Chapter 999 The seed of destruction
( The Rajput Capital )
Upon the return of Max and Kremeth after a few days of roaming the universe together, everyone could witness a visible change of attitude in Kremeth.
He took his training more seriously and started behaving in a way that befitted his post as a prince as he understood just how lacking his personal strength was.
Since there was still time until Sir Jhonny came to re-evaluate taking him in as his disciple, Max let Kremeth be and experience growth on his own as he had faith in his son that after their trip together, the experience that he had gained in the journey would help him find the right path in life.
Max himself, on the other hand, got straight to trying to master the power of the seeds of creation and destruction as despite his reservations he decided to start the process of mastering them by implanting one seed first into his own body.
Deciding to start with the seed of destruction, which was known to fill one with corruptive and destructive thoughts, Max instructed the queen to implant it into his body near his kidneys.
It was a difficult procedure, yet the queen managed to successfully pull it off after several hours of laborious operation.
However, the moment the seed came into contact with Max's body, the corruptive power started to course through Max's veins as he felt the true horror of the power of a seed.
[ Destroy it! Destroy every last male in the vampire society!
Make the women your breeding slaves and give birth to a new generation of vampires that will become the supreme species of the universe!
Kill them…. Kill them all! ]
[ Destroy the humans! The humans have given you nothing but suffering…. Kill them, kill them all!
Destroy planet Radiance ]
Sadistic thoughts began invading Max's mind as he felt incredible power coursing through his veins.
Thoughts that were not his own, motivations that were not what he was remotely interested in, began to take control of his mind as Max felt like he was a tier0 primordial vampire all over again who had no control over his bloodlust.
" What is this voice?"
" Why can I not distinguish it from the voice of my actual subconsciousness? " Max groaned as he could seriously not understand as to why his subconscious thoughts sounded and felt exactly the same as the thoughts of the seed?
Purple aura rose all around his body and the aura was so corrosive that the near indestructible flooring of the Rajput capital sparring hall, that was made from the hardest mineral in the universe began to bubble and melt under his feet.
The knowledge about the forces of creation and destruction resonated in his mind as Max recalled all the knowledge about destruction that was passed onto him for clearing tier8 promotion test within the agreed time limit.
In the universe there were only three constant forces.
Creation, destruction and soul energy.
When energy took some observable form or property, it was said to undergo creation and when the said property was stripped away from an energy it was said to undergo destruction.
A very basic form of destruction was the move [ Energy Devour ] that he had learnt after his tier8 promotion as a SSS clear reward.
It was a supreme move that used the principles of destruction to strip away the power of any attack and use it to recoup one's energy.
It was a move that went beyond the norms of a common defensive move and was a big gamechanger.
However, the seed of destruction was capable of much more malice than just stripping away energy off a move.
Once implanted into his body, the seed of destruction gave Max's mind an idea of all the magnificent things it was capable of as only after taking it into his body did Max realise that the true evil power of the seed of destruction was it's ability to strip any living being down to their soul essence and then use it to strengthen one's own soul.
The Soul Devour that he had learnt and all the restrictions to use that move became worthless when used through the seed of destruction as a medium.
He could not only safely remove the memories of any individual imprinted on their soul, but he could also absorb the souls of any individual whether they were tier0 or tier8 and use their soul essence to enrich his own.
If only he devoured a planet like Radiance, killing 2-4 billion souls and devouring them all, he could easily reach the peak of tier8 in a single day and then depending on how well he consolidated his power, then let alone forming one celestial core or two, he could potentially form even five cores to become an unprecedented phenomenon.
In a matter of seconds, his view of life went from viewing them as alive individuals to viewing them as crops ready for harvest as Max could almost not resist the temptation of growing stronger fast.
" Kek- Queen, SEAL ME" Max said, as he has already instructed the queen to seal him in isolation the second he felt like he was going to be unable to contain the temptation of the seed and go awry, as the second that he gave this command, the queen sealed him behind the tier10 barrier and bound him through the strongest chain spell in the universe, suspending him midair with absolute no mobility.
" No- no NO!, IF I GROW STRONGER, I'LL DO IT MY WAY! I WON'T BECOME A TYRANT" Max screamed as he tried to suppress the evil that had seeped into his heart and had tempted him with a get strong quick scheme.
Unable to distinguish between his own consciousness and the seed, Max's head was filled with lots of conflicting thoughts at once that gave him a tearing headache as on one side the seed told him that since he was the supreme lord of the universe it was his prerogative to reap the lives of those that had sinned and hence Max over the next few days should go on a rampage and eliminate space pirates, dark faction sympathisers and all the other nefarious elements from the universe and absorb their souls.
On the other hand, his consciousness warned him that using the power of the seed and giving into its corruption would only make Max dig an even deeper hole for himself, as killing the weak and disguising it under a noble cause could never be justified no matter how much one argued for it.
The clash of these two very extreme topics made Max's brain hurt as he howled and writhed in pain trying to wrestle for control.
Although he was not paying attention, just his aura alone was so strong that the queen had to re-do the chains that were holding him every five seconds as he melted through them as if they were butter.
The infallible tier10 barrier that even tier8 attacks were incapable of scratching, got visibly cracked every ten minutes as the queen had to quickly redo it's spell as well as the power of the seed of destruction eroded everything in its presence.
Thankfully, once the seed was implanted into his body, Max once again reverted into his energy form body, which meant that the seed could no longer harm him physically, since his body was already made up of the most basic structure, however, despite not causing him physical harm, it did give Max a massive mental headache.
It was only now that Max got a glimpse of the pain that Rudra carried inside him throughout the span of decades as the pain that Max suffered today was the same pain Rudra had suffered when the seed of chaos was first planted inside him and it tried to take over his mind.
The first few hours of implanting a seed were always critical as it was this period where the seed tried to create the most confusion and chaos.
If one was able to prove their own mind to be more dominant than the seed, they retained their individuality, however, if they decided to coexist or give-in to the seed's demands, they slowly descended into madness.
Soon, hours turned into days and days turned into weeks, yet Max was unable to win over the seed of destruction as it was at this point that his family members and children began to get worried as to why he was under self isolation for too long.
Under his strict orders, the queen allowed absolutely no one to visit or meet him, as despite his pain and suffering or despite the constant pleading of his family members, the queen did not let either side meet the other as until Max mastered the power of destruction and regained his mental calmness, the queen was determined not to release him, which was probably for the best.
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