Chapter 1687: No-Name (17)

Chapter 1687: No-Name (17)

Sage Khonshu had skillfully taken Sage Amunet's responsibilities, yet his predictive divination was coming up repeatedly useless after being delayed, unable to follow Wei Wuyin's movements by process of irregular discernment. Yet he received urgent messages from Sage Nepit and Sage Khepri. The former was shouting in fear through their network, and then—there was no then. Sage Nepit's connection was severed.

The latter was being engulfed by a growing Solar Star that began as a Star Seed and seemed to be feasting on his Mystic Power to grow, absorbing him as if he were a part of the Solar Star's birth. The feeling was familiar to the ruler of the Rising-Solar Scarab Major Region.

'I need assistance!'

He was calmer than Sage Nepit, but his situation was increasingly worsening by the picosecond. It only took the time for Wei Wuyin to look away and complete his hand-seal that his entire body was consumed by the Solar Star.

The Star Seed was a result of an experimentation of Alpha Origin Mystic Force's principles and application, and an extremely sinister and exquisite Minor Ascension Art that Wei Wuyin had devised by studying the assimilation of the concoction process with various energies, essence, and materials. He referred to it as the Solar-Submerging Prison Art, and Sage Khepri, a cultivator with a cultivation base aligned toward Yang Light Energies, was a perfect test subject.

The Star Seed would first adhere to the target, and then synchronize with their innate energies, before slowly fueling itself with its target. Eventually—

'I can't stop this thing!'

Sage Khepri sent through the network, maintaining a heart of complete calm as he informed his teammates just as his body was completely submerged by the Solar Star, becoming the Star Seed. Just before, he tossed Sage Nepit a million miles away with a harsh push. He tried to move beyond that, but doing so under the weight of the Solar Star required him to expend power, and that would be absorbed and inadvertently expand, strengthen, and intensify the Solar Star in both pressure, heat, and gravity.

Within the blink of an Enlightened Sage's eye, Sage Khepri was already at the center of a ten thousand-mile Solar Star, completely trapped. The Solar Star no longer expanded, and instead began to rapidly heighten in qualities such as gravitational emission and solar radiance, becoming blinding.

Sage Khepri wanted to Spatial Shift out using an Ascension Art, but the Solar Star siphoned out the energy he tried to use to execute the art, only serving to increase the pressure he felt. In every direction, all he saw was light. He had become...a Solar Star's core!

But he wasn't slow on the uptake after testing out several things and failing in succession. He forcefully sealed his cultivation base. And this...caused the Solar Star to slow down its growth considerably!

'I have to end the connection. I'll wait for assistance.'

Only when he sealed himself entirely, even his soul fluctuations, did the Solar Star halt entirely. But just before, a burst of solar flare erupted from the Solar Star and a comet of solar light darted toward Sage Hathor. Then, the Solar Star soared upwards within the Battlefield of the Fallen Divine and took the place of an extremely tiny Solar Star, raining down gorgeous solar radiance and essence formed from a Sage's Mystic Power downwards, blessing the lands below and transforming it into an incredible cultivation ground. Sage Khepri was forced to seal himself!

Wei Wuyin was once again reminded that the metaphysical energies of a cultivator that was natural were truly flexible and perfect. The Heavenly War Spirit's warning was right; if he relied on the Laws of the Heavens as his main focus, he would never discover the miraculous ability to insert principles of other aspects of powers into the power of Origin and Genesis.

While his Law of Origin was terrifyingly powerful, his Alpha Origin Mystic Force could apply different tactics in diverse scenarios, furthering his potential strength and capabilities outside of just manipulating things under the Law of Origin. Exploring those abilities was needed. Whether it was his Draconic Void Mystic Force or his Alpha Origin Mystic Force, both could perform feats of a lesser yet highly intricate scale that the Laws couldn't perform normally either alone or at all.

'But my true power will be when I use my Mystic Forces fueled by the aura of Laws. This was the power of Sages, after all.' Wei Wuyin thought as he spread his hands toward Sage Khonshu.

'I'll make my way to Nepit first!'

Sage Hathor was the octet's primary healer and fuel tank. She didn't rely on Temporal Reversion, which made the common tactics of preventing healing ineffective, making her existence of paramount importance to any organization or combat squad.

While Wei Wuyin had always known of the existence of Medicinal Sages, his relatively short lifetime meant this was his first exposure outside of reading vivid memories where he could see the true advantages of a healer in battle. The idea of a combat healer inspired Wei Wuyin.

The Legion of War didn't have this unique position. He could use the appropriate Spirits of War to take that position within squads, battalions, and the legion as a whole. His mind was already allocating Zhan Haruta as the Main Commander of a Healer's Corps within the Legion, who was also known as Enlightened Sage Springfield in his former life.

This will greatly benefit his potential warfare strength and sustainability. If he coupled these with a few pellets, pills, and elixirs, the Spirits of War would become a nigh-unkillable force to be reckoned with.

Wei Wuyin's spread hand suddenly clapped as his Alpha Origin Mystic Force flowed explosively out of his sleeves as clear light, zipping across the void in an instant, traversing the distance between himself and Sage Khonshu

Sage Hathor, Sage Imentet, Sage Pakhet, and...Sage Shattered Sphinx.

"..."

Sage Shattered Sphinx was shaken and while his facial expression couldn't be seen under the guise of his sand robes, his shaky aura was enough of an indicator of his shock and surprise. His attack struck all three dimensions of space yet...he missed. His mind circulated with all sorts of theories when an idea sprung into existence.

'He's traversing through a separate dimension!'

While he was unsure if Wei Wuyin was using an artificial spatial dimension or the Void, he knew he was avoiding attacks and common sensing methods by hiding elsewhere.

'Understood!'

Sage Imentet changed tact as she gazed at Wei Wuyin while wielding three Heavenly Treasures.

Wei Wuyin was astonished. Did they have a way to bypass his Void Shifting and Void Concealment? Were the methods of Sages so extensive?

Then, his eyes darted toward a certain location as he followed the air. Sage Imentet's eyes shrunk as she acted with haste.

"No you don't,"

Wei Wuyin gathered his Draconic Void Mystic Force into his right hand, formed a tight fist, and threw it toward the air. If one looked at the path of his eyes, it was a space between Sage Hathor and Sage Nepit.

Sage Imentet's movements resembled light-speed travel as she galvanized both Heavenly Treasures with light affinities and went directly into the path of the fist. She positioned her shield before her as it was impacted by the clear light of demonic might!

BOOM!!

"Guh!"

A pained groan erupted as a figure tumbled out of chaotic space with blood leaking violently from their mouth. It was Sage Hathor! The other Sage Hathor standing in her original location grew hazy and dissipated into mist.

Sage Imentet, oddly enough, was able to withstand the blow! She was only slightly paler, but her expression was firm and her fighting spirit hadn't waned a single bit.

"..."

The three of them realized that their tactic of distraction hadn't worked. Sage Hathor couldn't get more than a few thousand miles before Wei Wuyin halted her, seeing through her decoy in an instant.

BOOM!!!

A thunderous boom resounded that shook the entire realm. An aura that exceeded both Sage Imentet and every Sage present unfolded. Wei Wuyin's gaze flashed as his eyes darted toward a particular area.

A single hand had come out of a large crater, yet the sheer physical strength it was exerting by touching the edge of the crater caused fissures to form in space and time.

Wei Wuyin's heart pounded with rare excitement. Sage Pakhet wasn't down yet!