In an infinite dark expanse that was lit up by countless glittering dots, a lone humanoid figure sat in a meditative position next to a floating cracked object. The figure's body was made up of three colors, purple, white, and black.
"This... it seems that I am inside my own body. Hmm, the last thing I remember was stabbing myself but then... Oh!" Closing his eyes and deeply focusing, Saber sensed what was going on outside his body.
"Frozen in time! Tsk, these bitches. All of them just do what they want to. Dammit, when I, when I, dammit... All I can say is when I yet, till now, it hasn't happened. No, I want it now!"
Shouting this, the glowing lights, these things that released waves of heat, like stars, they lit up as a purple hue enveloped them. Saber could feel them...
Each of them... he could feel their presence and he began to understand them. He began to understand his desire...!
"It seems that I'm not able to constantly evolve but, all I've been doing is borrowing power from these things. When I truly want power, it'll share some of the power. It's also something that allows me to be invincible in the same realm."
"But, I've not even awakened a fraction of a fraction of the true powers of these stars... Desires are the way to bring them under my control." Saying this, the countless stars trembled as even more waves of heat and power were released, rushing toward Saber's form.
Rumble!
"Huh?"
Suddenly, destructive energy forcefully found its way into this infinite expanse. This energy was caused by Nimue. Though an Immortal cultivator would be able to survive without a heart or a head, if both were destroyed at the same time, they'd die for sure.
"Such a thing isn't going to kill me... Well, it'll kill me but I wouldn't die!"
Though he said this, he was angry. At this moment, one could say he was in the middle of enlightenment and was constantly drawing out strength from these star-shaped cells of his body but, if he were to be interrupted, it might ruin everything.
But, a smile formed on his face. The destructive energy was suddenly sucked into the cells of his body, slowly making them more powerful, and letting them grow in size.
The energy they contained was rapidly increasing while Nimue, in the outside world realized that her energy was seemingly being devoured..!
Saber's form was growing larger as more and more powerful waves of heat were absorbed into this form, not only making it larger but stronger. Slowly, Saber grew accustomed and began to devour energy faster and faster.
At the same time, the cells in his body devoured Nimue's Golden Immortal-level energy, whether it was Atomic energy used to strengthen the body, or Sage energy used to strengthen one's elemental attacks, both these energies were being devoured at incredible speeds by Saber's cells.
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"Nimue... You bastard! I'll kill you...!" The silver-haired beauty didn't have a beautiful face at this moment. Seeing Nimue's actions, her hate for the pink-skinned demon had reached a completely new level.
But, at the same time, not just her expression but Darcel's and Aiden's also changed. Saber's body, which was slowly bulking up, suddenly, began to shrink. Growing compact and tighter, much like its previous state, the most disturbing thing though was Saber's aura.
Just as the thoughts they previously had changed, and they were about to communicate with Nimue wanting to know what was wrong, they saw something that made their hearts clench. The true terror of an entity who was deemed as the enemy of Hell's Tower's Third Floor was finally laid bare in front of them!
"Nimue?" The silver-haired beauty uttered. Nimue's body, her body seemed to have been drained and was seemingly now lacking in any type of nutrients. As if she was a regular human who hadn't eaten anything in multiple years...
The weirdest part was Saber's body trembled. Frozen in space and time, yet he was able to move! This should never happen.
"Hehehehehehehe..."
An evil laughter resounded throughout. Saber's eyes opened, releasing waves of endless power and terror as something took form on his glabella. Between his two eyebrows, a circle took shape. Inside this circle, a purple pentagram formed...
Gazing with his black left and white right pupils, at the woman who had oh so willingly given him such a boost in power, a tear escaped his right eye. Behind Saber's head, a mirror without any blemishes also appeared.
"Oh, my beautiful Nimue, look how time has ruined your body." Nimue's body was lifeless but, Saber seemed to see something others weren't as he said this while embracing her. It seemed like he was actually speaking to Nimue..!
"What is he doing...?" Aiden's brows rose. He felt goosebumps when seeing how quickly the mere Profound Immortal aura had risen to the heights of a Golden Immortal.
He felt even more pores raise when realizing that, even though this entity became a Golden Immortal, there wasn't any Lightning Tribulation. And now seeing this entity kiss the lips of a dead demon, chills ran down Aiden's spine.
What is a weirdo? This was a weirdo! Weirdos are the worst types of people to face when in a life-and-death battle. Even in the face of death, they calmly smile as if they have plans in place just in case their first three plans fail..! This was a weirdo, and Aiden felt the aura of a weirdo from Saber...
{Open... Realm of Absolute Time Zone}
{Open, Realm of Endless Void Space}
Unlike Aiden, the other two were quick to react. Unlike Profound Immortals could create Domains, Golden Immortals could create Realms that were naturally able to seal the space and time of the outside world.
This will happen by simply creating a Realm, and one wouldn't need to use their Sage energy to stop the space and time of the outside world.
If a Golden Immortal were to work with another Golden Immortal, it didn't matter how powerful a particular Golden Immortal was, their Realm couldn't compete against the Realm of two Golden Immortals working together...
Well, this is, if a Golden Immortal had opened their Realms early than that one Golden Immortal.
If a Golden Immortal always had his Realm opened, then no matter the amount of Golden Immortals, once they were inside the Realm, they could only fight with physical strength, this was the rule.
As these two Realms opened, Saber's attention momentarily moved from Nimue to them, before, seemingly unbothered and returning to the dead person in his embrace The dead person, Nimue's body trembled as a dark greyish aura was released from her pores.
Thrum!
Her eyes shot open, this time, instead of purple, at the center of her black sclera were a pair of grey orbs that seemed to momentarily lack the luster of life, before finally gaining such a light. Wrapping around his body was the previously damaged treasure from the spear god.
As a bridge of saliva was left from the separation of the duo's lips, Saber licked his lips and said...
"You will become my second General and the most powerful one, if only shortly. With these idiots looking to fight me, hehe, I'll have quite the number of generals, even more powerful than you."
Saber paused while straightening his back. The silvery treasure formed into armor as a sword appeared in his hand. Looking in a completely different direction from the three Golden Immortals...
"Are you going to keep hiding?"