Chapter 731 - A Shocking Event!
Across the Dark Universe, there were a variety of powers spread throughout where cl.u. of experts were collected. There were also lone Entities that traversed the Dark Universe as each of them moved with their own aims.
On this day, across multiple locations in the Dark Universe- multiple beings were alerted of something shocking!
The first one was an Entity we mentioned before- one that already held a Page of the Book of Ruination and even later went into a super Black Hole that held terrifying gravitational forces that even affected Entities to obtain another one.
At this time this Entity was moving across the Chaotic Void As his face changed, bringing out the two pages he held as he saw they were shining with a brilliant red light!
"A being with a Universal Origin Physique has actually come to be..."
He was mumbling incredulously as he stared at the two Pages from the Book of Ruination!
If one recalled the Book of Ruination was something that came to be when the Cosmic Treasure itself was sundered apart, being something that the treasure itself had done to leave knowledge behind future generations to have a chance of using it or even possibly piecing it back together.
The first page that this Entity held was one that held an enormous amount of information on a being with a Universal Origin Physique,and the second page that he had obtained from the super massive Black Hole actually had explicit details of some of the history, enlightening this Entity some more as he understood more than others on exactly what this phenomenon he was seeing currently meant.
"With their arrival, our Universe will one more begin shifting into a new Era as we prepare..."
The gaze of the Entity shone with light as he wasn't the only one with these thoughts, multiple other beings facing similar situations through the Dark Universe!
One was an Ancient Power of high stature that actually had its experts holding on to a Ruination Core since ages past, and someone that was watching over their treasure vault sensed that for the first time ever, the Ruination Core had began vibrating as it shone with an immense red light.
This alerted many powerful experts and Entities, each of them trying to figure out what it meant to no avail!
They didn't know that this was the same time that Noah brought in a Ruination Core into his body, his Universal Origin Physique letting him equip a terrifying tool that only a Galaxy had been able to use up till now.
Aside from the previously mentioned Ancient Power, others just like it experienced similar phenomenons as some of them held pages from the Book of Ruination, with others being lucky enough to hold on to a Ruination Core themselves that they didn't even know how to use.
In the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , a powerful Entity rose from his post deep in the core location of this Ancient Power, grabbing a communication Medallion as he sent word the moment he saw the brilliant red light shining from their treasure vault!
"Pass word to the Holy Emperor, something has happened to the tools of Ruination! Also tell the Holy Prince Rudolf to make haste!"
RUMBLE!
In another location, an area of the Dark Universe where cl.u. of Quasars were actually rotating near each other.
At the center of these rotating Quasars, a being with a cold demeanor and a small body was calmly floating, the aura of a Grand Dao swirling around her as her eyes opened briefly while she waved her hands, causing an appearance of a Ruination Core that was shimmering with red light to appear!
"You little shit. I carry you all this time and find nothing, and now you're shining for what reason? Huh?"
A voice of extreme coldness rang out from this being that held power which in no way matched her body, the swirling essence of the Grand Dao she released being enough to suffocate any Peak Tier GALAXY experts!
In another location!
The Entity that had just run with her tail between her legs after facing a terrifying Old Man Khan was traversing through the chaotic with a disgruntled expression.
Her face then abruptly changed as she waved her hands and took out her page of ruination, her eyes shining as she gritted her teeth!
"If I had another page...I would be able to understand more!"
Rage filled her heart as she thought of all the beings that stood against her recently, swearing to take her revenge the moment she made a breakthrough as she would make them all pay.
Being like her and even the old fogeys of Ancient Powers all reacted in similar ways on this day, the reactions of the Tools of Ruination across the Dark Universe sending waves.
Simply put- a change occurred on the Dark Universe on this day as many powerful beings were alerted!
Meanwhile, the person that caused all of this was sensing the profound strength of his body as he continued to stare at the blinking text box in front of him.
[Ruination Core successfully equipped. Which Affix would you like to equip?]
A question that seemed so damn simple and yet was so extremely difficult at the same time. But...Noah knew his next steps so he moved with conviction!
For him, the immediate things he considered he had to get done were his laws, and it was because he held a shocking one of the Pages of the Book of Ruination that told him how to begin assimilating all of them once they are fully comprehended, this assimilation bringing about something grand.
He had a hunch at what exactly it would bring forth, where he thought at the end of the Assimilation he would be gaining a Grand Dao or even more likely...a Cosmic Dao!
RUMBLE!
Just the mere thought of it caused waves of essence to erupt out as he made his mind.
He had many tools to use in his hands as he currently focused on the Affixes of the Ruination Core...and the ability of [Protagonist's Bookmark]!
Chapter 732 - Affixes and Bookmarks
When it came to which Affix he would choose, it actually went hand in hand with how he wanted to utilize [Protagonist's Bookmark]!
This ability would allow him to descend into the body of a being he had seen before as he gained a minute to make a choice on exactly what he wanted to learn.
There were many paths he could choose to take for [Protagonist's Bookmark].
He had met multiple shocking individuals in the past few weeks that each held their own uniqueness, and he had many options to choose from based on how he wanted to move.
He could choose the Bookmark Old Man Khan, Anastasia Fredrick Windsor, or Rudolf Fredrick Windsor as he increased his comprehension in the Dao of Summoning greatly, moving past the abysmal number of .008 as he possibly gained entire percentages!
Or he could choose to Bookmark the Entity that had been getting slapped left and right from the Burning Domains Galaxy as he obtained yet another Dao- Vitality!
There was even the Animus Summon of Old Man Khan- the Peak Tier GALAXY Realm Starry Behemoth Tarragon who like the Void Serpent or the Colossal Helios Leviathan that Noah had summoned, they would unlock and start comprehending their own unique Dao when they reached the upper rank of GALAXY.
The Starry Behemoth Tarragon that he had seen...was actually proficient in the Dao of the Void as it was the reason that it became the mount of Old Man Khan while traversing the chaotic void.
Thus...he had many choices as he could choose to enhance or embark on new Daos, but he actually...was not keen on choosing any of them!
As he made his calculations, he knew that the thing which would bring him immediate boost in strength and further help him set up his plan for how to move in the future.
It actually dealt with things considered lesser than Daos, and it was the Laws! He wanted to first completely comprehend the Universal Laws as he embarked on finally assimilating them according to the techniques described in the Page of Ruination. With this, he could step on the path of possibly obtaining a Cosmic Dao from the combination of all Universal Laws, and he would only have to wait a month before he could use Protagonist's Bookmark to enhance or obtain something else.
Yet...he also knew that obtaining another Dao had a stupendous supplemental effect, where when he obtained the Dao of Summoning, he was able to advance through the laws much faster!
His eyes shone as a solution appeared in front of his Eyes, and it was the Entity from the Burning Domains Galaxy...
He would use Protagonist's Bookmark on this being not purely for the Dao of Vitality, but for her mastered and assimilated Law of Life!
He was planning on spending the first 50 seconds of the Protagonist's Bookmark on heavily enhancing the Ultimate Law of Life, and the latter 10 seconds on her comprehension of the Dao of Vitality so that he could simply step on this Dao and gain its initial supplemental effects!
Two prizes for a single Bookmark...
He chose to heavily start by enhancing the Law of Life as he knew it would cause a chain reaction with the remaining Laws, this law influencing the speed of the Law of Death and all other Laws as they would be caused to rise and in a matter of days...he saw himself completely mastering all the remaining Universal Laws.
An extremely domineering thought, but would he be able to achieve it?!
He had the Laws of Life, Death, Karma, Space, and Time as the only ones left to master! Karma was already at 71% while Space and Time had already gone over +80%. Life was at 33% with Death at at 16%!
He wanted these numbers to change rapidly in the coming days as he sat himself down and closed his eyes.
The first thing he did was send his attention into the Ruination Core as he chose his Affix for now, something he could change whenever he wished as long as he provided enormous amounts of Mana!
But since he only had a single Ruination Core at this time, he could only ever have one Affix at a time.
This would change the moment he set off to find more Ruination Cores, and he knew where all of them were through [Excerpt III- Locations of Other Ruination Tools]!
Shockingly, his next target that was the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. that actually held a Ruination Core! But he placed all these thoughts aside for now as he chose his first Affix.
[Affix Selected- +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation to the Law of Life.]
RUMBLE
The unique light of Ruination descended onto Noah as he closed his eyes and reveled in it, his thoughts moving forward as his will cast another skill- [Protagonist's Bookmark]!
The target was the The Entity from the Burning Domains Galaxy that Noah had enraged before, the same being that was proficient in the Dao of Vitality after finishing fully comprehending and assimilating the Laws of Life and Earth.
It wasn't mentioned before, but the name of this Entity was Nirnasha! Nirnasha of the Old Plains!
The moment that Noah cast [Protagonist's Bookmark] with this character as the target, he felt a part of him leave his soul and origin as he instantly shot out of the Novus Galaxy, the speed being nothing he had ever come across before as in just seconds, he crossed who knew how many light years across the chaotic void as the next time he blinked, he saw the illusory figure of himself already descending onto the familiar body of the Entity Nirnasha!
This being was currently moving through the chaotic void to who knew what location, and she didn't notice a single thing as another being shockingly descended and assimilated into her very Origin, all of her secrets laid bare as Noah could gain access to everything.
The moment he descended into her body though, a timer appeared on the corner of his eyes that read 60 Seconds, which went to 59 right after! His thoughts moved fast as while he adapted to the feeling of assimilating into the body of another being, he directly searched for and selected the comprehensions of this being's Law of Life as he wanted to make them his own!
THRUM!
His mind felt like it was receiving disjointed information that should not have been his, but his eyes began to shine as he collected all of it into a bundle of light that shone with a green l.u. . These were the comprehensions of an ultimate law that an Entity had spent years to cultivate, and he was learning them with ease as at the same time- he had the shocking effect of +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation to the Law of Life active!
This would create for a shocking phenomenon as he did something nobody else in the Dark Universe could do- he was about to comprehend an Ultimate Law and master it in a stupid amount of time!
Chapter 733 - Why not master an Ultimate Law in minutes?!
The seconds dwindled down as Noah utilized [Protagonist's Bookmark] to obtain the comprehensions of the Ultimate Law of Life, all of them being condensed into a bundle of light that stuck very close to his soul!
During this time, the Entity Nirnasha continued on her journey across the chaotic void as she didn't feel a single thing, the ability that Noah was utilizing being that ridiculous.
When time dwindled down and it neared 10 seconds left, Noah quickly switched his thoughts as his will said to now focus on another aspect of this Entity- their comprehension of the Dao of Vitality!
In the next second, an even more vibrant verdant ball of light began to form around Noah's soul, its brightness being 10 times that of the ball of light that represented the Law of Life comprehension. This ball of light formed rapidly as the seconds passed, the timer that Noah could see in the corner of his eyes hitting 0 as his soul felt a pull back towards his main origin.
Just like that- the first [Protagonist's Bookmark] was used! Quick, efficient, with the target not even knowing that anything had happened!
Yet...Noah's soul traversed the chaotic void at shocking speeds while returning to the Novus Galaxy, bringing with it two balls of light that represented something grand. One was much smaller than the other, but its brightness outshone the former dominatingly as the both of them returned with Noah's soul and delved back into his main Origin.
BZZZT!
The instant this happened, Noah felt like his brain was being split apart as hundreds and thousands of years worth of comprehension poured into him, yet his gaze was calm as he took all of them in! As for what happened next- we have to dissect it piece by piece even though it happened simultaneously!
There were actually only 2 pieces- the Law of Life and the not yet learned Dao of Vitality. We will start with what occurred the moment that the large ball containing the comprehensions of the Law of Life entered and merged with Noah's soul and origin.
Right before this, the percentage next to the law of life was at 34%. Another thing to keep in mind was the fact that at this moment, Noah had the affix of +10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation to the Law of Life active!
This, paired up with him already having active the techniques to cultivate the Dao of Summoning, the Laws of Life, Death, Space, Time, and Karma...all of these factors went together to cause an unbelievable sight that had never before happened in history.
The moment the comprehension of an Entity that had mastered the Law of Life entered his body, Noah's shining eyes saw that the percentage jumped from 34% to 55% in just a second! Yet...the ball of green light had not even been halfway absorbed as it continued to sink into his Origin, this percentage shooting up even higher as within his origin- the Primeval Tree of Life was shining with a shocking l.u. as it grew and branched out rapidly!
The other laws he still had not mastered- especially death in particular as it reacted with the ridiculous percentage jumps of the law of life, all of these laws had also begun rising at rates much faster than before.
Another second, and the Law of Life was at 70%!
80%! 95%!
100%!
"..."
Purely nonsensical!
One must know, this was an Ultimate Law! Others took hundreds of years or even thousands to fully comprehend it, yet Noah had pumped it from 34% to 100% in a matter of seconds...
Of course, this didn't just happen magically. It was due to the ridiculous 10,000% increased comprehension of the law of life granted by the Ruination Core, as well as the comprehensions of an Entity that had mastered this law herself. The 10,000% increase amplified the gained comprehensions crazily as it was the main reason this percentage shot up to 100% in mere seconds.
When one looked at it from this perspective, it would be weird if he didn't master the law after all these factors!
THRUM!
Vibrant essence swirled as he looked like a black hole swallowing everything around him, even his Infinite Mana being utilized to make up for the difference that the universal atmospheric essence could not provide because of the speed he was absorbing essence with.
Noah's dark hair flailed grandly as his emotions didn't even flutter after fully comprehending an Ultimate Law, his mind already moving towards the second piece of information we have to cover- which was the Dao of Vitality!
