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Chapter 821: "New Aspirants"
The OAA Celestial was dragged away by Tony like a dead dog, an event that sent shockwaves through the Multiverse.
The name of the OAA Celestial had terrorized the Multiverse for hundreds of millions of years, long before Tony's rise. Countless great civilizations and a sea of powerhouses had fallen at his feet, becoming nothing more than cold corpses.
But this time, the OAA Celestial, who had struck fear into the hearts of innumerable beings, was utterly defeated. Not only was he finished, but he himself had become a new toy in the hands of the New God. His miserable fate alarmed countless ancient beings.
None understood the significance of the Celestials better than these ancient entities.
Although the Celestials had been grievously wounded by the Aspirants, not a single one of the Ten Apex Celestials had died. Their top-tier combat power remained intact. Their deterrent force, far from diminishing due to the loss of numerous weak Level Eight members, had actually increased substantially after exterminating the terrifying Aspirants, making countless beings tremble.
Many's impression of the Celestials was limited to clichés like "ancient," "powerful," "single-universe level," "weaklings," or "beaten to a pulp by superheroes."
In an unknown number of universes, some mass-produced models were destroyed, leading people to believe that while the Celestials were powerful, they could be defeated and their strength was limited. They saw the Celestials as nothing more than laughable villains meant to make superheroes look good.
However, most knew nothing about the Ten Apex Celestials, nor were they aware of the fact that they could firmly suppress their creator, Eternity.
The level of the Ten Apex Celestials was not something ordinary natives of the Multiverse could ever come into contact with. The minimum threshold for contact was Level Eight.
One can only imagine the tremendous shockwaves caused by the crippling of the OAA Celestial, who ranked 11th, just below the Ten Apex Celestials.
This wasn't just a matter of taking down a Celestial; it was a question of whether the New God and the Celestials would go to all-out war!
Tony was a Singular God! The most difficult type of Singular God to kill! Who knew how many life-saving clones Tony had secretly created, and no one knew where these clones were hidden!
For a Singular God, as long as a single clone remained undestroyed, it was only a matter of time before their divinity was restored and their main body returned.
If Tony were to engage in a major conflict with the Ten Apex Celestials, the war was destined to be a protracted one. The Celestials would have no hope of killing Tony, and if they couldn't kill him, Tony would retaliate madly. He might not be able to win against the likes of the Grand Judge or the Sleeping Celestial, but could he not defeat a Celestial at the bottom of the top ten, like Goddess?
"I wonder how many innocent universes will be annihilated by the aftershocks of this war..." someone lamented with a hint of schadenfreude.
"Let them fight, let them fight! One dead is one less. Neither side has anything to do with me anyway."
"As it stands, the New God is definitely no match for the Celestials, but his potential and growth rate are what's truly terrifying. Wanna bet? I think the New God can accomplish the feat the Aspirants failed to achieve and kill one of the Ten Apex Celestials."
"What's the point? It doesn't matter to me who wins."
"What if we manage to snatch the corpse of one of the Apex Celestials..."
"The New God is the type who plucks a feather from every goose that flies by. His Allspark is also the perfect counter to semi-mechanical beings like the Celestials. Are you sure he'll leave a corpse for you? I don't know if the New God will win this war, but the Celestials are doomed to lose! The number of fighters on the New God's side will only increase, while the Celestials' numbers will only dwindle!"
"Continuously turning enemies into allies... as one side wanes, the other waxes, creating an exponential gap in combat power. This strategy is just too shameless!"
"You really think the title of God of Technology is just for show?"
Tony had openly toyed with the powerful OAA Celestial to death in the Multiverse, creating a massive uproar. Everyone was waiting for the Celestials' response, and many were also waiting for the reaction of the Five Creator Gods.
Many ancient beings felt that Tony had stirred up huge trouble, attracting the attention of a group of powerful enemies.
But Tony didn't care. The Five Creator Gods weren't enemies; on the contrary, they might secretly fan the flames, encouraging Tony to take out a few more Apex Celestials.
As the creator of the Celestials, Eternity's attitude was particularly intriguing; he watched coldly as his own Level Eight creation was taken away by Tony.
This attitude made his stance perfectly clear.
The colossal OAA Celestial became the finest spoil of war in Tony's hands and would soon become a sharp blade for him to wield. If the Celestials truly wanted war, Tony would immediately send the OAA Celestial to the battlefield to attack them.
"OAA... no, he should be called a Quintesson. The name OAA is an insult to that ultimate endpoint."
