BOOM!
The light split apart the swirling flames and struck onto his chest, blowing yet another hole clean through. Baal's thick arms reached out to clasp onto this piercing plasma beam as his skin became shredded and soon began tearing apart. His Ultimate Skill continued to work as it healed him constantly, but the origins of his enemies he had absorbed and kept aside for situations like these were nearly finished.
He looked forward unwillingly as this really was not how things were supposed to go down.
He was the first ranked Ruler of the Demon World. He was actually very, very powerful. He would have needed entire days and nights just to be brought down to this state he was brought in, in barely a few minutes. His gaze wasn't even on the Kraken any more as he allowed the black tentacles shaped like javelins to bypass his defenses and strike his body.
He was focused on the three-headed Hydra that threw out relentless attacks that drained him so much, and so fast. The relentless poisonous blades that tore apart his defenses like nothing. The Trident of the Sea that boosted the enemy's strength by such a large extent. There were too many things that this enemy carried!
Baal was unwilling and unruly until the end as his belief remained the same. He knew his own power and how this battle should have gone down. So while his body continued to disintegrate from the extremely destructive Plasma Beam that was somehow still shooting from the Trident like it was nothing, his belief remained the same.
It really should not be like this.
Chapter 196 - Change
A terrifying beam of plasma was disintegrating the body of the most powerful Ruler of the Demon world as the remaining Rulers burned their essence to try and reach his position.
The inhabitants of Atlantis were moving with vigor and happiness as victory was in their hands with the defeat of the powerful being that led the charge here. The statues that had come to life continued to cause carnage among the ranks of cultivators as the Martial Uncle Dylan was fending off both their attacks and the attacks from a Calamity
"OOOH!"
His body that was covered by the monstrous figure of a Scylla screamed out as he tried to penetrate their defenses to go towards the gorgeously floating Trident of the Sea that he wanted so badly, but he couldn't breakthrough. His eyes didn't even notice the weird situation where members of the Karmic Sect had entered a passive position and no attacks were being exchanged between them and the inhabitants of Atlantis.
On the side where the powerful trident was releasing a destructive beam of light, Noah continued to relentlessly pour out an enormous amount of mana to keep the Plasma Beam active. His heart was pounding as he thought of the possible threat from the words of the mysterious Cultivator while he watched Baal's body disintegrate and be recreated every second.
The life force of this Ruler was too much, but he had to finish this fast. He couldn't afford a long drawn out battle with the biggest villain until he was fully drained, so he acted once again to release yet another destructive attack while keeping Plasma Beam active.
This attack was one he hadn't used before, but one he looked forward to using the most when he received it. He breathed out as the Spiritual Land that was anchored to his large body detached and began moving away from him at a rapid speed.
It was the feature that he had not yet tested under the [Offensive Maneuvers] of the Spiritual Land. It was [Falling Meteor].
VOOOM
A droning sound resounded out as the Spiritual Land that flew up appeared more than a few miles above the struggling Baal who was using his Ultimate Skill to continue regenerating senselessly.
A blue light began converging as mana leaked from Noah and into the Spiritual Land endlessly as it briefly appeared in the sea with its small size. As soon as a second passed though, it expanded in size as yet another surprising sight occurred in the dark waters.
In a matter of seconds, a landmass larger than a city had appeared in the dark waters and cast a shadow on everything below it. The waters began trembling as this landmass ridiculously ignored the heavy resistance around it and began free-falling as if it was in the air.
Below this landmass, a converging mass of essence had taken a pointed form that was directly above the head of Baal. This needle end below the Spiritual Land was the actual attack of [Falling Meteor]. It was where the converging mana focused the entire weight of the falling landmass into a single destructive attack.
A Spiritual Land with a size larger than most cities was barreling down the waters of the sea ridiculously, defying many known laws as its center of origin where it collected all of the destructive force of the weight of the landmass was pointing towards Baal.
"AAAAH!"
Baal screamed out as he felt the ridiculous force of who knew how many tonnes that was aimed towards him as he found any nearby beings running from their location in panic. His eyes looked to the continued Plasma Beam that broke apart his body, and now the sharp converging essence below a huge landmass that was aimed above his head.
He was really unwilling.
BOOOOOM!
Space shattered.
A vortex was created between the impact of the needlelike end below the falling Spiritual Land and Baal's body.
Waves of tremendous power pushed out anybody that was near as the remaining Rulers of the Demon World felt a deafening cry in their hearts. They could only look forward in shock as they found to their dismay that they had felt yet another True Death.
This one was from a being that they expected to die last even if all of them were to somehow fall. Somehow, the most powerful of them was the one to fall first.
The True Death of the first ranked Ruler of the Demon World had occurred in the Lost World.
The Spiritual Land rapidly reduced in size as the vortex created from the impact was rapidly filled in with water. Where the body of Baal used to be, gorgeously shining cores, skill books, and items lay as a few people looked at this and rubbed their eyes to check if they were seeing correctly.
