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Chapter 1319: Spectrum (5)
The Mastered Void Gate.
It was the first of three steps to the special powers of a Voided Deathform.
A user of Voided Death interpreted the void in their own way to establish what kind of power they could be granted through the Void Gate. Skullius had seen one interpretation of the void by Aurolio, where he manifested strength in many different forms - clones, impressive defense, etc.
Once a user was inspired and decided the kind of power they desired, a Bare Guise would be a formed, a mask that noted their achievement and qualified them as a non-standard Voided Deathform.
It was clear to Skullius already that both Elita and Uyuniya were much better Voided Death users than Aurolio. For Aurolio couldn't have contended against him in the least, not with the power he had now.
Because of this, even though the two ladies were trapped in his Dousing Sanctum, he didn't consider them defeated yet. Instead, he chose to take them a lot more seriously.
The validity of his choice was emphasised when Uyuniya suddenly expelled a film of Voided Death Essence that expelled the darkness from her outline, detaching her figure of the endless swathe of black. The film of energy was so bright that it even gave some of the objects lathered in the darkness simple highlights, noting their positions.
That was a feat in and of itself. It made Skullius wonder...
'Why the hell is her Voided Death Essence so strong?'
But just as he wondered, Uyuniya shouted something he could not hear and then she brandished her great sword, pointing it in his direction. But she didn't attack with it. Instead...
...!!!
All of a sudden, Skullius found his senses dulling.
His ears seemed to flee.
His sense of touch abandoned him.
His nose failed.
Even his unnatural ability to sense the world around him in great detail was stolen.
'What the...!'
Skullius tried to perceive everything going on using the darkness from the Dousing Sanctum, but it was no use. It wasn't working!
All of a sudden, he lost his ability to identify mana too, and then worse, his ability to recognise his Broader Existence!
Never before had the Hybrid Warmoth suffered such a treacherous degree of existential dread in such a short span of time. He lost touch with everything, and for a moment, it seemed as though something inside of him snapped.
He went mad.
Skullius lost touch with himself - his name, his identity. He even lost touch with his mind.
But then...
"SKULLIUS!" Serenity called from unseen, obscure depths. The voice came with power and reassurance, and the Hybrid Warmoth's senses were restored at once. However, this might not have been a good thing.
"ARRRRGHHHHH!" Skullius shrieked in agony.
A terrible gash had cut deep into his neck. A great sword gripped firmly by a tall, masked alien woman had found its way into his flesh, and was a moment away from cleaving his head off!
Sensing his Broader Existence again as well as all the Andori and Amras stored within it, Skullius immediately fuelled the [Entropy's Harmonising Nimbus] - which had been forced to vanish after he lost access to the core of his powers. It billowed like a massive blanket outward and crackled with merigold Ju`wtte that - without waiting for Skullius' permission - rushed in tangles to smite Uyuniya dead!
The bolts, thick as a man, lit the disappearing darkness of the Dousing Sanctum, and struck true.
However, a figure bathed in equal portions of brilliant light managed to reach Uyuniya just in time and with her Broodweiler, she split apart the merigold serpents with graceful swings of her blade. She slashed through every single one of them!
But then Skullius was against her himself. He was furious. His body, wreathed in Ju`wtte and a golden white light seamed to become a bolt of lightning itself and he smashed into Elita. The impact was atrocious.
Elita screamed aloud as the Purity headquarters groaned and crumbled. Skullius sent two sets of fists crashing cruelly into her chest. She felt them despite the black and silver armour she wore. She was sent tumbling against the air for dozens of kilometers.
At almost the same time, Skullius had turned towards Uyuniya already, bloodlusted. He was about to strike when...
'NOT AGAIN!'
He lost touch with his senses, and became... nothing.
He couldn't tell time.
He couldn't tell space.
He couldn't identify himself.
And again came Serenity's voice.
"WAKE UP, SKULLIUS!"
And again Skullius was in agony.
A great sword had gone through his head and sliced half of it off. Uyuniya seemed to notice that Skullius came to. She hurriedly placed her hand on Skullius' bare chest and he felt Voided Death Essence condense and gather in her palm... before igniting like a bomb!
The ignition of the energy began, but Skullius didn't let it continue.
Once he gained access to his Broader Existence again, [Sagacious Antiphon of Dawnlight] sprang to life and instantly healed his injuries. As it performed this feat, Skullius and his phantoms unleashed two of his Parlous Natures at once.
Skullius first fuelled Frigid Time - a mix of Absolute Frost and Integral Time. The detonation of Voided Death Essence just now was trapped in a filter that turned it a sickly shade of blue and slowed it down considerably!
'I meant to stop it completely, dammit!' Skullius cursed inwardly, but went on.
He then activated his latest Exotic Parlous Nature, Second Divine Sinew, which was obsessed over by Primeval Deities.
At once, another one of him was created, complete with all his Andori, his Parlous Natures and Physiques!
The replica also possessed a Broader Existence - of course - though it was 40% weaker than
that of the original.
Uyuniya darted back when she saw and sensed the power of the replica and its properties.
Indeed, she must have known how unusual it was.
This was far from a common thing. It was no ordinary clone.
Skullius scoffed, and the clone sent a series of [Ruining Cutters] against Uyuniya while also wisely coating itself with a series of [Elusive Meta Carvers]!
A shocking radiance appeared right in front of Uyuniya and again Elita emerged, cutting down
all the slashes, but the two Skullius were upon them both the instant she was done.
Right then, as the two on two was about to begin, Elita and Uyuniya began applying Voided Death Essence in a way Skullius had yet to see.
Elita was the one to shout the name of an ability that would inspire both fury and fascination
in the Hybrid Warmoth.
"Void Clot!"
[Author's Note]
[Sagacious Antiphon of Dawnlight | Third Grand Tier]
A facet of the lord of darkness and light's powers that utilises radiance for wise victory;
-Functions-
+Shields its user's immediate body with a layer of profound, imperceptible light that repels corporeal and incorporeal attacks
+Impresses nodes within every cell of the user's body that trigger instant healing the moment
an attack lands
+Grants its user the 'ForeStep' - a movement technique that allows them to cross any manner
of distance at 80x the speed of light, as long as light can push through.
+Allows user to produce and manipulate general and 'Just Light'
+Allows the user to absorb any manner of light to rejuvenate and enhance their Immortal
Physique minimally.
+Allows the user to use any manner of light to enthral an unlimited number of mildly guarded
and unguarded victims
+Allows the user to become piercing light that can and will rip through enemies with enough
Amras empowerment