"Hmph, all that respect for your senior sister seems to be disappearing faster and faster for you to be talking to me like this."
The War Princess had a teasing expression as she spoke, Noah finally turning around to look at her as he replied with a smile.
"You still couldn't match me even on a spar after all, Senior Sister."
The Junior Brother and Senior Sister bantered as they spoke of their current situation, the matter of the 7th Celestial Star exploding not affecting them as much since they spent very little time there, with Athena simply seeing it as Fate that brought forth an event which further steeled the hearts of the Celestials. When it came to the two of them, their roles as Commanders were also rapidly changing how things worked around them!
The two of them and the Three-Eyed Fate Child, as well as Grandmaster Light, were slowly acclimating to their positions as many Warships and beings were placed under their commands, gradually fitting themselves into the role of Commanders as they prepared to set off towards the Dark Expanse.
During this period of time, Noah got a whole lot more information about the Celestial Legion, the distribution of their powerhouses, as well as the powerful Commanders to be looking out for!
"If we are victorious in many battles, maybe even we will be able to get our hands on the rare Realm Dreadnought."
Athena's voice rang out once more as she spoke of grand ideals, talking about the powerful vessels above the Prime Warships that were simply termed as the Realm Dreadnoughts!
These Realm Dreadnoughts were extremely rare in the whole of Novus Galaxy, being the peak treasures that the Founder was able to get his hands on from the Celestial Realm aside from the Inheritance of the Law of Fate.
These powerful vessels were currently under the command of the Golden Commanders, the term given to the few Celestials that had entered the Star Forging Realm, those just a step away from the Nebula Realm, and the true powerhouses of the Celestials aside from the Founder!
These powerful Golden Commanders each led their own Realm Dreadnought, controlling multiple Celestial Legions under them as they would be the sharp tip of the sword that would soon be cutting through the lands of Dark Expanse.
"The title of Golden Commander is too far away even for us, we'll either need enormous battle merits or simply enter the Star Forging Realm. But before then, we can only imagine gaining control of that type of monstrous vessel…"
Noah released his thoughts freely as numerous hidden ones crossed his mind, the Junior Brother and Senior Sister spending some more time talking before they each returned to familiarize themselves with the Legion they would soon be leading!
This was the current state of affairs for the Celestials, with many Legions being assembled across the Celestial Stars and the Celestial Realm, their swords being sharpened as even the most powerful Golden Commanders that led terrible Realm Dreadnoughts under their banners were coming out into the lime light.
As all this occurred, Noah's second Ancient Blood Clone continued to make rapid progress, this time achieving the 4th Stage for the Fire and Water Origins as the percentages for the Law of Fire and Water had breached past 40%!
His first clone continued his discussions with Old Man Inuit as a tour of the expansive Spiritual World was given, Noah taking the time to introduce the being that had been caged for centuries to his subordinates before they went on their way towards the Vampyres of the Dark Expanse.
As all this happened, the productiveness of the second clone training in the Time Space did not just stop with the advancement in universal laws, as the last skill tree that remained at the Soul Rank was currently being brought up to the rank of Domain!
The [Arch Lich Ra'Zan] that had not been frequently used after the time in the First Infernal Realm had finally advanced, a delightful set of abilities appearing in front of Noah once more...
Chapter 512 Abyssal Lich , Vampyres!
The abilities this time further reinforced the power of the Undead Legion that the Arch Lich could command, the addition of the skill tree that brought the Lich Lord of Abomination into the Domain Rank being called [Abyssal Lich]!
