Chapter 945 - WatChapter Very Closely! I
A Universal Hegemony could not act against those of the lower levels!
An oath was sworn with every rising Universal Realm expert as the most these beings could do was exert influence on those below them.
This influence alone was extremely domineering, and it was enough to show the grandeur of the Hegemonies that stood at the peak of power in many Universes.
But it was still just that- influence!
For those that wished to break under the influence of Hegemonies, certain conditions had to be met. They had to either be truly powerful Paragons that neared the Universal Realm themselves...or they had to have something shocking in their arsenal like the comprehension of a Cosmic Dao!
Many times, these two things were interchangeable as it was always genius Paragons who could even begin to have the capability to comprehend a Cosmic Dao, examples being the Queen Dowager that had begun grasping at the straws of the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation, and the Universal Emperor Slime that was a unique existence in the Cosmos who could comprehend the very same Cosmic Dao of Annihilation.
Noah was no Paragon...but he did comprehend a Cosmic Dao placed higher than Annihilation, Necromancy... and many other Cosmic Daos as he could utilize the unique essence of this Dao to break free from the mere influence of a Universal Hegemony!
RUMBLE!
The gaze of the Primordial Ruination Clone was tyrannical as he gazed towards the figure of the Hegemony of Slaughter without so much as a tinge of fear.
The star sized humanoid had a white robe that shimmered with the essence of many Daos, his entire body sparkling as when one looked closely, the could almost see the fully manifested lights that represented tens of billions of galaxies...all of them coming together to form a wondrous Universe that existed within the Origin of a single being!
An entire Universe for their Origin!
How vast was the power of such a being? How shocking was their strength that had received 100% Purification from the Primordial Essence?
Mind you, 100% Purification correlated to +1,000,000% to All Parameters!
The star sized being Noah was staring at...contained such immense strength that he could flick his finger and cause the entire Galaxy they were in to shatter, a single finger to bring death to anyone below him!
All this being would need was but a thought to dispel the life force of anyone titled a Great Sage.
Yet Noah still stared towards the magisterial figure that was the epitome of power, the regality and majesty being released by the Hegemony only becoming a mere light show in his eyes!
"You need to stop your advancement into the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Cl.u. . Nothing good will come out of it in the end."
A voice of majesty and strength! A voice that demanded to be obeyed from its mere power alone.
From it, Noah's Primordial Ruination Clone could sense the power of Antiquity, guessing this being in front of him must have obtained millions if not billions of Marks of Antiquity!
This was because unlike Valentina, he had his grasps in multiple Universes as he actively laid down his terrifying Universal Constructs on them!
Ambrose stared at the figure of Noah's Tyrant Dragon form as this Hegemony seemed to have already determined his nature, becoming direct as he spoke once more before Noah could even reply.
"I see you carry a sense of justice for the Dragons of the Animus Universe. If you are selfish enough not to care about yourself, think about these same Dragons that are still within the Draconic Holy Lands. It will not be a challenge to massacre them."
...!
RUMBLE!
Not a threat to Noah's life, but to the beings he sought to liberate!
Noah's eyes shone brightly at this as he came face to face with the machinations of a truly old being for the first time. Ambrose looked at Noah as he sought out any weaknesses, and he chose a weakness that only he could uniquely attack as he threatened the remaining Dragons within the taken over Draconic Lands.
Off to the side, Tiamat's body that was still frozen in space trembled with anger and wrath as her eyes moved to lock on to the majestic figure of the Universal Hegemony!
Noah's draconic figure vibrated with power as he looked at Ambrose with placid eyes. The light within his blazing eyes seemed to calm down as they were filled with utter calmness, his voice resounding out for the first time since the arrival of this terrifying being.
"A Universal Realm Hegemony cannot act against a creature of the lower level, so if the few remaining Dragons enslaved within the Draconic Holy Lands are massacred, it will be through the hands of Paragons, Monarchs, and Great Sages."
RUMBLE!
His calm voice spread to the ears of all the beings still frozen in place in the surrounding miles, as well as the Paragons and Monarchs of the Bloodline Races within the Bloody Battlefields Galaxies, and even those situated with their Holy Lands who had tuned in to watch the unfolding scene when the news spread that their Master himself had made an appearance!
There were also the Draconic Paragons and Monarchs that stayed within the deepest Galaxies of the Bloody Battlefield Galaxy Cl.u. that were alerted to the shocking scenes playing out, watching as the scenes of what was occurring were relayed to them from the army of Chaos Dragons behind Noah.
Many eyes were locked towards Noah as he continued with shocking calmness, many of those watching thinking a few similar thoughts!
'He wouldn't actually defy the Master's order and threat, right?'
'He can't denounce a Universal Realm Hegemony right?!'
"For those Paragons, Monarchs, Great Sages, and any of those below them that choose to listen to the words of this...being standing in front of me- for any of those that choose to senselessly massacre the remaining Dragons within the Draconic Holy Lands...I want you all to watch very closely what I am about to do even while standing in front of the very same being that will give you that order!"
RUMBLE!
Noah's body glimmered with brilliant light as he pulsed with power, his body that brimmed with the shocking 200% strength of the Primordial Ruination Clone backed with the Purification of Primordial Essence and Ruination Essence that gave him multiple tens of thousands of percentages to All Parameters moving towards the nearest creatures of the Bloodline Races and their reinforcements from other Universes.
"I want you all to watch very closely how the being you admire and follow the words of blindly...will not be able to protect you when I come to collect the debt of blood against all those that massacre innocent Dragons!"
RUMBLE!
...!
Chapter 946 - WatChapter Very Closely! II
Shock!
Those watching fell into utter shock when they heard the words of the Tyrant Dragon, their eyes gradually opening ever wider as they saw the thrumming body of this terrifying creature open its jaws to release a terrifying Dragon's Breath, a Breath that released innumerable unstable Ruination Galaxy Spirit Bombs that thundered towards hundreds of Sages and tens of Great Sages that were guarding the center most planets protecting the gateway of the Slaughter Star Monolith.
Mind you, the body of the Tyrant Dragon was currently the size of a Planet, its breath covering over a thousand miles as the explosive force of the unstable Galaxies released with this breath...were utterly maddening in the damage they caused!
This was especially so when the beings targeted could currently not even move!
BOOOM! BOOOM!
The unstable Galaxies tore apart space as they exploded, taking with them hundreds of Sages and tens of Great Sages of the Bloodline Races in but a moment.
Blood, gore, and limbs flew out from every angle as Golden Cyclops, Nine-tailed Foxes...many of the Bloodline Races were decimated from this single attack.
...!
Such an action caused all those watching to draw a sharp breath as the scenes they felt were playing in slow motion continued!
"He actually dared...!"
"Against the authority of the Master!"
RUMBLE!
The Paragons and Monarchs of all Races that had gotten information of what was occurring looked forward in a stupor, watching as a being directly defied the will of a Universal Hegemony and acted in such a domineering manner right in front of him!
The Dragons within the deepest parts of the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Cl_u_s_ters looked at their illusory screens that portrayed Noah's figure, their hearts burning with scorching flames of draconic pride when they looked at this being!
"Watch very closely as what I am doing to these Great Sages and Sages in front of me will be exactly what I will do to those who follow the orders of this Universal Hegemony. It matters not if you are a Monarch or a Paragon...in time, even those standing in these ranks will face the same treatment as the being you so revere will not even be able to protect you!"
His voice was ringing out as he moved with even more vigor to attack and rip apart any beings he could, the Universal Realm Hegemony above looking at this scene with extremely chilling eyes that blazed with a shocking light, this being waving his hands as the forces within the tens of miles of radius finally regained control of their bodies, the Bloodline Races at least being able to try and defend themselves against Noah's onslaught!
But they weren't the only ones to regain their ability to move, Noah's summons gaining it as well- these creatures moving with even more fervor as a wrathful expression twisted Tiamat's face.
OOOOOH!
BOOM!
"The Master!"
"Hegemony, save us!"
The shocking battle resumed as the Bloodline Races and their allies faced heavy losses, many cries ringing out as they sought help from the expert they believed in the most!
The hearts of many beings watching were shaken as they saw the authority of the Hegemony not make the Tyrant Dragon or his forces falter, the scenes playing out being imprinted in their minds as they would never forget them.
The chilling light from the Hegemony only increased as the surroundings quaked, but he still didn't attack Noah as no conditions were met for him to attack a creature of a lower level than himself!
He wasn't directly attacked or had his name tarnished in any way, Noah being careful not to even insult the being or call him names! But Noah did point out the fact that the being that would order them to carry out certain actions would not even be able to protect them from him if he chose to move against them.
Thus, Ambrose could only watch as he inscribed the image of the Tyrant Dragon deep in his mind, nodding with a chilling look as he disappeared a second later while leaving behind shocking words.
"So be it."
RUMBLE!
...!
With many eyes watching, the figure of Ambrose disappeared in the starry space as the forces of the Bloodline Races fighting for their lives lost all hope. A feeling welled up in their hearts, these creatures not being the only ones as those watching also experienced the same feeling- it was doubt!
Doubt towards the Master they knew, doubt when they saw him leave when faced against a creature in the Galactic Filament Realm.
It was a shocking seed of doubt that Noah had planted into the hearts of many, but Ambrose had still left as one would think this might have been one of the worse choices for this Hegemony to make!
He had already exerted as much influence as he could without stepping over the line when he stopped everyone in the surroundings tens of miles from moving, and he couldn't do much else.
If he had chosen to stay as Noah continued to show off the fact that he truly couldn't personally act against him and his forces, the repercussions of today would have been even more disastrous!
So the Hegemony calculated with Destiny as he left, once again having his calculations shattered as he truly had not expected Noah to act the way that he did towards a Universal Hegemony.
Like this, Ambrose had suffered multiple losses against Noah before any true battles began!
Chapter 947 - Not Favored By Destiny!
In an isolated region, a shocking reverberation of power emanated out as space ruptured and reformed constantly.
It was the figure of the enormous sized Ambrose shaking with a chilling look as his eyes stared at his Universal Fortune, seeing that unlike before, it hadn't just been reduced by smidges or small lines, but entire significant chunks of Universal Fortune fell out as they were lost entirely!
It was equating to thousands of years worth of hard work!
RUMBLE
The silent wrath of the expert was extremely deadly, this aged being having come across a creature that actually did not bow to the wills of Hegemonies nor seem to care about future results.
Ambrose's eyes focused on the Universal Fortune and the lines of Destiny swirling around him as a terrifying thought entered his mind. Multiple times now, he had used his understanding of Destiny and fortune to act against the newly rising enemy. Yet all times after making calculations based on what destiny told him...he still failed!
This left very few possibilities as to why, but the most direct one was that the enemy he was utilizing Destiny against...had a much more pronounced Golden Destiny and even more Universal Fortune than him!
...!
This realization made the chilling light in Ambrose's eyes die down as they returned with impassive eyes filled with clarity.
A lower tiered being...with a more abundant Universal Fortune than a Hegemony that had lived for over a million years that when faced against each other, the destiny of the lower tiered being was enough to cause losses to a Universal Hegemony!
"What exactly did you find, Valentina?"
His majestic white hair and beard waved wildly as when he came to this conclusion, a light of teleportation wrapped around him again, taking him towards another location as this time, he didn't utilize destiny to plan his movements.
RUMBLE!
Valentina had a difficult expression as she looked at the scenes playing out in the Bloody Battlefields Galaxies while staring into the Golden Mirror that showed Noah's figure that seemed to be focusing closely on the continuously forming Marks of Antiquity that sank into his body every second.
His aura continued to rise rapidly as the formation of Dao Galaxies that only Hegemonies could do was extremely dominating, capable of increasing the output of strength by more than 5 times compared to normal Galaxies!
Having such Dao Galaxies in the lower stage would mean that if Noah forged 10 billion Galaxies and turned them all into Dao Galaxies...the output of power he could release would be equivalent to Monarch.
At this thought, Valentina couldn't help but imagine the levels of power this being could reach, realizing he would be able to excel as the strongest in each stage he reached as his source of strength was simply too robust!
She was about to speak towards the Golden Mirror and probe Noah to see if he would give her any information on how he became an Architect of the Dao and understand the mystery of his formation of Marks of Antiquity, when her expression suddenly changed and turned extremely wrathful!
BOOOM! RIIIP!
Above the billowing clouds in her isolated Realm, space was ruptured as a hand stretched through, opening the two sides of space as if it was ripping apart clothing, a magisterial being stepping out of this rupture in space and appearing in the skies of her Realm.
"You dare?!"
THRUM!
Valentina's dark hair swirled wildly as she shot forth from her castle, appearing in the skies and looking as the shocking figure of a miniaturized Ambrose who wasn't the size of a planet anymore, of this being that had actually intruded into her isolated Realm after failing against Noah just minutes prior!
BZZZT!
The power of Universal Hegemonies rumbled out majestically as space quaked fearfully, Ambrose looking towards Valentina with calm eyes as for him, it didn't seem like anything much to know where Valentina's abode was and break into it.
With an expression of a wizened being, he spoke calmly while facing Valentina's wrathful gaze and body that palpated with immense power.
"Call off your dog. Give me his life in exchange for me leaving all of the Animus Universe to you, with my influence only remaining around the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Cl_u_s_ters where my Universal Construct is anchored."
...!
A shocking set of words came from the Universal Hegemony, his gaze towards Valentina not showing the least bit of respect as it seemed like a senior making a concession with a junior, that they should be grateful enough to quickly take it while bending their back!
THRUM!
Valentina's face had become utterly cold at this point, her white dress shining with a unique l_u_s_ter as her eyes blazed with power. From her body, the essence of a domineering Dao arose, a Dao that wasn't Lesser or Grand, but Cosmic!
WAA!
Like a dam that had been broken loose, the essence of a Cosmic Dao erupted from Valentina- and it was the essence of the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation that most proficient Universal Hegemonies comprehended!
Valentina's eyes released a cold light as with the essence of a Cosmic Dao swirling around her, she replied.
"Get the f_u_c_k out."
RUMBLE!
Power maddeningly overflowed with her words, the space around the nearby miles shattering as it became the void, not even being capable of reforming yet as from the exceedingly cold eyes of Ambrose, the essence of the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation seeped out...as well as another Cosmic Dao!
Ah!
His shockingly cold eyes stared at Valentina with disdain, his voice ringing out.
"I can't so easily attack those in the Lower Realms, but I can easily f_u_c_k up a girl that has barely entered the ranks of the Universal Realm."
The essence of Slaughter that should have been a Grand Dao seemed from his body wildly, but it seemed to be elevated greatly as the aura it gave off was multiple times more regal than a Grand Dao!
"All I need is a few reasons and I can call forth a Blood Feud, coming into this place and ripping apart this body of yours until I fracture your Universe and turn you into nothing."
RUMBLE!
Domineering!
Tyrannical!
It was the demeanor of a Hegemony!
Chapter 948 - Tyrannical Beyond Measure!
WAA!
Waves of maddening levels of essence vibrated out between the two Hegemonies facing off, the one stemming off from Ambrose being simply ridiculous as too many shocking things were hidden within!
The most frightening thing was the essence of Slaughter that had begun to swirl around him.
His name was the Hegemony of Slaughter, and he lived up to it as the essence of this Grand Dao swirling around Ambrose was unlike any other Daos of the same level, giving off an oppressive aura that far surpassed many Grand Daos!
This phenomenon could only be explained if a being had begun to collect numerous Marks of Antiquity and formed many Dao Galaxies while branding a particular Dao into them, strengthening the selected dao greatly.
THRUM!
Ambrose looked at Valentina with a gaze full of dominance, his terrifying words still ringing out in the surroundings as the fair looking woman in front of her didn't even have a change in expression.
"You are young, barely having had the time to form connections with the Hegemonies of our Cosmos. Isolated, no experience, only a slight genius to be able to birth a somewhat above average Lesser Dao."
Waves of essence burst out with every single word he uttered as he continued!
"I have my reach stretching to multiple Universes, with close connections to monsters millions of years old. I have utter and complete confidence in crushing a creature like you, but I do know it will cause slight damage to me in the short term. Why not come to an agreement on a path that benefits both of us? Form a connection with a powerful Hegemony right now and elevate your status to an even greater level."
With shining eyes filled with intense light, Ambrose actually offered a hand after threats, Valentina still looking towards him coldly as her body pulsed with more and more dangerous essence of Annihilation.
"I leave you all of the Animus Universe but the location where my Universal Construct is anchored, all you need to do is to give me the head of that puny dragon you sent out."
The buzzing essence in the surroundings rose ever higher as a cold voice came from Valentina!
"Did you not hear me before? I said get the f_u_c_k out."
...!
Ambrose was only faced with rejection as the Architect of the Dao of Summoning coldly sain no to his advances, her fair face looking extremely valiant at this moment while facing the terrifying Universal Hegemony swirling with essence of two Cosmic Daos and a Grand Dao that seemed on its way there as well!
There was a lull of silence in the seconds to follow, Ambrose's eyes expressionlessly looking towards Valentina before he spoke again.
"Children will always be children. Impulsive, reckless, and never thinking about the future or greater glory."
RUMBLE!
"My Universal Fortune will be reduced in the short term yes, my influence might even wane some more if the river of destiny continues flowing in the direction of the creature you sent out. But in the long run...it will be me as the ultimate victor. We study the same Destiny...so I know you know this!"
The swirling essence around Ambrose receded as he maintained his look of dignity and power while continuing to speak.
"I already see a future with your Dao of Summoning shattered and barely being used, a future of that fair skin of your splinters and ruptured as blood spills from that small body. Continue heading in this direction...and that future will come to you soon enough."
RUUUMBLE!
At the very end of his words, a hint of the essence of Slaughter took over his eyes as the Universal Hegemony spoke words of brutality, showing why he was truly the Hegemony of Slaughter as he would defeat his enemies in the most tyrannical and humiliating of ways!
When he finished, his figure was warped with the light of teleportation as he disappeared an instant later, leaving behind a furious Valentina that coldly looked at the space he used to be.
Her body that was thrumming with power calmed down as calmness returned in the isolated Realm, her expression gradually calming down as a voice reverberated out a second later from a certain golden mirror.
"Why did you not take his deal given the benefits and security it provides you?"
From the other side of the mirror, Noah had heard the shocking conversation between the Hegemonies as his heart was moved, asking Valentina a question as this Architect waved her hands to cause the golden mirror to appear in front of her in the skies!
Her expression was still tinged with wrath as she spoke.
"For him to physically appear in the Galaxy that your Tyrant Dragon body is in to threaten you and then even appear in my realm to threaten me...means that you are an even greater threat to him than I realized!"
RUMBLE!
"Oh?" Noah heard her reply as many thoughts crossed his mind, watching Valentina's wrathful expression obtain a hint of a cruel smile as she continued.
"Besides, why should I get myself tied up to an old man whose size of Universal Fortune is nowhere close to yours? With the size of yours, even his calculations must have been wrong for him to appear so ruffled!"
...!
"But for him to blatantly enter my home and sully it with his disgusting essence of slaughter...!"
THRUM!
Her anger dominated as Valentina's body shone with power, Noah thinking of her words as he glanced at his sizable Universal Fortune that swirled around him like a storm ever since he birthed the Dao of Fealty and shared it with an uncountable number of beings in an entire Universe.
When one just stared at Noah, they would find nothing extraordinary aside from his devilishly good looks, but if one activated Unfathomable Light of Destiny and Fortune to check his destiny and fortune, they would be able to see raging golden rivers that nearly formed into an enormous sea, a pillar of golden light shining from him and rising above majestically!
A large amount of fortune that even Hegemonies would envy.
It was also the reason why beings with dense fortunes like these...could somehow always turn the most dangerous situations into opportunities as they achieved even greater status in their lives!
His thoughts came to a stop as he looked at the mirror that showed an angered Valentina expressing a fiery gaze that would shake the heart of any man.
"What if he acts on his threat against you and starts a Blood Feud?"
...!
A shocking possible reality that a terrifying Hegemony could act on was questioned!
Chapter 949 - The Construct Spanning Across the Cosmos! I
Noah's question caused Valentina to come to a stop as she composed herself, her eyes shining with strength as she looked at this figure in the golden mirror and replied.
"I'm not so easily bullied, so you don't have to worry about me. Just continue your decimation of his authority and influence, and then use his own Universal Construct to get stronger!"
RUMBLE!
"As for me...I'll let the Paragons and Monarchs of the Galaxy Devouring Serpents, Mythical Helios Races, Golden Crow Race and the Mixed Races move their forces out to exert influence and take the attention of the Bloodline Races on the Draconic Holy Lands. If they choose to really wantonly slaughter...it's no problem to start a war."
...!
Valentina's gaze was filled with a sharp light as after Ambrose intruded into her domain, this powerful woman began to lean more on the offensive as one of the biggest moves she made...was not even considering the words of a powerful Universal Hegemony as a connection and instead continuing to side with a creature at the Galactic Filament Realm that had an overabundance of Universal Fortune.
She turned towards his image in the golden mirror as she spoke with an inquisitive tone. "A Universal Hegemony that has birthed a Grand Dao or a Great Sage that has somehow birthed a Lesser Dao at his level and influenced an entire Universe with it seconds after its birth...the choice between this wasn't really that hard as is seems your Universal Fortune might be multiple times what mine or Ambrose is!"
RUMBLE!
Her sharp eyes were filled with light while she looked at Noah to grasp for some answers! Noah came out of his thoughts as he looked towards the golden mirror with a light smile, his voice ringing out casually.
"It's just forging a Lesser Dao, nothing much!"
"..."
Valentina stared at him in a stupor at these words, her eyes becoming even more inquisitive!
"Are you actually the reincarnation of a Nirvanic Antiquity? Do you already have the abstruse Cosmic Dao of Reincarnation under your belt? Or is this identity just a portion of your soul? Just...who are you?"
RUMBLE!
The Architect of the Dao of Summoning wanted to know more about the being that could cause the Hegemony of Slaughter to be this fl_u_s_tered! She could find nothing from the river of Destiny, the Universal Fortune of this being far surpassing hers as any calculations about him were cloudy and filled with mysteries, and it was one of the reasons for Ambrose's failures in the past day. But...she would get nothing from the questions as Noah merely shook his head to all her questions!
"I wouldn't be doing all this or let the Bloodline Races run rampant as they are if I had some grand identity. As for breaking apart Ambrose's influence..."
Noah turned his eyes towards the Galaxies around the Slaughter Star Monolith where his forces were finishing up their slaughter.
Valentina glanced at him for a while longer before she gave up, her eyes sharply scanning her abode before she returned to her paradisiacal castle to behind carrying out a great deal of things while observing Noah's forces within the Bloody Battlefields Galaxies.
Within...a losing battle was being fought by the Bloodline Races and their reinforcements! This was because the wills of many enemies were crushed when they saw the scenes of the Universal Hegemony they revered not being able to do anything!