This smaller but even more luminous ball of light had also descended into his Origin as he felt a majestic force from it, his thoughts quickly moving towards the Ruination Core as he gave a command- Remove the [+10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation to the Law of Life] Affix and replace it with [+10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation in the Dao of Vitality].
RUMBLE!
His Infinite Mana leaked out without reservation to make this possible, the high mana usage of the Ruination Core that would drain even Sages with every use being nothing to him as easily switched from one Affix to another.
One may not be able to truly grasp just how much mana was utilized even as we reference how Sages would be drained with a single use of a Ruination Core at this moment, but when we delve into the stages after GALAXY- this idea would truly be cemented!
But at this moment, the focus is on the verdant ball of light that represented the Dao of Vitality! The moment the affix was switched and this ball sunk into Noah's origin, all colors outside of his body changed as they were bathed in an intense green light!
The Central Realm he was in where he was very close to the obsidian core of the Novus Galaxy...the verdant green light even covered this expansive Realm as the Behemoths and Infernals within it trembled at the aura of a Dao that was descending down with fervor.
The mystical swirling essence of the Dao descended down Noah in droves as the simple 10 seconds from [Protagonist's Bookmark] where he focused on the Dao of Vitality of the Entity Nirnasha...gave him comprehension in the Dao of Vitality as the percentage very quickly passed even his previously learned Dao of Summoning!
Chapter 734 - Merely Laws and Daos!
When it came to the Dao, one could say with confidence that the difficulty for it exceeded the laws by multiple times!
One had to put in tens times as much effort and have genius talent just to take a few steps in the Dao. This could be seen with how even Noah only had .008% in the Dao of Summoning after he first got exposed to it.
Yet on this day, the small verdant ball of light that represented the comprehensions of the Dao of Vitality from the Entity Nirnasha as well as the Affix of [+10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation in the Dao of Vitality] of a Ruination core...Noah watched with luminous eyes as a single number appeared in his stat panel, and it continued to rise until it reached 5%!
Only 10 seconds of descending and assimilating into an Entity through the Protagonist's Bookmark had given him 5% in a Lesser Dao...
Of course, this percentage was only made possible because of the affix of the Ruination Core as well, but made Noah think of many things! He only allocated 10 seconds of the Bookmark to the Dao of Vitality, and it had granted him 5%. If he allocated the full 60 seconds, that theoretically meant he could advance in this Dao by 30%!
Which meant just 2 more Bookmarks, two more months when considering the cooldown...and he could fully comprehend a Dao!
Who could do such a shocking thing other than Noah? Who could even imagine such incredulity?
This same concept would apply to the Dao of Summoning, where if he used the Protagonist's Bookmark on Anastasia, Rudolf, or Old Man Khan...just a few months would be enough for him to fully comprehend this Dao! When he did that...the type of power that his Summons would be able to show would be something simply ridiculous.
His face remained impassive as he simply nodded at the progress, staying steadfast as the moment he saw the verdant ball of vitality disappear and he finished absorbing all the fruits of the now on cooldown [Protagonist's Bookmark], he then turned his eyes towards the laws of Death, Space, Time, and Karma that were bubbling with essence while also advancing.
These laws were progressing at fast speeds, especially the law of death, with the completion of the Law of Life that still had its Primeval Tree of Life vibrantly sprouting leaves and cascading its effects of enhancing others laws down on Noah's origin!
Noah's thoughts moved as he utilized immense amounts of mana once more to replace the affix of Vitality on the Ruination Core as this time...he placed the affix of [+10,000% Comprehension & Assimilation in the Law of Death].
He actually planned to cycle through the affixes of Death, Space, Time, and Karma as he used this period of enhancement from the completed law of life and the swirling majesty of two Daos to actually...comprehend all of the Universal Laws!
He ridiculously wanted to comprehend all of the Universal Laws in one swoop as he finally embarked on assimilating them with the method shown on the page of the Book of Ruination, as he stepped on the path that would grant him a Cosmic Dao whenever he finished assimilating all the Universal Laws.
Such was his sight and plans at this moment...and he carried them out without hesitation!
RUMBLE!
The affix of the Law of Death was placed as this law began to go towards completion at even faster speeds.
In the coming days, Noah would switch it to Karma, Space, and then Time as he cultivated all of these laws to 100%!
A day passed.
Three days!
Two weeks!
Shockingly, Noah remained steadfast for two weeks as he fully comprehended one law after another, switching from one Affix to another in the Ruination Core.
After Death was completed, he targeted Karma, with the Laws of Space and Time finishing last on the 14th day as brilliance shone out.
This was a brilliance of all the law essences of Universal Laws swirling around Noah!
It was a multicolored l.u. of immense proportion as he looked like a precious treasure that was glowing on all sides.
Within his Origin, his Manifested QUASAR thrummed with power as surrounding it were the Law Origin Nebulae of Light, Dark, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air.
Within his Origin and Soul, he could also see the illusory particles of Aether and Chaos, Fate and Karma Lines, as well as the fabric of Time and Space! There was also the even more vibrant Trees of Life and Death that had thick roots entangling themselves within Noah's QUASAR.
All Universal Laws, fully comprehended!
THRUM!
Dense vibrations spread out with Noah at the very center, a cylindrical light that seemed to be welcoming an archaic being shooting out from him and into the skies! This gorgeous show of colors continued for a few minutes before Noah opened his eyes once more to rejoice with a unique sense of power flowing through him.
His luminous eyes glanced around him as even he had to take a pause, the truth of what he had done just now settling in his mind!
He had actually gone ahead and fully comprehended all of the Universal Laws after he first embarked as a Rank F Hunter just a few months ago.
Less than a year!
Less than a year since he began rising through the realms of power...and he now stood at this position.
Who could claim to be able to do this? Who could claim such ridiculous advancements?!
He was such a ridiculously shocking genius that he could stand atop the geniuses of Ancient Powers and have them grovel below his feet!
There were sacred things that many people could not even hope to master multiple of them, yet to Noah... he could say they were merely Laws and Daos.
RUMBLE!
The domineering thought only made Noah's demeanor more vibrant as his body was still surrounded by colorful swirls of essence, moving on to his next goal as his hand waved forth and brought a page from the Book of Ruination appeared in front of him!
Chapter 735 - Begin Assimilation!
What exactly was the Assimilation of laws and daos?
It was the act of becoming one with the laws and daos after one had comprehended them- the act of fusing these concepts to their very beings as they wielded shocking power.
Of course to Noah, it meant being able to deal even more horrendous damage or obtaining ridiculous defense.
The page from the Book of Ruination in front of him detailed a lot of things, but it focused on the act of Assimilating Laws!
It talked about a unique method of assimilating all laws, and even discussed about other methods of Assimilation that would provide different results.
Like the previous Ruination Tools, this page had sections that were filled with unintelligible words before, but the upgrade in Eyes of Truth with the completion of the Protagonist Trait made it so that Noah could see all of this information!
The [Excerpt] of this page talked about a method where one could assimilate together the Laws of the 6 Elements that granted Noah the Universal Origin Physique(Light, Dark, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air), the result of assimilating these laws together granting the Grand Dao of Six Elements.
Yet Noah breezed past this information as he cared not for assimilating laws into a Grand Dao, his eyes searching for the information he truly wanted as he found it soon enough!
[When all Universal Laws are assimilated at the same time, a Cosmic Dao lost in time can be brought to life, a Dao that one needs if they truly want to be able to utilize the Cosmic Treasure that birthed the Ruination Cores. When one fully assimilates all the Universal Laws, the Cosmic Dao of Ruination will be born.]
[The technique that allows one to combine all their laws and assimilate them as one is termed The Primordial Universal Alignment, and it uses the laws as the base in order to bring forth the Dao of Ruination when the assimilation is complete...]
Numerous bundles of information entered Noah's mind as soon enough, an Absolute Skill was clearly displayed in his in his stat panel!
The Primordial Universal Alignment :: A technique that assimilates all learned Universal Laws simultaneously, refining the Origin and Soul of the user as the insights and comprehensions of the laws are forged into them. As the task of the ability is truly grand, only those at the level of Great Sages are capable of providing the essence required to activate it and keep it active for a few minutes before they have to regenerate their reserves.
"..."
Noah's heart beat could be felt with extreme clarity as he read over this information, the fact that The Primordial Universal Alignment was such a high level technique that only Great Sages had enough mana to utilize it for merely a few minutes made him laugh!
With his Infinite Mana, he was planning on activating this stupendous ability at all times as he passively assimilated all the Universal Laws, seeing exactly how long it would take him before he could fully Assimilate them as he gained a Cosmic Dao that nobody else could even dream of achieving right now.
THRUM!
Without a second delay, The Primordial Universal Alignment technique was cast for the first time, and shockingly the last time as Noah would not initiate its activation ever again- he would always keep it active until his goal was achieved!
The moment the skill was cast, his QUASAR felt a unique sensation as he felt all the law essences inside him to have been provoked, each of them vibrating as the tout 10 million Fate and Karma Lines, Chaos and Aether Particles, Nebulae of Light, Dark, Fire...all of the law essences were pulled towards his vibrant QUASAR as they infinitely neared it.
The Trees of Life and Death that were already within the QUASAR were even more vibrant, their leaves turning illusory as they seemed to be ever so slowly merging with the surroundings.
This was Assimilation! All the learned laws that Noah learned being pulled towards his origin and soul as in time, they would fully be incorporated into him as he could utilize them with such ease as if they were his own limbs!
The power of any skills and abilities of laws would be enhanced by ridiculous degrees when one became assimilated to them, and now Noah had embarked on this path.
He monitored his Origin as he saw a new section appear on his stat panel, one that showed the arduous road ahead of who knew how many months before he would achieve his goals!
[Universal Laws Assimilation: .00006%]
A decimal percentage with many zeroes that caused his heart to ache, with this number actually only being this high because he still had the affix of +10,000% to the Comprehension and Assimilation in the Law of Time active since this was the last law he mastered.
Even while enjoying the +10,000% boost in the assimilation of just a single law, the number was still rising abysmally as Noah saw among all of the slowly assimilating law essences, the law of time was fusing at 100 times the rate that other laws were fusing at!
But just this number would still cut down what might have taken him years to accomplish...in possibly just a few months as whenever a law was fully assimilated, he would switch to another Affix.
OOOM!
The essence around him gradually calmed as he nodded while breathing out, seeing everything going smoothly as stepped towards the obsidian core of the Novus Galaxy while feeling like a new man.
In the span of just over two weeks, he had accomplished a great deal of things as his power was enhanced greatly, and yet he still had many things to do!
He still had to summon another Animus Pet from the body of Noah, train the Colossal Helios Leviathan to Grand Completion of the Low Tier GALAXY Realm, get ready to embark for the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. where multiple goals coincided as along with joining an Ancient Power and expanding his knowledge of the numerous powerhouses of the Dark Universe- another Ruination Core resided within this Ancient Power.
There were many more things he had to do in addition to the aforementioned tasks above, but the mission in front of his eyes as he strode towards the obsidian core of the Novus Galaxy was a simple one.
"With powerful Entities and unknown Ancient Powers that hold legacies of the foolish Sages and Great Sages as our potential enemies, we have to strengthen ourselves even more so that no random being can just stride in and destroy everything we have built."
RUMBLE!
His voice was calm as his steps were light, his eyes shining with a multicolored light as he came within a few inches of the obsidian core of his home Galaxy-something that in the past gave him immense pressure, he looked up at this core as he stayed shocking words!
"I think the time has come to fully fuse my Infinite Realm with your core, to elevate it to the stage of a Galaxy as we can finally use its features to create something grand."
...!
Chapter 736 - Upgrade the Infinite Realm!
In the Central Realm of the Novus Galaxy, Noah spoke with a calm expression about something monumental, a task that would produce a shocking reality that not even those who currently owned Spiritual Lands could believe to be possible!
He spoke of fusing the Infinite Realm to the Novus Galaxy, of upgrading this treasure that began as a Spiritual Land into something that could be called a Galaxy!
One must think back and recall that in the beginning, there was only this small Spiritual Land that was a floating land mass in the Northern Region of the Beast World.
A mere floating land mass that had unique uses, the same location where an arrogant Emperor Penguin led thousands of beasts! This floating landmass went on to become a world, and even further on to become a Realm.
Now...it was actually a possibility for it to go into the stage of a Galaxy!
Ah!
Who could have thought this possible? Who could have imagined such grand advancements of something so minuscule?
"If we can utilize the features of the Infinite Realm, of the portability of it and the ability to fuse with other entities...I don't see why we can't form a moving Galaxy that slowly gobbles up other Galaxies...creating a power no less than these Ancient Powers waiting for us out there."
RUMBLE!
A grand goal and aspiration! A domineering thought that would even cause Sages and Great Sages to tremble!
[This was inevitable.]
The voice of the Novus Galaxy rang out after a few seconds as it understood the gravity of the situation.
For the Novus Galaxy to fuse with the Infinite Realm, its core had to be eaten up and assimilated by the core of the Infinite Realm, and this process would be very unique as both of these entities already shared a connection with each other!
Thus, their fusion should not pose too much of an issue! And when it came to be Infinite Realm itself, the requirements to upgrade it to the next level have long since been met as the Infinite Realm beasts rose from Star Forging all the way up to Black Hole at this time, the only thing needed being the core of the next stage this realm would want to achieve.
"Then let us not waste any time."
RUMBLE!
Waves of essence erupted out as within this same Ancient Grove where the core of the Novus Galaxy resided, the archaic blue door that represented the gateway into the Infinite Realm floated peacefully.
If one recalls, Noah had dragged this blue gateway into the Celestial Realm weeks ago as his Infinite Mana Trait was brought to completion after the Novus Galaxy formed a line of connection that shot into the gateway to reach the Infinite Realm.
