The red tribulation lightning contained the power of destruction, a power that was available for entities at the seventh dimension, but there was a vast gulf between what an average seventh-dimensional entity could unleash when they were wielding the power of destruction and what a realm was capable of.
Especially a realm like Doom Star who although its realm's Will was fragmented, could still unleash potent waves of destruction. It was this pure destruction that was unleashed on the Time Blight.
The wave of red that washed all through the realm was simply the color of destruction, but it shriveled all life that was left on the surface, any Ascendant that was unlucky not to be under the umbrella of any of the two Suns collapsed into ashes, even the massive hourglass representing Rowan's merging dimensions lost a hundredth of its mass before it rapidly regained it back.
Every continent in the lower realm collapsed into ashes, and except for the endless sea, there was nothing left. In the battles of such a level, the scale of destruction was unimaginable to mortals and lower immortals, and this was just a result of the light of destruction shining on the lower realms.
A third of the Time Blight simply ceased to exist. Billions of mortals and thousands of Ascendants were gone in the blink of an eye, the darkness conjured by the Eye of Time had protected the Time Blight, but it seemed that even this Eye had underestimated the power that would fall on it.
Rowan would have smiled if he was not so focused on integrating his dimension using a mental space that was strained by the vortex within.
The Eye of Time had finally realized one of his greatest secrets, which was the fact that Rowan Ascendant's body was not just a thin cover that could be seen through by the realm, with his dimensional abilities, he was truly a child of this realm, and unless he went against the Will of the World as an Ascendant it would never have any cause to harm Rowan.
If he had ever had any doubt about his ability to fool this realm using techniques that he considered to be ridiculously easy then the cry of surprise from the Eye of Time as the punishment from the realm fell upon it alone was the final confirmation that he needed.
Objectively, Rowan had committed far worse actions against the realm as he was stealing its foundation and the Eye of Time was just borrowing the bodies and souls of the realm for a short time, even though it had begun to summon a foreign power into the realm, the punishment it was suffering was suppose to be far lesser than what Rowan was supposed to receive. Its arrogant proclamation of that fact to Rowan was clear enough on its stance.
No doubt it was thinking that Rowan would share in this tribulation, maybe suffer a greater percentage of the damage than would fall upon it,
"Curse your fractured mind, Democles, how dare you strike me when your real enemy stands here?!"
Rowan's eyes lit up, knowing the name of this realm mattered to him, and in the state of frustration and anger, the Eye of Time had revealed another secret of the past.
If the realm heard the Eye of Time, it did not acknowledge it, as another round of Tribulation lightning brewed in its eye, and in fact, the call of the Eye seemed to have triggered the anger of the realm, its Will was sacrosanct, and when it had sent the red tribulation lightning of destruction down on the target of its wrath, it expects them to vanish in an instant.
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