Noah's large figure flashed at the position and quickly swiped away the loot from the most powerful Ruler of the Demon World as his gaze now traveled to Sect Master Inuit.
The Sect Master had a stern expression on his face as a few words came out.
"They are here. We have to move fast."
As if waiting for a cue, as soon as these words finished a stifling pressure descended on every being on the battlefield. No, it wasn't every being on the battlefield, but on every single living creature in the Lost World of Atlantis as something disastrous had arrived.
Noah felt this stifling pressure as his gaze turned stern and he began moving rapidly, calling back the [Emperor Penguin] and other beasts that were still ripping apart cultivators from the Mountain Sea Sect and obtaining more [Law Crystals].
The Calamities of the Sea looked up with horrid expressions as they felt a foreboding feeling deep in their hearts.
The inhabitants of Atlantis that had just experienced the beginning of a victory looked out in shock at this unexpected pressure that seemed to be pushing them down to kneel. The Ocean Master felt his heart palpitate as even he was affected the same as everyone else.
Above the waters of the Lost World, above the skies, and above the world itself, something huge had appeared.
What looked like an interstellar warship, something that nobody in the Lost World had come across, was now in the space above them. The ship was extremely large in size as it pulsed with a golden light. It was this golden light that had somehow gone to cover the entirety of the Lost World like a cage.
The ship was only in the space above the planet, but those with powerful eyes could still discern its shape if they were looking from the skies. This expressed just how tremendous in size it was.
At the forefront of the ship where the golden light covering the entire planet of the Lost World was being released, what looked like the barrels of exquisitely created cannons began to pulse with a menacing red light.
In the dark
waters of the sea, Sect Master Inuit closed his eyes as the thing he foresaw was now occurring, sending yet another message to the one he had to save today as his body and the body of the many disciples behind him began to shine in resplendent white light.
"Quickly save those you can and come to my side, those who remain in this world will only face destruction."
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Noah had already begun moving as he bore the stifling pressure, the beasts all recalled into the Spiritual Land as he turned towards the Kraken and other calamities who seemed to have lost all color. Things were occurring exactly as the Sect Master mentioned, so Noah put aside his reservations and began actively moving. If what he said was truly to come, something horrendous would be occurring today!
Chapter 197 - A True Apocalypse! I
In the newly appearing ship above the space of the Lost World of Atlantis.
The exquisitely built ship actually only had a few figures piloting it. It was a tool used for mass destruction by a group that many worlds feared across the Universe.
At the helm, there were only three figures taking command, with the one at the forefront tampering with a command panel that was causing the changes that the inhabitants of the world below them were feeling.
"The verdict for this 'Lost World' has been discussed and cleared, Athena. Why do you hesitate?"
A figure to the right, who wore golden robes and had the image of an important being with arrogance ingrained in their bones asked the dark-skinned Athena that was taking command today.
"I was trying to see what the beings of this word would think if they knew what they brought down to themselves and their world, but I guess it doesn't matter."
The woman, Athena, who couldn't be any older than 25, answered with a nonchalant expression as she continued on with the command panel and activated the World Cannons.
"No, it does not matter. They tampered with forces outside of their boundaries and caused an increase in Chaos. It is simply our job to correct that, to bring back the balance caused by their disruption"
Another reply came from the figure left of Athena, this one looking like an aged old man that was wearing resplendent purple robes.
Athena nodded at this as she typed the commands to activate the weapons after covering the world with a restrictive barrier that would prevent any being from leaving.
"We do the things that many cannot, in order to serve the greater purpose. We work in the shadows to maintain order and rule in the Universe. We may destroy billions here, but we will save a trillion more over the course of time."
The aged voice of the old man continued to ring out as destructive red beams of light began to shoot out from the interstellar warship.
Athena felt something she didn't yet understand as she watched the destructive red rays of light land on the blue planet and she nodded towards the old man.
"Yes, Grandmaster."
The three beings then watched a process they were familiar with as an oppressive feeling of strength came from each of them. Their ranks of power were not close to PHANTASMAL, but far above it.
They were beings that Noah had inadvertently mentioned from the many stolen memories when he first met Barbatos.
They were the Celestials, and they brought law and order across the Universe.
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It was a scene of chaos and confusion. Nobody knew what exactly was going on as they felt a stifling pressure and a foreboding feeling.
Noah ignored the figures of despairing Rulers that had a few PHANTASMAL ranks left with them as his figure moved across the waters because he found to his dismay that he could not teleport anymore.
He was sending messages to the Kraken and rushing down towards the location where the Ocean Master was surrounded by Atlanteans and Merfolk. They looked towards the striking figure of the Hydra holding the Trident with confusion and fear in their eyes as his booming voice came.
"There is no time, Ocean Master. Don't resist and come into my space treasure."
