Grandmaster Vredral had chosen to go onto her Legion to watch over her abilities in the coming battles, the teacher and student moving hand in hand as they sought their own ideals.
From another Legion, the Three-Eyed Fate Child had a cold look as the sh.i.p.s behind him moved forward, the scene of Grandmaster light leading her own legion not too far away showing itself.
She had an expression of someone that wanted to prove themselves, as she was the only one among the four geniuses who had yet to break into the World Rank. She led her own legion as she was looking forward to claiming many military exploits and gaining the ranking and prestige similar to the other three beings on the same stage as her!
OOOOH!
Their legions left the celestial realm as they then passed through designated locations across the Light Expanse, going on to add the numerous beings from powerful Prime Worlds that would be joining the war and fighting alongside them.
It would be bloody and destructive, but at this moment the forces of both sides had begun actively moving and preparing. The flames of the war that could take months or years to resolve were burning ever higher, a shocking future awaiting all the participants!
Chapter 517 - [Juvenile Terror]
As all preparations were set for a full scale war with many beings moving, Noah's second clone continued his exemplary training session in the Time Space of the Spiritual World.
The incandescent colors of gold, dark, red, and blue shimmered around him as he was situated in the junction of the four different Law Spaces. His own body though was not as radiant though, as it was in the form of a monstrous Cthulhu with tentacles that wriggled with the power of Aether!
The beauty of the Law Spaces around him was ruined as the destructive attacks he was training to increase the proficiency of the skill tree were too many, but they achieved the result as he was able to bring another skill tree to the World Rank, and this time it was the especially unique pathway that led towards the mysterious Terrors of the Letalis Expanse.
The unlocked pathway this time was termed [Juvenile Terror], and the abilities were shocking, to say the least!
WORLD [Amorphous Space Beast] (15/15) :: Abilities- Spatial Cage(5/5), Destabilize(5/5), Shattered Star(5/5), and Miniature Space(5/5). >> [Lesser Cthulhu] (45/45) :: Additional Abilities- Morph(5/5), Child of Space(5/5), Portals of Terror(5/5), and Sever(5/5). >> [Kin of Terror] (60/60) :: Additional Abilities- Aether Reinforcement (5/5), Multiplicative Ray Support (5/5), Triple on Cast Support (5/5), Lunacy Inducement (5/5) >> [Fledgling Aether Terror] (75/75) :: Additional Abilities- Aether Emission (5/5), Aether Chain Support (5/5), Fatal Ailment Support (5/5), Size Distortion (5/5) >> [Juvenile Terror] (100/100) :: Unique Being (5/5), Compounded Terror Support (5/5), Unnatural Size Support (5/5) Tentacle Manifestation (5/5).
[Unique Being] (5/5) :: Stepping into the ranks of beings born for a specific purpose, your Origin gains a unique disposition. Universal Laws comprehension increased by 50%, and the skill effect of Apathy is granted.
[Compounded Terror Support] (5/5) :: The destructive abilities of the Juvenile Terror are further enhanced. Every time an Aether Ray from [Sever] hits an enemy, a random Portal of Terror blooms.
[Unnatural Size Support] (5/5) :: The effects of Size Distortion are doubled, the Juvenile Terror gaining the ability to expand to 500 meters.
[Tentacle Manifestation] (5/5) :: The physiological tentacles on the body of the Juvenile Terror can be utilized. The power of Aether courses through them as any enemies they come in contact with are affected by the Weakening and Origin Deterioration skill effects.
The abilities of the [Juvenile Terror] Skill Tree were shocking in front of his eyes, and yet Noah's face and eyes were those of extreme apathy as even his thoughts were only calculative and seeing exactly how useful the new skills would be in battle.
The reason for this was the skill effect that came with the first ability of this new skill tree, [Apathy]!
