouth was agape as he didn't know how to even describe it!
An enormous body that shone with a silver-colored l.u. , streaks of black and purple running through it in the form of runic tattoos as this creature seemed to hold a draconic head, but held a body that was so large and wide that it was akin to a whale! At the same time, sharp silver wings spanning hundreds of meters outwards shone with a dangerous l.u. , the eyes of this creature that shimmered with the blue color of the deep blue sea landing on Noah with a sharp light.
[Colossal Helios Leviathan]( PRISMATIC) :: An Archaic Animus currently in the Low Tier GALAXY Realm. Being a mythical creature that traverses the Helios Sundering Seas of the Animus Universe, its size alone has yet to reach maturity as it holds within it one of the Variant Bloodlines of the Royal Helios Race. Proficient and Assimilated with the Laws of Death, Aether, and Space-Time, this Animus is already searching for clues on the path of the Grand Dao of Macrocosm, and will have initial understanding in such a Dao the moment it reaches the Peak Tier GALAXY Realm and reaches full a.d.u. . Its abilities include Unremitting Fortress, Realm Depredation...
It was...it was something out of pure insanity and fantasy!
Seeming more like a fortress than a creature, an Animus that held traits of draconic origins and the body of a deep-sea creature...a shocking Leviathan had entered the stage.
"I heard a calling..."
CRACK!
An ancient voice that caused the surrounding space to shudder and whimper!
A shockingly large Animus that seemed to be growing ever larger in the skies as it took the sight of everything in the surroundings!
A PRISMATIC Animus Summon at the Low Tier GALAXY Realm!
Chapter 717 - Called To Serve!
The aura of a being at the Low Tier GALAXY Realm was extremely overbearing on many beings in the Infinite Realm, their hearts shuddering in fear as they could see the creature who had the size of a fortress floating far off in the distance.
As others were fearful and nearly pissed their pants, Noah's eyes shone golden beams of light as he released an Archaic Contract to keep this majestic Animus attached to him!
A grand light shone out for a few seconds as his enhanced skill that allowed him to form a contract with pets of higher Realm than him went to work, very soon feeling the strong connection with this Archaic Animus as he felt its ridiculous power.
"Interesting..."
Its deep voice that caused space to shudder was reminiscent of the Void Serpent who had its draconic head raised while calmly staring at the Colossal Helios Leviathan, neither overbearing nor servile as the future Jörmungandr retained its authority!
"A holder of the 9 Supreme Bloodlines here with me attached to the same Master in this Universe, and a little chicken that wants to be as bright as the sun...how cute."
The archaic voice resounded out in the skies as the starry blue eyes of the Helios Leviathan honed in on Noah.
"To be able to make all of this possible...I greet my first Master."
RUMBLE!
A deep smile entrenched itself on Noah's face at this sight, obtaining a ridiculously powerful pet as there was much to do!
In the Nexus Galaxy, the inhabitants felt the unknown sense of threat from their own home as they mobilized, numerous forces placed at the Boundary of the GALAXY ready to move out at any moment!
Against a threat that even their Galaxy could feel that it could be the end of, they knew they might be throwing their lives away, but they had to fight for their home.
The Imperial Adjudicator moved with haste as he called the forces of the Galaxies under their command to make way to aid them, numerous reinforcements from the Stellar Sky Galaxy and other Galaxies under them already on their way.
What was saddening about this whole event was the Nexus Galaxy itself, where Noah didn't get the chance to fully explore as all we learned was the Brightgold Monarchy Realm and the Imperial Citadel where the central powers of the Galaxy were cl.u. !
There were millions of other Realms and billions of worlds each with their own uniqueness spread throughout this Nexus Galaxy that we never got to explore, and now they were all facing a catastrophe. Noah's thoughts were many as the clone of Alexander in the Imperial Fortress he was given after he obtained the title of Imperial Ruler- this clone received the message from the Imperial Adjudicator as he was called to serve.
With a calm gaze, spatial fluctuations flowed out as the clone was displaced by the real Alexander, the smile on the face of this body still prevalent as the surprise of summoning and training the Colossal Helios Leviathan was simply too much.
Against the coming catastrophe which he believed would most likely be the Entity of the Burning Domains Galaxy making a move, he had a few different thoughts on how he could deal with it, but releasing his brand new Low Tier GALAXY Helios Leviathan was not one of them!
He had seen the terrifying power of the Entity proficient in the Dao of Vitality, a being at the Peak Tier GALAXY Realm with thousands of years under her belt and horrendous ways to kill beings and destroy Galaxies in her mind. The difference between the three Realms of GALAXY were akin to a Realm of their own, where a being in the Low Tier could never match one in the Middle or Peak Tier normally.
Until he was fully confident that his Helios Leviathan at the Low Tier GALAXY Realm while boosted by all of his buffs could withstand the force of something like an Entity...he wouldn't risk it.
Even in his heart as he recalled the description of the Entity under the Eyes of Truth, he didn't think he would be able to match such a creature even if he was at the Peak Tier GALAXY Realm unless his comprehension in the Dao of Summoning rose crazily as his pets were boosted to insane degrees. The difference wasn't just in Rank and laws, but the Dao! Simply because of the Dao the Entity cultivated, he might be able to attack her and deal damage that would be negligible and healed like nothing with her power.
Her Dao of Vitality allowed her to create something like the Vital Life Water that enhanced Realm Progression by 200%, and the few skills she released against him showed the versatility of being capable of draining the essence and vitality of entire planets until they turned to ash, or protect beings in the GALAXY Realm against an attack like ||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust|| that directly affected the age progression or regression of things!
With all these thoughts, he moved with a heavy heart as he followed the coordinates given to him by the Imperial Adjudicator, teleporting towards the Sanctuary of the Watchers where the Universal Rift of the Nexus Galaxy Existed. As he moved, the fluctuations of power on his body only showed him to be at the Black Hole Realm, even the Manifestation of his Realm outwardly on his body still showing a Black Hole as the [Unique Origin] ability of the Vampyre Progenitor continued its usefulness even at this stage as it masked his true Realm.
This location of the Sanctuary of the Watchers wasn't too far away from the boundary of the Galaxy, and many Imperials and nobles of other Households were stationed here ready to move. Noah's new authority allowed him to move past the Legions and Battalions of Imperials as he appreciated the shimmering armors and weapons they wielded as they stood within their Vessels.
Within the Sanctuary of the Watchers that was surrounded by enormous statues, Noah found the core party of the strength of the Nexus Galaxy as he passed through many Imperials to enter an exalted area where the aura of the Imperial Adjudicator could be felt!
Near the Adjudicator, Noah was surprised to see the figures of two veiled women with curvaceous figures- the pair of mother and daughter that could cause the downfall of empires purely with their beauty alone!
Even the Esteemed Personage, Anastasia, had left her hidden Blue Plains Realm as the Imperials around them were so respectful towards her it seemed their knees would soon touch the floor in reverence.
Noah's entrance caught the eyes of many as the first being to move was Anna herself, this Imperial Princess coming over to him with hurried steps as her eyes shone beneath her veil while speaking out.
"You...you already summoned your Animus Pets? Show me quickly before I try summoning mine!"
Even in the midst of a coming catastrophe, the Imperial Princess couldn't help but allow her fascination with this genius to come out, Noah smiling at this Princess as he nodded towards the Imperial Adjudicator who had a heavy face and the veiled Anastasia.
Along with this powerful line up, the Imperial Rulers and Imperial Lords of the Nexus Galaxy were all gathering near the Sanctuary of the Watchers close to the boundary of the Nexus Galaxy, with even more reinforcements on their way as they prepared for an apocalyptic encounter with an unknown enemy!
Chapter 718 - An Entity Brings Devastation!
For those who haven't experienced war, it becomes very hard to imagine the experience of those in the midst of war feel. It is even harder to imagine the emotions of those who knew that death could be coming to them, but they stayed behind regardless because the place they wanted to defend was their home.
Such emotions were being felt by many beings that considered themselves powerful before, as they came from a force that had multiple Galaxies under it!
Yet each of the powerful inhabitants felt the cry of the Nexus Galaxy as it shared with them that it sensed a Galaxy-ending catastrophe heading towards them. At this moment, the leading figure of the Nexus Galaxy, the Imperial Adjudicator, was overseeing the operation of this defense where if the feeling of their Galaxy was true...it was bound to be a very bloody day.
In the Sanctuary of the Watchers, Anastasia went towards the body of Alexander as she spoke with shining eyes that were hidden in her veil.
"Did you summon your second Animus Pet?"
The question got the gaze of Anna to also lock on him as he nodded with a wry smile, prompting Anastasia to shake her head in wonder as she asked once more.
"Its rarity?"
"...Prismatic!" Noah replied to her question with conviction, numerous hidden thoughts crossing his mind as he felt essence fluctuation from Anastasia the moment he said these words.
"..."
A deafening silence continued for another few seconds as the shock was simply too much, especially so for Anastasia who had lived for many years in the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. and knew very well what rarity the majority of summons would have even in the Ancient Power she came from! The number of PRISMATIC Summons...could actually be counted in one's two hands!
Yet this being in front of her claimed to have summoned one right after his first pet that was Ultra Rare.
"A genius such as you should not have to perish in such an unknown location. With such talent, it would not be too far of a stretch to say that you can obtain the Title of an Entity in the future!"
Anastasia's words nearly pulled in the discussing Adjudicator and the Imperials around him as they refocused on their tasks, only the mother and daughter surrounding Noah as he received a telepathic message from Anastasia next.
"If...you had the choice to be taken away from here and move towards the center of the Dark Universe...would you take it? There are Ancient Powers that could mold your talent into something powerful as soon as they recognize you."
...!
