Chapter 853 I Have Heard Your Call (1/2)
If the Embryo of the Evil God of Death that had encircled the Sage's seal was a massive composite of Chaos, surpassing most Evil Gods even before awakening and possessing power levels over 'millions', the present scattered sea of Chaos that spread after the seal was broken, combining with Chaos in the Abyss yet to awaken and surging towards the galaxy, that same Chaotic energy that gathered in the depths of the Abyss was approximately a hundred thousand in power level.
In fact, it was now dilapidated, spread across every spot of the Abyssal Paradise. Now, the power of the Evil God of Death was attempting reassembly and rebirth, through Joshua's very body.
But even as the great composite of Chaos turned into a surge, that power remained as formidable as the Evil God of Wither even when scattered. Indeed, the condensed fragments of Chaos were even far powerful than that entity, spreading the gospel of despair as it poured forth and crashed towards the Giant God as if it was a falling star.
Even the weakest of those oncoming Chaos were the vengeful wills from dozens of worlds combined. Though it was far less than a genuine Evil God in terms of power and combat capacity, no entity presently in this galaxy could compare to their sheer quantity.
Their intent was quite simple too: they would assimilate Joshua's consciousness, destroy the warrior's ability to resist so that they would become a corpse like they were.
But Joshua was no corpse.
No warrior alive would allow an enemy to do as they wished!
Facing innumerable oncoming Chaos composite, Joshua neither moved nor evaded—every single direction and visible space were dark foes!
Boom!
Tremendous Steel Strength ruptured around the warrior, unleashing electrons trails of warp radiance and repelling the approaching dark Chaos. Joshua's silver body then began to redden as he clenched the two luminous lances which he drew out from his two poles of ultra-dense mass, grasping the armaments composed of gamma rays as if they were solid!
Thus, veins of silver and red light abruptly appeared in the gamma ray burst that had no distinct color. Endless runes, with electromagnetic waves they carried were inscribed into the flow of light, fusing, splitting, refracting before uniting as one!
Ooom—!
In the very next second, as if a supernova tore the dark night apart, incandescent divine light shot out with a hum, turning into a blinding meteor that sunk into the first Chaos composite!
Within that single instant, the lunging composite that seemed driven to consume the world paused at once. Its outer layer and form were clearly unscathed, just as the pure gamma ray lance thrown by Joshua would not have damaged the compound that was more than several worlds worth of Chaos given form… and yet it simply froze where it was as if it had died.
But that was the first piece—there were still inexhaustible ranks, or indeed limitless darkness following behind.
Joshua simply met it head on.
The black mass behind the Giant God of Steel whirled, the shiny accretion disk moving as if clock hands or perhaps turning gears, drawing a path of warped gravity that made space itself scream. The warrior worked his lance and iron fist, punching a trail of light in the dark Abyss, crushing any smaller pieces of Chaos composite and throwing his mysterious luminous lance to render the bigger pieces dormant.
Drawing more luminous lances from the poles, Joshua advanced quietly but swiftly, pulling a distorted path that neglects any form of instincts as if seeking the single solution from a complex maze. The warrior hence darted past Chaos composites that were at least a dozen times more powerful than Wither, and before they could turn to continue their pursuit, he would quickly accelerate, and in burst of flashes, the Giant God would crash into the embrace of a single colossal composite. In that split second, the formless electromagnetic lance would penetrate its shell and pierce deep inside!
Metallic clanging would echo clearly, and the lance that should be colorless but turned into a silver crimson by the warrior abruptly dimmed. Endless runes would flicker in the surging of waves, transferring great Steel Strength as if a tidal wave of data.
”Argh!!”
It was clearly the composite that was being attacked, but for the very first time, Joshua let out a muffled cry of pain. As the Giant God of Steel's shell abruptly turned red before quickly cooling again, that single instant of redness resembled an astonishing blood color!
Still, it was even more shocking that the luminous lance that was pure light and electromagnetism also apparently had neither mass nor impact. However, after Joshua exclaimed in pain, the larger composite that was equal to three Evil God of Wither disappeared.
***
”I can't accept this… I can't accept that our civilization can't even reach beyond the skies!”
In a narrow continental world, the pilots of a plane bellowed but were unable to bypass the threshold of the World Barrier whatever they did to the boundless skies beyond. There never had been the chance to even soar in that small world that had no atmosphere.
***
”That's probably the only outcome after we forced Nature itself to a corner. We may not accept this, but it is seeking our own deaths…”
Reaching the end of their reign due to excessive development and overpopulation, a race of cave dwellers that lived in a high-gravity world had caused the fragile ground to collapse due to the powerful gravity of the planet itself, with toxic air streaming into every passageway and killing every person. The cave-dwellers, left with no other choice were unaware that their decimation was an absolute necessity.
***
As endless information cascaded and instantly erupted out of the large Chaos composite that vanished, the tales of twelve fallen civilization erupted out of the Chaotic force as little halos in the dark Abyss formed—condensed countless memories of perished worlds and hosted the most extreme and miserable of memories.
Joshua exhaled. He silently watched those memories as two luminous lances appeared in his hands, before turning to face the unending dark Chao again.
Meanwhile, crystal obelisks molded out of infinite souls in the world within Joshua body was shining in silver and crimson.
The billions of souls that were lurking and growing in the Giant God's body belonged to the homeworld of the Evil God of Wither, the civilizations that entity destroyed as well as the living beings from Glorious Era Mycroft and generations of peoples that lived in the sealed world.
Those souls were absorbing Joshua's power—they were a part of that world's natural cycle, and would naturally be reborn through Joshua's Steel Strength in years, decades or maybe centuries as spawns of the warrior, just like the Silver Fairies. They would thus become Joshua's own power, his unbreakable shield.
Now, however, twelve of those crystal obelisks were uprooted, emanating silver light as spiritual luminescence flickered at its depth. In that single moment, twelve crimson beams that carried silver specks shot out from the center of the world, descending upon the obelisk!