No emotions were released from him as eyes glanced through the abilities quickly, discerning their usage and effectiveness as he then waved his hands emotionlessly and prepared to get back to training more skill trees while increasing his comprehension in the universal laws.
"..."
It was at this point that he came to a stop, his eyes gradually gaining their normal light as he had sent a command to stop the skill effects of [Unique Being], his heart shaking at the cold and robotic manner of his thoughts and actions just in the last few seconds!
It was as if he was looking through everything through a completely different lens, the only thing that mattered being his goals and the most efficient way to go about them! It was a terrifying state of mind that he had only experienced for a few seconds before he deactivated the skill for now, choosing not to be in that state of mind as he properly looked at his new abilities. He breathed out as he felt his normal self returning, drawing upon the elements around him until his mind felt refreshed before he glanced at the skills.
[Unique Being] came with its own mentioned surprises of the [Apathy] ability and the 50% Universal Laws comprehension, but it was [Compounded Terror Support] that gave him the most shock because of its ridiculousness!
It made it so that every time his aether rays struck someone, a portal of terror would erupt right then and there. With the [Aether Chain Support] that caused his aether rays to chain between enemies, this made for a terrifying picture for any enemies that stood against him in the future.
This wasn't to even mention [Triple on Cast Support] that allowed for three Portals of Terror to be cast instead of one...his thoughts were wondering whether this would apply with the new aether ray support as it would truly just be the cherry on top for the ridiculous abilities!
[Unnatural Size] simply made his size even crazier as he went more and more towards the body size of an actual Terror, not fully knowing just how large the future abilities would make him.
The Last ability, [Tentacle Manifestation]- was actually more in line with the abilities of the Cthulhu, granting another offensive skill that would terrify his targets before they were destroyed.
Ever so slowly, the abilities of the powerful existences he had only heard about continued to come to him, his heart patiently waiting for the ones that would come at the Star Forging Realm and the Nebula Realm.
His essence moved as he only hesitated for a moment before allowing for the activation of [Unique Being] once more, enjoying the effects of increased Law Comprehension and gaining the effects of [Apathy] as his mind became increasingly calculative and efficient.
The ability caused him to look at everything in a very cold and detached manner, but its usefulness was still too great when it came to efficiency!
Thus, the second clone got back to training, his progress becoming even faster as across the Novus Galaxy, events continued to unfold.
In the many Infernal Realms where powerful Infernal Lords resided, the lands were trembling as the force of Infernal Lords had also begun to move out of their Realms and began to permeate throughout the Dark Expanse...
Chapter 518 - Summoned!
In the many Infernal Realms laid out across the Novus Galaxy, Infernal Legions were moving out in droves as they permeated through out.
This was especially so for the Infernal Gate that existed in the Light Expanse, the billions of weak Infernals who had their levels up until the Void Rank senselessly leaving through the gate as they were met with the stationed forces of Celestials at this location.
The battles would not just be taking place in the Dark Expanse, but they would occur in the Light Expanse as well!
Although the threat of Infernals that only reached the Void Rank was low, their high numbers and rates of being born in the Infernal Realm caused for a hellish scene of devilish beings constantly erupting out of the Realm Gate and spreading out, trying to pierce through the tight layers of Celestials.
In the Realm Gates that existed in the Dark Expanse, Infernals were spreading out free
ly as they prepared to take defensive positions all across the area that Celestials could enter through.
If one imagined a terribly enormous circle as the Novus Galaxy and then drew three lines that met at the very center to cut the circle into three pieces, these portions made for the Light Expanse, Dark Expanse, and Letalis Expanse.
The Celestials Legions were all coming through the line that represented the different borders of the connection of the Light Expanse and Dark Expanse, and the defenses of Infernals, Mages, and Vampyres were being laid out across this line!
With that picture in mind, one must know that it was an incredibly vast distance to cover! Thus, the distribution of forces was extremely important in order to stop the sword that was the Celestials from piercing through into the Dark Expanse and begin to claim dominion across the Planets they pass.