The Esteemed Anastasia that came from the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. sent these words to Noah after much deliberation and hesitation, where even she did not know how the next events would play out, but she was very aware of her identity!
As she came to reinforce the experts of the Nexus Galaxy against whatever enemy was coming, she would have no problem using her status to bargain with this enemy if need be to save the new home she made, even if it meant word of her being here would get out as she would be taken away not too long after.
If this came to be, she did not want her daughter and someone like Alexander to perish for no reason in a place like this.
Noah's eyes shone with a hidden light as he was about to reply, when his expression and the expressions of all the beings around the Sanctuary of the Watchers changed rapidly as they sensed a horrifying aura approach from far away!
RUMBLE
The aura felt extremely oppressive and vile, and yet it contained within it a breath of life that anyone would seek. The being releasing this aura...came in with a grand welcome outside the boundary of the Nexus Galaxy, a lone figure of a humanoid with feminine features appeared, her hand dr.a. with a pulsating green-grey light that emanated an aura of the Dao of Vitality.
This Entity appeared outside the boundary of the Nexus Galaxy as she ignored some of the forces stationed just outside of it and instead threw forward a fist!
This fist was dr.a. with the essence of the Dao thundered towards the Boundary of the Nexus Galaxy as a bellowing cry erupted out!
"Puny Adjudicator!"
THRUUUM...CRACK!
Immense vibrations erupted out as in the next second, a sound akin to glass shattering emanate out as the area where the Entity had punched towards...the boundary of the Nexus Galaxy was wiped away for tens of thousands of miles as an immense gravitational force from the Chaotic Void formed.
All the Imperials and beings that were close to that area of the boundary when the Entity appeared...had turned into corpses!
"You...!"
The body of the Imperial Adjudicator trembled with anger as his half a step into the GALAXY Realm aura flowed out, his body nearly flying out of the Sanctuary of the watchers towards the destroyed boundary as it was the fair hand of Anastasia that stopped him.
Anastasia looked up towards the far boundary of the Nexus Galaxy that was shattered into oblivion, the edges of this cracked area trying to heal as a pervasive essence seemed to stop it in its place, the bellow of the Entity ringing out again as she floated inside the galaxy with her arms crossed behind her domineeringly.
"Today, I came to destroy a Galaxy!"
RUMBLE!
"Before I do, I will give the Puny Adjudicator a chance to give the treasure that he took from the Stellar Sky Galaxy, and maybe I will spare some of you death. Or you can remain in hiding, and everything will perish anyway before I get my hands on what I want!"
The bellowing words reached out far and wide as the destruction of the boundary of the Galaxy at such a scale shook the minds of many beings, the anger of the Imperial Adjudicator only rising through the roof as he was blamed for something he had no knowledge about.
Anastasia kept her hand on the Imperial Adjudicator before he could make any rash moves, this being with a unique identity glancing at the Entity that was screaming bloody murder as a saddened expression appeared behind her veil!
With this development, she knew that her time in this new home would be cut short, and she would only have one chance to use her identity to possibly help them get out of it alive. Many thoughts crossed her mind as she prepared to make an irrevocable move that would forever change everything for her.
Meanwhile Noah, the true culprit in all of this, looked forward with a difficult expression as he sighed and mentally prepared to move himself. Yet...it was also at this moment that he heard a voice in his mind.
It was a type of voice he had heard before numerous times, a mechanical voice that only special entities that he entangled himself with could release.
[Bring...clone...Central Realm...]
Filled with broken words and seeming somewhat staticky, the voice of the Nexus Galaxy that was facing a catastrophe from an unexpected Entity had finally called out to him!
Chapter 719 - You scratChapter my back...
As an Entity arrived to lay out destruction upon the Nexus Galaxy, Noah heard a call in his mind as his eyes shone with a powerful light!
Seeing the extreme danger the Entity presented, his thoughts were already moving rapidly as a millisecond after he heard the voice, his clone reappeared near the Brightgold Monarchy Realm of the Nexus Galaxy among the starry stars.
The eyes of the clone looked around him as he truly did not know where the Central Realm of this GALAXY would lie, but he knew he would be directed by the entity that spoke to him as his eyes honed in on a distinct golden light that flashed in space.
He turned into a streak of light as he followed this flashing golden light, moving as fast as he could as the terrifying Entity that had shattered a portion of the boundary of the Nexus Galaxy was on the move!
"Next to me, your lives are even more meaningless than the waste you produce, with your Galaxy being even less so in my eyes! I ask again- utter destruction, or will you come forward?!"
Her chilling voice reverberated out as the Imperials of the Nexus Galaxy began to move forward with tight expressions and heavy hearts. The Imperial Adjudicator was also about to make a move when Anastasia denied him yet again, this esteemed personage giving a command as she flew forward.
"All of you stand down. I will have a dialogue with this Entity, even if it means revealing my identity."
THRUMM!
The Imperial Adjudicator felt his heart shaking as Anna had a strong expression underneath her veil filled with a murderous aura, her gaze towards the far away Entity fearlessly as her mother began to emanate a powerful aura at the Middle Tier GALAXY Realm!
"Hmm?"
The Entity instant picked up this aura as her eyes honed in, the image of the veiled Anastasia getting closer to her as she moved from the Sanctuary of the Watchers and went towards the shattered area where a terrifying gravitational force remained.
Her veiled figure looked peerless in the starry space as her languid voice could be heard!
"Esteemed Madam, I believe there has been a mistake, as we truly do not know what we did to earn your wrath."
OOOOM!
Compared to the rasping deadly voice of the Entity, Anastasia's voice was so smooth and powerful that one could be lulled to sleep by it, but this same sound felt like searing heat in the ears of the Entity as her face was filled with even more anger.
"And what type of thing are you? With power at the Middle Tier GALAXY Realm, you shouldn't be someone from this region! Speak!"
With a commanding tone, the Entity spoke out as Anastasia nodded, her essence bubbling as she prepared to summon pets that she had not summoned for a long time as she revealed her identity to this Entity. She planned to use her identity as a Dao of Summoning practitioner of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. to negotiate with the Entity, or even threaten her when she revealed her high position in the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. if it came to it!
But as Anastasia did this...she did not know that not too long ago, this same Entity had met with an Animus Summoner that she knew to be from the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , and this being had laid siege to the Galaxy she resided in as the anger she felt could not even be explained.
For her to perform her next actions was just...Ah!
Yet at this same time, Noah's flashing figure came to a stop on a cl.u. of tens of thousands of Asteroids, where he noticed the golden light to be coming from a particularly hidden one as he flashed next to it and spread his aura out, finally locating a miniaturized Realm Gateway that he entered without a second of delay.
When he reappeared again, he seemed to be in a grand world as he saw wide expanses of paradisiacal forests filled with abundant essence, his thoughts thinking of how both of the Central Realms of the two Galaxies was in seemed to be areas very in tune with nature.
[Hurry...]
The voice entered his mind once more as he swept his aura out, going towards where the essence was the thickest as the trees around him became more and more ancient, their leaves shimmering with splendor as in a matter of seconds, he appeared above of verdant green mountain that opened up its jaws the moment he neared, his body entering as it closed behind him with a clang!
When he ventured in slightly deeper, he came across a family scene of the shockingly dense condensation of Universal law essence around him, his eyes looking a few meters away as he finally came face to face with an Obsidian Core very much similar to the one he saw in the Novus Galaxy.
[Finally, we can communicate with ease.]
The voice of the entity that was the Nexus Galaxy rang out with clarity, Noah nodding with a smile as he knew that this Galaxy was very much different compared to his own!
The Novus Galaxy was very much different as it violated multiple universal laws and did such things as transfer some of her consciousness to a body like the First Infernal Lord for her to take an even more active role within the Galaxy, and it could communicate with ease unlike the Nexus Galaxy as it continued to use the shocking tool that was the Ruination Core.
But the Nexus Galaxy did not have these capabilities as it had to tell the body of Alexander to bring its clone in the Central Realm just for a smooth communication to take place!
[I wish to propose an exchange. We are short on time so I will make it quick- I will use all my power to consider the requirements of the Protagonist Trait are completed...in exchange for you successfully using the abilities within it to guarantee my safety from this enemy!]
RUMBLE!
Essence erupted out in a stellar fashion as a Galaxy proposed an exchange, Noah's eyes blazing with light as an imperceptible smile appeared on his lips!
Chapter 720 - You cannot pay the price!
In the Central Realm of the Nexus Galaxy, a conversation was taking place between a clone and the core of the Galaxy itself!
[When such a Trait even exceeding the bounds of the highest OMEGA Tier randomly appeared on a being as my essence was forced to initiate it, I set the requirements for the holder to play a central role in this Galaxy in order to bring it to completion. I will consider your successfully saving us now to be a central role and complete this Trait for you after.]
Noah's eyes shone as he heard this, nodding as he proceeded with careful words.
"You...can't just unlock it for me right now? I'm sure the abilities of the last stage will give me even more guarantee of saving all of us."
[...It is impossible to unlock it unless the requirement has been met. I would need to bend the universal laws to do that, and nobody can do such a thing.]
Noah's thoughts moved rapidly as he heard these words, nearly shaking his head to tell this being that their words were somewhat wrong, and that there were ways one could bend universal laws! If they had the right treasures that is...
"Alright! I'll give it my best!"
He gave his affirmation as his clone looked up from the hidden mountain in the Central Realm that he was in, his eyes piercing far in the distance as the scene changed to the main body of Alexander who was looking at the scintillating Anastasia that was revealing her identity.
THRUMM!
Essence of gorgeous color erupted out as from three Summoning Rifts, the oppressive pressure of Middle Tier GALAXY rank Animus Pets could be felt!
