Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse c1-705
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Malthus nodded as his body glowed with a silver light, continuing to layer more and more runic signs onto a huge portal as he completed their project with ease.
"Our entrance into this Celestial Realm that I suspect to be near the center of our Galaxy is one of them, with many other projects that even I do not know."
"What about the being moving with Elena, the one known as Noah Osmont?"
Malthus asked the Walking Library more questions as he wondered of the being they had knowledge to have entered the ranks of Celestials as he slowly moved. Agrus thought of this for a bit before he replied.
"He is just one of the cards that the Vampyres Clans are playing, with their aim being a special being that is locked within the 7th Celestial Star. But he is surprisingly rising fast within the ranks of Celestials that now his name has even reached the fogeys at the top of the Scholar's Guild, working hard to discern how they can use him after he also made our entrance into the Celestial Realm even easier."
A shocking reply came from the Walking Library as he talked about someone that not many beings fully understood yet!
Agrus had a careful expression as he continued.
"Though I feel there is something else with him. Elena is too careful when it comes to any information about him, and she is the one that has direct contact with him."
"Oh? You think the Silver Beauty has fallen for the charms of this upcoming genius?"
Malthus asked with a smile as Agrus continued to lazily stare at the completed connection in front of them.
"Who knows. She hasn't even been replying to my communications these past few days after letting me know she would be busy. Come on, let's focus on completing our work, we already have too many Behemoth materials to transport."
The beings of the Dark Expanse continued moving as more and more entered the Celestial Realm, beginning their own search and collection of the treasures in this wide realm as they also planned for the future!
Within their discussions was a being they considered a minor figure, someone they knew to be called Noah Osmont and also had the secret identity as Crixus the Destroyer! Very few higher ups in the Vampyre Clans and the Scholar's Guild knew of this information, but they simply placed this being a small piece to be played in the much grander puzzle that was chaotically moving all these years!
Many of them were very wrong on exactly what level of a role this being would play in the months and years to come!
Chapter 424 - Just a Glimpse of True Genius!
Noah's Ancient Blood Clone opened his crimson eyes in the void of space, his figure's devilishly handsome look being enhanced in this environment as he floated in darkness and had an aurora of golden colored lights and fate lines all around him.
His dark hair that had streaks of silver was growing ever so larger, nearing his shoulders once more as it shimmered with its own essence! He got up from his seated position in the void of space as he stopped burning enormous amounts of mana into {Fate's Disciple} and {Disciple of Chaos}, the overflowing golden color brought about by the Lines of Fate beginning to die down as he finished the second cultivation session while using the method that was unique only to him.
After half a day, he had added another 24,000 Fate Lines as he brought his full amount to just over 81,000! This number already neared those who would cultivate for years, and he has achieved it in the span of a day!
At this moment in time, his Fate Lines were leading once more as the Chaos Particles remained at around 50,000, his next cultivation session would be to burn fate lines and increase the Chaos Particles as he expected them to break over the one hundred thousand milestone.
Breaking the 100,000 milestone would allow one to begin using Fate Lines and Chaos Particles in a new way, granting them the ability to release pure Fate and Chaos Energy in their attacks that were even deadlier to the opposing element!
The War Princess Athena would soon break past this point, but Noah would not be far behind as he would soon even surpass her at a rate that would shock them if they knew.
Noah's goal was to still appear as a genius in the eyes of the Celestials, and he would expose this genius some more over the next few days as he slowly revealed his rapidly increasing fate lines at a rate that would make them think he was a terrifying genius, yet not treat him like an anomaly to be researched. But whatever he showed them would simply be just a glimpse of what he could truly do!
His expression was determined as he glanced around the void of space around him, the golden light having died down majorly as things went back to normal. His figure turned into particles of light as he disappeared from the location and returned to the Spiritual World.
He appeared above this massive and fantasy like treasure that looked like a huge landmass which was connected to four shimmering floating continental landmasses as he took in the magnificence before his energy began to flow over, activating the [Size Regulation] feature of the Spiritual World as then enormous star sized treasure began shrinking rapidly!
RUMBLE!
The essence required to use features like Size Regulation were increased by an enormous amount as the tier of the Spiritual World increased, but this meant nothing to Noah as the large treasure continued to shrink in his eyes until it was a few inches, his mind never being able to understand how the spacial mysteries worked with this feature that effectively meant he could have an entire world be the size of his thumb, yet when he entered it, it would still seem like a massive world in his eyes! It was a scene of fantasy that made one suspend their beliefs and simply enjoy the brilliance of such a treasure!
The Spiritual World was then anchored to his body as he disappeared from the junction of Light and Dark Expanse, returning to the Ancient Pedestal below the volcanic mountain as the next plans were to let the powerful beasts and Elena return to their exploration of the Celestial Realm as they increased their power, the Fire Origin Cores and powerful abilities from the Inheritance of the Disciple of Fire being put to full use as they continued their advancement.
Elena's figure appeared in the lava filled space as she looked towards Noah with an expression of infatuation, the Emperor Penguin and others also appearing as their forces prepared to move out.
