Aavesh had already brought the Demonic Corruption that infiltrated and changed his soul - Under Control For Now. But that only distilled the Abyssal Mythic Power his Soul Absorbed. He felt far more powerful now, like a loose canon waiting to be ignited.
Very few things were keeping his Sanity in check right now. Once He loses it, He probably would not be a human anymore. The 3 Evil Aligned Dimensions Focused on different Psychological Aspects that bring the worst out in a Person.
Souls were integral to absorbing Mythic Power - They would later form the shape it would take and that would be it for the rest of the Cultivator's Life - Once the shape was beginning to take form all sorts of changes would be felt in One's Temperament.
It was Like the Mythic Power Molded The Soul into what it required and the more pure Mythic Power the Soul Absorbed - The Brighter the Foundation would be for the Future Path! It was a mutual reaction. The More Mythic Power the Souls Absorbed, the more changes would be induced within it and the degree of Purity Decided the Attunement of the Soul with the Mythic Power.
For Something Like Attunement - It required one to wholeheartedly embrace the principles from where the Power Originated and it would result in something miraculous - You would have Higher Access to the Knowledge within the Same Mythic Power.For Example -
Naraka - The Infernal Grand Hell of the First Dark Manuscripts - Involves Machiavellianism aka- its essence molds its denizens into being highly manipulative and deceitful in nature with a high tendency to subjugate and thoroughly control everything while having a righteous Facade.
Kayaamat - Also Known as Abaddon in Old Soul Charts - Involves Extreme Narcissism - its essence molds its denizens in having only Apathy towards others and being completely self-obsessed to the point of having almost no emotional fluctuation except calculated rage and fear. In Simple - evil for the sake of evil.
Abyss - Also called Abgrund in Ancient War Steles -Involves Complete Psychopathy - With No impulse to hold anything back, its essence molds its denizens to derive sadistic joy from acts of cruel destruction, reveling in mortal pain and misery.
Aavesh kept feeling an overwhelming urge to kill Indiscriminately, His soul was losing its Luminosity, It was slowly edging to become darker and darker under the Distilled Influence of the Abyssal Mythic Power.
Unknown to him, his actions while attempting to constrict the Purple Mythic Essence of the Abyss, were actually purifying the Mythic Essence Left by the Demon Lord of Blood - step by step into something never seen before. The Pure - Raw Abyssal Essence - That Demon Lords work so hard to obtain to perfect their souls for divinity, was actually being obtained by Aavesh Now.
Unknown to all - If The Process ever completed - If Aavesh ever became a Demon, He would have the Perfect Demon Soul, With No Impurities and could Even Cultivate to the Level of the Demon Goddess!
The Soul was extremely important after all - It housed a mortal's ability to absorb Higher Dimensional Essence and Mold their Mythic Power -shaping it to how they would want. One could not casually absorb Higher Dimensional Energy into their Souls - it would Require Years of Cultivation and Knowledge to even Begin Preparations.
By a stroke of fate, Aavesh was made to undergo Mythic Ascension in Abyssal Power by the Demon Lord, which helped his soul to attune towards the Abyssal Essence. Now it was being further refined and Tempered with the Restrictions Placed By Constructs of Law.
It would not be a Puppet like it was before with the Blood Demon Lord, Instead, it would truly merge into becoming Aavesh's Own Power. The Price was obviously accepting Psychopathy into One's Soul. In Aavesh's case, his psychopathy stemmed from his hatred of Demons.
Ironically it might turn him into one Soon.
But Not Now, Not Yet, Not Until He closed this Rift. Aavesh Cautiously scanned the cavern while placing the Silver Obelisk back into his Suit. He observed something familiar, something that brought the worst out in him. It was this Damn Stink, So Revolting To his Nose. He was way too familiar with the Aura as well, It was one that he had a very Special Hatred For - M***** Fucking Swarms.
'So they're here too' - he Thought. He did not lose his mind yet - no. He knew how Dangerous Swarms were and their Modified Soldiers who were walking Bombs. He was not surprised that some fools trusted the Demons and Probably became one of those modified soldiers or The Food.