They entered into the world with a grand demeanor the figured of three majestic creatures could be seen. One was a fearsome Icefrost Moon Dragon towering over 100 meters, another was a Mystical Chaos Fox that shone with an enticing l.u. , and the last one was yet another draconic creature- this one having a more serpentine body as the usual wings of a dragon were missing from it. This last one was a Void Rending Wyrm that held cold eyes towards the Entity in front of them.
"I am a member of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. who is currently residing in this Galaxy. I know the beings in here, and I truly believe there must be a misunderstanding. I hope the Esteemed Madam can give us a chance to talk!"
While surrounded by three majestic Animus Summons in the same Realm as her, Anastasia spoke with a hint of confidence as she knew that any Entity should be knowledgeable enough of the Ancient Powers of the Dark Universe, and anyone seeing someone like her capable of summoning three powerful Animus in the GALAXY Realm would have an idea that she holds a special identity!
Especially because a majority of her summons were Dragons, where most of the Holy Children of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. had a line up of pets such as this.
She waited for the surprise and dialogue of the Entity when her spread out senses shockingly found a shocking Dao converging around the fist of the Entity, her face seemingly livid after her words as her fist thundered forth with ridiculous power while she bellowed out!
"You wretched creatures!"
RUMBLE!
A fist that devoured the Vitality of the surrounding space itself thundered forth as Anastasia looked up in shock, her pets moving with alarm as resplendent skills shone off of their bodies.
They wrecked numerous barriers and shields while utilizing multiple elements, where even Anastasia herself cast a skill after she came out of her stupor!
"[Summoner's Bastion]!"
A distinct purple barrier appeared to reinforce all the other defensive skills her pets had cast, a unique energy linking Anastasia to her pets as this purple energy reflected off of their bodies and further strengthened the barrier she erected. It was then that the devouring fist hit!
BOOOOM!
Blood sputtered from the three defending Animus Summons as the barriers they erected shattered one after another, the last purple barrier barely holding on as Anastasia had a grimace on her face while looking towards the Entity in shock.
When she revealed her association, it seemed to have enraged the Entity even more as this being moved with wrath to strike forth!
"Where is the other one?! Bring that wretch to me as well!"
The bellowing voice of the Entity rang out again as Noah in the far distance was surrounded by Imperials and hiding his face, his thoughts rapidly moving as he finally acted and...merely activated a skill.
[Deus Ex Machina] :: At the most critical and important juncture as the life of the Protagonist is in peril, casting this ability will bring forth an unexpected power, being, or event that will save them from the seemingly hopeless situation. As with any skill capable of affecting universal rules, there is a 30 day cooldown after every use.
Currently, there was an unstoppable force of an Entity threatening the hoke Galaxy of Alexander and everything in it. At this juncture where the Protagonist was faced with an unstoppable power, Noah cast a skill to bring forth an unknown event or being that would save him and many others from peril!
THRUM!
Waves of shimmering blue distinctly came off of him as it didn't even seem like the skill was activated, but as Noah saw its cooldown counting down...he knew it was active. Now, all he had to do was wait.
At the shattered boundary of the Nexus Galaxy, the Entity was preparing another attack as Anastasia looked forward with eyes of cold rage. Her veil disappeared from her face as her crimson-colored beauty became apparent for all eyes to see, going forward fearlessly as her peerless voice resounded out at this moment!
"You...Stop! I am the Holy Princess of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , killing me is tantamount to offending an Ancient Power that is backed by multiple Entities! You cannot pay the price for it!"
Anastasia called forth grandly as her gaze now turned to one full of anger, the grandeur of royalty and of a being with such a high position leaking off of her dripping outward in the starry space as the bubbling gathering of essence around the Entity came to a halt.
The Entity looked towards the calamity-inducing gorgeous face of Anastasia as deep within her eyes, a sharp light filled with jealousy flashed...and it was very soon replaced with determination even as the Entity ascertained the truth of this being's words with the knowledge she held!
"Hmph! The Holy Princess that went missing years ago? So what! If you die here, nobody will be the wiser!"
THRUMM!
The essence of the Dao of Vitality resonated within the body of the Entity once more as she raised her hands forward, intent on wiping away everything about this Galaxy in front of her as the importance of the Page of Ruination was simply too high!
Chapter 721 - Who do you think you are?!
"Anastasia!"
The Imperial Adjudicator called out with a stifling heart as his figure barrier out from the Sanctuary of the Watchers, Anna and Noah doing the same as they saw the Entity was intent on wiping out everyone one.
"CHAARGE!"
OOOOH!
Bellowing cried erupted out as Imperials of all ranks also rushed forward, not even considering their lives as they went to defend their homes!
"Merely a princess that ran away from home, perish for me and maybe I'll drop your corpse in your cl.u. as a gift!"
Meanwhile, the Entity called out powerfully as a shining light blasted out of her hands. It was filled with the immense power of the Dao of Vitality as it aimed to kill towards Anastasia, the three Middle Tier GALAXY rank Summons around her bellowing out as their bodies shimmered with multiple skills, preparing to intercept as they would rather sacrifice their lives than see their Master hurt.
Off in the distance, Alexei-The Imperial Adjudicator, had a despairing expression as power bubbled forth from him, and Anna had already condensed scorching plasma around her as it went to cover her in a purple-blue majestic armor, her speed nearly meeting her half a step into the GALAXY Realm father as she went forward valiantly!
The power of the Vector Controller shone once more as it would truly grow to be powerful- its user simply had to be given the time.
In this despairing situation where a strike from the Entity thundered forth and many beings went forward to defend with their lives, time seemed to be going extremely slow for Noah as his eyes looked around, and he didn't have to wait too long as in the next instant...it felt like space and time had come to a halt.
A moment after, an aged voice filled with solemnity and ancientness resounded out in the ears of every single being there.
"What made you bold enough to make a move against the Holy Princess of my Expansive Dragon Cl.u. ?"
"..."
RUUUUMBLE!
An appalling aura descended.
Out of nowhere, an enormous figure appeared as it cast a shadow over the shattered boundary of the Nexus Galaxy!
It didn't cast a shadow because of its sheer size, but simply because of its power and grandeur as it seemed bigger than anything here.
From this shadow, the only thing the eyes of the many defenders could see was a claw!
An enormous and appallingly vibrant Dragon's Claw!
Feeling this oppressive power and the descending claw, the Entity's eyes squinted tightly as her essence moved!
Let's go back merely minutes prior as we gain a better understanding of how things came to be.
In the vast Dark Universe, one could spend months and years traversing it from one side to another as they went towards specific locations.
It depended on their mode of transportation how fast they could travel, as well as their own power!
In the past days, a particularly powerful collection of beings were traversing wide distances of the Dark Universe- and these beings were powerhouses of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
This party only consisted of 5 beings- three shockingly gorgeous women, a Middle-aged man, and an Old Man carrying a glimmering cane as he seemed to be in his last stages of life. Yet among all the beings in this party, this Old Man seemed to be the most powerful one as the very space around him tremble when he moved.
These beings were from the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , and they were currently moving in the chaotic void on the back of a particularly colossal Animus Summon!
This Ancient Power had always been on the lookout for a particular being, using the bloodline of this being and unique methods to garner her location the moment she utilized something unique to her. In this case, they targeted the use of her summons as the identifier, where the moment one of them was summoned- they would be able to pick up the signal of her location if they were lucky enough.
Such a thing was exactly what happened a few days ago when the signal of a particular Aurora Galaxy Dragon was picked up, and a party gad set off from the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. to follow it right away.
But the distance was truly too massive, and it came from a faraway location where they didn't have Portals set up that could help them traverse such a distance with ease. If things went as they should have, it should have taken them weeks to arrive where the signal was! At that time, they would hope that the being they were trying to find had not moved, or they had to spend even more time searching for her.
This brings us to the current moment where this party was moving through the Dark Universe in haste, calculating that the distance they had left should take them another 3 weeks before they could arrive.
Yet on the Chaotic Void they were traversing in, these powerful experts were suddenly swept up in a spatial storm that they didn't even get a chance to stand against, this spatial storm warping them from their location to an entirely different one in a matter of a millisecond!
The moment this party reappeared, their spread out and alarmed senses picked up a familiar aura and shocking words that caused the man at the very forefront of this party to smile with a cold expression, as the eyes of the Old Man behind him lifted up lazily at the same time.
"Merely a princess that ran away from home..."
The words of the Entity had rang out in their ears as the middle aged man at the forefront turned towards the Old Man, this aged being nodding with lazy eyes as his boisterous voice that resounded throughout the Nexus Galaxy was heard next.
"What made you bold enough to make a move against the Holy Princess of my Expansive Dragon Cl.u. ?"
THRUMM!
With his words, the horrifying pressure that descended towards the Entity was accompanied by the claw of the Animus Summon this party from the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. was riding through the chaotic void!
This claw glimmering with an immense light of a vibrant galaxy as it tore apart space while descending, directly coming in contact with the cold faced Entity as in the next moment, a horrendous impact was released as even experts felt their blood boil as if their very cells were about to burst!
Chapter 722 - Powerful!
BOOOM!
Two dreadfully powerful forces collided near the shattered barrier of the Nexus Galaxy as the sheer impact and pressure alone pushed everyone nearby back while coughing blood, others directly vaporized from the impact as it was simply that horrendous!
"Why would an unaffiliated Entity be bold enough to attack the Holy Princess of my Expansive Dragon Cl.u. ? Have we not shown our might well enough over these last thousands of years?"
The boisterous and calm voice resounding out got the attention of many to look at where the enormous claw was coming from, the figure of a colossal dragon over 1000 meters in size finally showing itself grandiosely as one could observe a Manifested GALAXY rotating powerful over its body.
