Building Interstellar Empire With Universal Synthesis

Chapter 222: Chapter 222: Astral Possession

The colossal god thrust his hand downward.

As a result, the tempest lance descended faster than the speed of light. It did not simply move through space.

It erased the concept of distance entirely.

​Neo barely had a microsecond to react. He instantly activated his newly upgraded A rank Infinite Void Shield Body.

At the same time, he pushed his S rank Abyssal Devour to its absolute limit, attempting to create a gravitational vortex strong enough to swallow the incoming divine attack.

Zzzzzzzzz!

​The tempest lance struck the void sphere.

​For a fraction of a second, absolute silence reigned over the battlefield.

​Then, reality shattered.

​KRAAA-CRACK!

​The A rank Infinite Void Shield Body, a defense mechanism that could withstand the full barrage of a celestial war fleet, shattered like cheap glass.

The difference in fundamental energy was simply too vast.

Neo was using cosmic and nether force. God Aris was using pure, unfiltered Divinity.

​The backlash was instantaneous and devastating.

​The absolute zero tempest force slammed directly into Neo’s chest.

​"URGH!"

​Neo vomited a massive mouthful of black blood. His glowing obsidian bones, forged from the lifeforce of nine Saint stage cultivators, cracked audibly under the localized pressure of a dying star. He was launched backward, tearing a trench through the gray dust of the ruined continent that stretched for thousands of miles.

​He smashed right through the base of a towering mountain range, obliterating millions of tons of bedrock in the process.

​[ System Alert: CRITICAL DAMAGE! ]

​[ Infinite Void Shield Body shattered. Cooldown: 24 Hours. ]

​[ Vitality rapidly dropping! Health: 62%... 45%... 31%... ]

​[ Warning: Divine Corruption detected in the bloodstream! ]

BANG!

​Neo crashed violently to a halt inside a molten crater.

Upon looking, his right arm was completely mangled. The flesh had been ripped away, exposing the fractured obsidian bone underneath.

And the absolute zero wind was freezing his primordial demon blood, severely suppressing his monstrous recovery rate.

​Before he could even force himself up, the corrupted red sky parted again.

​God Aris did not stay in the upper atmosphere. He condensed his colossal form, shrinking down to a ten foot tall humanoid figure of pure, blinding emerald light.

In the next moment, he teleported directly above Neo.

Plop!

​Then he flicked his wrist.

​Instanty, a thousand invisible blades of divine wind materialized in the crater.

Woosh, woosh, whoosh!

They descended upon Neo with the cruelty of an executioner’s torture rack.

​The wind blades effortlessly bypassed Neo’s Iron Skin and tore into his flesh. They flayed his chest, arms, and legs, spraying his dark blood across the shattered earth.

Every single cut burned with the absolute authority of the heavens, injecting searing pain directly into his soul.

​Neo gritted his teeth, pouring all one million points of his cosmic force into his remaining good arm. He summoned the Sunfire Judgment Blade.

BUZZZZZZZZ!

Soon, A massive greatsword of burning solar energy materialized in his grip.

NEXT, he swung the blade upward with all his remaining 145,000 points of physical strength, aiming for the descending god.

​The blazing greatsword collided with the sole of the wind god’s boot.

​BOOM!

​The Sunfire Judgment Blade, an A rank skill fueled by immense cosmic power, snapped in half instantly.

​With any delay, Aris stomped down mercilessly, planting his glowing foot squarely on Neo’s chest.

BANG! COUGH!

​The impact caused the entire planetary crust of the Saint Lands to buckle.

Millions of miles of tectonic plates shifted in unison, triggering catastrophic earthquakes across the entire globe.

"ARGHHHH!"

​Neo screamed in pure agony. His ribs caved in, piercing his internal organs. And blood poured heavily from his eyes, nose, and mouth. The overwhelming divine pressure was completely suffocating his very existence.

​"Is this the extent of your bottomless appetite?" Aris mocked. "You devoured my mortal servants and thought you had conquered the sky. But look at you now. You are nothing but a pathetic insect writhing in the dirt."

​Aris viciously twisted his heel.

​CRUNCH!

​More bones snapped loudly. Neo choked on his own blood, his vision flashing with blinding red system warnings.

​[ System Alert: FATAL DAMAGE! Health: 12% ]

​[ Organs ruptured. Demonic Core destabilizing. ]

​[ Initiating Emergency Primordial Demon Bloodline Protocol. ]

​Deep within Neo’s shattered chest, his primordial demon bloodline ignited. It fed on his immense pain, converting his absolute rage into raw survival instinct. Pitch black flames erupted from his mangled body, forcefully pushing back the freezing tempest energy just enough to give him room to breathe.

