Chapter 517: Ryun

Chapter 517: Ryun

Under My Authority

The storm caught Ryun by surprise, so much so that he didnt have much time to react. Not that there was a lot that he couldve done. The attack came fast, the cthulFethum Starseekerhad moved faster than even Ryun was capable of, his chain had lashed like lightning, so fast that before he knew his attack had exploded in Ryuns face.

A storm was born next to his vessel. Storm met Oblivion, and Oblivion lost. That surprised Ryun, feeling his vessel get demolished by a rapidly expanding sphere of Lightning and Wind had been filled with intent reinforced to such an extent that he hadnt even been able to attempt and counter the attack.

He lost a lot of his Essence that had been spread into the area, though most of his loss came from the destruction of his vessel.

He was regenerating it rapidly, his Adaptive Infinitum Chassis kicked into high gear, his vitality soaring to its maximum boost of 150x increase as more than ninety percent of his being was destroyed in nearly an instant. The more damage he suffered at once, the more he healed. His stamina was taking a dip, but he pulled at his Qi, letting it flow from his core into his being to fight off the effects of the Storm within his authority. Its intent was clearly still focused on destroying any Oblivion. Ryuns Essence was greater, its innate meaning strong enough to resist most attempts by any other Essence to destroy it, but the mans Essence was filled with the embers of his Soul, Ryun could detect it. Still, the damage stopped quickly enough as the ticks of his Adaptive Regeneration kicked in, the sixth instance of damage came, and suddenly the Storm could no longer harm him.

He opened himself to the Oblivion, tapping directly into its plane. He activated his Ascended StateThe Pull of the End. The destruction around him fueled him, it made him stronger. The Storm weakened as it was in his presence. He activated his Coming of the End, manifesting his power. With an effort of will, he cut the Storms momentum, and it sputtered and died, the Qi and Essence making it up fizzled out without the kinetic power driving it.

He didnt manifest another vessel, instead he spread himself as far as he could, engulfing the entire fortress. He was relieved when he didnt feel anyone powerful enough within his domain, he had assumed that most had gone off to fight the others, leaving only the cthul.Updated from n0velb(i)n.c(o)/m

That was good, but he couldnt afford to have him call for backup. In an instant, as he expanded himself, he pierced all the protections within the fortress, he saw through every hidden area finding no signs of Tali anywhere. There was only one place that his being couldnt enter, that his perception couldnt pierce.

At the edge of his authority, he increased the density of his Oblivion, manifested his intent and cut off the area from the world beyond it, isolating it and preventing anything from coming in or out.

People in the fortress noticed that, no light coming in from above was a fairly obvious indication of something going awry. Ryun focused, and unleashed his Reapers Aura. He focused it within his area of influence, the area where his body was spread through, his authority.

And that would be a different kind of a conflict, a draining one. No use in wasting time.

He channeled his Qi throughout his being, a two dozen techniques blossomed within his authority.

Fethum reacted immediately, his chain lashing out toward the closest point where Ryun was shaping a technique.

One of the downsides of existing as a being that was both the Soul and the body merged together, was that his conduits existed closer to the Real Realm. Damaging the part of his being that he was attempting to create a technique in literally destroyed his connection to his Qi system.

It didnt matter this time. Fethums speed might be faster than Ryuns ability to condense a vessel or execute a technique, but it wasnt faster than the authority within his entire being. With his Titanic Swift Mind, Ryun watched the world in slow motion as he pushed his perception of time to its maximum.

In an instant, the laws of reality were rewritten based on Ryuns will. Gravity vanished and all the Air was erased from existence, his will made reality within his domain by his authority. The lightning that came off Fethums armor fizzled, it was an aftereffect of his power, not a direct use of it. It needed something to move through, and without the Air it faded away.

But the one that was made out of his Qi continued, as a dozen more forks lashed out of Fethums chain, heading toward the areas where Ryuns techniques were being formed.

With the intent of his Nascent Ascendant of the End and The Coming of the End, Ryun focused on the Essence of Space in front of the Lightning attacks. His will bore holes in the Space itself, opening up rifts into other planesthe ones that were closest to the Real Realm in this place. The holes in space intercepted the bolts of lighting as the attacks punched through, never reaching their targets.

Fethums chain continued on as Ryun didnt target the momentum Fethum created with it, as that too was infused with his Soul, but it didnt matter, with no Gravity, his attack went wide, missing its mark.

He could feel the mans Soul reactsurprise, disbelief, panic, then resolve. He felt his Soul doing something, reaching for the armor, but Ryun had bought enough time.

His techniques finished. And the world was swallowed by Oblivion.