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For the [No Man's Land] ability, the affected area had increased from 1 mile to 6, as well as increased debuffs for all the enemies that were contained in this range of 6 miles, with the limit of how many the Arch Lich could summon becoming 6, while the cooldown came down from 360 minutes to only 60 minutes!
For the [Abyssal Summoner], additional possible summons called the Abyssal Revenant and Abyssal Jiangshi were added. Noah very much looked forward to seeing what exactly these Abyssal creatures were as he gave a command to the Arch Lich, the deathly being nodding as it waved its skull staff forward and cast, [Abyssal Summoner]!
RUMBLE!
A storm of essence erupted out with the Arch Lich at the center as a huge runic circle filled with darkness appeared in the skies of the First Realm of Hell.
The runic circle was more than 50 meters wide as it pulsed with power, a dark light shining from it as the forms of expertly designed Abyssal Undead erupted out and crashed towards the blazing earth!
BOOM!
Their arrival caused a huge impact that even crushed a few weaker Undead that were in the surroundings, their sizes being so massive as the two Abyssal Undead towered over 40 meters.
One was an Abyssal Revenant, a being that had a humanoid mummified form, and on its back was a huge coffin that spanned the length of its entire body!
The other was the Abyssal Jiangshi, an enormous being that held two dark columns bubbling with darkness in its arms, its entire body looking very similar to a four legged beast as it crouched down like an ape, the two dark columns of darkness it carried within its arms causing the earth they touched to decay.
OOOOH!
They screamed out as they announced their arrival, their screams traveling back to the far away Spiritual Land and spreading out tens of miles in theFirst Infernal Realm as even the wrathful Infernals received a tremor throughout their bodies!
Noah's Ancient Blood Clone only smiled as he looked at these powerful beings called Abyssal Undead, knowing his collection of Skill Points was about to get much faster, his heart already set on getting the percentage of the Infernal Lord title towards 100% soon!
Chapter 377 - The Time Nears!
In the Celestial Realm, the Righteous Fire Exploration Team had returned to the Sanctum as they went towards Grandmaster Simeon's Blacksmith Shop.
"Old Man Simeon, are you in here? We got some new material you can work on!"
Boru's boisterous voice erupted towards the large smithy in front of them as an even thicker voice returned out.
"If it's the materials of some Normal Behemoth, don't even bother."
"Ehh…"
Boru shook his head willfully as he heard these words thrown out a moment after he called out, motioning for the team to continue towards the dining quarters.
"Sometimes Grandmaster Simeon can be busy and turn you down unless you bring him an Elite Behemoth's materials that are drenched in Supreme Laws. For now, let's celebrate by gorging ourselves with food!"
The members of the Righteous Fire Exploration Team cheered as they followed along, Noah and Athena close behind them as the valiantAthena looked at Noah who seemed to be in thought.
"You have that same light as when you proposed the alternate path for the mission in the Magus World. What could my little Junior Brother Crixus be thinking?"
The Senior Sister that had spent a significant amount of time with Noah over the past month noticed the sharp light that was passing through his eyes, sending him a telepathic message as they went towards a spectacular looking building that had a heavenly smell of food and was bustling with the movements of numerous Celestials.
Noah glanced at the War Princess as he replied.
"This expansive Celestial Realm that is largely unexplored...I want to see exactly what its secrets are!"
His thoughts were simple, so he said them in a straightforward manner as Athena's eyes shone at his answer, feeling a similar feeling deep in her heart. She looked towards the boisterous exploration team they just had their first hunt with as she sent back another telepathic message with a smile.
"Haha, don't worry. After learning all we can from this top ranked Exploration Team and grow our knowledge and power, it won't be too late to explore the unknown regions."
The words of Athena only affirmed Noah's thoughts about how he should move forward from here on out, knowing it would be very hard if he wanted to move out alone, as the Grandmaster heavily favored his life!
He thought of all the possible ways he could achieve his goal of exploring this Celestial Realm freely as many possibilities floated in his mind, one of them even being simply waiting a few days until the powerful figures of the many Prime Worlds began entering for him to enter as well, or to simply teleport his clone to also move right away in the Celestial Realm!
These ideas floated in his mind as he decided against teleporting the clone for now, not fully understanding the extent to which the Celestials were watching the explored regions surrounding the Sanctum, and for the simple fact that nobody other than Celestials were currently in the Celestial Realm. If anybody came across a single being exploring the dangerous Celestial Realm, he would raise a lot of dangerous flags with the Celestials at this point in time. The idea of waiting for more foreign powers to enter the Celestial Realm was most ideal, as things would become even more chaotic then, and if he chose to bring his clone into the Celestial Realm as well, he could do it with out any reservations.
