Again, from the Brahmas to their legions of guests, from the Primordials to Night, all held their breath. Blood Nether's final move was a force even Supremes would have to take seriously, a force that none on the scene could resist with confidence. Night was no exception.
However, before such a force, a single slash of Konrad's sword was more than enough to crush all offensives and even destroy a False Supreme Artifact animated by Regretless' Will! Faced with such a result, Night was forced to admit that his best estimations didn't come close to a fair assessment of Konrad's current strength.
"The past Dragon Warden couldn't survive a single blow. Uncle Highest Dragon, the past Dragon Warden, the past Celestial Slaughter and even…the past Regretless. None of them can compare.
In this world, Regretless and the Dharma Lord aside, who can challenge him? By trying to groom a sacrificial pig, we've raised a savage beast whose hide our thickest spears can no longer dent. How laughable."
Night remarked and stepped forward. As he did, his voice rumbled in the dazed Immortal Blood and Eternal Night guards.
"There is no time to waste. I will activate the formation. Coordinate with me to seal the Profane Prince within Nothingness. If the operation is successful, all of you shall be rewarded with Firmament Fruits."
Night proclaimed, making the experts snap out of their torpor as he trod the sky, stopping fifty meters above Konrad. Night didn't waste time in idle words, and stretched out his hands, causing pitch-black seals to rise from all corners of the Heaven Warding Temple alongside swirling black energy chains.
600 experts emerged from the tribunes, surrounding Konrad from all sides. The weakest among those showed an early-stage Overgod cultivation base while the strongest stood at the Primordial God Rank.
The energies of those gathered deities intertwined in an intricate whirlpool, feeding the formation while a black vortex appeared at the base of Konrad's feet and swallowed him within! Instantly, the scenery around Konrad changed, and he appeared in a pitch-black world whose temperature reached absolute zero.
In that world of eternal darkness, all extrasensory abilities lost use. The five senses became worthless, and the very emotional spectrum suffered silent attacks. This was a world where time didn't fluctuate, a world with neither past nor future: a Nothingness Seal!
Better, from the outside all four Transcendental Laws coordinated to suppress Konrad's possible Law attempts, forcing him to forego making use of his triple transcendence to reverse the Nothingness.
Seeing this, even as his emotions sank under the pressure of Nothingness, Konrad curved his lips into a smile, then did the only reasonable thing the situation required:
He drove his sword in a sweeping, slanted slash!
"God Executing Immortal Art, Second Form: Infinite Murdering!"
Though it seemed Konrad's blade only swept once, as the endless power of Infiniteness rippled within, the blade hacked at the very fabrics of that world trillions of times. In fact, the word "trillions" was entirely inaccurate as the zillions of instantaneous sword slashes approached ever closer to infinity!
Trillions upon trillions of dimensional sword slashes tore the veils of the Nothingness Seal, shredding open a door back to the Celestial World! And as soon as the first gap occurred, the Nothingness collapsed, bringing alongside it this pitch-black world that shattered in trillions of pieces.
Unscathed, Konrad reappeared in the arena, this time facing Night who'd not expected his finest work to collapse with such ease.
"You truly are…a freak."
Night remarked without an emotional ripple. With the seal's failure, he now had no other choice but to confront Konrad with military strength. A move even he found unwise. But then again, what other choice did he have?
Clenching his fists, Night closed his eyes, causing eight additional pairs of arms to grow from his sides while the diamond-shaped red mark on his forehead glittered with horrendous destructive might.
"I will handle the vanguard. Support me with ranged-attacks."
Night ordered the two battalions and vanished from sight.
The following second, he reappeared, but this time, Konrad wasn't startled to see that Night stood at millions of spots at the same time. Visible yet invisible, tangible yet intangible.
Highest Dragon's Shifting Void Step was an imitation of Nothingness masters' quasi-omnipresence. Naturally, with his Profound Nothingness Insight, Night could achieve the same result.