DOMAIN [Lich Lord of Abomination] (15/15):: Abilities- Summon Poison Totem(5/5), Summon Undead(5/5), Noxious Outburst(5/5), and Dereliction of the Saintly Poison Lord(5/5) >> [Abhorred Lich Emperor](45/45) :: Additional Abilities- Undead Legion(5/5), Will of the Undead Emperor(5/5), and Delay Death(5/5) >> [Arch Lich Ra'Zan] (60/60) :: Additional Abilities- No Man's Land(5/5), Reward for Servitude(5/5), Field of Torment(5/5), and Abyssal Summoner(5/5). >> [Abyssal Lich](75/75) :: [Elemental Undead] (5/5), [Curse of Weakening] (5/5), [Vitality Decay] (5/5), [Abyss Veteran] (5/5)
[Elemental Undead] (5/5) :: The undead that the Abyssal Lich summons can obtain a specific element that the Abyssal Lich or its Master can utilize, giving rise to a wide array of undead in the Legion.
[Curse of Weakening] (5/5) :: The Abyssal Lich gains the ability to utilize the Curse of Weakening in a one mile area. To all enemies affected: -50% All Element Resistance, -50% Movement Speed, -50% Mana and Health Regeneration.
[Vitality Decay] (5/5) :: All summoned undead release a terrible essence of decay that latches on to any surrounding beings. The essence will erode the Origins of all those that cannot protect themselves until they embrace the sweet release of death.
[Abyss Veteran] (5/5) :: The effect of [Abyssal Summoner] is enhanced, with the number of Abyssal Undead capable of being summoned being tripled to 18 and the addition of Abyssal Dragons becoming available.
The set of skills becoming available to the Abyssal Lich were at the same level of ridiculousness as the others, Noah's eyes locking on one particular ability that made him give this skill tree an extra level of care and importance once more.
The ability he was looking more at was [Elemental Undead], an ability that seemed normal at first glance but was extremely overpowered when one thought about it!
Its description said that the Abyssal Lich could summon undead that held an element it or it's Master could utilize, and this meant that somehow, the Lich would be able to summon undead that were vibrant with the chaos and fate elements!
The option of undead circling with fire and water elements was also appealing, but when it came to fighting mass groups of Celestials proficient in Fate, a Legion of Undead creatures that could easily defend against their attacks if they held the essence of Fate within their bodies or beings that could deal terrible attacks towards them because they carried the essence of Chaos would make the coming battles extremely exciting.
He saw this singular ability as one of the more important ones, the [Curse of Weakening] and [Vitality Decay] being more on the side of wide spread debuffing abilities that heavily tied down the enemies of the lich. [Vitality Decay] was slightly more eye catching as it was capable of directly turning more beings into undead if they did not have any ways to defend themselves from the energy of death that the undead released!
The last one was the support ability Abyss Veteran that granted the powerful Abyssal Undead that were enormous in size, this time even gaining the capability to summon an Abyssal Undead. If used in conjunction with [Elemental Undead] to bring forth Abyssal creatures filled with the essence of Chaos or Fate...it made for an exciting scene that Noah could not wait to lay his eyes on!
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As more and more abilities were advanced with the progression of power continuing its exponential curve, the beings on the other side of the Novus Galaxy that were connected to Noah were unknowingly preparing for his grand entrance.
In the Dark Expanse, many Vampyre Lords and Vampyre Kings were in bad moods as they heard the command of the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok to gather together at once. This forced them to leave their posts where they were making preparations to stand against the coming Celestial Legions, but the being overseeing the many Vampyre Clans in the Dark Expanse had effectively beckoned them to come without giving any proper explanation, causing for a sour mood in an already tense atmosphere to spr
ead!
Vladivostok was moving faithfully while still holding a shocked and excited state of mind as he thought of the meaning of the bloodline of the Vampyre Progenitor coming to life once more, his mind not caring for the injustice the Vampyre Lord felt as he used his authority to call forth all the leaders of the forces of Vampyres spread out across the Dark Expanse.
This was an extremely unwise move in the middle of a beginning war, a crucial period where forces had to be stationed in multiple places and resources had to be taken care of. Yet at this crucial time, the leaders of all of the Clans were called by Vladivostok as they gathered in a well known region in the Dark Expanse where the leaders of the many Vampyre Clans normally met for important events.
