<h4>Chapter 283 Traversing the Blue Tree?</h4>


    Note: Cosmology chapter dropping soon...


    White Dragon Labyrinth Exploration Arc.


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    (POV: Akashic Records)


    Zerhogg, the Chaos Frost Dragon King, was seething with rage and eager to crush Steria with his power.


    A power he believed to be immense, and yet someone like her snuffed it out like it was mere child''s y.


    It wasckluster to say the least.


    He was unable to forsee that the woman who stood atop his gigantic frame was no mortal nor was she a human.


    By pure design and all that was powerful, she was a goddess of Trifects.


    "HOW DARE YOU SO CASUALLY REST UPON ME!! I AM TH—!"


    But before he could speak any more, Steria''s graceful hand rose into the air, pulsating with a vibrant hue of purple magic energy.


    The sheer intensity of her magic caused the verybyrinth to tremble and quake beneath their feet, as if in anticipation of the impending chaos.


    In an instant, the swirling purple energy coalesced into a medium-sized sphere, crackling with untamed power.


    The air hummed with an electric charge, and the hairs on Fanatio''s arms prickled with excitement.


    She''d never witnessed such raw magic in her life.


    Even when Merlin used his, his was refined, controlled.


    Steria''s felt like one wrong step would have you erased from the annals of history.


    And yet this "exaggeration" was an understatement.


    The sphere began to morph and transform, taking the shape of an ethereal scythe: Druziel, the space cutter.


    A sub-skill of the Apex Skill: 『Spatial King Azurath』


    Its gleaming de seemed to glow with concentrated magic, illuminating the darkened chamber with its brilliance.


    For a weapon to bear such a name, it was clear that its capabilities defied imagination.


    It crossed the normal scopes of humanprehension.


    Without hesitation, Steria swung the scythe downwards, and the very fabric of space itself yielded to its might. A resounding screech echoed through the air as the curved de sliced through the dimensions, creating a wide rift before them.


    "Ah, yes, he''s somewhere around there..." said Steria.


    She could see the outer parts of the world, all that it was.


    "The Blue World".


    In an instant, Zerhogg''s physical form vanished into nothingness, as if consumed by the void.


    With Chubzo still in her grasp, Steria wasted no time and stepped through the opening she had created.


    Luna, her eyes widening in disbelief, observed the events unfold before her.


    "What just happened? Where did they go?" she uttered.


    From Luna?s perspective, all she saw was the Steria attempting to summon something and then thebyrinth rumbling before she saw her vanish along with the dragon and his attendant.


    "Wh... How... I..."


    Realizing that there was no time to ponder, Luna quickly turned her attention to her paralyzed friend, Ruri.


    She swept Ruri into a tight embrace, her touch gentle yet firm, as she stroked her hair soothingly.


    "It''s alright, Ruri. We''re safe now," Luna whispered softly.


    It had be obvious she always approached Ruri with a maternal care.


    Ruri''s body trembled uncontrobly, raw fear consuming her every fiber.


    The sight of the towering Zerhogg had been overwhelming, a nightmaree to life. She clung to Luna, trying to calm the pounding force of her heartbeat, it weighed heavily on her.


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    Steria, having emerged from the rift in space, was now outside the Blue World, also known as Terra Nova or the Mortal Realm.


    The air was different here, carrying a mixture of energy that she couldfortably breathe and survive in.


    With Chubzo in her care, she encased him within an iridescent transparent cube, a spatial cage that would protect him from harm.


    As for Zerhogg, the moment his form entered the energy mixture of the Astral Canopy, his body began to corrode, reduced to naught but sparks of energy. The intensity of the cosmic force within this realm was a one only the highest forms of existence could endure. Steria surveyed thendscape of the Blue Tree, the physical world they had entered. It was a multidimensional realm,posed of intricateyers that represented different forms of existence and creation.


    The Blue Tree (Physical World) stood before her, huge and beautiful.


    It took the shape of a colossal tree,rger than a hundred thousand gxiesbined. Its roots delved deep into what appeared to be an abyss, a void known as the Yellow Abyss. Steria folded her arms and turned her gaze towards Chubzo.


    "What ring is Frostspire?" Steria asked him.


    Chubzo who was cowering in fear perked up having seen her lips move. His round tummy felt a mild difort.


    However, to her surprise, she couldn''t hear his response.


    "Oh yeah, I almost forgot..."


    Calmly, she snapped her fingers, undoing the mute spell that she had ced on the spatial box holding Chubzo captive.


    "What''d you say again?" she asked him, leaning closer to catch his words.


    Chubzo repeated himself, confirming that Frostspire was indeed the 60th ring of the tree.


    Steria nodded, satisfied with the answer.


    "Excellent. Now, silence," shemanded him abruptly, her tone leaving no room for argument.


    She let out a deep sigh, realizing that she didn''t even need to ask him in the first ce.


    She had the power to transport them directly to Frostspire, her memory of the ce still vivid.


    "Honestly Steria, you''ve been thinking with half a brain recently..."


    Casually, Steria opened a portal before them.


    It revealed an entrance to the 60th ring of the Blue Tree.


    The realms within the Blue Tree were arranged in a concentric pattern, much like the rings of a tree. The outermostyer, where they currently stood, was the weakest realm (Blue World), receiving a nurturing flow of energy from the Astral Canopy which filtered energy from the Great Spiral.


    If the mortals had too much energy than their body could contain, they''d die.


    This limited the infinity value of the Blue World, hence the reason the God Continent exists there, to ensure the Blue World received just enough that their infinity value wasn''t low in the collective infinity of the 100 rings that made up the Blue Tree.


    As Steria emerged from the portal, her arms folded, Chubzo remained safely encased within the iridescent cube she controlled with her 『Spatial King Azurath』


    The sight of Frostspire, the 60th infinite realm in the vast expanse of the Blue Tree, greeted her weary eyes.


    A heavy blizzard raged around her, its howling winds whipping through the frosted mountains and iceden forests.


    "Fuck, this ce is as tiresome as ever," she muttered under her breath, her voice barely audible over the roaring storm.


    Snowkes glistened as they brushed against her body, only to be instantly dissolved by the sheer potency of her magic energy.


    Hovering above the ground, Steria focused her gaze.


    She activated her Spatial Detect ability, a power that allowed her to pinpoint the exact location of her quarry within this frigidndscape.


    She frowned as the image formed in her mind, guiding her towards a grand structure known as the Undying Pce of Ice.


    Lowering herself gracefully onto the frozen ground, Steria moved forward. The humanoid dragons, with blue and white scales shimmering, froze momentarily as they caught sight of her, a being of immeasurable power.


    They stepped aside, scared for their lives, allowing her unimpeded passage.


    Within the ornate halls of the pce, Steria''s piercing blue eyes fell upon her target.


    A woman of undeniable elegance seated on a throne of ice before her, d in a flowing blue and white kimono. Her short white hair framed a face with wlessplexion, entuated by the striking blue horns protruding from her forehead.


    This was the true "avatar" of Zerhogg the Chaos Frost Dragon King.