Supreme Lord: I can extract everything!

Chapter 1009  Playing Dirty

The horrifying temperature increases weren't easy to deal with, but Michael made it happen. He created ice-attributed energy using Galaxy of Elements, avoiding adding the freezing attribute to the energy, and circulated it through his body in an attempt to lower his body temperature. But that wasn't enough.

He had to conjure the ice attribute of his energy into his blood using Insert. Simultaneously, it helped Michael when he added ice to the healing serum, which he circulated through every inch of his body to heal him while further regulating his body temperature. His actions were enough to overcome the horrifying temperature in space, but it was a little bit annoying nonetheless.

The domain continued spreading, and the temperature in its center reached an all-time high. The aftermath of that course of action was apparent. The planets in the domain's range died, which benefited Michael quite a lot. Every death fueled Michael's power. The deaths in the planetary system also granted Michael a great opportunity to strike back. It required some preparations, but Michael could form Undead Souls from everyone's death. Michael didn't even have to touch the corpses to summon the Undead Souls. Accessing the Death Authority was more than enough. The deaths were well within its range. Fortunately, the Death Authority was very interesting in certain regards. Michael might have used the entirety of Death accumulated in his Soul Sphere, but he could replenish the Death Divinity faster than his other Divinities without doing anything special.

The deaths happening around Michael did all the work.

Every death replenished a fraction of Death. That being said, Death inside the Volcano God was still in effect, while Michael's Death Divinity gained strength and essence. His Energy Vortex also gained a lot of energy from the deaths, but Michael's focus lay on the Undead Souls. He summoned as many as he could handle simultaneously and merged them using Insert. The energy and Death Authority required to do all that was considerable, but the result should speak for itself once Michael finishes his job.

He gathered and combined more Undead Souls, while his Energy Vortex absorbed more energy to progress. Simultaneously, Michael was forced to evade some deadly attacks from the Volcano God. The God was slightly stunned by how casually Michael blocked the horrifying temperatures near him, but he quickly overcame his surprise. Michael had annoyed him often enough since their fight started to accept that the kid was both dangerous and annoying.

The Volcano God moved, his arms and legs shrouded in lava. Michael evaded a few attacks without getting hit before the temperature got to him. The Volcano God wasn't faster, but being close to him was already enough to sustain considerable damage. Only the ice within him and the healing serum helped him survive. Also, a thick layer of Extraction Essence helped him absorb some of the heat and Permute it into even more ice.

The Volcano God couldn't kill him easily. He gave his utmost and struck Michael twice in the following ten minutes, but nothing worked as intended. The biggest issue on Michael's side was that while he might not be dead, he wasn't faring well either. The Volcano God's power was wearing on him. He had more than enough reserves of energy, lifeforce, nutrients, and healing serum, but his resources weren't infinite. Michael couldn't tell if a fight of attrition was the best way to deal with the Volcano God, given how little Volcano Essence he seemed to use at a time. The Pure Aether must have caused the most damage alongside the Death wreaking havoc within him. As for the amount of energy left within the God, Michael could see it very clearly…and that scared him a little. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

'Are Gods infinite energy piggy banks or what?' He grumbled, but neither of the God Curses answered. That wasn't good.

Michael grumbled while lifting his hand to block a punch from the Volcano God. He added a few layers of Imperial Barrier, which Michael had amplified with water-attributed energy infused into the Soultraits before Greater Enhancement augmented it further. Unfortunately, the barriers shattered and melted quickly. They reduced the following impact, but the heat easily burned through Michael's serpent-scale armor, skin, flesh, and bones.

Not even Unlimited Enhancement applied to the serpent scale armor was potent enough to block the attack. It was frightening but also intriguing. Michael would never say it openly, but he finally enjoyed having a challenge. It had been eons since he encountered someone who could be considered a proper challenge. Michael grew stronger with every Soultrait Symbol he added to his arsenal of Soultraits. Every day his Divinities grew. They were nourished and provided Michael with more power as the days passed. Even his connection to the God Curses was firmer than ever.

