Zephyro watched Derick's power increase and was momentarily stunned.
"At this level, how can you still get stronger!?"
In that moment of shock, Derick swung his longsword, knocking Zephyro's aside, and landed a heavy kick on his body.
That single blow sent Zephyro flying several galaxies away. All matter in its path was annihilated by Derick's attack.
"The force of that blow... it might even be stronger than Marshal Hua's full-power output." A look of delighted surprise flashed in Feixiao's eyes as she watched the attack.
The Derick of now could be called the strongest Emanator.
Oh, right, except for that worm Aha created.
Derick pursued Zephyro, reaching out and forming two planets. With a wave of his hand, he hurled them toward Zephyro.
The planets didn't fly in a straight line but curved from the left and right, arriving in front of and behind Zephyro at the same instant.
The two planets smashed together, crushing Zephyro between them.
Even Zephyro was hurt by the blow. Derick followed close behind, intending to finish him off for good.
Seeing Derick lock in his advantage, Feixiao's eyes filled with joy.
But just then, the battlefield changed once more.
Lygus recovered and charged straight for Derick.
"Derick, watch out!"
Seeing Lygus about to ambush Derick from behind, Feixiao hastily warned him.
Derick also noticed Lygus and immediately assumed a defensive stance.
A massive explosion erupted. Lygus's attack was completely blocked by Derick. But at that moment, the Lord Ravager Zephyro had also recovered.
Two powerful Emanators fixed their gazes on Derick.
Seeing this, Feixiao grew anxious.
No matter how strong Derick was, facing a two-on-one assault was perilous. After all, both of them were powerful Emanators. Especially Zephyro; before she had transferred the position of Yaoqing's General to him, Derick had been no match for him.
Now, two against one, could he win?
Feixiao had just given up her position as general, her power temporarily unable to interfere in this battle. She could only watch and hope.
Feixiao wasn't the only one worried.
Derick was also thinking rapidly.
How else could he get stronger? Where could he find more power?
He had used all his tricks, but against both Zephyro and Lygus, he had no chance of victory.
Unless he relied on his immortality to wear these two Emanators down.
But one of these guys was a clone of Zandar, the first seat of the Genius Society, a genius who could create Nous—his knowledge and wisdom were not to be underestimated. The other, Zephyro, was the strongest Lord Ravager, having annihilated countless planets and civilizations.
They both should have ample experience dealing with immortal beings.
Derick couldn't think of a better solution for the moment, so he could only fight them both.
At first, Derick thought he might find an opening since the two had never worked together. But both were intelligent and knew how to coordinate.
Zephyro, whose power was close to Derick's, took the front line, clashing with him head-on. Meanwhile, Lygus prepared to attack from the rear.
Derick could handle it at first, but as the fight dragged on, he gradually lost the upper hand.
Am I going to lose just like this?
Derick racked his brain for any possible solution.
Just as he was at his wit's end, the distant Xianzhou Alliance brought him a ray of hope for a comeback.
...
The Xianzhou Alliance.
Ruan Mei picked up a small piece of the relic of Propagation and placed it in the mouth of Derick's Second Clone.
The energy contained within an Aeon's relic was immense; just a small piece caused Derick's Second Clone to grow significantly.
"Now, let's see the results."
Ruan Mei was about to proceed with the next step of her experiment when Derick's Second Clone suddenly dashed towards the relic of Propagation.
This action surprised Ruan Mei. At the same time, she realized the clone's agility was astonishing. In a moment of carelessness, the Second Clone swallowed the entire relic of Propagation.
"This little one, choosing now to be disobedient."
Ruan Mei's expression didn't change even as it was swallowed whole.
The Second Clone couldn't possibly absorb the immense energy of an Aeon's relic; it would simply self-destruct. After it exploded, she could just collect the remains.
That's how Ruan Mei's previous experiments had gone.
But this time was completely different.
After devouring the entire relic of Propagation, Derick's Second Clone rapidly expanded to its limit.
Just as Ruan Mei was waiting for the Second Clone to explode, its energy suddenly vanished without a trace. It instantly shrank back to the size it was when she first saw it. No, even smaller—exactly as it was when it first appeared.
Seeing this, even Ruan Mei was stunned.
A few seconds later, she began to laugh.
This wasn't the smile she had shown before, but a genuine, heartfelt one.
"To think I've been deceived. All my hard work for so long was just a contribution to someone else."
Ruan Mei understood everything. This deception didn't make her angry; instead, it sparked the thrill of a hunter finding new prey—a new research subject.
A new research target.
...
On the battlefields of Amphoreus, Zephyro and Lygus were still pursuing Derick.
Then, at that moment, Derick suddenly turned around and unleashed an attack even more powerful than before.
In an instant,
both Lygus and Zephyro were engulfed by Derick's attack.
At that moment, only one thought crossed their minds.
How... could he still get stronger!?
...
Thousands of light-years away, the gazes of Aeons watched the demise of Zandar's clone and the Lord Ravager Zephyro.
Now and then, laughter could be heard.