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He then sensed 10 Modified Soldiers and massive Flesh Sinews approaching his position, He was not really surprised again, These Modified soldiers were the best Threat Detectors and Plus they even brought out the Hundred Foot Flesh Sinews - When Sinful Mortal Souls are Sewed together in a ball of Freshly cut Baltor Flesh in alchemical ritual, they would form Gigantic Skinless, muscular Beings of Demonic Nature.
They Boast colossal strength, Higher Speed, and Vicious Fluid spray - Highly corrosive. They always bleed, But their Blood is so Profane, so filled with Sin that it could easily completely corrupt a small area if no cleansing rituals or explosives where used to clean the site. The Sinews were immune to most Elemental Magic and required some incredible Strength to Break Past their Outer Flesh.
The Modified Soldiers were something else - something far worse. These soldiers had been thoroughly changed by the swarm. Imagine seeing your own body being invaded, cell by cell till you remain a simple empty husk puppet with no way of self-thought.
These people had to undergo the most painful process of having their flesh chewed on and replaced continuously by secretions from the insect. It was essentially devouring the target's flesh to receive their cellular information and prepare a special mutated cell which would be secreted back onto the target's body to replace devoured tissues and infect other healthy cells.
It was like creating a custom super zombie virus for one person - except for the swarm like creatures it was far easier.
This 'replacement' of cells would continue until most of the tissues in the body were completely replaced. It was however just the beginning. The insects would then burrow into the brain and take full control of the body while keeping the host conscious.
There would be minimal changes to the brain cells, with just an additional DNA to 'enhance' the circuitry in the brain to suit the needs of the swarm.
The Worst Part -
The Soldier's mind pond connection with the body would be intact - thus not killing them, instead the body would be like an eternal prison of constant torment of seeing everything but not being able to do anything - a prisoner in their own body.
The modified body would be far stronger in strength, highly durable and hyper-regenerative. It would have perfect connection with the main swarm and was essentially the best trooper. Further variations in physical changes during the 'modification' process depended on the target body.
A normal human undergoing this would end up with greenish-yellow skin, altered physical limbs and an insectoid face depending on swarm variations - an ant swarm - meant more ant-like features would be implanted and for flies vice versa.
Special Human beings would obviously give special types of 'modified' soldiers.
Higher-leveled modified soldiers could even become mini-swarms themselves.
The pain of such a process would often shatter the target's psyche.
In his last life, The Resistance Intel CELL called the humans forced into this 'transformation' as modified soldiers - because one - it was irreversible and two - They were only identifiable through special modifications in the DNA.
These soldiers were able to blend perfectly like humans at first by simply rebuilding their physical bodies for camouflage, hence they were perfect enemy spies in the Resistance army - until a Dos MED unit discovered unusual modifications in the core DNA of an injured one. What happened next was the near-total collapse of the frontlines and countless catastrophes.
But the MED unit's data was still accessible to the Resistance and they found out the horrifying truth - hence the nickname - 'modified' soldiers were given to distinguish such enemies.
Aavesh However sensed the Swarm type from the smell itself. It was created using a special type of Xeno insect species that had been infused with Demonic Blood and various Energies present in the Abyss.
It was the most horrific type - the queen insect of such a swarm had to be bred with the Blood of unborn infants in natural wombs. No cloning - no synthetics - Regular Innocent women had to be used, just to enhance the resentment as well.
"Veskonii"
Aavesh spoke while suppressing his bloodthirst for the owner of the swarm. He would personally make that person undergo an aggravated death for doing this.
He looked calmly at the oncoming foes, as the core on his armor thumped ominously - a mix of purple and Light Blue Aura surrounded him and he disappeared - Only to reappear above the Head of a Sinew Demon.
In a split second - He smashes a blue Energy fist on its head and the colossal sinew head bursts like a pancake purple puss. Aavesh then sees the Second Sinew stumbling in its track on seeing that move but Aavesh doesn't waste time and blasts its head off in another second.
The moment he kills the second Sinew, Aavesh feels something off. The modified soldiers had already surrounded him. The Person behind the swarm was not underestimating him at all - The Sinews were used as a DECOY!