This time around, something even more dangerous and grand would be occurring as within the Ancient Grove of the Central Realm where the obsidian Core of the Novus Galaxy resided- this obsidian core began floating towards Noah as he held it delicately in his hands...and then walked through his Realm Gateway!
The core of a Galaxy was extremely delicate, and Noah had to careful to not even make grand spatial movements with it as even passing through the Realm gateway was risky.
But this occurred without any issues as in the next instant, Noah appeared above the skies of the Infinite Realm. The moment he appeared, the voice of the Infinite Realm rang out in his mind as even its coldness seemed to contain a hint of excitement!
[Is it truly time, Master?]
"Since the requirements are met and we have a Galaxy Core, let's upgrade to the next tier." Noah nodded his head as a mystical light began to converge around the obsidian core of the Novus Galaxy, this core then being pulled towards the Central Continent as it was there where the fusion of realm and galaxy would occur, the influence of the Infinite Realm expanding to cover an entire Galaxy!
This wasn't like the previous upgrade of Tiers when a core of a world had to be sacrificed in order to proceed. This time the core of the Novus Galaxy would be assimilated into the core of the Infinite Realm as the two became one and the same, the product being something that nobody could have imagined.
Such a task was nearly impossible to do, especially when it came to the master of the Infinite Realm being capable of providing the essence required to carry out the fusion of a Galaxy. Yet when it came to Noah's Infinite Mana, such things were purely useless!
THRUUM!
The moment the core of the Novus Galaxy disappeared into the earth of the Infinite Realm, a wave of essence reverberated out as the inhabitants within felt a grand change.
The newly risen Black Hole experts from the ranks of Harbingers left their abodes as they spread their senses out, they eyes very soon locking towards the outline of Noah in the skies while they sensed the vibrations that had began to spread out across the entire Infinite Realm.
In the minds of all these Harbingers of Sin, only a single thought singularly passed through them.
'Just what ridiculous thing is he doing right now?'
A question on everyone's mind, and a grand sight for all to see!
It was a grand sight that would not just be experienced by those within the current Infinite Realm and Novus Galaxy, but also a show that could be seen by any nearby Entities within a range of a few light years.
This was because the mana that was going to be consumed in order to upgrade the Tier of the Infinite Realm and fuse an entire Galaxy with it...was truly monstrous!
What occured in the next few minutes could only be considered a fantastical sight that very few would ever come across in all their lives, a sight that would take an uncountable number of pages to describe but could be summarized in a few sentences.
It was a gorgeous show of colors as in the skies of the Infinite Realm, its master was required to provide the mana to catalyze the fusion as from him, a blue light began to leak out.
The shimmering blue light of mana only further brightened his figure to those glancing up towards him, their hearts beginning to thump with unknown feelings as they saw a majestic image of a being erupting out with an immense aura, tendrils of blue lights leaking from his eyes as his body shone with even more blue l.u. - all of this essence flowing down towards the Infinite Realm endlessly!
It was a magisterial sight as Noah looked like an ancient being from ages past, his face expressionless as his eyes blazed out with tendrils of blue light!
Chapter 737 - My Infinite Galaxy! I
In an unknown corner of the Dark Universe, a Galaxy was undergoing deep changes as a brilliant blue light spread out from a certain Realm and went on to cover everything in sight.
This was the same Galaxy that had undergone Life Essence Endowment as its atmospheric and universal law essences were boosted to great degrees, and now a mystical light of pure mana spread out across all of corners and grooves as the master of an Infinite Realm wished to connect this entire Galaxy into his Realm, making it something he controlled!
Such actions though, required immense amounts of mana- mana that would not leave the hands of a normal being, but would instead be seen from powerful Entities that were in the Peak Tier GALAXY Realm that had lived for tens of thousands of years and had built up great mana reserves.
So when an ability or skill was used that utilized such high levels of mana, its brightness and pure oppressive pressure could be felt a few light years away!
As Noah let his mana flow freely to fuse the cores of his Infinite Realm and Novus Galaxy together, there actually happened to be someone passing a few light years away from the discrete Galaxy, this being turning his head towards this direction with shining eyes.
Coincidentally, it was the same Entity that was traversing the Dark Universe for the pages from the Book of Ruination, the same one that currently held two pages and was looking for the Esteemed Being that had successfully established a Universal Origin Physique that could utilize the tools of Ruination!
"Let's see which guy is being so flashy hmmm?"
This time, this Entity went towards the powerful aura of mana being utilized, making way towards the Novus Galaxy rapidly!
Meanwhile, Noah oversaw the process proceeding smoothly as his mana grandly washed over the entire Galaxy, his origin feeling a unique sensation as he was connected to both the Infinite Realm and Novus Galaxy before their fusion.
If he were to close his eyes and describe what was happening, he would draw the Novus Galaxy to be a circle as right at the center of it, his Infinite Realm had placed itself as it utilized his mana to release numerous strong lines that connected everything within this Galaxy to itself and kept it together!
THRUMM!
At this point, the entire galaxy seemed to be vibrating with the gorgeous light that Noah released as it neared completion, those in the Infinite Realm who could see the scene only looking up in unbounded shock and incredulity.
Within the past Infinite Realm, the Beasts that were naturally born within from the dense condensation of essence were bubbling with essence as they found their Realms to be breaking through with the influence of the place they were tightly connected to being elevated even higher.
RAA! RAA! RAA!
The piercing cry of an Emperor Penguin could also be heard as it made an even smarter use of this opportunity while sensing the bubbling essence in its body, waving its flippers as it went on to hug Cores at the Ranks of Black Hole and QUASAR that Noah had given out to them to increase their Realms- the arrogant penguin hugged these cores as it began to absorb them in conjunction with the enhancing of his Realm that came with this phenomenon!
Its stage in the Realm of Black Hole began to be elevated rapidly as it wanted to see if this opportunity could be used to break into QUASAR.
There was no worry about something like Grand Completion, so what prevented this majestic penguin from using the opportunities provided to it to advance forward?!
THRUM!
In another region, the Terrors that were the original protectors of the Galaxy were gathered together as the planetary sized Cthulhu spread out its senses with a somber gaze. Many emotions seemed to be rolling through its mind as the other three Terrors also glanced towards it, their thoughts being something that only they were privy to!
Yet the process that was taking place...was nearing completion as the brilliant blue light of mana flashed out even brightly to announce the completion.
RUMBLE!
The whole galaxy seemed to pulse and tremble with power as the raging essences gradually died down. Outside of the Galaxy, if one was looking at its boundary they would be able to notice the transparent barrier to turn into a brilliant hue of blue, its thickness beginning to increase by multiple hundreds of miles as it seemed like an endless fortress wall.
Inside the galaxy, dense atmospheric essence was running rampant as Noah's eyes opened to look at the results of the actions he had taken today.
He looked at the used to be Infinite Realm that was now fused with something even grander as a voice rang out in his mind.
[The fusion and integration of a Galaxy has successfully allowed the Tier to be elevated to 12, with the current stage being that of a Galaxy.]
The voice was feminine while holding a hint of excitement, Noah picking out the mechanical qualities of both the Novus Galaxy and the core of the past Infinite Realm in it!
He nodded his head at the voice as his gaze swept out across the Realm he was in and saw through the boundary to glance at the millions of stars outside of this huge galaxy. Even the starry space shimmered with intense light as his body still had a glimmer of a shining blue light bouncing off it, his heart feeling extremely full as what he accomplished today was out of his wildest dreams!
As his eyes gazed upon this new galaxy, he spoke as a deep and sonorous voice rang out throughout the past Infinite Realm and extended to the hundreds of thousands of miles nearby, a voice filled with strength and regality that could be heard by experts and lowly rank F beings alike.
"My Infinite Galaxy..."
RUUUMBLE!
His words seemed to usher its full completion as a light shined out brightly, announcing the arrival of something shocking that would make waves across the Dark Universe in the coming future! It was the coming of the Infinite Galaxy, and the many possibilities that it came with!
Chapter 738 - My Infinite Galaxy! II
In the new Central Realm of the Infinite Galaxy.
This wondrous Realm that was the source of the Spiritual Land that later became a Spiritual World and Realm was currently the location where the core of this Galaxy now resided!
The many inhabitants within this Central Realm did not even know what to make of what had just occurred, but those who knew Noah as well as some of his secrets could not help but tremble when they heard his resounding words that reverberated throughout the Realm.
"My Infinite Galaxy..."
RUUUMBLE!
His words shook them to their core as they realized the shocking meaning of it when it related to Noah and his Infinite Realm, and they realized this ridiculous guy had truly done something crazy!
Barbatos was among the many that were looking towards Noah in stupor, her small figure crackling with deathly essence as over the past weeks as her strength increased, her curves had only become more prominent as her expression was much too vibrant for the Necromancer that reveled on destruction.
Currently being at the Realm of Black Hole, her power had grown greatly as her Undead Legion grew ever so larger, this force being enhanced even further as she had placed all her focus and skill points on elevating the Arch Lich Skill Tree that Noah had left behind in the Library of the Infinite Realm!
All this time, she had been telling herself that she was surely getting closer and closer to him in strength, that she was only a rank behind where he was and she could confidently stand beside him again while raising her head high.
Yet as she saw his image as he looked like an archaic creature out of primordial times while he was apparently fusing the Infinite Realm to the Novus Galaxy...she was finally able to admit something to herself that allowed her to feel as if shackles were lifted from her heart!
This guy...was not someone she should even f.u.c.k.i.n.g think of matching or standing next to on an equal level! But...she realized that she did not have to be in the same realm as him or be as strong as his in order to confidently stand beside him, nor should she change how she acted towards him because of his continued elevated position.
This thought caused her to feel immense weight lifted off her shoulders as while she gazed at the image of Noah still glimmering with blue light, her face regained the same mischievous smile and coldness that Noah had first seen when he met her in the Lost World of Atlantis, her small body shooting out towards him as she shouted out grandly while leaving all reservations behind.
"Little Fish!"
THRUM!
In the state of awe filled stupor that everyone was on at that moment, the figure of Barbatos streaking across the shimmering skies and diving into the wide chest of Noah was imprinted on the minds of many!
Far off in the distance, Adelaide was being held back by the Shadow Guard Night as she looked like she was about to pop off, Elena nearly shooting off blood spears with her eyes as even further away, the Inquisitor Athena had a forlorn expression.
At this scene, the tendrils of blue light shooting off of Noah gradually faded as he looked down towards the Barbatos that was hugging his chest as hard as she could. He raised his hand as he patted the head of this curvaceous Necromancer as his heart calmed down, bringing to a brief stop as he took in the accomplishments of what he did!
To go from where he was to his current position...was truly a thing of wonder that deserved amazement from all angles. In the next instant though, the smile he had on his face was wiped away as his eyes squinted, his own senses and the Infinite Galaxy feeling a terrifying aura of strength wave over them as outside of the blue boundary of the Galaxy...a huge being with the oppressive aura of an Entity had appeared!
This was the same Entity that had sensed the profound fluctuations of mana from a few light years away, coming to this location to check it out as to his shock, he found out that it was merely a Galaxy.
Yet this Galaxy carried a unique sensation as it had qualities he hadn't come across before, and his expression changed heavily as while his aura spread out, it caught onto the image of a single figure as this Entity sensed something shocking within this being!
"This...this!"
He called out incredulously as inside his personal isolated space where he kept his items and treasures, he felt the two pages from the Book of Ruination trembling as his own power that sweeped over the galaxy saw a shocking image on the being he locked in on- it was the image of 6 swirling Nebulae that represented the Universal Origin Physique he had only read about, as well as the even more shocking item he had only heard about actually dwelling within one of these Law Origins, a Ruination Core!
Faced with this situation, even the Entity couldn't help but fall into a stupor as the being he was searching for with all his heart had ridiculously appeared right in front of him.
Yet on the other side, Noah wasn't feeling the same way as the moment he felt the aura of an Entity that seemed multiple times heavier than even the Entity Nirnasha while also feeling the trembling of the Tools of Ruination he had on himself- he made a move right away as he knew he could not deal with such a powerful Entity at this moment!
So he wasted no time as before he could even look at the new features of the Infinite Galaxy, he used [Size Regulation] paired up with immense mana to cause the enormous size of the entire Galaxy to instantly shrink down, leaving the watching Entity with even more shock as he observed the galaxy with the length of a few thousand light years incredulously shrink down so damn rapidly that it barely became a speck in the chaotic void.
Instantly!
The entity then felt waves of spatial fluctuations as he called out hurriedly.
"Wait...!"
...but it was to no avail as Noah who knew the dangers of powerful Entities, especially one that seemed multiple times more powerful than one that he previously met...he instantly teleported away after he shrunk and anchored an entire Galaxy onto himself, not wasting a single millisecond with the foreign Entity!
"..."
"You...!"
The Entity looked forth incredulously at this sight, not even knowing how to move as his face soon turned into anger and frustration.
He was right there! The being he was searching for this entire time...the answer to everything he wanted...had just stupidly slipped past him the moment he was found.
Ah!
Aside from this, he was even more shocked by the methods this being had utilized, being able to actually control an entire Galaxy into a miniscule size as he teleported with it...this was something that even this thousands of years old being had never come across before!
Meanwhile, spatial fluctuations erupted out on the other end where Noah had made his destination, his figure appearing in the chaotic void near the Nexus Galaxy as his eyes landed on his next target while he reflected on what just happened.
