Chapter 547: The Lord of Beginning and End vs The King in Yellow (I)
Chapter 547: The Lord of Beginning and End vs The King in Yellow (I)
Zatiel felt the red thread connecting him and the King in Yellow. An incredible potent force pulled the duo into the void, and they began to travel at a speed that surpassed the Greater Teleportation of a Rank 7 life form.
It was more than an hour before the Neo-Demon regained perception of his surroundings and the ability to move.
Immediately, Zatiel’s consciousness expanded all over the void, and he gained some understanding of his current location. He was in the center of a sea of dead stars and asteroids, on a remote corner of the universe.
However, his surroundings were the least thing that mattered to him. Waiting for him and the King in Yellow in this sea of stars were eighteen golden giants, with even the smallest being larger than a continent!
Their bodies were not the only thing immense since their energy pool and soul force put fifteen of them at the Void Creator Rank. Zatiel failed to perceive anything from the last three, which could only mean one thing, they were individuals who earned the title of Beyond the Shackles existences, Rank 8 life forms!
The King in Yellow glanced at Zatiel before walking toward the giants with a smile on his face. He took his place in the group’s center, and his aura was that of a leader.
Zatiel focused on the giants with the Rebirth Eye and figured out their origin. They were Gods, and to his surprise, the ones here were not Avatar but their true bodies and souls.
The Rebirth Eye showed Zatiel how special threads connected the Gods and the King in Yellow. Unlike the ones he developed, a dark and nefarious aura infected the karma between them.
Someone the King in Yellow managed to infect the Gods’ karma, and by the submissive stance these golden giants adopted, it was clear how pathetic their condition was.
Facing eighteen Being of Laws, some that developed Omega Laws, any life form beneath Rank 7 would have a hard time even thinking, much less maintaining calm, but Zatiel’s eyes showed only coldness as he stared at the King in Yellow.
“The price you must have paid to achieve this should have been exorbitating. Although I don’t truly understand your power, using karma to control those Rank 8 life forms surely was not easy, especially since your cultivation is limited to Rank 6. You flatter me, but isn’t this too much?.”
When the King in Yellow saw how calm Zatiel was, the smile on his meat suit vanished, and monstrous dark red killing intent began to rise from him.
Zatiel was right regarding how much the King in Yellow sacrificed to achieve this.
Just the fifteen Void Creator existences should have been more than enough to overwhelm his opponent completely, but he was not willing to take any chance and brought three Rank 8 Gods. Those were life forms that could destroy worlds, yet they were here to handle a Rank 6 life form.
“You are wrong. I believe that no price is too great as long as I can end you. Initially, I did not intend to display this ability until a decisive point in the next great war, but you have become a threat so great that I can not let you grow anymore.” The King in Yellow’s dark killing intent increased with every word he spoke.
Zatiel coldly stared at his opponent, but his eyes also focused on the Gods’ response, and he saw the lack of surprise in their expressions. It was clear to him that they already knew that the King in Yellow was not a member of the Prima Universe.
There was still the question of whether these Gods were aware of that after the karma corrupted them, or they knew it from before. If it was the latter, then the state of the Divinity World is beyond redemption.
There was no pity in the Neo-Demon’s heart for these parasites that feed on people’s fear, weakness, and hopes, but an entire Principal World under the control of the Eldritch Universe was an imminent threat.
“The power of Cause and Effect is undoubtedly impressive to allow you to display this might. Although I guess between leeches, the bond is easier to achieve.”
The moment the King in Yellow heard Zatiel’s words, a flash of immense wrath appeared in his eyes. The idea of being placed in the same category that the Prima Universe’s Gods triggered a powerful emotional response in him.
Usually, the King in Yellow would have never allowed those emotions to show themselves, but right now, he was so sure of his victory and proud of his wits that for a small instant, he allowed himself to relax.
“Hmph, don’t put me in the same category that these slaves that need to feed on something so pathetic as faith.” The King in Yellow did not bother to hide the disdain and contempt he felt for the Gods.
Complicated emotions emerged on the golden giant’s hearts when they heard the King in Yellow. Every day, billions of life forms worship them as omnipotent entities, yet now they were nothing but pawns at the order of someone who saw them as insects.
“I was born to stand above everything, with the karma of the King. Everything must serve me, the King in Yellow, the True God. The sole purpose of existence is to evolve until I see fit to plunge it into chaos and madness to devour it!”
For the first time since he infiltrated the Prima Universe, the King in Yellow allowed himself to express the core belief that guided his actions.
Those words carry willpower so monstrously pure that the Gods by his side could not stop themselves from kneeling, as they felt themselves in front of a life form whose destiny was that of the King of the multiverse.
The King in Yellow understood the mysteries of the universe and the might some life form could achieve.
The Prima Universe’ Primarchs and the Eldritch Universe’ Great Old Ones were existences that could alter reality with their thoughts.
Even knowing their power, the King in Yellow saw them as nothing more than food and slaves. From the bottom of his soul, he saw himself as a life form whose destiny was that of the one and only King!