The modified soldiers had already charged up a strange red mini pentagram on their casting fists. They were aiming it right at Aavesh - Before Aavesh could jump out of their range - They chant a weird Word from the Thanathotic Language -which sent out powerful crimson beams from their hands right into Aavesh.
Even a single beam had enough power that could kill Even a Peak Stage 5 Warrior. The Person Behind was obviously not taking a single chance - He had to be thoroughly neutralized.
As the Beams Land on Aavesh's Body, He let them pass right into his body without any protection from his armor. These Red Beams were a form of concentrated Abyssal Force -Almost Like a Law of Destruction.
Executor Visor wanted to activate the Shielding functions But he stopped it - He instinctively felt a strange resonance in his Darkening Soul - A familiar feeling when he saw those Crimson Beams - An Old Magic Stemming from the First Creators of the Demons.
As his Body felt the Raw destructive force enter - Aavesh felt his Abyssal Mythic Essence Agitate so fiercely causing him to kneel down for a bit. His Body did not get disintegrated - His Soul did not collapse - No,
Instead, His Mythic Power seemed to manifest again, The first time it manifested was when the Demon Lord of Blood instilled it within him and drove him insane to get Activate it. The same feeling had come again now - Instead of needing that Foolish Demon Lord now, he was able to do it better by himself now.
He felt a Powerful Primal Cry Ring out in his mind to the Rift Before Him. His soul suddenly left his body as if compelled or tempted by a mysterious force summoning him and tore through any restrictions set by The Divine and Profane to reach out to the deepest depths of the Abyss.
In an instant, he arrived at a place even the Demon Goddess Would think twice to set foot in! The All Burning Dark Flame Pyres where the Ancient Dead Demon Titans Rested. He could sense the several Archaic Divine Ghosts being roused by him - But he did not care for Them!
His goal was never them! He tore further into the Pyre and looked at a Glowing Crimson Storm Vortex surrounding a Colossal Stele with Glowing Text from Thanatotic Runes. Seeing those Runes Drove His soul into an even Greater Frenzy. His Soul Commanded the Stele to give its knowledge to him!
But Stele remained idle as if not hearing his command at all!
He Was Infuriated! How Dare it not share it with Him!
As if to vent his wrath out at the Stele not being able to recognize him - His Soul Powered by his Mythic Power - let out a terrifying roar that made the Archaic Ghosts shiver in fright!
They scrammed back to the Burning Pyres to hide themselves from this horrifying existence! Even if it the soul was weak now, it was way more attuned to the Abyss than the Demon Goddess!
If only one knew - the more one's soul Attunes to a higher Dimension, the more valued they Are By it! Not only would they never face any kind of impediment in Cultivating that Higher Dimensional Energy, but Their Words also carried POWER.
With a few words they could Use Forbidden Magic without Restraint - They could Alter one's Fate with Ease! If someone irritated them, the consequences for the culprit was Terrifying. Imagine having a whole Higher Dimension Coming After You!
As long as this soul was in that crazed state of activating this attunement, it was practically a god. They did not want to Provoke this Monster!
As soon as Aavesh's Soul Roared, The Very Abyss shook so fiercely that Even the Demon Goddess felt uneasy. Every Denizen of the Abyss heard this Crazy Wrath-Filled Cry!
But no Demon was able to find out where it was from, even the Demon Goddess Felt the Abyss concealing the Source of this Commotion!
The Consciousness within the Stele that was sleeping until now felt the whole Abyss Awakening it. It then Observed an Angry mortal with an Extremely Pure Form of Abyssal Mythic Power Around it. The Power had first been bestowed by a lowly Demon Lord but somehow it was extremely well refined that it kept increasing the Mortal's Attunement with the Abyss Exponentially!
What a Bargain!
This one's Soul Attunement Surprisingly was even purer than the Demon Goddess - It could not be lost to any other Realm! It then felt the Abyss Speak to it - The Abyss wanted to tempt this soul so that it would join its side at the moment of Fate!
Very well.