Nanook's gaze shifted to Aha beside him.
"That person, what's his deal?"
"What else could it be? A soul from another world, pieced together by [Preservation], [Hunt], and me, using the power of our respective Paths, along with some energy taken from [Voracity], [Immortality], and [Propagation], all to create a being to counter that guy, [Voracity]."
"Specifically created?" Nanook asked Aha.
"What? You go around destroying our Emanators, so we can't create a being specifically to counter another Aeon? That guy, [Voracity], is not easily dealt with. To prepare for the future crisis of it devouring the universe, we decided to find a being that could devour it. Not only does it have a powerful devouring ability, but it also has the attribute of immortality."
Aha said with a laugh.
After saying this, Aha glanced at Nanook and added teasingly, "Oh, and don't even think about destroying him. To ensure his development remains unrestricted, besides the clones he has now and may create in the future, each of us has also cast a dormant clone of his outside the known universe. None of the three of us knows where the other two threw theirs, so none of us has the ability to completely destroy him. Except for IX, no one can destroy him."
Arguing is pointless, and fighting it is even more so. Besides, it doesn't align with my Path.
Nanook glanced at Aha, then turned and vanished into the cosmos.
Aha looked around for a moment, then left with a smile.
Anyway, Derick is immortal. Let him develop. I believe that with his personality, when Oroboros prepares to attack this universe, he will definitely step up.
"Compared to poor Aha getting eaten and ending up in Oroboros's stomach, watching Oroboros get devoured is much more interesting."
Aha let out a couple of laughs and then departed.
And now on the battlefields of Amphoreus, the victor had been decided.
The new general of the Yaoqing Xianzhou, Derick, had slain two Emanators.
One of them was the Antimatter Legion's strongest Lord Ravager, Zephyro.
...
One year later, on the Yaoqing Xianzhou.
Derick looked at Sparkle lying on the bed with a speechless expression.
After being on guard against Sparkle so many times, he was still tricked by her in the end.
Although, not only did he not lose anything, he actually came out ahead.
This girl actually disguised herself as Acheron yesterday.
And with Acheron, while he was dealing with the "Nihility" in her body some time ago, he had accidentally spent the night in her room.
It wasn't easy for Sparkle to impersonate others, but impersonating the Acheron of the past wasn't too difficult.
However, Derick had cleared "quite a bit" of Nihility from Acheron, and even he wasn't sure how much emotion she could now express.
And so, he was tricked by Sparkle.
Seeing Derick's expression, Sparkle broke into a happy smile.
"Even if you're the General of the Yaoqing, you still fell for my trap. Stop, stop, don't come over here! I'm pretty heavily injured, you know, don't do it again."
Sparkle was all smiles at first, but when she saw Derick looked like he wanted to go for another round, she quickly begged for mercy.
It was her first time! And Derick was now arguably the strongest being below the Aeons. Who could handle that?
Derick gently flicked her on the forehead.
"What do you take me for, some kind of pervert?" Derick retorted.
"Aren't you?"
Hearing this, Sparkle rolled her eyes at him.
"That Galaxy Ranger girl, what did you do on the day she left?"
"That was just celebrating her excitement after I helped her take care of Profnana..."
On the Yaoqing Xianzhou, Derick happened upon the Galaxy Ranger Rappa fighting Profnana and lent her a hand.
"And what about that Miss Ruan Mei from the Genius Society? What did you two do?"
"That was a deal she made to help the people of Amphoreus become like those from other civilizations in the universe."
Ruan Mei found out about my clones after all. To continue her research, that woman even offered herself up.
Of course, Derick could clearly feel that Ruan Mei held a fair bit of admiration for him, or she wouldn't have done it.
"What about General Jing Yuan's teacher? Now General Jing Yuan doesn't even know what to call you."
"It's easy for emotions to get the better of you during training, right? Especially since she's still affected by the Mara-Struck condition."
"Hmph, then how do you explain that little green-haired foxian girl?"
"And what about that red-haired older sister of yours? You lolicon, one wasn't enough, you had to make her split into a whole bunch of people."
"This..."
While Derick was still trying to think of an "explanation," there was a knock on the door.
Derick quickly went to open it.
After opening the door, he saw Yunli holding a swaddled baby in one arm, while her other hand held a head-scratcher, looking as if she were about to strike Derick with it.
Derick immediately put his hands up in surrender and quickly took the baby from Yunli's arms to soothe it.
"Yunli, what's the matter?"
Derick asked her hastily.
"Of course! Castorice and the others are back from Amphoreus. The reconstruction of Amphoreus is almost complete, so they came back."
From inside the room, Sparkle couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Yunli and Derick asked Sparkle.
Sparkle puffed out her chest and said with a grin, "I'm laughing because a certain someone probably won't be getting any rest for a while."
With the help of Ruan Mei and others, the people of Amphoreus had become no different from normal people.
Similarly,
this meant that Castorice, Cipher and the others could now normally conceive the next generation with Derick.
Recently, Derick was going to be very busy.
...
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