Chapter 1846 - 1846. Flawed
The Demonic Deduction technique advanced with Noah"s mind, but it also fed on his bloodl.u.s.t. The latter was nothing more than a violent feeling that carried pure destructive meanings, so the death dragon"s aura worked even better when it reached the scarlet lines.
The expansion of the Demonic Deduction technique hurt as scarlet lines dug the mental sphere to stretch and create a tighter array that filled the insides of Noah"s mind with a red radiance that shone above and under the mental sea.
Noah felt as if his existence was on fire. He felt an aspect of his law intensifying while the dragon"s energy continued to fuse with his scarlet lines. His violent thoughts started to touch nefarious topics that he had never even considered. Their destructiveness wasn"t pure anymore. It gained a meaning that actively tried to spread death through the world.
Noah was only half-conscious during that process. His existence threatened to give birth to flaws while the dragon"s energy continued to fuse with one of his iconic techniques. His mind was improving, but the direction of that growth didn"t seem to go along with his existence.
Forgetting about the current situation ended up being impossible. Noah inevitably thought about the solid stage woman in the sky, the swarm, and the other cultivators as the wave of violent thoughts filled his mind and threatened to make his mental walls crumble.
Noah considered the scene under perspectives that he would have never acknowledged in the past. Those thoughts even carried far more details in comparison with the past. He felt able to shatter entire regions with a single glance now, and similar understandings happened when it came to the battlefield.
The violent thoughts considered everything, especially the fact that the four upper tier dragons appeared unable to beat the solid stage woman and her underlings. The rest of the troops wouldn"t matter once that battle ended, so Noah focused the entirety of his enlightenment toward the leaders.
The violent thoughts tried to give ideas about the solid stage woman and the upper tier dragons, but each plan felt unreasonable since his mind couldn"t completely grasp the difference in power with that level. Yet, one idea slowly solidified and gained proper details that almost sounded possible. Noah felt astonished to see that he was actually developing a plan meant to affect a battle among existences at the peak of the ninth rank.
"Don"t even think about it," Noah ordered to himself as faint clarity returned to his mind. "That"s the ninth rank. I can"t start messing with that realm due to faint ideas!"
It didn"t matter how much Noah tried to look away from his violent thoughts. They thrived inside his mind and fed on the intense energy of the death dragon. They manifested themselves in his vision even if he tried to suppress them, and he ended up developing a plan that could put an end to the current battle.
"Stop!" Noah shouted in his mind again, but a helpless expression inevitably appeared on his face as his d.e.s.i.r.es shattered. "Am I really going to suggest that?"
The more Noah thought about the plan, the more the idea sounded reasonable. Four upper tier creatures capable of affecting the four fundamental aspects of the world could do basically everything he could imagine. Even the ma.s.sive storms had to bend in front of their power.
It felt stupid to deploy so much power into a seemingly hopeless battle. The pack of dragons had completed their mission in the end. The s.p.a.ce dragon was free, and all the troops were still alive. Continuing to fight felt pointless since the situation didn"t seem to benefit their side.
"Your destruction is so stupid!" Noah eventually shouted as the death dragon"s aura continued to flow inside his mind. "Make it stop!"
"You can just remove your hand," The death dragon growled.
"Never!" Noah roared. "My mind has never advanced so quickly. Just make better destruction!"
The death dragon remained speechless. Its power didn"t come from understanding or enlightenment. Those paths often contained many flaws and remained limited to a small number of laws. Instead, the creature had inherited its abilities from the previous world. They were as perfect as they could be.
However, Noah couldn"t help but find significant issues with the dragon"s destruction. A feeling that only wanted to spread death felt pointless and hard to deploy. It wasn"t ductile at all, and it would only hurt Noah"s broad law.
The experts on the scene didn"t know what to say. They had no words to describe how unrespectful and reckless Noah was. He was a mere rank 8 existence, but he didn"t hesitate to contradict a magical beast that stood at the very apex of the cultivation world.
"Death is the final destruction," The dragon growled after a short moment of silence. "Death would solve this crisis if I were strong enough to deploy its full power."
"But you are stuck in this useless state since you can"t win against Heaven and Earth on your own," Noah complained. "You could just make the hurricane fall and open a path for your companions. Destruction can lead to life."
The death dragon fell silent as a faint flicker ran through its empty eyes. The experts in the area could hear Noah and could understand the meaning behind the creature"s roar, so they had kept track of the entirety of the conversation. Their expression inevitably lit up in surprise after the last line reached their ears. It clearly was one of Noah"s crazy plans, but it sounded almost reasonable.
King Elbas and the others didn"t know whether to feel shocked or glad about that issue. Noah had developed a crazy plan that didn"t involve anyone"s sacrifice or immense struggle. It was a fairly simple tactic meant to get everyone outside of the area.
"That might be doable," The death dragon replied through a faint roar, and the energy converging in Noah"s mind suddenly went through some changes.
Noah sensed how the dragon"s destruction stopped being a mindless pursuit of death, but that change only lasted for an instant. The energy quickly returned to its previous state, and the tremors experienced by his mental sphere intensified.
"Does its inheritance compel it to abide by its rules?" Noah wondered when he studied that event.
His hand was still on the black scales, and he had no intentions to remove it. The black hole quickly sent dark matter to reinforce the mental walls so that Noah"s mind could continue to expand without shattering, but it was clear that he couldn"t keep up any longer.
The issue wasn"t only with the sheer power contained in the dragon"s aura. The meanings carried during the touch transformed the Demonic Deduction techniques and made it generate thoughts meant only to pursue death. That feeling was so intense that Noah even started to imagine how to kill himself.
Noah endured until he felt that the dragons" influence didn"t affect his existence, but he removed his hand once his destruction started to resemble the creature.
His mental sphere consumed the remaining destructive aura that lingered in its insides before it stopped trembling. Noah regained complete clarity at that point, but his overbearing and unrestrained character remained.
"Why are you still here?" Noah exclaimed while ma.s.saging his temples. "I thought you had a hurricane to destroy."
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Author"s notes: Next one should arrive in an hour or so too.