Chapter 603: The Devouring King's Incarnation! Myriad Worlds!
[Kiana: Isn't that a very dangerous enemy?!]
[Kushina: Yes! Since he's so terrifying, Ren-kun, how about... leaving that world?]
[Erza: ...If the enemy is like that, the destruction of the world might be its destined fate.]
[Ren: There's no need to be so pessimistic. The key point is that even for an existence like that, crossing countless Great Worlds is not an easy task.] This was no longer simply a power involving the multiverse. After all, a Great World might itself be an infinitely derived multiverse. [Moreover, the Chat Group's prompt gives a specific level, 9-Star, which doesn't necessarily mean it's irresistible.]
"!!! No, the Black Dragon and that Devourer's corpses are changing!" Sylvia exclaimed.
Ren had already noticed. On Jellal's corpse, a concept called 'Devouring' was expanding. At the same time, Acnologia's fragmented body emitted black light. The two merged, forming a pure black sphere.
Ren narrowed his eyes. "You wait for me here." What this thing was about to brew was something Earth Land could not withstand. Without another word, he transferred the sphere outside the universe. The birth of this thing was irreversible. There was an infusion of an unimaginably powerful Devouring concept from beyond. Even though he had grasped the concept of death, he still could not see the finality of death in this sphere.
After he left, the other members of Fairy Tail immediately walked to Erza's side. "Erza, where did that... powerful person go?" Mirajane asked.
Erza shook her head. "I don't know. He is protecting our world."
"Protecting our world?" everyone was confused.
Igneel's dragon head looked up, his expression solemn. "Acnologia's corpse changed… There's an extremely dangerous feeling, a power that can devour worlds!"
"I'm sorry, everyone. It's all my fault…" Princess Hisui was deeply apologetic.
Erza sighed. "None of this is your fault. This is the doomsday that exists in our world. Now, only Ren can save us…"
In the starry sky, Ren stared intently at the gurgling black sphere. "Thump, thump!!!" The concept of Devouring was expanding. The sphere grew, and as it expanded to the size of a galaxy, it merely quietly swallowed everything.
However, just as it expanded beyond a galaxy, the concept within had reached its limit. Until a crack appeared, and the universe's limit was broken. The sphere suddenly contracted into an extremely small mass, a momentary contraction that almost pulled at the fabric of the entire universe. Ren frowned, raising a hand to stabilize it.
[You...]
At this moment, his pupils constricted. A phantom yet majestic voice entered his ears. [...are also a candidate...]
The speaker was a cold man with long black hair and a black robe standing before him. He was the individual formed by the contraction of that vast Devouring concept, the concrete embodiment of it. If nothing went wrong, his concept had reached the Lv10 standard. But Ren was more concerned that he was communicating with him.
He frowned. "Who are you? And what is a candidate?"
The man's pure black eyes lifted slightly. [The Devouring King. You can call me that. This is an incarnation of a wisp of my thought power.]
"!!!" Ren was shocked. He never expected the Devouring King himself would descend, even if it was just an incarnation. The fact that this wisp possessed strength beyond a single universe truly astonished him.
[You seem to not understand the mission of a candidate?] The King seemed to show no hostility.
"What is a candidate?" Ren did not hide his ignorance.
[...] The King gazed at him, then lightly waved his arm. A sphere of light appeared. [This is a world, and also a universe.] As he finished, countless light spheres extended from the first. [This is a Grand Universe that infinitely derives new universes.]
Subsequently, these formed a new ball of light. [This is a Great World, above the concepts of world, universe, and Grand Universe. The world where we exist is called the Myriad Worlds, composed of infinite Great Worlds.]
As he spoke, infinite Great Worlds rotated around a peculiar central point of light. He lightly tapped this center. Everything disappeared, leaving only this point forming an indescribable throne.
[Here, at the center of the Myriad Worlds, countless powerhouses pursue, but only seven candidates can contend for this position...]
[The sole master of the Myriad Worlds, the Lord of Myriad Worlds.]
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