SHAA
The powerful Entity that had blocked the Dragon's Claw also appeared below it from the shattered space as one could see her arm trembling, the skin on her hand ruptured in multiple places as bloody bones protruded out!
The gaze of this Entity also climbed up the body of the enormous dragon as her eyes honed in on the figures standing majestically atop it.
The one speaking with a resonant voice was an Old Man carrying a glimmering cane, and beside him stood a valiant looking Middle-aged man with three veiled women behind them!
The middle aged man has a cold look as his eyes did not even glance at the Entity, but they were locked onto the figure of Anastasia not too far away.
His eyes weren't actually happy or joyful, but his cold look carried a trace of anger as he called out!
"Little Sister, you have brought me many troubles over these past years!"
A voice of authority and elegance, a reprimanding voice of an Older Brother toward his Little Sister. Yet...Anastasia had a saddened look at the appearance of this being as she sighed with unknown grievances, waving her hands as her three injured Animus Summons turned into streaks of light and disappeared into her origin!
The pair of brother and sister then looked towards each other, while the Entity and the Old Man with a cane atop the enormous Dragon also locked eyes with each other! A cold atmosphere permeated as these powerful auras oppressed everyone in the nearby region.
Meanwhile, Noah was looking at all of this with shining eyes as he read over the identities of the party and of the enormous Animus that was the mount of the party brought forth by [Deus Ex Machina].
[Starry Behemoth Tarragon](Ultra Rare) :: an Archaic Animus currently at the Peak Tier GALAXY Realm...
[Rudolf Fredrick Windsor] :: A being currently at the Peak Tier GALAXY Realm. As the next Ruler of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , his fate is bound to the lives of uncountable trillions...
[Old Man Khan] :: A being holding the Title of an Entity, currently at the Peak Tier GALAXY Realm. Proficient in the Dao of Summoning, he commands multiple...
The identities of the immediate three beings were read by him as he was shocked by their identities!
One was a genuine Entity, the other was the brother of the Esteemed Anastasia, and the Animus was a pet under the command of the terrifying being that even by his system was known as Old Man Khan.
Truly terrifying figures had been brought forth by his casting of Deus Ex Machina!
The Entity that clashed with the powerful claw of the Starry Behemoth Tarragon looked towards Old Man Khan without saying any words, her body rapidly healing as she seemed to be thinking.
Meanwhile, Old Man Khan floated off the dragon as he went towards the Entity, his aged voice ringing out as it commanded to be revered!
"What's wrong little one? Cat got your tongue?"
His voice was that of someone with very little worries, as if he was simply strolling through the meadows at this moment! His air of calmness even made the female Entity eerie as she finally opened her mouth.
"I am not here for her, just the Galaxy she resides in."
Her voice was calm and measured as the aura of the Dao of Vitality bounced off of her rapidly. The cane of Old Man Khan tapping the starry space as powerful fluctuations erupted out every time!
Old Man Khan nodded at the words of the Entity as he continued floating towards her, doing something that normally no Summoners would do- leave the side of their pets as they went forward themselves.
His eyes seemed to be barely open as Old Man Khan floated until he neared the position of the Entity, coming to float just a few inches away from her as he looked into her wrathful face while lazily speaking out.
"You say that, but your strike was directed towards the Holy Princess to kill. So I want to ask you, little entity..."
THRUMM!
While being just inches away from the powerful Entity, Old Man Khan continued to speak lazily and domineeringly as if the event in front of him was no threat at all!
"...are you going to choose to run like a cornered dog, or do I have to butcher someone here today?"
...!
Domineering! Powerful!
The Old Man that seemed aged and seemingly waving through the starry space as if he could be blown away at any second...this old man stood directly in front of the Entity that came down to bring destruction to the Nexus Galaxy as he asserted his dominance in a shocking fashion.
Yet his words seemed to hold utmost authority as the Entity the Old Man stood in front of only looked towards him with trembling eyes! She then looked towards the enormous Starry Behemoth Tarragon behind this Old Man...and then closed her eyes to hide her unbounded wrath as she remained floating in the starry space!
Noah and the others looked at this scene with stupor as their eyes were truly opened today.
This terrifying Entity had come into the Novus Galaxy screaming bloody murder as she domineeringly shattered its boundary and killed many beings, and this same being was being stepped on by an Old Man that she couldn't even give off the domineering replies she was uttering to them before!
How the tides could so easily change! How the power could so easily shift...
"Well? Do you want to be a dead dog or an alive one?"
The domineering Old Man voiced out again as it seemed his words and energy weren't even worth being spent on the enemy in front of him. The Entity's body shook, her eyes opening with a dangerous light as in front of this Old Man...she backed away!
Both were given the title of Entities, yet she was the one that backed away!
This was because she had years of fighting for survival in the Dark Universe, and she had honed terrifying senses that told her exactly how to move if wanted to keep her life.
This Old Man in front of her...could summon multiple Animus just as powerful as the Starry Behemoth Tarragon that had injured her with one strike. This wasn't to mention the power of the Old Man himself, who shone with an abundant aura of the Dao of Summoning!
So the Entity swallowed her pride as she moved away, her trembling wrath held within as she had to give up on something as precious as a Page of Ruination.
Whatever treasures the inhabitants of the Nexus Galaxy stole from her, she knew they would all be taken by this newly appearing force as she didn't even have the chance to fight for it!
So she pulled back to avoid a deadly fight as she trusted her senses!
At the same time this was occurring, the middle-aged man that had called Anastasia his sister was moving towards her while not even glancing at the enemy entity that was warping away in defeat.
"You will be coming back with me today, Little Sist-"
The words and body of this middle aged man, Rudolf Fredrick Windsor, came to a halt as his eyes picked up another figure behind Anastasia, a girl that had been rushing towards her when the attack of the Entity was first released!
Her veil had been torn off by the terrifying impacts of the attack and her crimson-colored hair and drop-dead gorgeous face that was the exact replica of Anastasia was laid bare for all to see.
As Rudolf saw this scene, his expression twisted as his body began to shake, his eyes looking towards his sister incredulously!
"What have you done?!"
An authoritative voice that demanded answers regarding out, a terrifying aura of a Ruler descending on the surrounding space as shocking events just continued.
The Entity that came seeking destruction was running with her tail between her legs, an appallingly powerful Old Man appearing with his Summon at the Peak of GALAXY as the future Ruler of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. came to pick up his sister!
Noah watched all of these events with shining eyes as he awaited the developments, with his heart set more on the soon to come notifications of his Protagonist Trait being completed as soon as the Nexus Galaxy deemed his mission successful and granted everything to him...
Chapter 723 - Invitation to An Ancient Power!
Abruptly, Rudolf Fredrick Windsor waved his hands as a dark mist spread out from him, covering his figure and the figures of Anastasia and Anna in a blink as all those watching could not hear or see anything happening within this dark mist.
Inside of it, Rudolf's expression was livid as he stared at his sister.
"You had a child."
"Un."
Anastasia nodded with a calm expression as she pulled Anna close, this Imperial Princess looking over Rudolf, who should have been her uncle- with careful eyes!
The future Ruler of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. looked over the figures of the two women multiple times, his authoritative voice ringing out again, and this time with murderous intent.
"The father?"
"...Dead."
Silence overtook the surroundings as the anger in Rudolf's eyes shimmered even more. He was about to erupt when the melodious voice of Anastasia rang out with calmness.
"I will come back with you. Willingly at that as I play the role I ran away from."
Her words calmed the wrathful eyes of Rudolf greatly as she continued.
"All I need from you is an assurance to protect this Galaxy that I made my home these past years, and to guarantee the safety of my daughter when we return!"
Anastasia's gaze was filled with conviction when she said this, Rudolf glancing towards her with glimmering eyes as he replied.
"Even if she is from a dead unknown toad, do you think I would not value the life of my own Niece?"
His words still contained anger and authority, but a hint of cunning flowed through them as many thoughts crossed his mind when he looked at Anna!
His sister did not have any weaknesses before, which was why she was able to do what she did in the past. Yet now...
"As long as she is from you, she is of the bloodline of the great Sage Windsor! Nothing can change that..."
His words were filled with mystery as Anastasia nodded, the sadness within her eyes immeasurable as Anna saw this and adopted a strong expression, speaking out for the first time to this powerful being that was her Uncle!
"We do not wish to return, you can see that. You would force your own sister?!"
Her words weren't respectful one bit as Rudolf had thought many things while calming down, the wrath he showed before wiped away and hidden within as he calmly spoke while looking over his niece.
"This involves things you do not understand, my dear new Niece. Things that are even out of my control! This involves the wills of two Ancient Powers, the wills of Hegemonies that cannot be denied!"
RUMBLE!
"Your mother has denied it long enough, and she now has to accept her role...with the repercussions that come from it."
His face shone with royalty as he made his stance clear, looking around them as he scrunched up his nose and continued.
"Let us make haste back home, the fringes of the Dark Universe hold nothing for us."
His hands waved towards Anastasia and Anna as the mother held her daughter's hand and went towards Rudolf. From the cloudy mist surrounding them, a path was made as it led towards the head of the enormous Starry Behemoth Tarragon where three veiled women were standing, the bodies bowing to Anastasia as they called out respectfully.
"Holy Princess."
THRUM!
Hearing these words caused an unknown light to shine in Anastasia's eyes, landing on the head of the Tarragon as they looked to the starry sky where the dark mist was dispersing, seeing the faces of Imperials and other inhabitants of the Nexus Galaxy that didn't dare move a muscle in front of the recently arriving overpowering auras!
Anastasia gave a cursory glance towards the Imperials as she didn't even focus on the face Adjudicator that she had sent a telepathic message to for him to move back and distance himself from her. She then landed her eyes on the confident face of Alexander as she thought for a bit, speaking towards her brother once more with a calm expression.
