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Marrho watched in shock. He was silent and amazed that his powers were somehow negated. He had attempted to hijack the electronic devices and communicate with him, but Lennox quickly countered his movements.

In the battle against Lanterk, Lennox had the opportunity to fight and use his lightning to course through the massive fortresses he had erected.

And with the numerous times he had secretly tried to infiltrate, he had fought against Lanterk's version of the living lightning and the defense mechanisms that Lanterk had. Even after the great battle, Garenjazz's defeat, and the appearance of the two ancient kingdoms, Lennox continued his attempts to infiltrate and hijack the bases.

As such, the attempt of the living lightning was countered.

"What was that?! How did that happen?"

"Oh yeah... Marrho's done that a couple of times. It's his way of intimidating us." Porrelom chuckled.

"But I think I've bested him a few times. Sometimes, I guessed I should randomly turn off all power sources for a second and use my Universe Energy to envelop the entire area. But he would manage to sneak in a few..."

"I had to use the power of the Zodiacs. I managed to stop him from doing some hacks, but he would succeed more often than not. But I think the cases where I succeeded were important to him since he started to fear me." Haresha added.

"But I'm guessing we never managed to stop him talk like that."

"I managed." Haresha smiled.

"Oh? I guessed wrong, huh?"

"Lennox. What can you tell? Is his powers like yours?"

Lennox analyzed the entire fortress of Porrelom.

Marrho was not just using electric energy but had altered the dimensions to interact with the electrons of every molecule and would trigger the reaction and force electricity to appear.

The Living Lightning was not just electricity that was alive. It showed the resilience of Marrho and how he has survived many battles. As long as his lightning's smallest and faintest forms exist, he could recreate his body and Throne.

Electricity was being triggered and drawn out from every molecule and was even unbalancing the charges so that the electrons would be drawn out.

Like this, he could 'appear' within the systems of Porellom's fortress as his lightning caused all of the matter to turn through electricity as their electron charges went wild suddenly.

"No. His powers are different. It's like his powers are summoning lightning. He can create lightning out of everything. I need to create it from me. But he can manipulate matter and somehow cause lightning energy to appear all over this fortress and make the connection back to him. But since I am also enveloping it and blocking his con, I was able to stop him." Lennox smiled.

"We have to keep resisting him to show our strength. In terms of being Conquerors, Marrho is a greater threat than anybody else." Seeker answered.

"I know... He must be preparing another raid. I'll back off if it's too costly, but we must make him show more of his hand. I need to understand the source of his power."

As they planned their next defensive strategy, Marrho began to boil in anger.

"How...dare that man!" He wanted to show his power, take control of all lightning, and show that Lennox was the weaker lightning user, but not only did Lennox's lightning not follow Marrho's command, he even rebelled and snuffed out all the lightning.

His pride was attacked, and his throne took form as he gathered powerful lightning.

The entire Orbital began to flicker as lightning energy was drawn from everything.

All the Presiders were alerted as the lightning energy was sensed all over, and it was terrifying to be the target of Marrho.

The lightning was being created as it pulsed out of Marrho's Throne, spreading and creating new energies.

Lennox saw the incoming energy and moved to counter it.

With Guinevere present, Lennox released some of the stored energy constantly created inside the ship.

It spread out, created a defensive electromagnetic shield all over the base, and braced for impact. He knew that Marrho would not send some silly signal to talk to them.

ZAP!

A strange lightning from the ground coursed upwards, passing through Lennox's electromagnetic shield and forming a beam of lighting from the sky.

It was a strange sight. The energy came from the ground below and created a bolt of lightning above the defenses of Lennox!

ZAP!

The energy relentlessly pushed down.

Lennox's AI body began to distort as he jolted on and off.

"That... bastard!" Lennox was enraged.

"Seeker! Cliff! Lynd! Rai! It's time to test our theory!"

"On it." Seeker drew close to him as their Thrones appeared.

Regardless if it was all because of Lennox's ego, the group needed to have a test battle against Marrho to gather data. Right now, they were in a very safe environment within the fortress of Porelom.