Noah's forces that continued to display a shocking level of strength dominated the Bloodline Races and the reinforcements from other Universes, shocking scenes being displayed all around the peripheral Galaxies of the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Cl_u_s_ters.
In one Galaxy, three Terrors stood atop the decimated bodies of Chthonians, the Terror of Aether at the very forefront pulsing with terrific power as even with the victory, he still seemed somewhat furious!
His wrath naturally came from the connection he could borrow as a Vassal under Noah, sensing this guys' terrifying power somehow growing even as their battles continued. The big guy wouldn't admit it...but he had a trace of envy when he truly understood Noah's power!
In another Galaxy Legions of Undead freely overflowed, but they weren't from Lich Emperors or even the Blue Slime who just devoured a Decadent Lich Emperor to obtain all of its power- it was from Barbatos who now held a great deal of mana after becoming a Vassal!
WAA!
She had an excited expression as she commanded Legions of Abyssal Undead to rip apart the remaining forces of the Bloodline Races as her eyes locked towards the red gateway situated in the middle of a star system that they were protecting.
This was one of the gates in each Galaxy that led the way to the Universal Construct that was known as Slaughter Star Monolith, the Construct of Slaughter that a Hegemony used to spread his influence across multiple Universes as many powerful creatures delved into the Construct for more power or to prove themselves!
A glimmer of sharp light passed through Barbatos' eyes as she turned her head away and finished up her side, other Harbingers of Sin moving with just as much vigor and power.
In Galaxy B-48, Noah's Summons ripped apart the last creature of the Bloodline Races that was actively displaying the scenes of what was occurring here to the Paragons and Monarchs deeper in the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Cl_u_s_ters, these beings not being able to see or know what was happening any more!
"..."
Many powerful beings sat in silence after watching the shocking events, the words of the Tyrant Dragon ringing out in their ears.
"Watch very closely as what I am doing to these Great Sages and Sages in front of me will be exactly what I will do to those who follow the orders of this Universal Hegemony..."
The powerful experts at the level of Monarchs and Paragons had no need to heed the words of a being that was merely at the Galactic Filament Realm.
Even if he was exceptional! Even if he was able to stand against the authority of a Hegemony without fear!
He was still only a Great Sage! There was a large gap between that level up until Monarchs and Paragons!
Yet...The Monarchs and Paragons found themselves hearing his words over and over again as if they were words of utter truth, words that foretold of a given reality if they took certain actions before then.
Some became angered as they shook this feeling off, remembering their prestige as Monarchs and Paragons as they brushed off the threats of this powerful Great Sage. Others listened to their hearts as they felt a tinge of truthfulness, watching to see how things would play out in the days to come!
But at this moment, the conclusion was a given as the forces of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor overtook multiple galaxies.
Within Galaxy B-48, Noah looked at the scene of his Summons and Chaos Dragons wrapping up the battles, his gaze fully going towards the enormous doorway that was standing protectively between the star system that the Bloodline Races made their homes.
It was the enormous gateway that one could enter the Universal Construct built by a powerful Hegemony!
It was the gateway of the Slaughter Star Monolith that was created by the Hegemony of Slaughter!
There were many mysteries surrounding something like a Universal Construct, the Hegemony of Slaughter gaining great recognition across multiple Universes for creating something that was so unique.
Within...there was endless slaughter as beings from many universes across the Cosmos entered the Universal Construct to improve their strength...as well as for honor!
Ambrose was using the Universal Construct for his own means, while the masses of powerful beings across the Universe were also using it for their own means. But at the end of it all, there was only one clear winner that continued to get stronger from the existence of this Universal Construct.
Within Galaxy B-48, the battle had concluded as on the starry space, the body of the powerful Vindicator lay in half, his dark cape stained with blood as even this being who was a central character in his own right barely managed to make a dent into the overall situation of the battle today! Even the Heroes of the Liberated Universe weren't able to do anything in front of the Tyrannical Emperor!
"Haha!"
In another area, the childish laughter of the Blue Slime could be seen as it played with a Decadent Lich Emperor that it had summoned, its palate being expanded greatly as the bright eyes on the bright body of this being danced around wondering what was next.
Tiamat overlooked this whole situation as she was in front of the Chaos Dragons who were still looking at everything in a stupor, today's actions being mere fantasy in their eyes as they still didn't know how to process it!
During this time, Noah's Primordial Ruination Clone was pulling out all the loot gained on this battle that had already entered the hands of his main body, Noah duplicating the loot with the Cosmic Treasure and returning it to the Expansive Space where the clone could access it once more.
The Primordial Ruination Clone that had a ridiculous +100,000% speed in Realm Progression then began to absorb the Cores as he forged hundreds of thousands of more cores while staring at the wondrous gateway leading to the Slaughter Star Monolith!
The body of the clone began to fly towards this wondrous gateway as Noah wanted to check the main tool that Ambrose used to check his power, sending a message to his subordinates and summons to finish cleaning up as he went forward.
For now, even after his subordinates had secured the Galaxies they were in, they were to only occupy them as only he would delve forward to discover all the intricacies of the Universal Construct while matching them with the memories of the many beings he had taken down that had already been in the Monolith!
After they had stabilized these Galaxies, their forces would spread towards the other peripheral Galaxies within the Bloody Battlefields Cluster, Noah truly putting his forces to work as they would be the main ones claiming control of the Bloody Galaxies surrounding the Universal Construct. This would gradually reduce the amount of being entering the gateways of the Universal Construct in the Animus Universe, with the influence of Ambrose continuing to be reduced the more galaxies they conquered!
RUMBLE
As Noah neared the huge red gateway, fluctuations of essence reverberated out as a few words appeared in front of him.
[Gateway B-48 of Slaughter] :: One of the gateways stretched across the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters that anchors the Universal Construct into the Animus Universe. Any of those entering will be transported to the unique space of the Slaughter Star Monolith...
Noah nodded at himself as he read the details, reducing the size of his body that was a star as he only became a 10 meter Dragon barely five times the size of a human, fearlessly plunging his body into the gateway as he disappeared in a flash of spatial light!
When his awareness returned and he opened his eyes, he was transported to an entirely different location. It didn't seem like a world or Realm, but something even more unique!
It was tinged with red all around the land and skies, with the more striking thing being...the auras of many other beings in the surroundings.
Noah was just teleported in as an insignificant being in the midst of many others, many of those around him not even paying attention to him as they went about their business!
What was shocking was that many of them were in the levels of Entities, Sages, and Great Sages- and there seemed to be millions of such beings moving around like ants across the area Noah had appeared in that spanned tens of miles.
Many were entering grand structures and buildings that were clustered around a singular structure- the Universal Construct that gave the Slaughter of Hegemony his fame and power. The grand structures surrounded it and made it look like an ancient structure that had been there for many ages, making it seem like the only beacon of light rising in the middle of a metropolis filled with powerful Sages and Great Sages all around.
RUMBLE!
Noah raised his eyes to look at this shocking structure as his eyes shone brightly, seeing a never ending tower that stretched to the skies, this tower being made up of glittering red stars stacked up together to create something terrifying!
It gave off a ridiculously overabundant aura of Slaughter, this structure being the location where most slaughter was occurring across the Primordial Cosmos.
This was the Slaughter Star Monolith where powerful creatures from many Universes entered to test their power and improve their strength while gaining immense fame and status!
The innumerable number of stars that created the Monolith that one could not see the end of shone with a bright red luster, each of them showing a scene of what was occurring within as in nearly all of the red stars, there were figures fighting to the death with each other.
Scenes of their terrifying battles were being displayed for all to see, with Noah finally being able to match the memories he had obtained from the enemies he had defeated with what he was currently seeing! When his eyes focused on any of the innumerable red stars on the Slaughter Star Monolith, the scenes of the battle occurring within became even more clear as it was like he was watching the battle right in front of him.
Among the many red stars, some were expanded to be bigger than many others as on the low levels of the Slaughter Star Monolith, it was an innumerable number of small stars that held creatures at the Ranks of Sages and Sages fighting. These stars made up the majority of the tower! But when one looked higher up in the tower, the stars above these levels were nearly 5 times as large as they consisted of battles of beings in the Monarch Realm!
Above this were stars expanded to be 10 times larger, with many of them being empty but a few actually held genuine Paragons battling in a shocking manner.
Paragons!
This was the Universal Construct filled with mysteries, the Slaughter Star Monolith where slaughter prevailed within as many sat back to watch the ongoing battles and spread the fame of the powerful beings within!
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Next to the large red stars on the Slaughter Star Monolith where the Paragons entering the would be displayed, a ranking glimmering with a brilliant gold color could be seen as it showed the most powerful Paragons to have entered this Universal Construct and defeated others.
When a being first stepped into the Slaughter Star Monolith for battle, they would randomly be assigned to another creature at the same rank as them! There were only three possibilities after that- Victory, Defeat, or Death!
Most times, it was actually Death as those coming across each other in the Slaughter Star Monolith would more than always lead to slaughter. If a being was able to call out his defeat before his death though, he would be sent out of the Monolith- for a deadly price.
Those who didn't face death but admitted defeat would have their power stripped by more than half as they found half of their origin and soul power drained from them!
Death was more preferred for all those battling as it gave one of the perks that many who entered the Monolith sought out for- enhanced strength for their Grand Dao of Slaughter, and something that was considered an enhancement of the Soul by those frequenting the Slaughter Star Monolith.
The origins and souls of the defeated beings inside the Monolith would be absorbed by the victor, their souls being heavily enhanced as they would quickly make way towards assimilating the Grand Dao of Slaughter. If one finished assimilating it, its strength would still be enhanced even further as the prowess one could display only increased!
To those frequenting the Slaughter Star Monolith, the enhancement of the soul allowed them to advance through Daos faster, and this was something that Noah had already come across in the terms of boosts that granted him percentages to Increased Comprehension and Assimilation of All Daos!
But beings within this Universal Construct were fighting for their lives and honor just to grab small percentages to increase their comprehension through slaughtering and absorbing the strength of others.
Within the Universal Construct, every single life form walked so freely because an Absolute Rule existed within it that nobody could harm another, the only battles filled with death and destruction happening when one entered the crimson Slaughter Star Monolith that stretched to skies!
This created for a unique environment where one could routinely see Sages, Great Sages, and Monarchs associating with each other!
Noah's eyes shone as they looked over the Monolith and the rankings of the Paragons across many Universes that had left their names on it. The golden luster of the rankings made it seem extremely mesmerizing as the honor to be listed on it was the wildest dreams of many rising beings.
The beings that took the first few spots in the Paragon Rankings were extremely striking, their origins being something that caused Noah to look at them closely!
[1 :: Elilleah of the Grand Light- Elysian Universe]
[2 :: Bionic Prototype #59- Automaton Universe]
...[5 :: Galaxy Devourer, Ensalax - Chthonian Universe]
...[10 :: Paragon Hero, Tecton]
Beings coming from many different origins, each one with their own unique powers!
The Monarch and Great Sage Rankings were no different as they were filled with beings from varying Universes, but something unique that Noah noticed was how much of the ranks were dominated from beings in the Elysian, Chthonian, Liberated, Automaton, and a few other Universes.
These Universes produced powerful beings that excelled over others in the same stage!
Noah continued to glance at the lists and the enormous Monolith consisting of too many stars, moving his 10 meter draconic body in the surroundings as very few people paid heed to him.
He only received glances as a Dragon was somewhat unique, with many of the beings in the Universal Construct currently not having heard about or seen Noah's shocking actions of standing up against the very same Hegemony that anchored this very same Slaughter Star Monolith not reaching them as it was mostly the powerful creatures within the Animus Universe!
The areas around Noah were bustling as lifeforms of all types and sizes weaved around, some enthusiastically talking to each other while glancing at the enormous Monolith that stood at the center of everything.
"Monarch Lavigo is on his 10th winning streak at this moment! The Monarch from the Microbial Universe couldn't hide this time around!"
"Hah! You're watching the wrong thing! Let me tell you...the battles between Paragons are the ones to always watch, I obtained a breakthrough in understanding a Dao I was stuck on just from focusing on the battle between Paragon Nightwatch and Grant!"
"I..."
A buzz of words and activities continued to occur throughout as Noah's eyes absorbed them all with bright eyes, making his way across the throngs of unique beings as he went towards the enormous Slaughter Star Monolith.
He was here just for this, after all!
In a region littered with beautiful Clusters of planetary bodies, the Hegemony of laughter floated in the midst of space as he was looking at a model of the very same Slaughter Star Monolith that was anchored across many Universes.
It looked like he was staring at an illusory image of a tower consisting of many circular red stars, an innumerable number of white dots surrounding it as these represented the many creatures that had entered through the gateways of the Universal Construct!
At this time, Ambrose was staring at a particular dot of Light that had entered and began making its way towards the enormous glimmering tower.
Unlike all the other white dots of light, this one shone a bright red as it matched the energy signature of a being Ambrose had marked from the moment he met him!
After trying to discern destiny again and again while sensing where the tides of fortune were twisting to, Ambrose found himself moving with much more care even as he saw the dwindling Universal Fortune.
As he looked at the red dot of light get closer to entering the Slaughter Star Monolith, his eyes shone with a dominating light as he spoke with a cold voice.
"Yes. Enter the Monolith of Slaughter and Death...let's see how long you will last there!"
RUMBLE!
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Everything within the Slaughter Star Monolith could be overseen by the Hegemony of Slaughter.
This was because he was the one that bound this Universal Construct...and he was the one that knew of most of its mysteries!
One was the fact that every creature that entered the Monolith lost the full control of their soul, such an important part of them becoming tied and following the will of the Universal Construct as whatever result occurred within a star in the Monolith, their soul would either pay the price or rejoice.
Most people believed that they obtained the soul strength of the enemy they killed as they stacked up increased Comprehension and Assimilation of their Daos while enhancing the strength of their own soul, but what they didn't know was the fact that the portion of the Soul of the Defeated they got...was only 50% of it!
This was a shocking secret that only Ambrose knew, with the origins and souls of all those defeated having the distribution of 25% going to him, 25% to feed the Universal Construct, and the last 50% going to the victor of the battles within the Monolith of Slaughter Stars!
RUMBLE!
Ambrose stood within a unique location as he observed the red light that represented Noah get closer to the Monolith.
"Let's make a spectacle out of you, why don't we? To make sure no others ever dare to rebel against my authority again!"
...!
The eyes of the Hegemony shone with light as his essence poured out, giving commands to the Universal Construct in anticipation for a unique combatant.
With every step that Noah's Primordial Ruination Clone took towards the vibrant Slaughter Star Monolith, he absorbed more and more of the exuberant amount of Galactic Filament Cores that he had obtained from the Great Sages of Galaxy B-48!
Within his origins, tens of thousands of Galaxies were being formed every second as he had long since crossed the threshold of 1 Billion, already making his way towards 4 Billion Galaxies at this point as he gradually stepped out of the lower ranks of Galactic Filament.
With his body rumbling with power and strength, he bypassed the many structures filled with Sages and Great Sages, many of them eating and talking amongst each other as they stared at the shocking scenes occurring across the many stars of the Slaughter Star Monolith!
His body took a single step as he teleported forward, appeared right in front of a star as the crimson light released from the Construct blasted into him, his hands going forward and touching the shining red light as he disappeared.
It was that simple to enter the Slaughter Star Monolith- one just had to touch any of the boundaries of stars to be pulled in!
THRUM!
Noah felt a unique sensation on his body and origin as a red light wrapped around him, bringing him into a world of blood red as a voice resounded out.
"New Entrant detected. What name shall you go by?"
A static voice with no emotions rang out, Noah replying to it in kind as he answered blandly!
"Tyrannical Dragon Emperor."
RUMBLE!
"Tyrannical Dragon Emperor. Good luck and happy Slaughter."
SHAA!
The crimson light then wrapped around him as he was teleported somewhere else, his bright eyes finding the changes in surroundings as he found himself in an expansive red landmass and mountains that stretched for miles, not a single aura in sight within this location!
At this moment, he was within one of the innumerable number of Slaughter Stars, just waiting for his opponent to appear...
At the same moment, outside of the Slaughter Star Monolith where millions of beings were watching the battles unfolding within the red stars.
Most of their eyes were focused on the battles of well known powerful Great Sages or Monarchs and Paragons!
Yet at this time, a Great Sage noticed an unusual scene in the corner of his eyes, drawing his attention from the high points of the Monolith as his they came all the way down to the small red stars that displayed the battles of Great Sages.
All of the stars displaying the Great Sages should have been the same...yet there was shockingly a star that was expanding and becoming bigger amidst the small star of the Great Sages!
...!
"What's that..."
His words brought the attention of another Great Sage beside him as their gaze followed his. Another exclamation rose as even more eyes were drawn in!
Scenes such as this continued to occur as Sages and Great Sages dwelling in the Taverns and other exquisite buildings around the Slaughter Star Monolith turned their eyes towards a singular expanding star that was near the bottom of the Monolith, being an oddity as it was surrounded by the small stars of Great Sages.
What did it mean when one star was made higher than all others? Of course, it was to draw attention to it!
And attention was drawn as many powerful eyes looked towards this red star at the bottom of the Tower that they would have normally never bothered with, their eyes landing on the figure of crimson black Tyrant Dragon waiting for its opponent majestically!
When their eyes turned towards the name of this challenger listed on the star, many were shocked.
[Unranked :: Tyrannical Dragon Emperor- Animus Universe]
"An unranked Great Sage?!"
"Fighting within the Slaughter Star Monolith for the first time? Why would his star be expanded!"
RUMBLE
Exclamations rose among the many whose eyes were drawn, focusing on this star with enthusiasm as they wondered for what reason it was highlighted among the innumerable number of red stars.
Within a Castle Abode that only powerful Monarchs could reside in close to the Slaughter Star Monolith, a Monarch's attention caught this scene as the Great Sages and Sages that were dining with him had begun looking towards it and discussing.
"I mean it's an unranked contender, they should just be paired up by a weak Great Sage ranked 5 million or something..."
"Still doesn't explain why his star is being put on the spot light..."
The light of the powerful Monarch shone as his eyes also landed on the red star, constricting as he recognized the figure somewhat! Monarch Odo recognized the arrogant demeanor of the Tyrant Dragon he met in the Stardew Valleys as he looked towards him with shining eyes!
The arrogant Dragon that was saved by the Universal Hegemony that stood against his Master had actually appeared within the Slaughter Star Monolith, and his appearance was highlighted by the Universal Construct...what exactly was happening?!
RUMBLE!
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As perplexion and confusion spread among the hearts of many, a change finally occurred as within the star that the one calling himself the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor was in, a brilliant red light shone out as it signified the other opponent.
At this moment, the contender to appear within the star was chosen!
The appearance of the opponent to the unranked Tyrannical Dragon Emperor caused many people to drop their drinks and cause the food in their mouths to fall out.
This was because...the difference between their ranks was so vast that they thought they were seeing things wrongly!
[ 999 :: Sun Devourer, Radaz- Scorched Universe]
...!
For the first battle of this unranked contender, he was somehow fighting against a being that was within the top 1000 of all the Great Sages that had participated in the Slaughter Star Monolith since its conception!
"What..!"
"This...!"
The top 1000 of all Great Sages that had entered the Universal Construct...
Did one truly grasp what that meant? What level of strength such beings had? How far they excelled among those on the same level?!
Ah!
When matched within the Slaughter Star Monolith, beings would be placed against those around the same rankings as them!
An unranked contender would normally be matched against another unranked or a being ranked in the millions.
Yet...!
"Holy shit..."
"The Sun Devourer!"
RUMBLE
The opponent of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor revealed itself as it was a beast made entirely of scorching sunlight, its limbs seeming like Clusters of magma as it looked towards the Tyrant Dragon in front of it fearlessly.
This was because on the body of the Sun Devourer, one could distinctly see the manifested Galaxies that numbered...over 40 Billion!
40 Billion forged Galaxies!
A being truly at the peak of the Great Sage as just 10 billion more galaxies...and he would become a Monarch.
"Now this will just be a massacre..."
A consensus spread out amongst all those watching as they shook their heads at either the extremely back luck or something else they didn't know as they watched the battle of an unranked Great Sage and one that was within the 1000 strongest out of the many Universes that the Slaughter Star Monolith stretched to!
The Sun Devourer glanced at its prey in disdain.
It had lived for over 300,000 years and devoured countless suns, its strength being enhanced to the point where it had been capable of nearly forging the required Galaxies to reach the rank of a Monarch!
All it needed...was to comprehend and assimilate more Daos to forge his galaxies even faster. For this to happen... its soul had to continue being strengthened and baptized by the enemies it faced and defeated within the Monolith!
And the opponent he faced at this time...didn't seem to be anything much as for the number of Galaxies forged...it only seemed to be less than 10 Billion!
Against a being such as him that neared the rank of a Monarch, what could this little dragon in front of him do?
THRUM!
The Sun Devourer that was made entirely of light bellowed out as the temperature of the area increased to a frightening degree, the sky seemingly melting from the sheer pressure of this Beast alone!
"Ah..."
The Sages and Great Sages watching shook their eyes at the sight of the Sun Devourer's power as they pitied the Dragon that was staying still, maybe even possibly frozen in fear under their eyes.
"A creature born from a Sun that is as large as a Galaxy from the Scorched Universe...even normal peak Great Sages aren't a match for him!"
"This is just..."
Sighs and ridicules could be heard all around as in response to the fearsome pressure being released by the Sun Devourer, the one that labeled himself as the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor opened its draconic jaws and called out a single word that rang out clearly in the ears of all those paying attention to his red star.
"[Fireball]."
RUMBLE...BRRRRRRRRRR!
The space around the jaws trembled before intensely scorching miniaturized suns began to materialize, and they materialized so quickly while shooting towards the Sun Scorcher like innumerable bullets!
The miniaturized suns were intensely golden as within, there was a terrifying glimmer of red that represented an essence others would never guess!
"This guy...used a flame based skill against the Sun Devourer?"
Many looked at the scene incredulously as the barreling miniaturized suns reached the body of the Sun Devourer in an instant...and this creature had a look full of contempt as it opened its huge jaws and devoured the miniaturized suns as they came.
BRRRRR!
Tens of suns tinged with an essence that even Universal Hegemonies feared were actually devoured by this creature, the scene settling down as the crimson color the Sun Devourer released seemed to become even more pronounced!
It looked towards the Tyrant Dragon with utter arrogance as it voiced out while beginning to move.
"Stupid lizard, let me barbecue you and show what flames really are!"
RUMBLE!
The Sun Devourer majestically went towards Noah with a body brimming with power, and yet in the next second, his body came to a stop in mid air as his expression rapidly changed.
From arrogant and excited to shocked, and then to utter fear and despair!