"During my time here, I took in Anna's friend as a Disciple. He's someone with immense talent as he comprehended the Dao in a day and was capable of summoning an Ultra Rare Summon."
...!
Her words caused the heads of the three veiled women to shift as Rudolf Fredrick Windsor squinted his eyes towards the figures of Imperials, these eyes shining with light as while sensing for the aura of the Dao, they came to land on Noah!
"Him?..."
He stroked his beard thoughtfully as he waved his hand, a triangular crystal Medallion that shone with a red l.u. appearing as he spoke.
"Even if he has stepped on the path of the Dao of Summoning, he still has to go through the proper channels to join my Expansive Dragon Cl.u. . This will give him the right to seek entrance as a Dao Disciple!"
Waves of spatial fluctuations erupted out as the triangular crystal Medallion appeared in front of Noah, the voice of Rudolf appearing in his mind soon after as he changed his expression.
"This is the tool that will guide you to my Expansive Dragon Cl.u. . Make your way there and show this as you will be tested to prove your genius, and you might just be able to join an Ancient Power."
RUMBLE!
The voice was filled with power as Noah humbly nodded, Rudolf looking towards Old Man Khan who was also returning atop the Starry Behemoth Tarragon after making a genuine Entity turn tail and run!
The future ruler of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. then gave a thorough look to the many inhabitants of the Nexus Galaxy as his eyes contained deep disdain and arrogance, waving his hands as they were about to leave when Anna's strong voice came out.
"I also want my Maids who have been with me since young to come, Maya and Raya."
She spoke to her uncle like this was a must as the devilishly gorgeous Imperial Princess was not awed by his might one bit, Rudolf glancing towards her and seeing her strong expression as she nodded with a smile.
"Attendants are not bad."
With such words, Maya and Raya that were looking towards Anna with watery eyes from the distance soon appeared above the head of the Starry Behemoth Tarragon.
Rudolf then glanced towards Old Man Khan as he gave a command.
"Per my sister's words, we shall bring this little Galaxy under our protection."
The words seemed simple, but Old Man Khan nodded while opening his lazy eyes and tapping his cane on the space beneath him. Immense essence erupted out as a red light shone, an insignia forming outside the boundary of the Nexus Galaxy that represented one word- EXPANSIVE!
This was a word containing authority and backing of an Ancient Power, where any powerful Entities that passed through this Galaxy would know that it was under the protection of the Ancient Power residing in the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. . Anyone that went against this authority and did anything to the inhabitants of this Galaxy...would face the full might of this Ancient Power!
With this action, the Nexus Galaxy had shockingly wethered through a catastrophic event, many beings not knowing that the person responsible for things playing out this way was none other than the Protagonist that had cast Deus Ex Machina...
Chapter 724 - A Completed Protagonist Trait!
The hearts of many beings were heavy as they had just undergone too many abrupt events in the Nexus Galaxy!
The Imperials watched on with shocked eyes as an extremely powerful Starry Behemoth Tarragon shimmered with a grand Manifested Galaxy, this enormous dragon laying its eyes on the Nexus Galaxy once more as its figure began to disappear in front of their eyes.
On top of it, Anna was the only one looking back at the Imperials as her gaze landed on the body of Alexander, her mouth moving as she whispered a telepathic message to him.
"I better see you soon. Who knows, maybe even in this situation you can..."
Her last words were left unsaid as she shook her head, turning her gaze away as the Starry Behemoth Tarragon disappeared! Nobody on top of it spared another glance at the Nexus Galaxy, even Anastasia forcing herself to keep her head forward as she did not want to be seen turning around!
She left behind a saddened Imperial Adjudicator who had been receiving telepathic messages from her this entire time for him to not make a move, this father having been forced to watch his wife and daughter taken from him right before his eyes while he could not do a single thing!
The sense of powerlessness and defeat he felt was only expressed the moment when the figures of the powerful personages disappeared, his knees falling down in the starry space as his ashen face was filled with perspiration! His body shook as he clenched his fists, some of the nearby Imperial Rulers and Imperial Lords approaching him as others worked to provide order and oversee the repairing of the boundary of the Nexus Galaxy.
Aboard the enormous Starry Behemoth Tarragon that had just left the Nexus Galaxy, Rudolf was looking at the expansive chaotic void as he telepathically communicated with Old Man Khan.
"There is a mysterious force or being connected to that Galaxy. That spatial storm that swept us away even with our power for us to be taken there just in time to save the Holy Princess and the rest of them...we need to keep a lookout for who was behind it."
Old Man Khan opened his eyes into slits as he nodded. "The emblem showing our authority was cast down by me, I'll be able to keep my eyes on it for the next thousand years."
This hidden talk continued in the minds of these powerful experts as beside them, the Holy Princess had already begun to adopt a cold demeanor as she brought her daughter close, these drop-dead gorgeous women having telepathic communications of their own as a mother prepared her daughter for what was to come.
For a trip that would take weeks, the party made their way back to the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. as their mount pierced deeper into the Dark Universe!
Meanwhile in the Nexus Galaxy, the distraught Imperial Adjudicator adopted a fierce expression as he turned towards the body of Alexander. He went towards this newly crowned Imperial Ruler with sharp eyes as he nearly bowed his head while sending him a message.
"When you make your way toward the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. in the future, please watch over Anna!"
His words were filled with emotion as this Ruler nearly bowed his head to who should have been another one of his subjects, but he saw Rudolf hand Alexander a crystalline medallion as he knew Anastasia must have spoken about his genius and wanted to recruit him!
Noah nodded with a serious expression as he affirmed he would do all he could, the Imperial Adjudicator staring at him briefly before he moved away to work with the other Imperials to repair the portion of their shattered Galaxy.
At this same time, the clone of Alexander in the Central Realm of the Nexus Galaxy received a message!
[Our deal can be considered to be complete.]
RUMBLE!
The words of the Nexus Galaxy were followed with an eruption of essence, Noah's eyes shining as he very quickly switched the position of his main body and clone in order to bring the true body of Alexander that would be receiving something grand without picking up the attention of anyone.
The main body of Alexander appeared in the Central Realm as he stared at the obsidian core, the eruption of galactic essence rushing directly towards him right away as he was bathed in a gorgeous rainbow of colors!
[The conditions to grant the full Protagonist Trait have been met.]
THRUUM!
Essence overflowed as Noah closed his eyes and bathed in it once more, this being his second time where he completed a shocking Trait that would forever change him. The galactic essence flooded towards him for a few minutes as it inscribed something deep in his soul, the essence of the universal laws also being sucked in as they were forced to adhere to the shocking qualities of this Trait.
The Nexus Galaxy did not know this, but far off in the distance multiple light years away, the Novus Galaxy was utilizing the rule-defying capabilities of the Ruination Core through the connection of Noah and Alexander to make sure this trait completion truly granted Noah all it could as the universal laws went forward to bring it to completion!
[The Trait has been successfully completed.]
WAA!
The erupting essence around Noah died down as he opened his eyes, a sharp smile appearing on his face as he glanced towards a blinking trait in the stat panel in front of him.
[Protagonist] :: You are the protagonist. To live up to such a title, abilities worthy of creating a true Protagonist are granted. As it is a culminated Trait, it has different stages that each have their own abilities. This trait has been fully unlocked at this moment. Ability(s) : Eyes of Truth, Photographic Memory, Memorable Visage, Blind Luck, Plot Armor, Chosen Extras, Deus Ex Machina, Chosen One, Save Point, Protagonist's Bookmark.
The Trait he transmigrated into the Nexus Galaxy for was displayed in a stellar style in front of him as three new abilities were unlocked!
He also knew that the surprises did not stop there, and that the extent of the previous abilities would have also been enhanced. An example was his [Eyes of Truth] ability, where he should not be able to glance at anything as he saw the full truth, with no issues of suddenly seeing undecipherable symbols as secrets were kept from him.
He looked forward to using this ability the most on a particular set of rare items that even Entities were fighting for...
But before that, he wanted to affirm the uses of the three new abilities. His eyes looked over the three as he chose the last one that was undecipherable before, the one that read [Protagonist's Bookmark]!
[Protagonist's Bookmark] :: A true protagonist has their trials, but they also have their moments where they shine with blinding power. To further create a truly powerful Protagonist, the last ability of this Trait makes the holder of it capable of 'Bookmarking' the characters that they previously came in contact with. To those Bookmarked, the Protagonist can descend onto their body without their knowledge as he becomes able to assimilate into them for a period of 1 minute. In this period of time, the Protagonist can choose to focus on a specific area such as Experiences, Laws, Realm Progression, Daos...everything that the bookmarked character has accomplished as the Protagonist can rapidly raise their law progression or learn a new law, gains years of experience, enhance their understandings of Realms, enhance their understanding of a current Dao, or step on the path of a brand new Dao that the bookmarked character is adept on. Only a previously met character that the Protagonist saw with their own eyes can be bookmarked, and a 30 day cool down exists before the ability can be utilized again.
"..."
Noah read over the description of the ability multiple times as he didn't even have the words.
He...
He was truly speechless at this point!
Chapter 725 - A True Protagonist!
The last unlocked ability of the Protagonist Trait was truly something!
Noah himself had to read over it multiple times just to be sure he understood everything about it.
[This Trait is unlike any other ones I've granted before, and I have a feeling that I would not be able to grant it to anyone again no matter how much I try. As for its uses...I'm confused as to why the Universal Laws even allowed it to be birthed and come to fruition.]
The voice of the Nexus Galaxy rang out in his mind as it commented on the impossibility of Trait, Noah only giving a light smile as he continued to look at [Protagonist's Bookmark].
