Infinite Mana in the Apocalypse

2283 Deterioration IV

A glimmer of crimson that caused her Blood to churn.

A glimmer of gold that caused Wisdom to buzz.

A radiance of multiple colors that caused one's Soul to feel reverence!

Such fantastical waves of light erupted around the enthroned True Emperor of Quintessence as when the torrential force released from Sacrarium Emperor Vulcan descended to forcefully press his throne back down...

BZZZT!

Ophelia felt her soul buzz as her lips parted in surprise and wonder, seeing the torrential waves Vulcan released be stopped by the radiance of colors around the True Emperor of Quintessence as if all these waves of power had entered the domain of an endlessly vast sea!

...!

The scene caused many eyes to constrict as Ancestral Lernaeans shifted on their seats, watching as the throne of the incredulous being before them truly didn't shift even an inch as even the two women beside him didn't feel the terror of the soul pressure Vulcan exploded out with.

<As I said.> Brilliance overflowed as the exceedingly handsome visage was captured in everyone's eyes.

<An ant like you...would not be able to move me even an inch.>

WAA!

Unprecedented silence descended on the surroundings at such a development as an instant after, the True Emperor of Quintessence tapped on his Throne leisurely as he continued!

TAP!

<I convened you all here to question you on the Cataclysm of the Barren Lands, and yet a mere Sacrarium Emperor like you did not know his place and actually sought to oppress me. For that, a lesson would have been enough.>

TAP!

A glorious symphony began to build with every tap of his finger as it felt like a pulse that all beings here felt in their souls, his eyes turning utterly cold at this moment as he continued.

<But more than that...your vile eyes actually gazed at the women around me with desire. For that...the only fate decreed for you is death.>

...!

Space twisted and turned as another tap came from the True Emperor of Quintessence, this tap feeling like a thundering hammer that had passed down a judgment as this newly risen Emperor...the Last True Emperor actually decreed death to a standing Sacrarium Emperor!

Could...could a being even do that? Was that something that any existence even dared to do when knowing the endless forces that Ancestral Lernaeans held?!

The eyes of all Boundary Expansion Realm experts here watched on with unbelievable incredulity as they wanted to scoff at this being's words and claims.

But...their Aeonic Souls found it hard to do so as they finally realized why Commander Lanka was suppressed the way he was.

A terrifying soul pressure had begun to be released from the True Emperor of Quintessence as if it was stifling, his cold eyes carrying a trace of controlled anger as the pressure he released...was no less than what Sacrarium Emperor Vulcan released!

And when seeing such a scene...the eyes of Sacrarium Emperor Vulcan turned into crescent slits of a smile as he felt utmost joy.

He could feel his desire raging.

Against the surprising power this being showed and the denouncing of his gaze over the women around him...it only caused his desire to grow more and more!

He could feel that the moment he put this being down, he would achieve a crucial point in his desires and proceed to a state only the most distinguished Sacrarium Emperors had achieved!

So...he was about to release his Desire.

He was about to, when he instantly heard a mental message from the one he also hadn't attained all these years.

It was the words of none other than Ophelia.

<As one of the Sacrarium Emperors appointed for the Abecedarian Sacrarium, I will fulfill my duty today only to the extent of giving you words of Wisdom. And that is...to leave the Abecedarian Sacrarium with haste while seeking the support of the Elder Ancestors.>

...!

Vulcan sneered and bubbled with a fit of rising anger as he heard Ophelia's words.

She didn't advise him to stop instigating the True Emperor of Quintessence or that he may have a hard time, she actually told him to start running right away while seeking the support of the Elder Ancestors!

As if her Wisdom told her that all other avenues were closed off.

That if he remained here any longer, he wouldn't even be able to run!

Such words caused anger to rise in Vulcan's heart as his Desire...became radiant and utterly blinding.

It became so blinding that he could see anything else but to achieve this Desire!

Common sense rushed out the window.

Logic and self-preservation left entirely, with even a trace of forethought that would maybe entertain the words of one of the strongest hidden Seers entirely disappearing as Sacrarium Emperor Vulcan...released his Desire.

HOOONG!

The light of a Planar Domain flashed.

And waves of Desire flourished.

On the second mountain, Empress Ophelia's radiant brown skin glimmered with even more incandescence as a heart stopping smile was arched on her lips!

Her words that may have seemed like a warning further blinded Vulcan with rage and desire as she followed the Words of Wisdom that appeared before her!

Wisdom that was reacting so strongly towards this being she was meeting for the first time that it was incomparable to when she even met Elder Ancestors.

Incomparable to when she even met the Apex Aeonic Lifeforms of the Ancestral Lernaeans that were their Pillars of support. Beings like the True Emperor of Genesis. Beings like Empress Minerva!

Now, why was her Wisdom reacting so strongly to this being?

She knew that she wouldn't even have to wonder for long as facing the blooming Planar Domain of the Boundary of Desire, this existence did not even stand from his throne while the billowing visage of Vulcan had risen up to become the center of the Planar Domain of Desire.

It caused the hearts of others to flutter as this existence made it clear he would not even be bothered to stand!

With a glorious gaze of magnanimity and power, he only spoke tyrannically.

<Quintessential Hegemony of the Emperor>.

...!

All thought stopped as multicolored radiance overflowed from a tyrant atop a golden throne!