Its expression changed very quickly as it sensed from the terrifying suns this being threw towards it and it devoured...their essence had corroded his origin in nearly an instant as a terrifying red essence now covered all of his forged Galaxies...with his origin being annihilated before he could even do anything!
"You...!"
His look of shock and despair landed on the Dragon as for the first time since it appeared within the star, the Sun Devourer ranked at 999 of all of the powerful Great Sages within the Slaughter Star Monolith really looked towards the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor.
It noticed a domineering gaze of utter confidence and strength, of a devilish smile on its draconic head that looked towards it like a prey this entire time!
BZZZZZT!
To the shock of all those watching and even himself, the body of the Sun Devourer that was shooting out came to a stop, despaired, and then...exploded out into a shower of bloody flames a second later.
"..."
A glorious red light of slaughter shone a second later to proclaim the victor of the match!
...!
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Shock!
Stupor!
Horror!
Sages and Great Sages stood up from their seats at the inexplicable scene where a terrifying Peak Great Sage that had forged 40 Billion Galaxies exploded into a shower of bloody flames seemingly from the mere domineering gaze of the Tyrant Dragon!
RUMBLE!
"This...!"
"Impossible! He is unranked!"
Many Sages and Great Sages were worked up as some Monarchs paid more attention to the red star that was expanded in the lower area of the Slaughter Star Monolith, watching the scene of an unknown combatant that had met a top 1000 Great Sage out of the many from vastly different Universes that came into the Slaughter Star Monolith...and this Tyrant Dragon actually wiped such a creature out with a single attack!
"Ah...it was the miniaturized suns!" A Great Sage stood up excitedly while shouting, the eyes of others lighting up as they seemingly understood something and looked towards the now dominating gaze of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor respect and fear.
This unranked contender was actually so bold enough to use flames against a being born from the Scorched Universe, lacing his flames with something so destructive to even Great Sages as the Sun Devourer perished seconds after taking in the suns!
The creature could actually not live up to its name as a Sun Devourer!
RUMBLE!
The red star that the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor was on shone with a lustrous red light, shooting up from the lowly location at the bottom of the Monolith as it pierced forward rapidly to stand near the very top of some of the largest stars in the ranks of Great Sages.
Only a few hundred stars were above him as after defeating a being in the Slaughter Star Monolith, you took their old ranking.
That meant that the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor went from being unranked to being ranked 999 in his first match!
"Holy shit..."
This reality caused many beings to break into utter stupor, staring into the red star where at this moment, Noah was enjoying the boons of defeating a being within this Universal Construct as multiple prompts showed themselves in front of him with the defeat of the Sun Devourer, a pristine red soul essence coming out of it rushing into his origin as he felt his mind buzz in excitement.
[Soul Strength enhanced by 20%, +2,000% Increased Comprehension and Assimilation to All Daos, +20% to the power of the Dao of Slaughter.]
BZZT!
His origin and soul buzzed as it was like he had overdrunk on the best possible food, the essence of slaughter swirling around him as he felt as if a foggy mind was clearing up!
"Hmm..."
He sensed the thorough strengthening of his soul as he wondered which area of his strength it would improve the most, the first test being affirmed as while he continued to call out Galactic Filament Cores from his [Expansive Space] and absorbing them, this process seemed much smoother and faster as the forged Galaxies within his origin exploded out even more.
The Increased strength of something as wondrous as the soul had many of its own unique effects, causing Noah to look forward to obtaining more of such a beast as he let out a majestic roar while looking for the next enemy!
The defeated Sun Devourer's essence seemingly all turned into the pristine red essence that sunk into him, leaving not even Cores or Skill Books behind as the unique Universal Construct truly drained everything from those defeated within it, leaving nothing behind. But Cores..weren't an issue for Noah at this moment as he collected them from his Subordinates spread out across multiple Galaxies in the Bloody Battlefields Cluster and then had his main body Duplicate them using the feature of the Cosmic Treasure.
He was even absorbing such duplicated cores in this very moment as he waited for the next opponent within this Slaughter Star Monolith, the Galaxies within his Origin edging towards the 10 Billion mark as he planned to push his strength greatly this time around!
RUMBLE!
As he didn't express his will to leave the Slaughter Star Monolith after his last battle, the space in front of him fluctuated as his next opponent made his appearance, the contender this time being someone just as powerful if not more than the Sun Devourer.
[ 912 :: Amalgamation of Blood- Sanguine Universe]
...!
The appearance of the new combatant drew cold breaths from many, a creature that was towering over 1 mile in length appearing as it looked like a defective humanoid that was just clumps of blood that came together grotesquely!
"The Amalgamation of Blood that drains all of its victims...this guy isn't getting a fucking break from the powerful combatants!"
"The bigger question is who did he anger? To be ranked with everyone in the top 1000 for all his battles so far..."
WAA!
The focus of many beings Sages and Great Sages surrounding the Slaughter Star Monolith was kept on the red star where Noah was in, their eyes bound to keep on watching this star as the battles to occur on it were going to be fantastic!
ROAAAR!
The bellow of the grotesque Amalgamation of Blood rang out as Noah looked at it domineeringly with his sharp eyes, seeing the clumps of blood that made this creature who boasted nearly the same number of Galaxies as the previous ones.
With 40 Billion Galaxies vibrantly powerfully, it would be a terrifying opponent for anyone to face!
Yet...
'I'm the fucking Blood Lord!'
RUMBLE!
His draconic body moved forward as it released a wondrous red light, the bloodline of the Vampyre Progenitor releasing a horrendous aura as it made the roaring Amalgamation of Blood freeze in place momentarily.
Blood.
Normally, Noah had a level of control over such a thing as the holder of Blood Lord and being a Vampyre Progenitor, but when this was applied to a creature that was literally just clumps of pure blood...the effect was magnified by tens of times as he could exert a much greater level of control that could decide the pace of the battle before his target used the strength of their origin to break his influence.
This freezing of this Amalgamation of Blood for just a few seconds...was enough for Noah to arrive in front of it as while pressing it down with his authority of blood, his terrifying body and jaws expanded to bite down on the body of the Amalgamation of Blood while casting [Devour]!
BZZZT!
Like a black hole, his jaws took in large portions of the 1 mile long body of the Amalgamation of Blood, beginning to swallow it whole as it turned into a river of blood that was just rushing into his jaws.
...!
The powerful Great Sage could not even resist as its body trembled, finding to its utter despair that its very essence was seemingly rebelling against it and following the orders of the being in front of it!
Before it could regain its movement and shake off the oppressive aura that wrapped around every cell of its body, over half of its body was devoured as when its terrifying origin was finally able to break free of Noah's influence over its body, the strength it could display was minuscule as the jaws of the Tyrant Dragon simply finished absorbing it whole.
"..."
BURP!
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There was shock and silence as many watched this scene in a Stupor, the Monarchs that had begun to pay attention to Noah's red star watching closely as the image of this Tyrannical Dragon Emperor was imprinted into everyone's mind.
The eyes of the Tyrant Dragon shot out glorious beams of light as it stared in the direction where many were viewing the star from, its voice reverberating out majestically!
"Why am I only being matched with weaklings? Where are the powerful fighters across the Cosmos I was promised?!"
RUMBLE!
The domineering bellow of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor rang out grandly after defeating two creatures in the top 1000, many beings staring at this arrogant Dragon whose name really matched it well!
Like this, Noah's Primordial Blood Clone began to raise a great deal of trouble while enhancing his strength in the Universal Construct that a Hegemony was manipulating!
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The face of the Hegemony of Slaughter was particularly cloudy as even after exerting a great deal of pressure to cause the randomized matching of the Universal Construct to adhere to his will on one specific being, he still wasn't getting the expected results against the puny being that was ruining the plans of his influence in the Animus Universe!
'Is his Universal Fortune that much bigger? That I cannot even discern the best way to deal with such a small creature?'
As many thoughts swirled in his mind on exactly what to do, Ambrose lifted his face as he looked at the space a few meters away from him in the unique space he was in where he could view an illusory image of the Universal Construct.
At this space, a spatial light weaved out as a humanoid figure that held a sharp white horn on his forehead appeared! His face held a light smile as he nodded towards Ambrose with shining eyes.
"You've come across a problem even you cannot fix, Ambrose? At such a time as well?"
RUMBLE!
The being that came emanated power just as vibrant as Ambrose, being another Universal Realm Hegemony!
Ambrose nodded towards this being with a sharp light as he turned his eyes towards the illusory image of the Universal Construct while replying.
"Just a minor character that is backed by the small Hegemony in the Animus Universe, you don't need to worry about him, Salerno. He seems to have a very specific Golden Destiny for this Cosmos as many of the things that I do end up helping him or showing him in a better light."
...!
The powerful Hegemony admitted what he was observing as Salerno, the newly arriving Hegemony, nodded with a sharp light!
"The Animus Universe is the last fulcrum we need to have the Slaughter Star Monolith fully anchored, and it is close to completion too...we cannot let it be jeopardized!"
RUMBLE
A shocking conversation was about to occur between two beings of powerful stature, a conversation that actually consisted of immense secrets and plots to which very few were privy to.
It was such a closely kept secret between certain Hegemonies that any talks between it didn't even occur in the bounds of any Universes, but in their own domains hidden in the folds of space!
It would be a shame if such a closely guarded secret...was to be heard by someone else.
A shame indeed!
- POV Shift
The feeling of power released from my Origin.
The now 8 Billion Galaxies that continued to be forged endlessly as core after core was drained even as I faced opponents within this Construct.
The now 574,037 Dao Galaxies that were branded with the Marks of Antiquity that were releasing pressure five times that of a normal Galaxy!
The essence of the Cosmic Dao of Ruination and the many Dao Essence flowing through my body constantly with endless mana bringing it all together...this feeling of limitless power flowed through me as I felt every second of it, and even then it didn't seem enough!
"Why am I only being matched with weaklings? Where are the powerful fighters across the Cosmos I was promised?!"
WAA!
My voice reverberated out to all those watching, but more so to the Hegemony that was pulling the strings and setting me up with peak Great Sage creatures that gave too many benefits when they died.
The feeling of the enhancement of the soul was still one of the best things I've felt in a while, even better than drinking from the golden rivers flowing in the starry space of my Universal Core...even better than the feeling of sex if I'm being honest!
I wanted more of it so I bellowed out, and the reply I got...
THRUM!
The third opponent since entering the Slaughter Star Monolith.
It was a human with a clear white robe draping over him, his identity displayed clearly above his head with his appearance.
[ 500 :: Carr Bon Zigan- Cerulean Universe]
A Great Sage with a calm expression, his number of forged Galaxies exceeding 41 Billion as he didn't have any blatant weaknesses like the Sun Devourer or the Amalgamation of Blood I could exploit!
A genuine Great Sage nearing the Monarch stage, his bright blue hair flowing beautifully as the light of Slaughter around him swirled with power! In his hands, a Mage's Staff with a brilliant blue crystal shone with immense power as this enemy...would prove to be somewhat of a challenge, with the boons from defeating him being even more stupendous!
"Good!"
THRUM!
The feeling of initiation of the many Dao Essences within my body flowed again, but I didn't move towards the enemy yet.
"It's as good a time as any."
I could feel the golden swirls of fortune and Destiny all around me at this moment giving me the go ahead to do something I pushed off for a few hours now.
Of course, it had to do with the fact that a ridiculously powerful being was chosen to appear in front of me, and how I had a specific ability I could utilize in such a situation to benefit me in a major way!
I could have done it since the moment my eyes landed on him, but the wondrous Destiny and Fortune I had come across recently told me it was not the best time to use it yet! At this juncture right before I faced a powerful Peak Great Sage, the golden lines I could read with ease now shone brightly as a smile broke from my face.
It was time for another addition to boost my strength, because you see, I wasn't nearly as powerful as I should be!
[Protagonist's Bookmark].
RUMBLE!
Maddening invisible essence from a ridiculous Trait flowed out, the target selected already as I was curious why Destiny chose this time as the most opportune one for me.
This body of the Primordial Ruination Clone initiated the skill, but it was a portion of the soul of my main body in the Dark Universe that lifter off and crossed spacetime, entering the Primordial Cosmos in seconds as it delved into a certain Universe, and then it delved into a fold in space that was hiding a terrifying Hegemony!
It was of course the Hegemony of Slaughter, his magisterial stature that nearly reached mine looking at an illusory image of the Slaughter Star Monolith as he discussed something with...hah, actually another Hegemony!
Very well.
Let it begin.
Let's add another Cosmic Dao to the list, this time...being the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation!
It was time for Protagonist's Bookmark to shine again!
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Chapter 956 - Annihilation!
In an isolated space where two beings thought they had utter and complete privacy.
"The Animus Universe is the last fulcrum we need to have the Slaughter Star Monolith fully anchored, and it is close to completion too...we cannot let it be jeopardized!"
The new Hegemony with a glimmering white horn on his head spoke as my consciousness and soul delved into Ambrose.
The ability of Protagonist's Bookmark was truly something else, where even the consciousness of experts that had long since began collecting Marks of Antiquity saw nothing wrong as they continued their conversation!
"I know. If the Great Sages within the Monolith cannot take care of him, I will draw him out with the massacre of the creatures he wants to protect so dearly."
...!
Ambrose had a ruthless expression when he said this, my mood becoming colder as I dug into his consciousness and soul looking for what I wanted.
The origin and soul of a Hegemony was extremely unique, finding the huge portions that represented the Daos this being accumulated over the years was not hard! Inside Ambrose, there were three Clusters of Dao Essence that shone with a terrifying might, two of them being Cosmic Daos, while the third was the Grand Dao of Slaughter that was rising up to nearly become the same size as a Cosmic Dao.
My aim was of course the Dao that palpated with black and red color- the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation that this being worked so hard to achieve and comprehend!
Let me just take that for myself!
THRUM!
The one minute timer for Protagonist's Bookmark began counting down as the horned Hegemony replied to Ambrose.
"For him to give you this much trouble already, he must be destined to become at least a Paragon if not an influential Hegemony of this Cosmos. Be ready with the expectation that you might continue to fail..."
RUMBLE
"...yes. After all, the Fortunes of a Cosmos are absolute! If his Universal Fortune is that important...I won't let it jeopardize the completion of the last Fulcrum in the Animus Universe. The best possible scenario is for us to carry out The Universal Amalgamation with the Monolith fully anchored to the Animus Universe, but we can always start without it."
Ambrose's face was shining with a brilliant light as he spoke, my mind half divided to their topic of discussion while also reveling in the absorption of a new type of essence!
As a Cosmic Dao, Annihilation was a tier below Ruination- but it was still something of great importance! The full 1 minute of the Bookmark was required as a portion of my soul had already began to condense a brilliantly shining cluster of light that would represent the comprehension of a Cosmic Dao.
"We will cause gaps if we do not anchor the Universal Construct to all targeted Universes fully...that would be antithetical to our goals! We might even draw the attention of the Oathkeeper and the other fools with him..."
Ambrose listened carefully to the words of the other Hegemony, his hands plucking the strings of destiny around him as he spoke mysteriously!
"I have a plan to take the eyes of the Oathkeeper and others when the time is ready. I'll occupy them with a Blood Feud that hasn't occurred for over 2 million years now!"
BZZZT!
A shocking amount of information continued to be released from the conversation of two Hegemonies, but the timer on Protagonist's Bookmark had finished as my soul was pulled out from Ambrose and began to rush back towards my main body.
The time for me to utilize the Bookmark was truly perfect as Destiny foretold, but the duration of it was too little as even though I gleaned a shocking amount of information that stunk of conspiracy and hidden conflicts between Hegemonies...it still wasn't enough!
WAA!
But this wasn't the most important thing right now.
At this moment, it was the vibrating ball of light that was returning with the portion of my soul that represented a Cosmic Dao!
It moved countless light years and arrived back into my main body, with my soul welcoming it with excitement as the comprehension of a Cosmic Dao began!
BZZZT!
The Origin that held a vast amount of Galaxies trembled.
The Ruination Essence floating within and in the depths of the half a million Dao Galaxies still reigned Supreme, but another Cosmic Essence began to bloom at the center of the Origin!
Others had to be extremely lucky or be born as unique existences like the Universal Emperor Slime, with Paragond having a slim chance of obtaining small Comprehensions in a Cosmic Dao as only Hegemonies had lived long enough to be able to study them.
Yet I...I would just need to meet any Hegemonies or Paragons that comprehended a Cosmic Dao, and I can then add it to my long list of Daos every month after the cooldown of Protagonist's Bookmark!
How fair!
How balanced!
RUMBLE
The new Essence within was birthed successfully, feeling my strength elevated to another level as the sheer fact of holding the essence of two Cosmic Daos made every cell within my body bubble in excitement.
In the Stat Panel, information was added as a new Cosmic Dao appeared- along with the percentage of 25%!
In but a moment and I successfully comprehended one fourth of a Cosmic Dao. I would boast about my genius if it wasn't all due to the ridiculous capabilities of the Protagonist's Bookmark that was even applicable to Universal Hegemonies and Cosmic Daos...
Even more information freely flowed into my brain on the cultivation of Annihilation, as well as a skill tree blooming as it was sorted out and displayed to me in but a moment!
GALACTIC FILAMENT [Bearer of Annihilation] :: To reduce entirely and completely, even to the point of erasing its existence- that is the essence of Annihilation. The Bearer of Annihilation is a skill tree focused on the extremes of annihilation, with mainly offensive skills worthy of a Cosmic Dao. Abilities include [Chains of Annihilation](5/5), [Galactic Devastation](5/5), [Destroyer](5/5), and [Apocalypse](5/5).
"Ah..."
Chapter 957 - He Has A Cosmic Dao!
It felt like a significant amount of time had passed since I looked at a skill tree given from other sources, the current one on Annihilation being something that piqued my interest as I went through the details of the skills.
[Chains of Annihilation](5/5) :: Chains as small as a rope or as large as stars can be thrown out to wrap around one's enemies. All those chained take +50,000% Increased Annihilation Damage and -10,000% to All Elemental and Dao Resistances.
[Galactic Devastation](5/5) :: The Annihilatory force of thousands of Galaxies covers your entire body, this force being applied with every physical attack thrown out as it can only end in utter Annihilation. When cast successfully, a single punch can shatter entire Galaxies.
[Destroyer](5/5) :: A Passive Ability that grants the Bearer of Annihilation +20,000% Annihilation Damage to all attacks, +20,000% Increased Laws and Daos Penetration, and +20,000% Splash Damage to All Abilities.
[Apocalypse](5/5) :: The essence of Ruination descends in the surrounding few miles, anything and everything within being ravaged by a manifesting apocalypse that uses the essence of Annihilation as the base and pulls upon the other Daos of the user to complete a true Apocalypse. The more Daos the user has, the more apocalyptic this ability becomes. Current Damage Modifier- +55,000%
"Beautiful..."
I couldn't help but nod with admiration at the skills, intent on trying out all of them right now as the battle between the Primordial Ruination Clone was ongoing with the Peak Great Sage at this moment.
My eyes wandered around the skills of the new skill tree a bit more as I focused on the term [Splash Damage] under the description of the Destroyer passive, my thoughts really being affirmed as Splash Damage was considered a type of damage that afflicted those in the nearby vicinity of the cast skill, causing a chain reaction of damage when fighting large groups of things!
The skills made me look forward to the next group battles as my eyes returned to the Primordial Ruination Clone that was currently fighting against the being from the Cerulean Universe, many more thoughts swimming in my mind on the secrets that were being whispered by two Hegemonies and what would be happening next in the Animus Universe...
"Ah, it seems he has finally met his match!"
The Sages and Great Sages watched the battle between the Tyrant Dragon and Carr Bon Zigan of the Cerulean Universe with bright eyes as they saw a wondrous fight erupting forth, skills of devastating effects being displayed from both combatants.
Carr Bon Zigan was a genuine Cerulean Warlock, a being under the tutelage of one of the beings most proficient in mana and magic- The Hegemony of the Blue Seas!
His vibrant blue staff shot forth terrifying Elemental storms with every wave, but the Tyrant Dragon withstood all of them as he didn't seem affected.
[Ruination Galaxy Spirit Bombs].
THRUM!
It was like watching an expert mage weave the most suitable skills as a second there, his resonant voice rang out softly.
[Duality of Aether and Chaos].
RUMBLE!
Space tore apart as from within, tendrils of Aether and Chaos interweaved together, connected by the dense essence of the Dao of Slaughter that this being emanated out- these terrifying strikes backed with the force of over 41 Billion Galaxies as they threatened to smash the scales of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor!
"The fight actually seems more balanced? But just who is this Tyrant Dragon that is capable of going toe to toe with someone in the top 500 of all Great Sages fighting in the Slaughter Star Monolith?"
"It doesn't matter who he is, just that his brief shot in the light will fade away soon eno-"
RUMBLE!
Before the words of spectators could even end, the majestic Tyrannical Dragon Emperor ripped apart the tendrils of Aether and Chaos connected by Slaughter, its roar reverberating out as from it...a magisterial essence had begun to emanate out!
"That...!"
Tinged red and black, carrying with it immense power of decimation and destruction...it was the essence of a Cosmic Dao that far surpassed Grand Daos!
"Impossible!"
"He has...he has...!"
"A Cosmic Dao! "
WAA!
Even Monarchs stood up from their seats at this shocking scene, watching as someone at the level of a Great Sage somehow comprehended and was currently showing the essence of a Cosmic Dao.
What many didn't know was that amidst the dense essence of the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation, an even denser and more powerful Cosmic Dao of Ruination was laced with it as with the obtainment of another Cosmic Dao, Noah could freely release the Essence of Ruination that was masked by the Dao of Subterfuge and have a shocking excuse for how much power it would show.
This was how Noah planned to bridge the gaps of power, the gaps of 10s of billions of Galaxies that beings such as the one in front of him had already forged over the hundreds of thousands of years they lived.
Every month, he would just learn a new Cosmic Dao on top of everything else as he wondered who in the same rank as him could stand against him?!
OOOOH
The bellow of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor was heard by all as it fully announced itself, its jaws forming a devilish smile as it looked towards the Cerulean Warlock that had lost his confidence.
He called out softly.
[Apocalypse].
...!
RUMBLE!
Chapter 958 - A Supremacy War for the Bloodline Races! I
...!
Ambrose stood up abruptly the moment Noah released the essence of a Cosmic Dao.
A Cosmic Dao!
His eyes flashed with an intense light as a second later, he saw this being actually utilize this essence expertly as a skill was cast with it!
The surrounding miles of the area where Noah's Tyrant Dragon and the Cerulean Warlock were located in suddenly trembled, the earth and skies beginning to crack as if it was a piece of glass, destructive anomalous essence of universal laws beginning to run rampant as the essence of many daos turned wild, threatening to swallow any beings within it as Ambrose called out the name of the ability himself!
"Apocalypse..."
