Chapter 2099 - 1660: The Incremental Body Virtualized

Chapter 2099: Chapter 1660: The Incremental Body Virtualized

The struggle between the new and old kings of the Undead is exceptionally fierce, often ending with the old king being devoured by the new one.

However, Ange and the Monarch share a relatively harmonious relationship. The Monarch has a fiercely protective nature, while Ange doesn’t care about anything besides planting vegetables. Neither is interested in power, leaving no fundamental conflict between them.

If Ange encounters any trouble, given the Monarch’s protective nature, he would certainly roll up his sleeves to help. But there’s an awkward problem: Ange’s strength far surpasses the Monarch’s, creating a huge gap in energy levels between them.

Ange’s mere projected avatar has an energy level not far from the Monarch’s original body, so he can’t be of much help and sometimes even benefits from Ange’s perks, making him feel quite embarrassed as a Monarch.

Seeing there was no trouble, the Monarch slipped away. Nobody knew how he reached the Furnace Branch, nor why he was sent to aid Kelanis.

But Anthony and Negris have some inklings. Knowing the Monarch’s nature, given the chance to fight, he certainly wouldn’t miss it.

It’s likely he heard about the Ghost Tourers gathering here, so he volunteered to come.

Silver coin just needed to keep quiet, and the others’ discussions would naturally lean toward accepting his aid. After all, it’s a good thing; someone is coming to help without expecting a reward—why reject it?

"Alright, since everyone agrees, I’ll open the Gate of No Boundary and invite them over," Kelanis said.

Anthony and the others quickly switched to Ossia’s vision.

Ossia’s vision is completely different from what the silver coin sees. The silver coin sees an Illusion Territory, perceiving himself in a grand and solemn palace hall. But Ossia sees vast expanses of bark, with wrapped heads and white crystals within them.

Looking at these ashen heads and their cloudy, hollow eyes, Negris finally understands why Ossia calls them the Living Dead.

These Living Dead lack even souls, merely bodies capable of thought, mistakenly believing themselves to control the Nether River Council, when in fact they’re just empty shells parasitized by Ossia.

As Ossia’s vision expands, reaching another area of bark, others can’t discern any difference between this area and the one with planted heads; they are seamlessly integrated, indistinguishable from each other.

However, with the experience of the Ancient Man Snake, Negris and the others can see that this area no longer belongs to Ossia’s body but is part of the Tree of Ten Thousand Realms.

The main body of the Tree of Ten Thousand Realms splits its bark open, and from within, a Gate of No Boundary is lifted out, with invisible increments injected into it, soon emitting a faint glow.

After an indeterminate length of time, the Gate of No Boundary slowly opens.

A silvery-shining skeletal footbone protrudes from within, tiptoes feeling forward. Once firmly placed, a skull rapidly follows.

This sneaky appearance doesn’t match the Monarch’s usual domineering stance, often ready to strike, yet Negris instantly recognizes him: "It really is the Old Immortal, truly that old guy."

Anthony, Ursman, and others obviously couldn’t recognize anyone from the skeleton, its sneaky demeanor also not aligning with the Monarch’s persona, so they hesitantly said: "Is it really Your Majesty? How come it seems a bit..."

"It’s him, it’s really the Old Immortal. Don’t think he’s just reckless; he was always like this, sneaky." Negris unhesitatingly reveals the Monarch’s faults.

The others hadn’t seen the Monarch’s sneaky side, but Ange and Negris have. Back when they first arrived in the Friel Empire, the Monarch had just reached Mourning in power, and he hid a lot.

Others felt it unlike him because they hadn’t seen this side, but Negris recognized him straight away—it was indeed the Old Immortal.

Sure enough, after peeking out to ensure the Gate of No Boundary was safe on this side, the entire skeleton slipped through.

This was precisely why Anthony and Negris found him sneaky. At this level, a skeleton doesn’t need to stick its head out to observe the outside world.

Even just extending a toe or finger could assess the surroundings through soul waves, so the foot had already seen the nearby situation when it extended. Yet, the head still came out, putting on a show.

A silver-shining Star Skeleton stepped through the Gate of No Boundary, surrounded by twinkling stars, and the environment was instantly enveloped in an invisible soul wave.

This wave spread like ripples, sweeping over everything, passing over the Tree of Ten Thousand Realms, over those ashen heads, finally converging on Kelanis.

"Kelanis, you may call me the Undead Ruler," the Monarch calmly stated.

Kelanis’ thought curiously swept over the Monarch’s body: "Skeleton?"

Kelanis would never have imagined that who the Master of Furnace had confidently sent to aid him would be a human-shaped skeleton.

Admittedly, this Incremental Body might be valued by others, but Kelanis is a God Star, inherently an Incremental Source, making the Incremental Body meaningless to him.

The skeleton has the burden of having a physical form in the Void, making its movement slower than the Star Descendant. How could it catch up with the Ghost Hunting Dog? Even if it caught up, could such a small Incremental Body defeat it?

A flood of questions surged in his mind, bringing to Kelanis’ thoughts what Helios had said: give it a try.

Thinking of this, Kelanis’ thoughts immediately focused on the Monarch, saying, "Undead Ruler, you..."

Before finishing, the Monarch instantly turned into a phantom, plummeting downward, smashing into Kelanis’ outer shell, creating a large hole, and diving into the Star Flame.

Everyone was simultaneously startled; Negris even called out: "Star Shifting? Virtualization?"

Anthony immediately said: "It’s not Star Shifting, it’s Virtualization. Your Majesty virtualized the Star Body? How is that possible?"

Could the Star Body actually virtualize? They immediately recognized the benefits of this transformation. The Star Body is Ange’s most potent combat form, capable of withstanding the high temperature and pressure within a God Star, and its attack power is also extremely strong. Its only flaw is its lack of rapid mobility.

If the Star Body could virtualize, wouldn’t that mean it could also Star Shift?

While they pondered the advantages of Star Body virtualization, Kelanis was utterly panicked. He realized this Incremental Body was unstoppable, unblockable, untouchable, slithering toward his core like a nimble eel.

An eel is not terrifying, but an eel that burrows inside and cannot be grasped is terrifying indeed.

Kelanis suddenly thought of a possibility, if this Incremental Body was sent by Helios to kill him...