It was a location in the void of space known as the Starry Blood Cluster, an expansive region in the void of space that contained collections of dead stars, making for a unique atmosphere and pristine location where only those at the Void Realm and above could even attend.
For this task, Vladivostok had gathered more than 100,000 of the powerful Vampyre Lords and Kings, this being easier to do than moving the billions of Vampyres spread throughout one third of the Dark Expanse. There were many World Rank Vampyre Lords in this gathered force, along with two other beings at the Star Forging Realm similar to Vladivostok!
He had gathered all of them at the Starry Blood Cluster as he prepared for a grand and proper entrance for their Vampyre Progenitor, sending the coordinates and location of this place telepathically to the Progenitor as more and more Vampyres arrived.
The stationary clusters of asteroids that made up the Starry Blood Cluster had many figures standing atop them at this moment, and they looked towards the very center of the cluster where huge bloody thrones of varying sizes stood.
There was a single throne that was taller than the rest, the thrones to its left and right being progressively smaller in size as they formed a wide circle of thrones at the very center of the Starry Blood Cluster. These were the thrones that the Vampyre Lords would normally be situated in whenever they held grand meetings, the biggest throne being taken by Vladivostok who held one of the purest bloodlines alive and had the title of the Vampyre Ruler.
Currently, devilishly handsome Vampyre Lords with shining silver hair and powerful red eyes were taking their positions as they wondered exactly what Vladivostok was doing at a time like this!
Chapter 513 Bow to the King!
On the Starry Blood Cluster, the collection of asteroids came together to create a wondrous and expansive area that was modified with spectacular thrones at the very center.
Whether through teleportation or Vessels, more and more Vampyre Lords were arriving with their most powerful subordinates as they took their positions on the grand thrones, the area released waves of bloody power as the auras of the experts at the Domain and World Rank Permeated!
RUMBLE!
Consecutively, the auras of three Star Forging Realm experts appeared as two devilishly handsome men and a single curvaceous silver haired woman appeared within a few seconds of each other, their appearance causing the bustling discussions of many Vampyres to come to a close as they walked up to their seats that were closest to the largest one.
The female Vampyre Lord at the Star Forging Realm glanced at the largest throne as she sat on the slightly smaller one beside it and spoke out to the other 2 experts of the same realm.
"Where is Vladivostok? He dares to command all of us here so abruptly and he wants to arrive late?"
Her words carried an unhappy tone, and it was understandably so as the timing of this meeting was just horrendous with the unfolding war!
With all of them being taken away from their posts, they were swearing in their hearts that this sudden meeting of all the powerful Vampyre Lords and the specific command to bring their direct powerful subordinates better have a grand meaning- even if it was coming from the Vampyre Ruler with the purest bloodline that they elected.
"As cold as always, Rose, but today's matter is too joyful for me to care."
The voice of a powerful expert at the peak of Star Forging Realm that they all knew rang out, Vladivostok appearing with an expression that startled many of the Vampyre Lords here.
The ancient looking Vampyre had his silver hair visibly dancing on his shoulders as his entire body exuding excitement, a smile apparent on his lips as he glanced at the many Vampyre Lords and the thousands of Vampyre Kings at the Domain and Soul Forging Realm who were the heads of the collective billions of Vampyres that moved across the Dark Expanse.
There were also tens of thousands of powerful Vampyres present that made the meeting here today all the more vibrant, the number of forces here spilling out above 100,000!
The three Star Forging Realm Vampyre Lords took their positions on the nearby thrones as they saw the appearance of Vladivostok and had their own thoughts, but they received their first shock of the day when the first action that this Vampyre Ruler took was much different than normal!
The many watching Vampyres observed unbelievably as Vladivostok did not actually take up his position on the largest throne, but actually kneeled right in front of it without sitting down!
"What are you doing?!"