Chapter 739 - {Spiritual Galaxy Management}
In the chaotic void not too far away from the Nexus Galaxy, Noah gazed far away as he thought about the recent situation. His mind moved rapidly as he realized that the Entity wasn't randomly pulled towards his Infinite Galaxy, and that it was very likely that his high usage of mana that could rival and surpass those in the GALAXY Realm was the thing that alerted this Entity.
Realizing this, Noah made sure to plan to mask both himself and the Galaxy whenever he carried out grand moves like this in the future so that he wouldn't draw too much attention to himself!
Noting this, his eyes landed on the shimmering Galaxy he had miniaturized in the palm of his hand as many thoughts crossed his mind.
Even after he just used enormous amounts of mana to utilize the features of this unique treasure that were now applicable to something as grand as a Galaxy, Noah didn't think much of it as it required basically nothing from him!
But the possibilities themselves were huge when one remembered exactly what features were present in the previous Infinite Realm and even the past Spiritual Land. All of these features were now present in this shimmering Galaxy in the plan of his hands!
Can you imagine the stage you would have to be to accomplish what Noah was doing now? To literally hold a Galaxy within his hands?
Such a thought brought a smile to his face as he then glanced towards the far away Nexus Galaxy.
Within this Galaxy, the body of Alexander had warped in the Central Realm he had been invited to before as he went forth to bring a proposition!
As Noah shared the same soul and it was just another one of his bodies, his eyes saw an imaginary scene where Alexander arrived in the Central Realm as the obsidian core of the Nexus Galaxy looked towards him questioningly.
But Alexander's words were simple as he smiled and said,
"Do you want to be a part of something larger? To guarantee the life of all the beings in this Galaxy as you don't even have to worry about Entities?"
Alexander had begun using honeyed words with the core of the Nexus Galaxy as Noah planned to fuse this Galaxy into his Infinite Galaxy first!
He would then move on to the Stellar Sky Galaxy and the few other Galaxies that were under the influence of the Imperials as the task ahead of him was insurmountably large.
When it came to fusing more Galaxies though, the task would actually be very easy to do as the cores of galaxies were nothing but logical beings!
The moment that Noah revealed the nature of the Infinite Galaxy, as well as the nigh impossibility of killing the owner of it...these logical entities would be going against their very nature if they did not make the decision to be fused into his Galaxy.
The only thing left to do after giving them the offer is sharing memories with them as they confirm the truth of Noah's abilities and the unique features of the Infinite Galaxy!
Noah also stared at the character shimmering faintly outside of the Nexus Galaxy- the character that read EXPANSIVE which Old Man Khan had laid down before he left! His eyes shone as he knew that while it might have seemed like a form of protection due to Anastasia speaking out, it was more than likely also possible to monitor the large movements of the Nexus Galaxy with it.
But it didn't give Noah any worries as he planned to cast covert skills the moment the fusing was about to occur, this EXPANSIVE character floating in the chaotic void only being able to observe the disappearance of a galaxy thereafter!
As Noah waited for the eventual results from Alexander's task, his eyes turned down to the stat panel as he viewed the past {Spiritual Realm Management} that was now {Spiritual Galaxy Management}
{Spiritual Galaxy Management}
[Infinite Galaxy-12]
Beasts: F-XXX, E-XXX, D-XXX, C-XXX, B-XXX, A-XXX, S-XXX, EPIC-XXX, LEGENDARY-XXX, MYTHICAL-XXX, PHANTASMAL-XXX, TRANSCENDENT-XXX, SAINT- XXX, VOID- XXX, SOUL-1,224,274, DOMAIN- 324,827, WORLD-66,924, STAR FORGING- 13,247, NEBULA- 828, BLACK HOLE- 23
Plants- Whitefall Trees, Snow Vine, Sacred Rye, Pigmy Melon, Ice-fire Persimmon, Ice Phoenix Fruits, Spirit of the Arctic, Frozen Angelica, Regal Flora, Qilin's Cold Stone, Resonant Okra, Arctic Flora, King's Collard, Athramire, Phantom Mulberry, Fire Starter, Frigid Apple, Fate's Orchard, Chaotic Amaranth, Aether Infused Willow. Available for planting(Immemorial Dragon Fruits, Mythical Fruit of Life)
Features- Size Regulation(Unlocked), Movement(Unlocked), Anchor(Unlocked), Boost Surroundings(Unlocked), Architecture(Unlocked), Frozen Barrier(Unlocked), Offensive Maneuvers(Unlocked), Time Dilation(Unlocked), Treasure Hunter (Unlocked), Interstellar Travel(Unlocked), Law Space(Unlocked), Blacksmith's Forge(Unlocked), Division(Unlocked), Alchemy Hall(Unlocked), Library(Unlocked), World Integration(Unlocked), Realm Gateway(Unlocked), Pocket Realm(Unlocked), Assimilation(Unlocked), Trait Blessing(Unlocked)...Dao Birth(Locked)
Upgrade Conditions- Over 100,000 Assimilated Galaxies
The beautiful set of words that displayed a summary of his Infinite Galaxy were clearly displayed as he gave a light smile.
The thing one would notice first would be the number of beasts, especially those in the Nebula and Star Forging Realm that now existed within the Galaxy!
Due to the high number of cores that Noah provided as well as the recent upgrade of tiers, many of the naturally born beasts of the Infinite Galaxy experienced great progress as the number of Nebula Rank experts towered over 800.
This number was really eye opening when one realized that the past Novus Galaxy had only had a few Nebula Rank experts that could be counted on one's two hands, and now with Noah's influence there were hundreds in just a matter of months!
Aside from this shocking number, there were also the unlocked features as well as the upgrade requirement into the next stage, which actually required 100,000 Galaxies to be fused into the Infinite Galaxy.
This was the reason why Noah had already gone ahead and began discussing with the Nexus Galaxy, as he knew he had to truly make an effort in the days to come if he wanted to accomplish this!
With all future Galaxies he wanted to take under his banner, he would have one of his clones constantly make way through the Dark Universe as more and more Galaxies were taken under his banner.
When the time came for him to actually have the requirement of fusing 100,000 Galaxies...he believed the Infinite Galaxy would be grander than even the domains of the Ancient Powers!
Chapter 740 - Fuse With Nexus!
Noah's eyes honed in on the newly unlocked features as grand thoughts crossed through his mind!
[Assimilation] :: Existences of similar nature can be assimilated into the Infinite Galaxy as the bounds of its expansion are only limited to the capabilities of its master. As long as the other party is willing, assimilation is as easy as can be.
[Trait Blessing] :: The Master of the Infinite Galaxy can choose to awaken the Traits of the beings dwelling within. Traits are specific to the beings themselves and the tier cannot be chosen by the Master of the Infinite Galaxy, this concept remaining fairly random with higher chances for greater tiers being attributed to the fate of the being. As Traits require the very essence of a galaxy and this Infinite Galaxy has a Master, the mana of this Master will be exchanged for the required galactic essence needed to awaken and develop Traits. Use sparingly as if too many Traits are granted at once, the user can face mana depletion as their core dries out and dissipates.
The features were stupendous, to say the least. [Assimilation] was very straightforward as Noah only gave it a few glances, but it was [Trait Blessing] that made his eyes shine with splendor!
Such an ability seemed to come just in time when it came to elevating the strength of all the beings in the Infinite Galaxy, where if he wanted them to be comparable to beings that had been living in the domains of Ancient Powers...mass strengthening them all with Traits was definitely a way to go about it.
He glanced over the details as he felt the only way to truly satisfy his heart was to see its effect right away, bringing his palm up as he let the miniaturized Infinite Galaxy float in the chaotic void.
His eyes then honed into the Central Realm of the Infinite Galaxy- the one that used to be known as Infinite Realm where his home and most of his people were located!
Just a test, he focused on all the remaining Harbingers of Sin that had not unlocked their Traits yet, as well as the high tier Beasts of the Infinite Galaxy.
RUMBLE!
He then cast the [Trait Blessing] ability as his eyes observed a curious sight! All the beings he selected had begun to shine with a dense blue-silver light, each of them looking blankly in space a moment later as they most likely saw a notification pop up on their skill panel about a Trait!
Such a scene would have left anyone with shock, yet Noah had done it so nonchalantly as he merely nodded while seeing the happiness spread on the faces of the beings he chose.
These Traits would greatly enhance their strength, and Noah as the Infinite Galaxy Master could freely awaken the Traits of the beings dwelling within it...so what prevented him from putting out that classification that he wanted to awaken the Traits of all beings within the Galaxy right away?
He had the Mana to do it, so why not?!
This grand thought entered his mind briefly before his shining eyes had to look away from the miniaturized Infinite Galaxy and stare towards the Nexus Galaxy.
At this moment, he looked over to this galaxy as in its Central Realm, Alexander had finished discussing with the core of the Galaxy as things went as expected- this logical entity went with the path of being assimilated into his Infinite Galaxy!
With a knowledgeable nod, Noah floated towards the Boundary of the Nexus Galaxy as he floated only a mile away from it. He then took the Infinite Galaxy in his hands as he let it freely float in the chaotic void.
If he wanted to be showy, he could have expanded the size of the Galaxy back to its light-years distance before he proceeded with the fusing of another Galaxy, but even while miniaturized the fusion would occur without any issues!
In the effort to also hide from prying eyes and the shining EXPANSIVE character floating in the chaotic void, the body of Alexander in the Central Realm of the Nexus Galaxy breathed out as he clasped his hands, casting some not so recently utilized [Blood World] and [World Veil]!
If one recalls, these were abilities stemming from the Vampyre Progenitor Bloodline that created a huge circular barrier and cast a veil on a world where nobody could see nor feel what was happening inside even when spreading out their aura.
Such skills were normally employed at the level of worlds, or even just a few meters of miles to just surround an enemy. Yet Noah was using them now to hide the happenings of entire Galaxies!
THRUM!
Essence surged silently with the casting of the covert skills, very little fluctuations resounded out as from the body of Alexander, a transparent red circular tinge that smelled of tangy metallic odor erupted out.
It covered the Central Realm in less than a second as it spread out even further, enormous amounts of mana pumped into it as it was covering millions of miles instantly!
The sheer grandness of this could not be expressed more as very soon the barrier and veil covered a light-year's worth of distance, and in a matter of minutes went on to cover the entirety of the Nexus Galaxy's thousands of Light Years size as it simply expanded a little more to cover the body of Noah and the miniaturized Infinite Galaxy outside the boundary.
With the spread of these skills, of course the powerful beings of the Nexus Galaxy felt it- but the core of this galaxy itself sent the Imperial Adjudicator a message to make all Imperials stand down as they prepared to enter into a brand new age, an age where they were joining hands with powerful beings that were doing things which should not have even been possible!
With the proper skills in place and all the pieces together, the fusing of galaxies would take place as enormous amounts of mana were utilized, never again powerful Entities being able to pick up signals of Noah using horrendous reserves of mana unless he wished for them to.
Such was the stage where we have arrived! Fusing actual galaxies as the being in question could even cause it to miniaturize and hold a Galaxy in the palm of his hand.
After this fusing of the Nexus Galaxy and carrying out discussions with the natives to bring order, Noah still had many things to do on his plate as he was already on his way to reducing his workload and make his way towards the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
This would of course be achieved by the hundreds of thousands of skill points that had spilled past a million after his siege, as well as his skill trees...
Chapter 741 - Make Way Towards an Ancient Power!
From the siege of the Burning Domains Galaxy, Noah had truly gained much as one of the biggest things was his skill points!
To understand their scale at this moment, we must take a look at his stat panel that was also filled with gorgeous numbers and percentages.
[Noah Osmont][Title(s): Infernal Lord(Variant), Controller(All Laws)]
[Trait(s) : Infinite Mana & Protagonist]
[Dao(s) : Dao of Summoning- .1%, Dao of Vitality-5%]
[Bloodline(s): Vampyre Progenitor]
[Primeval Tree of Old- Yggdrasil : Matured Stage]
[Primeval Tree of Death: Matured Stage]
[Aether Particles(s) : 10,000,000]
[Karma Line(s) : 10,000,000]
[Fate Line(s) : 10,000,000]
[Chaos Particle(s) : 10,000,000]
[Origin Core(s) : Light-10, Dark-10, Fire-10, Water-10, Earth-10, Air-10]
[Domain(s) : Life, Death, Aether, Karma, Fate,Chaos, Light, Dark, Space, Time, Fire, Water, Earth, Air]
[Vitality: QUASAR]
[Focus: ∞ ]
[Strength: QUASAR]
[Law(s) : Life-100%, Death-100%, Aether- 100%, Karma-100%,Fate-100%,Chaos-100%, Light-100%, Dark-100%, Space-100%, Time-100%, Fire-100%, Water-100%, Earth-100%, Air-100%]
[Authority(s) : Life Lord, Death Lord, Aether Lord, Fate Lord, Chaos Lord, Karma Lord, Space Lord, Time Lord, Light Lord, Dark Lord, Flame Lord, Water Lord, Earth Lord, Air Lord]
[Skill Points :: 2,537,246]
A gorgeous set of one hundred percents all around!
A beautiful and round 10 million on laws!
Such a sight would cause one to tremble with joy as the happiest one for Noah was the number displayed next to the Skill Points.
2,537,246!
This number had shaken Noah's heart as he nearly had the thought of simply moving Galaxy to galaxy and laying siege to everything on sight!
But he wasn't a common mass murdering Protagonist...was he? Unless he was provoked and it was a war for survival, he would not go out of his way to hurt those not aiming for him or those who were not oppressing others.
But the number of skill points was truly eye opening as he had many ways to utilize them.
One of the biggest was of course the advancement of his skill trees, where he could comfortably consume the skill points to max the proficiencies of his skill trees and elevate them higher and higher if they were rising too slowly even with the help of the clones utilizing their skills!
