Chapter 54: New Earth's Catastrophe

They were complacent.

They thought that they could hide, that there is a place to hide, and when it will but be enough, they could negotiate.

But the fact of life was indisputable; Mortals cannot stand up to Immortals.

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When the world began to stir that was when they knew the reinforcement of the five powers arrived.

The destruction of the Three Locks formation had allowed the true coming out of the Godly Law Template, not just the mere apparition of its aura, and the focal points from which it surged to reassemble were the Heavy Water Pools of the former Down Ocean, the core region of the Earthly Crater and the second Savage Cave of New Earth.

New Earth was impregnable by mortal’s standards, perhaps even Immortal’s, but not God’s. The quakes it experienced from the upsurge of Godly energy ramming the seal on the pathway, which already in the first collision displayed signs of breaking, spread fissures in the network of tunnels and caves.

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“Unseal the pathway!” Supreme Ruler Trey was the nearest to the scene, as she was stationed by the pathway as the overseer of the seal.

Two fourth level Martial Mortals, product of the cultivation resources Zax received from General Logan and the Star Scavenger’s findings, showed up second and third.

“What’s happening, Second General?” The man asking looked like a middle aged soldier of yesteryear and actually called Supreme Ruler Trey by her old title.

“Help me break the seal, Don, Dan!” Supreme Ruler Trey ordered.

There was no way that they could break the seal by force before, but the instance it began crumbling they had a chance and time was of the essence.

As for the two men who share the same cultivation level as the Supreme Ruler, though understanding of the attribute was a different matter entirely, they were once known as Lieutenant Colonel Don Hakate of the United Governments of New Earth or UGNE and Commander Dani of the Kingdom Earth Resistance, old relics of the Supreme Rulers’ generation. Now they were veterans who offered their service to whom one of them will forever recognize as “Second General” and the other will always be called by her “Youngster Danny”.

Immediately the three combined their mist energies and shot in succession, and with as much force that they could muster, at the key spots of the sealing formation.

“It’s working!” Don declared.

“Mainly because of that frightening energy. It’s doing almost all the job. If it was controlled, it could have blasted the seal instantly”. Dan said with blood dripping from his seven orifices first, then from Don’s and finally Supreme Ruler Trey.

The fluctuations from the Godly Law Template’s energy were too severe for mortals. The longer they stayed in their vicinity, they quicker it would corrode them from the inside out!

Sadly, it already affected the sealing formation’s maintenance team that worked below Supreme Ruler Trey and due to her decision to unseal the formation before helping them, they were no longer savable.

“The seal broke, retreat!” Supreme Ruler Trey grabbed Don and Dan’s necks and dragged them away with what little power she had left.

Meanwhile, the Godly Law Template’s energy flowed smoothly through the pathway and the quakes lessened.

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In another place and slightly earlier than when Supreme Ruler Trey discovered the situation in the pathway...

Inside a small cavern, closed and shut from all matters of the external world.

Secluded in this cavern, Zax was seated cross legged, meditating in his sea of consciousness.

His closed doors sessions was about to reach the half year mark and his spirit’s progress in achieving an additional half step for the sixth bottleneck of insight, without alerting the Godly Retribution, was still in a stalemate.

‘No scenario I thought of works. The Godly Retribution is keener than I anticipated and wherever I employ the most insignificant action, I feel a consuming sense of dread’.

He would have felt even worse if he did not block all thoughts of the people he shut outside without a way to contact him.

‘Making the half step forward inconspicuously is too crucial for my final step. If I’ll succeed, then in a moment of crisis I’ll be in a position to disregard the Godly Retribution, take the final step and grab the final bottleneck in hopes of meeting all the requirements for the Legacy Of The One’s Path and maybe create a miracle... ‘

This was his drive to keep deliberating and remain secluded until he will accomplish the task he set for himself.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

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The cavern was hit by the quakes from the Godly Law Template’s energy and the formation he erected to shield it from disturbance collapsed in two seconds.

‘The Godly Law Template’s aura?! No! It’s much more concentrated than that!’ He had barely enough time to make this realization.

In the midst of attempt another method to advance the half step and while being in a very delicate state, the fluctuation from the Godly energy pervaded his physique and psyche, harming them both but also providing him the opportunity he sought for.

From the start he knew he will have to make a sacrifice to hoodwink the Godly Retribution. Bearing the Godly Law Template’s fluctuations in a weakened state had become the case for this part of the plan, and although it was more detrimental than what he aimed for, it had no real malicious intent, apart from that of the flaring Godly Retribution.

‘Fight fire with fire!’ Zax gathered his resolve. From the movement in the fluctuations he could tell they were only passing through. He did not know how long it would take them, so he chose to do what he can to pit one Godly power against another.

He initiated the half step. His spirit dropped the pretense of still being injured from when it was hit by Niel’s Godly Retribution. It stood tall and mighty and moved its right legged forward.