The Star Forging Vampyre Lord Rose was the first to blurt out as she incomprehensibly stared at Vladivostok, the strong voice of the Vampyre Ruler ringing out thereafter as it resonated to the ears of all the gathered Vampyres.
"The meeting today is a grand and momentous event, where even someone like me does not deserve to be seated at the highest seat of honor."
With these cryptic words, confusion spread out among the Vampyres as the three Vampyre Lords now had a thread of annoyance appearing on their faces, feeling the dignity that the one they elected the Vampyre Ruler should have was dissolving in front of their eyes as another expert at the Star Forging Realm spoke.
"You...what are you doing? If the one holding the Vampyre Ruler title is not to sit on the commanding throne, who is?!"
RUMBLE!
The question was not answered as at this moment, they felt the auras of beings they weren't familiar with come near the expansive Starry Blood Cluster, their bodies not carrying the familiar smell of Vampyres and it was what made them stand out all the more.
The figures of two beings, one with a devilishly handsome face with dark hair that had streaks of silver, and another was an old man with an amiable smile and sparkling eyes that seemed to contain unknown wisdom!
Rose and the other two Star Forging Vampyre Lords rose from their thrones as they actually recognized the figure that was the old man, as it was someone they were familiar with from the War of the Righteous!
"Ancestor Inuit?!"
Shock was apparent across their faces as they saw the intrusion of this aged being that they had given the mission of freeing to a certain Celestial Disciple, and yet he appeared casually now at this location accompanied by an unknown being.
Vladivostok was also hit with shock once more as even he did not expect the Progenitor to come here with someone that should still be locked up in the 7th Celestial Star, his heart shaking as he realized there were even more things he did not know about this new Progenitor!
The figures of the two beings landed in the middle of the circle of thrones, surrounded by tens of thousands of Vampyres as the one that even the Vampyre Lords did not know, the devilishly handsome man with a calm look that seemed to show no worries for anything- this man began walking towards the central throne that Vladivostok was kneeling besides without any fear.
"...!"
Looks of incredulity began to spread across the Vampyres as they watched this scene with disbelief, the being that they could only sense an aura of power from actually walking forward and bringing himself to sit on the largest throne that was surrounded by four Star Forging Realm Experts without batting an eye!
Many faces then turned towards Vladivostok as they saw an expression of excitement on the ancient Vampyre's face, this being they conside
red a Vampyre Ruler not rebuking or using his power to strip this being down from the throne as silence descended onto the Starry Blood Cluster.
"...what-"
The three Star Forging Ream Vampyre Lord situated beside the largest throne were turning their faces from the being they knew as Ancestor Inuit to Vladivostok and then to the new being that had just sat himself on the throne that only someone considered the ruler of Vampyres should be sitting on as they did not even know where to begin. It was at this time that the resonant voice of Vladivostok rang out across the Starry Blood Cluster, revealing shocking words that caused waves of bloody essence to erupt out from a grand announcement!
"On this momentous day, I welcome back our Master...I welcome back our Progenitor!"
DING!
A bloody aura of power erupted out at the mention of these words from the largest throne of the Starry Blood Cluster, an aura of regality and strength erupted that demanded the eyes and minds be pulled towards it!
"I welcome the Progenitor and say to my Brethren… Bow to your King!"
RUMBLE!!!
Chapter 514 Grandeur
"Bow to your King!"
"Bow…!"
"...King!"
Words of enormous shock resonated and repeated themselves across the ears and minds of the many Vampyres spread out across the Starry Blood Cluster as an aura of immensity that the Vampyres had not felt in many years erupted out fully from the largest chair at the center.
In the middle of the circle of thrones, Old Man Inuit glanced at the forces of Vampyres around them and then at the being who was releasing waves of bloody essence, shaking his head with a smile as what he was seeing was greater than any of the predictions and probabilities he foresaw!
His old eyes looked at the being releasing the waves of power atop the throne as he thought about how it had only been a matter of months since this being began embarking on his journey for power.
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