A skill he knew all too well as it was one that he designed, even though what was being displayed right now was a much lesser version of it as its full power could not be displayed with a Great Sage.
Yet...it was still a skill that only he should know!
"What is this..."
His expression was cloudy as beside him, Salerno had a serious expression as both of these powerful Hegemonies looked closely at Noah and the terrifying essence of a Cosmic Dao he released.
"It's as if he has studied the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation for thousands of years, his comprehension in it not being low!"
Ambrose's expression became utterly grim as he seemed to have made up his mind when Solerno's words rang out, his cold voice reverberating out.
"I'll give the command for my influenced forces in the Animus Universe to move against the remaining Dragons...I'll spark a war and draw him out of the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters and have him ȧssassinated by Monarchs or Paragons! If even that fails... Hegemony Dark Shadow will have to directly make a move and break his oath, having to hide from Oathkeeperr and the others just until The Universal Amalgamation is complete..."
...!
A shocking conclusion just moments after he observed his target to actually be such a genius that he had already comprehended a Cosmic Dao at the stage of a Great Sage!
Salerno nodded with a serious expression at this as he voiced out strongly with immense conviction.
"As it was, so it shall be."
At such abstruse words, Ambrose nodded back as he spoke with even more conviction!
"As it was, so it shall be!"
RUMBLE!
Swirls of destiny erupted out thereafter as the tides of time continued to churn...
[Apocalypse].
THRUM!
The surroundings shook fearfully as my bright eyes reveled in the shocking destruction I could call forth.
Though I wasn't done as in the next moment [Galactic Devastation] and [Chains of Annihilation] were also cast!
WAA!
All over the scales of my draconic form, a layer of annihilation galaxies tinged with the essence of Ruination appeared, my sheer might causing the air and space around me to creak as all around me, thick black-red chains erupted out while rushing towards the Cerulean Warlock.
The answer was that this difference could be breached when such a vast array of things were put together!
RUMBLE!
Even as his blue staff shone with a brilliant light, the Grand and Lesser Daos he used were torn down by the Cosmic Dao Essence that was swirling around in abundance, the shocking effects of [Apocalypse] only increasing as the area around us had turned into molten earth that spewed out scorching dao essence of destruction, Ruination, Annihilation, and many more Daos that I had fully ȧssimilated.
In the skies, space continued to shatter and splinter as even more unstable destructive dao essences thundered out...all of them centered around the Cerulean Warlock as in the midst of all this, the Chains of Annihilation were able to wrap around his legs as they very quickly wrapped all around his body!
...!
His expression was ashen as his mouth was about to open...was it to admit defeat?
But my draconic body had already flashed on top of him as with the might capable of shattering an entire galaxy with a mere punch provided by the exuberant amount of annihilation essence of [Galactic Devastation], my claw smashed into his body as any layers of defense were torn with muscles and bones being turned to paste!
BOOM...SPLAT!
A deadly scene played out within this wondrous red star, yet another enemy lying dead as a pristine red essence leaked out to reinforce my very soul.
This beautiful scene was shown to many, but nobody more important than my main body in the Dark Universe that had a light smile as the scenes of the Primordial Ruination Clone's immense strength were simply too wondrous to not enjoy!
It would also come in handy in the days to come as while the battle in the Slaughter Star Monolith ended, my main body pulled out Valentina's Golden Mirror in the Dark Universe to once more talk with the exquisite Hegemony.
"Ambrose plans to start a war between the Paragons and Monarchs of the Bloodline Races, all to most likely draw me out when he sees that even his machinations in the Slaughter Star Monolith won't work out."
"..."
The dark hair on this ridiculously gorgeous woman that had lived who knew how long cascaded down her shoulders, her expression serious as she looked at me through the mirror with eyes that threatened to swallow anyone whole.
"You hold more Universal Fortune than me. What does destiny tell you?"
Ho? Leaving the decision of it to me? I'll gladly take it!
I glanced at the strings of destiny and fate flowing all around me, pulling on a few of them as my enormous swirling Universal Fortune vibrated all around me.
Let's see.
Just what was in store for the future to come?
Chapter 959 - A Supremacy War for the Bloodline Races! II
The information received from Destiny wasn't exact as it didn't show you a certain future, only showing you whether it would be a beneficial or harmful future to you, among other things.
It was why when I looked at Valentina and Ambrose for the first time and thought of Protagonist's Bookmark, the strings of Destiny first led me towards Ambrose as the most beneficial candidate, as well as the time not being ready- until I was notified it was just minutes ago!
Destiny...was mysterious and hard to work with! When I utilized this Dao at this moment and gleamed the many possible paths and futures that could occur...I only saw benefits ahead on many of the paths.
THRUM!
The golden essence of destiny fluctuated on my body as I turned towards the golden mirror where Valentina was waiting patiently.
"Even with the war, everything should still go the way we expect. Ambrose's influence over the Animus Universe will continue to be reduced until..."
"Until?"
Her dark eyes blinked slowly as they could pull in any poor weak soul, a light smile appearing on my lips as I replied while thinking about the shocking conspiracy that most likely involved many Hegemonies, about the 'Universal Amalgamation' that Ambrose was talking about with another Hegemony and what the true purpose of the Universal Construct spread across multiple universes was!
"Until Ambrose resorts to something drastic if things go our way. After that...Destiny seems to involve many moving pieces as I cannot discern too much yet!"
...!
Her eyes shone with a brilliant ŀuster as she nodded and spoke while letting out a harrumph.
"The forces of the Mixed Races, Mythical Helios Races, Golden Crows, and Galaxy Devouring Serpents shall be ȧssembled and set off for war towards the Draconic Lands then."
RUMBLE!
Waves of fortune and destiny erupted just from her mere words, and I gave her a slight nod as I continued to observe the situation within the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters!
"My Subordinates and clones continue to sweep across the peripheral Galaxies, with the last few Galaxies that have Great Sages as the strongest experts falling in the next day."
In the past hours as the Primordial Ruination Clone finished clearing up one Galaxy, my clones and the other experts from the Dark Universe continued to sweep across the smaller galaxies where only Sages and Great Sages of the Bloodline Races stood.
These Galaxies were cleared out as Ambrose's influence was fȯrċɨbŀƴ destroyed, no more beings going into the Slaughter Star Monolith and propagating Slaughter in these regions!
The main goal would be to take control of all the entrances to the Slaughter Star Monolith that was anchored around the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters, and this would require power at the Monarch Realm and even Paragon Realm for the Galaxies at the very heart of these Bloody Clusters where the most slaughter was occurring.
That power of Monarch and Paragon levels...well it wouldn't be too far away!
This was because it had bȧrėly been a day since the siege on the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters began, and I had already jumped from 1 Billion to nearly 10 Billion forged stars.
That was in less than a day!
With the use of cores from defeated enemies, Monarch was only a few days away from my grasp!
So when it came to a war between the Bloodline Races at the scale of an entire Universe, I could understand why Destiny favored it for me! The loot that could be obtained from it ranged all the way from Great Sages to Paragons!
"A war...he would truly allow the natives of an entire Universe to fight amongst themselves just to achieve his goals. Despicable!"
Valentina's body raged with anger as the wrath within her eyes seemed enticing, her words ringing in my mind a few times as they made me think of Ambrose's actions and my own.
One could say I was the reason for all this, as my introduction and subsequent need for Ambrose to get rid of me was what led him to the idea of initiating a war between the Bloodline Races just to draw me out! One could say I was responsible for many of the deaths to occur in the coming war between mythical beasts and wondrous creatures that might have continued their lives in the current state for many years to come.
But...the Dragons would still be subjugated and getting bullied for all these years, and Ambrose still had his devious plans where the Universal Construct he lay into this Animus Universe was for his own purposes, where there was a plot that even Valentina or powerful beings that I've only had the names of like Oathbreaker had no idea about!
If I hadn't come into the Animus Universe and began breaking apart his influence, his goals would have been achieved much faster as the Universal Amalgamation he talked about with the other Hegemony would have been carried out even sooner and as they spoke with their own words- it would have been perfected with the Animus Universe.
I was currently stopping this perfection with my standing against and shattering Ambrose's influence, and this single action of mine could be the initiator to save the lives of quintillions as it stands in the way of something that many powerful Hegemonies weren't aware of!
Maybe that was all the case and it stood true...or maybe I was just selfishly moving with my own goals as my actions wrapped around the creatures of an entire Universe. Cause and effect. No matter what initiated it, the river of time continued to churn as destinies were intertwined and many beings moved with their own goals.
"A Universal War..."
I let these words roll out of my mouth as Valentina cut off the connection of the mirror to do what she needed to do to get the forces of 4 Bloodline Races under her influence ready.
Ambrose was most likely making his own preparations with the 5 Bloodline Races he influenced, each of them acting as players who moved an innumerable number of pieces on the huge chess board that was the Animus Universe!
RUMBLE!
My body thrummed with power as a devilish smile couldn't help but sneak out, my eyes reflecting the golden glow of Universal Fortune all around me that continued to increase while Marks of Antiquity continued to form!
What a wondrous future lay before me!
Chapter 960 - Legions MarChapter Towards the Draconic Holy Lands! I
The Animus Universe held a great deal of creatures and history, much of the history being extremely painful in the last 100,000 years after the influence of a certain Hegemony descended.
The Paragons and Monarchs of 5 Bloodline Races fell under the influence of Ambrose, with the other 4 managing to come under the influence of Valentina as they staved off the complete domination of the Universe under one being!
At this time, the forces of all of these Bloodline Races on both sides were moving with extreme haste, a shocking war on the horizon as the two sides moved with their own goals.
The Paragons of the 5 Bloodline Races under the influence of Ambrose continued on their path of seeking greater strength under the Hegemony of Slaughter, moving under his commands as most recently, he had kept to his words as commands to wipe out the subjugated Dragons and cleansing the opposing Races in the Animus Universe through Slaughter was given!
A shocking set of commands, but those under the influence of this Hegemony still followed them as this was what they had done for the past 100,000 years. Why would they suddenly stop now?
As for the other 4 Bloodlines Races under Valentina, their hearts were filled with a light that called for justice and liberation, filled with a longing for freedom where their actions weren't controlled by beings above them!
But they had to seek protection under a Hegemony as their Paragons denied Ambrose's influence, Valentina coming into the spotlight as they took the light of this Hegemony to cover them for the past tens of thousands of years.
Now, she had let their Paragons know that Ambrose was set on Slaughter, giving commands to massacre Dragons at this very moment as he commanded his forces to start or war!
"Haaa..."
Paragon Skylar of the Galaxy Devouring Serpent Race gave a light sigh at this thought as he floated in front of a Galaxy Cluster, his body magnificently shimmering in the starry space as he was larger than most planets!
The terrifying figure of the Galaxy Devouring Serpent Emperor watched the area in front of the Galaxy Cluster that was known as the Serpentine Holy Land, a cluster of many Galaxies that uniquely formed into the shape of a Serpent in the starry space.
At this moment, millions of Galaxy Devouring Serpents were moving out like shining lights from their Serpentine Holy Land and falling into ranks as they were putting together the Legions that would soon set off!
Monarch level Serpents stood in front of each of the forming Legions, and one would find the wondrous sight of not just Galaxy Devouring Serpents...but also Dragons moving among their ranks!
This was because as Valentina mentioned before, the 4 Bloodline Races each held many Dragons they were able to save within their ranks for the last tens of thousands of years, living with them all this time as a few Draconic Monarchs and Paragons would be among those fighting with them at the forefront of the war to defend the rest of the Dragon Race.
"Skylar, why gaze at everything from so far away?"
THRUM!
"Quinnie..."
The enormous Serpentine Paragon had a lost look as he gazed towards the Fate Dragon at the level of a Paragon just like him with love and affection, a strong bond existing between these two beings as they grew very close over the last tens of thousands of years!
Paragon Quinnie came close to Skyler as she nudged him softly while turning her gaze towards the forming Legions as well.
"It feels like the war was just put on pause over the last tens of thousands of years, with the creatures of my Race just continuing to be massacred in far away regions as we were helpless to help."
RUMBLE!
Waves of fate and destiny swam around this genuine Fate Dragon, her eyes shining with light as she gazed towards a certain direction where two Monarchs were overseeing the formation of a Legion that consisted of an equal number of Dragons and Galaxy Devouring Serpents!
"Now it has been started again and just like before, the crux lies with the deaths of the Dragon Race...I always wondered why it was so in the past, but I've finally been able to glean something in the past few months."
"Oh?"
Skylar looked towards Paragon Quinnie with love as he asked, the Fate Dragon nodding as she looked towards the two Monarchs that shone gold and purple while giving commands with serious faces far in the distance.
"Yes. It even involves our two daughters. The future isn't as grim as we believe it to be, with a powerful champion having been chosen by the Hegemony of Summoning to aid us in the coming war. I see a line of connection between that champion...and Ava and Olivia..."
...!
"It puts us all at the junction of change at this moment, and that champion will lead the way..."
RUUUMBLE!
Paragon Skylar's eyes shook brightly at this as he turned to focus on the same Legion his wife was looking at, observing his two daughters that he had raised with great love over the last tens of thousands of years!
Identical faces, one with bright gold hair and another with shining purple hair, both emanating a shocking level of strength at the level of Monarchs.
Twins!
Currently in their human forms, they were dressed with regality and majesty as they held great status within the Serpentine Holy Land, emanating a unique power of the Bloodline that consisted of two Supreme Bloodline Races.
The progeny between one of the Paragons with the purest Bloodline of the Galaxy Devouring Serpents and a Paragon with the pure Bloodline of a Fate Dragon!
From the words of Quinnie, they shared some sort of destiny and had a part to play in the war to come!
Chapter 961 - Legions MarChapter Towards the Draconic Holy Lands! II
Aside from the Legions forming in the Serpentine Holy Land, similar scenes were occurring across the Galaxy Clusters of the Mixed Races, the Mythical Helios Races, and the Golden Crow Race.
Within the Mixed Races that occupied the largest Clusters of Galaxies within the Animus Universe, one could find the Animus Races like the Obsidian Panther Race, the Calamity Bears, and the Races that bore mutations like the Variant Oculothorax as well!
Currently, the Paragons and Monarchs of the Mixed Raced were coordinating with each other across their Holy Lands and moving out created Legions of Entities, Sages, and Great Sages towards the Draconic Holy Lands.
You then had the Golden Crow Race that lived around a cluster of Galaxies filled with scorching suns, these beings releasing an air of regality as their Legions looked like a line up of golden majestic figures that crossed the starry stars!
There was a certain Gooden Crow that was acting as a servant to Valentina watching all of these scenes while clenching her fist at the fact that she wouldn't be able to help no matter how much she wanted to.
Lastly, among those moving out with their Legions- there was the Mythical Helios Races where creatures like the Colossal Helios Leviathan can from, the Helios Races being Animus that lived in wondrous blue Galaxies that were majorly filled with bodies of water.
These places were the most comfortable to them, but they would still venture out when they needed to at times like these!
Currently, a vast array of beings could be seen moving out from the blue Galaxies as some were as small as 10 meters, with the largest of the Helios Races being as large as planets.
The Royal Colossal Leviathan Race was among the many leading groups taking the Legions forward, the Race of the Great White Mythical Sharks and Luminous Piranhas not being far behind as they created for a dreadful army that marched forward.
These were the races under the influence of Valentina, and they were now finally making a grand move to bring an end to the tyranny the influence of the Hegemony of Slaughter brought as they went against the 5 Bloodline Races under his influence, The Nine-Tailed Fox Race, White Tiger Race, Qilin Race, the Phoenix Race...and the Golden Cyclops Race!"
Innumerable Legions crossed the chaotic void of the Animus Universe as waves of destiny and fortune continued to emanate throughout.
As many beings began moving about, each with their own goals and aspirations...a day passed!
Word came from Valentina that the forces of the Bloodline Races under her influence had begun moving...most heading towards the Draconic Holy Land while a segment would come to the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Cluster to reinforce the Monarchs and Paragons within the Galaxies in the innermost regions of these clusters that surrounded the Universal Construct.
In the past day, the outer galaxies of these Clusters where Great Sages and Sages were the highest powerhouses capable of entering had all fallen under the hands of those holding the title of my Vassals, their enhanced mana reserves making them move tirelessly across Galaxies as of course, having a single one of my clones move with them helped in taking down the forces of these Galaxies quickly!
The takedown of these galaxies and the myriad of Great Sages within them...meant a great deal of loot as well, which when duplicated with the Cosmic Treasure, the reality of me continuing to absorb Galactic Filament Cores continued throughout the day!
The result of taking down tens of Great Sages and duplicating their Cores before absorbing them...caused a wondrous scene of the tripling of the Galaxies I held within my origin in the last day.
30 Billion.
RUMBLE!
Thirty Billion illusory galaxies floating inside of you was a surreal thing to even imagine. If you had told the normal Noah Osmont who had yet to even become a Rank F Hunter in the past that he would have such a power, the power to shatter not just stars, but entire galaxies...well I wouldn't have even known what to say!
But this was the current reality! Where somehow a being like me now had a vibrantly shining origin that swirled with a beautiful array of 30 billion stars, nearly a million of them having been formed into Dao Galaxies!
I wasn't the only one ascending in strength as the Vassals below me got their share of the Duplicated loot, many more Great Sages being born as beings like the Emperor Penguin and Kazuhiko made their way towards forging a few billion Galaxies.
It was a tremendous rate of strength, and one that was further fueled on my side with the horrendous increase in Soul Strength that I continued to receive as the Primordial Ruination Clone continued to face enemies in the Slaughter Stat Monolith.
In the past day, the Primordial Ruination Clone had long since finished going through opponents in the hundreds, where the last enemy he faced was a Chthonian with 46 Billion Galaxies who was ranked 87th!
87th out of all the Great Sages participating in the experiment of Slaughter within the Slaughter Star Monolith!
Enemies such as these caused soul strength to break any boundaries I knew as the enhanced power of 2 Cosmic Daos was enough to stand against any other Great Sages.
I was looking forward to having the clone continue until I observed whether I would be able to enter the top 10 of the Great Sage Ranking of this Universal Construct, but this was when the golden mirror on my main body shone, the voice of a particular Hegemony ringing out from it!
"The forces of the 4 Bloodline Races are converging towards a certain location before heading towards the Draconic Holy Lands together. I can send you the coordinates and images of these places for you to transfer there directly..."
Legions consisting of a vast number of Races of beings ranging from Entities to Monarchs!
Legions that held powerful Animus that I...could finally be able to contract the 2 that I was capable of after advancing to the Galactic Filament Realm.
During this Universal War, why don't I get myself 2 Monarch Ranked Animus to join my ranks?!
RUMBLE!
Chapter 962 - Let Them All Swear Fealty! I
Inside Galaxy B-48.
It was here that the vast majority of my Vassals would be setting off to go towards the area that Legions of the Bloodline Races were gathering at.
Noah gazed upon the many beings floating in the starry space before him, a light smile on his face as all of them...were clones of their original bodies!
Before they set off, the peripheral galaxies of the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters had been cleared and had order established as within, the original bodies of Barbatos, the Emperor Penguin, and all of the others could be seen left behind within these Galaxies.
They were told that for any who wished to participate in the coming battle, they would have to send one or two of the clones they could utilize, their main bodies remaining within the galaxies they took over as they worked with the Dragons that lived there before to simply defend if any forces from the enemy Bloodline Races came!
The other reason to only allow their clones to come was the fact that Noah and his forces would be among the beings targeted the most, so it was to purely prevent the real deaths of many beings around Noah as only their clones would be setting off!
"Everyone ready?"
THRUM!
His boisterous voice rang out as the question caused explosive waves of mana to erupt out from the Vassals before him, their eyes shining with glorious light as they were looking forward to what was to come with great enthusiasm.
The line up of beings that began with him a long time ago like Kazuhiko, Steel Mikhail, Emperor Penguin, Barbatos, Elena...it gave a nostalgic feeling when one thought about where they came from and the positions these beings reached now.
The even more interesting case was the Terror of Aether behind them that was the size of a Planet, Noah's eyes locking around the terror who seemed to show him slight annoyance and approval at the same time, the other Terrors standing beside it as their auras were some of the most oppressive out of everyone here!
With all of these beings and more in the picture, the Primordial Ruination Clone wasted no time as dense mana of teleportation erupted from it, covering him and the many beings around him, even to the Planet sized Terrors! The destination of this light…was a colorful chaotic void where a myriad of Supreme Bloodline Races waited.
...
The Animus Universe was extremely vast, the distance between the clusters where the Holy Lands of different Races resided being even more vast!
Even with Paragons in the lead, the Legions of the 4 Bloodline Races under Valentina's Influence only neared the Draconic Holy Lands after a day.
The innumerable numbers of Bloodlines Races currently waited a distance of a few light years away. This was because there were still reinforcements to come, the Paragons of the four races being told to expect the welcoming of a being directly sent forth by the Hegemony of Summoning!
Such a thing caused many beings to look forward with high hopes, wanting to know just what type of support a Hegemony that could not directly against beings lower than her level could provide!
RUMBLE!
As the Primordial Ruination Clone shuttled through the folds of space with multiple subordinates to soon arrive in front of powerful creatures of the Bloodline Races, Noah's main body had Valentina's Golden Mirror in hand as he sent her words that ensnared her attention!
"I have a proposition."
THRUM!
"Oh?"
The eyes of the Hegemony looked towards Noah who was smiling an unknown light at this moment, a mischievous light in his eyes as he continued.
"I have a way to greatly enhance the strength of all the forces of the 4 Bloodline Races, a way to make sure that very few of them will face death and even ensure victory against the enemies they will stand against."
…!
Valentina's eyes turned sharp at these words as she stared at Noah with languid eyes and replied.
"...you didn't think to mention this until now?"
"Well, of course there are some conditions applied- with the condition for this being that they bind...a portion of their soul to me. Nothing much really, just a small portion."
WAA!
Noah replied with shining eyes as he looked at Valentina, this Hegemony's eyes turning even sharper as she spoke once more!
"This has to do with your newly created Dao that gave you so many Marks of Antiquity?"
This Hegemony was able to get right to the point as Noah nodded in appreciation, his gaze staring out in the distance as he continued.
"A small portion of their soul is required for them to be connected to me, and I can confidently promise that their increase in power would be at the minimum twice as strong, with this number varying on the higher side!"
…!
The eyes of the Hegemony opened wide as Noah found the expression cute, her expression becoming thoughtful as she asked carefully.
"How many beings can you connect with and enhance their power? I'm sure there are many more limitations than you are not mentioning."
She looked over to him for an answer as she saw him scratch his head sheepishly while replying.
"There is no limit to the number of beings I can connect with, whether it's 10 or 10 Trillion, it doesn't matter…"
…!
BOOM!
