Chapter 457 - 457: Death, at it’s best

ENOUGH TALK! ON YOUR KNEES, EVERYONE!" Derik roared with a hint of disdain visible in his eyes!

He threw his hand above his head and swung it down with great effort and in turn, the beyond the other five cosmic beings felt an invisible force weighing them down. It was like an ancient mountain was dropped on their backs, forcing them to fall on their knees. With an understanding of how Derik's death magic works now, it wasn't shocking that he could replicate the gravity magic since Kuen possesses the power as well.

"Let me show you what I mean when I say death is absolute" Derik muttered as he waved his hand and countless fake moons appeared above him, blocking out the sky and the clouds. His eyes had no hint of emotion in them when he gazed at the six cosmic beings.

"You! You are just one man!" The cosmic spirit of gravity roared viciously as he forcefully broke free from Derik's grip alongside the other cosmic beings.

His eyes let out a bright light as a black hole appeared amid all fake moons, slowly pulling them in. Derik was about to act but then he felt the scorching heat of a thousand suns heading towards him from all sides and a sky full of stars descending from above. Crystal and Kaido weren't holding back anymore, probably because their lives depend on it.

"Did I not tell you, you are not qualified to face me... My death magic is absolute" Derik spoke slowly as he clapped his hands together and a powerful spatial wave spread across the battlefield setting up hundreds of complex spatial formations which was too much even for the beyond to understand. This wasn't Kalos's ability. No! This power belonged to Blink!

"There is a reason why I chose Blink as my successor… as far as I am concerned blink has the potential to surpass me, but his body is the only limitation he suffers… the power far surpasses that of any new or old God… and now that power is mine" Derik smiled dully as a bright light blinded everyone and spread across the entire realm.

The first day, Derik set his eyes on blink, he didn't think much of him. In his opinion, Blink was just another human with a special magic affinity but after a while, Derik noticed something odd about the youth. Blink's magic and soul had no ties to their world! He lacked any form of soul imprint and something like this should be impossible. Every creator must possess a soul imprint and only God-level beings are exempt from this. Sometime later, Derik realized that Blink's spatial magic was completely different from that of Kalos. In fact, it was of a higher level and that explained why his body was crumbling under the pressure of his own power!

This is unheard of!

To fix this, Derik had to use his death magic to refine the body and strengthen his soul, just strong enough for it to be able to withstand the power of magic. He would have loved to do more but at that time this was the best he could do for the kid. Blink has always been a question that he could never answer and that's why he is the most precious subordinate! This is because Derik was pretty sure that with enough time, Blink will surpass him!

Before any of them could understand what was happening, they realized they swapped places with Derik. The beyond and the other cosmic beings tried to move but they realized they were sealed at that spot by countless spatial formations!

Boom!

"In the end… none of you could escape death!" Derik laughed lightly as he stretched his hand and a powerful suction force began pulling the spirit materializations of the cosmic beings. They wiggled and struggled to break free but their strength had reduced greatly after taking a direct hit from all those attacks.

Swoosh!

All six souls were forcefully pulled into Derik and his body began inflating, threatening to explode. His eyes widened, revealing hints of pain as he struggled not to scream. He knew absorbing six God's souls all at once is akin to suicide but if he doesn't do this, their souls are sure to escape!

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Outside the black dome, Blink and Clovis focused on erecting a shell around the empire. Using his spatial magic, Blink first created a shell to contain the mana within the empire. Thanks to his new body and thousands of years of practice within Derik realm, Blink was a lot faster when casting his spells. Clasping his hands together over fifty complex spatial arrays appeared around the empire. It is nothing compared to Derik but it is amazing for someone at the peak grade of the silver realm.

"Huff!" Blink breathed out as his eyes let out a silver glow.

"Spatial magic: Spatial lock!" Blink roared as silver beams shot out of the countless spatial arrays, linking each and every one of them.

"Lockdown!" Blink muttered those words as thousands of thin silver beams shot around the empire making it look like a silver net was thrown over the empire.

"YOU DAMNED NEW GODS! THIS I WILL NOT ACCEPT! YOU DARE ATTEMPT TO HORDE ALL THE POWER OF THIS GOD VEIN? THIS IS NO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE BEYOND IS DOING! YOU ARE ALL THE SAME!" An enraged roar shook the skies.

"Damn it! I didn't think they will come so soon!" Cyrus said while gritting his teeth.

The seal was not yet complete and in their current condition, they won't be able to stand against any old God that comes at them. He contemplated on leaving his post and heading out to hold them back but before he could act a silver beam of light shot towards the skies at a shocking speed.

"YOU DARE SPEAK TO MY MASTERS WITHOUT RESPECT? YOU MUST BE TIRED OF LIVING!" Blink roared as he grabbed the sky and pulled.

It looked like the sky was about to crumble as Blink forcefully teleported the old God from where he was hiding to their current position!.