Zatiel's concentration was entirely on his Inner Universe's origin, making sure no flaw appeared in it.
The days carried on, and the Neo-Demon's aura and cultivation grew stronger. No matter how hard the Evil Primarchs, enhanced Archfiends, or the Champion of Chaos fought, none of them could surpass the blockade of En and the Justice Primarchs.
After four months and having devoured enough energy from Chaos Force, Order Force, and Prima Universe's Principal Laws to make a Rank 8 life form explode, Zatiel completed his Inner Universe's origin and reached Peak Seed Stage.
Zatiel smiled as he felt his strength and the sudden rise of his cultivation. He could enter the Rudimentary Form Stage whenever he wanted, even now if he chose to, but refrained from doing so.
There was no need to keep rising his cultivation in the core of a battlefield that could put the Prima Universe in danger. Zatiel would face no setback if he went to the Neo-Demon Realm and continued training there.
Zatiel was about to communicate with En and the Justice Primarchs that it was time to leave when a sense of utter danger assaulted him. He felt as if a hand grabbed his hearts and squeezed them.
For someone with control over Cause and Effect and who mastered Karmic Samsara, those were not mere feelings but the premonition that something horrible was about to happen.
The Neo-Demon was not the only one that perceived something wrong as En, the Justice Primarchs, and even the Evil Primarchs felt that an incredibly dark power was coming.
Unlike the pure sons of the Prima Universe, the Archdevils, Archdemons, and Champion of Chaos smiled as if a lost brethren was finally coming home.
In the artificial world next to the portal that connected the Alpha Universe and Prima Universe, the Empyrean Primordials adopted solemn expressions as they felt that horrible force.
And most shocking of all, the Flame Imperator, who did not even bother to open his eyes when the Champion of Chaos appeared, immediately stood up, and his energy exploded.
The Flame Imperator's energy was so intense that it illuminated more than a third of the Prima Universe. Unlike the others, he managed to locate the origin of that evil force, and his red eyes turned toward the Prima-Eldritch Universe Final Battlefield.
Thanks to their fortresses monitoring the Prima-Eldritch Universe Final Battlefield, the Primarchs saw how all the eldritch life forms in the Void Ring rose to the sky before roaring in unison.
"FOR THE KING IN YELLOW!"
Every single Eldritch roared as they burned their souls, bodies, energies, and Omega Laws and transformed into beams of a dark force that clashed against the Final Gate.
The Final Gate surpassed any form of Rank 9 Artifact and should not fall short of a mythical Rank 10 Artifact, making it as strong as a Cosmic Wall.
Despite the might of those beams of dark force, they lacked the strength to harm a Cosmic Wall. Nevertheless, right then, a power even greater struck from the other side of the Final Gate!
"¡BOOOOOM!"
A thunderous explosion occurred as shock waves carrying a dark force emerged from the Final Gate, obliterating the Void Ring.
No Eldritch remained inside the Void Ring since they all sacrificed themselves, meaning that the life from that perished were all warriors of the Prima Universe. Only those inside strongholds or with power above the Beyond Limit Stage survived.
That explosion and blasts of dark force blocked the sight of everybody except one person. The Flame Imperator saw the crack that appeared in the Final Gate and how two dark bony hands grabbed the edges and began to enlarge it.
The Flame Imperator clenched his fists as he saw how those dark hands opened the crack in the Final Gate. He could see that the opening was much smaller than the one he made in the Prima Universe's Cosmic Wall, but he did not fool himself by thinking that the Eldritch was weaker.
The one opening that passage not only had the power to harm a Cosmic Wall but could do it while resisting the sealing force of the Final Gate.
The Eldritch made the opening large enough to cross the Final Gate in less than three seconds. Taking advantage of the Prima-Eldritch Universe Final Battlefield's repulsion for life forms beyond Rank 8, he crossed straight into the Prima Universe.
Only then did En, Empyrean Primordials, Justice Primarchs, and Evil Primarchs see the mighty Eldritch that put a foot inside the Prima Universe for the first time since the Cataclysmic War.
He did not have anything covering the upper part of his body so that everybody could see the decrepit skin and completely lifeless inner organs. A yellow robe hung around his waist, but there was no reason to believe that the rest would be any different.
Yet, that seemingly frail and mummified body unleashed a physical power that drew awe even in Chrollo and his fellow Empyrean Primordials.
"AHHHHH!" A roar full of hatred and disgust echoed through the Prima Universe. As for the one making it, that was the Universe Will, as it detected a member of the alien race that it loathed daring to take one step into its domain.
Other than the Archdemons and Archdevils, everybody who heard it felt an immense hatred burning in their hearts and the desire to destroy the invader.
Unlike when Chrollo entered the Prima Universe, where the Universe Will only sought to suppress and not harm the Alpha Universe's Primordial, now it wanted to kill, so it unleashed a much greater force.
En and the Justice Primarchs, who were terrified just a moment ago, could not help but smile as they saw the might of the Universe Will. Even if the Prima Universe was weaker than in the previous Epoch, it still had the strength to handle an Extreme Rank 9 life form.
Unfortunately, unlike what the World Tree and the others expected to see when the crushing power of the Universe Will approached the Eldritch, this one clasped his hands, making his presence vanish.
The Justice Primarchs and the World Tree could see the Eldritch, but the Universe Will could not!
Zatiel clenched his fists as he looked toward the Prima-Eldritch Universe Final Battlefield.
"King in Yellow."
Despite the countless light-years of distance, the Eldritch turned toward the Styx River and smiled as if hearing those words.
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