Christopher stared coldly at the attacks flying his way and remained calm. His eyes revealed a dazzling white radiance and his thoughts began to accelerate at a rapid pace. With a 360-degree view of the entire place, he reacted accordingly and teleported away.
The giant black fist and the beam of nuclear energy collided with the entangled plants, resulting in a massive explosion of warped light.
His figure flashed across the air at sonic speeds, arriving right before Laura in the blink of an eye. Christopher activated his ability and took control over the domain of death, annihilation, and destruction with the sole intent of killing her in one blow.
Laura’s thoughts churned at rapid speeds and her illusory green figure turned all the more charming. Flashing Christopher a pitiful look, she asked, “Are you sure you want to attack little ol’ me?”
He unconsciously slowed down and hesitated for a moment, and his heart throbbed with a sudden urge to just hug Laura and stop her from crying. This thought only lasted for a moment though, and his killing intent surged.
Laura, however, only needed that moment. An immense amount of life force gathered beneath her and flowed into her body, causing her illusory green body to turn more opaque and solid. Her originally brown hair, now having turned verdant green, flowed wildly in the air as her presence felt vast and boundless like a forest.
As Christopher slammed his hand into her body, he felt his attack was akin to a tiny flame trying to burn down a grand tree. The moment his attack landed, many of the gargantuan, serpentine vines in the left isle shrunk into dried husks and absorbed the brunt of the attack for her.
At that moment, Laura seemed to have comprehended new insights to the depths of her authority as she leaned in closer to Christopher, grabbing his hand that was plunged deep into her chest, and whispered, “Are you sure you boys really want to work for this tyrannical goofball? Don’t you want to help me instead, a pitiful lady in need?”
Her words held a mystical charm to them as Christopher inexplicably felt his authority matrix react wildly. Some of the domains under his control suddenly dimmed, and his overall control over his own power was suppressed.
She actually seduced Christopher’s very ability, causing his own power to betray him!
Laura’s body then winked out of existence and reformed hundreds of steps away.
Poppy roared loudly and grasped the empty air before him. His Divine Body barbarically took control over reality as he comprehended the domains of life, death, and creation. Lights shot out, transforming into colossal beasts tens of meters tall, each wielding a divine power.
The Divine Beast of Fire, the Divine Beast of Water, the Divine Beast of Wind, The Divine Beast of Earth, the Divine Beast of Lightning, the Divine Beast of Metal, the Divine Beast of Ice, the Divine Beast of Light, the Divine Beast of Shadows, the Divine Beast of Souls, the Divine Beast of Time, the Divine Beast of Space, The Divine Beast of Creation, the Divine Beast of Destruction!
In half an hour, Poppy had already comprehended well over 10 domains! His authority rose to an astronomical degree, giving him the power to breathe life from nothingness.
Laura’s eyes shone brightly upon witnessing those beasts come into existence as she took inspiration from Poppy. A vast amount of life force flew out of her body and into those divine beasts, solidifying their bodies.
“Go boys! Go kill that stupid cunt!” she shouted loudly from the side, empowering their strength to a whole new level.
Christopher watched with a flabbergasted look as a whole army of Level 4 beasts came rushing in from the distance. Only now did he understand that Braun wasn’t the only monster here, every avatar of his was an abnormality in their own right.
His power was suppressed, having betrayed him due to Laura’s seduction, and now a whole army of divine beasts was preparing to attack him. Seeing this, his gaze turned cold and he silently mumbled, “it looks like I have no choice…”
The four fundamental forces once again gathered in his hand, each exhibiting strength far stronger than before. Gravity bent, light warped, and the atoms turned unstable. A suffocating pressure emanated from his hand as he aimed it straight at the area before him.
Braun hovered in the middle of the army of beasts, and a green spiritual tendril extended out of his body, stabbing into the bodies of the beasts surrounding him. Their power flowed into his body, transforming the green nuclear core in the center of his body into a rainbow of colors.
His aura grew as vast as mountains, and his spiritual pressure even caused the boundaries of reality to dilate to a certain extent. Braun’s bare body and soul rapidly evolved, adapting to the incomparably deadly threat before him.
Christopher shouted loudly as a boundless white light engulfed everything in its path. The entirety of the sky was washed by this boundless power, and even broke the foundations of reality as fractures began to form across space and time.
The monochromatic world was broken, resuming time.
Braun laughed wildly as all of the divine beasts, along with Poppy and Braun, unleashed their full power as a gigantic elemental screen formed in front of them. It was over a hundred meters tall and held dominion over numerous laws.
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In front of this massive, seemingly unshakeable attack, it took the combined power of fifteen-plus demigod-level entities to block it, showing the incredible might that Christopher wielded. At this point, if he were to go all out, his raw power would have far outstripped the likes of Demigods who ascended to Level 5 with over ten domains under their grasp.
It’s not that abnormal though, especially if you consider his supreme authority and the innumerable number of domains he had comprehended since long ago. If not for his power having been seduced by Laura, his overall might would be much higher than this.
Just as the elemental barrier began to shake and grow weak, Braun flew forward, his eyes shining brightly with madness.
He flew directly into the endless expanse of light, with the rainbow-colored core in the center of his chest churning with infinite power. His figure was swallowed by the light and was faced with the heavenly might of the four fundamental forces.
The extreme gravity bent his figure to an incomprehensible degree, the vast radiation threatened to destroy his very cells, and the chaotic nuclear forces pushed his atomic stability into destruction.