There was also the creation of a skill that could do the same function of Summoning Animus Pets for his people, as well as a few other skills Noah had in mind himself.
But the first task was the upgrade of his Skill Trees that had fallen far behind as he was now relying on powerful Animus Summons, with his focus on the skill tree of the [Blood Lord] that granted him the versatile clones. Then there were the skill trees of Fate and Life he wanted to focus on, a large number of skill points being required to pump them from their current levels all the way to QUASAR.
THRUUM!
Vibrations of essence were ringing out in the chaotic void as near the light-years distance where the Nexus Galaxy used to be, only vast emptiness could be seen along with an enormous moving fortress that towered over 10,000 meters large.
This was the Colossal Helios Leviathan, the Animus Pet that Noah had now trained up to the peak of the Low Tier GALAXY Realm! Having a Manifested Realm, this Leviathan had grown ever so increasingly larger as it literally seemed like a moving fortress.
Atop this leviathan, Noah was laying on his back while glancing at the never ending chaotic void that would make any normal being have an existential crisis. Beside him, the figures of the large Void Serpent, Three-legged Fate Crow, Oraculothorax, and Calamity Bear were sitting around while glancing towards their master with shining eyes of amazement from his recent actions.
Noah was thinking about a lot of things at this moment, his mind wandering from the coming Apocalypse of the Dark Universe that could arrive in a day or in ten thousand years, as well as the many unknowns of what he would be able to accomplish as he stepped towards a grander stage!
As of right now, he was already taking the right steps as the fusion of the Nexus Galaxy into the Infinite Galaxy had already completed successfully, where he was now lying on the back of the Colossal Helios Leviathan while staring out towards the chaotic void while fiddling with the Infinite Galaxy in his palm.
Inside of it, Alexander was meeting with the Imperial Adjudicator and the QUASAR ranked experts that came from the Nexus Galaxy, all of these beings having now heard messages from what used to be their Galaxy as they were told of the situation!
They could only accept it with incredulity as thereafter, there would be a lot of discussions on how to manage and rule the light years worth of distances that would increase in the future with every assimilated Galaxy.
We didn't need to spend entire pages discussing the interactions of these characters as well as their discussions, simply knowing about it in passing being enough as our focus lies elsewhere!
Above the Helios Leviathan, Noah breathed out as he let the proceeding discussions and management of the Infinite Galaxy be taken care of by his other bodies, his own gaze landing on his stat panel as he went to his Skill Trees.
While he made his way towards the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , he would be bringing up some of these skill trees as well as creating new skills. During this journey, he would be stopping at numerous Galaxies for the purposes of assimilating them into the Infinite Galaxy, and as Noah's main body took care of organizing the skill trees , his clones would have the job of the galaxy fusions, with one clone taking the time to be with his subordinates and the body of Alexander working to manage and relegate positions to manage the Infinite Galaxy!
With the tasks being divided and clearly defined, he set off right away as a silver light covered the enormous body of the Colossal Helios Leviathan, the entire party of Summoner and Summons disappearing as their first target on the trip was the Starry Sky Galaxy.
After this galaxy was assimilated, they would make way towards the nearby galaxies under the influence of the Imperials as the journey towards the Expansive Dragon cl.u. went underway!
During all of this, our focus remains on Noah who had spent multiple skill points to open up the path of the [Blood Lord] skill tree to the QUASAR Realm!
Chapter 742 - A Skill Tree at QUASAR!
The skill trees that Noah held were many, and as he had an overabundance of skills, he wanted to focus on a few specific ones that he would fully utilize and they would go further to support him as he gradually changed his battle style.
At this current moment, his combat power was enhanced the most by the Animus Summons, the terrific pets that held powerful bloodlines and rarities that could be brought to Grand Completion in a matter of hours!
Every day he was refining the bloodlines of these pets, where all of them would be awakening into their hidden bloodlines when they stepped into the Peak Tier Galaxy Realm.
This meant that he would have a genuine Golden Crow instead of the arrogant chicken, and a powerful creature with a rare Bloodline even in the Animus Universe- the Jormungandr! We also have to mention the Calamity Bear that holds the Bloodline of the Archaic Void Calamity Millennium Bear as well as the latest Animus Pet Noah had summoned- the Colossal Helios Leviathan.
This was the one that Noah was keeping a close eye on as it was already at the Low Tier Galaxy Realm, and the moment it entered the stage of Peak Tier it would awaken the bloodline of the variant bloodline of the Royal Helios Race that actually grants it understanding in the Grand Dao of Macrocosm! Aside from this Animus Pet becoming exceedingly powerful, Noah could also get his hands on a Grand Dao through Protagonist's Bookmark...
Even with all of this, Noah still had 1 more chance to summon an Animus Pet as both the bodies of Alexander and his own had reached the QUASAR Realm, and he planned to summon this one as he made his way towards the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. .
So while keeping the terrifying possibilities of the Animus Summons in mind, Noah would raise skill trees that could further explode his power and theirs as he created something that even future Entities would be fearful of!
With this in mind, he began by upgrading the skill tree that had focused on him and made many things possible, where he later planned to delve into the skill trees under the laws of Life, Death, and Fate that he used man skills of to enhance his Animus Summons during the Siege of the Burning Domains Galaxy. What he focused on first was more for himself, it was the Blood Lord skill tree being brought to the QUASAR Realm!
QUASAR [Blood Lord] (45/45)... [Fledgling Blood Ancient] (75/75) ... [Fledgling Ancient] (100/100) Abilities Include [Ancient Essence] (5/5), [Clone Master] (5/5), [Blood Magic Support] (5/5), [Galaxy's Favor] (5/5)... [Ancient] (125/125) Abilities include [Ancient Fortitude] (5/5), [Blood Scion Support] (5/5), [Ancient Ruler] (5/5), [Death Law Enhancement] (5/5)... [Ancient Terror] (150/150) Abilities Include [Ancient Terror Form] (5/5), [Blood Fantasy] (5/5), [A Dance of Blood] (5/5), [Blood Sacrifice](5/5)...[Void Terror(Blood)] (175/175) Abilities include [Clone Enhancement] (5/5), [Void Physique] (5/5), [Blood Realm] (5/5), [Void Displacement](5/5)...[Void Devouring Blood Terror](200/200) Abilities include [Void Form](5/5), [Blood of the Void](5/5), [Devouring Void](5/5), [Unbreakable Void Body](5/5)
From the World Rank that the Blood Lord skill tree was left at, it was brought up to the QUASAR stage where the additional line of the skill tree for the Star Forging Rank was known as [Ancient], the Nebula Rank was known as [Ancient Terror], the Black Hole rank was known as [Void Terror(Blood)], and lastly the stage at QUASAR had a tree with the name of [Void Devouring Blood Terror]!
[Clone Enhancement] :: The user can summon an additional clone as they are further enhanced, being able to display 120% of the power of the main body.
...This skill was stupid enough as it actually granted 20% more power to his clones, being a nonsensical thought that caused him to shake his head as he thought he should just sit back and let his clones do all the work since they can display even better combat power than him!
Apart from this, there was also another skill related to clones when the Blood Lord skill tree reached the rank of QUASAR, it was the ability known as Void Clones.
[Void Clones] :: Apart from increasing the limiter of clones by one and bringing it to 4 summoned clones, this ability grants the unique attribute of the Void to all clones as they gain 50% Damage Reduction from all sources while in the Chaotic Void. The unique composition of their body also allows them to rapidly regenerate and heal from deadly injuries while in the Chaotic Void.
This ability made it so that Noah could summon a full line up of 4 clones, where one had to simply double that number when they brought his identity as Alexander into the picture!
Such a reality of 8 clones and 2 main bodies was fearful when one truly thought about Noah's abilities.
Yet at this moment, he was just thinking of the many different tasks he or the clones could take as he moved with such efficiency that even Sages would be in envy of!
Aside from the skills dealing with clones, many others were support abilities that further enhanced the skills in the Blood Lord skill tree by percentages or granted him a new form to take, an example being Ancient Terror Form similar to the Cthulhu Form or the [Void Form] of the QUASAR ranked Void Devouring Blood Terror skill tree line.
There were even more useful skills like [Void Displacement] that actually allowed Noah to move through the chaotic void with ease, this ability granting his 100% movement speed as the Blood Lord skill tree went towards the route of a creature that made the chaotic void its home.
[Devouring Void] was an attack ability that devoured everything within a mile radius, even the chaotic void itself. This skill was just one among the many attack or support skills that Noah gained from taking the Blood Lord skill tree all the way to QUASAR!
THRUUM!
At this moment, Noah raised his head up as he saw their first stop of fusing the Stellar Sky Galaxy was successful, his new clone holding on to the miniaturized and ever expanding Infinite Galaxy now beginning to make his way over to the Sanguine Galaxy and the remaining Galaxies that were under the influence of the Imperials.
This meant Noah was free to forge ahead to the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. while continuing to expand his skill tree and create new skills, leaving many of the tasks he had to do to his clones!
He sat atop the Colossal Helios Leviathan as the fortress sized Animus Summon streaked across the Chaotic Void, multiple days passing and going in the darkness...
Chapter 743 - Skills and Skill Points
Meanwhile, a day had passed as Noah traversed the Chaotic Void and came across absolutely nothing.
His clones continued their work as they split into multiple directions in the chaotic void of the Dark Universe to see if they could discover more Galaxies, one clone carrying the Infinite Galaxy as he carried out the fusions!
As the number Noah needed to fuse into his Galaxy was 100,000...he knew he had a lot of work to do.
Other clones were moving throughout the Infinite Galaxy as its features were explored further as the features of Blacksmith's Forge and Alchemy Hall were used to produce splendorous treasures and items.
Yet the attention of the main body was currently placed on skill trees and creating new skills as an ability that he had placed in [Skill Creation] would be taking 500,000 of his over 2 million skill points.
It was a skill he was waiting to create before he summoned his next Animus Pet, and also a crucial skill he wanted to place in the Library Feature of the Infinite Galaxy for his people to study.
It was a skill that made one capable of summoning Animus Pets, one that didn't require the use of the Absolute Skill that could not be copied into the Library Feature like the Archaic Animus Summoning!
He already had the [Dao of Summoning Traverser] skill that allowed one to step on the Dao of Summoning and the [Animus Summon Trainer]that allowed one to train Summons, but he didn't yet create a normal skill that his subordinates could use to actually summon Animus Pets.
Thus, the product called [Ancient Animus Summoning] came to be! Simply replacing Archaic with Ancient, the change of this ability lied not in the name, but in the description that Noah specified that got its cost to run up to 500,000 even after he made some revisions!
This high cost meant that it would not only be effective for his subordinates, but also something he could use to continue summoning high rarity pets in the near future.
[Ancient Animus Summoning](5/5) :: All one needs is minor proficiency in the Dao of Summoning, and they can call forth the rare creatures from the Animus Universe. This ability allows the user to call forth summons of Rare rarity of above, where a common rarity would be an impossibility and the chances of summoning Ultra Rare and PRISMATIC Animus Summons are slightly increased.
You see?
It was a truly wondrous ability that still cost 500,000 skill points even after Noah rephrased it from being able to summon only Ultra Rare pets and above while giving a 50% chance to summon a PRISMATIC Animus.
THRUM!
Essence waved out atop the body of the Colossal Helios Leviathan as Noah gave the go ahead for the skill to be created, the clone who was carrying the Infinite Galaxy acting as the intermediary to inscribe this skill into the Library Feature as it could not be used by his subordinates!
When it came to who could actually utilize it as it required someone to have stepped on the path of the Dao of Summoning, it was actually the Imperial Adjudicator being the first one aside from Noah in the Infinite Galaxy to gain initial understanding! This being was already thrumming with emotions after losing his wife and daughter, and the moment he had access to Noah's [Dao of Summoning Traverser], the Adjudicator who was already in a forced contract with an Animus Summon finally sensed the Dao of Summoning.
In the past few days, the other ones to gradually gain initial understanding and have a percentage of .000...% in their stat panels were some of Noah's Harbingers of Sin, the Emperor Penguin leading the way once more in an arrogant fashion as he was also on the cusp of breaking through into the QUASAR Realm after being power leveled with Cores.
This meant that at this moment, some beings in the Infinite Galaxy could begin summoning Animus Summons!
In Noah's mind, the skills he created were much better than even the ones that the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. provided, and this was shown from the fact that many of his people were already stepping on the dao in a matter of days. When one also thought about the effect of skill points on the [Animus Summon Trainer] skill tree that allowed a being to contract a pet a level above him and increased effects of refining their bloodline and enhancing their Realm...they would realize that Noah was fostering a fearsome power that could grow to rival these so called Ancient Powers rapidly.
This was because his subordinates did not necessarily need to be strong themselves as advancing through the realms and learning laws might be time consuming and hard, but summoning and training pets was bound to be a really fast process to great strength as long as they could keep training their realms and bring them into Grand Completion for each stage!
This would not be too hard to do as one of the features of the Infinite Galaxy was its abundant essence, as well as the Medicinal Herbs and Fruits of this unique Spiritual Galaxy that could be eaten or refined into pills or even the [Alchemy Hall] feature that allowed Noah to form pills to quickly help a being regenerate their mana and health.
If his people could train their summons while utilizing the resources of the Infinite Galaxy and simply pop mana recovering pills every time they were drained...having experts with multiple summons with Manifested Realms would not be too hard!
When that happened, nobody could call Noah's subordinates weak characters that contributed nothing and simply leeched off of him!
