Chapter 474 1 minute has pa.s.sed by

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BACK TO THE PRESENT TIME.

TIME BEFORE EMPEROR LITCH ARRIVES: 8 MINUTES 30 SECONDS

Once Alex had properly dealt with Black Alex's dilemma, he turned his attention back once more on Golden Alex, whose body now wore signs of injuries.

"…"

These injuries came from Ray's attacks that were meant to kill Golden Alex. Fortunately for Golden Alex, these attacks had been weakened or ablated by the Divine Beings that were currently fighting Ray. If it weren't for them, then Golden Alex could have been a mangled corpse already.

But even with this kind of state, Golden Alex appeared to be still unhappy with his situation, which was shown further by his scathing words.

"You done talking with Black Alex? Good. Now focus back on my body!" Golden Alex thought angrily as he felt Alex's attention going back on him. "Those three divine beings did their best to slow down the Supreme Puppet for 30 seconds, and yet some of his attacks almost hit me! You… you don't know how many times I almost died! Tsk, I am an Emperor who should not be experiencing something like this!"

"Stop acting like that and man up already. You're the representation of the Conqueror's Aura, so you should be more magnanimous than me!" Alex snorted in reply as he resumed his observation on Ray. "Sigh, it seems like your courage had been left on the other half of the Conqueror's Aura…. No wonder you've been acting like this…"

"…I will tolerate your insults since you've been doing your best to keep me alive. But don't think that I will forget about this." Golden Alex replied as he huffed in irritation. He then clicked his tongue as he also observed the battle above him.

"Oi Alex… how much longer can these Divine Beings fight against Ray? They don't seem well-off already…" Golden Alex murmured as he and Alex saw the pale and ashen expressions of Lingo, Peina, and the angel. "And only 30 seconds have pa.s.sed since they started battling! Doesn't this look bad?"

"Their current power is only at the bottom tier of Sixth Stage. The only reason that they can fight equally against Ray was because they boosted their power by burning their lifespan." Alex replied glumly as he saw the angel's sword get repelled by Ray's bombs. "This method might seem effective, but due to its cost, its time is extremely limited. In my estimates, these Divine Beings can only last for 1 more minute before they have to stop fighting Ray…"

"1 minute? The f**k? That's too short!" As usual, the preposterous Golden Alex let out another complaint to Alex. "Once they're done, there will still be 7 minutes and 30 seconds of time left before Emperor Litch arrives! That's still not a good time for you to use Power Synchronization!"

"I know that, so don't try telling that to me again." Alex said. "But don't worry, I think that I already have another person ready to replace the Divine Beings once they're done. We just have to wait and see if he succeeds on his 'situation'."

"…Are you talking about Black Alex? Because that's the clone that you just talked to earlier." Golden Alex noted as he noticed the strange tone on Alex's answer. "Didn't you tell me that he's paralyzed? Someone like that can't be useful to me! Besides, he's just as strong as me! There's no way that he can a.s.sist here!"

"If you said that before, then I would have believed you." Alex said as he mentally shook his head. "But now? Heh, not only does Black Alex have the chance to reach Grade 6, he also the chance to reach Transcendence!"

"What? How the h.e.l.l did he-"

"Don't ask me anymore. Just focus on our situation right now." Alex abruptly said, interrupting Golden Alex's attempt to question him. "You will know what I am talking about once Black Alex succeeds. For now, let's just focus on keeping yourself alive, ok?"

"…..Fine. That's the only thing that I can do anyway, so why not focus on it? Hmph, I hate this mess…." After Golden Alex said this lamenting words, he let out a grunt as he forced his body to move sideways.

"Scwhing!"

A gigantic shockwave of laser beams went past through Golden Alex's former location, shredding the air around it with its intense heat. Some of these heat had managed to singe Golden Alex's skin, which elicited a grunt of pain from him.

"Ugh! I really hate this!" Golden Alex continued to say as he saw Lingo reeling from the laser bomb that Ray just used. There was no doubt that this bomb was the source of the laser shockwaves that almost killed Golden Alex, as Lingo was unable to stop it fully from exploding. "Why do I always have to play tag with my life in line! This is just incorrect!"

"…" Alex had no more words to say to Golden Alex at this point, as the former realized that the latter was already too invested on cursing against his current fate. There's nothing else that Alex can do now but to a.s.sist Golden Alex, as doing anything else is just unnecessary.