Chapter 963 - Let Them All Swear Fealty! II
It felt like a thunderclap had rung in front of Valentina as she looked into the mirror in shock, many things lining up in her mind as she thought about the overabundance of Marks of Antiquity this being condensed and so quickly at that!
"You...you…!"
She looked towards this outrageous being that had a sheepish smile, shaking her head in utter disbelief as she thought about the logistics of how this would even be possible.
"This...this must require a great deal of essence from you. Even my Dao of Summoning is just a Construct I've established where I can learn of the beings that use it, but I can't exert any control over them or anything like that...how can you handle the mana output of connecting to so many beings? Does the level of the being matter? Can you enhance a Paragon just the same as a Sage? Can you…"
A barrage of questions erupted from the Hegemony as she tried to discern the extent of Noah's shocking revelations, but Noah merely waved his hands to stop her as he spoke.
"No need to overthink any of this. Trust me when I tell you I have my ways to do what I say. No matter the number...I can do it!"
RUMBLE!
"All I would need is to use your Authority. Let the races you influence know that as the helper you are sending...I can offer them an immense increase in power if they simply let go of a portion of their soul and pledge their Fealty...that is the name of the Dao I created, the Dao of Fealty!"
Noah was speaking freely as he waved his hands, making visible the Marks of Antiquity that were still forming even now as he spoke.
…!
"Let them all swear Fealty to me...and I can promise this war will be won!"
Valentina's eyes shone with a bright light at Noah's words, letting the term Fealty roll off her tongue as she looked at this being that her Destiny told her would lead her to victory...at the being whose actions increased her own Universal Fortune!
'Well, we've already come this far. Let's see what this is all about.'
It was at this point that the Hegemony of Summoning made an action that would open the floodgates of a shocking practice for the coming future.
An action that to her held a form of significance to her, but never would she think they would be the stepping stone to something much larger!
Valentina's eyes shone brightly as her essence moved, using her unique power as she spoke, her voice being sent down to all the Paragons and Monarchs within the Legions of the 4 Supreme Bloodline Races!
"The Tyrant Dragon coming your way is my...Apostle. He comes bearing a gift of great strength from me if you choose to take it, but it will require for you to make a sacrifice."
RUMBLE!
Her voice left her isolated realm as it traveled vast distances and stumbled into the minds of their targets! Her eyes then locked with Noah's main body in the golden mirror, expectant to see exactly what would happen as beside this mirror, illusory screens showing the scenes of the clustering Legions were already present!
Paragon Quinnie held great expectation purely based on what Destiny told her, but she was even more moved when a few seconds ago, the voice of the Hegemony of Summoning said the being she was sending down was an Apostle that would come to offer them power, having to sacrifice something in order to take such power.
This powerful Fate Dragon turned towards Skylar as she gazed towards a certain region where a spatial light was fading away to reveal the beings within.
"Would you take the offered power, my dear Skylar?"
The Galaxy Devouring Serpent Paragon thought carefully as he replied slowly, his eyes honing on the newly appearing figures as he was more intent on seeing this chosen champion that his wife had mentioned shared a line of Destiny with his daughters!
"It depends on the price…"
RUMBLE!
Their appearance took many creatures back as they noticed most of these creatures...were on the level of a Great Sage!
"..."
That was an abysmally low level when it came to which powerhouses would truly control the results of the coming battles, many of the Paragons and Monarchs expecting being within their level as support!
"Was there a mistake…?"
Even Skylar couldn't help but turn to Quinnie to see if even his wife had gotten something wrong from Destiny. A champion? An Apostle? The being in front of them that only seemed to be at the peak of Great Sage?
RUMBLE!
Many thoughts swirled in the minds of the most powerful being within the bloodline races, but it wasn't long before something shocking appeared in front of their eyes, the body of the supposed champion that the Hegemony of Summoning sent floating away from the group as his draconic body shone with a bright red black ?uster.
Accompanying him was a figure of a Chaos Dragon who was looking towards the powerhouses of the Dragon Race with shining eyes that swirled with plans of their own.
What appeared in front of the eyes of the creatures of the Bloodline Races after these two beings came forward was a prompt, a prompt that was brought to fruition as immense mana began to leak out from the body of the Tyrant Dragon!
A prompt similar to the one that many in the Dark Universe had received, this one being molded differently as Noah was capable of twisting a few words to match the current situation.
THRUM!
The prompt spread across the vast chaotic void where many Legions of the Bloodline Races stood waiting, a shocking future about to break out before a Universal War began!
Chapter 964 - The Queen Dowager's Reappearence!
The chaotic void of the Animus Universe was very similar to the Dark Universe, being filled with utter darkness all around until one came across glimmering Galaxies, lone Black Holes and vibrant Quasars.
In a certain region of the Chaotic Void just a few light years from the Draconic Holy Lands, vast Legions of 4 of the Supreme Bloodline Races clustered together as they looked at the support they were waiting for this whole time!
The myriad of Mixed Races that held a great deal of fantastical creatures were led by 11 Paragons and hundreds of Monarchs, a Clan of Dragons also being in their midst as they were led by a Chaos Dragon Paragon!
On the side where the Mythical Helios Races stood waiting, a planet sized King Shark was conversing with the Water Dragon Paragon as 14 Paragons lay behind them.
On another side, you had the Golden Crows that shone like luminous suns, a Lava Dragon Paragon leading a clan of Fire Dragons being seen within their ranks as there was the presence of 10 Paragons in their region!
Lastly, there was the Galaxy Devouring Serpents that were led by Paragon Skylar and 13 other Paragons, one of them being the Fate Dragon Quinnie that Skyler fell for when she first sought refuge with their Race.
So each of the 4 Bloodline Races...had a Draconic Paragon among their ranks as they were the saved remnants of the Dragon Race who weren't subjugated by the other 5 Bloodline Races acting under the directions of the Hegemony of Slaughter!
There were also tens of Monarch Level Dragons as when Noah first appeared, his eyes honed in on them brilliantly as he felt his goal of getting his hands on Monarch Level Beasts to be close.
With Tiamat by his side, Noah stepped forward from the group as the two of them took the gazes of everyone!
While Noah erupted with mana to cause the essence of Fealty to spread towards all the beings he could see, Tiamat also erupted with her own action.
It was an act of making a grand announcement- one that she could now make freely as she held no reservations, and Noah had given her the go ahead as they had to now utilize her identity to their advantage.
They had to utilize her unique power as the Progenitor of Dragons to bring the remaining Paragons and Monarchs on their side as they further strengthened them through the Dao of Fealty!
RUMBLE
The Chaos Dragon form of Tiamat trembled as it began to peel and change.
From it, a delicate light of red and black erupted, shining with even more glorious colors as from the Chaos Dragon, numerous heads began to erupt as the form of a 10 Headed Dragon that was unique to a single being came to light!
…!
Alarm and shock began to erupt from the eyes of many of the Paragons, the prompt asking them to become Vassals momentarily being taken out of their minds as the erupting figure of the Ten Headed Dragon reminded them of a being long ago.
ROAAAAR!
The roar was reminiscent as well, ringing out across the chaotic void as this roar carried with it immense Bloodline power!
It was the power of a being that was the Progenitor of a Race, a rare being even among the Supreme Bloodline Races as there were some that had lost their Progenitors over the ages!
…!
"The Progenitor…"
"The Queen…!"
RUMBLE!
The Legions of the Supreme Bloodlines turned chaotic at this moment of Tiamat's reveal, the Paragons of these Bloodlines Races specifically understanding what was happening as they recalled the form of the first being to fall under the attacks of the rebelling Races under the banner of Ambrose.
It was the Queen that controlled numerous Regions of the Animus Universe.
The Progenitor who was closest to dominating and leading all of the 9 Supreme Bloodlines!
"Tiamat…"
Paragon Skylar called out in shock as his partner, the Fate Dragon Quinnie who was beside him...was trembling uncontrollably while staring at Tiamat's figure!
At this moment, Tiamat finished roaring out gloriously and establishing her visage as she looked around the Bloodline Races, her eyes landing on the Draconic Paragons on the side of the Mixed Races, the Golden Crow Race, and the Mythical Helios Races.
"Little Sister Quinnie, why aren't you coming over?"
THRUM!
The Fate Dragon boasting power at the level of a Paragon shook as her eyes shone brightly, her figure turning into a streak of light that crossed the vast distance and instantly arrived in front of Tiamat.
Instantly!
WAA!
This was a taste of the shocking power of a Paragon, even Noah's heart shaking as he didn't even catch the movements of this Paragon, he only saw her appear right in front of Tiamat beside him!
Paragon.
The prerequisite before one formed their own Universe! A stage that very few beings broke out of in their entire lives.
This was the powerhouse that came in front of Tiamat as her eyes looked teary, having an expression of someone that was seeing someone they thought was gone a long time ago!
"Big sister…"
Quinnie called out with shining eyes as she was the first Draconic Paragon to speak to the long thought to be dead Progenitor of Dragons!
Chapter 965 - Bow not to me, but my Master!
When Tiamat lost her life many years ago, she didn't know how everything played out thereafter as the beings she was closest to could have been alive or dead.
Finding one of the closest beings that she could consider her little sister still alive...calmed the constant rage this Queen of Dowager always felt!
But her expression returned to regality after her heads nudged Quinnie's enormous body lovingly, her body wildly releasing her Bloodline aura once more as she spoke towards Quinnie lightly.
"We'll catch up later. For now, we have to finish the task of Master!"
RUMBLE
The Paragon Quinnie received another shock as her head followed Tiamat's gaze to Noah's direction, many thoughts flashing through her mind as even destiny had not prepared her for this!
She had gleaned from Destiny that the Champion of the Hegemony of Summoning would lead them forward and provide strength, and that there was some form of a deeper connection with his daughters...but never would she have thought her long ?ssassinated sister would also come with this Champion.
There were too many surprises!
WAAA!
With a Paragon by her side, Tiamat's aura bellowed out wildly again as the overpowering strength of her Bloodline she could utilize as the Progenitor erupted out, her voice ringing out for all to hear in the nearby space.
"Your Progenitor has returned, and you still do not rush towards her and bow?!"
THRUM!
These words struck the minds of every Dragon as their bodies uncontrollably moved, their blood following the will of the Progenitor as from the Legions of the 4 Races, 3 Paragons flew out with faces full of stupor followed by tens of Monarchs and thousands upon hundreds of thousands of more lower level Dragons that spilled to millions.
They all rushed towards her position as they called out in shock and reverence!
"Progenitor…!"
"Queen Dowager…!"
Their bloodline thrummed with power as they came forward, the fantastical scene of many beings bowing towards one playing out as Tiamat nodded.
As she gazed upon the kneeling Dragons, she turned her eyes towards the many Paragons of other Bloodline Races in the surroundings as her expression became solemn and she spoke.
"I owe you all a great debt for taking in my Race when they were attacked, and I won't forget that!"
WAA!
"Currently, the same Races that betrayed us and chose wanton Slaughter are starting a war again, and we need to hold a great deal of strength in order to triumph against them and the Hegemony standing behind them!"
Her Ten Heads moved enticingly as she spoke, her eyes landing on Noah at this point as her voice reverberated out.
"That brings us to the words you all saw a minute back...words asking to swear Fealty in exchange for immense strength!"
RUMBLE
"I can tell you that this is a favor from the Hegemony of Summoning...and from the Champion standing beside me. Nothing will be required of you as you will only gain endless benefits from it, and I will showcase just how much power you can gain by answering the call of Fealty."
Her commanding gaze swept out to all of the Paragons of the Bloodline Races as she then turned towards the bowing Dragons still looking towards her with disbelief and reverence.
Her level that emanated an aura of a Great Sage didn't matter to them as they only felt the purest Bloodline power, their eyes locking onto her authoritative figure as she spoke towards them with a commanding voice!
"O you of the Dragon Race! Answer the call of Fealty! Bow not to me...but to my Master!"
RUMBLE!
Her commanding words and gaze took every single Dragon as they followed her gaze to hand on Noah's figure of a Tyrant Dragon, a certain Prompt appearing in front of them once more.
[In exchange for a portion of immense power, bind a portion of your soul to the Apostle of the Hegemony of Summoning and become a Vassal. Do you wish to swear Fealty to the Tyrannical Emperor?]
A portion of one's soul.
A significant affair, and one that all the dragons committed to after listening to the commands of their Progenitor that they had to obey!
Quinnie stared at her Big Sister she thought to be long gone and the Champion that destiny buzzed about as she trusted her instinct, seeing the gaze of her husband, the Paragon Skylar, from far away as she sent a reassuring message towards him.
"I Swear Fealty!"
BOOM!
"I Swear Fealty!"
…!
The moment Quinnie began, the Monarchs and lower ranked beings followed as the total number of Dragons regardless of their levels who were participating in this war that spilled over the millions all swore under the Lesser Dao of Fealty.
The moment they answered the call…essence erupted out so gloriously that even the Dark chaotic void was lit up brightly!
Quinnie was the first to experience it as her essence of a Paragon trembled, feeling a unique power fill her body as the most immediate thing she felt...was the explosion of her Mana Reserves!
THRUM!
This Paragon reeled in shock as her overabundance of mana reserves as a Paragon exploded out, actually becoming increased by tens of times as aside from this, various sorts of small boosts she didn't fully understand caused her strength to edge ever so higher.
A small example was the Ruination Guider ability that he created long ago!
[Ruination Guider] :: When selected, all the beings considered as Subordinates of the Master of Ruination gain 20,000% Increased Comprehension and Assimilation of All Laws and Daos.
All those that became Vassals...gained access to a ridiculous amount of boosts as their origins and essence were ballooning up the crazy levels!
WAAA!
The Paragons of the 4 Bloodline Races watched this scene with sharp eyes as they saw a storm of essence erupt out from the Dragons, their bodies letting out vibrant power as Draconic roars began to reverberate out gloriously.
On this day, the powerful figures of the Draconic Race answered the call to Fealty, Noah getting his hands on four Paragons and many Monarchs as Vassals!
But he wasn't done as there were still hundreds of millions of powerful beings that formed the Legions currently all around them, his ?ustrous eyes staring towards the four Bloodline Races as he wanted them all as Vassals before this Universal War began!
Chapter 966 - Phenomenal!
The moment that Monarchs and Paragons answered Noah's call of Fealty, his main body in the Dark Universe exploded in a shower of golden light as his Universal Fortune exploded, but an even more ?ustrous explosion of golden light that was the Marks of Antiquity eclipsed this!
The astounding Marks that even Hegemonies sought after with much fervor coalesced by the thousands instantly, rushing towards him gloriously as he took them all in and branded them onto his galaxies to birth more Dao Galaxies.
With this, his strength exploded up even higher as back in the Animus Universe where the Primordial Ruination Clone stood in front of the masses of Dragons pledging Fealty, his aura became even more oppressive!
But it wasn't even Noah that stole the show, but the presence that the Fate Dragon Paragon Quinnie released along with the three other Draconic Paragons that had stepped out from the ranks of the Bloodline Races.
ROAAAAR!
Draconic bellows erupted out as their bodies felt like they were filled with boundless strength, Quinnie looking towards the figure of Tiamat and Noah in awe as even she had no words for what had happened!
'He truly seems to be at the level of a Great Sage…'
She looked towards the being that her Big Sister called Master, the being that also held the title of the Apostle of the Hegemony of Summoning and the title of the Tyrannical Emperor. For someone of his level to be able to provide her such strength and cause her mana reserves to explode...she didn't even know what to make of it as she utterly believed what she had gleaned from Destiny about this champion!
This thought also reminded her of something as her sharp eyes looked towards her two daughters not too far away that had also sworn Fealty and become Vassals under the commands of Tiamat.
'I have to make sure what destiny showed as a possibility is completed...they ought to be connected to him in a much closer sense!'
RUMBLE!
Unknown thoughts crossed the mind of this Paragon as Tiamat's boisterous voice reverberated out.
"Can you see?! The senses of Paragons and Monarchs should be able to easily pick up the changes on the bodies of the Dragons who just swore Fealty at this moment!"
…!
Their eyes honed in on the Apostle of the Hegemony of Summoning as many thoughts crossed their minds, also paying attention to the fact that beside him, the figures of a Golden Crow, a Galaxy Devouring Serpent, Oculothorax, Calamity Bear, Colossal Helios Leviathan, and a devilish looking blue haired child!
With the enticing call of increased strength for them to survive the coming war paired up with the fact that the being they were giving a portion of their soul to was someone connected to a Hegemony and even the Progenitor of Dragons, they didn't hold any aversion as soon enough...gorgeous lights began to bloom from the hundreds of millions of powerful figures spread out across the chaotic void.
WAA!
It was truly a glorious scene in the darkness of the chaotic void!
Lights began to shine and brighten up slowly among the ranks of Bloodline Races who read the prompt and then chose to swear fealty, the brightening of a few lights very quickly changing to thousands...and then very quickly being entire regions of the chaotic void where the Legions were clustered doing the same thing.
Slowly but surely...they were all pledging Fealty as they sought to gain more strength!
What was occurring now was truly monumental and game changing. There would be many winners from it, but nobody would be as big a winner as a single being whose body was brightening up more brilliantly than even a sun.
At this moment, even Valentina would be appalled if she knew Noah had long since surpassed the measly 1 million Marks of Antiquity that she had collected after so many years, tens of thousands of golden marks forming around him every single second as more and more beings of the Bloodline Races pledged their Fealty!
At this time, Noah's figure as a Tyrant Dragon was blazing with immense power that bordered the very peak of the level of Great Sage, his mind vibrantly buzzing at the level of power that only kept shooting higher.
'With this…!'
His eyes shot out beams of light as he looked at the situation around him, the significance of it not being lost to him as he could use it to his advantage in a myriad of ways!
With this single action of using the authorities of Tiamat's identity and the Hegemony of Summoning, he had obtained Monarchs and Paragons as his Vassals.
Such a thing meant that at this moment...he could utilize these beings and even command them, just as long as he didn't ask them to take their lives or do something over the top!
But his eyes honed in on the four Paragons of the Dragon Race as they shone even brighter, these creatures being the ones he could fully utilize them most as aside from their identity as Vassals, they were also beings carrying the blood of the Progenitor that was under a master and summon relationship with him.
He was especially focused on the Paragon Quinnie who seemed to be looking at him with the sharpest eyes, golden waves of destiny waving off of her and the region behind her as Noah paid extra attention to her!
But with such a force within his hands and the coming war...Noah planned to catapult himself into the rank of Monarch and even possibly Paragon!
After all, it was a Universal War filled with Monarchs and Paragons, with many of them having the opportunities to fall and become loot.
And with Paragons and Monarchs he could give orders to...a catapult straight through Paragon might not be an impossibility from this Universal War!
OOOOOOH!
It would be the first time out of many, and it would mark the rise of the terrifying being that would later come to be known by many titles. Some would call him the Hegemony of Ruination, others the Hegemony of Tyranny, others the Hegemony of Conquest, and others would even fearfully utter the dreadful title of...the Antiquity of Mana!
Chapter 967 - Let's get wild! I
A Hegemony was a being that had seen many things in their life, and yet Valentina found herself constantly awed at the actions that a certain being always took.
Her eyes were glimmering with lights as she watched the scenes of the Legions of the 4 Bloodline Races pledge their Fealty to him through illusory screens that showed everything occurring in the vast chaotic void!
She saw the explosion of mana as all those that pledged Fealty found an explosive increase in strength, and it was more so geared towards their body releasing an overabundance of essence as the core of the boost was their own abilities and potential being raised to the utmost limit!
It was like giving water to a starved desert and continuing to feed it, it would eventually sprout lush plains that would change the entire landscape.
Valentina thought that the Dao Noah had created worked in this manner, where he somehow granted them immense reserves of essence, and they then utilized this to become their strongest selves!
She actually wasn't too far off with these thoughts, as Noah's 5% of power he could provide to Paragons was mostly negligible, but the Mana...even in its lesser form, it was a stupendous reward that acted like a tonic to the Paragons as if they were provided with what they needed to perform at their utmost!
As the thought of this unique phenomenon passed through her mind, she had a scandalous thought rise up that would cause anyone of her caliber to look at her like she was crazy.
'If he can grant such a boost to Paragons...how would it be if a Hegemony pledged Fealty?'
RUMBLE!
Destiny and fortune turned tumultuous around her at the mere mention of this thought! Valentina very quickly shook her head at such a thought as she returned her attention to the many illusory screens that were calming down after the storms of mana died down.
She was a Hegemony- a being much too high in status that even the thought of such a reality should be an impossibility!
The thought seemed so ludicrous that it went out of her mind just as quickly as it arrived, her gaze on the movements of the Bloodline Races after minutes passed while they went through the period of shock and adapting to their new power.
After many had undergone the process of swearing Fealty, Paragon Quinnie had been communicating with Tiamat constantly as she wanted to gain more information on what had happened to her Big Sister and just who was the Champion they had just sworn Fealty to, her eyes shining with blazing light from every word that Tiamat spoke about Noah!
When Tiamat mentioned how she was connected to him through the contract of the Dao of Summoning, Quinnie's eyes became even brighter as if she had finally answered a hard question, her head turning towards her two daughters as she called out resoundingly.
"Ava! Olivia! Come forward!"
The voice of the Draconic Paragon rang out in the ears of two gorgeous women that were in the lead of an enormous Legion of Galaxy Devouring Serpents.
Their curves wriggled in the darkness of the chaotic void as the two Monarchs appeared next to their Mother!
"Apostle of the Hegemony of Summoning! I sensed a connection of destiny between you and my daughters. Please...use them as you wish!"
RUMBLE!
The demeanor of the Paragon towards the being that was actually in the Great Sages stage was as such, actually being respectful as Quinnie couldn't help but be this way!
After all, the being in front of her was the Apostle of a Hegemony, the Champion to lead them, and also the Master of the Queen Dowager of Dragons. The Master of the Progenitor! What did this make him?
Maybe the Paragons of the other 4 Races wouldn't bring themselves to talk in such a manner to Noah currently, but the terrifying Quinnie found it natural as aside from her status as a Vassal, she knew the ranks within the Dragons very well as the Master of the Progenitor was someone worthy of respect.
This was because the Bloodline of a Progenitor was so pure that they must have willingly allowed the contract under the Dao of Summoning to happen, and even now she was choosing not to break it where even with her identity, she took the role of a Summon!
It must mean that such a position was extremely pristine! So pristine that a Progenitor of an entire race chose to take one! Quinnie might not be able to take it, but she could at least set up her daughters to be able to take these positions when the Apostle in front of her rose to enough power to be able to form a contract with them.
THRUM!
Noah's eyes opened brightly as Quinnie's words, staring at the faces of the 2 stupefied women that looked towards their mother with utter disbelief!
"Oh?"
Noah's resonant voice rang out with dominance as he wasn't the least bit faltered with the pressure of the Paragon that nodded towards him while giving a cold look to her daughters to obey.