The core of it was the fact that he could select someone, or the so called term of 'bookmark' them as he could descend onto their body without their knowledge! He could then choose from a variety of options to benefit from, with his mind already thinking of the esteemed characters of Rudolf and Old Man Khan that he had met just a few minutes ago!
If he could bookmark one of those characters and be assimilated into them for just that one minute, what percentage of advancement would be shown in his Dao of Summoning if he focused to experience their comprehension of it while the skill was active?
This single thought buzzed through his mind as he made a note and planned, his gaze going down to the other 2 new abilities as his expectations were driven insanely high. First up was something he was very knowledgeable in when he played games in the past, a feature that you could use with your character that saved all your progress for you to load it up whenever you wished- it was Save Point!
[Save Point] :: The Protagonist can utilize this ability at any point in time, allowing them to establish their Origin and Soul into a unique Spacetime Continuum that they can return to if their life is ever at the point of being taken away. Right before the time of death, this skill will automatically activate if there is a Save Point available, preventing the death of the Protagonist as they are brought back in time. Aside from the automatic activation right before death, the Protagonist can also choose to return to a previous Save Point at any time they wish. This ability has a cool down of 30 days.
"Well..."
His eyes shone at its details as while he was taken down a notch by the continuing cool downs of the abilities, he just gained yet another powerful life saving measure that would guarantee his life in the near future. His eyes then landed on the last ability that was purely termed 'Chosen One'!
[Chosen One] :: The Protagonist is meant for something greater, and they must play a central role in the designated area they currently reside in. The current holder of the Protagonist Trait is in the Dark Universe, thus in this area, they will find that their movements are inadvertently mixed with the major forces of the universe as they always end up the center of all problems...as well as the solutions. With this ability, as long as the holder of the Protagonist Trait doesn't fall off a cliff and die- all they would need is time as they somehow become embroiled into every major event as they play the role of the chosen one, the singular character that will always be there to prevent disasters and save the day.
Yet another ridiculous Trait showed itself in front of his eyes as he didn't even know how to feel at this point. All of the abilities he continued to find in the Protagonist Trait gave such unique and shocking abilities that when looking at them, he nearly began deluding himself into thinking he was truly the main character of some story!
He had to shake his head as he erased this thought away, thinking that he was entertaining himself too much with such a thought. Him? The main character of a story? It was only something he thought in passing as he smiled at the thought. If he truly was the main character of a story, he would want to be one that was overly powerful and bulldozed over every obstacle in front of him.
He wouldn't be struggling as Noah had been struggling over these past months!
"Ahh..."
But as he looked at all of these abilities, he could genuinely say that in terms of his Trait, he had become a true Protagonist on this day! He didn't even know how to compare the grandness of the Protagonist Trait with his Infinite Mana Trait, where it seemed the both of them excelled in certain aspects. But if he had to choose which one he considered of utmost importance...he would still say it was his Infinite Mana!
This was because his Infinite Mana trait stayed at the core of everything. Whatever he wanted to do, he needed mana. Even the protagonist Trait could only be utilized because he had unlimited mana due to the high energy requirements of its abilities. But the survivability aspect that the Protagonist Trait granted...it was just utterly ridiculous.
Pulling his thoughts away, he looked at the other factors of the Protagonist Trait while the process of rebuilding continued in the Nexus Galaxy. Aside from the new skills, there was also the enhanced version of previous skills that Noah simply loved! One of these was the fact that for the two abilities of [Plot Armor] and [Deus Ex Machina], their cool down had reduced to 21 days instead of 30!
The rest of the prior abilities simply got enhancements in their effects as Noah actually looked at the complete form of [Eyes of Truth] with the most anticipation.
This was because with this, he would never come across any unintelligible words when he glanced at anything in the future, and he wanted to start with the main treasure that had made many things possible for him, the treasure that he could only gleam a small and simple description of in the past as his eyes burst just from looking at it!
In the Novus Galaxy, the body of Noah opened his eyes as he also saw the same descriptions of the Protagonist Trait as Alexander, his body warping away as he appeared deep in the Central Realm of the Novus Galaxy near the glimmering obsidian core.
Today, he would gaze his eyes upon something grand once more!
Chapter 726 - The Dreadful History of the Tools of Ruination!
The Novus Galaxy knew Noah's purpose the moment he appeared as from its mystical obsidian core, the red and black shimmering Ruination Core that looked like a small square item with numerous holes appeared!
The last time he gazed at this, his eyes had ruptured as he only got a paragraph of a description. But with the completing Protagonist Trait that enhanced his Eyes of Truth...he should be able to know everything about this mystical treasure.
RUMBLE!
His eyes shimmered with intense multicolored lights that went on to shine on the Ruination Core, a blinding light erupting out as in the next moment, multiple enormous text boxes appeared in Noah's vision!
These text boxes all gave information on the Ruination Core, and all that Noah could say at this time was that the information he got...was too abundant! His eyes honed in on the first text box as he began reading, intent on finding out what this Ruination Core truly was.
[Ruination Core](3rd) :: A tool of extreme power that more often than not invites destruction to its user. Capable of interfering with the Universal Laws themselves, it is a tool of Ruination that has multiple counterparts spread out across the Dark Universe. A special constitution is required to wield tools of Ruination. When all the tools of Ruination are gathered, the Dark Universe will be returned to its natural state. The information found on this Ruination Core is too vast, and has been categorized into multiple parts. [Excerpt I- History], [Excerpt II-Uses], [Excerpt III- Locations of other Ruination Tools]...
...!
Normally, Noah would simply read for himself as the rest of us read a summary, but this was such important information and history as it had to be experienced first hand for one to truly understand what meaning it held!
While being alarmed at the abundance of information, Noah proceeded forward as he wanted to learn of the history of this item first.
[Excerpt I- History] :: This Ruination Core is a tool of power and destruction that came from a stupendous and naturally formed Cosmic Treasure. It cannot be utilized by normal means as it requires a specific constitution in order for it to be utilized by beings. Entities such as Galaxies in a universe are capable of utilizing some of its functions as when separated, the tools of Ruination more than likely seek cores of Galaxies as their home.
When it comes to the constitution required to utilize it, a being needs to have the fully formed prime laws of their universe (Light, Dark, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air) within their origin. This constitution is termed the Universal Origin Physique, something achieved very little times over the eons as its creation was truly too hard.
A single Ruination Core is only capable of residing in one of the mastered Law Origins within the Universal Origin Physique, where the being capable of locating the remaining five Ruination Cores and combining them into each of his Law Origins...this being shall be capable of bringing down Ruination.
To understand the concept of Ruination, one must understand how it came to be in the first place, as well as what caused the splintering of the Cosmic Treasure that made way for the formation of the Six Ruination Cores.
In the past, the complete Cosmic Treasure was not able to be wielded by the beings that obtained it. These beings were termed Sages, Entities that were capable of surpassing the boundary of the GALAXY Realm as they achieved accomplishments that very few experience. When the Cosmic Treasure was first located, it passed through the hands of multiple Sages and Great Sages, these powerful beings not being able to utilize the treasure until all of them combined the power of their Realms and comprehensions in Laws and Daos in order to put it to use.
When the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe began to utilize the Cosmic Treasure, they found to their shock its stupendous uses that made way for great advancements in their comprehensions and Realms, as well as the capability of the treasure to affect the laws and daos of universes!
During this long forgotten era of eons past, it went under a particular name that only the top most beings knew of. The Era when the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe began to utilize the Cosmic Treasure that would later fracture into Ruination Cores was known as the...Primordial Era.
During this Primordial Era, the Dark Universe, like many other Universes, was connected to the Primordial Cosmos. It was a period of grand advancements and flourishing as with the use of the Cosmic Treasure known as Ruination, the Dark Universe was able to elevate its status as it produced many more Sages and Great Sages, where some beings even began seeing the path past it!
With this treasure, traversing through laws was easy as learning the Lesser and Grand Daos became a walk in the path, where a few powerful Great Sages even stepped on the path of Cosmic Daos.
Yet, this was also the time when other Universes of the Primordial Cosmos found out about the Cosmic Treasure, as well as what the Dark Universe had been able to do with it. This finding...would be the cause of a dreadful war that brought with it horrendous results...]
...!
Noah's body was trembling unconsciously the more he read on, the information contained within this single Ruination Core being simply too overwhelming! The content he was reading from it did not even feel like something he should be able to read, and it was only made possible by the newly enhanced Eyes of Truth as it truly gave him utterly everything.
He could not tear his eyes away as he continued to read!
[...The War brought forth for the stupendous Cosmic Treasure known as Ruination was true to its name- True and appalling ruination spread through the Primordial Cosmos as the war waged for hundreds of years, and its flames only spurred even greater on the 999th year.
This was because even while facing the might of multiple other Universes, the Dark Universe had actually managed to remain standing strong in the Primordial Cosmos. This fact only caused even more universes to turn their attention towards them as their enemies only increased, more and more coming to understand the terrifying effects of the Cosmic Treasure as a major portion of the Primordial Cosmos set their eyes on the Dark Universe.
It was at this time that the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe felt themselves to be at the edge of a cliff. Even while continuing to use the Cosmic Treasure to produce more Sages and enhance their understanding in the Daos and Laws, the swarming of multiple universes was gradually overwhelming them as they were left with very few options!
At this stage, the Great Sage that had stepped on a Cosmic Dao came forth, this Great Sage proposing a shocking solution that would stop the war with the other Universes as well as grant them the freedom to continue advancing and learning more about the Cosmic Treasure. What this Great Sage proposed was for them to use the terrifying power of the Cosmic Treasure to break off the Dark Universe from the Primordial Cosmos, forever separating them in this Primordial Era as they used the power of the Cosmic Treasure to hide themselves to never be found by any forces from the Primordial Cosmos.