In this environment of complete disorder where complete annihilation from the atomic level is a high possibility, Braun basked in its power and rapidly evolved.
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Ice Dragon Ri Haneul flapped her wings and hurriedly stood beside the three Demigods that had arrived as backup. She took this opportunity to heal her wounds and recuperate.
Knight of Apocalypse Regie, Nuclear Void Tyrel, and Schrodinger’s Cat Shirley stared at the newly arrived trio with cold yet excited gazes.
“Finally, a proper challenge!” Nuclear Void Tyrel’s body exploded with void black and bright orange radiance.
“Hmph!” Knight of Apocalypse Regie coldly snorted and brandished his blade.
“The probability of us winning? 100%!” Schrodinger’s Cat Shirley playfully announced as her cat ear and cat tail wagged with exhilaration.
The three Demigods that arrived were namely Level 4 Burning Lotus, Level 4 Suppressing River, and Level 5 Wilting Autumn.
“Arrogant fools…” Wilting Autumn coldly snorted.
“Are you fine?” Suppressing River turned to look at Ri Hanuel.
“I’m fine…,” Ri Hanuel weakly responded as she sat cross-legged in the air.
“Hah, you guys had fun bullying the weak, eh?” Burning Lotus gazed at them with a burning desire for revenge, and a profound orange flame gathered around his figure.
Suppressing River acted as well as water formed in the air, transforming into a tiny river that wrapped around his body.
Wilting Autumn quietly activated his ability and wilting autumn leaves fell down from the sky, scattering all across the city.
As the three avatars tried to doge the leaves falling from the sky, they were surprised to see that no matter what they did, it was as if it was inevitable that the leaves would land on them. When the leaves landed, a desolate, bleak, and timeworn aura attacked their body, causing their bodies to turn weak and exhausted.
“The passage of time is inevitable to all,” Wilting Autumn said with a profound tone as more and more leaves scattered across the air, rapidly depleting the trio’s strength.
The three tried to attack those leaves but none of their attacks had any effect whatsoever. Those leaves seemingly held the mystical nature of time embedded into them and revealed the might of inevitability.
“The passage of time is inevitable? Fuck that!” Nuclear Void Tyrel gritted his teeth as a brilliant light flashed in his eyes. “I’ll explode everything that comes in my way, even the concept of age and time itself!”
A void black ball with a bright orange center appeared in his hand and he raised it at the sky, blasting his way out.
Wilting Autumn widened his eyes as he mumbled, “Impossible… Just how many domains had he already comprehended to actually be able to attack my authority?”
If Level 4 is the stage where a demigod builds their foundation and forges their authority, by comprehending and gaining control over various domains, then Level 5 is when one transforms their authority matrix into a complete, stable authority core.
Level 5 Demigods, with their authority core, can deepen their hold over the domains they had comprehended back in Level 4. Although they can’t gain control over any more domains now that they have stabilized their core, they can gain greater authority in return, until eventually, they gain complete authority over all of their domains.
If a Level 4 Demigod capable of controlling water meets a Level 5 Demigod capable of controlling water, the Level 4 Demigod would lose control over the domain of water as the Level 5 Demigod had higher authority over them.
This meant that, in Level 5, it was all a competition between the authority level and the amount of domains one had cultivated back in Level 4. One cannot just blindly cultivate more and more domains though, because the more domains one has cultivated, the harder it will be to stabilize one’s authority matrix and transform it into an authority core.
Wilting Autumn had comprehended the domains of autumn, time, life, death, cycle, seasons, wilting, and wither before he ascended to Level 5, so he had a fair amount of domains under his control. Using all of those domains, he could unleash his profound wilting autumn leaves, which is virtually unstoppable for any normal Level 4 Demigod.
However, Nuclear Void Tyrel had done as such, revealing his deep foundation as a Level 4 Demigod! Not only did Nuclear Void Tyrel have comprehended domains that could affect his authority, but also had enough supporting domains to push its strength to the point that it could actually counter his authority!
Knight of Apocalypse Regie took this time to launch a counterattack, with a baleful dark red energy sweeping across the air.
Suppressing River coldly snorted and let the tiny river around his body expand in size. From a few meters to tens of meters long and tens of meters wide, it forcefully suppressed Knight of Apocalypse Regie’s attack.
Schrodinger’s Cat Shirley grinned wickedly as she exerted her strength, mumbling softly, “Quantum Uncertainty!”
Reality warped and Regie’s attack, which had been suppressed, was suddenly not suppressed! It phased through the river and arrived right in front of the four Demigods!
“Shit!” Burning Lotus cursed as he erected a giant, lotus-shaped wall of flames.
A fierce collision of energy swept across the air as baleful red and bright orange light scattered in the sky.
Burning Lotus’ arms lightly trembled as he stared incredulously at Knight of Apocalypse Regie with wide eyes.
“He’s… actually stronger than me?” Burning Lotus mumbled in disbelief.
Knight of Apocalypse Regie snorted and brandished his blade once more. Of course he was stronger, his very authority was built for battle. Anyone with a brain would realize that just by his name alone—Knight of Apocalypse.
Discarding his useless thoughts, he prepared to attack as all three of them wore excited faces.
Let’s just hope the original can finally finish his preparation… Shirley silently reminded herself to not get carried away too much and looked at the invisible barrier hanging high in the sky.