Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse-Chapter 4986: Devastation II

The waves washed over crystalline plates that absorbed the assault without yielding, without cracking, without showing any indication that tremendous force was being applied against them.

The corruption that had dissolved countless victims across eons simply stopped when it met Infinite defense that regenerated faster than damage could accumulate.

The millions of obsidian pillars descended upon the Bulwark formation with weight that should have crushed anything beneath their combined impact.

They struck crystalline armor that did not move a single inch.

The Bulwarks absorbed the obsidian pillars as they had absorbed the crimson seas, their Bounded Countable Infinity converting all damage received into stored energy that would fuel other applications. The assault that would have devastated armies simply ended when it met defense that extended in sequences without termination.

The Undivided One and the three Formless Terrors paused in their assault.

Confusion crossed their primitive awareness as they processed the impossibility of what they had just witnessed. Their attacks had not merely been blocked. Their attacks had been rendered irrelevant, absorbed by fortifications that showed no sign of strain from containing forces that should have overwhelmed anything at THE First Scale of Existence.

Noah waved his hand again.

"Maws. Forty of you. Ten per target."

The Hungering Maws moved with eagerness that had been building since their elevation.

Forty of the predatory Absolutes surged forward through gaps in the Bulwark formation, their tentacles writhing with barely contained violence as they split into groups of ten. Each group oriented toward one of the four enemies, their serrated maws opening to release Embodiments filled with definitions of Infinity that blazed with blue-gold light against the corruption of THE Wastes.

The first ten Maws reached the amoebic Formless Terror and demonstrated what Infinite offense truly meant.

Their Embodiments did not merely strike the Terror’s form. They defined it. They imposed Infinite structure upon churning undifferentiation, crystallizing the creature’s existence into patterns it could not escape. The Maws descended upon their target with limbs and tentacles moving like hammers and swords, bludgeoning Infinite definitions into a being that had never experienced definition forced upon it before.

The Terror tried to release more undifferentiation in response.

The attempt failed.

The Maws’ Reality Severance attacked its existence directly, bypassing the defensive mechanisms that had protected it across eons. Their Predatory Geodesic Instinct found every weakness in its distributed consciousness, every vulnerability in its countless eyes, every gap in its primordial defenses. They struck those weaknesses with Hunger that grew stronger with every moment of contact, their Infinite power stacks building as they tore into their target with brutality of absolute dominance!

Tentacles wrapped around portions of the amoebic mass and ripped them away while other tentacles crystallized what remained with Infinite definitions. Serrated maws bit into churning darkness and imposed structure that the darkness could not reject. Limbs descended like siege weapons, each impact driving more definition into existence that had known only formlessness.

DUM! DUM! DUM!

A Glorious symphony of war bloomed.

The second group of ten Maws reached the crustacean-configured Terror and repeated the demonstration.

Armored segments that had protected the creature across eons shattered under strikes that attacked existence itself rather than physical form. The core of pure undifferentiation that pulsed within those segments found itself crystallized by Embodiments that extended Infinitely, definitions arriving from angles that conventional defense could not anticipate. The Maws bludgeoned their target with the same brutal efficiency their brethren displayed!

The third group reached the constantly shifting Terror and demonstrated that chaos provided no defense against Infinite structure.

Every configuration the creature assumed found itself crystallized before the next shift could occur.

The fourth group reached the Undivided One and showed that size meant nothing against properly applied Infinity.

The serpent-centipede form that had seemed so massive moments ago found itself overwhelmed by ten Absolutes whose combined assault attacked every segment simultaneously. Multiple heads that had released millions of obsidian pillars were crystallized one after another as the Maws imposed definitions that the Undivided One’s existence could not reject. Segments that had writhed with obsidian light went still as Infinite structure replaced undifferentiated chaos.

The entire engagement lasted seconds.

The Undivided One and three Formless Terrors that had seemed so dangerous moments ago now existed only as mutilated crystallized husks scattered across the battlefield. Their forms had been frozen into configurations of Infinite definition, their undifferentiation converted into structure that would persist until something dismantled it deliberately. What had been four enemies approaching Bazuman’s level were now four collections of crystallized matter that held no consciousness, no authority, no capacity for resistance.

"..."

It was too fucking quick!

Noah looked at the results with eyes that shone with tyranny.

"Multiply the harvest by a factor of ten."

His voice carried out across his existence.

"Then further elevate it by an exponent of three."

A pause.

"And for all the harvest here to go toward the Tetras Apeiron."

The crystallized defeated enemies began breaking apart as his authority processed their remains. What had been frozen structure became flowing essence, resources extracted from collapsed existences that would fuel further advancement. The harvest flowed toward his Legions in streams of blue-gold light that the Maws and Bulwarks and Chorus and Architects absorbed with foundations hungry for growth.

|Harvest Processing Complete|

|Four enemies collapsed: One Undivided One (Absolute Depth equivalent), Three Formless Terrors (Absolute Depth equivalent)|

|Base harvest multiplied by factor of 10, elevated by exponent of 3|

|Total harvest distributed to Tetras Apeiron|

|Results: All 400 Absolutes have received substantial foundation reinforcement. Hungering Maws who participated in direct combat have accumulated Infinite Hunger Stacks that persist beyond engagement. Bulwarks have stored absorbed damage in reservoirs available for redistribution. Overall Legion effectiveness increased by approximately 12%.|

...!

Noah looked across THE Wastes with eyes that shone with light matching his Infinities.

Four enemies that would have required careful planning to defeat not long ago, cleared in seconds through deployment of forces he had built through mass production and Sacred Herb cultivation!

He finally felt like the Hunter again.

Not the hunted, reacting to threats that emerged faster than he could address them. Not the defender, protecting territories from forces that seemed to multiply endlessly.

The Hunter, seeking targets and eliminating them with prejudice, growing stronger with every victory while his enemies grew weaker through attrition they could not reverse.

This was what Infinite warfare looked like.

"Where to next?"

He asked Infinite Undifferentiated Fate once more, reaching through the threads of destiny and Mana that connected him to targets across Observable Existence.

The golden strands burned before his awareness, each one leading to enemies worthy of his attention, each one representing opportunity for further demonstration of what he had built.

The Tetras Apeiron stood ready behind him, four hundred Absolutes awaiting their master’s command.