There had been no challenge for him in the recent years and the number of enemies coming his way – actual enemies who could threaten his life for good – decreased drastically by the day. Therefore, the Volcano God was exactly what Michael needed. The God was a force to be reckoned with, an enemy who required tremendous power to be dealt with. The kind of power Michael couldn't unleash easily. It required ample preparation, concentration, and the right moment to be executed. Of course, the Volcano God also had to be injured and weakened. The latter hadn't been easy, but Michael made it happen.

He unleashed Permute on the stored Void Ingots and transformed a small fortune of them into energy, lifeforce, and nutrients. His arm regrew rapidly while he teleported away. The Volcano God appeared right where Michael teleported to in no time, but that was fine. Michael used ten layers of Greater Enhancement as he manifested the strongest Imperial Barrier. A moment later, Swallow Domain jumped into effect, consuming every bit of the energy left behind by the Void Ingots.

Instead of using Swallow Domain on the Volcano God, which wouldn't have worked either way, Michael applied it on the dying planets in the planetary system. The Volcano God's domain had eradicated all lifeforms on the planets, and even the planets were about to cease to exist. To be precise, they would transform into dead stars. Michael could have made use of that with the Death Authority, but he would much rather use the dying planets for something else.

Jormungandr's massive body appeared underneath one of the dying planets. It shot toward the planet, coiled around it, and started devouring the defenseless planet. The Volcano God noticed what was happening, but he couldn't do much to deal with the World Serpent. Michael tapped into the Wolf Divinity and accessed the Death Authority simultaneously to stall the Volcano God. He released a Death Blast, which struck the Volcano God square in the chest. The God groaned in pain, which was an opportunity Michael grasped instinctively. His speed improved through the Wolf Divinity, but there was more to it. The energy circulating through his body was altered and devoured everything in the surroundings once it left Michael's body.

He released the Extraction energy at full power after teleporting above the Volcano God. It was necessary to use a different tactic to deal more damage to the God, but Michael's current focus lay on stalling time. The Wolf Divinity and streams of Extraction energy did exactly that. They burst forward and extracted the heat from the surroundings. The streams swallowed the heat and transformed it into more Extraction energy which expanded to consume more heat.

The horrifying temperature was high enough to destroy the Extraction energy slowly, but it created more Extraction energy from absorbing the heat than the heat could destroy at a time. The difference was only minuscule, yet it forced the Volcano God to act. The God released some of his Volcano Essence, burning the Extraction energy, while Michael responded by conjuring a blade of Pure Aether. He grasped the blade tightly and severed the Volcano Essence as it burned through the Extraction energy before attempting to deal a more serious blow to the Volcano God's chest.

Unfortunately, the Volcano God used more Essences to accelerate his movements. His skin was torn into shreds as explosions of lava and magma erupted behind him, but the God cared little. His naturally high regeneration kicked in mere moments after the explosions damaged him. He ignored the pain and attacked Michael fiercely. Michael was forced to up his guard against the Volcano God's blows and resorted to using Slipstream more often. Seer with True Vision were active and used to their fullest, but even Seer's prediction wasn't fast enough to respond to all of the Volcano God's attacks.

Still, it was enough to survive and stall enough time to consume the dying planets in the planetary system. The planets had been consumed by the World Serpent's Swallow Domain, yet the Star Cores weren't stored away or wasted by using Permute on them. Instead, Michael inserted them into the Undead Souls, which he had formed by merging billions of unfortunate Souls.

Souls that sought revenge against their vile murderer.

Michael didn't expect the Hyuman Souls' desire for vengeance to be this intense, but he was glad. Merging the Undead Souls magnified the desires all Undead Souls had in common. Many didn't understand what was happening but the majority had realized what was happening before they died.

They had heard about the Volcano God in the past and recalled the powers of their youngest Godling.

It was the same power that ended up killing them, their families, lovers, and friends.

Fury filled the souls of the deceased right before they died and Michael decided to make use of that.