"Yes, it would be their honor to possibly be contracted with you when you rise in strength!"
WAA!
Noah's eyes shone brightly as he nearly laughed, his main body glancing up to look at the swirling rivers of Universal Fortune above him as he thought- wasn't it making things too easy for him?!
Whether it was through the Protagonist Trait or through his immense Universal Fortune and Destiny, 2 Monarchs were somehow landing on his ?p when he made this a goal for this Universal War!
'Nonsensical…'
What a Protagonist Trait!
What marvelous Universal Fortune!
What a way to start off this coming Universal War!
Chapter 968 - Let's get wild! II
Noah had a bright smile as the figure of his Primordial Ruination Clone nodded, glancing towards the two women who were the daughters of a Paragon as he used Unfathomable Light of Destiny and Fortune to gaze at them.
He nodded his head in understanding as he saw the Fortune of these Monarchs, their curvaceous looks not entering his eyes as he truly cared for their power!
He glanced towards Paragon Quinnie and then looked at the powerful Paragon Skyler from far away that was looking towards their direction with worry, realizing these two beings were actually the product of a Galaxy Devouring Serpent and a Fate Dragon!
Just what would their power be when he made them his Summons and gave them the essence of two Cosmic Daos among many more things to utilize?
Just what would happen when he merged with them and utilized the power of a Monarch with his boosts and skills?!
It would mean he would be getting his hands on Monarch Level Cores of beings that had condensed over 50 Billion Galaxies, his breakthrough into this Rank coming too damn soon!
'Very well'
RUMBLE!
"Why wait until later? It can just be done now."
…!
A light of amazement passed through the eyes of Paragon Quinnie as she sensed the essence of the Dao of Summoning erupt from Noah, forming two unique contracts that shot towards the figure of her two daughters!
"This…!"
Even Ava and Olivia were surprised as these two twins looked at each other with exasperated looks.
One had shining golden hair and the other had glorious purple hair, their faces entirely similar as they both looked towards their mother and then at the figure of Tiamat that seemed to be staring at them coldly!
Under the gazes of their Progenitor and their Paragon of a mother, the two Monarchs sighed as they accepted the contract that the stupefying being in front of them was somehow able to form even as he already held an overabundance of Summons.
Their eyes also danced with a sense of excitement as similar to their mother, they knew that for their Progenitor to choose to obey and keep this being as a Master, there must be something special!
Just what was it that caused him to be an Apostle of the Hegemony of Summoning and deserve the title of the Master of the Progenitor of Dragons?
RUMBLE!
A gorgeous array of colors erupted out between the figures of Noah and Two Monarchs.
He was within the Level of Great Sage, the two of them at the Monarch Stage! Yet...a contract was being formed where he was the Master and they were the Summons!
It was something only possible because of Noah's [Archaic Contract]!
WAA!
The bodies of the twins carrying some of the purest Bloodlines of two Supreme Races glimmered with light, feeling a strong light reach the deepest corners of their Origins as they felt an astoundingly strong consciousness connect to them.
…!
This dreadful consciousness felt vast and endless, and what was more terrifying was what it began passing through to them!
It was...endless Mana!
"This…"
With identical expressions, they stared towards Noah in awe as their mother nodded when seeing such a look, their Father far behind them with shaken eyes as he felt like he just lost his daughters to a thug he b?r?ly met!
The twins looked at each other as they felt the outpouring of mana, and Noah glanced at them voraciously as he wanted to get a taste of the power of a Monarch.
WAA!
Power bellowed out of him as the many Paragons focused on his position, their eyes opening in a stupor as they saw the aura of a Cosmic Dao rising from Noah and going on to envelop his new Summons!
"...!"
A Cosmic Dao on a Great Sage!
Such a thing was extremely horrifying, as only the most genius of beings at the Paragon Levels would be capable of comprehending a Cosmic Dao, the Tiamat of the past being one of them!
Even at this very moment among the Legions present, there was a handful of Paragons that had comprehended a Cosmic Dao, Paragon Skyler that led the Galaxy Devouring Serpents being among them as he was currently comprehending the Cosmic Dao of Devouring.
The twins felt the outpouring of essence as they couldn't help but transform, their glorious forms being released as their auras seemed to climb crazily to the very peak of the Monarch Rank!
The forms of the twins became apparent to all, the beautiful scene of a draconic serpent with glimmering golden scales and sharp wings appearing alongside another draconic Serpent with shining purple scales and even sharper wings, the forms of the mixture of Dragons and Serpents melding together into something breathtaking.
OOOOOH!
Frightful bellows were released from the two Monarchs as any of those in the same level and below felt their hearts tighten, Noah's eyes shining brightly as he knew with this...he could actually begin farming Monarchs when this war began!
"Good!"
RUMBLE
He nodded his head towards Quinnie as he admired the might of the twist Ava and Olivia, his overpowering demeanor turning towards the billions of creatures of the Bloodline Races around him.
A majority of them were made up of Entities with a fraction being Sages and Great Sages, and then even smaller amounts of Monarchs that went to the thousands, and the Paragons that led them that were less than 50!
Noah glanced at this monstrous force and the Paragons that could still smash him to bits if they moved against him as he admired their power and waited for this rank himself, his voice beginning to reverberate out as he- a mere Great Great Sage, took his role as the Apostle of the Hegemony of Summoning to lead these powerful Legions into battle!
Chapter 969 - A Universal War! I
The resonant voice of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor erupted out.
"A few light years away from here...lies the Draconic Holy Lands where The Hegemony of Slaughter has promised to massacre the remaining Dragons within their very homes."
RUMBLE!
His voice echoed on the deepest depths of the hearts of Dragons that let out powerful roars, their blood boiling as the return of their Progenitor with this powerful being meant a grand future awaited them!
"Our goal is to stop this if it hasn't started...or to avenge all the fallen if the massacre has begun! But the result of this war will remain the same- freedom for the Supreme Bloodlines!"
OOOOH!
"Freedom from tyranny!"
"Freedom from Slaughter!"
WAA!
"Those that have pledged Fealty know that they will have nothing to worry about during this battle...you all can let loose and go wild!"
A world shaking aura spread out with Noah at the center, his aura just continuing to billow upwards as his main body was getting smashed with Marks of Antiquity at this point, the numbers of powerful beings that had sworn Fealty within the Legions being too many.
Even those that hadn't accepted it, they would have the option to do so in the future as soon as they thought about pledging Fealty!
"Let's go!"
RUMBLE
The Apostle of the Hegemony of Summoning gave the go-ahead for the Legions of the 4 Bloodline Races to begin moving.
Legions filled with powerful beings up to the levels of Great Sages, Monarchs, and Paragons!
Most were already his Vassals, very few Paragons and Monarchs not fully committing to Fealty as Noah would simply wait for them.
During the battle when they became exhausted...Noah would wait for them then as he would send the prompt right then and there!
THRUUUM
The numbers could have very well been in the trillions or quadrillions if beings below the ranks of Entities were among the Legions, but only those considered the strongest, which were Entities and above- were brought!
The 4 Bloodline Races that stood with the Hegemony of Summoning prepared their Legions as they neared the Draconic Holy Lands, while the 5 Bloodline Races that sides with the Hegemony of Slaughter had long since prepared their Legions as horrendous actions were occurring within the Draconic Holy Lands.
At the same time, news of the reappearance of the Progenitor of Dragons spread out from the Legions to even the beings left behind in the Holy Lands of the Bloodline Races, Tiamat's reappearance becoming widely known in a matter of time!
This was just one of the many events and changes that would come from the Universal War of the Animus Universe.
A War brought about not by the hands of its natives, but foreign Hegemonies that chose to reside here!
It was the Universal War that would accelerate the already absurd rise of a nonsensical being!
The Draconic Holy Lands were the largest clusters of Galaxies and Planets among any of the regions of the Animus Universe, the strongest Dragon Race having ruled here in the past with utter regality and strength.
Yet at current times, their forces were splintered and scattered, some of their most powerful Paragons and Monarchs being among the ranks of the 4 Bloodline Races following the Hegemony of Summoning, others in the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters fighting bloody slaughter daily, with very few being left within the Draconic Holy Lands as they were currently occupied by the forces of the 5 Bloodline Races under the influence of the Hegemony of Slaughter!
The 5 Bloodline Races under Ambrose were the first ones to be told to prepare for war and do something even more dreadful, where there were terrible scenes of rivers of blood currently freely flowing in the chaotic void where these Legions stood waiting!
The Legions of course consisted of the Nine-Tailed Fox Race, White Tiger Race, Qilin Race, the Phoenix Race...and the Golden Cyclops Race.
Across the vast expanse of the chaotic void, the terrifying images of a planet-sized Paragons in the forms of a majestic Nine-Tailed foxes could be seen, and the regal kingly auras of white furred Tigers releasing galaxy shattering auras permeated throughout!
Resplendent looking Legions of Phoenixes carrying all sorts of flames, of the Qilin Paragons that looked like mythical creatures of out the most far reaching fantasy, of the enormous Golden Cyclops that looked like humanoid golden statues that brightened up the chaotic void!
All of these beings floated among the rivers of blood as they looked forward, sensing movements in front of them as it began as minuscule as a buzz, and gradually grew to become deafening as the auras of many frighteningly powerful creatures could be felt.
OOOOOH!
The eyes of the many Paragons on the side of the 5 Bloodline Races felt their eyes constrict in a somber tone as they began to feel the auras of their coming enemies, and they were startled to find the strongest auras of Paragons were overpoweringly immense!
They would find out the reason for this soon enough, but it was the arriving Legions that a certain champion led who would find themselves in even more shock and stupor as they saw the scenes of the displayed Legions of the Bloodline Races under the Influence of the Hegemony of Slaughter.
Noah's Tyrant Dragon figure was at the very forefront as his summons were behind him, Paragons following right after as they were the first to come across the horrific scenes of the rivers blood that flowed silently in front of the 5 Bloodline Races!
Decapitated heads of majestic Life Dragons could be seen still b?r?ly pulsing with essence, ruptured wings of enormous planet sized Earth Dragons, and the torn limbs of Aether Dragons, Chaos Dragon...all sorts of Dragons.
There was an uncountable number of them massacred as their bodies formed rivers of blood across the chaotic void, the words of the Hegemony of Slaughter actually coming to be true as the large number of Dragons remaining in the Draconic Holy Lands were butchered by the 5 Bloodline Races!
Butchered and then displayed in front of those coming to save them!
Ah!
Chapter 970 - A Universal War! II
Not too long ago, a Great Sage that had stood up to the authority of the Hegemony of Slaughter had told every being watching him in the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Clusters that anyone who followed the commands of the Hegemony of Slaughter and unjustly killed those of the Dragon Race would face his full wrath!
He had said this as many beings gained a sense of apprehension, but they looked at his rank as a Great Sage and ignored his words, where they followed the command sent by Ambrose when it came.
The command told them to cleanse the Draconic Holy Lands of all Dragons...to kill the race of beings in their own homes!
A cruel action!
A genocide!
A nauseating action that did not befit the marvelous races of the Supreme Bloodlines that once ruled the Animus Universe in peace and harmony!
Yet when you had a terribly powerful being in the lead as he gave commands to those who he influenced and listened to him blindly...such atrocious actions can bloom.
In an isolated area of space, the Hegemony of Slaughter was watching the scene of dismembered dragons in large numbers as the sheer amount of slaughter had granted him numerous Marks of Antiquity- Slaughter that was enough to cause rivers of blood to form in the chaotic void as it created for an abominable scene that Ambrose had come across too many times in his long life!
To him, it was merely slaughter- it was the norm and even something he spread across many Universes of the Primordial Cosmos!
"If he doesn't fall here and this battle is not won, we shall send a Hegemony after him and we simply start the process of Universal Amalgamation early…"
RUMBLE!
He spoke while looking at the illusory screens displaying many scenes, the other Hegemony beside him, Solerno, replied with sharp eyes.
"I've alerted the others just in case. You know that once we do this, we cannot go back, Ambrose."
"I know." The eyes of the Hegemony of Slaughter were cold as he continued.
"But we cannot move forward without this. Reaching the rank of Antiquity is too hard to reach, and nobody has been able to comprehend the Cosmic Dao of Ruination to be capable enough to leave this Primordial Cosmos!"
RUMBLE!
"The Universal Amalgamation will begin the process of Accumulation as all we have to do is wait until the completion. After that…as it was, so it shall be once again."
Solerno's eyes shone brightly at the words of Ambrose as he nodded, a smile appearing on his face as the two powerful Hegemonies watched the Legions of the strongest forces of the Animus Universe meet under their influence, a war about to break out as immense slaughter would take place!
Regardless of who won this Universal War, Ambrose would take another step in his Dao Of Slaughter as any being killed on either side meant more for him! Solerno couldn't help but smile at this scene as he thought expectantly of the future.
"You are right! As it was, so shall it be...haha!"
RUMBLE!
Two Hegemonies watched from their own isolated space, and a lone Hegemony of Summoning watched from her own isolated space as the scenes of the massacred dragons within the Draconic Holy Lands became clear.
"You dared…!"
Off in the distance, Tiamat's body was trembling with untold wrath as she saw the rivers of blood and the dismembered bodies of dragons strewn about!
They didn't just massacre them, they wanted to make a spectacle out of them as after the massacre, they laid out the innumerable numbers of bodies in the chaotic void for them to see!
Paragon Quinnie trembled with rage as her eyes shot out gorgeous fate flames, this Fate Dragon glancing at the planet sized Nine-Tailed Fox Paragon that was in the lead on all the forces opposing them as she called out with a dreadful voice.
"Cowards! Cowards with no honor! You did not use to be like this, the Supreme Races used to be Noble!"
OOOOOOH!
The bellows and angered cries of Dragons reverberated out as the Legions filled with billions arrived to see the distasteful scene of rivers of blood and the dismembered heads of dragons displayed clearly, Noah's body palpating with the essence of a Cosmic Dao as he was the one to move forward and stand in front of all the Legions- glancing and taking the eyes of all the Paragons of the 5 Bloodline Races unto him.
Under his command, everyone else stayed back as he floated forward, an eerie silence descending unto the battlefield as while surrounded by billions upon billions of powerhouses, a lone Tyrant Dragon went forward across the chaotic void, appearing where the dismembered bodies of dragons formed rivers of blood as he looked at them silently!
At this point, the marvelous scene of his only figure being in the middle of two terrifying armies could be seen, his draconic head rising up as he stared fearlessly into the eyes of the Paragons of the 5 Bloodline Races that looked towards him with shining eyes!
"I told you all before that anybody who follows the commands of the Hegemony of Slaughter to carry out such senseless genocide would perish."
THRUM!
His voice was like a clap onto the ears of every being that participated in the massacre of the Dragons in the Draconic Holy Land in the last day, their hearts shaking slightly as a harrumph came from the planet sized Nine-Tailed Fox whose body began to burn brightly, his voice smashing towards Noah as a second later, multiple auras of Monarchs and multiple Paragons rose up!
"Let's see how you accomplish that!"
WAA!
It felt like time came to a stop.
Those watching from all sides focused with intensity as the appalling scene of tens of Monarchs and the auras of 5 Paragons appearing out of nowhere, all of these being instantly materializing and surrounding the lone figure of the Tyrant Dragon!
It felt like a high level Teleportation Skill, and it allowed for the instantaneous appearance of multiple Monarchs and 5 Paragons to suddenly appear and surround the being honoring the rivers of blood of dead Dragons!
The scene was dreadful, to say the least. The Paragons were from each of the 5 Bloodline Races, a Nine-Tailed Fox Paragon that palpated with arcs of deadly crimson light, a Qilin and White Tiger who glimmered with an aura of purity and strength, and the vibrant auras of a Golden Cyclops and a resplendent Phoenix that made it seem like a shining sun had appeared!
These Paragons acted quickly before the Universal War even began as the Hegemony of Slaughter had given them a very important message- out of everyone, their one and only target remained the being that was the Tyrant Dragon calling himself the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor.
To achieve this, an ambush of 5 Paragons and tens of Monarchs was set up in waiting just for this moment!
All of them targeting a single Great Sage!
Chapter 971 - A Dreadful Cosmic Treasure Targets Monarchs and Paragons!
5 Paragons!
They instantly appeared around Noah as their auras blazed out wildly!
Paragon Quinnie's eyes opened in a stupor as in this instance where it felt like time was moving in slow motion, her body burned with the light of fate as she began to move forward.
The other Paragons among the 4 Bloodline Races did the same as they looked forward in utter shock at the fact that their enemies would be so dishonorable as to send 5 Paragons and tens of Monarchs against a single being- a Great Sage at that!
What they failed to notice was how all of Noah's summons and even his Subordinates that he brought from the Bloody Battlefields Galaxy Cluster remained still.
Even in such a scene, their eyes weren't filled with even a hint of worry!
The same could be said to the being surrounded by the 5 Paragons himself, his eyes exceedingly calm as while the space shattering strength of Paragons and Monarchs shot towards him, the body of the Primordial Ruination Clone called out softly.
[Plot Armor].
[Life Realm].
THRUM!
[One Body, One Soul].
RUMBLE!
[Chains of Annihilation], [Apocalypse].
WAA!
A myriad of abilities were activated at once.
The terrifying auras of the newly contracted Ava and Olivia, two Monarch level Dragons carrying the blood of two Supreme Races- their auras entirely disappeared as they went to fuse into Noah, his aura beginning to rise intensely!
At the same time, [Life Realm] moved like a flash of light as it covered the Paragons and Monarchs rushing towards Noah, this particular Life Realm being tinged with the essence of two Cosmic Daos and being activated while under the power of a Monarch level Noah that was fused with two genuine powerful Monarchs!
It was entirely black as nobody could see what was happening within the Life Realm, the attacks of terrifying Paragons and Monarchs landing on Noah's body the moment that this Life Realm covered them, those watching and those rushing towards Noah only seeing a flash of light as all the figures of Noah and his attacks became enveloped in a black Realm.
BOOM!
The chaotic void splintered as Paragon Quinnie's advancement to try and help Noah was stopped by a White Tiger Paragon, such scenes continuing to occur in the next second as many Paragons clashed!
…!
A sense of surprise struck every single Paragon from the side of the 5 Bloodline Races as they felt shocking impacts from the enemy Paragons they faced, finding them utilizing shocking power as their bodies glimmered with the light of many skills! These beings had no knowledge of the boost that these Paragons had just taken by becoming Vassals of a certain someone!
Time seemed to still be moving very slowly, all these events having just occurred in the span of fewer than 3 seconds as at this moment, our eyes turn towards the situation within the black Realm that nobody could see through, the realm where the attacks of 5 Paragons and tens of Monarchs landed on Noah.
RUUUMBLE!
The attacks came from all sides, smashing onto the scales of the Tyrant Dragon as they should have ripped apart everything they came across and caused the body of this Great Sage to be nothing but ash in just a second.
BOOOOM!
Yet...the attacking Paragons and Monarchs felt the force of attacks they threw bouncing back at them, their eyes opening in utter shock and even a sense of horror as they saw somehow...not even a scratch was on the body of the Tyrant Dragon!
BOOM!
Their bodies were pushed back from the repulsive force as they smashed into the small area of the Life Realm Noah had intentionally made small, the Paragons reacting the fastest as even with the shock, they still moved to attack the majestic figure of the Tyrant Dragon that was staring at them coldly, as if their attacks would never be able to reach him!
What power could defy the strength of 5 Paragons?
What power could actually make it so that the damage of 5 Paragons and tens of Monarchs was nullified to nothingness?!
Should such a thing even exist? It seemed to break the very balance of power as 5 Paragons could not reap the life of a single Great Sage!
RUMBLE!
No answer would arrive on this day as Noah kept his cold and domineering look, his ?h?st shining brightly as a certain Cosmic Treasure was transferred from his main body and into the body of the Primordial Ruination Clone.
The Cosmic Treasure had many features, with Noah being able to utilize them even without it being present. But when it was present, the features could be utilized by the Cosmic Treasure itself as their extent became utterly horrendous!
Noah gave a simple command as he let mana freely rush into the Cosmic Treasure.
"Turn this entire area into a Sea of Ruination. Keep a constant and continuous casting of the feature of Ruination Rupture Generation all around us."
[Yes, Master.]
RUUUUUMBLE!
The Master of the Cosmic Treasure gave the command, and the Cosmic Treasure obeyed!
Just what was a Cosmic Treasure? Why did even the strongest of Universal Hegemonies seek one yet never find one their entire lives?
RIIIIIP!
The answer was something that 5 Paragons and tens of Monarchs were about to experience first hand, something that should have been entirely impossible, and yet it occurred nonetheless!
The very space they were on began to rupture.
The ruptures did not reveal chaotic void, but something that none of them had ever come across in their lives, something that only Hegemonies would occasionally stare at from a distance as even they looked at with a sense of carefulness!
It was the generation of ruptures that held the very essence of the Sea of Ruination that tore apart anyone that did not have this essence coursing through their bodies.
With Noah at the starting point, Ruptures were constantly and continuously cast as they appeared to fully cover the entire small region of the Life Realm, every single area of this Realm instantly turning into the Sea of Ruination!
What this shocking reality would cause...was something that should in no way be possible- something that utterly ignored the balance of power!
It was a Magisterial scene that nobody would be able to see, a dictatorial reality of such grandeur and majesty that it should have been recorded and shown to generations of beings across the Primordial Cosmos!
It was...the decimation of Monarchs and Paragons that was dealt by a mere Great Sage.
A Great Sage that offensively wielded his Cosmic Treasure fully for the first time!
AH!
Chapter 972 - Lay Waste to Monarchs and Paragons!
Dreadful.
A horrendous and simply overpowering feeling of terror!
That was what a current Monarch was feeling, the surrounding area they were in being something that would cause even Hegemonies to pause in fear!
It was the appearance of a space not within the bounds of the Cosmos, a place very few beings knew as the Sea of Ruination that devoured everything stepping into it!
OOOOOOH!
Bellows rang throughout as at this moment, time still felt like it was moving in slow motion.
The terrifying majesty of the magisterial Tyrant Dragon reigned supreme as from it, enormous chains of annihilation originated as they wrapped around the bodies of tens of Monarchs and the 5 Paragons!
The area also trembled with destructive elements as Apocalypse was cast, turning this area into one of utter chaos and instability as no teleportations could be performed!
The Paragons that were truly powerful...even they found themselves struggling as the moment that the entire area of the small Realm turned into a Sea of Ruination, any of those moving within that had not comprehended the Cosmic Dao of Ruination would feel like they were in a quagmire where even movement was night impossible.
So even though they were insanely powerful beings trapped in a small Life Realm they could most likely break with just a punch, they actually could not reach the barrier of this Realm to break out as they could not even move their bodies towards it!
It was because at this moment, the destructive and annihilatory quality of the Sea of Ruination was fully displayed, grinding down and beginning to destroy the very soul and Origins of the Monarchs and Paragons.