In the Infinite Galaxy, the Imperial Adjudicator and Emperor Penguin were the first to rush into the Library to obtain the [Ancient Animus Summoning] technique as they tried their luck right away.
It was bound to be an exciting few days for the inhabitants of the Infinite Galaxy, and the same applied for Noah as he would actually be first to utilize the [Ancient Animus Summoning] technique to summon the last pet he could summon at the QUASAR Realm!
With an ability that increases the chances of summoning Ultra Rare and PRISMATIC pets being given to him who had only been summoning pets of that level, does it not just guarantee him PRISMATIC pets when he summons anything in the future?
THRUM!
His eyes unknowingly shot out golden beams of light as he prepared for a future where even Ultra Rare pets were not a possibility for him!
Chapter 744 - A Holy Princess is Returned Home!
In the vastness of the Dark Universe, one could cross its expansive chaotic void and spend days and weeks before they came across anything.
In the past weeks, the party of Holy Prince and Holy Princess of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. was returning to this Ancient Power in haste while standing atop a Starry Behemoth Tarragon that was being controlled by a fearsome Entity- Old Man Khan!
This party was finally nearing their destination, only being a few minutes away from entering the controlled domains of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. . Yet at this time, the face of Old Man Khan rapidly changed as he brought the Starry Behemoth Tarragon Dragon to a stop.
"What's wrong?" Rudolf, who was standing majestically up front, looked towards the powerful Entity seriously as he asked
Old Man Khan's eyes were cloudy as he seemed to be confirming something, uttering out shocking words that even caused the nearby Anastasia and Anna to stand up in shock.
"The little galaxy that Anastasia was residing in...has disappeared."
...!
"What?!"
"How?!"
Anastasia and Anna looked forth with Anger as they shouted out, Old Man Khan looking languidly at them as he spoke slowly.
"The character I left behind to oversee the galaxy only observed a single being warping near the boundary of it, a unique veil then erupting from within the galaxy itself and wrapping around it entirely as all my senses were cut off into it. When this veil disappeared, there was only a tumultuous chaotic void as the entire galaxy was gone."
...!
Old Man Khan's words were calm, but he still seemed unsure of himself as the sequence of events did not make sense and were too shocking!
Rudolf heard the words as his eyes squinted, glancing towards their goal far in the distance as he spoke.
"So there was an Entity connected to that Galaxy...one powerful enough to ensnare us into a spatial storm from far away to force our hands on his behalf and also powerful enough to warp an entire Galaxy. Might it be an entity proficient in the Grand Dao of Voidspace?"
The words caused Anastasia and Anna to look towards each other in stunned silence as they knew nothing about a spatial storm, Old Man Khan only replying that he wasn't sure. Rudolf then turned towards his sister as he said calmly.
"I kept my promise to you and left behind our will to protect the Galaxy, but whatever protector it had has taken it after you left. This is out of my reach."
His stoic words caused the expression of Anastasia to change, her eyes blazing with anger as she pulled Anna close. This Imperial Princess was still in a stupor as she thought about her dad, not knowing the status of his safety as they were unsure of exactly what had happened!
The image of a genius friend she had made also popped in her head later as she sighed with anger and frustration. Meanwhile, the Starry Tarragon Behemoth had continued forward under the command of Old Man Khan, this party entering the domains of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. as a grand sight opened itself in front of their eyes.
When coming in contact with the space under the control of an Ancient Power, one would first notice the sheer grandness of it as the domains of these powers spanners hundreds of thousands of light-years if not millions!
A Galaxy could span a few thousand light-years, which meant that within the scope of an Ancient Power, there were numerous Galaxies contained within, each with their own uniqueness.
The sight in front of Anna and Anastasia was the shimmering appearance of the boundaries of two Galaxies, their figures seeming extremely minuscule due to their size as the Starry Behemoth Tarragon did not even glance at these galaxies and simply passed through the space between their boundaries!
Around this area, unique vessels and the figures of many beings that seemed like grains of sand in a vast desert could be seen stationed near the boundaries of these Galaxies, all of them bowing respectfully when the party atop the Starry Behemoth Tarragon passed across the Chaotic Void.
Rudolf remained with the same expression as his voice rang out with slight vigor and majesty as they entered through the outer perimeters of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. .
"I welcome you back home, my dear sister and niece."
THRUM!
His words were followed with the Starry Behemoth Tarragon moving past the first two galaxies at great speeds as they seemed to have broken through a veil, the darkness of the chaotic void seemingly no longer existing as a brand new space opened up in front of them!
Anna's eyes reflected the shimmering colors of light as she saw that all around them, one could see the outline of multiple galaxies cl.u. very close to each other, all of them arranged in a circular location as they seemed to be orbiting a single area at the exact center.
To even see the sheer grandness of this, one had to actually be an Entity that could spread their aura out for a few thousand light-years distance! They would be able to see the stupendous cl.u. of galaxies that went into making the name of this Ancient Power- the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
When it came to the part of the 'Dragon', this was much more clearly seen as the thing that the many galaxies were all cl.u. around, the thing that was the culprit in illuminating the surrounding chaotic void and making it seem like a brand new world...was an enormous draconic outline that seemed over 1000 light years long.
Surrounded by many galaxies, it was actually a huge Realm that was displayed outwardly like a world, its shape in the form of a huge dragon that was over 1000 light-years long!
This draconic shaped Realm shimmered with different colors at each body part, its pairs of wings alone shimmering with red l.u. as they held atop them who knew how many trillions of beings. The light that took away the darkness of the chaotic void came from this dragon shaped Realm that was the location for the core powers of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. .
It was the home that Anastasia had been raised in, it was the Expansive Holy Land!
Shining splendrously in the chaotic void as it purified away the darkness with immense light, and being surrounded protectively by numerous Galaxies in all directions...the party had arrived at the Expansive Holy Land as a lost Holy Princess was brought back home!
Chapter 745 - Fast as F***!
As one party arrived in the magnificent Expansive Holy Land that was surrounded by a cl.u. of galaxies, another one was still making its way atop an enormous Colossal Helios Leviathan that rumbled through the chaotic void.
Atop the Leviathan, Noah's currently summoned Animus Pets were training as the future Jormungandr had abyssal shimmering eyes while facing a fiery gold chicken and tanky Calamity Bear.
CAA! CAA!
A cry resounded out as the fiery golden flames of the Three-legged Fate Crow descended onto the enormous serpent, the Calamity Bear looking down like a king as its paws spread out wide to give a hug of life and death.
THRUUM!
At that moment, the body of the future Jormungandr shone with a dark l.u. as the flames lost their effectiveness, and its serpentine body that was about to be constricted by the hug of the bear vibrated as it expanded even further and broke through the restrictions!
CAA!
The fiery golden chicken squawked at this as its golden beak rose to the skies, letting out a complaining voice thereafter as its three legs jumped up and down.
"No fair! Your bloodline is much higher than ours and we can barely touch you! Why don't you match Big Bro Leviathan? Hmm? Scared?"
"..."
The enormous serpent was quiet as its eyes squinted, its forked tongue coming out its mouth as it seemed to be looking at this squawking chicken like a delicacy!
The eyes of the chicken shook at this as it ran behind Noah while raising its voice even higher.
"Master! Look at this guy, he's licking his lips again and looking at me like a meal! He doesn't respect this Golden Crow one bit!"
Noah smiled at the shenanigans of the pets as he pacified them, their nonchalant demeanors helping him escape the doom and gloom of an unknown Apocalypse. He stroked the golden feathers of the chicken as he calmed them down.
The Variant Oculothorax was sitting off to the side as its proficiency was in Soul Damage, its golden eye simply blinking as it watched everyone else.
"Alright alright, come to a stop for a second. Let's add someone else to the family."
His eyes were followed by a shining light from the summons atop the Leviathan, while the Leviathan itself had its voice thunder out thereafter.
"Already capable of summoning another one of us at your stage? Truly a mysterious Master..."
RUMBLE!
The voice of the Colossal Helios Leviathan caused fractures in the chaotic void as Noah only smiled, waving his hands grandly as he cast his recently self created skill, [Ancient Animus Summoning]!
CRACK!
A rift opened up in the void as it spread out rapidly, this one being a distinctly golden red color unlike the rift caused by the Archaic Animus Summoning that Noah received from Anastasia. His self created [Ancient Animus Summoning] was much better, with no chance of summoning Common pets as it even increased the chances for Ultra Rare and PRISMATIC summons!
So when Noah cast forth the ability, he was already expecting another PRISMATIC Pet, and nothing else.
The rift opened up wider and wider, the colors of gold and red making it seem as majestic as something could be as its size spread out to be slightly larger than the Colossal Helios Leviathan.
Noah expected an enormous creature that caused the very void to tremble, but in the next instant, a black flash was the only thing he saw as his eyes barely followed it, the next second his eyes meeting the golden blue of a foreign creature that was an inch away from him!
THRUM!
Waves of essence spread out as the rift closed, Noah's eyes opening wide as the pet that popped out was merely two meters, it's face feline as its dichromatic eyes shone luminously while staring at Noah. The speed of this creature shook Noah as he didn't even see it before it appeared in front of him, and he quickly released the archaic contract to bind the creature to him.
A bright light shone over both of their bodies as an illusory runic symbol imprinted deep into their souls, a contract being formed as the eyes of this creature shone with an interesting light!
[Mercurial Obsidian Panther](PRISMATIC) :: An Animus Summon at the Low Tier GALAXY Realm. It is a unique species with the Bloodline of the Noble Black Panther Clan of the Tempestuous Realms of the Animus Universe. Its proficiency lies in quickness and speed that can even rival beings of higher stages as its deadly claws deal even more dreadful damage, with the laws of Space, Time, and Air being mastered. This Mercurial Obsidian Panther has already embarked on the Lesser Dao of Alacrity, further enhancing its speed.
Yet another shocking summon at the rarity of Prismatic, yet another at the Low Tier GALAXY Realm!
SHAA! SHAA! SHAA!
The extremely dark Obsidian Panther seemed to be blending into the darkness of the chaotic void as his figure could only be seen as an after image of a black flash, its body actually appearing in front of the Void Serpent, Three-Legged Fate Crow, and all the other summons as it gazed upon them up and down with shocking speed.
"Interesting."
It spoke with an excited voice as instantaneously, it appeared inches away from Noah again as it showed off ridiculous speed that easily bested anyone here!
"Multiple beings just like me and a master that seems weaker but not really! Good, let's have some fun! What are we doing now? We're going somewhere right? We must be, this area of the void is too bleak and boring so we're heading into Primal Lands? Or Chaos Galaxies? Wait no, let's go explore a Shattered Grotto..."
The words of this Obsidian Panther shot forth like a barrage of bullets as it didn't stop for even a second, its figure continuing to flash around the leviathan as it said different things to every being it came across!
Yet another unique summon had joined Noah's party as he was more than a week into his trip towards the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , his shining eyes looking over this new pet as he gave a command to recall all the other summons.
THRUM!
All the Animus Summons returned as only the Obsidian Panther was left, its golden-blue eyes shimmering as it blasted off words once more.
"Ah were they slowing you down, Master? I got you. I'm one of the fastest Animus Summons you will come across, I'm fast as..."
Chapter 746 - Let me save my progress!
Noah's trip towards the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. became extremely fast after using the Obsidian Panther as a mount.
The Mercurial Obsidian Panther had extremely dark fur that shone with a bright l.u. , its figure streaking across the chaotic void as it melded into it seamlessly.
A trip that should have taken another two weeks was actually cut down to one, the treasured Medallion that Rudolf Fredrick Windsor had given Noah telling him he would arrive in the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. in just a few hours!
In the past week, many changes had occurred as Noah advanced another 2 skill trees into the QUASAR Realm while he also brought his Obsidian Panther into the Grand Completion of the Low Tier GALAXY Realm.
The power of the speedy summon was enhanced even more as when it came to the skill trees, he purposefully stopped at advancing 2!
This was because each skill tree came with a large number of skills, and he wanted to focus on a few powerful skills he could utilize every time in battle so that the repetition of him having hundreds of available skills and yet utilizing very few of them didn't repeat.
He reflected back to how he had mostly utilized the abilities of the Law of Fafe and Life in his previous battles, choosing the skill trees of these two laws to be brought up aside from the Blood Lord skill tree!
He very much wanted to touch others skill trees like [Arch Lich Ra-Zan] as his heart always beat faster whenever he set his eyes on an enormous undead legion led by a dreadful lich. He set this aside for later or he would simply observe the sight when Barbatos brought it up to the QUASAR Realm in the near future.
In the near future, he planned to send down Barbatos and the other powerful beings on his Infinite Galaxy to farm some skill points and finally utilize their skills in life and death battles in the Burning Domains Galaxy!
There were still two Low Tier GALAXY Fiends left behind within this Galaxy, with many more at lower ranks spread throughout the wide Galaxy as even Noah did not have the time to take down all of them in less than an hour. So he planned to let his people descend onto this Galaxy as he left it alone for them to gain skill points to quickly advance their skill trees. Having descended and assimilated into the moving Entity Nirnasha, he knew that there should be no problem with this being popping back up in the Burning Domains Galaxy.
In this manner, many skill trees that even Noah didn't get a chance to play with would quickly be brought up to Black Hole and QUASAR!
As for Noah himself, he was very content with the abilities of the upgraded [Incandescent Emperor] skill tree and the [Primeval Tree of Life], many support skills coming to be as the newer offensive skills had even stupider percentage increases!
He looked forward to seeing these skills in action while he summoned numerous pets on whatever enemy decides to stand in his way...
SHAA!
The Obsidian Panther streaked across the chaotic void thunderously as Noah had to grab its silky fur just to hold on, very quickly nearing the coordinates that the treasured Medallion he was given indicated!
