SSS Class Awakening: Start With A God-Level Choice System-Chapter 150: The World: Stop The Time!
’To think that the Demon World is an X-rank World... No wonder it takes me a lot of effort just to even usurp 10% world ownership from it. Even my Demon Virus, as a Five-Star SSS-rank Awakener, finds it difficult to assimilate the World Will of the Demon World without alerting it.’
When Ainsworth was counterinvading the Monster World and Demon World, he had decided to dye those worlds with his own color.
In other words, he had contaminated each of those worlds with his Monster Virus and Demon Virus, respectively.
Regarding the Monster World, it could be considered as almost half of his territory. He had already obtained 49% ownership of it. If not for the fact that obtaining 50% ownership and more would have alerted the Monster World’s Will, he wouldn’t have settled for such meager ownership.
He had managed to assimilate that much world ownership due to the World Will of the Monster World’s intelligence and sapience being drastically lower than the Demon World, let alone Earth.
’With 49% ownership of the Monster World, I can create my private monster army enhanced by my Monster Virus. Due to the nature of my Monster Virus, even SS-rank Monster Lords are now mass-producible.’
’Furthermore, since I already have that much world ownership, I’ll be able to create dimensional gates connecting to it no matter where I am in the Otherworld. So if I were to create my private monster army, I can even use it in the Otherworld as canon fodder, no longer having to rely on shrinking and storing monsters inside my hair.’
’As for the Demon World, having 10% ownership is already quite a lot. After all, I’m the only Awakener who has world ownership of it. Or rather, what makes even 10% high in value is the fact that only the Demon World’s Will and I possess it.’
’So, I am the second biggest shareholder of the Demon World, and only the Demon World’s Will can override my commands. Fortunately, the Demon World’s Will might be smarter than the Monster World’s Will, but is still dumber than the Earth Will.’
With a total of nine Demon Kings and one Monster King under him, Ainsworth knew that he no longer had to worry about those SSS-rank Awakeners, Demon Kings, and Monster Kings.
Only those seven X-rank Demon Gods were a threat to him. However, he had already learned from both the Earth Will and the Demon World Will that those Demon Gods mostly do not stay in the Demon World.
After all, depending on the path taken by the X-rank Being, it was unlikely for them to stay in their home world unless their home world was of a very high-rank and was rich in resources.
The Demon Gods’ path was the faith god path, so they needed believers’ faith energy to increase their power. It was unlike the immortality cultivation path that only required immortal qi and tons of resources to become stronger.
Because of that, those Demon Gods would start their demonic cults and travel from one Otherworld to another in order to gain believers and harvest their faith.
’Speaking of which, it’s not impossible to do multiple paths due to the nature of Awakeners being able to have sub-classes. So, I can do the faith god path for reaching X-rank through my SSS-rank Virus Sovereign sub-class.’
Ainsworth knew that as a Five-Star SSS-rank Awakener, the Earth Will could barely give him any assistance aside from scouting Otherworlds at SSS-rank and above for him.
That’s why the strongest Awakener, who was at Half-Step X-rank Awakener, was mostly in the Otherworld and could barely be seen on Earth. After all, only by visiting numerous Otherworlds and figuring out which path suits best for one’s class would an Awakener find a way to become X-rank.
Earth wasn’t an X-rank World but could be considered to be almost at X-rank. Because of that, it’s impossible to become a god on Earth without going to Otherworlds.
For example, Ainsworth heard from the Earth Will about the reason why the Xiao Clan Patriarch, the SSS-rank Awakener with the SSS-rank Heavenly Flame Alchemist class, could rarely be seen on the Eastern Dragon Empire.
From what he knew, the Xiao Clan Patriarch had decided to stay indefinitely in a certain Immortality Cultivation World to cultivate there and reach the True Immortal Realm.
True Immortals in the Immortality Cultivation World were X-rank Beings at the same level as the True Gods in those Myth Fantasy Worlds and Magic Gods in Magic Fantasy Worlds.
Unless Ainsworth managed to get a qsub-class related to those, he wasn’t interested in walking the paths for those power systems, as he had already figured out which godhood paths he should walk on.
