Chapter 1744 This is fun indeed- "So you have stopped playing fair now, eh?" Nux chuckled, his eyes staring at the 11,000 Wraiths surrounding him. The dark skies of Umbrasol were heavy with the dense Death Energy. Umbrasol was prepared, it made sure this 'entity couldn't escape. It didn't know why or how such a being could exist, but now that this entity was here, it needed to get rid of it. The vast, lifeless plain stretched endlessly, its dried, greyish surface cracked and pulsating faintly with even more death energy that such a huge number of Wraiths emitted. It was a horrifying scene. Each one of these Wraiths radiated power akin to a Divine Stage cultivator, the mightiest Divine Stage Cultivator that could be found in the Universe. The Wraiths' spectral forms shifted and twisted continuously, it was as if their existence was being fed with mode power by the world that supported them. Nux stood at the centre of this ghastly scene, his posture, relaxed, his golden eyes shimmering with a confidence that bordered arrogance. IIis long black hair swayed lightly in the unnatural wind, no aura could be sensed around him, but the Wraiths didn't underestimate him, well, they couldn't underestimate him. After all, he was the only entity that had forced them to go against their own 'rules! "Let's start, shall we?" Nux stretched his body again. Seeing this, the Wraiths took different roles. Tanks, Assassins, Damage Dealers, everything was quickly divided. Admittedly, their coordination wasn't great. The mercenaries Nux had faced before had a much better coordination compared to them. "They definitely don't inherit the characteristics of the soul. Nux thought inwardly. For him, it was an interesting thing he wanted to study. It was quite funny actually. Nux, out of all people never thought he would one day think like a nerd. Was he getting influenced by the knowledge he already had in his mind? Did knowledge crave more knowledge? Nux wasn't even sure if he could gain any personal benefits from learning anything here, but he still wanted to learn. Umbrasol in general was... such an attractive entity that he wanted to know more and more about... Especially considering how the very Universe reacted to it. After all, Umbrasol is constantly breaking the Universe's 'Rules! How? The very fact that it was able to keep the Soul of the deceased to itself and use it to defend itself went against the Universe's Rules. After all, everything in the Universe belonged to it, including the people. Once a being dies, its Soul was supposed to return to the Universe and there was no other way around it. It was the Iron Rule. Umbrasol however, has been breaking this rule for thousands of years now. More than 90,000 Souls were trapped inside it and had never returned to the Universe! This didn't make any sense. After all, Nux, who knew about the Universe quite a lot knew what sort of entity it was, the darn thing even reacted when he only severed the connection between it and his wife, the wife it wanted to kill at that. It reacted to even the smallest of entities he took from it, but never once did it react when 90,000 Souls didn't return to it? Was it playing favourites or something? Or... Does it not realise what is happening here? Was... Umbrasol somehow able to conceal its actions from the Universe? If that was the case... then how...? How did it manage to do it? Nux lifted his head, his eyes falling on the Reaper's Veil that surrounded the entirety of Umbrasol. 'Is this it?' Nux questioned inwardly while dodging the incoming attack. Zenith Flow had already activated, even in their wildest dreams, the Wraiths could never hope to attack him, no matter how much they outnumbered him. Nux had all the time in the world to think about this. Actually, this wasn't the only doubt he had in his mind. He had another doubt, it was regarding his own Universe. The Universe inside him represented him, it represented his Greed. It devoured anything that could benefit it, anything that needed, even if it had to do it forcefully. There were times Nux had a hard time controlling it because of how it had reacted to certain things around it. Thinking about it, Death Energy, one of the Primordial Energies was also something his Universe lacked and absolutely needed. Then... Why is it that it hasn't reacted yet? Why was the Greedy Universe silent? Why hasn't it devoured the Death Energy presented to it like how it devoured the Universal Energy? 'It needs something to contain the Death Energy huh...' Nux realized. Unlike Universal Energy, which could just roam around the space and can be absorbed infinitely, Death Energy needed 'space' He needed to absorb a Law related to Death in order to absorb this energy. Of course, one could argue that both the Energy of Genesis and Energy of Destruction (Devour) didn't have 'space' inside his Universe as well, but what meant by space here is not an actual space, but more like a 'Representation'. Every Law he had devoured had a 'Representation' in his Universe. The growing sapling represents the Law his System gave him, the Law of Absolute Growth. The Lotus represents Evane's Law, the Law of Endless Lives. The Black World and Black 'beings' inside his world represent Shadow's Law, the Law of Shadow Born. The Cloud Mist that represents the Law of Genesis, And the Black Mist represents the Law of Devour or the Destruction. The only Laws that did not have any representation were the Law of Absolute Strength and the Law of Last Protection, but both of those Laws had space, a World they were connected to. This was how his Universe worked. The Primordial Energies and the Laws related to these energies required a Representation, while a normal Law requires a special space allotted to them. "Tsk, if only I had a Death related Law... So much wasted energy! Nux snorted inwardly. Of course, he does realize that if he had absorbed all this energy, it might have caused an imbalance in his Universe, but honestly, it didn't matter right now. His Universe was already imbalanced. A perfect balance would never be maintained until all Primordial Energies are absorbed anyway. It was his Universe in the first place, his realm, imbalance doesn't matter, if he wills it, he can control everything in there. 