Only minutes passed before he began sensing the life force of beings, his eyes landing on two galaxies near each other as many small figures and vessels were passing between their boundaries. Currently, he had the face of Alexander as this was what he would use in the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , and it was also the face that Anna and Anastasia were still familiar with at this point.
He came to a stop as he neared his target location, his shining eyes glancing towards his Trait as he looked at one particular ability within it before he proceeded any further!
He was glancing at the Protagonist trait as he first saw the abilities of [Protagonist's Bookmark], [Deus Ex Machina], and [Plot Armor] had already finished their cool downs as nearly four weeks passed since he last used them, 2 weeks passing while he mastered all laws and another 2 weeks passing on his trip towards the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
This meant that he could enter this Ancient Power without any worries, but he wanted even more assurances as at this moment, he was actually looking at the [Save Point] ability that he had yet to use!
This ability allowed him to return to a previous time point if ever he faced a situation where his life was on the line, with the ability activating by itself anytime an attack strong enough to kill him appeared.
He could also activate it himself to return to any previously saved time point as at this moment, he wanted to do just that.
Beforehand entered into this unknown Ancient Power that held terrifying Entities among their ranks, he wanted to first save his progress!
[Save Point]!
THRUM
Essence erupted out silently as a unique essence covered Noah, most of it wrapping around his origin and soul protectively as it looked like it was cradling something extremely precious.
This essence made Noah feel extremely comfortable as if nothing in the world could hurt him, nodding his head in satisfaction as he waved his hand to recall the Obsidian Panther and continued to fly towards what would be the entrance into the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
Just the entrance was actually an area that was surrounded by a galaxy to its left and right, the procession of beings moving in the middle of these two boundaries before they could fully lay their eyes on the shocking Expansive Holy Land!
"Halt!"
As Noah neared, a thunderous voice traveled in the chaotic void as he was brought to a stop, the source of the voice appearing in front of him as a humanoid being appeared in front of him.
This being was humanoid, but Noah's eyes shone as he saw that the head and upper body was that of a dragon! In front of him, a being of the exalted Dragonoid race of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. had appeared!
"I do not sense an Identity Medallion on you, are you a guest?"
The thunderous voice resounded out once more as Noah observed this Dragonoid to actually be at the QUASAR Realm, the even more shocking thing being the swirling essence of the Dao of Summoning around him! Noah nodded at his words as he waved his hands, causing the Medallion that Rudolf Fredrick Windsor had given him to appear.
"I was given this Medallion by the Holy Prince Rudolf himself."
...!
RUMBLE!
His words seemed to carry weight thereafter as the demeanor of the QUASAR ranked Dragonoid changed, his eyes squinting as he nodded and spoke carefully.
"A Qualification Medallion to fight for the chance to be a Holy Descendant of our Expansive Dragon Cl.u. ...follow me!"
Noah gave a bright smile as he nodded, floating behind the Dragonoid as he finally stepped into the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
Chapter 747 - Fathers and Daughters
In the Infinite Galaxy, a Ruler was in the mystical space looking down on a multitude of stars and hidden realms of what seemed like a Galaxy, and yet this galaxy seemed never-ending as it spanned endlessly in all directions!
This Ruler was of course the fearsome Imperial Adjudicator who ruled the Nexus Galaxy and even took multiple other galaxies under his rule.
Yet in the past few days...this same Imperial Adjudicator found himself questioning life and whether it truly had meaning as his entire world view was shattered!
A being that he thought to be a genius of his galaxy turned out to be something purely ridiculous, someone that his own Galaxy worked with to bring out an unbelievable event to fruition.
Before the event, the Imperial Adjudicator was actually in a depressive mood as he thought about his wife and daughter, sensing his own powerlessness as he simply watched as they were taken in front of his eyes!
Previously, he had made Alexander promise to take care of Anna whenever he made his way towards the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , but that was only a desperate father using all means available as he thought about his family. He didn't really think Alexander would be able to make much of a difference even when it came to Anna, much less Anastasia.
Yet now...
"Ridiculous..."
His voice thundered out as in the starry space he was in, he wasn't alone as not too far from him, a sparring battle was going on that involved creatures nobody would have expected to see. The Imperial Adjudicator was watching the sparring of multiple Animus Summons that were the pets of beings at Lesser Realms than him, where even he had a new Animus Pet to his that shone with a regal countenance!
RAA! RAA! RAA!
The shout of a boisterous Emperor Penguin that was riding atop a Wyrm Water Dragon could be seen as he tangled with a valiant dark skinned woman backed by a six winged humanoid creature that released a shocking golden light!
"OOOH!"
The shout of a dark swordsman also resounded out as he led a Hellion Bull to smash into an enormous Panda that was being ridden by a Vampyre Queen!
That's right! The Imperial Adjudicator was shaking his head disbelievingly at the sight of multiple Animus Summons in the Infinite Galaxy, something only made possible because of the being that made this Infinite Galaxy come to life, the being he only thought to be a small genius!
In less than two weeks after the fusing of his Nexus Galaxy with this force, Alexei found himself stepping on the path of the Dao as he found other beings with even more talent than him do the same, terrifying strength being displayed as his wise eyes saw something many other people didn't see.
The Imperial Adjudicator's eyes saw things in the span of a time period, and as he looked at the terrifying rate of growth that this new force he was a part of had...his despairing heart when it came to his family actually became bright again!
He knew that with the shocking and fantastical things he was seeing right now, it was actually possible for him to bring back his family in just a few tens or hundreds of years as he expected this force to grow into something rivaling Ancient Powers in that period of time.
Yet...even at this juncture, the Imperial Adjudicator didn't truly understand the new force that was led by the enigmatic Noah Osmont as he gave them tens or hundreds of years to grow into the same level as Ancient Powers that controlled the Dark Universe.
To Noah...even a few months was too much time!
RUMBLE!
In another location, a father was about to meet his daughter after many years as the atmosphere was actually not jovial, but rather oppressive!
Deep within the Expansive Holy Land, a gorgeous Holy Princess walked through the fantastical palace with the demeanor of an untouchable fairy as she went towards a certain area. It had been a few days since she had returned, and only now was she walking towards a certain place to see someone! Word of the return of the Holy Princess had made their rounds across the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , a unique atmosphere descending down as this signified too many things.
But Anastasia ignored all of this as she moved forward steadfastly!
She passed through the mystical halls that were actually cloudy as they were filled with dense atmospheric essence that coagulated in the surroundings.
Anastasia only spent a few minutes before she passed through an archway that led into a paradisiacal garden, this garden being empty of everything but a single being that stood in the middle of it while staring at the overabundance of rare vegetation growing all around.
The man standing within the garden had a simple white robe, his built body being seen clearly even though he looked to be past his middle age as one could describe the aura he emitted with a single word- powerful!
"Father."
Anastasia called out shyly as even her voice had a slight tremble, the elegance she normally showed not being present as she seemed like a simple daughter coming back to her father after she was caught doing something wrong!
The being who was called out to, the Holy Emperor turned towards Anastasia as a smile could be seen on his face, his body instantly warping at her position as he used his wide hands to stroke the crimson hair on his daughter's head.
"Little Ana, I heard you've actually given this old man a granddaughter."
Anastasia nearly choked as she felt the strong hands of the only figure that caused her fear, as she felt immense love and affection from his words that she nearly jumped into his chest.
'Maybe...maybe things had changed?'
She entertained a thought she thought to be impossible as she looked at her father that was looking at her lovingly, her words barely coming out.
"...yes, Anna's been looking forward to meeting you and mom."
She spoke slowly as the Holy Emperor nodded, his voice resounding out once more as the moment it did, Anastasia gradually felt the tone of the voice change.
"Good, I want to see my granddaughter as well but..."
RUMBLE!
Immensely powerful and domineering waves were released the moment his 'but' ended, his smiling and loving gaze instantly disappearing as the majesty of a ruler filled with regality took its place!
"But you, as a Holy Princess of our Expansive Dragon Cl.u. ...abdicated your duties as you believed your happiness was more important than the blood, sweat, and tears that multiple Entities and the past Sages have put in."
...!
Anastasia looked up towards the expression on her father's face as her heart trembled, none of the love and happiness she saw prior was present, only an impassive countenance as a resounding voice continued.
"Even though you are my daughter, your identity as the Holy Princess comes first, and you ran away from your duties when you were needed most! You...have sorely disappointed me, Anastasia!"
RUMBLE!
Anastasia shook as she couldn't even look in the eyes of her father anymore, the coldness within it chilling her heart as she felt immense pain!
A heart wrenching scene!
"Because of your weakness, countless deaths have befallen our people, and now the task that you ran away from...will have to fall on your own daughter."
...!
"No..."
Anastasia's knees gave out as despair descended in, but only the cold countenance of a ruler with too many things on his shoulders met her gaze.
Two fathers and daughters across multiple locations. One was hopeful just to get back to his daughter and hold her again, another had reunited with their daughter as even though they loved each other very deeply, they were bound by even larger responsibilities that greatly strained their relationship!
Chapter 748 - Wanting to be a Holy Descendant!
"You can't...she has nothing to do with this!"
Anastasia looked towards her father like he was a foreign being, her heart tearing in pain at even the thought of Anna going through something that even she ran away from.
Yet the Holy Emperor of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. remained impassive as his expression was stout, even though one could see deep in his eyes there was also a tinge of pain! But this hidden emotion was quickly suppressed as he continued!
"All of the major Ancient Powers are aware that Cataclysm is coming, and only the strongest will survive. Many have already began forming connections as they share the knowledge of their Sages and Great Sages. Around us, all we have are enemies as the Aileron Race of the Primal Winged Expanse are our only allies."
RUMBLE!
His words carried immense weight as he talked of another Ancient Power, his words resounded as Anastasia trembled at the memories that returned at the mention of these beings.
"The Ailerons are an extremely proud race, your actions of deserting their Aileron Prince nearly breaking apart thousands of years worth of work. But just like you...the Prince of the Primal Winged Expanse sired a child, a son! So the joining of the two powers by blood will resume through this!"
"No, Father! She has nothing to do with this! I will do it, I will marry that winged bastard and complete the pact set forth, but Anna cannot be thrown to them! She is your granddaughter...please..."
Anastasia went towards her father as she clutched onto his robe pleadingly, her knees on the floor as the regal majesty she always had was gone.
"You are a Holy Princess, and you had your duties. As your daughter, as someone of my blood, she will also have to bear some of the responsibility and duty, let her know of this!"
The voice of the Holy Emperor continued to resound, getting softer near the end as the coldness contained a hint of sadness!
"We are rulers. We have countless trillions to think about, we have the legacies of Sages that sacrificed their lives for us to live on. I cannot let down my forefathers, even if the happiness of my family is the price to pay. This is final, and cannot be changed! Both of you will make yourself present during the Holy Descendants Selection tomorrow to officially announce your return."
With these words, the Holy Emperor remained in this garden no longer, his figure disappearing as all that was left behind was a distraught Holy Princess that looked forward with an ashen and pained expression! She felt utter and extreme weakness as even with her rank at the Middle Tier of GALAXY Realm, even with her Grand Completion Pets...she still could not do a single thing to get what she wanted.
When it came to Ancient Powers holding legacies of fallen Sages and Great Sages, holding Entities of powerful strength and even hidden beings approaching the strength of Sages themselves...she was utterly weak!
And to be weak in this era...was a sin!
In another location within the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , Noah was stepping in as his eyes absorbed all he was seeing in a stellar fashion!
After passing the two boundaries of the Galaxies, the true Expansive Dragon Cl.u. opened up in front of him as he saw the outlines of numerous galaxies that shimmered with immense light, all of these galaxies surrounding a single area that rejected the darkness of the chaotic void and released stupendous brilliance.
The Dragonoid he followed made his way towards this shining area, the place known as the Expansive Holy Land as Noah passed many unique beings and vessels along the way!
His eyes shimmered with the red light from [Eyes of Truth] as he already began absorbing immense knowledge about his surroundings as he was confident to be more knowledgeable than even the natives here in a matter of time.
"You're lucky coming in around this time, with the monthly test for beings wishing to be holy descendants actually taking place tomorrow."
The QUASAR ranked Dragonoid spoke as they neared the draconic shaped Expansive Holy Land, Noah's shining eyes glancing towards him as he asked.
"Anyone can apply for the test?"
"Mostly, but only those receiving recommendations can be tested, and even fewer meet the standards set forth by the Holy Emperor. Here."
The QUASAR Dragonoid entered a certain quadrant of the enormous draconic shaped Expansive Holy Land, this singular small area of this enormous 1000 light-year area seemingly like a huge world of its own as this particular section contained numerous portals that shimmered with a mystical light.
Locations like these were abundant in the Holy Land, causing for easy movement across its large areas instantly with the use of these portals. Noah followed the Dragonoid across multiple portals as they delved deeper into the Holy Land!
He came across many scenes and beings, finding that the distribution of humans and dragonoids were half and half, but the humans seemed to hold much more of a high standing within this Holy Land- which could be explained by how the current ruler was of the human race. There was a deep history about the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. and its ties to dragons, where even to this day much of the Animus Summons of the powerful beings of this power were dragons.
Noah thought about all of this in passing as he took in the fantastical sights of this Holy Land, truly earning its name as it actually neared his Infinite Galaxy in terms of atmospheric essence!
Even Noah did not catch the arrogance of his thoughts as he compared his growing Infinite Galaxy to this Holy Land as the figure of the Dragonoid he was following finally came to stop as they came through one last portal.