Tony shook his head.
In truth, many powerhouses, including the Celestials themselves, had no idea that a terrifying Ultimate One-Above-All even existed—the ultimate end that symbolized all that is known and unknown, meaningful and meaningless.
If Tony weren't a transmigrator, he naturally wouldn't know either. For this fool to dare call himself "One-Above-All" was truly a case of the ignorant knowing no fear.
Tony brought the giant Celestial back to Cybertron without any attempt to conceal it.
The other twelve Celestials who had besieged Cybertron had already been destroyed one by one by Wanda and the others, reduced to cosmic dust.
"Well done."
Tony gave the wrecked remains a casual glance and offered a word of praise.
Then, his gaze swept past everyone else and landed on the Doomsday King Kong.
The Doomsday King Kong seemed to sense something. It suddenly looked up, its grotesque face showing indifference, which then twisted into a cold smile.
"Well done," Tony repeated, this time specifically to the Doomsday King Kong. After obtaining some information from Hell and the Celestials, this creature had indeed evolved again.
The current Doomsday King Kong was a genuine Level Eight, an unkillable Level Eight monster.
The Doomsday King Kong suddenly grew restless.
Optimus Prime and Megatron immediately closed in, shouting coldly, "What do you think you're doing? Remember your place!"
The others also frowned deeply, watching the Doomsday King Kong with vigilance.
Their cold gazes met. Looking at the restless Doomsday King Kong, Tony said nonchalantly, "Merely Level Eight, and you're already satisfied? Foolish."
Doomsday King Kong's movements paused.
"Without me, you'll never enter the Sphere of the Gods in this lifetime. Those Old Gods will never allow a second Ancient Doomsday to appear in the Sphere of the Gods. If you dare to make a move, you'll be stuck at the multiversal level for the rest of your life, just like that Ancient Doomsday. It spent countless eons in the Multiverse, only to run in circles, its path to evolution completely blocked."
"I took pity on it and gave it a chance, sending it to the Sphere of the Gods. Otherwise, it would still be struggling in endless agony right now."
Tony said flatly.
Wanda, who knew the inside story, felt her eyelids twitch. Her understanding of her lover's ability to lie with a straight face deepened by another thirty percent.
(end of chapter)
The OAA Celestial was dragged away by Tony like a dead dog, an event that sent shockwaves through the Multiverse.
The name of the OAA Celestial had terrorized the Multiverse for hundreds of millions of years, long before Tony's rise. Countless great civilizations and a sea of powerhouses had fallen at his feet, becoming nothing more than cold corpses.
But this time, the OAA Celestial, who had struck fear into the hearts of innumerable beings, was utterly defeated. Not only was he finished, but he himself had become a new toy in the hands of the New God. His miserable fate alarmed countless ancient beings.
None understood the significance of the Celestials better than these ancient entities.
Although the Celestials had been grievously wounded by the Aspirants, not a single one of the Ten Apex Celestials had died. Their top-tier combat power remained intact. Their deterrent force, far from diminishing due to the loss of numerous weak Level Eight members, had actually increased substantially after exterminating the terrifying Aspirants, making countless beings tremble.
Many's impression of the Celestials was limited to clichés like "ancient," "powerful," "single-universe level," "weaklings," or "beaten to a pulp by superheroes."
In an unknown number of universes, some mass-produced models were destroyed, leading people to believe that while the Celestials were powerful, they could be defeated and their strength was limited. They saw the Celestials as nothing more than laughable villains meant to make superheroes look good.
However, most knew nothing about the Ten Apex Celestials, nor were they aware of the fact that they could firmly suppress their creator, Eternity.
The level of the Ten Apex Celestials was not something ordinary natives of the Multiverse could ever come into contact with. The minimum threshold for contact was Level Eight.
One can only imagine the tremendous shockwaves caused by the crippling of the OAA Celestial, who ranked 11th, just below the Ten Apex Celestials.
This wasn't just a matter of taking down a Celestial; it was a question of whether the New God and the Celestials would go to all-out war!
Tony was a Singular God! The most difficult type of Singular God to kill! Who knew how many life-saving clones Tony had secretly created, and no one knew where these clones were hidden!
For a Singular God, as long as a single clone remained undestroyed, it was only a matter of time before their divinity was restored and their main body returned.
