Chapter 204: 500 Years, 50 Amethyst-Rank Warriors
Azmodeus held the infinitely long wing within his grasp as he whipped it around a little bit before slapping the Entity with its own appendage.
Such an action caused the spasming existence to freak out even further as it rolled and spun around in a circular motion, attempting to squash the error!
However, no matter what futile things it did, nothing phased the godlike man in the slightest. On the contrary, he lifted an arm that produced a red Qi shield capable of taking on the full strikes of the Entity without any problem.
In fact, the energy being emitted from the shield was so potent that the Entity was actually the one to take damage every time it tried to roll over, resulting in large segments of its body being erased from existence!
As this was happening, Azmodeus tested out everything he could think of when it concerned the appendage he wielded like a whip.
The conclusion of this little experimentation session was that these weird appendages appeared to be some form of transmitter that absorbed energy from some unknown area of the Astral Plane.
To possess this level of energy and treat the life and death of this creature as if it mattered not…
Is it one of the two Gods…?
At this shocking discovery, Azmodeus returned his focus back to the Entity.
He figured he should put it out of its misery and see what the system tells him about its existence.
After understanding what he would do next, Azmodeus lifted his enormous scythe into the air before vertically slashing down on the slug that was still thrashing around in place.
SHING!
"Esceetch!!!!"
The Entity let out one final cry before its infinitely wide existence was erased from the Astral Plane.
From its death, a number of system notifications bombarded Azmodeus\'s vision.
BLING!
*Ding!* *You have killed the Warped Emperor of the Sunsmite Empire—a being in the peak stages of the Early Amethyst Rank!*
*Ding!* *You have obtained 310 Trevigintillion Points in your Physical Existence Rank!*
*Ding!* *Your Physical Existence Rank has taken a huge step toward breaking through into the Early Amethyst Rank!*
*Ding!* *Would you like to assimilate the stats or roll for an ability of the being you just killed?*
"Assimilate."
*Ding!* *You have gained 25 Trevigintillion Stat Points in Strength, 31 Trevigintillion Points in Speed, 27 Trevigintillion Points in Defense, and 39 Trevigintillion Points in Qi.*
*Ding!* *Your Battle Power has drastically improved!*
*Ding!* *Would you like to spend Evolution Essence in order to roll for one of the Warped Emperor\'s abilities?*
"The Emperor of the Sunsmite Empire…" Azmodeus muttered while feeling an immense boost to his strength.
After a moment of brooding over the matter, he looked back at the translucent blue screen and responded, "I would like to roll."
Following his command, a multi-colored roulette materialized in front of his face and started to spin.
After cycling through thousands of different Racial Traits and Physiques, it eventually landed on…
*Ding!* *You have rolled for the Early Amethyst Rank Physique \'Void Amalgamation\'. Would you like to keep it or keep on rolling?*
"Keep it."
*Ding!* *You have fully obtained the Void Amalgamation Physique!*
*Ding!* *Your Singularity Physique has tremendously improved within the Half-Step Amethyst Rank!*
*Ding!* *Your Battle Power has moderately improved!*
*Ding!* *You have amassed over 999 Trevigintillion Evolution Essence in your Evolution Essence Bank. Would you like to spend it on leveling your Traits into the SSS Rank from the SS Rank?*
Azmodeus pondered the question for a few seconds before replying, "Yes, but make sure to allocate whatever remains into my level and Physique\'s. Try to evenly split it across all aspects of my existence."
BLING!
*Ding!* *You have Ranked up all of your Traits from Level 5 of the SS Rank to Level 1 of the SSS Rank!*
*Ding!* *You have leveled up your existence from the Mid 200\'s to Level 265!*
*Ding!* *You have Ranked up all of your Phsyqiue\'s from the Late and Peak Adamantine Ranks to the Half-Step Amethyst Rank, allowing your Singularity Physique to make the leap into the Early Amethyst Rank!*
*Ding!* *Your Battle Power has improved by leaps and bounds, enabling your strength to cross the threshold between the Early and Middle Dwarf Star Transformation Realm phases!*
*Ding!* *Your Battle Power has fermented itself inside the Middle Stages of the Middle Dwarf Star Transformation Realm!*
*Ding!* *You are beginning to near the absolute peak that the Astral Plane can withstand before collapsing underneath the weight of your might!*
*Ding!* *It is recommended that the host ascend from the Astral Plane within the next 10 thousand years (cave time), for unknown consequences are in store for the host if this is not accomplished.*
Azmodeus perused the incoming system notifications as he realized that the amount of time he had left to completely drain the Astral Plane of its loot was cut even shorter.
If I am to obtain absolutely every benefit that I can from the Astral Plane, then I\'m going to need to speed up the development and annexation steps of my plan.
10 billion Squares is nowhere near enough to overthrow the tyrannical Empire\'s I wish to surpass…
At this thought, he wasted no time and put the next segment of his many-step plan into motion.
With the death of the corrupted Sunsmite Empire, Azmodeus should be able to seamlessly conquer and annex the rest of the Sunsmite Empire Territory, all of which was perfectly in view with his improved divine sense.
"The grind has ended… And now it is time for it to begin again, as the grind is perpetual and everlasting."
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Time passed like a shadow, fleeting and evanescent, as 500 years (cave time) flew by in the blink of an eye.
After 50 years, the Astral Plane had gone through various substantial changes. Not only had the Heaven Exploding Faction annexed another 1 trillion Squares, but they had also managed to take over 35 different 2nd Tier Double Leafed Squares, enabling their forces to improve by leaps and bounds!
On the subject of force improvements, the number of Amethyst-Rank Warriors who were willing to submit to the Crimson Emperor amounted to a grand total of 50!
This may not seem like a lot when compared to the hundreds of millions of Adamantine-Rank warriors in their ranks, but it would only take a single Amethyst-Rank cultivator to eradicate every single Adamantine-Rank warrior.
Furthermore, they wouldn\'t even need to expend very much effort in order to accomplish it…
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