While Ainsworth was deep in thought as he planned out his future, the Dimensional Void Zone of the Demon World soon had spatial fluctuations. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
The seven Demon Kings kneeling towards Ainsworth became wary, but they soon retracted their vigilance when they saw the skeleton wearing dark robes. That skeleton was none other than the Demon King of Decay, Xalvureth!
As soon as Xalvureth arrived, he knelt towards Ainsworth and reported, "Lord God, the Demon King of Tyranny refused to worship you. I have already tried to sneak attack him and incorporate him into the Hive Mind, but he proved to be stronger than me."
"Moreover, when I managed to be lucky enough to graze him and inject the demon virus into him, his Demon King Authority of Tyranny seems to be able to suppress its spread and couldn’t even incorporate him into the Hive Mind."
"Of course, I’ve noticed that even his Demon King Authority couldn’t make him immune to the demon virus. At most, he managed to suppress it long enough for him to sever his right arm that my Death Grip grazed."
Even when Xalvureth was talking about the Hive Mind and demon virus, he never found it amiss that he was controlled by it. Or rather, he believed it was his honor to be assimilated by the Hive Mind, as it meant the Lord God recognized his worthiness.
The frightening part about it was that it didn’t really change a person’s nature but made it so that they’ll have someone above them to wholeheartedly serve and worship.
An example of that was the Demon King of Lust, Asmodai. Even when Ainsworth incorporated him into the Hive Mind, Asmodai was still lustful, and he didn’t change, aside from not daring to be lustful for Ainsworth’s charm.
The Demon King of Tyranny that Xalvureth was talking about was one of the strongest Demon Kings, even stronger than Xalvureth.
If Xalvureth was comparable to a low Five-Star SSS-rank Awakener such as Supreme Archmagister Lucien Arkvale, then the Demon King of Tyranny was comparable to a peak Five-Star SSS-rank Awakener like the Valtoria Empire’s Sword Saint.
Xalvureth was strengthened by the demon virus, but even he still couldn’t defeat the Demon King of Tyranny Dreadmir. But if it was a fight to the death, Xalvureth still had some confidence he could drag Dreadmir to death with him.
However, the order of his Lord God was to capture Dreadmir alive, so Xalvureth could only retreat after he failed to defeat and assimilate Dreadmir into the Hive Mind.
When Ainsworth heard Xalvureth’s report, he wasn’t surprised, as his intentions of ordering Xalvureth weren’t due to him having confidence in Xalvureth’s power. Rather, he wanted Xalvureth to test the waters and determine just how powerful the Demon King of Tyranny was.
With Xalvureth already achieving his intended goal, Ainsworth made use of the Hive Mind to read Xalvureth’s memories regarding his confrontation with Dreadmir.
After checking Xalvureth’s memories, Ainsworth already estimated Dreadmir’s combat power, ’Although Dreadmir is the same rank as the Sword Saint, he is still no match for me. He can only use the Demon King Authority of Tyranny to suppress my demon virus.’
’But if I were to inject him with it, he wouldn’t be able to resist. I dare say even a Demon God will be assimilated into my Hive Mind, just that it will mostly be effective when that Demon God has been knocked unconscious.’
After knowing about Dreadmir’s combat power, Ainsworth felt that even without using Ultimate Freedom (SSS), Dreadmir was still not his match. Just his other class exclusive skills alone were more than enough to deal with him.
With that in mind, he used Freedom of Movement (SSS) to teleport into the Demon World without even creating a Dimensional Gate, thereby preventing other Demon Kings from discovering his invasion.
Ainsworth arrived at the place where Xalvureth fought Dreadmir. However, just as he had expected, Dreadmir had already left, but he wasn’t worried as he merely commanded, "Give me Demon King of Tyranny Dreadmir’s current location and teleport me there."
Using the World Authority bestowed by his 10% ownership of the Demon World, the Demon World’s Will teleported Ainsworth to where Dreadmir was.
When Ainsworth arrived at Dreadmir’s Demon King Castle and saw him sitting on the Demon King Throne, he used World Authority again before Dreadmir could respond:
"The World: Stop The Time!"
