The Legion of Infernals that felt his strength as they smashed the weapons they were holding or their feet towards the ground with fervor.
"Ready to serve! Ready to Destroy!"
"Ready to serve!"
"Ready to destroy!"
OOOOOH!!!
A coalescence of dark red mana erupted out as the Infernals chanted, Noah feeling a connection forming with the 10,000 Infernals in this Legion as one of the unique abilities of the Infernal Lord appeared in front of his eyes- the simple ability to command Infernals under his banner.
He glanced towards them as he raised his hand, their boisterous yells stopping instantly as they looked up with shining eyes.
Noah then glanced at a humongous gate in the distance which would lead them to the location where a doorway towards this Second Infernal Hell stood in the Dark Expanse, the region where they would head towards this Verittas Fortress and clash with the on coming forces of the Celestial Legion!
"Set off!"
RUMBLE!
He let out a commanding voice as the Infernals moved orderly, their eyes set as they looked forward to the destruction...
Chapter 468 The Dark Expanse
Noah's Ancient Blood clone passed through the large gate that stood within the Second Infernal Realm. The legion of infernals followed behind him closely as they passed through with utter cordiality- It looked like the procession of a king that was leading his troops to battle!
RUMBLE!
They passed through the gate as Noah felt the changing of spatial locations, his eyes and senses opening up as a brand new world and folded itself in front of him. The void of space was not too different from the one that he was used to, but he felt a peculiarity that made him know that this was not the Light Expanse.
This peculiarity was hard to pinpoint, but his sense told him that he had fully arrived into the other side of the Novus Galaxy, the Dark Expanse!
OOOOM
The Infernal Legion passed through the gateway easily and appeared behind him as the surroundings of this particular Infernal Gate that led to the Second Infernal Realm was not actually surrounded by numerous warships as the first one that he went in through to conduct the Infernal Hunt with the Celestials.
The large gate stood alone in the vastness of space without a single soul in the surroundings. This was because there was a certain agreement between the beings of the Dark Expanse and the Infernals.
The leaders of both forces knew that their enemy was not among each other, but something even larger that stood to threaten all of them. Thus, there wasn't any measure of protection or watch surrounding this gate as Noah glanced around the empty doorway that led the infernal realm and began to take the legion under him towards the coordinates where a certain Verittas Fortress was.
This would be the location that the first collision of this war would occur in!
RUMBLE!
The strong force of ten thousand infernals that consisted of a majority void ranked and the remainder being at the Soul Rank and even the ten at the Domain Expansion Realm thundered forth menacingly as they followed behind their infernal Lord.
Noah ignored any of the surrounding planets, whether dead or alive that he passed as you continued forward for a few hours, eventually coming across a bustle of activities as he began to see exquisitely designed warships that were much different than what the celestials wielded move across the void of space. These vessels were only similar to the ones Celestials used in shape, seeming more like imitations that could never live up to the real thing when actually put to the test.
He could also sense numerous figures at the void realm or above streaking as lights across the vastness of space, their faces serious as they prepared for something big. Noah glanced at the appearance of these beings from the Dark Expanse as he neared the Verittas Fortress.
They weren't all that different from the beings it was used to seeing in the Light Expanse, with most of them being humans and the remainder being collective beings of other races. Many of those he came across glanced at the fearsome ten thousand army force that went towards the vast Verittas Fortress.
But they only watched on as relieved expressions actually appeared on their faces, their hearts seeming more at ease as these fearsome looking Infernals appeared in front of them.
This was an extremely stark difference compared to how infernals were viewed in the Light Expanse where they were feared and even told as ghost stories to scare kids. In the Dark Expanse, Infernals were welcomed as they represented a force of protection against the raging celestials!
Noah continued forward until he came across a collection of beings that actually came towards him with their heads bowed down respectfully. The beings had conical hats that would make one assume for them to have the profession that was fairly unique but wide-spread in the Dark Expanse- the profession of a Wizard!
Wizards were also called Mages, beings that wielded incredible magic to affect the essence in their surroundings and produce spectacular spells that could even weave the very reality itself when utilized at their peak.
10 Wizards came bowing towards Noah, stopping his procession of 10,000 infernals. The beings had power at the level of the Soul Forging Realm, the one at the forefront standing at the Domain Expansion Realm speaking.
"It is an honor to have the aid of an Infernal Lord. Please, let us guide you."
The ten beings respectfully pointed towards a certain location, their eyes slightly shaking as they stared at the field of Chaos that the being in front of them freely released. Noah nodded and went along with them, where inn front of his eyes the appearance of this spectacular location known as the Veritas Fortress became apparent.
It was worthy of being called a fortress as shockingly, he found it to be a literal planet-sized fortress that was floating in the void of space. It was not circular like most of the planets he had come across. It actually seemed more like a floating island that was even bigger than his Spiritual World, but this floating island was built in the terms and designs of a unique fortress.