'Whatever, there is no point thinking about it! Nux snorted inwardly. The more he thinks about it, the more he would realize how much he was missing out on. In the end, because of his bad mood, the ones who were suffering were the poor Wraiths, who had been diligently attacking him while his mind was busy thinking about this. *BOOOM* With one punch, the Wraith who was the closest to him and was about to attack was obliterated. This was the 100thWraith who had died in this round. The Wraiths, even after working together, seemed helpless. While the Wraiths in the front charged at him, the Wraiths behind began to prepare for larger, more time-consuming but destructive attacks, these beings didn't have a mouth, so they couldn't chant, but with their hands up and the Death Energy roaming around them becoming chaotic, the scene looked horrifying. 14..|| It would have looked horrifying if the being they were facing wasn't such an unfair monster. Ilonestly, with Nux's physical strength right now, he could probably take this attack head-on and still come out fine, he just wasn't doing that because... Why would he? "10,000 is still too less of a number, huh? Would it send more if I start killing them faster?" This was what this monster was thinking about when all 11,000 Wraiths were coming after him, ready for the kill. Nux decided. He had been on the defensive for a little too long now. Suddenly, Nux vanished. Well, he didn't exactly vanish, although he could teleport, the energy required was something he wasn't willing to spend, not when he could achieve the same result with just a little run. After all, at his current speed, for these Wraiths, every movement he puts his mind to was no different than teleportation. That was how fast he was. *BOOOM* A moment later, a deafening crack echoed across the plain as Nux's fist collided with the Wraith's chest, obliterating it into pieces before the later turned into a cloud of Dark Mist. What's worse? It was the right now, Nux was currently standing right in the middle of the unit of Ranged Damage Dealers who were spreading the big destructive attacks. "I have no clue why the Mages think they could just cast their spells against an opponent much faster than their tanks and closed-ranged fighters and still be fine. You guys are easy targets, you know?" Standing right in the middle of enemies, Nux commented. It was the same with the mercenaries as well, the mages there started chanting their spells while he was busy dealing with tanks, swordsmen and assassins. Did they completely forget that he could simply escape the fighters facing him and appear next to them? The only reason he didn't do it was because he was bored and wanted to see what they were trying to do, but this didn't mean he couldn't do it. Honestly, if he had done what he did here in his battle against the mercenaries, it would have ended even quicker since mages, in this state, would have no way to defend themselves whatsoever, the formation the mercenaries had come up with would have collapsed and everything would have been chaotic. In the case of Wraiths, however, this didn't happen. These 'mages'... Weren't just mages after all. The instant they realized the enemy was near, they jumped at him with their claws, turning into closed-ranged warriors, while the fighters who were near him, they stood at a distance and started preparing for a bigger attack. The roles were reversed. The longed-ranged damage dealers were now closed-ranged fighters and vice versa. And Nux, he was in the midst of searing tendrils of death energy, curses designed to corrode the soul, and claws sharp enough to rend mountains, coming at him from every direction and in response? He let the Zenith Flow take over. Nux moved like a phantom, all the while, his body looked like a blur that defied comprehension. He was everywhere and nowhere at once. His punches were meteoric, each blow shattering Wraiths as though they were made of glass. A single roundhouse kick cleared an entire swath of enemies, sending them spiralling into one another like bowling pins. All the unlucky fellows caught by his punch turned into cloud mist, their bodies being absorbed by Umbrasol while the death energy they released filled the environment. A Wraith launched a curse of Eternal Decay, aiming to rot his body from the inside. Nux swatted the attack aside with a flick of his wrist, the sheer force of his movement dispersing the energy into harmless wisps. Another group attempted to ensnare him with chains forged from the Dense Energy of Death. The chains snapped the moment they touched him, unable to withstand the raw power radiating from his body. "This is fun-" Nux's grin widened as he caught a Wraith mid-lunge, slamming it into the ground with enough force to carve a crater. "This is fun indeed-" For every Wraith destroyed, two more replaced it, their attacks were relentless and varied. Some tried to sever Nux's Soul with Soul Severance, aiming to end the battle in one go. Others unleashed Death's Echo, striking him with reverberations of lethal Death Energy. The abilities were powerful, devastating even, but... in the end... they were not enough. Of course, not everything they did was pointless. Yes, his speed and strength were overwhelming, however, there was something that even Nux missed. Zenith Flow. It wasn't as complete as it was before. Nux realized that he wasn't used to his new strength at all. And it made sense. Sure, in the illusion, he trained himself to adapt and be at his best no matter how strong he becomes but.... There was a limit to it. And.... He had crossed that limit long long ago. The strength of two literal Worlds coursed through his body. It was obvious that he wouldn't have complete control over it. He was making mistakes. But what was even more freakish... Was that the number of mistakes he was making... were decreasing as time went by... This monster... He was improving even further.