All of their mana was rushing towards protecting themselves- trying their best just to not allow their Origins to break down as the Ruination Sea all around them continued unabated!
They could not defend.
They truly could not defend! The Paragons had such tremendous strength that had not even been properly displayed at this stage, but even they could not move as this terrifying quality of the Sea of Ruination was what made possible for the next absurd event that would allow for a chaotic future to occur!
Tens of Monarchs and 5 Paragons that were locked in a Realm. Their bodies not even being able to move as the Sea of Ruination made it so they could only try to defend and nothing else! All that was left after all these factors….was death.
An outrageous and nonsensical death as the mighty Paragons that took the task to ?ssassinate the Tyrant Dragon to gain the favor of the Hegemony of Slaughter felt their Origins crying out fearfully, Ruination Essence fully filling up their most sacred placed to the brim as it began to be broken down!
RUUUMBLE!
The Monarchs fell first one after another.
CRACK!
The manifested Galaxies numbering in the 100 Billion that all Paragons could achieve...one such Origin was seen fracturing as a Paragon...faced their death.
A Paragon!
A being right before the stage of a Universe! A being that had forged 100 Billion Galaxies and just missed the last step into the Universal Realm that very few beings ever made! Such a being was actually killed by the machinations of a Great Sage…
The instant that the Figures of Monarchs and first Paragon fractured and had their Origins destroyed, gorgeously shining Cores that shimmered with the light of billions of Galaxies appeared, and the moment they appeared the Sea of Ruination that was pervasive in all the areas moved away from the cores to make sure they weren't destroyed or touched by the Ruination Essence in the slightest!
WAA!
Another Paragon fell!
"No…!"
A roar came from another as he screamed out in sheer disbelief and rage, but the Ruination Essence entered his throat even faster as he perished a second later.
A Nine-Tailed Fox, a White Tiger, a Qilin, a Phoenix...and a Golden Cyclops. 5 Paragons of each race. 5 beings of utmost power in the level below Universal Hegemonies!
All of them...fell in the next second as the black Realm that nobody could see the events of became silent!
"..."
Noah stared at this scene coldly as not a trace of emotion passed in his heart.
He domineeringly glanced at the scene of glimmering Loot of Monarchs and Paragons floating beautifully in between the Sea of Ruination that the Cosmic Treasure was controlling with such terrifying efficiency that not a single Core was even touched and destroyed by Ruination!
All the Ruptures receded.
A wondrously shining Cosmic Treasure appeared and sank back into Noah's origin, the fused souls of the Twin Monarchs Noah merged with to show an even greater output of power at the Monarch Realm just in case could not even speak as their minds buzzed with the scene they just observed.
They sank even further into Noah's consciousness as they felt a terrifying fear from the Ruination Sea that had receded, the area becoming calm once more!
Noah waved his hands as he collected numerous Monarch and Paragon level loot, sending it into his Cosmic Treasure for Duplication right away. The body of the Primordial Ruination Clone consequently then disappeared, and an identical body appeared that was just another clone to replace it.
The Life Realm that was created in less than a minute began to shatter and recede as if nothing ever happened.
As if tens of Monarchs and 5 Paragons had not just died within!
The many Paragons, Monarchs, Great Sages, and billions upon billions of Sages and Entities watched the black Realm that had slowly begun to shatter just less than a minute after its formation.
Such a thing meant the Great Sage that had created it had of course not been able to hold on for even a minute under the ?ssault of 5 Paragons!
"Vile! How far have you fallen to tarnish the name of the Bloodline Races!"
Paragon Quinnie voiced out boisterously at this, everyone waiting with anticipation to see the dismembered body of the Tyrant Dragon as 5 Paragons and tens of Monarchs came out victorious.
After all, this was a natural result!
RUUUUUMBLE!
The chaotic void became silent as when the small Black Realm shattered, it disappeared to reveal the single figure of a Tyrant Dragon.
A Tyrant Dragon overlooking everything with utter disdain and regality, a Dragon releasing such utter fu?k?n? majesty that he seemed to become the center of attention among the billions of creatures present here!
He...stood there alone with nobody else in sight!
Chapter 973 - Utter Majesty! Utter Power! Utter Tyranny!
So fu?k?n? dictatorial!
That was the only way to describe such an utterly dominating scene, a scene nobody expected to see at the end of this!
He stood there alone, not a single Paragon or Monarch being seen around him.
Paragon Quinnie became quiet and blank.
The Billions of beings from all 9 Supreme Bloodlines became quiet!
The Great Sages, Monarchs, Paragons….everyone from both sides of the myriad of Legions became blank as their minds buzzed with incredulity and awe!
Not a single soul spoke or said a word!
Far away from them, a Hegemony's fair body was trembling as her face shone with awe and mysticism.
Valentina felt the space around her trembling as she nearly lost control of her abundant essence, not having any words to say as she was utterly quiet as well!
In another region even further away, two Hegemonies were also watching the illusory screens displaying the scene, Ambrose and Solerno looking at the scene with blank faces as even they were quiet.
5 Paragons and tens of Monarchs ambushed a Great Sage.
When the dust cleared, only the Great Sage survived!
RUMBLE!
Those most affected by this were the Paragons of the 5 Bloodline Races, their eyes searching every nook and cranny of the crevices of space around the magisterial Tyrant Dragon for signs of the Paragons and Great Sages that ?ssaulted them, but they found nothing.
Yet they found nothing!
In the midst of all this, the Tyrant Dragon opened its jaws as its terrifying voice reverberated out for all to hear.
"I told you all it would not matter whether you are a Great Sage or Paragon, I would kill all those following the orders of the Hegemony of Slaughter no matter their rank!"
RUUUUUUMBLE!
Awe!
Shock!
Stupor!
The Paragons in their high and mighty stature were saying nothing, their eyes flashing with apprehension!
The magnetic eyes of the Tyrant Dragon looked towards the Billions of creatures that were in front of it, not a single one of them moving towards him.
"That promise...I will keep. I will make sure that everyone who caused these rivers of blood and butchered innocent dragons dies in the worst way possible!"
WAA!
"5 Paragons and tens of Monarchs just ambushed me, why don't more of you come right now?"
TRHUM!
Words of utter arrogance and might rang out, openly calling for the Monarchs and Great Sages that wanted to ?ssassinate him to come forward.
"..."
Not a single being moved.
"You received a command from your favorite Hegemony of Slaughter to kill me yes? Here I am, come and kill!"
WAA!
Still, nobody moved forward!
Not a single soul!
Before the Paragons and Monarchs figures out what happened to cause the disappearance of 5 genuine Paragons and tens of Monarchs, they would not move as such a thing made this magisterial scene of a single Great Sage standing against an entire Legion of Billions of beings...and not a single one moved against him.
His mere demeanor and words were enough to stop them all.
What might!
What majesty!
What tyranny!
"Since you all are simply cowards, then you can watch!"
THRUUUUM!
He told them that since they could not move, they would have to watch! What exactly did he want them to watch though?
To understand this, we have to go back to when Noah teleported the body of the Primordial Ruination Clone and replaced it with the normal clone that everyone was looking at currently.
The Primordial Ruination Clone disappeared into the Ruination Realm that had a time ratio of 1000:1, where 1000 minutes there was only 1 minute, or we can say 60 seconds in the outside Cosmos!
Within the Ruination Realm, the Primordial Ruination Clone that had the boost of +100,000% in Realm Progression pulled out the duplicated Cores of Monarchs and Paragons that were just taken down in the artificially created Sea of Ruination.
THRUM!
The Monarch level cores buzzed with tens of billions of illusory galaxies, while the Paragon Cores were without a doubt each holding the image of 100 Billion Galaxies! Duplicated Cores from 5 Paragons and tens of monarchs now lay in Noah's hands as the only question that remained was just how high would he be able to reach with these things in hand?!
The answer could only be experienced as the Primordial Ruination Clone began to absorb the Monarch level cores first, pushing the formation of Galaxies ever higher within the Ruination Realm. Such a process would take some time, where the forging of cores in his Origin and completely absorbing an entire Core taking few minutes.
But with the time dilation of the Ruination Realm, every passing second outside was 1000 seconds in the Realm, or 16 minutes! 1 second within the cosmos was 16 minutes in the Ruination Realm, meaning that however many billions of cores that Noah forged within his Origin when he finished absorbing the Monarch and Paragon level Cores in just minutes would be expressed in seconds for those watching his body in the outside Cosmos!
This was what Noah told them all to watch!
…!
The atmosphere around the magisterial looking Tyrant Dragon clone raged as after its words, the eyes of billions of powerful beings focused on its expansive ?h?st where a manifested cluster of Galactic Filaments could be seen.
Their attention was drawn here they saw the vibrant 48 Billion Galaxies that represented a Great Sage just below the Realm of a Monarch, and their eyes shook when in the next second, the inconceivable scene of over 1 Billion Galaxies suddenly appearing within the Manifested Origin as the pressure this being released increased by another level!
RUMBLE!
A preposterous scene!
Over a billion galaxies forged in a second...it was not something one could see as a reality!
The eyes of many constricted at such a scene as they then began to tremble, as before even another second passed, another 1 Billion Galaxy materialized in the fantastical Manifested Origin of this being.
Before they could even blink, yet another 1 Billion appeared as to their dismay, they realized the 50 Billion benchmark that represented a Monarch had already been passed!
Yet...the unimaginable would continue to occur as every single being watching was in for an incredible show!
Chapter 974 - Merely Jumping Across Stages!
The stages of power were widely known among the truly powerful beings.
Many knew that to be considered a Monarch, you had to surpass the threshold of 50 Billion Galaxies and open up the next gate of Purification, having your Origin and Soul refined by 50%!
At this moment, this phenomenon took place at a very rapid pace as a few billion galaxies were formed in seconds, a being very easily stepping into the ranks of Monarchs.
In the Universal Core of the Dark Universe.
The space above Noah's main body splintered and cracked as extremely pure Primordial Essence rushed out! This was a phenomenon that only occurred when one crossed a certain threshold, and Noah had just now met it as this essence was coming to purify Noah's origin and soul, granting him even more boosts!
The boosts were of course to All Parameters as when reaching the rank of a Monarch and forging over 50 Billion Galaxies, a being could open up their Origin to receive more Primordial Essence up to 50%!
50% for a total of +500,000% to All Parameters!
It was the reason for the tremendous strength that Monarchs displayed over Great Sages, and Noah had now opened the floodgates to it in seconds as in inclusion to this, one must also keep in mind the Ruination Essence purification of 15% Noah also had.
It was boosts on top of boosts that were bound to birth something wondrous, and he was achieving them in seconds!
WAA!
At the same time, in a region of time space deep in the Universal Core, a Clone called out the real bodies of Noah's first 8 summons aside from the newly contracted Twins, beginning the process of elevating their stage from Great Sage to Monarch as their Galaxies also began to grow at a fast rate!
This created for the continuing incredulous scene in the Animus Universe where in front of the bloodied chaotic space of the Draconic Holy Lands, one being caught the eyes of billions.
In the middle of the opposing Legions that held Billions upon Billions of powerful beings, the dreadful scene continued as with what seemed like the passing of even less than half a second, 1 Billion new Galaxies would be forged in the Manifested Galaxy of the Tyrant Dragon as in a matter of just 10 seconds, the number of forged Galaxies were 63 Billion.
From 51 Billion that labeled him a Monarch to 63 Billion forged Galaxies...it took less than 10 seconds!
"This…!"
The scalps of many beings tingled fearfully at such a scene as they knew if it continued...if it truly continued…!
A sense of fear...began to permeate in the camp of Legions that were the enemy of the Tyrant Dragon as they watched this scene in utter stupefaction.
RUMBLE
10 seconds passed.
Another 10 Billion Galaxies were inexplicably forged.
The Tyrant Dragon let out a tremendously powerful bellow as pure power emanate from it, this roar waking many of the beings up from their stupor as they fully took in the sight in front of them and what it truly meant!
"You...you can't…"
Among the ranks of the Legions of the 5 Bloodline Races, some Monarchs fell to their knees when looking at the scene. One particular Monarch couldn't help but mutter when he looked at the scene and remembered how he and all his compatriots had risen through the ranks and forged their Galaxies, how it had taken them a grueling amount of thousands upon thousands of years to do it!
"You can't just do that…!"
THRUM!
They found the scene in front of their eyes unbelievable, but it just kept on going.
Another 10 seconds passed, and the total number of Galaxies they could see were already at 83 Billion!
Even Paragon Quinnie and the powerful Bloodline Paragons that were the followers of the Hegemony of Summoning looked at the being they knew with many titles in shock as even they could not follow along, only following with eyes that nearly popped out of their sockets at the reality that just did not stop!
90 Billion!
...100 Billion!
RUUUUMBLE!
The chaotic void quaked.
"..."
There was a moment of silence as it seemed everything had calmed down, as if all that had just occurred was just a mirage.
But…
ROAAAAAR!
The bellow of a Tyrant Dragon that released an aura much higher than a Paragon woke everyone up as it was ascertained that what had just occurred was real!
From 48 Billion Galaxies and all the way to 100 Billion Galaxies. From Great Sage to a Monarch and now...on the cusp of a Paragon!
"Impossible…"
A Paragon of the Nine-Tailed Fox race muttered with utter disbelief!
What exactly was the stage of a Paragon?
It was a being that had achieved 100 Billion forged Galaxies- a prerequisite for one to have in order to even stand a chance of establishing a Universe!
An insurmountably hard stage to reach!
Such a rank was extremely pristine and hard to reach as the further one progressed after 50 Billion Galaxies, the harder it was to form more Galaxies and even reach the prized 100 Billion. This was why among the 9 Supreme Bloodline Races, the Paragons were renowned and well known because there were so few of them.
Yet...the being in front of them had made it look too easy!
Unbeknownst to them, even more Primordial Essence began to pour out over the main body of Noah in the Dark Universe, his aura being elevated to even greater proportions as at his current stage where 100 Billion Galaxies were fully forged, 75% of his Origin and Soul could be purified.
It was an additional 25%, and there was a remaining 25% to bring the full circle of 100% Purification of body and soul! For a being to be able to achieve 100% Purification, there was an extra step that had to be taken after the formation of 100 Billion galaxies- and this was the step that prevented the masses from ever even achieving the requirements of stepping forward to touch the Realm of a Universe!
His eyes turned sharp as his attention returned to the astounded beings watching him from all angles, his gaze waving around to the Paragons and Monarchs of the 5 Bloodline Races as his eyes released beams of powerful light.
With a figure showing a Manifested Origin of 100 Billion Galaxies, with his aura ever continuously rising with the constant purification his main body was releasing...his voice ementated out as it was the nail in the coffin of this grand event!
"It is merely advancing from Great Sage to Paragon in seconds, no need for you all to be so shocked."
"..."
RUUUUMBLE!
Chapter 975 - A Blood Debt Must Be Repaid By Blood! I
Valentina quite literally had no words at this moment!
Her vibrant dark hair flowed down to her shoulders as she silently looked at the scenes displayed in the illusory screen before her, not knowing what to make of it as her hands unconsciously reached the Golden Mirror where she could contact a certain person.
Her dazed eyes couldn't help but unconsciously reach for the mirror and input her mana into it , a voice ringing out from it a few seconds later that brought her back to her senses!
"What's up? A tad bit busy at the moment…"
THRUM!
In the mirror, the magisterial scene of an incredulous amount of Primordial Essence swimming around Noah and delving into him was apparent, his ?h?st showing a glorious Manifested Origin of beautiful 100 Billion Galaxies!
"You…!"
Valentina could only stare towards this figure in shock as words didn't even come to her mouth!
A vast distance away from all this was the isolated space where two Hegemonies were floating in front of a huge illusory image of a particular Slaughter Star Monolith, these two beings having their gazes currently attracted to the same scenes that many powerful beings of the Animus Universe were currently seeing.
"How is this possible?"
Solerno was looking at the scene with sharp eyes as Ambrose had a dark expression, his voice coming out coldly as his eyes honed in on Noah's figure!
"I told you- their Universal Fortune is somehow so high that it possibly even exceeds mine, which is an impossibility by itself! This is also why I thought it a possibility that even if all this might fail, we needed to have Hegemony Dark Shadow ready to act…"
RUMBLE!
"But it is too soon!" Solerno replied with sharp eyes as Ambrose nodded, both Hegemonies agreeing on the issue as at this moment…
"We can only wait to see the results of this, and whether what we're seeing now is truly true."
Yes! They could only wait to see the results of this shocking Universal War!
With a shocking amount of essence raging around him, the being in question causing everything was completing a myriad of things at once as in the stupor of everyone having their eyes on him, few had begun to notice that the body of his summons had also been erupting with the number of forged Galaxies, and there was a special significance to his summons breaking past the ranks of Great Sages and heading towards Paragon!
The two summons of interest were of course the ones holding the greatest identities among Noah's summons- the unique Blue Slime and the Queen Dowager that was the Progenitor of Dragons.
In the descriptions when Noah first got them, it was listed for Tiamat that [...When she completes the process of her rebirth and regains all her memories, she will awaken her comprehension in the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation]. It was also written for the Blue Slime that [...When it fully becomes a Universal Emperor Slime, it will naturally awaken the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation]!
Both had such shocking identities that when they reached full maturity, they already had glorious perks handed out to them as such a time was approaching! At this moment as they went towards the Rank of Paragon with Galaxies forging in the billions as Noah elevated their ranks in a Time Space of the Universal Core of the Dark Universe, preposterous scenes beginning to occur in the chaotic void of the Animus Universe where the many Legions were gathered.
ROAAAAR!
A bellow tore across the chaotic void after Noah silenced every one by telling them it was merely the advancement from Great Sage to Paragon, many beings turning their eyes towards the direction of Noah's summons that were just slightly in front of the Legions of the 4 Bloodline Races.
There, the magnetic image of the Ten Headed Dragon finally became apparent for all, this figure having been overshadowed by the majesty of Noah's arrival and actions as it only now just registered in some people's eyes!
It was the figure of the Queen Dowager's Manifested Galaxy showing it reaching 100 Billion, a figure of the Progenitor of Dragons regaining her full power close to what she had before as in the next second, the Cosmic Dao she had comprehended previously bloomed from her Origin!
Above her, the chaotic void splintered and fractured as the essence of a horrendous Cosmic Dao leaked out, her ten heads roaring out gloriously as they opened to swallow this essence, creating for the shocking scene of a Ten Heading Dragon devouring the essence of a Cosmic Dao as seconds later...a pressure began to leak out of her as her many eyes blazed with intense light.
The essence of a Cosmic Dao...vibrantly emanate from her as while she released a shocking amount of pressure and power, her gaze turned towards the planet sized Nine-Tailed Fox that was one of the leading figures of the Legions of the 5 Bloodline Races, a being she very well knew as she was one of the last she saw 100,000 years ago!
"My dear friend Klaus, it has been a long time since you backstabbed me and began bullying my race!"
RUMBLE!
Her gaze was domineering as it was filled with regal draconic authority, each of her heads shining a brilliant color as this creature attained her power at the Paragon level and reclaimed her Cosmic Dao right after.
Her eyes were full of anger as while she stared at her many old enemies and the rivers of blood they had created for a show before them, she bellowed out while beginning to move towards the planet sized Nine-Tailed Fox Paragon Klaus at shocking speeds.
"A blood debt must be repaid by blood!"
WAA!
"You and all those behind you...there will be nothing but Annihilation!"
…!
The Queen Dowager stepped back on the spot light after many years, her glorious power about to be shown to everyone again as they recalled exactly why she was the one who stood at the forefront of the Bloodline Races all those years ago!
Chapter 976 - A Blood Debt Must Be Repaid By Blood! II
As Tiamat and Noah took the spot light and the eyes of many beings with their advancement, there was one creature that made their advancement that was just as shocking as the two of them silently as his blue eyes blinked with a myriad of emotions.
The small figure of the blue haired boy with an illusory cerulean blue crown floating on his head looked towards Tiamat's blazing figure that was now a streak of light shooting towards the planet sized Nine-Tailed Fox Paragon Claus, her body beginning to expand by hundreds of miles as she neared the size of a Planet herself!
There was also Noah, his master, who had swapped the normal clone when the eyes of all beings turned to see the shocking re-emergence of the Draconic Progenitor back to the Primordial Clone. The Clone that could release an even more stupendous amount of power, his body beginning to blaze with strength as he was about to attack with a stellar array of skills.
The small blue figure that was watching all of these scenes in question was of course the Blue Slime, a creature that was actually the last of its entire Race as its bloodline had been hunted down by the powerful Universal Hegemonies of the entire Primordial Cosmos!
The Blue Slime always had a childish mindset as even while being locked up for tens of thousands of years within the Great Sage Aoin Tower of the Dark Universe, such a time was a blip on what could be considered a young Emperor Slime.
At this time as its stage reached Paragon, as 100 Billion Galaxies were forged within its origin...this creature became a genuine full fledged Universal Emperor Slime as the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation descended to wrap around its body!
At the same time, the small face twisted as the eyes of the blue slime shot out arcs of light, the inheritance of the Cosmic Dao not being the last thing as with achieving ?du?thood, a cluster of many bloodline memories rushed into its mind as a great deal of information bloomed.
Just why were the Universal Emperor Slimes hunted by Hegemonies and those below them? What did they do to deserve such treatment from beings of their Primordial Cosmos?!
The face of the Blue Slime was calm as the memories came, its childish face releasing a breath as a light of responsibility filled its eyes. It was the responsibility of an entire race upon its shoulders!
Its 100 Billion Galaxies were forged as the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation shone on its body without attracting the attention of others, the eyes of this now Universal Emperor Slime honing in on the many Paragons and Monarchs of the 5 Bloodline Races before them.
THRUM!
Power began to undulate on its body as the cerulean blue figure also moved, the Paragons of the Bloodline Races not even knowing what was coming as they were marked for devouring and Annihilation!
Aside from the Universal Emperor Slime and Tiamat, all the other Summons had also reached 100 forged galaxies, even the newly contracted twins Ava and Olivia that received similar treatment to the others after Noah unmerged with them when the Primordial Ruination Clone went to the Ruination Realm.
When the rest of the summons reached the rank of Paragon and achieved full ?du?thood, they underwent glorious transformations, none more so from the unique Variant Oculothorax that was a mutation to begin with, with there being very few creatures like it that were so focused on the Soul!
The Oculothorax had transformed into a terrific golden winged Eye at this moment, its gaze releasing a deadly flash of soul light everywhere it looked as it neared the size of a star. It planned to release deadly rays of Soul light to shatter the souls of all the coming enemies as it also thundered forward!
The Kingly Calamity Bear, Galaxy Devouring Serpent, Golden Crow, Colossal Helios Leviathan, Obsidian Panther...each of their bodies thrummed with power as they turned into streaks of lights that shot towards the myriad of Legions.