"Master, the forces of the Dark Expanse were successful in setting up a spatial connection, and they should be able to freely collect the treasures of this realm as they increase their power as well."
Elena sent a telepathic message towards Noah as his eyes seemed to be asking for praise as she continued to reveal secrets about the forces that still thought she had her allegiance with. Noah nodded towards the curvaceous woman as he patted her head full of silver hair, an expression of happiness spreading out as Noah talked while glancing at all of them.
"Be careful as you move, and if you run into any Elite Behemoths, call me right away."
His forces nodded with seriousness as they began to move out, their bodies equipped with powerful Bloodstained Infernal Sets from the materials of millions of Infernals that Noah had hunted while he was bringing the percentage of Infernal Lord to 100%.
He had saved an enormous amount of the bodies of Infernals as he left the job of crafting them to the Spiritual World System over the last day, many of his forces being armed with the powerful items that protected them against Flame Behemoths!
A few of them were even wearing completed Incandescent Flameborn Sets, two more sets being able to be completed as Noah used the material that his main body had received as well as Behemoths that Elena and the others had hunted. Their bodies shone with strength and power as he expected them to be able to handle Normal Fire Behemoths with ease, and this was especially so for the Emperor Penguin and Elena that held the Incandescent Flameborn Sets!
His clone had yet to begin crafting the materials of Elite Chaos Behemoths that he was slowly collecting, his heart set on collecting all materials and completing a full set instantly some time soon.
As for the next task of the clone, it was to oversee the upgrade of
another skill tree as his main body continued to use it while fighting alongside Celestials, the powerful skill tree that was [Fate's Guardian] being the next one that was ready to be upgraded!
The clone glanced at the panel that showed the information of the possible advancement paths as he began choosing which of the many Void Rank skills he had obtained as loot to sacrifice.
[Fate's Guardian](45/45) :: As a beginner just learning the workings of fate, the role of a guardian that protects the weak and eviscerates evil is given to you. Abilities include Empyrean Guards(5/5), Empyrean Armament(5/5), Smite of Liberation(5/5), and Judgment(5/5). Two Skill Trees for evolution are possible once sufficient points and a base requirement of two equivalent level sacrificial skills are reached: >> [Devout Follower] :: A follower on the path of fate, grants the user protective abilities that will enhance their power and those around them. >> [Unruly Guider] :: A path of one that questions and forms their own rules, using immense offensive power to guide lost beings.
The two choices of advancement for [Fate's Guardian] was either [Devout Follower] or [Unruly Guider]! The impassive gaze of the clone already knew the choice he would make as unimportant skills were sacrificed, a light of brilliance shining out as a tinge of gold covered the blue stat panel, another skill tree advancing silently!
Chapter 425 - Unruly Guider!
The eyes of the Ancient Blood Clone shone with splendor as he watched one skill pathway disappear and another one fully settle in under [Fate's Guardian]. The one to disappear was Devout Follower, with the one he chose being [Unruly Guider]!
The stat panel shone as new words and abilities were shown to Noah's eyes, the skill tree going on to add four new abilities as he glanced at their descriptions.
SOUL [Fate's Guardian](45/45) :: As a beginner just learning the workings of fate, the role of a guardian that protects the weak and eviscerates evil is given to you. Abilities include Empyrean Guards(5/5), Empyrean Armament(5/5), Smite of Liberation(5/5), and Judgment(5/5). >> [Unruly Guider] (0/60) :: A path of one that questions and forms their own rules, using immense offensive power to guide lost beings. Additional Abilities include Empyrean Ruler (0/5), Liberator (0/5), Fate Stealer(0/5) Golden Guider(0/5)
A new set of abilities were shown strongly on the skill tree of [Fate's Guardian]. Noah glanced over at the skills as he began putting in skill points right away, wanting to see the full uncovered potential of these abilities right away!
[Empyrean Ruler] (5/5):: The number of Empyrean Guards that the Unruly Guider can summon is increased to 12.
[Liberator] (5/5) :: The Blades of Liberation feel the strong will of the Unruly Guider, gaining their own will as they stay alongside you to bring Judgement to your enemies. +180% Physical Damage, +180% Soul Damage, and +180% Attack Speed to the [Sword of Liberation] ability.
[Fate Stealer] (5/5) :: A support ability that is only activated when an enemy that is proficient in the workings of fate stands against the Unruly Guider and faces their death. 12% of the Fate Essence that they have collected over the years will be absorbed by the Guider.
[Golden Guider] (5/5) :: All the beings that are following the rule of the Unruly Guider are blessed with his source of strength as a portion of the user's aura of fate surrounds them. To those classified as Subordinates of the Unruly Guider: +120% Physical, Soul, and Elemental Damage, +120% Cast and Attack Speed, +120% All Element Resistance, +120% Defense.
Clear and crisp descriptions that made Noah's eyes shine were laid out in front of him, a spectacular set of abilities being added to his arsenal as he went through them slowly. [Empyrean Ruler] and [Liberator] were geared towards strengthening the skills under Fate's Guardian, with [Fate Stealer] being something unique that would most likely allow him to increase his percentage in the Law of Fate faster if he took down beings also proficient in it.