It would give the mortal knowledge - knowledge that no Demon Could Dream of Ever receiving! It would make sure that the mortal knew which side to go to!
The moment of Fate was so near Now, it could feel it!
It then sent a thin line of Crimson Runes into the Soul. Aavesh's Soul felt indescribable elation at this!
HE FELT HIS SOUL TOUCH SOMETHING FORBIDDEN - EVEN BY THE DEMON GODS!
In an instant, He felt his soul return back to the Material Plane right when the 'modified' soldiers had cast the Destructive Red Beams on it and the moment he knelt down.
Kneel Down? How Dare They! His Soul Began to Stimulate that Forbidden Knowledge and he began to chant a strange spell in Thanathotic Language - An ancient Language used by Extremely Powerful Demon Titans and Gods.
As he began to chant, His Eyes Glowed Pure Red, with a new Reddish Aura Overlapping his Blue Aura.
Ancient Glowing Red runes begin to emerge around him and moved like 2-3 Rings around him. The Modified soldiers did not Even Relent on this Abnormality - They Kept on pouring more and more Power onto the Cast - causing the Red beams to grow even more Stronger.
But The Stronger those Beams were - the more they were absorbed into the Crimson Runes, which began to revolve around Aavesh Even Faster! Aavesh then began to levitate above the ground as the Power of those Crimson Rings was about to hit a threshold - A limit.
At that moment, Aavesh stopped chanting and Roared out!
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"
His Glowing Red Eyes suddenly shined extremely bright and The Glowing crimson rings made up of runes stopped Revolving and instantly Exploded. The Energy Blast was so intense that the 'modified' soldiers were turned into dust instantaneously! But it did not stop here - The Blast Blew a huge chunk of The Massive Cavern Entrance Off - If Anyone could use any Monitoring Satellite they could now clearly see a huge Rift.
Almost Every Demon and Cultist was incinerated in that Energy Blast. However, the rift and a huge chunk of the army were protected by a shattering Shadow Shield cast by the 'man' when he suddenly sensed danger.
When he observed what had happened - he nearly cursed out angrily! Their whole Base was exposed for the Humans To See. All protective Rituals and Stealth Technology that hid the cavern had been taken out in that Blast!
As if Realizing that they could no longer hide and buy time for this ritual, He immediately mobilized Every Demon Through Chaos Portals and commanded all forces to form a Blockade around the Rift!
The Enemy must never reach the Rift at all costs - Or if something happened today - several plans of their Faction of Go up in flames!
The 'man' then scanned the aftermath to detect the Culprit who caused it only to see an armored Demonized Teen Boy with Glowing Red Eyes staring back angrily at him!
Executor Visor However sent a psychic shock into Aavesh's mind, snapping him out of his Rage for Now. Aavesh did not rebuke Executor Visor as he also could saw what had happened. If anything he was grateful to the Executor for bringing him back to senses.
"You have done something extremely Dangerous, But it has improved your chances of Closing the Rift by nearly 700% - if the enemy doesnt pull of any tricks. But you must do it soon or you will truly lose your mortality and become a demon. At that point I will have no choice but to kill you immediately. Do You Understand and Comply?"
"Yes Executor, I know - Lets End This Nightmare"
Aavesh now glanced at the Pulsing Rift with Extreme Determination. This was the last chance. He knew that the Executor might not be able to wake him back again if he went under. He had to do IT NOW.
But before he could move, he sensed the void fluctuate violently before him.
Several Chaos Portals opened as Legions of Demons began to Pour out to Stand Between Aavesh and the Rift. But Suddenly Several Massive Ships of the Alliance that had gone before to deal with Several occurrences of Demons Assault had detected the Highest Signature of Chaos Portals Here.
Every force was mobilized to deal with this Demon Threat in One Go! This was a golden opportunity as all the Demons had gathered here together! It was a rare Golden Opportunity to end the war here! The 'man' 's face looked extremely ugly at this turn of events. He once again calmed himself and looked on to the New Battle Before Him.
No matter what happened, Nothing would stop the Demon Goddess from getting what she wants! Even if he had to soak this whole Planet in BLOOD!!!