Chapter 290 - Immensity

Yet another goal had been successfully completed as Noah spent more time in the inner layer of the Icebound World discussing with the convening Planetary Systems on the best courses of action.

Numerous plans were made for the unique environment of the extremely hazardous Icebound World as the Planetary Systems had already begun the process of establishing the Gateways between the connected worlds while they sent messages to those left high in power between each worlds for the continuing changes.

Noah left the inner area as this process began, enjoying the immense feeling of power he felt in the [Lesser Cthulhu] form that had a stupidly large stature while keeping a humanoid appearance. It felt different than when he changed to a large form of a Three-headed Hydra as a unique feeling permeated through him while feeling the appearance of the mystical Aether element coursing over the abundant fibers of muscles over his body.

He moved his thoughts and commanded his body to move upwards as he shot forth and became a streak of light, his large body not becoming a factor that slowed him down, but increasing his speed by multiple times as he left sonic booms in the cold layers of earth he was penetrating!

The feeling was something he did not come across frequently, and he chose to revel in it than to just use teleportation to get where he wanted as he broke out of the mountainous layer in only one fourth the time it took him to go down before. 

WAAA!

The cold atmosphere of the Icebound World trembled as he broke out of the mountain, his aura permeating into the surroundings and causing the surrounding elements to tremble. A wide smile covered his face as he deactivated the [Morph] ability and returned to his small human form, feeling the auras of the Emperor Penguin and others near his position.

"Master!"

The arrogant penguin called out meekly as his sleek body arrived first, his gaze towards Noah being just slightly more subservient as he received more and more treasures and resources from this Spiritual Land Master. The subservience only lasted briefly before the pride in its blood made it rise its beak towards the sky as Kazuhiko, the Kraken, Imperial Phoenix, and the other beasts appeared in the surroundings as they looked towards Noah in shock.

They had only briefly felt a world shocking aura in the position where he was, feeling an oppressive feeling even before they neared as they wondered exactly where his power had reached now.

Kazuhiko was the only one that ignored this immense feeling of pressure as he approached Noah and placed his hands around his neck and whispered with a serious face. 

"Dude, you have to stop shooting up in ranks while the rest of us are so far behind. Where the hell do you even go? What cheat or crazy inherent skill do you have eh?"

The Sword Master was whispering his grievances to the constantly advancing Noah as his own rank was that of a Transcendent, having received many [Cores] from Noah over the last few weeks along with everyone else. Kazuhiko continued talking as his party and the beasts gathered around the two of them.

"It's crazy to think about man. For all I know, you might just do something insane like jump another rank after just a few weeks or upgrade your Spiritual Land to the 6th tier soon while the rest of us can barely bring our own Spiritual Lands to the 4th tier."

Noah couldn't help but laugh as he heard this, glancing at the {Spiritual Land Management} under his stat panel as he called out to the arrogant penguin who was looking mockingly at Kazuhiko.

"Everyone is ready?"

The Emperor Penguin was looking mockingly at Kazuhiko as it knew the requirements for the next upgrade of the Spiritual Land was already met when he and the other beasts advanced from Phantasmal and into the Transcendent Rank. This human simply didn't know the immensity of his Master to even think that he would be this slow before he upgraded their Spiritual Land to a higher level!

"...You're kidding, right?"

The Imperial Phoenix was even more shocked than Kazuhiko as she was a native of the Beast World and knew exactly how unique and stupendous the Spiritual Lands were, as well as the exuberant amount of energy required to upgrade even if the rank requirement was met for the beasts born in the Spiritual Land.

Noah let his actions speak for himself as he flicked his hand out to the skies, a brilliant blue light shining out as the miniaturized Spiritual Land enlarged and floated stably in the cold air of the Icebound World. 

This Frozen Plateau Spiritual Land matched very well with the aesthetics of the frozen world, the shimmers of snow constantly falling in it matching nicely with the cold winds all over the Icebound World. 

In the Spiritual Land, raucous noises started as the numerous beasts sensed their Spiritual Land Master and the task he was about to undertake, their excitement increasing as the rank of their home was about to increase yet again, granting them a world filled with even more coagulating essence and fantastical medicinal fruits and herbs.

"Shut up!"

A resonant scream came from one of the futuristic high rise buildings built through the [Architecture] feature of the Spiritual Land as a sleeping Barbatos dressed in satin pajamas was awoken. Silence instantly reigned in the Spiritual Land as her wild aura at the Saint Realm permeated from her voice.

Yes, Barbatos had been the first one after Noah to enter the rank of Saint! She was the one that stuck to him closest, remaining in the Spiritual Land and training in the Time Space as she also was the first to receive the refined cores that were called [Spirit Stones] from the World of Cultivation. 

A milky white aura covered her body as she spread out her senses and saw the cl.u.s.tering group of beings all around the Spiritual Land, her cute eyes blinking rapidly as she saw the stern face of Noah. She reached her hands to the switch on the reinforced glass material that made the entire luxurious building she was in as the switch activated to close the blinds in the wide room she was in, her curvaceous figure disappearing from the observations of others as she grabbed even more pillows and jumped up on the bed that would put even the most expensive memory foam mattresses to shame.

Kazuhiko was shaking his head despondently as this scene played out, with Noah patting him on the back in consolation as he confirmed the number requirements for the beasts were met before his aura began to bubble forth, initiating one of the next goals he had to check off before heading out to the Underworld where the Pureblood Vampyres resided!