The First Billion is Always the Hardest II
The First Billion is Always the Hardest II
Noah felt an explosive sense of strength reverberate from his body continuously as the Runic Primordial Dao Line shone with utter majesty and power, his heart steeling itself at the sight of 320 million percent increase in Primordial Damage, Health and Mana Regeneration, and Cast and Attack Speed
Just what exactly would a 320 million percent in boosts mean anyways? How could we actualize and understand this number with our very own eyes?! For this, we will have to talk numbers briefly!
If we start with a small number like 1000% and someone's Cast Speed was a numerical number of 10, such an increase would grant one ten times their base speed as 10 times 1000% was 100.
Going further- 100,000% was 10,000 times the base of 10, and 1 million percent was 100,000 times the base value of 10, granting one a speed of 100,000 from just their base 10. 10 million percent was a numerical increase of 1,000,000 times, and 100 million percent was a numerical increase of 10 million times!
So a 320,000,000% increase was actually an increase of 32,000,000 times, the value of 10 becoming 32 million. If in the case that Noah had the numerical cast speed of 10 and could shoot 10 [Fireballs] per second, with the 320,000,000% boost to Cast and Attack Speed stemming from the Runic Primordial Dao Line, he could now cast 32 million [Fireballs] per second.
From releasing 10 attacks per second…to releasing 32 million of them every second! This was what such a number meant when one actually actualized it into reality. This was how we could understand it realistically! This was also why Noah had been able to move at such crazy speeds that would put speedsters to shame- it was because some Dao Lines increased his Movement Speed by millions of times that he couldn't help but see everyone else as if they were moving in slow motion!
This same numerical concept could be applied to the Damage he could deal and his Health Regeneration- he could effectively heal all of his health after the passing of a mere second even if he lost 99% of it.
Unless he met an enemy that could land deadly attacks filled with True Annihilatory Damage within less than a second multiple times until his health ran out, they would not be able to kill him as they would find it all regenerated in the next second.
This was what all of these crazy percentages in the millions meant!
One must keep in mind that the previous 480 million percentage boosts he had stacked varied depending on the Dao he boosted, with some Daos increasing him in the damage he could deal along with Cast and Attack Speed and Regeneration like the Primordial Dao, others enhancing him on the AOE Damage percentage or Movement Speed and many more parameters.
So it wasn't 480 million percent on everything- but on specific parameters of the daos enhanced by the Resplendent Runic Dao Line Enhancers. Now, 320 million in boosts were being added from the Runic Primordial Dao Line alone as we could add these two numbers and say Noah currently had 800 million percentage boosts spread out over different parameters, and even this didn't seem enough for him as in the next second…
"The Runic Dao Line of Ruination!"
His attention turned towards his right eye that shone crimson and had circular lines moving mysteriously, the Resplendent Runic Dao Line Enhancers beginning to wrap their concentric gold rings on the circles of his Eye of Ruination, tinging this eye with gold as well!
50! 100! 150!
BZZZT!
With a glorious illumination of light, his right eye released might just as intense as his left, yet another 320 million in percentage points coming to light! Uniquely, Ruination also granted the parameters of Cast and Attack Speed with Health and Mana Regeneration, the only exception being instead of Increased Primordial Damage- it was increased Ruination Damage for the parameters that gained the 320 million percent.
Now we went from 800 million percent boosts to 1,120,000,000% in the total number of boosts allocated to different Parameters among Noah's different Dao Lines!
The billion percentage barrier was breached just with the addition of Enhancers to the Dao Lines of the Primordial Dao and Ruination.
The first billion in percentage points that Noah had reached, and it made him wonder just what waited in the future!
"..." Noah took a deep breath as he took in this number, his consciousness continuing to feel the endless waves of surging power in his body that would make anyone think they were the most powerful existence across the countless light years.
"But I am not."
WAA!
His Primordial Eye and Eye of Ruination flashed sharply, reminding himself that there were Champions of Realities with unknown Systems and Primordials that might have already had these same eyes he just obtained a long time ago, the only thing he had that they might not have being the Resplendent Runic Dao Line enhancers that required multiple conditions to be obtained.
He shot down the rising arrogance and conceit as he continued on the search for where the river of Primordial Essence would lead, his consciousness continuing to understand his newly gained eyes as he also familiarized himself with all of his boosted parameters and what Dao Line had the specific parameters he wanted to boost with the remaining 80 Resplendent Runic Dao Line Enhancer he still had left!
As he thought about all of this, the monotonous view around him changed as his eyes flashed, finding another Primordial Essence river a few light years away that led towards the same direction of the one that connected to his Infinite Cosmos!
It indicated the connection of another Cosmos as it also told Noah he was close to what he was looking for, his body continuing forward as in the next few seconds, he continued to see other rivers of Primordial Essence appearing as they converged towards the same location he was going to.
All of these pristine white rivers that one could only see with the Primordial Eye represented different Cosmos, such a reality causing Noah's heart to shake as it opened up many possibilities for him!
As he followed the river connecting to his Infinite Cosmos, he could now see to hit left, right, top, and bottom…multiple other rivers continued to converge towards the same location. The further he went, the more careful and apprehensive he became as his destiny churned, and after another second….
THRUM!
He came to a stop.
His body stopped being a blur as it stopped instantly, the sheer force breaking the Ruination Sea around him as it released waves of deadly chaotic storms that caught the attention of the thing that had caused Noah to stop to begin with!
There, just a few thousand light years away, Noah could see the glorious figure of a Lesser Primordial Beast in all of its splendor.
On his way towards what he believed to be the source of the Primordial Essence for the Cosmos within this Reality, he actually found a Primordial Beast for the first time by himself.
A Primordial Beast floating serenely in space as currently, its eyes had landed on him as they began to blaze with a light of bloodlust and destruction!
Such a development caused Noah's mind to blaze as he began to have some ideas on just what shocking truth he was about to come across if he continued going forward!