In the distance, Paragon Quinnie was looking at the images of her daughters in shock and incredulousness as she never would have thought the fated destiny that she saw would lead to this!
The gaze of the Tyrant Dragon responsible for it all looked at the things around it and the auras of many Paragons overflowing throughout, light wrapping around its body as the strength of a Paragon was utilized by Noah for the first time.
WAA!
His body just made the intent to move forward, and he found himself moving even faster than all his summons and even Tiamat who was about to clash with the planet sized Nine-Tailed Fox, his terrifying figure appearing in front of a Legion of Golden Cyclops an instant later as their eyes expanded in terror at his appearance!
OOOOOOH!
The Paragon of the Golden Cyclops Race that led this Legion bellowed out as his body glimmered brightly, a shocking impact occurring at this moment as many impacts like this began to resound across the chaotic void.
Noah and his forces had led the way...and the allied Paragons of the 4 Bloodline Races were shaken out of their stupor a second later as they charged forward to fight for the war of Freedom for the bloodline races!
Freedom from the control of a certain Hegemony, freedom to choose to do what they wanted without receiving commands from someone that didn't truly care about them!
"KLAUS!"
The Queen Dowager was filled with rage as she clashed with one of the Paragons that led the way to the rebelling against her, the planet sized figures smashing into each other as the impact was far reaching!
BOOOM!
Meanwhile, the Golden Cyclops Paragon that clashed with Noah was smashed back from the sheer pressure and power of the stupendous Primordial Ruination Clone, Noah looking at the Paragon looking towards him with incredulity as his eyes expanded to cover the enormous Legion of hundreds of millions of being within the ranks of Entities, Sages, Great Sages, and Monarchs along with this Paragon as he...began casting skills.
[Apocalypse], [Galactic Devastation].
WAA!
...||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust||
…!
The Chaotic Void shook as it trembled and cried out in pain!
What followed thereafter...was mayhem as skills capable of affecting large regions of space were cast from Noah who had now reached the rank of a Paragon!
Chapter 977 - What is a Paragon? I
After a certain stage, abilities cast by certain beings start to affect things on a horrifying scale.
A simple [Fireball] cast by an F Rank Hunter and a [Fireball] cast by a Great Sage would be vastly different in power on what they could produce, and this same thought applied to the skills Noah was using currently as he reached the rank of a Paragon!
The 100 Billion Galaxies that swam rapidly within his Origin shone with a glimmer of light every time that a skill was cast, the might of this Origin displayed with every cast as the moment that [Apocalypse] and ||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust|| finished being cast, the Legion in front of Noah became faced with something utterly inconceivable!
RUMBLE!
The nearby surroundings turned tumultuous as the chaotic void became unstable, deadly elemental essence and destructive Dao Essense of all types that Noah comprehended emerging out as the instability of space made it seem like everything was about to shatter and come to an end- it was [Apocalypse].
But the even more frightening thing was the latter cast skill, ||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust||!
With the cast of this skill, it felt like the chaotic void had a roof that had descended down and was putting its weight on their backs, every single being within the region feeling unexplainable might crushing down unto them as if they couldn't defend themselves...the result was a horrifying one!
A skill that made it seem like the wight of the entire chaotic void was crushing onto your body from all sides!
RUMBLE!
When these beings tried to withstand the horrifying weight of ||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust||, they found their resistance lasting only a single second for the weaker ones and just a few seconds for the Great Sages...before their bodies could not defend against the annihilatory essence of the ability that was now backed by two Cosmic Daos and the strength of a Paragon!
If they could not defend themselves, it would naturally be as the skill was titled!
WAAA!
The eyes of many beings turned towards Noah's direction as they felt an inexplicable chill, their eyes landing just in time to see this Tyrant Dragon Emperor domineeringly gaze upon a Legion as the body of the Golden Cyclops Paragon with it trembled, but the bodies of all those below him...began fading away in a terrifying manner as their skin and bones became ash.
Ash!
RUMBLE!
A large number of Sages and Entities, hundreds of Great Sages and 4 Monarchs...their bodies simply looked out towards the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor in despair as they found their origins dissipating as they turned to mere ash and dust in the next second!
||Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust||!
At the mere end of it all, time would affect all things- and Noah had truly caused the life essence of all those under the area of the skill's effect to age until they turned to ash!
Ah!
Those watching felt a tingling sensation as even when the Golden Cyclops Paragon looked around it to find the area where the Legion he led should be...was empty.
Deep terror welled up within this Paragon as his body glimmered, yet even he could not escape as Chains of Annihilation even faster than it wrapped around him, the icy figure of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor descending unto it!
"..."
The expressions of the Paragons of the 5 enemy Bloodline Races was utterly gloomy at such a show of power from a being that had recently advanced to the rank of a Paragon, the one known as Paragon Klaus seeing this shocking scene at the corner of his eyes as he bellowed out to the other Paragons on his side.
"Do not let that Tyrant Dragon Paragon reign free any longer….otherwise we will not be able to bear the casualties! Swarm him!"
OOOOH!
He released a loud bellow of a command as the planet sized Tiamat he faced wrathfully spat out beams of destructive essence from her ten heads, this Nine-Tailed Fox Race Paragon not even being able to take his eyes off of her for a second!
As for the Paragons who heard his words and didn't have opponents...they gritted their teeth as all of them began to rush towards the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor.
But even the larger number of Paragons didn't seem enough as at this moment, the strength that the Paragons of the 4 Bloodline Races displayed had become simply horrifying as they were the ones who had sworn to become Vassals!
When they faced enemy Paragons, they were dominating the pace of the battle as they shockingly found themselves to be gaining the upper hand! The Vassals at the stages of Sage and Great Sage showed an even more drastic increase in strength as the mere 5% of power they could borrow from the being they swore Fealty to at this moment was something others of the same rank could not handle!
So even though they had many more Legions and experts, the 5 Bloodline Races found themselves facing heavy losses just seconds after the battle began!
It was all due to the strength of Vassals!
Noah's very own subordinates thundered down towards these Legions as scenes of them and others who were Vassals of the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor were imprinted in the minds of every single being in the allied 4 Bloodline Races who then recalled the call of fealty that many of them answered.
It was at this time point that those who did not answer the call of fealty and were seeing the tremendous strength of those who did answer the call display...it was at this time that they called out to the Tyrannical Dragon Emperor and willingly pledged themselves!
"I swear Fealty…!"
RUUMBLE!
Storms of essence raged as among the billions of powerful beings in the Legions under the influence of the Hegemony of Summoning, the rest of them pledging to become Vassals as the Universal War became even more chaotic.
A glorious scene of over ten Paragon who glimmered with glorious and powerful light, each of them swarming with Manifested Galaxies...all of these powerhouses were like spears of light thundering towards a single Tyrant Dragon that looked over everything with a gaze of exceeding coldness.
A gaze that subjugated all of them to death as within the area of this chaotic void, only ash and dust would remain everywhere this Tyrannical Dragon Emperor gazed down upon!
For this war to determine the direction of the Animus Universe...unimaginable events would unfold as they would be the springboard to affect not just this single Universe, but the course of multiple Universes!
Chapter 978 - What is a Paragon? II
As a myriad of beings pledged Fealty and a shocking Universal War broke out, Noah's main body continued to float silently within the Universal Core of the Dark Universe.
He was currently within the innermost Realm where his homeworld used to be, floating in the skies as his fingers stretched to touch the swaying golden trees below that held bright and m?tur? [Fate Apples].
Tens of thousands of Marks of Antiquity continued to condense and be drawn into him as he automatically branded them to his normal Galaxies to form new Dao Galaxies, his white robe fluttering behind him as he seemed like an ancient Saint blessing the skies with his presence!
It was such a drastic contrast to the terrifying war that his Primordial Ruination Clone was going through, Noah glancing at Valentina's Golden Mirror that was floating in front of him as he plucked and began to eat a Fate Apple, golden fate essence erupting out as he spoke calmly.
"Paragon to the Universal Realm...what can you tell me about it?"
…!
On the other side of the Golden Mirror, Valentina was still shaking her head at the sheer incredulousness this being displayed, only coming to as the vast experience of a Hegemony returned to her face!
She seemed ready to ask him many questions on exactly how the hell the things he was doing were even possible, but she held herself back as she had communicated this being long enough, and she knew that he would just say something to boast again!
So she instead breathed out her frustration as she glanced at the image of Noah that looked like an ancient creature descending unto the common world at this moment.
"If you are already looking to the path of a Universe after you've jumped across Monarch and gone all the way to Paragon, you have to understand first exactly what a Paragon is!"
RUMBLE!
Valentina adopted the demeanor of an experienced Universal Hegemony as her dark hair waved lightly, her voice continuing to ring out.
"A Paragon is...a quintessence of excellence! A thing that is seen as the perfect model! For the achievement of obtaining 100 Billion Galaxies within one's Origin- a being can be regarded as a Paragon."
…!
"But this definition and rank is not to express and admire those capable of being titled Paragons, but to further elevate the rank of a Universal Hegemony as this title of a Paragon was a mere prerequisite for someone to form their Universe. Before even proceeding to such a stage, one had to achieve a tremendous level of excellence!"
RUMBLE
Yes! Becoming a Paragon was just a prerequisite, one that very few beings met in the Primordial Cosmos, and even fewer beings ever went past this prerequisite to a Realm of beings who affected entire Universes!
"What many creatures struggle with after achieving the rank of Paragon is that they have no way to proceed forward, to the point that it has become a known saying that only those Destined could actually become Universal Hegemonies."
…!
"Paragons will remain in their rank until the end of their lives...merely just a bit over 1 million years after the Galaxies within their Origins run dry from the inescapable cage of Time."
Time!
Something that even Universal Hegemonies could not escape from, much less Paragons!
Planetary bodies had a factor of time as they would be destroyed sooner or later.
Galaxies had a factor of time as even they would be destroyed!
None of them could escape the cage of Time!
Even those studying the Law of Time or those studying the Cosmic Dao of Chronos...even these beings could not escape the destination of time.
Even though there was a Legend that the answer to the question and deadly Devastation of time lay in the aforementioned Dao of Chronos, that is a talk for another time!
"To try and beat this time limit of 1 Million years, all Paragons seek to do a single thing that meets another prerequisite to form a Universe- and that is for them to form a cohesive and singular unification of all of their 100 Billion Galaxies."
…!
"For a Universe to be born, all the Galaxies within a being's Origin must be connected...and all 100 Billion connected Galaxies together can give birth to a Universal Seed! When this Universal Seed blooms...a Universe is born within their Origin!"
WAA!
Noah listened with shining eyes as golden fluids ran down his mouth with every bite of the Fate Apple, his eyes shooting out beams of golden light from Valentina's words!
First it was 100 Billion Galaxies, and then these galaxies all had to be connected as their connection would establish a Universal Seed...and then this Universal Seed had to bloom to birth a Universe!
"But the connection of 100 Billion Galaxies is one of the major obstacles all paragons come across, and this was where the saying that only those destined will ever connect all their Galaxies and birth a Universal Seed. I held a decent amount of Universal Fortune and Destiny that I was able to slowly connect all of my Galaxies...in 400,000 years."
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400,000 years! A genius like the Hegemony of Summoning took nearly half a million years to go from Paragon and become a Universal Hegemony!
"That was me having a tremendous amount of fortune and destiny, allowing me to connect a maximum of 250,000 Galaxies each year until I reached all 100 Billion. Others are not as lucky as I am, their rate of connection reaching less than 100,000 a year as they would need over 1 million years to fully birth a Universal Seed...and they would be long dead at that time!"
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"This is also the reason for the mentality of many of the Paragons you come across, especially the ones that followed the words of Ambrose and chose to be influenced by him. They are beings with a limited time span, most of them knowing that they will die without ever reaching the Realm of a Universe! Unless...they attach themselves to someone of such a Realm and increase their Universal Fortune and Destiny, unless they increase the rate they can connect their Galaxies daily as they beat the 1 million cage of Time."
RUMBLE!
Noah's eyes shone brighter and brighter as he was enlightened to many things, his gaze going down onto his own 100 Billion galaxies as he wondered, just how many years would it take for him to birth his very own Universal Seed?!
Chapter 979 - Like Hegemonies...I Must Influence the Cosmos! I
The mindset of many Paragons was actually an extremely despotic and dangerous one!
It was beings that knew exactly when death would come for them, and the vast majority were condemned to death as if they could forge connections at the rate of less than 100,000 galaxies per year- they would never advance forward as only death would be their friend.
This was why Hegemonies were able to successfully influence the most powerful beings on Universes and bring them under their influence- it was all for that slim chance of increasing their Destiny!
But when it came to Noah…his Universal Fortune was already so massive that it even surpassed beings that were already in the Universal Realm.
"With your oversized Fortune, you are much different from others as since it took me nearly half a million years to achieve a Universe, it should take you half that time if not one fourth of it! I wouldn't even be surprised if you were able to fully connect all your Galaxies in less than 100,000 years!"
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Valentina's voice rang out as if it was heard by Paragons and even other Hegemonies- screams of unfairness would have rung out all around.
Noah was so damn balance breaking that even the Hegemony of Summoning told him that it was likely a guarantee for him to reach Universal Realm within a set period of time, and Noah wanted to find out how long it would take!
THRUM!
His main body stared at the glimmering Origin that held 100 Billion Galaxies, focusing on a single one as his essence bubbled forth and he commanded just this one Galaxy to form a connection with another one nearby.
BZZZT!
They shone with a bright ?uster as a unique feeling wrapped around Noah, his eyes watching a thin line stretch from one Galaxy to another as the moment they connected, it was like a chain reaction as it caused even more lines of connections to bloom out, jumping from one Galaxy to another as two went to four, four went to 8….the numbers of connections continued to jump crazily as even Valentina had begun to look at Noah closely through the Golden Mirror!
RUMBLE!
His Origin buzzed with strength and power as thin blue lines constantly connected glimmering galaxies, the number very quickly surpassing Valentina's daily maximum limit when she was a Paragon as it soon hit over 2500 connected Galaxies, and within seconds broke past the point of 5000 connected galaxies! This daily rate was 8 times Valentina's as every year, it meant Noah could connect close to 2 million Galaxies!
"Ah…"
The body of the Hegemony of Summoning shuddered as even though she expected it, seeing it herself was just terrifying.
She shook her head in condolences to all the Paragons out there that found it hard to connect their Galaxies, the Paragons that did not have the talent as they could only connect less than 100,000 every year!
THRUM
Noah's Origin let out a pulsating blue light at this as the blue lines of connections stopped there, his Origin simply shining with intense blue light as the connections made his strength feel even more solidified and out of this world.
His eyes constricted as he found no matter how much he focused to try and form more connections, nothing would work as it was like a barrier existed that he could not cross no matter what he did!
A barrier that would break down when…
"...24 Cosmic Hours have to pass before one can forge more connections between their Galaxies, and this cannot be bypassed even with Spacetime Treasures. But you really…"
Valentina had an exasperated expression as she watched Noah casually form connections that indicated a rate of 2 million per years, a fact that meant this being would only need 50,000 years before becoming a Universal Hegemony!
Valentina looked at this like a ridiculous and incomprehensible thing, something that any other Hegemonies would cry out at as to them and many Paragons, it was a negligible amount of years.
Yet when Noah came to this conclusion...his face scrunched up in unhappiness as he found it was actually too long!
He was still just a man in his 20s! He hadn't even lived past 100 Cosmic years, much less the concept of 50,000 years needing to pass before he could fully connect all 100 Billion Galaxies.
When Valentina saw this dissatisfied expression on his face, she felt like she couldn't take it anymore as she shook her head and turned her eyes to the shocking battles that just began in the chaotic void of space of the Animus Universe.
She couldn't look at this being any longer lest she wanted an inferiority complex to arise within her at how astounding he was on all sides!
Noah's body also got out of the range of the Golden mirror as his body floated down from the skies and landed into the golden swaying trees that bore Fate Apples, his expression thoughtfully as he stared at the 100 Billion Galaxies within his Origin.
Even though they were Manifested on his body, there was a chunk of glimmering rainbow colored Galaxies that nobody could see within his Origin!
It was...the Dao Galaxies that were branded with the Marks of Antiquity!
Dao Galaxies that were filled to the brim with the Essence of the Cosmic Dao of Ruination...Noah's eyes turned his attention towards them as his heart beat faster, his mind telling him to try something! To try something with these Dao Galaxies that only ever appeared within the Universe of a Universal Realm expert.
All of the Dao Galaxies within Noah's Origin brightened up, and there was currently an incredulous number of 23 Million Dao Galaxies within his Origin that he had branded with Marks of Antiquity!
23 times the number of Dao Galaxies that Valentina had been able to form since she became a Hegemony…
Noah's eyes shot out beams of light as he gave a command, sensing the unbreakable barrier that would only ever allow him to form connections with thousands of Galaxies shatter away with the might of the Dao Galaxies, pulsing rainbow colored lines shooting forth from each of the 23 Million Dao Galaxies and smashing into 23 million normal Galaxies!
BZZZT!
A storm of essence raged around Noah as his strength was elevated to an even greater degree, his Origin buzzing with might as when he blinked again, he saw that the lines of connection had fully formed between 23 million Dao Galaxies and 23 million normal Galaxies.
That was 46 million Galaxies that were fully connected! This was the hard work of 23 years, and he did in in a matter of seconds!
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"Haha!"
Noah couldn't help but laugh as he found a way forward to quickly achieving the Realm of a Universe...and it was through the stupendous Marks of Antiquity that forged his Dao Galaxies!
Chapter 980 - Like Hegemonies...I Must Influence the Cosmos! II
Marks of Antiquity!
Something that only came by when Hegemonies birthed a Dao that went on to affect an entire Universe, with their rate of formation ranging based on what extent of an influence the Dao of the Hegemony provided to the targeted Universe.
Valentina had her Dao of Summoning that she spread throughout the Animus Universe, but the extent of its effect on the beings within the universe wasn't too massive as while she regularly received Marks of Antiquity from them, the rate of their formation was only enough for her to collect a bit over 1 million Marks after so many years!
Yet Noah birthed a Dao that affected vast numbers of beings and went on to affect them at an extremely deep level as the course of their lives were forever changed based on the strength they could borrow from him.
This caused for him to attain over 20 million Marks of Ruination in just days! Days!
What a vast gulf of power! It was so drastic that Noah chose to spare Valentina's poor heart from the shock of seeing him collect 23 times the amount of Marks she had collected in just days, choosing to preserve the heart of this Hegemony of Summoning!
Now...it was these Marks of Antiquity that allowed for him to form Dao Galaxies- it was these Marks that showed the way towards the Universal Realm.
It was something nobody but Noah could do, because there had not been a single being in history that could birth a Dao while not even being a Universal Hegemony to begin with. All Paragons were limited to a certain amount of connections a day for their Galaxies as if they didn't have enough Universal Fortune and Destiny, they would find themselves facing death after 1 million years as they never achieve the Realm of a Universe!
Yet Noah could bypass all of this as all he had to do...was have enough Dao Galaxies to do exactly what he just did- form connections instantaneously with the Dao Galaxies and normal Galaxies as all he needed for this was Marks of Antiquity.
He just needed 50 Billion Marks of Antiquity to be capable of forming 50 Billion Dao Galaxies...and he could then form connections to his remaining normal 50 Billion Galaxies as the goal of birthing a Universal Seed would be achieved!
The only problem was collecting such a large amount of Marks of Antiquity! Even after affecting a large number of beings in the Dark Universe and the recent Fealty being sworn by Billions of some the most powerful beings in the Animus Universe, he had only collected 23 million Marks of Antiquity.
For him to obtain more…
RUMBLE!
An outlandish thought appeared in Noah's mind as he thought of the method to obtain more Marks of Antiquity, and it was something that the recent Hegemonies he had contact with were already doing!
'For me to obtain billions of Marks of Antiquity...I have to be like all of these Hegemonies and go on to influence many Universes…!'
WAA!
His eyes were hazy as with the light of Destiny around him, he saw himself descending unto places like the Necrotic Universe, the Microbial Universe, the Liberated Universe...and many more of the Universes that he could instantly teleport to with the use of his Cosmic Treasure as he went on to use his Paragon level strength to dominate them and spread his influence!
This thought and idea solidified so quickly that he almost felt like he could see it right in front of him!
'Good! But first…this Universal War…'
His eyes were bright with ideas as a path opened up in front of him, his consciousness going back to the ongoing Universal War in the Animus Universe.
There, his Primordial Clone that had its aura continuing to rise up crazily was facing over 10 Paragons of the Supreme Bloodline Races all by himself!
War.
To Klaus, war never changed!
Since he chose to betray Tiamat 100,000 years ago, he knew he was not just putting himself into a never ending war, but all of his Bloodline and all the Supreme Bloodlines of the Animus Universe.
He knew that with this decision...he would betray his oldest friends and cause much bloodshed, but he did it as he believed in absolute power. The first war was won as Tiamat and many others fell, his Nine-Tailed Fox Race rising to the very top of the pyramid as his Universal Fortune greatly increased, where he saw that he now stood a chance of possibly achieving a Universal Seed as long as he kept his position.
Yet...yet!
BOOOM!
Tiamat had returned.
ROAAAR!
With power even more overbearing than her peak strength all those years ago, she came back as she now matched him and even seemed to be overpowering him!
"How...how…?!"
The Progenitor of the Nine-Tailed Fox Race, Klaus, bellowed out as he evaded the grand plasma blasts filled with the essence of Destruction and the Cosmic Dao of Annihilation from the heads of the Ten Headed Dragon he never thought he would see again.
He was questioning how it all came to this, and which being could be responsible for bringing this development to fruition!
Looking at such power and majesty that he felt he could never achieve, envy and wrath welled up in his heart as his eyes blazed while locking with the Ten Headed Dragon in front of him.
"Just what monstrosity did you attach yourself to, your multi-headed lizard!"
WAA!
Tiamat's eyes released beams of light at this insult, her aura raging upwards as her wings unfurled gloriously, glancing at her betrayer with utter hatred as she spoke out while casting a skill.
"A being that your entire disappointing life could never begin to match even a strand of his hair! Someone of true power that you will only ever look up to!"
RUMBLE!
[Wrath of the Annihilatory Dragon Queen]
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The chaotic void that was filled with darkness and the occasional flash of light felt like it came to stop.
Behind Tiamat, a hazy illusory image of a Ten Headed Dragon made up of the immense essence of Annihilation formed, its gaze chillingly cold as it didn't just lock onto Klaus...but all the enemy Races nearby!
Its unfurled wings trembled as the jaws of the many heads opened, an ocean's worth of the essence of Annihilation bubbling to be released as a Dragon's Breath, the wrath of the Dragon Queen descending down in waves as they threatened to drown all enemies!