This would mean momentarily losing the bonus of constantly using the Time Space of the Spiritual Land to raise the proficiencies of the skill trees, but he could still divide his time to do this if the clone moved alone in this mystical realm. The other cause was the [Treasure Hunter] feature that was attached to the Spiritual Land, which he knew would be immensely helpful in this realm filled with treasures. So bringing his clone into this realm with the Spiritual Land was an inevitable action, all that mattered was when exactly he would do it.
So for now, he would learn all about the explored and unexplored regions, and prepare for when he could actually start to move in earnest in a few days. He wanted to explore this expansive realm for himself to see exactly what awaited him, and to understand just why it was that Celestials had only ever explored 10% of this entire Realm!
He now knew that to the North of the Sanctum lied the Fire Behemoths, and to the South were the Behemoths knowledgeable in the Laws of Water and Ice. He still did not gather the knowledge of all the surrounding regions, and where exactly he would have to go to come across Behemoths that were proficient in Supreme Laws, or what treasures they could be guarding.
But after seeing the types of Items he could create from the bodies of Behemoths...his heart shook as he recalled the boosts of the Incandescent Flameborn Set that he only held a single item of currently.
The Item Set was so powerful that he knew if he hunted Behemoths of the opposing element, his task would be that much more smoother from the huge boosts given by equipping all 6 Items in the Set!
So he would continue amassing his knowledge of this establishment of the Celestials in the Celestial Realm, the Sanctum, and then get a good grasp on all the surrounding explored regions as he waited for the masses of beings from the numerous Prime World to gather.
He had been extremely productive the past few days, this being attributed mostly to his clone as he had quickly managed to upgrade another skill tree to the Soul Rank, and [Lesser Cthulhu] was not too far away from getting its own upgrade as the Ancient Blood Clone continued to work hard in the Time Space of the Spiritual Land.
A world shaking aura could be felt in the wide space most of the time as the clone adopted the fearsome form of the Lesser Cthulhu an
d used its numerous abilities, its Skill Proficiency continuing to be raised more and more as numerous days passed in the Time Space of the Spiritual Realm. Noah looked forward to the next form of this skill tree greatly, as there were too many mysteries associated with this particular ability.
He continued moving with the Righteous Fire Exploration Team as his thoughts were occupied with many ideas, occasionally asking more questions to learn about the Celestial Realm as time progressed.
Like this, the days continued to pass as the river of fate moved forward and in a few days, tens of thousands of Interstellar Sh.i.p.s were nearing the same position near a wide Golden Door that Noah had passed through not too long ago, their eyes shining with hunger as they also sought for their own opportunities!
Chapter 378 - The Denizens of the Light Expanse Enter
Throughout the Sanctum, a bustle of activities were taking place as the Celestials moved to ensure everything went their way with the entrance of the numerous beings from powerful Prime Worlds into the Celestial Realm. The expansive colonized area of the Celestial Realm that was hundreds of miles long had communications running throughout the different parts as they prepared for the massive increase in the number of beings.
The central area of the Sanctum that was cl.u.s.tered with most buildings was the busiest, while the empty areas of mystical forests that only had watchtowers every few tens of miles monitoring the explored regions had the least amount of activity. It was decided that the coming beings would be residing in these empty but explored regions, regions similar to the ones that Noah and Athena had entered into with the Righteous Fire Exploration Team where they had encountered a Fire Behemoth!
These regions weren't entirely safe, but those entering would be given this information and told to prepare as they forged their own path in the Celestial Realm.
Talismans that could be given to all those who entered so they could be kept track of were produced en masse as hundreds of thousands were ready, the Celestials looking forward to the future where their resource collection would multiply by an unknown factor as they received even more treasures through the intrusion of these beings, while also influencing them greatly for the coming future.
In a particular nondescript vessel, the forces of the Pureblood Vampyres of the Underworld were cl.u.s.tered together neatly as they continued towards the Golden Door. There were hundreds of Prime Warsh.i.p.s in the surroundings, causing every single being to be very well behaved as they knew very well the power of these fearsome weapons
The Pureblood Vampyres watched the procession of beings getting out of their vessels as they were read the rules and accepted the tracking talisman, their turns soon nearing as the Royal Vampyre Elena led her forces forward.
Among them were the forces of Beasts from Noah's Spiritual Land and the Calamities of the Sea that had used the numerous cores that Noah brought back to upgrade their rank to the Void Realm, their gazes shining a dangerous light as they looked at the beings that so easily destroyed their world.
Their hearts were stifled, but they knew they could not do anything at this moment as they continued to improve their strength until they achieved a level of power that would allow them to move however they wished.
The arrogant Emperor Penguin floated in the void of space as his body pulsed with a unique force, his spatial attribute going very well with the unique qualities of space as he stood at the forefront of the forces right next to Elena.
Their turn came as they floated towards the front of the procession where multiple Red Robed Celestials were located, golden lights shining upon them as they were read the agreement for entering the Celestial Realm and each one was given a tracking talisman. This would effectively act as their identity for when they wanted to enter or leave the Celestial Realm in the future!