​"I... am not... done!" Neo roared.

​He abandoned all defensive tactics. He raised his left hand, aiming directly at the god’s face.

​"Universal Synthesis! Devour!"

​From his palm, a concentrated beam of absolute truth shot forward.

Booooooom!

It struck Aris squarely on the cheek. The supreme talent bypassed all magical barriers. For a split second, it began to decompose the divine emerald light making up the god’s physical avatar.

​Aris flinched, taking half a step back.

Now, there was a tiny scar on his flawless glowing cheek.

​Neo seized the brief opening. He unleashed a burst of Water Tornado mixed with his Wind Blade, using the chaotic explosion to violently propel himself out of the crater.

He landed several miles away, gasping violently for air. His body was a broken, bloody mess.

His left leg was completely crushed, and his right arm hung utterly useless at his side.

​He was standing purely on willpower and the stubborn refusal of his demonic lineage to die.

​Up in the sky, Zestia screamed from the command bridge.

​"Fire all Void Cannons! Target the God of Wind! Protect the Emperor!"

​Hundreds of colossal Zenith warships aimed their primary weapons at the emerald deity. Beams of pure pitch black Nether force rained down from the heavens, converging on Aris in a desperate orbital bombardment.

​Aris did not even bother to look up. He gently touched the tiny scratch on his cheek. His glowing eyes darkened with a fury that made the surrounding cosmos tremble in fear.

​"You actually managed to stain my divine manifestation," Aris said softly.

​He raised a single finger toward the descending Zenith fleet.

​"Divine Domain: Breath of the Void."

In the next second, a ​silent and invisible wave of energy expanded from his fingertip.

Whaaaaammm!

It swept upward, meeting the hundreds of Void Cannon beams. The dark energy did not explode. It simply ceased to exist. The wind god’s authority blew away the Nether force like dust on a windowsill.

​The invisible wave continued upward, striking the Zenith Vanguard fleet.

​Three of the massive LORD Class warships instantly crumpled as if crushed by a giant invisible hand. Their heavy armor plating shattered, and their core reactors detonated silently in the cold vacuum of space.

​On the ground, Neo watched his invincible fleet take critical damage from a casual flick of a god’s wrist.

​He spat out a mouthful of shattered teeth. His recovery rate was working in massive overdrive, but the divine corruption was eating his cells just as fast as he could rebuild them.

​Aris slowly floated toward Neo. The air around the god grew incredibly heavy, completely locking down all spatial dimensions in the area. Neo found he could not move a single muscle. The gravitational lock was absolute.

​"You possess an intriguing talent, mortal. Your ability to synthesize universal laws is a supreme anomaly. But an anomaly requires a proper foundation to pose a true threat."

​Aris stopped ten feet away. He looked at Neo with absolute, freezing pity.

​"You are merely a Marquis. You are a Type Two Saint. You have only just touched the very edge of stellar ascension. You are not even a Demi God. You lack a divine spark. You lack a planetary throne. You completely lack the fundamental authority of existence."

​The god raised his hand, forming a massive halberd of compressed hurricanes. He pointed the crackling blade directly at Neo’s heart.

​"Skill and talent are completely meaningless before absolute Divinity. I am the sky itself. You cannot fight the sky. Now, perish, and return your stolen energy to my domain."

​Neo stared at the descending blade of the god. Every single system alarm was blaring in his mind, flashing the word ’DEATH’ in glaring crimson letters.

​[ System Alert: Inescapable Divine Execution Detected. ]

​[ Survival Probability: 0.00001% ]

​Despite the absolute despair of the situation, Neo did not close his eyes.

On the opposite, he glared directly at the God of Wind, memorizing the oppressive aura of Divinity. He refused to bow his head, clinging onto his monstrous pride even in the face of inevitable destruction.

​Suddenly, the flashing crimson system alerts in Neo’s vision severely glitched. The words dissolved into archaic, burning runes.

​[ System Override... ]

​[ Foreign Divine Consciousness Detected within the Host Bloodline. ]

​[ Initiating Absolute Astral Possession. ]

​[ Welcome, Godking Eragon. ]

​Time completely stopped. The absolute zero gales froze in mid air. The falling debris hung suspended in the destroyed courtyard. Even the blinding emerald light of God Aris ceased to flicker entirely.

​Deep within the darkest corner of Neo’s soul, an ancient presence awakened. It was a consciousness so unimaginably vast and heavy that it made the surrounding dimension feel like a fragile glass box.

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