There was a truly exuberant numbers of beings that could be sensed within and around this planet sized Verittas Fortress, being the highest number of beings that Noah had seen clustered in one area at once. Numerous vessels moved around it as beings of all species and races moved in out, the busy bustle of activities only getting wilder as he moved closer.
His eyes observed a purple field of light surrounding this entire fortress that looked to be even bigger than most prime worlds and infinitely neared the rank of a Realm.
Looking at this grandiose Verittas Fortress, he knew that he had arrived in the Dark Expanse. He had arrived at the location where the first battle against the celestials would take place. He had arrived at the location where the 9th Infernal Lord would make his presence known!
Chapter 469 World!
As his clone made his entrance in Verittas Fortress, his main body was in the Golden Bastion of the Celestial Realm where he glanced at the [Luminescent Rainbow Dew].
It was a treasure that only two beings would have the chance of consuming, with him holding one, and another being in the hands of the Three-Eyed Fate Child!
It was a treasure that forcefully rose a being's realm to the World Rank, with the prerequisite that their body would be able to handle it. Noah glanced at this treasure with hungry eyes as he put everything else in the back of his mind, throwing this treasure inside his mouth and swallowing it whole.
RUMBLE!
A rainbow colored light shot out as beautiful colors filled the room he was in, an enormous convergence of essence beginning to wrap around him as he broke all known norms to move to another rank with a speed never before seen.
The Luminescent Rainbow Dew was something that propelled the rank of a being all the way to the World Realm. It was a treasure that was overbearing in nature, something that contained a tremendous amount of energy. This was the reason why in its description, it mentioned that it would only work on someone t
hat could actually bear the wild energy!
This overbearing energy began to spread throughout Noah's body, the rainbow colors only being an aftereffect as they shot out vibrantly all around his body. He's Origin Core that was now surrounded by the Fire Origin Core and the Water Origin Core hungrily sensed this energy as it began to absorb it without a second delay.
OOOM!
The Origin Core shook as the domain surrounding it became more and more solidified, its size getting ever so larger as it absorbed the pure energy from the Luminescent Rainbow Dew.
Noah could feel his stats continuing to shoot up as more and more of the energy was absorbed. Whatever barrier existed in the domain expansion realm quickly being hammered down as he infinitely neared the world realm. This was the rank where one contained the singular force of an entire world. It wasn't to be mistaken of one being a world of themselves or creating a world within their origin. It was the stage where a being with their pure physical force could match that of a normal world!
When one moved past the physical force that it would apply and then took this to their skills and abilities, they were elevated to insane degrees.
WAAA!
Brilliance erupted from him as Noah raised his head high, feeling the shackles of the domain expansion realm breaking as his body stepped into the World Realm! A rank that was actually achieved in a matter of days after his last breakthrough…
The energy of the Luminescent Rainbow Dew still remained in his body as he finished absorbing it, looking at his hands and feet as they glowed bright gold and black. The energies from the law of fate and the law of chaos were resonating the moment he finished his advancement into the realm, his body feeling the power of these laws even more. A calmness returned around him thereafter as he had a smile on his face, sensing the feeling of power that continued to get ever so larger.
This smile remained even when he thought about the Founder that had recently appeared. He thought about this being's motivations and exactly what he wanted to do. He thought about his words of them being puppets on a huge playground as he had his own ideas on exactly what this Founder meant, but the confidence in himself only grew as he thought about all of it. He rose up as his body felt the coursing strength of an entire world, saying something that only he could hear.
'If this is a playground, what is stopping me from flipping all of it over and making it my own?"
OOOM!
The reverberation of power gradually calmed as he stepped out of the room he was in and went towards an expensive training hall in the Golden Bastion where he sensed the auras of two particular figures to be sparring.
It was the War Princess Athena, and the other was the opponent who had fallen under his attacks, Grandmaster Light!
Their gazes were filled with battle spirit as they were the only ones to receive lesser treasures than Noah and the Three-Eyed Fate Child. While the two of them had gotten a [Luminescent Rainbow Dew] each, Athena and Light had received Elite Behemoth materials and other treasures that also promoted their strength, but it was nothing remotely close to the effects of the treasure that the two beings who would have found in the final round of the Battle of Geniuses received. The spar was stopped as Athena glanced towards Noah, seeing his body rumbling with power as her gaze only shone with even more spirit.
"Junior Brother, you've actually pulled ahead from me now."
Noah smiled at these words as he replied.
"I'm sure it won't be for long. Where is the grandmaster?"
Athena revealed the location of Grandmaster Vredral as Noah left the two sparring Celestials, sensing the gaze of Light boring into his back and ignoring this defeated Special Existence for now as he went to have a discussion with his supposed teacher.
As he had achieved a rank of power greater than many Celestials right now, he was going to ask to move with more freedom in this Celestial Realm! When a celestial reached the level of the World Realm, they were considered a true powerhouses at the peak of power, and the beings that could truly explore the Celestial Realm. He now wanted to be one of these figures.