The solution seemed very viable, and the many sages moved forward with enthusiasm to see if they could make it possible!
But what they didn't know was the fact that this action would affect too many things, that this singular action would set the Dark Universe on a path of destruction and Ruination, on a path that it was still headed to right now...]
As he read on, Noah's body had stopped shaking as it was his eyes that trembled, but they didn't tremble in shock or surprise- they were trembling from ever-rising and propagating anger as the content he read next...was one that birthed immense wrath and devastation from the depths of his heart.
The information was simply too much!
Chapter 727 - I Shall Usher in the Winds of Ruination! I
In the Novus Galaxy, a single being was unveiling shocking truths that very few knew about in the vast Dark Universe!
His unveiling was only made possible because of the completion of a ridiculous Trait, but it was made possible nonetheless as shocking information was shown clearly in front of him.
The Ruination Cores actually stemmed from the Cosmic Treasure, [Ruination], that the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe utilized to make grand advancements.
This Cosmic Treasure was also the reason for other Universes of the Primordial Cosmos to aim their blades towards the Dark Universe, this single treasure plunging the Primordial Era into chaos as many forces fought for it.
The shocking event that brought an end to it...was something that was due to the actions of the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe, where they utilized the Cosmic Treasure to carry out a drastic measure!
Noah's eyes were continuing to burn with ever increasing anger as it soon became unbounded wrath the more that he continued to read the [Excerpt I- History] that was visible to his eyes.
[Excerpt I- History] :: ...The Great Stage that had stepped on the path of a Cosmic Dao led the way as all the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe were brought together to make their wish into a reality.
All of them used their power and strength to connect to the Cosmic Treasure, Ruination, as they carried out an action that eventually led to the shattering of the treasure and the creation of the Ruination Cores such as this.
In order to escape from the ever increasing forces of multiple Universes fighting for their Cosmic Treasure, the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe chose to cut off their Universe from the Primordial Cosmos as they forever disappeared from it, those wishing them harm never being able to find their Universe ever again!
But to successfully sever the connection of an entire universe from the Primordial Cosmos...a sacrifice was required. The only one that knew of this was the Great Sage that had embarked on a Cosmic Dao, all the other Sages having no idea until when the process began, they felt their very own life forces being drained on top of their mana as they tried to power up the Cosmic Treasure and grant their wish.
To power up the Cosmic Treasure, the life forces of all the powerful Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe were eaten up, where the only one remaining alive was the Great Sage that had begun it, this being giving the last command before his soul perished for the firmament of the Dark Universe, for the separation of it from the Primordial Cosmos!
The wish of this Great Sage and all the other Sages was actually granted as the Cosmic Treasure performed a measure nobody in the Primordial Cosmos had seen before, where the enemy Universes found to their shock that where the Dark Universe used to be...had suddenly become empty.
They found to their shock that throughout the entire Primordial Cosmos, the Dark Universe had disappeared overnight!
Towards this action, they could only despair as they gave up on the stupendous Treasure they never even held. This was because within the Primordial Cosmos, those qualified could easily travel among the different Universes, but nobody had been able to ever leave the Primordial Cosmos.
When a Universe disappeared for the first time in the history of the Primordial Cosmos, waves reverberated throughout as many would forever search for a truth that they would never be able to find.
The moment that the Cosmic Treasure completed its grand task of separating an entire Dark Universe from its Cosmos, cracks spread throughout it as the task was simply too much, and there was no master to control it. This caused for the Cosmic Treasure to splinter as from it...the Ruination Cores were born.
Yet, this Cosmic Treasure seemed to have a form of consciousness as during the time it shattered, it created a book that displayed some of its mysteries...a book that might make it possible for beings of the Dark Universe to be able to utilize the Ruination Cores in the future!
This was how the Book of Ruination came to be, with the impact from the birth of the Ruination Cores flinging the pages of this book across the vast Dark Universe. On these pages were a variety of mysteries, but the core treasures that remained were the Ruination Cores.
These Ruination Cores spread throughout the different parts of the Dark Universe, the history of what they just carried out being something very few knew as all those involved had fallen!
All the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe perished from this single action, only some of their descendants left behind in Ancient Powers having some residual knowledge of this shocking history as time passed.
But what the Sages of the Dark Universe did not know by carrying out this action...was the fact that one could not simply separate a Universe from its Primordial Cosmos.
The Primordial Cosmos could be compared to a body, where the many universes within it made up its organs, bones, muscles, fingers, and toes. Cutting off an organ or removing it from the main body...would only mean there was destruction waiting for it!
This was the point that all the Sages and Great Sages had missed.
The Cosmic Treasure stayed true to its name as the last action conducted by it truly brought about Ruination, cutting off a Universe from its Primordial Cosmos as all that was left for it...was Apocalyptic Ruination...]
THRUUM!
Noah could feel his heart aching as he read on, this being the source of his ever so rising wrath!
The Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe had actually condemned all of its inhabitants to certain death.
They had played with forces outside their understanding as they all perished, and they went further on by dooming an entire Universe!
"Fools!"
Chapter 728 - I Shall Usher in the Winds of Ruination! II
"Fools!"
He bellowed out as his heart truly felt stifled, everything he had been working for all this time seemingly being for naught.
From the blue planet he came from until this point he was in right now, he realized that he had never escaped the Apocalypse!
He was in it then, and he was still in it now as undoubtedly, the Dark Universe was headed towards its own destruction. Who knew how long it would be, who knew how many days or months or years were left.
All he knew was that everything and everyone within it...would all perish and die!
No matter what he did...he would die!
The Dark Universe was headed towards destruction the moment the Sages carried out their actions, what they thought was them saving their Universe being the thing that utterly and ultimately set it on a path of Ruination, exactly what the name of the Cosmic Treasure was.
Ruination!
The splitting of the Dark Universe from the Primordial Cosmos was like cutting a leaf off of a tree- this leaf was bound to wither and die in a matter of time! Such a thing was exactly what was happening right now, where the Dark Universe was a cut leaf that was already withering and would soon turn into nothingness as everything within perished!
No matter what Noah did, he would be perishing along with it too! This was the reason for his immense wrath- it was because of the stupidity of the Sages and Great Sages that did not know what their actions fully did, and for the greed of the other Universes of the Primordial Cosmos that cornered them in the first place.
"Fools!"
He bellowed out again with immense rage as beside him, even the core of the Novus Galaxy could not comment!
"..."
Minutes passed as he simmered in rage, continuing his viewing of the description of the [History] portion of the Ruination Core. None of the details changed, but a single paragraph was all that remained in the end as he forced himself to read it.
[...If the Cosmic Treasure known as Ruination is reassembled once more by a being with the Universal Origin Physique, a possibility exists to undo what had been done in the past. For this to be brought to fruition, the Ruination Cores have to be gathered as once more since the time of the Primordial Era...Ruination shall be brought forth once more.]
RUMBLE!
With a wrathful mind and a shaking heart, Noah read the last few words over and over again as amidst his red eyes, a brilliant light began to shine!
There were still many things he didn't know, but the shocking history of the Cosmic Treasure known as Ruination was displayed in front of him with clarity. Aside from the portions that induced his anger, the last paragraph was one that gave hope amidst the dark tunnel of the apocalypse.
The action that the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe had taken on the past...there lay a possibility to reverse it!
The leaf that had been cut off the main tree of the Primordial Cosmos...there lay a possibility to stitch it back before it withered and died.
Calming his rage, Noah looked at these words as his expression hardened, his thoughts moving as an immense choice lay in front of him.
He only hesitated for a total of 5 seconds, and he then made up his mind!
Just 5 seconds, and he made the decision that was true to him! He would not simply lie down as he waited for the eventual destruction of the Dark Universe that was torn away from the Primordial Cosmos. This was not like him.
Instead, he would give it his all to change it as the task in front of him...was extremely grand!
If he undertook it, it would give him the sole responsibility for the lives of an uncountable number of beings , but it would mean the entire Dark Universe would not perish.
To even begin doing all of this, he had to not only collect the remaining 6 Ruination Cores, but complete all of the 6 Law Origins of Light, Dark, Fire, Water, Earth, Air as he used them to hold a Ruination Core each!
Once he achieved this, he could possibly reverse the actions of the Sages and Great Sages of the Dark Universe...but it would mean he would bring forth Ruination once more!
The Cosmic Treasure that caused all of this...he had to bring it back in order to change the fate of the Dark Universe.
To save the Dark Universe, he had to bring down Ruination!
An extremely heavy burden to shoulder, but as he looked inside his origin and saw the swirling Law Origins, he affirmed that he was one of the very few if not the only one capable of even shouldering it. So he steeled his heart as his face rose.
He glanced away from the panel that showed the History of the Ruination Core as his eyes locked to the floating obsidian core that was the Novus Galaxy.
In front of this galaxy, his wrath transformed into extreme calm as he uttered what seemed like ramblings, with his voice growing louder and firmer each time.
"Ruination..."
"The Sages and Great Sages of old all perished from this single Treasure, and I...I will bring it forth once more!"
THRUMM!
"I will do it! I will collect all the Ruination Cores as I set us back on the right path, as I rejoin the Dark Universe with the Primordial Cosmos!"
"I shall usher into this Universe...Ruination!"
...!
Essence raged all around him as in this area that was thick with universal law essence, it seemed to have become particularly active as it raged around him vibrantly.
His words seemed to have evoked some sort of change as all sorts of Universal law essences surrounded him, his image becoming extremely imposing as amidst his chilling calm, his rage still remained at the ones that had caused all this!
On this day in the Novus Galaxy, a shocking vow was made that would forever change the direction of utter annihilation of the Dark Universe!
Ah!
