He had long predicted that a being at this level would show, and he was hoping to gain inspiration and understanding from it that would possibly help him create another rank.
That was his whole mission here: study a rank 8 creature. But now…
…
At that very moment within the False Ascension Realm, a giant dove-like creature with black horns on its head. In its claw was the faint outline of the Star Innate Ones.
It flapped its cosmic wings intensely as it soared through the darkness at extreme speeds. With each flap, it traversed hundreds of thousands of light-years.
Chasing it was a figure clad in silver armor adorned with a long glowing red cape that stretched behind him for light-years.
The figure walked calmly, and with each step, he instantly crossed hundreds of thousands of light-years…
Suddenly, the figure clad in armor paused and gazed in a particular direction. "The foul stench of a cosmic abomination… sni-sniff… and it seems to be a primordial one as well… what is something like that doing in this barren domain… " muttered the figure in a deep tone. Then he glanced at the Innate creature before him that had gained quite a distance on him.
He made a quick calculation, and an instant later, his golden eyes flashed, and he stepped in the direction where he sensed the stench.
…
The being gazed at apexion, then its head twisted sideways, after which it vanished and reappeared directly before him. It towered above him with unknown thoughts, gazing down on him, its abyssal eyes that had the imprint of the bloody bell in their depths locked into his starry eyes, and a soundless, illogical sound rang out in his mind,
"I CAN HEAR YOU!"
Hearing that, apexion will burned with shock. He knew that the being before him wasn't talking to him but to his main self. Suddenly, he felt a terrifying will attempting to penetrate his mind, aiming for his memories.
his will burned more fiercely as he activated his self-destructing fail-safe, and,
Pash!
His will and body shattered into countless pieces, but then something unexpected happened. The being calmly waved its left hand at his exploded body pieces, and,
'Silence!'
After which, his body and will paused, then reformed back. His will burned with extreme shock and envy like never before, for the being had done something he didn't think was possible. Maybe because he hadn't thought of it, but still, the being had silenced the very concept of self-destruction, rendering his fail-safe ineffective.
And once again, a will started to penetrating his mind, aiming for his memory. But how could he allow that? How could his main self allow such a thing to happen?
Inside a realm of darkness, a figure sat on a flaming throne that stood atop a mountain, his main self. He was aware of everything that was happening to his envious clone.
His eyes flashed with extreme coldness and suddenly the crown above him started to blaze bright, and his voice, laced with tens of laws twisted together, rang out,
"Shatter!"
An instant later, a force bypassed physicality and appeared inside the envy clone's mind, and,
Pash!
His will collapsed once more. At that moment, the being waved its hand once more, silencing the collapse, but it could be seen that the process was much slower than before.
Seeing this, Apexion's body started to pulse with horrifying laws, and his crown started to spin above his head at extreme speed. After which, he grasped his right paw towards his realm and,
Shoosh!
All the flames within his realm gathered into his paw and condensed into a one-centimeter ethereal flame. He gazed at the flame and instilled his will into it,
"Burn that who dares to encroach on thy possession!"
After, the crown flashed, and the flame vanished, reappearing inside the clone's mind, and,
Blaze!
It instantly bloomed into a mesmerizing flaming rabbit that started to hop around the clone's mind at extreme speed.
Everywhere it passed was instantly incinerated, and soon the clone started to burn out of existence.
At that moment, the being waved its hand again, and the vanishing came to a standstill, except for the little rabbit; it had only slowed down.
It turned towards the being with anger and hate, then bared its fangs, after which it bit towards the being and,
Shoosh!
The being burst into flames, but it didn't react, its smiling face still gazing downwards at the clone. Then it waved its hand again, but right at that moment, the rabbit hopped towards it and exploded.
Boom!
The impact only caused it to pause for a second, and that was enough for the clone to burn out of existence.
The being clapped, and the flames around it vanished. Its head twisted side to side as many silent thoughts flashed through its mind. A second later, it gazed in a particular direction, then started to fade out of the material universe.
As it faded, the three damned ones that were not too far away from it suddenly exploded,
Splat!
And their flesh and blood flashed towards its fleshy rope, becoming a part of it…
If it wasn't for the limitations the material universe places on beings of his level, he would never have ended on the losing end of that exchange, no, never, not even in a million years…
A few seconds after the Silent One vanished, the vacuum fluctuated, and a transparent silver-armored figure appeared. 'I missed it,' thought the figure as it scanned the surroundings.
"Let's see."
He muttered as his figure started to pulse with a mysterious aura of a grand law. He then raised his right hand and grasped the vacuum before him, and,
Shing!
Tens of ethereal strings materialized in the vacuum. One end of the strings connected to his palm, and the other end stretched endlessly into nothingness.
His eyes then started to shine brightly as he gazed intensely at the strings in his hand. Suddenly, chaotic images started to flash in his eyes. He saw ten damned ones battling something invisible and untraceable.
The images continued until only three damned ones remained, and then a chaotic and blurred figure appeared. His eyes flashed,
'The Silent One! Not only did it survive that war, but it is also perfectly fine and running around in the underdeveloped domains… what is it planning?" He thought as the images continued to flash until the Silent One turned towards the position that he was standing in now, and he heard a chaotic whisper echo in his mind,
"I can hear you!"
Hearing that, he wasn't surprised or anything. He only gazed into the Silent One's eyes and muttered in an emotionless tone,
"I know!"
An instant later, he heard a whisper ring out in his mind once more, "Humans! Always so arrogant! Always thinking of themselves as the rulers of the universe… always stretching their greedy hands where they don't belong… but soon, very soon all of you will be silence"
Hearing this his eyes burned intensely, and he spoke in a cold tone,
"I am coming for you!"
The Silent One's whisper echoed out,
"Come!"
After this, it turned and vanished, and the three damned ones around it exploded and fused with its weapon. After which, the visions ended.
Countless ideas flashed through his mind, and then he vanished in the direction where the Silent One went. As for the unseen and untraceable creature, he didn't want to have anything to do with it unless necessary, for any creature he couldn't perceive could only mean a few things, and none of them were favorable to him…