But so what? With his sword in hand, there was nothing Konrad couldn't slash.
Night raised his hands, causing myriads of black holes to fill the sky, each pulling at Konrad with irresistible suction force. Faced with such pressure, even Konrad's unparalleled physique was put to trial.
Worse, from the back, the 300 Immortal Blood Guards and 300 Eternal Night Guards rained a flurry of ranged attacks on him! Blood red and dark blue energy beams locked Konrad from all sides alongside a grand variety of unique arts.
The moves bypassed Night – who in his intangible state feared none of them – to carry on toward Konrad! Still, Konrad didn't waver. 27 locks appeared around his form, swirling around him as the myriad blows approached.
*BOOM*
In one ringing sound, the 27 locks blocked all the blows, and sent them hurtling back at their sender with 100 times the might!
But as those deities readied to join hands in a counter, Konrad's lips curved into a fiendish grin, and 25 other black locks joined the fray. From those locks, tremendous negation force rippled, and when the 52 locks intertwined, their might increased several folds!
"Negation!"
With a word, Konrad negated those deities' reaction abilities, and they watched idle as their strongest blows slammed them with a force they couldn't achieve in 100 lifetimes!
*BOOOM* *BOOOM* *BOOOM*
"AAAAAAAARGH!"
Barreled by the irresistible force, the 600 guards recoiled, with the Overgods directly bursting into blood fog, obliterated in body and soul, leaving behind only the six Primordial Gods.
"Negation!"
Again, the word left Konrad's lips, and Night's black holes vanished as if they never existed!
"Negation!"
Night's False Omnipresence collapsed, and he reappeared in flesh and blood, within a single spot. As a Profound Nothingness master, Night also possessed potent negation abilities. However, his were limited to physical aspects and the emotional spectrum. Never had he seen such an absolute negation force!
Worse, the intertwining of those 52 locks, created a pressure that rivaled a true Supreme!
Alas, Konrad was merely getting started!
"Anti-Godhead!"
Terrible diabolic forces exploded from Konrad's form and coalesced in a veil of darkness. The veil morphed, becoming a 3 kilometers tall head rippling with fiendish might!
And though nigh identical to Konrad's the onlookers found no appeal in that horrifying head. The Anti-Godhead opened its mouth, causing the six Primordial Gods to lose control of their bodies and fly toward it!
"AAAAARGH!"
They howled in grief, but grief wrought no change, and the Anti-Godhead munched them into pieces before refining the energies they wrought and transferring it to Konrad.
Facing such a force, Night knew he only had one thing left to do.
"To cherish, you must breathe. To defend, you must live. Eldest brother, I am incompetent and have no other recourse."
Night whispered as he readied to take the last step and reach Sublime Nothingness Insight, thereby becoming Supreme!
…
At that time, in the Firmament, Cloud heaved a sigh.
"If I stay idle, the world has nothing to do with me. But the price of this idleness…is ultimately acrid."
Cloud whispered, opened his eyes, and rose from the ground. But as he did, the acme of Death Laws burst from his form, shooting toward the Firmament's sky in one black column that marked his Death Transcendence!
Cloud stepped forward, and with that step, his four Transcendent Gates appeared at his back, merging to become one from which the forces of Life, Death, Truth and Fate combined to become…a Supreme Will!
With that step, Cloud's cultivation left the ranks of deities, the ranks of Transcendent Beings to become…the omniverse's third Supreme!
Another step followed, and Cloud left the Firmament, crossing the entirety of the Omniverse to land within the Celestial World!
The ability to cross all dimensions with but a step, another Supreme Skill!
With Cloud's appearance, the Anti-Godhead's pressure on Night dropped at a rapid pace, and all raised their eyes to stare at the new entrant.
"Konrad, long time no see. Apologies, but before harming my little brother, you must first ask my permission."
Cloud declared and raised his hand, causing his All-Transcendence to erupt in a flash of swirling white, emerald, black, and translucent forces all aimed at Konrad!