In front of one Realm Gate in the Dark Expanse, the 7th Infernal Lord Azula who stood at the peak of the World Rank was watching the procession of Infernals as they permeated outwards.
She was following the directions of the 2nd Infernal Lord who was the point of communications between the Infernals and the forces of Dark Expanse. As she gave commands to the millions of Infernals to spread out across many locations, she received a telepathic message unique to Infernals on the form of a Letter of Summons that had a singular message- it was a summoning that said the Infernal Lords would all meet before the full war broke out!
The Letter of Summons was telling her to make her way towards the 4th Infernal Realm where the terribly powerful Infernal Lords at the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st rank normally resided.
She was not the only one receiving this message as Noah who was still in the Starry Blood Cl.u.s.ter wrapping up the event with the Vampyres and preparing to return to the 2nd Infernal Realm to lead his legion out- he received a Letter of Summons himself as he heard the shocking message in his mind!
Similar to how the first Celestial Legion moved, it would only be a matter of a few days before the many Celestial Legions that were preparing even more to start arriving along the defensive lines that the Dark Expanse created. So Noah knew they had a few days before everything went down, but he didn't expect that he would spend some of them to meet the mysterious and powerful Infernal Lords.
His mind quickly worked as he prepared to move, realizing this could be an important opportunity to pierce through the layers of mysteries, as the Infernal Lords were unique existences released for the sole purpose of destruction- specifically for standing against Aldrich, the Founder!
"I have to set off."
He spoke towards the discussing Old Man Inuit and Vladivostok as the former smiled mysteriously and the latter nodded in a servile manner.
"Fate is calling for you once more, huh?"
Old Man Inuit spoke with a smile as he moved numerous pieces of light created by essence atop a clear table to represent multiple forces of the Dark Expanse and how they moved.
"The Infernal Lords are calling."
Noah nodded as he replied, the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok by the side feeling his heart shake as he felt like he was listening in to powerful secrets.
"Go on, I'll lay out all the forces of Vampyres and be ready for the forces of my friend soon."
Noah's figure began to disappear as the forces of Vampyres were placed in the more than capable hands of one of the Founders of Celestials, an old being with immense knowledge and wisdom! He had already discussed numerous things with Old Man Inuit and Vladivostok on the future movements and how his Celestial Legion that he was leading as Commander Crixus would move, and what to do in order to prepare for this future.
His thoughts then went towards the Infernal Lords as his figure completely disappeared.
When he first became an Infernal Lord, some of the knowledge he gained pertained to the 4 Infernal Realms. The one located in the Light Expanse where he farmed skill points, the 2 located in the Dark Expanse, and the last one which was located in the Letalis Expanse.
He had memories of all the 4 Infernal Realms, and he would currently be teleporting to the 4th Infernal Realm that stood closer to the Letalis Expanse, the location where the 3 most powerful Infernal Lords resided!
RUMBLE!
He left behind only fluctuations of essence he teleported vast distances, his eyes opening up to a brand new realm.
Unlike the 1st and 2nd Infernal Realms he had been in, the 4th Infernal Realm was not just a region of blazing lands and fiery skies. This Infernal Realm was much different, with the essence of flames reigned in as it seemed quiet and peaceful, the essence of Chaos being much more prominent in the atmosphere as Noah's thoughts when he first entered were,
'It seems very close to the Chaos Region of the Celestial Realm?'
Yes! The 4th Infernal Realm was not just a hellish region with blazing flames, but it held an abundant amount of chaos as the essence within felt as vibrant if not more compared to the Celestial Realm.
His awareness spread out as he felt the terrifying auras dwelling within, the two nearest to him being ones that he had seen before.
The emotionless face of the 8th Infernal Lord and the curvaceous figure of the 7th Infernal Lord Azula entered his line of sight as he began taking his steps towards the terrifying auras of beings known as Infernal Lords...
