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Chapter 209: The Embodiment Of Perfect Naming Sense
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In the grotto however, it could be said that there is too much of it, most humans would feel suffocated even standing within it, unable to breathe, and death will come soon after.
The sheer pressure of all of that accumulation of Nen can bring anyone to their knees, unable to stand up.
However, Yasuo stood strong, unfazed. Then he started walking towards the stone bowl, disturbed by nothing.
He of course remained cautious and used his amplification domain to observe it meticulously first.
Just as he thought, it's not so much of an object as it is a being, a dead being that knows not the word decay.
Yasuo sensed the same dark energy he can sense when Nanika appears. It was faint but still there nonetheless.
"Let's see, you're one of the gods, just like the god of choice. Most importantly, you are part of the cycle.
However, I know that the last cycle's god was the god of choice, so you're even more ancient than him... Yet here you are, dead but no signs of damage on you at all."
Yasuo's voice echoed throughout the grotto as he contemplated one of the things he finds interesting, fascinating even.
He closed his eyes and allowed himself to be lost within the marvelous and rich energy with the cave, feeling it slowly getting absorbed by the large stone bowl.
"You power had something to do with devouring, yet you weren't able to escape the cycle. your desires however did. They survived indeed and feed upon the energy of the world fight against time... and fate."
Yasuo's eyes lit up directly after as he looked at the normal half-sphere in his hand, he noticed something about the artifact its victims couldn't.
"Your kind is usually quite smart, and you seem especially so. Your power is devouring yet you created an artifact that can manipulate reality, an artifact that can grant wishes, and I know exactly how you did so.
You made use of conditions and limitations. The one who made the wish will also pay a corresponding price.
It's an exchange of sorts but it works on the same principle. The victim will have something about them devoured depending on the wish they made... Even their free will and sanity."
Yasuo started stroking his earning with amusement apparent in his eyes, deducing many things about its past as he's inclined not to see any of the gods' pasts, even if he saw it in the future, it could still be dangerous.
"There is no winning in your game, it wasn't created for that. It's a trap from which none can escape."
"Most importantly, you were quite lucky, being born here of all places... So close to one of its limbs." His voice echoed again as he faded into the depths of the planet.
It wasn't long before he found his target and performed his usual ritual. He infected the transparent tentacle with his color.
The Zobae organisms again started spreading, fighting against The jellyfish Epithymías' devouring power.
Epithymías' power however was a bit different than the bowl's power as the latter can attract and devour energy from far away while Epithymías needs contact.
Of course, Epithymías' power is on an entirely different level, akin to the difference between the depths of hell and the heights of heaven.
That's why Yasuo found a strange scene surrounding this particular tentacle of Epithymías.
He found the surroundings completely barren, dry as if life was sucked from them. There was very little energy around and even that small amount is getting slowly attracted and absorbed by the dead bowl.
Two beings fighting against each other for domination, but one seems weaker than the other.
"However, I know that you are the source and while there are cases where the source is weaker, this is not one of them."
Yasuo knows exactly how strong the dead creature is. For its desires remained untouchable through eons, millions of years passed yet Epithymías' will remains.
"I also know that you're truly dead and your will and desires can only do so much. You can only manipulate the world ever so slightly as you have no control over your own power."
Yasuo then disappeared again, leaving the Zobae organisms to their own thing, fighting for domination against the creature's own devouring power.
And strangely, they seem to be winning, slowly but surely. Yasuo's research and improvement of the organisms were massive, to say the least.
They also happened to exist in an environment perfectly suitable for them to the point nothing can rival it.
The jelly substances composing the creature are incredibly rich with energy, in fact, the amounts of energy compressed within its insides are impossible to fathom.
Yet, even with the gods of the world using their power as they like, its power has never decreased, in fact, it's increasing.
Nevertheless, even Epithymías has its limits, the energy was compressed to such degree it simply couldn't anymore, thus the richness of energy surrounding its limbs and the world.
Yasuo appeared next to the stone bowl again with his eyes shining brightly, "So you are its conduit to achieve what it wants though its control over you is minimal.
Yet Epithymías' will and desires seemed satisfied as if no matter what they do, you'll always be achieving your desire, as if their mere existence is producing the required results."
Of course, he already thought about Epithymías' desires many times before. He thought about it a lot and formulated a few theories on what could its enemy be.
All the signs so far point towards a certain existence, a concept of sorts but how could it have the power to kill Epithymías? As far as he knows, its power is illusionary so how could it kill something real?
To Yasuo, Epithymías' desires seem hopeless, seemingly a child still hoping Santa exists.
Or another child believing that his actions can actually change the whole world for the better and bring that holy needed light to the world.
They both are oblivious to the fact that their actions will change so little it's completely negligible, akin to a drop in the ocean.
Yet even after death and no matter how hopeless it may seem, it still persisted. Vengeance was deeply anchored to Epithymías' unexisting heart.
"Perhaps you succeeded or your desires will be met in the far future," Yasuo smiled as many of his questions were answered before he added, "Though it all depends on my whims."
Yasuo then lifted both of his hands and closed his eyes, focusing completely on his next action.
The next spectacle is a result of numerous hours of meditations and research regarding how he can mix his abilities together to produce a specific result.
That was always his strong suit, and how he turned so many good abilities into their absolute unimaginable state right now.
From his left hand, the fire and blood of hell spurted out, a crimson fluid swiftly stabilizing between his hands in the shape of a sphere, mixing with the other substance coming out of his other hand.
A dark fog-like substance that seems to be able to consume anything. It was the representation of the dark abyss itself.
The two substances didn't seem friendly with each other as they fought an unimaginable battle for domination, a silent one but remarkable nonetheless.
The dark fog is the ability he mimicked from his black dragon, Darco.
The darkness that seems to be able to erase the whole cosmos from existence if there is enough of it seemed like a mischievous child before the scarlet substance.
The child was trying to mess around and annoying the adult, to no avail. The scarlet substance even went as far as to consume most of the dark fog, leaving just a bit of darkness within.
The scarlet substance is the result of Yasuo's bright scarlet eyes that were fully active at that point in time.
It was the dark energy swimming within the rivers of his purple blood and his every cell, and it's under his complete control.
The scarlet color is how it looks once the dark energy exits his body or shows itself to the world, the prime example is his current scarlet eyes.
Yasuo is truly thankful for meeting Nozer and his people because that's what allowed for this to be possible so quickly and allowed him to have full control over that energy, all thanks to their ability which he mimicked.
The combination of the two abilities is much more dangerous than what one might think as its core is the dark energy, and it's quite dangerous just by itself let alone combined with the dark fog.
Yasuo can imagine how hard it's to erase the gods without any following repercussions, and while he knows he can do so with other abilities, he prefers to be cautious and do his absolute best.
The combination was most suitable for the job which he calls the embodiment of erasement.
The combinations he came up with were numerous but they all have the word embodiment in them, due to his care about naming things and his perfect naming sense.
Yasuo then disappeared, leaving the dark crimson sphere floating right next to the stone bowl, slowly going closer and closer to it.
Yasuo appeared soon after, hundreds of miles away. Yet he can still sense the scarlet sphere clearly.
That's a benefit of the dark energy which he found after a bit of training that he could control it from the other side of the world.
He wanted to watch the startling spectacle that always happens once an embodiment of his takes action.
The numerous Aeroeye threads he left there allowed for him to see everything clearly.
There was something then there was nothing. That's the perfect description of what took place.