Chapter 729 - The Disgusting Effects of a Ruination Core
As Noah made a grand vow, the universal law essences around him raged as if they agreed with his choice, his image at this moment being extremely eye catching as he looked like a grand existence that released an extremely oppressive pressure. This was very hard to describe as Noah wouldn't normally release such an oppressive demeanor, yet his mind was gradually being forged and changed as he experienced shocking adventures and truths that he never thought possible!
His eyes carried a trace of coldness as extreme calm settled in, his fiery gaze going back on the Ruination Core still floating in front of him.
To begin his mission, he had to first start with the Ruination Core in front of him. He waved his hands as he pulled the panels of text boxes containing its information, moving from the [History] portion and into the [Uses].
[Excerpt II- Uses] :: When it was a full Cosmic Treasure, the uses of Ruination were vast. After splintering into 6 Ruination Cores, each one carries a number of uses that relate to laws, Daos, and miscellaneous 'affixes' that the holder of the Ruination Core can set.
To be considered a holder of a Ruination Core, one must have the Universal Origin Physique with all six laws (Light, Dark, Fire, Water, Earth, Air) mastered before even one Ruination Core can choose a Law Origin as its home.
When a single Ruination Core has been successfully equipped, the user gains the ability to choose one of the following effects to be inscribed on their Soul (Only ONE effect can be selected per Ruination Core).
[Ruination Core Affixes](Laws) :: +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation to the Law of Life, +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation in the Law of Death, +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation in the Law of Fate, +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation in the Law of Chaos...+10,000% Enhanced Effects(Defensive/Offensive/Auxiliary) to the Law of Death, +10,000% Enhanced Effects(Defensive/Offensive/Auxiliary) to the Law of Life...
[Ruination Core Affixes](Daos) :: +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation in the Dao of Summoning, +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation in the Dao of Vitality...+10,000% Enhanced Effects(Defensive/Offensive/Auxiliary) to the Dao of Macrocosm...
[Ruination Core Affixes](Miscellaneous) :: 10% chance to Smite enemies for 10,000% Ruination Damage when you hit them, Slain enemies explode into crystallized Blood Orbs that enhance physical constitution, +10,000 to All Damage, +10,000 to Defense, +10,000 to Attack and Cast Speed, Damage Dealt to enemies increases by 10% for every enemy near 50 meters of you...
"..."
Noah's call gaze only had slight shaking as he remained cold, his mood heavily being changed by the shocking truth he just found out that he would have otherwise been jumping for joy while raucously laughing at the boosts he could choose from by equipping a single Ruination Core!
His sharp eyes honed in on the fact that he could only choose a single effect affix to attach to himself once he equipped the Ruination Core, but a single effect was more than shocking enough as it could enable him to advance through a single law or dao at +10,000% speed than normal, or enhance the effects of those laws or daos by the same percentage.
This wasn't to mention the shocking effects of the [Miscellaneous] affixes that numbered over a hundred, just the first few he saw showing something extremely twisted like having a 10% to Smite enemies for 10,000% Ruination Damage when his attacks reached them.
This...
Was truly ridiculous!
Such were the Ruination Core's effects when utilized by a being! Such was the effect of an item capable of twisting universal laws!
But for Noah to equip this item...he needed to master 6 laws.
Fire and water were already at 100%, with Earth and Air currently at 99%!
Only light and Dark each had about 20-30% remaining before he could max these as well.
Seeing the stellar floating Ruination Core in front of him, his mind was made up as he sat down right away in the Central Realm.
He wasn't the only one as all his clones and Alexander and all of his clones in the Nexus Galaxy also took their positions as today...he would completely master all 6 laws!
The way he went about this was of course by doing something that nobody else could do- he began by activating each of the techniques to cultivate the laws of Light, Dark, Earth, and Air that had not yet reached 100% completion as after these law techniques were activated, the two trees within his origin thrummed as they also began trembling.
RUMBLE!
The dense universal law essence converged around him as he didn't just cultivate the four laws he needed to master at this moment, but all the laws that had not reached 100% as the dense culmination of life and death essence roiled around him and swirled into the Trees of Life and Death.
RIING!
All of these laws being cultivated at once caused a sense of resonance as the Ultimate Laws increased the speeds of all other law comprehensions, the effect of the Endowment he had cast in the Novus Galaxy also going along to achieve a rapid cultivation pace!
But this wasn't all! There was also another thing he could now utilize which caused a vibrant reaction when cultivating laws- and it was the Dao! His calculative mind moved as he also activated [Dao of Summoning Traverser], a majestic swirling descent of the Dao appearing above each of his bodies as the law essence around him only became wilder.
As this shocking cultivation session began, he did not even wait a minute before the 99% in the Laws of Earth and Air reached 100%, only the Laws of Light and Dark that had a bit over 20% remaining!
Today, he would not move or do anything else until these laws hit 100%, and then he could equip the Ruination Core as he would gain a shocking tool to quickly traverse through laws and daos, or simply choose one of the more shocking affixes that were termed [Miscellaneous]!
Chapter 730 - Master the Laws and Equip!
As Noah went about mastering his laws, the Infinite Realm of the Novus Galaxy was particularly boisterous.
Right before Noah had left with all of his clones to begin cultivating, he had told all of his important people about the truths of what occurred with the Celestials, his entrance into the Nexus Galaxy, and much of the things that had recently occurred as he granted them knowledge of Galaxies and expanded their views.
After they received this information, their hearts only ached for more power as in a matter of a day, multiple Infinite Realm Beasts that were in the same generation as the Emperor Penguin reached the Nebula Realm, the Harbingers of Sin making the greatest progress as all of them chose not to chase the impossible dream of Grand Completion, choosing to break through into the Black Hole Realm the moment they amassed a few thousand stars within their Nebula!
The Inquisitor Athena, Steel Mikhail, Kazuhiko, Barbatos...all of these beings made advancements as their power exploded!
This created multiple experts in the Novus Galaxy as even grander things were in play. This was because there were thousands of skill books obtained from the siege of the Burning Domains Galaxy for them to choose from...as well as the skills that Noah had placed in the Library Feature of the Infinite Realm.
The most important ones and the ones that made the Harbingers make a line towards the grand Library where they could obtain these skills today were the [Dao of Summoning Traverser] and the [Animus Summoner Trainer]!
This was because Noah planned to create his own powerful force of beings that had already begun embarking on the Dao early, where they would obtain this shocking inheritance as in the near future, Noah would create another skill that was similar to Archaic Animus Summoning that would allow his people to begin summoning and training their very own Animus Pets after they begin gaining understanding in the Dao of Summoning.
This would create for a shocking force to begin budding in this unknown corner of the Dark Universe...
In the Central Realm of the Novus Galaxy, two days passed!
During this entire time, immense amounts of mana were constantly used to keep the techniques of law cultivation active, Noah being constantly surrounded by swirling colors of law essence as he advanced minute by minute without a pause.
THRUMM!
After two days, the Laws of Light and Dark while being enhanced by various factors finally came to completion, Noah actually obtaining 100% in all 6 laws required to be considered someone that held a Universal Origin Physique!
WAA!
At this moment, a unique phenomenon occurred as around Noah's expansive QUASAR, one could see the vibrant Law Origins of Light, Dark, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air in the form of swirling Nebulae.
These swirling Nebulae shone with splendor as they actually resonated with each other, faint blue lines that went around Noah's expansive QUASAR forming to connect each of these Nebulae together!
Outside, his body was being elevated in the atmosphere as the universal law essences seemed to be cradling him- welcoming the first ever being with a Universal Origin Physique since who knew how many eras.
THRUUM!
A magisterial sight of his body being set down like a delicate object occurred as the vibrant lights around him died down, his eyes opening with blazing golden lights that made him seem like a feral archaic being!
Checking his body, he nodded in satisfaction as he considered it acceptable, even feeling that it was slow as he hoped he could finish everything within a day, but it took two days!
If the genius of even Ancient Powers heard his thoughts, they would explode with jealousy as even beings like them took years to make the progress that Noah could make.
The moment he completely mastered the 6 laws, his eyes went towards the Ruination Core that had been floating near the obsidian core of the Novus Galaxy.
His shining eyes looked towards it domineeringly as he waved his hands towards it, this shocking treasure that felt oppressive to him before seeming docile as it began to float towards him.
[Are you sure...]
Even the Novus Galaxy was hesitant after it found out of the history of where this Ruination Core came from, of the Cosmic Treasure known as Ruination that caused all of this!
"I've never been so sure in my life."
RUMBLE!
With a steadfast gaze, the square-shaped red and black Ruination Core touched his chest as it felt like searing hot metal, passing through his physical body as it delved into his Origin and hung atop his luminous QUASAR.
It seemed to be deciding exactly which Law Origin among the 6 it wanted to go to, a red light shining from the many small holes of the square shaped Ruination Core as it then turned into a red streak of light that shot towards the Light Law Origin!
THUMP!
It smashed into the Origin with fervor as it vibrated rapidly, going into the center of the swirling Nebula of the Law of Light as it began to spin in a smooth motion.
Every time it spun, a red light would be released that went on to shine over the Law Origin, this light encompassing more and more distance as the seconds passed!
Every time the Ruination Core finished a rotation, the red light dr.a. over more of Noah's origin as it went on to cover over the other Law Origins and eventually covered all of his QUASAR.
If a person then looked at Noah's body, they would begin to see it shining with a brilliant red light that shone with an oppressive air, his shining eyes filled with calm as he sensed an unknown sense of power spread through him!
At the same time, he saw glimmering red words appear in front of his eyes.
[Ruination Core successfully equipped. Which Affix would you like to equip?]
"..."
With a calm expression and eyes blazing with intense light, Noah looked through the hundreds of Affixes as he made numerous calculations for his plans!