Chapter 519 - You...?!
Noah's Gaze met the curvaceous Azula that was smiling brightly, her demeanor not at all that of a peak World Rank expert!
"Little 9th, how fortunate that you get to meet everyone before...well, before something grand happens."
Her eyes twinkled with light as she spoke, the 8th Infernal Lord beside her simply nodding as their figures began to descend down towards a spectacular metropolis.
One could feel a few auras that signified Infernal Lords which stood out the strongest, but the signatures of numerous Infernals at the Soul and Domain Rank were abundant.
The 4th Infernal Realm had its own style of architecture, Noah finding it very close to the castles on the 2nd Infernal Realm with a few unique features.
It felt like he was looking at a long forgotten city that lost across the ages. His figure and the figures of the accompanying Infernal Lords were all headed towards a piercingly tall castle, the powerful auras of the other Infernal Lords they could sense being on an expansive terrace of this castle.
The three of them continued down until the view of the terrace became clear to them, their feet landing down as the sight in front of their eyes was startling to say the least.
Three Infernal Lords that were at the Star Forging Realm were bowing with their heads down towards a singular direction, and they remained in this stance even as the seconds passed. These three were the 6th, 5th, and 4th Infernal Lords that normally resided in the Third Infernal Realm!
But this wasn't the most startling thing, it was that similar to these 3 Infernal Lords, there were another two that stood at the Nebula Realm doing the exact same thing! All of them, no matter their rank, were paying respects to the 1st Infernal Lord that Noah could not even sense the aura of.
When his eyes landed on this Infernal Lord though, he had to come to a complete stop as his jaw nearly dropped to the ground.
White hair that fell down her shoulders, sparkling blue eyes that drew everything in her direction. Noah's surprise didn't come from the beauty of this being nor was he suddenly smitten, it came from the fact that he had actually seen this face before!
It was a face that he had seen multiple times at that too as his widening eyes watched this 1st Infernal Lord glance towards them in a smile, Azula and the 8th Infernal Lord falling in line and bowing similar to the others as Noah was the only one left dumbfounded.
He used his eyes and mana to confirm and the face remained the same...it was the face of Sophia, the Guide that his Homeworld was using as a representative!
"..."
[What is this…?]
Noah heard the voice of his homeworld in his mind as he almost released an exasperated sigh, this being the
question he wanted to ask, and apparently even the System itself did not know!
"You look as if you've seen a ghost."
The clear voice that only confirmed Noah's thoughts rang out as all the boxes were checked in his mind. Same face, same voice, and just a slightly different body that looked a few years older.
The words of the 1st Infernal Lord caused the powerful bowing beings to look over at Noah with annoyed eyes, with the 2nd Infernal Lord being the one to voice out in a commanding tone.
"9th, you should have at least gained the memories on decorum, what are you doing?"
The voice that seemed to be disciplining a child rang out as Noah continued to glance at the smiling woman that he had definitely seen before, her voice ringing out again right before his head bowed down.
"Now now, cut the new Infernal Lord some slack. Rise."
The 1st Infernal Lord waved her hands as the 8 beings rose, falling back and standing in a straight line as they each looked forward with respect.
The only one among the 8 who still had eyes swimming with questions was Noah, his mind communicating with his Homeworld over the last few seconds as unbelievably, it was as stumped as him for the similitude of this being to the one they knew!
Noah directly threw away the stupid thought of it being a coincidence or some random chance as the implications of the appearance of this being were shocking, numerous possibilities coursing through his mind as they led him towards something explosive.
Not giving him time to think, the 1st Infernal Lord began speaking towards the 8 that were standing in front of her with serious faces.
"Tell me now, what is our purpose?"
"Destruction!"
RUMBLE!
Replies erupted out from the 8 Infernal Lord the moment her words finished, even Noah's lips moving by themselves as the questioning continued.
"When are we permitted to carry out our purpose?"
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