Something of important note was the reminder from the Celestials that even though whatever they obtained in the Celestial Realm would be reduced by half as they gave the other half to the Celestials, whatever treasures they fought for and obtained would ultimately be theirs. They would not be bullied, and it was first come first serve when it came to battling the creatures in the Celestial Realm, or its vast mystical treasures.
Like all the previous denizens of the Light Expanse, the Pureblood Vampyres agreed as they were granted access to move forward, their origins coming in contact with the Golden Door as their figures disappeared, instantly reappearing in a bustling area at the center of the Sanctum that now held even more people!
Different to when Noah first entered, a huge change had occurred in the past few days as the Celestials anticipated the many uses of the increase in beings, going to institute a few things, with one of them being shops!
There were numerous stalls spread out all over the Sanctum that offered a variety of products unique to the Celestial Realm, some being oversized weapons and armor made from the bodies of behemoths, others being medicinal herbs or unique treasures that Celestials ran into themselves as they explored.
Currently, many of these shops were spread out as each one held a singular similarity, and that was the incredulous prices that were attached to the things offered for sale!
As they were unique products never to be found anywhere else, they were traded only with the highest quality cores or other treasures as a form of payment, with the least acceptable cores or refined cores(Spirit Stones) being those at the Soul Realm, and the prices ranged in the tens of cores.
This was just a preliminary test that the Celestials were conducting, their future goal being to create an economy as this new force entered the Celestial Realm, using the many things they obtain within to circulate as they grew more and more attached to the Realm and everything in it.
This also went in their favor as to them, they were simply lending out weapons that would help these beings to take down Behemoths that they would eventually be taking 50% of whenever the denizens of the Light Expanse defeated them, and this also applied to any treasures they were lucky enough to find!
It was a win win situation that promoted the strength of the newly arriving beings while only furthering the goals of the Celestials more.
The forces of the Pureblood Vampyres looked around their surroundings in wonder as they sensed the engulfing and overflowing essence in the surroundings, the Emperor Penguin being particularly happy as he could sense the Spiritual Land Master not too far away from where they were!
'Master, we can finally fight in the same location as you!'
The arrogant penguin felt a tight knot in its chest loosen as it achieved the goal of helping its Master, finally gaining enough strength to be able to stand in the same region as him. Its beak raised to the skies as it vowed to enact the legend of the most fearsome Spiritual Beast that ever lived and leave a mark in this Celestial Realm for its Master!
Many hopes and dreams were flowing through the minds of the newly arriving beings from powerful Prime Worlds in the Light Expanse as the largely unexplored fantastical Celestial Realm received a large influx of forces, on the first day gaining tens of thousands of beings at the Void Realm, and hundreds at the Soul Forging Rank as the tides of change swiftly moved forward.
The influx of these new forces only meant one thing- that this largely unexplored realm was about to become even more lively, numerous beings with their own fates entering as mysteries would more quickly be unveiled. Although, the result of this project on a large scale could only be seen by those actually moving the pieces in the dark.
Chapter 379 - The Order of Blood is Formed, Arrival!
A few days passed as the liveliness of the Sanctum only increased, the influx of people increasing by the day as many familiarize themselves with the knowledge of the Celestial Realm.
To gain this knowledge, they had to pay the price of multiple Soul Rank Cores or simply begin venturing into the mystical forest of the Celestial Realm themselves as they braved the dangers and tested their luck on fantastical treasures.
Some groups heavily believe
d in themselves as they moved out, many beings coming to face the power of the Behemoths for the first time in the past few days as many casualties occurred for the newly formed exploration teams, this event acting as a reminder to those coming in as they watched dejected faces walking through the expansive Sanctum carrying dead bodies of their comrades.
Some were from powerful Prime Worlds and made Exploration Teams filled with Soul Rank individuals and hundreds of Void Rank beings, using this overpowering force to take down Behemoths as they began to enjoy the treasures of the Celestial Realm!
The moment these victories began to appear, the newly arrived beings from numerous Prime Worlds saw the importance of creating powerful Exploration Teams to hunt down these powerful but wondrous Behemoths whose bodies were filled with treasures, sparking the competitive beginning of the creation of numerous teams as some forces were powerful enough to form their own complete teams capable of hunting down Normal Behemoths, while other forces from different Prime Worlds joined together in order to achieve the same goal.
On the third day as even more and more beings continued to pour into the Celestial Realm and begin exploring it, the careful observing force of Pureblood Vampyres finally decided they gathered enough information, which was simply what Noah passed towards the Emperor Penguin and Royal Vampyre Elena as they became one of the most prepared groups of the incoming forces.
They finally felt their confidence rise on the third day as they finally stopped watching how the events would continue to move forward, choosing to set out to explore themselves as Elena received very specific directions from Noah in order for this team to keep their lives and not face a complete massacre.
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