If Tony were to engage in a major conflict with the Ten Apex Celestials, the war was destined to be a protracted one. The Celestials would have no hope of killing Tony, and if they couldn't kill him, Tony would retaliate madly. He might not be able to win against the likes of the Grand Judge or the Sleeping Celestial, but could he not defeat a Celestial at the bottom of the top ten, like Goddess?
"I wonder how many innocent universes will be annihilated by the aftershocks of this war..." someone lamented with a hint of schadenfreude.
"Let them fight, let them fight! One dead is one less. Neither side has anything to do with me anyway."
"As it stands, the New God is definitely no match for the Celestials, but his potential and growth rate are what's truly terrifying. Wanna bet? I think the New God can accomplish the feat the Aspirants failed to achieve and kill one of the Ten Apex Celestials."
"What's the point? It doesn't matter to me who wins."
"What if we manage to snatch the corpse of one of the Apex Celestials..."
"The New God is the type who plucks a feather from every goose that flies by. His Allspark is also the perfect counter to semi-mechanical beings like the Celestials. Are you sure he'll leave a corpse for you? I don't know if the New God will win this war, but the Celestials are doomed to lose! The number of fighters on the New God's side will only increase, while the Celestials' numbers will only dwindle!"
"Continuously turning enemies into allies... as one side wanes, the other waxes, creating an exponential gap in combat power. This strategy is just too shameless!"
"You really think the title of God of Technology is just for show?"
Tony had openly toyed with the powerful OAA Celestial to death in the Multiverse, creating a massive uproar. Everyone was waiting for the Celestials' response, and many were also waiting for the reaction of the Five Creator Gods.
Many ancient beings felt that Tony had stirred up huge trouble, attracting the attention of a group of powerful enemies.
But Tony didn't care. The Five Creator Gods weren't enemies; on the contrary, they might secretly fan the flames, encouraging Tony to take out a few more Apex Celestials.
As the creator of the Celestials, Eternity's attitude was particularly intriguing; he watched coldly as his own Level Eight creation was taken away by Tony.
This attitude made his stance perfectly clear.
The colossal OAA Celestial became the finest spoil of war in Tony's hands and would soon become a sharp blade for him to wield. If the Celestials truly wanted war, Tony would immediately send the OAA Celestial to the battlefield to attack them.
"OAA... no, he should be called a Quintesson. The name OAA is an insult to that ultimate endpoint."
Tony shook his head.
In truth, many powerhouses, including the Celestials themselves, had no idea that a terrifying Ultimate One-Above-All even existed—the ultimate end that symbolized all that is known and unknown, meaningful and meaningless.
If Tony weren't a transmigrator, he naturally wouldn't know either. For this fool to dare call himself "One-Above-All" was truly a case of the ignorant knowing no fear.
Tony brought the giant Celestial back to Cybertron without any attempt to conceal it.
The other twelve Celestials who had besieged Cybertron had already been destroyed one by one by Wanda and the others, reduced to cosmic dust.
"Well done."
Tony gave the wrecked remains a casual glance and offered a word of praise.
Then, his gaze swept past everyone else and landed on the Doomsday King Kong.
The Doomsday King Kong seemed to sense something. It suddenly looked up, its grotesque face showing indifference, which then twisted into a cold smile.
"Well done," Tony repeated, this time specifically to the Doomsday King Kong. After obtaining some information from Hell and the Celestials, this creature had indeed evolved again.
The current Doomsday King Kong was a genuine Level Eight, an unkillable Level Eight monster.
The Doomsday King Kong suddenly grew restless.
Optimus Prime and Megatron immediately closed in, shouting coldly, "What do you think you're doing? Remember your place!"
The others also frowned deeply, watching the Doomsday King Kong with vigilance.
Their cold gazes met. Looking at the restless Doomsday King Kong, Tony said nonchalantly, "Merely Level Eight, and you're already satisfied? Foolish."
Doomsday King Kong's movements paused.
"Without me, you'll never enter the Sphere of the Gods in this lifetime. Those Old Gods will never allow a second Ancient Doomsday to appear in the Sphere of the Gods. If you dare to make a move, you'll be stuck at the multiversal level for the rest of your life, just like that Ancient Doomsday. It spent countless eons in the Multiverse, only to run in circles, its path to evolution completely blocked."
"I took pity on it and gave it a chance, sending it to the Sphere of the Gods. Otherwise, it would still be struggling in endless agony right now."
Tony said flatly.
Wanda, who knew the inside story, felt her eyelids twitch. Her understanding of her lover's ability to lie with a straight face deepened by another thirty percent.
(end of chapter)
