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Chapter 1636
1636 A Warm Welcome! III
His original plan was to put as much distance as possible from the heart of the eternal kingdom, where the upper celestial realmand the three rulers reside.
Then, he would establish his void territory and start to absorb whatever leftover celestial energy came his way.
In this manner, he would ensure to get powerful, learn more about the kingdom, and be safe from most unigins since they wouldbe forced to leave their territories unprotected.
"| don't care if | lost it all to him." Hephaestus uttered indifferently, "The moment I retrieve the Exiled's heart from you, | will bepromoted to the upper celestial realm and be bestowed upon with a new territory closer to the universe's heart...Even a hundredtimes the size of my current territory doesn't rival a mere kilometer in the upper celestial realm."
When Felix heard this, he couldn't help but knit his eyebrows and ready himself for a brutal confrontation.
He understood that Hephaestus came ready to either win it all or lose it all, which implied he wouldn't let him go no matter what.‘All of this for celestial energy.’ Thor said with a deep voice, 'It is something unimaginable.’
‘It's expected, celestial energy is the only available source for unigins to get stronger.’ Lilith remarked casually.
In the eternal kingdom, celestial energy was water for mortals...Without it, there would be no life for unigins.
Unfortunately, being fair and giving equal amounts to unigins was nearly impossible. So, the three rulers had split the eternalkingdom into the upper celestial realm and the lower celestial realm.
The upper celestial realm was considered the dimensional pocket where the universe's heart and capital territory outside thepocket existed.
Everything else was considered a lesser celestial realm and the majority of the unigins had their territories spread on them, withtheir cities, citizens, and such.
As for the upper celestial realm? It was big enough to be split equally among five unigins and at the moment, two territories wereleft in the open for anyone to grab.
They were Kronos and Lilith's territories after they got banished to the outside universe many eons ago.
Lord Hades hadn't even bothered to join the establishment of the eternal kingdom in the first place, so he had no territory in hisname.
Territoriescloser to the source of celestial energy were everything as it allowed the unigins to collect the celestial energy andtrade it for divinities, which could be used to either enhance their strength permanently or empower their abilities, divineequipment, or enhance their people's strength.
Still, the main reason was its ability to raise their strength as it was the only source of purpose and enjoyment they possessed atthe moment to forget the reality of their enslavement by the universe.
For ambitious unigins who wanted it all, getting promoted and obtaining one of those two open territories would enable them tojoin the celestial council and partake in major decisions by the three rulers and the rest of the upper celestials!novelbin
At the moment, recovering Asna's core was the fastest method available and he was committed to getting it at all cost."Lilith's powers are extremely irritating to deal with, but you are nowhere close to being such a menace as her."
Hephaestus said calmly as he watched Felix manifest multiple colorful symbols above his head, recognizing all of them and theireffects.
Unfazed by the array of symbols and Felix's empowered form after absorbing the supernova's energy, Hephaestus extended hishand forward and a crimson metallic smith's hammer appeared in it.
The instant Cyclope's eyes landed on it, his breath was stolen away and his single pupil widened to the limit in utter awe.
"A divine weapon...A true divine masterpiece!" He stuttered, unable to even come up with a decent description of the weapon'sgreatness.
Only now did he realize that calling his pieces of equipment divine was an insult to the name! Even his masterpieces wereconsidered merely ‘decent’ when placed before this gem.
Just as he was about to warn Felix about its danger, Hephaestus made his move!
In the blink of an eye, he was before Felix, swinging his monstrous divine sledge at his scalp, causing the air to break apart akinto a meteor piercing through it!
Felix, undeterred, met the onslaught with his bare fists, which were infused with a combination of evil energy and void energy!Ka-booooocooom!!!
The instant the hammer landed on his defensive stance, Felix heard a crack and then he found himself sent flying at an alarmingspeed towards the golden gate!
Thuud!!
His back smashed against it loudly, causing the void citizens to turn their heads and gaze at their god with dumbfounded looks,having no clue when he even got there!
Before they could react, Hephaestus appeared in front of Felix and smashed him against the gate again with his hammer,sending a booming soundwave through the infinite expanse!
Then, both of them disappeared out of sight and appeared only in blinks here and there in the golden sky, trading nonstop blowswith each other.
"| can't see anything! They are moving too fast!" The Ruiner yelled as his pupils kept sliding back and forth rapidly, seeminglyabout to fall out of his eyes.
He wasn't the only one unable to keep up...Even the primogenitors and elemental lords were left with eyes wide open, tryingtheir absolute best to analyze the battle and figure out who was winning.
Alas...
"It's impossible...unigin of fire is above 50 million BF while Felix should have crossed 30 million BF after absorbing the supernovaenergy," Thor remarked with a cold breath, "Our processing and reaction speed is a thousand times slower than theirs!"
Even if they wanted to spy on Felix's thoughts to hear what was going through his mind during the fight, they would hear uttergibberish...His thought process was simply on another dimension at the moment as he was forced to keep up againstHephaestus.
Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy.Symbols were only good if their owner was good.
In this case, Hunger Symbol wasn't able to drain Hephaestus of a harmful amount of energy quickly since his reservoir was on adifferent level.
Clash of Prides couldn't be used when Felix knew that his pride belief would be in danger when compared to an ancient uniginborn out of the most fierce type of energy, which matched his ambitious personality.
Felix didn't dare bring out | am Supreme Symbol, knowing that if Hephaestus broke it apart, he would end up more weakenedthan ever.
Origin Symbol was able to weaken Hephaestus's abilities a little, but not completely break them off to their origin level due totheir potency and concentration.
More symbols were eliminated for the simple reason of Felix not being at Hephaestus’ current strength level.This prompted him to focus on raising it first in the quickest manner possible.
‘| have to use Rampage to boost my strength!"
Felix kept trying to rile his buried anger and hatred within his chest after all the sh*t and trauma he went through!
He had to go this far since Rampage Symbol amplified his strength based on his genuine anger and if it didn't cross the bar, thesymbol would remain off!
Fortunately, all Felix ever needed to do was recall the day Asna was kidnapped before his own eyes and the way Lilithmanipulated him akin to a child.
Those two experiences were enough to set his eyes ablaze and force the rampage symbol to infuse him with an untappedamount of strength!
The instant his strength was doubled,it finally allowed him to meetHephaestus's hamryecdlows Withequal farc&)cAusing his fists tobecome a whirlwind of destruction,parrying the plasma beams withsheer brute strength! The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Thud!! Thud!! Thud!!
Yet, he wasn't done, Felix utilized the wrathful creation symbol, separating his form into seven clones, each sharing the sameamount of power he possessed at the moment!
Then, he surrounded Hephaestusfrom all directions and charged athim nonstop. Yet HephgestiOriasapleto takethem all at once withoutsuffering from a single attack,appearing like a master fightingseven students! The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"You think your newfound power canmatch me?" Hephaestus sneered, hisvoice echoing with the ae ef ayyforge's {eo we \aetling t e betterhbif\df you while your galaxy was stillin its creation process. Our battleexperience can't be bridged even ifyou spent three lifetimes fightingme." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
As he finished speaking, he swung his sledge around him with increased ferocity, releasing a sea of plasma, causing Felix andhis replicas to take cover behind their void barriers.
Felix, undaunted, replied with equal intensity, "Whether your battle experience is better than mine or not, | will always hold myground.”
The two combatants briefly separated, eyeing each other with a mix of coldness and defiance.
“Hold your ground?" Hephaestus replied coldly as he pointed his sledge at him, "Boy, the only reason you haven't fallen yet isbecause of Lilith's annoying laws."
“Let's see if you will still believe the same after losing them."