Noah could feel his heart sinking as he saw the Ocean Master had on a fearful expression. This was a PHANTASMAL ranked being who was at the peak of power in the Lost World, and yet similar to the Calamities, his face was fully drained of color.
The reason for this was the saddening cry he and the other PHANTASMAL beings in the Lost World continued to hear. It was a saddening cry that could only be heard by them first, but was gradually getting louder and would soon be heard by every being on the Lost World.
From the ship that had appeared in the space above the Lost World, never before seen destructive rays of red light had begun shooting out, heading down and piercing the layers of water as they descended down further and further.
RUMBLE!
Land and sea around the Lost World began to shake and tremble as an attack was released from this foreign ship with no word.
Noah felt the red beams of light that were not even near them, but he could feel their horrendous power even at the location he was standing in. His heart continued to drop as he let out another shout towards the ashen Ocean Master, who looked at him in despair.
He shook his head as the trident floating on around him flew out at a blazing speed and smacked onto the head on the distraught Ocean Master, knocking him out as Noah transferred him into the Spiritual Land. He couldn't teleport around since the advent of the stifling pressure that pressed down on them, but he could still use the function of transferring beings in and out of his Spiritual Land.
"The rest of you, quickly, don't resist. I'm trying to save you!"
He moved rapidly as he transferred the many Atlanteans and Merfolk that were looking around in confusion and fear as he continued to move. He didn't even look at the figures of Rulers that would have given him more loot as he now rushed towards the direction of Atlantis.
The Kraken seemed to have finally come out of its stupor as its red eyes had streaks of dark tears appearing, but its large body still moved quickly as the reality none of them had expected finally registered in their minds.
A terrifying enemy none of them knew had appeared above their planet. From the pressure that even made the PHANTASMAL ranked beings feel stifled, from the cries they continued to hear from the strong voice of the world they were used to, they finally registered and terrifyingly accepted a possible reality none of them wanted.
They could not stand against the newly arriving enemy, and something horrendous would be occurring to their home.
It was a scene of chaos and confusion as many still did not know what was happening. Even Noah barely had an idea as he passed on the words of the Sect Master to the Kraken. He continued to move rapidly around the City of Atlantis as he transferred any beings he came across into his Spiritual Land.
The cries that could only be heard by the PHANTASMAL beings with this world as their home were now getting into Noah's ears as he felt emotions he had never had in a long time appear. The cries seemed to induce sadness as he unconsciously felt tears release from even him.
It was the cries of a world.
The cries of a world that knew it was coming to an end.
Chapter 198 - A True Apocalypse! II
Mayhem!
Pandemonium!
The earth and the seas were trembling as an entire world was placed under lockdown while destructive rays of light thundered down. The inhabitants of the world did not know what was happening, all they felt was a fearful feeling none of them could fully describe.
The invading Cultivators and remaining Rulers of the Demon World were in the same situation as they looked around in a panic, realizing they could not form any transfer channels back to their world and could not use any spatial based skills.
The Demons were in an even more disastrous situation as three of their Rulers had faced True Death. Worst of all, one of them was the most powerful Ruler of the Demon World.
The figure of oppression and strength they looked up to had fallen!
Those in the Lost World that had despairi
ngly watched it happen with their own eyes still could not believe it, not to mention the Rulers on missions elsewhere as they tried to form a communication channel with the Rulers in the Lost World unsuccessfully.
It was just confusion and chaos all around as no information was coming in or out.
Among the only people not panicking were the Sect Master and Disciples of the Karmic Sect as they stood calmly in the tumultuous dark waters. They were the only ones not looking around in panic as mayhem descended down.
The disciples had shining white lights covering their eyes as Sect Master Inuit stood in front of them and nodded, the destruction around them seemingly not bothering him one bit. He waited a couple more seconds before he acted again, sending out a message to the person he came to this Lost World for.
"It is time. You have saved all that you could for now, any longer delay and we will all perish."
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Noah heard these despairing words in his ear as he was moving speedily across Atlantis and transferring any Atlanteans and Merfolk he came across. But the City of Atlantis was too large and the beings were too numerous!
He had barely transferred a few tens of thousands of beings aside from the Ocean Master before the same words from the Sect Master of the Karmic Sect came down. He looked across the many more inhabitants of Atlantis that were looking around in fear and panic as the waters around them trembled, their eyes already meeting the wide destructive rays of red light that were splitting apart the waters of the sea far in the distance.
Noah shook his head in frustration as his figure moved away towards the location of Sect Master Inuit at a high speed. He had his own apprehensions as he found he couldn't teleport, but it looked like the person that had come to warn him would have a way out of this.
He didn't like to put his life in other's hands, but the moment he felt the restrictive force and the words of the mysterious Sect Master Inuit, he knew he might have to rely on someone else today. He sent a message to the shock filled Kraken who floated with the other 5 calamities as a distraught sight could be seen.
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