CHAPTER 1046 - ENCUMBRANCE!

"Finally…"

THRUM!

Chronos felt the waves of crimson essence land on him as the effects were much different compared to what Noah and the others felt.

Whatever negative effect the beings within the 9 Universes received, they were oppositely positive when the aura of the Great Usurper landed on the bodies of Chronos and others similar to him!

All of the Hegemonies that had branded their auras to the Universal Constructs, all of the beings that were under the influence of these Hegemonies and thus had the protection of the Great Usurper instead of being its enemy...all of these beings experienced an enhancement in their strength as the terrifying reality of what would come in the future was slowly revealed.

Chronos had a light smile on his face as he seemed to be reminiscing, his hand landing on the pulsing cocoon as he felt the beating of the powerful heart that released the crimson wave with every thump.

His smile became even brighter as he turned around thereafter, staring at the shocked figure of Valentina's clone not too far away that he had placed on a Temporal Lock. His eyes shone with a sharp light as he sent a voice transmission to a certain being at this moment.

"Ambrose, come back to the Animus Universe and face this annoying fly that continues to come back. The Cerulean Hegemony will take your post in the Liberated Universe."

…!

A shocking message that was followed through as soon after, the astounded figure of Ambrose appeared in the Animus Universe while feeling the immense burst of strength from the pulsing Universal Construct.

Chronos waves his hands as a purple clock unwound, the Temporal Lock around Valentina's clone fading away as her figure bubbled with power while she looked at the two enemies with a deadly glare.

"What have you fools done now?!"

THRUM!

Her body glimmering with powerful light as the Star of Conquest above her spun powerfully, shooting towards Chronos as this time around, they wanted to test the effects of a portion of the aura of the Great Usurper on their enemies!

Ambrose was the one to go meet Valentina's attacks as Chronos watched from the side, his eyes shining with a sharp light as when he watched the battle unfold...the shocking reality of the edge that Valentina showed against Ambrose had disappeared, and the Hegemony of Slaughter was actually controlling the pace of the battle once more as his expression became excited.

BOOM!

Not even putting the effects of [Malignant Madness] into account, just the [Corruption of the Usurper] was enough to change the tides of power for many beings!

Damage Taken being increased by 10,000% while the resistance to all laws and Daos was reduced by the same percentage...just this effect from the Corruption of the Usurper was enough to demoralize many beings. But there were even more on top of all this as Valentina was the first to taste the results of the new reality against an enemy she could overwhelm before.

"Haha!"

After 10 minutes, Ambrose laughed out boisterously as he shattered the clone of Valentina with a storm of Annihilation, this being taking too much pleasure from this action as the light of slaughter within his eyes shone brightly!

Even though it took Chronos a few seconds to dispatch one of Valentina's clones under normal circumstances, it had still taken Ambrose over 10 minutes to do the same even while under the effects of the aura of the Great Usurper.

This was a difference in power in terms of Cosmic Daos being shown yet again!

Chronos looked at the celebrating Ambrose as he nodded, his figure beginning to fade away into particles of spatial light as he sent multiple messages towards Ambrose and a few others.

With this progression, he had no need to oversee the Animus Universe constantly as Ambrose could now take care of the only enemy Hegemony capable of descending within this Universe, and Chronos could move again to fully control the many things occurring across the 9 Universes at this moment!

Antiquity...it wasn't too far away as he could already taste it!

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"These fuckers are getting bolder and bolder…"

In the Dark Universe, Valentina spoke in an annoyed manner as Barbatos listened to her words with a proud expression, taking credit for the gradual change in the language of this pristine Hegemony.

"But this aura coming from the Universal Constructs…"

Valentina turned her eyes towards Noah after she felt the connection between her and her clone destroyed yet again, this time by a being that couldn't defeat her before!

She could only turn to the being that had shattered her world view time and time again, her gaze and the gazes of Barbatos, and Adelaide all turning towards Noah's figure that was floating off the ground as his body was surrounded by a storm of Universal Fortune and golden waves of Destiny.

He opened his eyes soon after as he gazed towards them while speaking lightly.

"Just a small portion of the aura of Antiquity! It comes with too many status effects as it should heavily cut off the battle power of many beings. What I'm most worried about is the [Heretical Malediction] that permanently changes weaker beings into Followers of the Usurper. That's trillions upon trillions of beings that are already Vassals and even future possible Vassals…!"

His eyes were filled with an unknown light as Adelaide appeared beside him with a smile while hugging his back.

"You can just transport all of them to the Dark Universe. After that, the rate of accumulation of those Universal Constructs you mentioned should be heavily reduced, right?"

The Ice Queen spoke lightly as Noah raised his brows while feeling the two soft blessings land on his back, trying his best to stay on schedule as Parallel Mind and a myriad of other abilities kept him focused on the serious subject at hand.

"There should be less than two weeks before the effects of [Heretical Malediction] kick in...we'll conquer as many Universes as possible before then and migrate however many beings required if need be! But the battles from now on will be much harder…"

Noah thought of the restrictive status effects that his Primordial Ruination Clone was currently facing as his eyes shone with a grand light of destiny, wanting to know just how the Chronos's group would move after the spread of this aura of the Great Usurper!

He seemed to be the only one worrying though as Barbatos also walked towards Noah while clapping her hands.

"Ok so, the other issue at hand- that Athena, Anna, and Elena walking around all depressed this whole time and bringing the whole mood down...you have to fix that mess and take responsibility! It's not like you don't have endless mana and clones to take care of everything..."

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Noah's expression changed as an even harder task was placed on the plate of his main body, his Primordial Ruination Clone and other clones left to deal with the shocking developments of the 9 affected Universes in the Primordial Cosmos!