The area they arrived in looked like a world of its own, where Noah knew they were actually in the Head Region of the Expansive Holy Land that was shaped like a dragon. In this area, there weren't any magnificent houses or vegetation, but only a single structure stood tall in this entire land that was as large as a world!
Noah could only describe this structure as an extremely oversized Coliseum, his aura covertly spreading out as it did not encompass it even after seconds passed.
"This is where the Holy Descendant Selection will take place tomorrow, the Expansive Coliseum. Simply show them your medallion as you will be added among the list of contenders. Oh and the Selection this time is somewhat special as we celebrate the return of our Holy Princess, where even the Holy Emperor will be coming to grace us with his presence during this Selection."
The voice of the Dragonoid carried immense respect and reverence as he said this, Noah pulling his eyes away from the fantastical looking coliseum that he counted over a billion seats in as he paid attention to the words of the guide.
"Oh?"
He had just arrived, and he had already caught on to clues of the taken Anna and the Holy Princess as he would actually be seeing them in just a few hours!
As for the Holy Descendant Selection? It was bound to be glorious as within this Expansive Dragon Cl.u. ...he planned to go wild!
Chapter 749 - A Galaxy Grows, Extras Talk
In the Infinite Galaxy, progress was proceeding at such a stupidly rapid pace that someone sleeping for a few hours would wake up feeling weaker as all others were advancing that crazily.
Currently, a particularly arrogant penguin was continuing to train with other Harbingers of Sin, these beings utilizing the skills Noah put in the Library to step on the path of the Dao of Summoning with ease as they also obtained their own Animus Summons!
At this moment, the Emperor Penguin that had utilized the previous upgrade of the Infinite Galaxy to push himself to the edge of the QUASAR Realm and had now successfully stepped in it...this penguin could now summon 3 Animus Pets!
"Wyrm Water Dragon, I choose you! "
The penguin shouted out grandly as a blue shimmering Wyrm erupted out with a roar towards the enemy, which at this moment was a cold faced Barbatos who held an entire Undead Legion behind her. By her side, the Abyssal Lich that was from Noah's skill tree could be seen, multiple Abyssal Undead already summoned around her as on top of all of this- an aura of the Dao swirled around her as she summoned a 20-meter beast.
"ROAR!"
It released an even more powerful roar as unlike the Rare Ranked Wyrm Water Dragon that the Emperor Penguin had released, Barbatos was actually one of the only beings aside from Noah in the Infinite Galaxy to be lucky enough to obtain an Ultra Rare Pet!
It was actually an Ultra Rare Skeleton King, Barbatos having such an affinity with Undead that even her Summon matched it. The petite Necromancer jumped on the shoulder bone of the Skeleton King as her eyes honed dangerously on the Emperor Penguin, giving a command to the undead as a shocking battle ensued.
THRUUM!
Scenes such as this were abundant in the Infinite Galaxy, the Harbingers doing their hardest to train as the Beasts of the Infinite Galaxy were actually the ones showing the greatest progress with the nature of the Infinite Galaxy.
There were now hundreds of beasts that had begun embarking on the Dao of Summoning at the Nebula Realm, each of them heading into a Time Space as they trained their Summons to Grand Completion when they came out just days later!
When it came to the Galaxy itself, the Stellar Sky Galaxy had also been assimilated along with the Sanguine Galaxy, Noah's clones making their way into the Chaotic Void as more galaxies would soon be assimilated.
Individuals such as the Guide of Noah's Homeworld, Sophia, along with the 1st Infernal Lord and beings like the Imperial Adjudicator were the ones continuing to oversee the ruling of the billions of stars as they worked with the previous leaders and rulers of these Galaxies.
Ever so rapidly, the Infinite Galaxy continued to grow as the rise of the beings within was even faster than Noah himself expected!
In the Expansive Holy Land, Noah was in the region where the Head of the draconic-shaped mystical land was located, in the world sized area where the Expansive Coliseum took up a lot of the space.
This enormous Coliseum was the biggest that Noah had ever seen in his life, just the seats of the coliseum alone being over a billion! It of course had elevated sections where those higher on the social strata resided, and a grand area where the ruling force of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. would be staying atop of whenever a grand occasion came along.
On the sides, huge illusory screens could be seen as they would display the events happening on the floor of the coliseum clearly for all those watching.
Currently, the Expansive Coliseum was bustling with activity as the over a billion seats began to be filled up, beings from multiple galaxies who afforded the right to attend this month's special Holy Descendant Selection filling the metaphorically and nearly literal world-sized Coliseum!
Under the guidance of the Dragonoid, Noah showed the Medallion he received to the beings in charge of the Selection, being admitted as one of the participants in this month's Holy Descendant Selection.
Thereafter, he was directed into a grand hall beneath the Coliseum where many beings like him waited. It was a truly privileged place as servers could be seen walking around the wide hall with refreshments that shone with essence and providing foods glistening with phoenix oil!
Beings of all shapes and sizes could be seen as a majority of them were humans, with a quarter being of the Dragonoid race as a singular thing was clear on each of them- they were each proficient in the Dao of Summoning as swirls of the Dao essence hung around them. Noah could sense about 50 or so beings who seemed like participants, each of them carrying an air of pride and strength.
While being served delicious wines and foods, these beings waited patiently to show off their pets and power in the hours to come. Each of them was an expert in their own right, and they held their heads high with pride from either the rarity of their pets or the fact that they had summons with powerful bloodlines!
As always, our lone Protagonist was standing by his lonesome in this new land, his figure that of a confident human that always had a slight smile on his face.
He was currently observing all of the beings around him with eyes of truth as he listened in on their conversation to learn more about his environment.
"Did you hear about Master Zackary of the Whitesnow Galaxy? He's probably one of the biggest contenders this time around as he apparently summoned a rare Three-Eyed Phoenix!"
Off to the side, a wide man gulping down a Phoenix leg gossiped as he talked to a QUASAR ranked man in front of him.
"Master Zachary? Hmph, you've obviously not heard that the Summoning Prodigy will finally be joining the competition this time around since the Holy Emperor is making his appearance."
"Hhmm?!"
"What?!"
The mention of a particular being got the eyes of many worried just from a mere mention, someone called the Summoning Prodigy that was well renowned in a few galaxies, but had yet to join the Hole Descendant Selection to be considered a Holy Child of the Expansive Holy Land that was the core of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
"Wait...that's him!"
As soon as his name was uttered, many beings were actually able to locate him as the eyes of tens of experts ranging from Nebula to Low Tier GALAXY turned towards a particular direction.
There, a Middle-aged man was sipping his drink calmly even with all the gazes towards him, his eyes languid as those watching could sense the powerful aura at the Low Tier GALAXY Realm, as well as the dense swirling essence of the Dao of Summoning!
"They say his first three pets were all rare, and the one he summoned the moment he entered Low Tier GALAXY was actually Ultra Rare!"
"...a monstrous genius!"
A commotion was raised as this being became a heated topic, while he himself simply sipped his drink while smiling, as if none of the happenings here were worth his time.
He seemed to have just come here to take the spot light for the whole Selection as all those participating with him would just be points of comparison!
After all, who among them could compare against three rare pets and an Ultra Rare one?
What they didn't know was that in the next few hours, all of them were in for a grand show as they were truly shown what rarity one's pets should be if they wanted to hold their heads high!
Chapter 750 - A Special Holy Descendant Selection!
In the Expansive Holy Land, it was even more bustling than normal as many qualified beings went towards the Dragon Head to observe the Holy Descendant Selection.
This time around, it was an extremely special one as the Holy Emperor himself would be attending, a grand occasion being announced as it coincided with the return of the Holy Princess Anastasia!
RUMBLE!
Unique waves of essence swirled around the Expansive Coliseum as the over 1 billion seats were soon filled up, auspicious clouds forming atop the wide Coliseum as there were simply too many beings with the swirling essence of the dao in this single location, causing for unique atmospheric phenomena to form.
Within this Expansive Coliseum, there was an elevated area designed to be the location where important personages sat, and this place was set apart from the similar 1 billion seats where all others were situated. With extravagant seats and a rich atmosphere, this was the location where the powerful beings that were the strength of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. began to appear!
"There is Holy Prince Rudolf! My gosh, look at his peerless gaze...!"
"Who's that beside him? Could it be?!"
Discussions were abound as the noise made from over a billion beings gathered in one location was something shocking to experience, but they watched the exalted seats above them to be filled with esteemed personages as the image of Holy Prince Rudolf Frederick Windsor became apparent.
Near him though, many honed their eyes on two veiled women as they had many ideas!
"That should be the missing Holy Princess Anastasia, but who is that other woman beside here?"
"Who knows? We should be happy that the Holy Princess had been found and returned to us! Just her presence is..."
Fanaticism and reverence were all that the beings felt when they looked up the Windsor Royals that ruled over the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
This was a generation that had ruled in the past thousands of years, taking the reins of the powerful Dragonoid rulers over 10,000 years ago as they elevated the status of the human race higher in the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. .
In the elevated square-shaped area of the coliseum that these royals were situated at, many could see the guarding Holy Descendants that surrounded the area on all sides, as well as the archaic-looking chair at the very center that was currently empty. This was the seat the fearsome Holy Emperor would be taking, all other seats being occupied at this moment as everybody waited for this being to make an appearance.
ROAAR!
At this moment, a dragon's cry could be heard as from the skies above the Expansive Coliseum, a powerful aura at the Peak of the GALAXY Realm descended.
On the many illusory screens spread throughout the Expansive Coliseum, the image of the source of this dragon's cry was clearly displayed as many beings drew in their breaths!
It was a fearsome Dragon that had 6 heads, each of the shimmering with a different color as on top of one of them, a majestic man with a shining pristine white crown could be seen! This man actually stood on a powerful Animus Summon at the PRISMATIC rank as it released a grand aura that took the breaths of everyone away!
This was one of the few PRISMATIC Pets under the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. , one that was being controlled by the Holy Emperor himself as it appeared below him to assert a profound dominance.
The Holy Emperor himself was decked out all in white as he exuded power and elegance, the dragon below him that released an aura more powerful than many Entities that Noah had met before carefully carrying this being as it could only act as a mount at this moment.
One of the heads of the 6 Headed Dragon that the Holy Emperor stood on extended slowly towards the area where the Holy Children were located, this being stepping onto it grandly as silence descended onto the Expansive Coliseum.
Over 1 billion beings, and not a single one uttered a word with the entrance of this being. He had a light smile on his face as his feet landed, the enormous 6 headed dragon disappearing into a light that dove into his origin, all of the Holy Children on the stands and the over 1 billion beings rising so that they could bow towards him!
This was deep reverence that they all felt towards this ruler, reverence that was deep rooted in their hearts from this being that reigned over them for the past thousands of years! The eyes of many looked towards the exalted stand where the Holy Emperor, Prince, and Princess were located, their eyes seeing even the veiled Holy Princess Anastasia standing up to bow.
Yet in the next moment, their eyes constricted as they saw that unlike all of them, a single being did not even bother to stand up and give respect to the Holy Emperor.
RUMBLE!
Gasps could be seen as the eyes of many honed in on this being that was situated to the right of Holy Princess Anastasia, her veiled gaze seemingly only looking forward as she didn't even bother to stand up!
Even the Holy Emperor looked towards her as unlike the wrath many beings expected to see, a wide smile appeared on his face as he walked towards this being. His daughter had turned to her right as she nudged the veiled being to rise, but she stayed situated on the seat adamantly as she chose to still not to give respect to the most important personage of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u. !
The Holy Emperor walked towards her with a warm smile as many people held their breaths for what was about to happen, this ruler coming in front of this veiled woman as all the illusory screens of the Expansive Coliseum showed the scene of him using his hands to lift her veil while he uttered shocking words.
"My granddaughter, let this old man see you."
...!
BUZZZ!
"...!"
Shocked silence descended throughout the Coliseum as when the silence was lifted, crimson-colored hair overflowed as the exceedingly and impossibly gorgeous image of a woman in her prime showed itself!
Many people had to pinch themselves and run their essence throughout their bodies to make sure they weren't dreaming, this image of a shining fairy gracing them with their presence nearly sucking their souls out.
This was especially so since the being called the 'granddaughter' by the Holy Emperor was actually staring towards him with a fierce expression, her eyes carrying a hint of anger as she showed not even the littlest respect!
"As fierce and beautiful as your mother."
The Holy Emperor voiced out again as he smiled, many people glancing at the nearby Anastasia as they drew in cold breaths while realizing many things.
During this time, many of the watching beings missed a crucial feature when they glanced at the veiled Anastasia as their attention was drawn simply to her presence.
If one looked closely, they would be able to notice shimmering gold circlets that wrapped around both her hands. To others, they only increased her beauty but on the Holy Princess herself, they felt like chains as this was something her own father had placed on her after her return so that she would not so easily disappear again!
The circlets were a special item that had a very specific purpose, and they escaped the attention of all beings as the proceedings continued. Only the hands of Anastasia herself could feel how heavy they were as her saddened gaze was hidden beneath her veil.
At this moment, the Holy Emperor turned towards the over 1 billion beings as his face appeared on all the illusory screens of the Expansive Coliseum.
"My people! Welcome to this grand occasion where we celebrate the return of our Holy Princess Anastasia, as well as the introduction of my granddaughter- Anna!"
RUUMBLE!
Waves were sent with his words as in a grand hall of the Expansive Coliseum, Noah was looking at the illusory screen displayed to the contenders as the image of the Holy Emperor switched back to the gorgeous Anna that he knew as the Imperial Princess.
He smiled as he saw this scene, his mind working rapidly as he already saw his ticket to quickly insert himself in this Ancient Power as he elevated his strength and looked for the Ruination Core hidden within!