The three combined their powers with Lennox. Each manifested its source of power.

Cliff used his powers to harness Sound.

Lennox continued to emit Lightning.

Rai was using his powers to alter the course of the Lightning by harnessing contained energy that he could not hold within the Void Realm. And finally, Seeker was using the fullness of his ability to draw out the Universe Energy of his Soul.

Lynd summoned all three energies and acted as the form that would balance all energy.

The three began to concentrate their attack on this.

If Marrho was creating lightning to attack them, then was it possible to attack lightning and strike Marrho with their lightning?

The counter flow of lightning was being harnessed as the trio began to use their prepared counter for this specific Presider.

"Garenjazz gave us a lot of info and data... but this was with his little skirmish against Marrho nearly three decades ago. Let's see just how far Marrho has progressed!"

The counter bolt occurred.

From the lightning Marrho sent towards them, Seeker and his team tried to send back energy. Using the very lightning of Marrho, they were charting a path and made this lightning cling and pass through Marrho's lightning! It was as if Marrho's lightning conducted Lennox's lightning.

ZAP!

"Hm?!" Marrho sensed.

A weak pulse spread out, and Marrho quickly sensed the counter energy and had no choice but to disconnect, for the lightning was bizarre.

But it was futile.

The Lightning energy began to bounce, jump, and even warp as if they were alive as it spread out and chased after Marrho's lightning pulse.

WARP! WARP!

It moved and passed through the Void Realm and somehow managed to reconnect as it chased the lightning energy it was once linked with.

Every bolt had traces of Lennox's soul as Seeker and Lynd increased its power at the cost of their soul energy.

Marrho tried to quickly severe the energy, but it was too late.

ZAP!

The Throne of Marrho was attacked, and it forced the lightning energy hidden within to leak out.

ZAP! ZAP!

From the throne, as the center, numerous lightning energy began to suddenly escape various devices, weapons, and equipment all around the fortress.

If Render hid his fortress within a Mobius strip and was somehow layering it to create a three-dimensional appearance of his fortress, Marrho's fortress was hidden within lightning.

A fortress of data that was hidden and kept within the electric energy that he had.

It was as if a virtual simulator of a giant base came to life and leaped out of a computer.

It was an entire fortress in the three-dimensional realm. Still, as its form was compressed into data, the attack of Lennox and Seeker's team somehow reflected its presence as a hologram appeared over the sky!

Lennox and Marrho continued to clash, and the fortress revealed itself.

"So that's it! Marrho's true fortress was built within the lightning energy!" Haresha realized it as she watched.

Harker and Lowengren saw it and frowned.

"...Lowengren. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Enter the matrix?" Lowngren asked back.

"Exactly! It's a virtual world that also has a physical form. But this physical form needs a bit more to appear. If we want to kill Marrho, we need to bring that world out! We've reached soul cultivation to the extent that we can leave our bodies through a medium. Why not send it out as data and infiltrate that base!" Harker smiled.

"Zeek!" Lowengren called out as he sat on his Throne. Harker quickly moved towards his Throne.

"We're entering the Matrix! You guys should send us out like data!"

"I'll have to go with you..." Lennox answered.

"Do it...! We'll try to hold on as long as possible!" Seeker answered.

Lowengren and Harker wore a helmet on their heads.

Their souls began to move out of their bodies and left their bodies in a comatose state.

With Haresha under their thumb, they were able to learn more about this ability. But this ability was practically useless since it had no practical methods. There were means that Lennox created that would convert their souls into digital and electronic data, and it would be sustainable as the souls would be a wisp of living lightning in data form, but what use would that be against Presiders? But now, Marrho's fortress was a digital world! The insane and apparently useless power now had its uses.

Their souls were dragged into Lennox's powers, and they moved to the digital fortress together.

Lennox's main body vanished as his entire form went with Lowengren and Harker, and the attacks ended.

At the same time, Porrelom connected directly to Marrho's Throne.

"Hahaha! You lose! You tried to do that hack thing, but I bet you didn't expect this!" Porrelom immediately taunted as Marrho's face was displayed on the screen.