While his clone was acting as the 9th Infernal Lord and actually stopping the advancement of Celestials in the Dark Expanse, his main body would continue the exploration of the celestial realm as he went through the locations where the Fate Behemoths were abundant, collect more treasures and materials, and even find more inheritances for him to master even more laws. Before all hell broke loose, before he met the founder again as an enemy on the battlefield, he still had many things to do!
Chapter 470 Stationed and Waiting!
Noah's ancient blood clone followed the ten mages towards the Verittas Fortress, the enormous planet-sized fortress becoming bigger and bigger in his eyes as they descended towards a particular location where he could sense the numerous congregation of powerhouses.
As they descended down the smaller details of the Verittas Fortress became apparent in his eyes as he could see ancient styled castles that rose to the skies. The castles seemed to be depictions of the Verittas Fortress itself, just on a much smaller scale as one could see enormous walls surrounding each of the congregations of buildings. It was a unique style of dome-shaped castles that looked like grand churches of an ancient era as they gave off a feeling of ancientness and magic!
Noah could sense a unique type of essence in the air, his mind curious on exactly how differently these beings called wizards or mages lived out their lives. There were a variety of forces in the Dark Expanse that made the Alliance, with those being proficient in magic being the majority.
Some termed themselves Mages, other groups preferred to be called Wizards, Witches, or even Warlocks. But almost all of them utilized mana the same way, just from different ancestry.
He followed the group of robed Wizards towards a grand castle that was placed at the very center of a tightly defended city as he stationed his ten thousand Infernals in a field outside the fortress where the castle was located.
Seeing the Infernal Lord reign in his forces to calmly remain in that area, the leading figure of the ten men pointed forward while speaking.
"This is one of the central commands of our Verittas Fortress, a place where some of the leaders meet to discuss and plan out the future events."
Noah's clone nodded as they brought him further down, where he was able to find even more numerous bustling figures of mages moving around. Many were clad in dark or purple robes with conical hats above their heads being the only thing that nearly all of them wore.
Far away from this location, you could see other beings that seemed to be coming from different planets, but all were congregating together for the oncoming war. He continued observing his surroundings as the 10 Mages had led him towards the inside of the large castle and into an expansive rectangular hall where a bustle of discussion was underway.
His entrance caused the eyes of many to turn towards him as they had relieved expressions in their eyes. All of them looked at the unique styled infernal crown above Noah's head, this crown letting them know that this was one of the Infernal Lords that was siding with them in these times of war!
One of the more powerful auras in the room came forward as he nodded towards Noah, the power of this being vibrantly standing at the World Rank. His eyes shimmered with aurora colored lights as the conical hat that he adorned came off as he spoke towards Noah.
"We are glad for the help. Come, let us brief you on our forces and everything we have so far."
Noah nodded impassively as he went towards the wide table where the discussions were taking place, his seat being near this powerful being who introduced himself as Commanding Mage Turner.
This was one of the leaders that was taking the reins of the operation to defend the Verittas Fortress. This Fortress was a place to defend and the place where the Celestials would attack simply because it acted as the doorway that led to many of the parts of the Dark Expanse that were populated by many beings.
If the Verittas Fortress fell, it
would mean the free entrance of Celestials further into the Dark Expanse. This would allow them to achieve their goal of getting even more beings under the influence and thus once more increase their power in the law of fate!
Noah listened in to the discussions as he gathered more information about the defenses of the Verittas Fortress and got to understand more about the Mages and Wizards that had the task of defending this enormous gateway of a planet.
After an hour, the discussion came to an end as he became acquainted with the important figures around the Verittas Fortress as well as the forces that they should be expecting in their coming days before the clash with the celestials occurred.
Commanding Mage Turner spoke towards Noah as he led him out of the expansive hall where the discussions were taking place and towards another location in the castle, letting him know that their forces would be continuing to work together and distribute the coming reinforcements, and that they would call upon him and distribute all the information simultaneously whenever the Celestials made a move.
Noah nodded as he sent a command to the waiting Infernal army of 10,000 to remain still outside of the castle. He entered into a grand room that the Commanding Mage Turner directed him to as he wanted to use the few days before the Celestials descended in the Time Space of his Spiritual World to max the proficiencies of his skill trees and upgrade them into the next rank.
He felt ashamed to say that shockingly, his abilities were actually at the soul forging realm when his main body's power had just reached the World Rank! His realm this time had simply raised too fast that even his skills fell behind.
He planned to use the increased ratio of the Time Space of the Spiritual World to the fullest in the next few days, as even a single day in the outside world would be more than 50 days in the Time Space. Even though the rate of increasing the percentage of his laws would not benefit from the ratio of the time space, his skills would still be able to advance rapidly as long as he placed the time into them.
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