Abyssal Lord of the Magi World

Zatiel's soul force peaked as a purple force field began to emerge from his mind. His cultivation was high enough to generate an illusion realm into reality, not having to endure the pressure of trapping the enemy's consciousness in a different dimension that could shatter at any second.

The purple force field began to spread across the Emptiness, and its ethereal nature allowed it to fuse into space-time while at the same time ignoring the pressure of the endless waves of chaotic energy around them.

It took an incredible amount of effort and concentration on the Samsara Thearch to unleash his illusion realm in such a peaceful way that the Winged Whale would not notice it.

Although it began slowly, the force field soon expanded at a speed of several million light years per second. It took less than an hour for the Sasmara Thearch to generate the illusion realm the size of a standard super universe.

Yet, that was just the first step since now he had to mimic the Emptiness's nature, forces, and energy into the illusion realm to trick the Winged Whale into believing nothing had changed.

That process took much longer and required a lot of effort and soul force from the Samsara Thearch. It would be easy for him to make a perfect replica of a standard super universe's Law Matrix, generating an illusion realm capable of giving birth to actual life. Still, the Emptiness was much more complex since its nature was chaos itself, with Astral, Nether, and Essence combined into a single energy.

Creating an illusion realm the size of a super universe took less than an hour, but mimicking the Emptiness required several weeks.

The Samsara Thearch looked very tired, with a pale face and exhausted expression. The energy waves and erratic soul force emanating from him would corroborate that state to anyone watching.

Not wasting time or taking a moment to rest, Zatiel's Samsara Pupil and Eros Eye began to glow as he used a Fourth Realm Omnipotent Spell.

"Samsara Dream Realm."

The Emptiness trembled for a second as the power and nature of the illusion realm evolved to something that broke the boundaries between imagination and reality.

"ARRRRRRRROOOOOOOO!"

The Winged Whale unleashed a low-toned guttural roar again as it noticed the sudden change in the Emptiness. However, after a few hours and noticing nothing bad had happened, it simply continued with its dance across the endless waves of chaotic energy.

This majestic creature did not understand that its consciousness was now in Samsara Dream Realm. Its body stopped moving in the real world, allowing even an Initial Stage life form to see it.

Zatiel moved toward the Winged Whale and put his hand over the creature's head. Now that the consciousness was trapped in the Samsara Dream Realm, he planned to send the whole soul.

If the Samsara Thearch succeeded, he would manage to flawlessly separate the Winged Whale's soul from its body, allowing this one to live in the Samsara Dream Realm. Then, nothing would stop Zatiel from using the creature's body to generate a weapon.

Separating the soul from the body without the target realizing it was an extremely complicated task, which is why Zatiel closed his eyes, forgetting about everything else.

Gradually a sky-blue figure began to emerge from the Winged Whale's body, leaving for the Samsara Dream Realm.

Just as Zatiel was about to finish, a figure appeared behind him, and before he could react, a dagger pierced his back, reaching all the way into his heart.

Total and absolute shock appeared in the Samsara Thearch's eyes when the dagger pierced his heart. He managed to turn his head, looking at the attacker, and what he saw was an obsidian starfish.

No eyes could be seen in the creature at first, but as you looked closer to where its mouth was supposed to be, you could see a black eye with a golden pupil.

There were no emotions whatsoever in that obsidian starfish's eye as it looked back at Zatiel. Clearly, it felt no rage, or guilt, by its actions.

"Do not take it personally, but devouring you will help my evolution. The only one you can blame for all this is yourself, as your actions have drawn too much attention, and it was just a matter of time before someone went after you."

Zatiel heard that message in his mind, but he immediately overcame the shock and focused on the dagger penetrating his heart. He realized that the weapon was actually an appendage of the obsidian starfish.

The creature could morph its body into different weapons capable of piercing the body of Middle Stage Fourth Realm life forms!

Had the Samsara Thearch been at full power, he could have reacted to the enemy's attack, but the generation of the illusion realm and sending the Winged Whale into it drained most of his energy and soul force.

Just as Zatiel was ready to make his bloodline burst, the dagger transformed into billions of tendrils that invaded his bloodstream and began to devour his blood.

The obsidian starfish did not stop there, as the rest of its appendages mutated into whips that rolled around the Samsara Thearch's arms, legs, and neck.

Not only did the mutated appendage of the obsidian starfish have an overwhelming strength, but there was a force inside the creature generating a cycle of endless growth.

Every ounce of blood the obsidian starfish consumed from the Samsara Thearch was transformed into energy, which revolved around its body. The amazing part was that after every successful revolution, that amount of energy would grow higher.

The creature's body was like a reactor that could create more energy using energy.

"Your bloodline is so powerful! It provides me with a perfect catalyst for my growth!"

Pure and absolute thrill appeared in the voice of the obsidian starfish as it consumed more and more of the Samsara Thearch's bloodline.

Zatiel realized the unique power of the obsidian starfish, but he had something else that needed his immediate attention. He had been in the middle of taking the Winged Whale's soul out of its body when the obsidian starfish pierced his heart.

Now that Zatiel was immobilized and could no longer carry on with the spell, the Winged Whale's soul began to react, and its consciousness trapped inside the Samsara Dream Realm noticed something was wrong.

The Winged Whale's consciousness reacted violently as the soul forced its way back into the body, suffering severe damage and being left unconscious.

In his current condition, Zatiel did not have the time to worry about the safety of others, but the reason he wanted to calm the Winged Whale was the backlash he would suffer if the Samsara Dream Realm shattered.

Unfortunately, Zatiel was not able to stop it, and the wild behavior of the Winged Whale shattered the illusion realm, making him bleed from his eyes and ears as he felt his mind would split in two.

All that made the mission of the obsidian starfish much easier, using all its power to devour the Samsara Thearch's bloodline, and once there was nothing left, the creature opened its mouth and consumed the entire body as well.

"¡Hahahaha!"

The obsidian starfish could not help but burst into laughter as it felt its power growing more and more before its eye turned toward the Winged Whale. It showed no mercy as it pierced the cosmic beast's body with its appendages, consuming its blood and soul.

"¡HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Its laughter grew stronger as it could not believe how lucky it was and how much power it had gained.

Unfortunately for the obsidian starfish, all its achievements meant nothing since it was currently in an illusion.

In the real world, the Samsara Thearch had his right hand on the Winged Whale, while the left one held the obsidian starfish.

Everything started long before Zatiel reached the Winged Whale. After leaving the Obsidian Gate, he had already detected a presence but did not react to it. He even went to the extreme of faking a weakened state when in reality, the energy nucleus inside his heart had kept his vitality and soul force at their peak this entire time.

The obsidian starfish had indeed attacked him, but Zatiel was able to react, grabbing the creature before this one could pierce his heart and sending its consciousness into the Samsara Dream Realm.

Despite the obsidian starfish having the power to harm a Middle Stage life form, its cultivation was still at the Initial Stage, so it could not resist the might of a Fourth Realm Omnipotent Spell.

"Regardless of its cultivation, its Truth is indeed remarkable."

Zatiel showed a cold smile as his Samsara Pupil, Eternal Flame Pupil, and Thanatos Eye glowed simultaneously, generating multicolored runes that invaded the obsidian starfish's soul and body.

Unlike his plans for the Winged Whale, the Samsara Thearch would use every piece of the obsidian starfish's existence to create a weapon, but before that, he would read its mind.