The last skill [Golden Guider] was a particularly interesting one, as it actually granted fairly huge boosts to those following him. He didn't have even a slight worry of the mention that a portion of his fate would surround them as he had long since used the abilities of <
This Absolute Skill was just another one of the skills that Noah had active at all times which continued to suck mana to remain this way, but it gave him boundless benefits of moving covertly with his forces while holding no worries.
Even if a Celestial were to be standing right next to someone like the Emperor Penguin and glance at his fate, all they would see would be a normal fate of a unique beast that had the bloodline of a Vampyre!
So Noah himself held no worries, with the only thing he wondered being exactly what classifications there were on who was considered his Subordinate. As his thoughts wondered, in another location in the Celestial Realm, the Order of Blood with Elena at the lead had already found and were hunting another Fire Behemoth when they felt an ecstatic feeling of strength wrap around their bodies silently.
The first one to notice things was the Kraken, as it had cast its [Sea Ray] ability and was releasing powerful destructive rays of light from its reddened eyes when it suddenly noticed its output increase instantly, the rays doubling in size as they shot forth with even more vigor, and it also discerned a golden aura now moving along with these destructive rays as they actually pierced the hide of the Fire Behemoth they were fighting and caused it to release a pained scream!
ROAAR!
The surroundings shook as the skill of the Kraken was the first one to hit the beast the moment after Noah obtained the [Golden Guider] skill and placed 5 Skill Points into it. The ability had turned especially deadly as it now carried Noah's aura of fate, which provided the abstruse Soul Damage that very few could defend against!
The others very quickly noticed the changes as they felt their bodies to be lighter and faster, using their essence to check their bodies as they felt the appearance of a warm and powerful aura enveloping them.
"Master!"
"Ahh, Progenitor!"
The Emperor Penguin was the first to attribute the change to the only person responsible, with Elena hugging her body tightly as she felt the warm aura surround her and enhance her strength.
RAA! RAA! RAA!
The Emperor Penguin waved its flippers as it released numerous [Spatial Blades], this time they were covered with a tinge of a golden aura that went on to pierce through the defenses of the Fire Behemoth easier as it let out another pained roar from the soul damage that came with it!
This stupendous situation was occurring in multiple places, as those who were labeled as Noah's subordinates were truly too numerous to even count!
In the Spiritual World, those remaining in the Time Space to max the proficiencies of their skill trees felt this powerful aura wrap around them. Those in the First Infernal Realm of Hell like the young dragon Draco felt their bodies gain a power that allowed them to take down the Infernals with even greater ease!
Going even further, in a random created Dungeon in Noah's home world where a Rank B Hunter had recklessly dived into a dungeon by himself and was about to die, his body felt an abundance of strength as his low ranking iron blade gained a tinge of a red aura that went on to actually defend against the blow of the troll in front of him, his gaze looking at his sword in shock as he then moved at a speed he had never moved before and slashed towards the beast.
SHAA!
The weak iron blade cut through the defenses of the troll like nothing as the hunter that had overestimated his abilities and was about to lose his life looked around in shock, not understanding what was happening as a unique thought passed through his mind.
'Was I actually born with an unknown power and am meant for great things?!'
To go even further, a man that had just become a father was playing with his child who could barely form words yet in a small city in the United Federation of Noah's home world.
"Say papa, say papa my little boy!"
The father was cradling the boy in his arms with his face full of joy, the child amused by the expressions as random sounds left its mouth.
"aha, da..da!"
The joy on the father's face only increased as he repeated his words, and it was this time that the unique energy of the Golden Guider wrapped around the both of them.
"Say papa...!"
The words of the young father stopped midway as he felt the foreign energy, his joyful expression that was observing his child seeing it adopt a never before seen serious expression as a word actually came out of the child's mouth!
"Papa."
...!!!
Numerous situations like these continued to play out across an expansive array of places as the [Golden Guider] skill that granted boosts to the beings considered to be Noah's subordinates were shockingly applied to every single being on the many planets he was connected to!
Chapter 426 - Crixus Shows Off
A unique phenomenon spread out across a few stars as the beings within unexpectedly came in contact with something the vast majority of them would have never had the chance to even glimpse nor understand.
A distinct aura of fate wrapped around them as they felt their bodies strengthened and reinforced, those that were actively dungeon diving or fighting seeing this strength increase first hand.
Because of this, shockingly something that was a norm on Prime Worlds was occurring throughout the planets that Noah was connected to. This phenomenon was the one where a vast majority of the beings on Prime Worlds would be considered 'Awakened' individuals in the terms of the Planetary System, where a vast majority of beings on Prime World would have a tinge of essence running throughout their bodies that granted them a longer life span and the possibility of getting stronger in the future.
This was only possible because of the powerful atmospheric essence that was abundant in Prime Worlds, making most of the beings in it be considered Awakened. Such a phenomenon was actually occurring right now in the numerous Planets that Noah was connected to, where those that could be considered normal beings were slowly awakening because of the powerful energy of fate that wrapped around them!