"Oi Alex, where the h.e.l.l is Asteria anyway? I still haven't seen her since earlier! Is she doing something traitorous again?" Even if Golden Alex was currently dabbling with death, he still had the urge to gossip about Asteria, something which Alex was not sure if he can admonish.

"Don't worry about that stupid fairy. I made sure that she won't do anything to f**k us over." Alex replied as he shook his head. "Why are you worrying about her anyway? Do you think she can be of help here?"

In face of this question by Alex, which had the sound of Alex's extremely incredulity, Golden Alex found himself unable to answer it, as he also realized how ridiculous his question sounded.

"Oi, don't judge my question! I just thought that that fairy can be used here!" Golden Alex replied hotly as he got blasted by another shockwave. "She can't be killed in conventional ways, so maybe we can use her to s.h.i.+eld-"

"Stop talking now, Golden Alex. Our chance to extend our lives had come already." Alex suddenly said, cutting off Golden Alex's hasty answer. "Hehehe, I did not expect him to catch on my advice already… Maybe he's actually much smarter than I thought he was? Hmm... I guess this needs more observation later…"

Alex said these words while looking up at the sky, more specifically at the mothers.h.i.+p that had been continuously shooting its weaponry at Malthus. This mothers.h.i.+p was still relentless on its attacks on Malthus, creating a dizzying array of blasts that continued to rock the whole planet.

"Boom boom boom!"

Alex's focus on the s.h.i.+p however seemed to be not on the s.h.i.+p or its weapons. Instead, Alex appeared to be looking at what was behind the s.h.i.+p. As for why he was looking there, even Golden Alex could not understand anything from it.

"…"

A few tense seconds pa.s.sed by with Alex only staring at the s.h.i.+p, with nothing noteworthy happening on it. This made Golden Alex think of questioning Alex once more, as he was just wasting precious seconds of their time.

But before Golden Alex could remind Alex of what his 'priority' should be, 'It' suddenly happened.

"Hong~"

Out of nowhere, a ma.s.sive, 7-branched tree suddenly materialized behind the mother s.h.i.+p, with 5 of its branches glowing brightly as a star.

The tree's body was almost as large as a planet, with its branches looking like enormous continents attached to a humungous tree trunk. It was even larger that Queen Mother's current form, something which drew some reaction to the crowds that saw it.

This tree's size, along with its stealthy entrance, forced the mothers.h.i.+p to have adverse reactions to it.

"Tremble…"

The mother s.h.i.+p began to shake as the tree loomed all over it, with some of its weapons almost losing their control. Some of these weapons had their strikes deviated by a degree, causing widespread destruction on the nearby forests. Some even affected the sea itself, causing ma.s.sive clouds of fog to cover the sky.

Luckily for Alex, these deviations did not allow Malthus to have some breathing room, as the s.h.i.+p continued its a.s.sault on him even with the sudden appearance of the tree.

It seems as if the controllers of the s.h.i.+p had decided to treat the tree like it was a neutral power, something that is not worth attacking for now.

But Alex knew that if this tree begins to do something weird, the s.h.i.+p and its fleet will start peppering it with everything that they can.

Well, Alex was not really worried about this, as he knew that nothing wrong will happen with the tree.

In fact, the appearance of this tree made Alex feel extremely pleased, as its existence made him realize that his plan earlier had succeeded!

"Do you see that tree, Golden Alex? That tree right there is my Original Abyss Spell, the Calamity of Seven Sins!" Alex said, with the elation on his words easily recognizable. "It may look different compared to before, but that's my own power. Hehe, Black Alex seems to be putting it into good use…"

"…"

To say that Alex was extremely pleased now is just an understatement, as even the pessimistic Golden Alex was slowly getting influenced by Alex's joyous state.

"Oi! Why the am I feeling happy now? We're about to die G.o.ddamit! I should feel panicking-"

"Hehehe, since Black Alex had decided to show that tree, then that means that he's about to do something special! And if my hunch is right, he must be attempting to have his breakthrough!" Alex said as Golden Alex tried his best to not feel as happy as the former. "d.a.m.n, Black Alex! You actually used less than a minute of time to bully Cheva! You… you surpa.s.sed my expectations of you!"

TIME LEFT BEFORE EMPEROR LITCH ARRIVES: 8 MINUTES

TIME LEFT BEFORE THE POSSESSION FINISHES: 16 MINUTES