bookpower Chapter 279: The Final Struggle
Chapter 279: The Final Struggle
Chapter 279: The Final Struggle
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“What is that Sword?!”
The Heavenly Demon glared at the gigantic black sword I created, which still remained materialized even after having been used once.
This was because I had created it by fusing my Myriad Self Aura into it, granting the blade the power to sustain itself as long as I feed it with my Ki and other energies.
However, I can’t really keep it up for too long; we have to finish this quickly!
“HAAAH!”
With a furious roar, I rushed towards the Heavenly Demon. At the same time, Zero One flew around using as much power as she could to move at lightning speed.
The Heavenly Demon’s Aura Manifestation roared, swinging its gigantic arms against me, but I swung Nidhogg, cutting through his manifestation.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
“You can cut through my Aura!?”
Without hesitating, he quickly got physical; the black heavens above rumbled, fusing with his fists as his cursed seals channeled their power, something I didn’t think he could do.
With a furious and crazed roar, he unleashed a barrage of physical strikes, punches, kicks, wing attacks, beak attacks, everything he could.
“{Heavenly Demon Martial Arts}: {Wicked Rampage}!”
Despite how chaotic it seemed, every attack came gracefully, carrying tremendous prowess with it. I barely could stop his blows with my shield and my sword, but constant explosions of cursed flames covered my body.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
My body parts were being constantly blown into shreds and then rapidly regenerating thanks to the powers of the Hydra. I activated as many skills as possible, reinforcing my body’s physical capabilities to withstand the Heavenly Demon’s unrestrained power.
“Hahaha! At the end, my strength and technique are still superior!” he laughed. “In a raw battle against me, you can’t win, girl! Now face your death with honor; I shall end you!”
However, it seemed impossible; he was becoming stronger the more damage he took from my sword and my techniques, and even my Myriad Self-Arts started to not even make him flinch.
The black skies above rumbled as a gigantic crimson and black-colored spear materialized once more.
The same wretched technique all over again! Just how many of these can he conjure?!
“{Black Heaven’s Crimson Thunder Spear: Vajra Ratana}”
RUMBLE!
The gigantic spear rushed down towards me as I gritted my teeth and prepared Nidhogg to slash it down, but the Heavenly Demon was right there, constantly attacking me.
My countless arms made from my Aura and the various buffs applied to me and combined together couldn’t hold back his endless Wicked Rampage, explosions of cursed flames consuming my body constantly.
“You cannot take on both at the same time; you’re finished!”
As he celebrated, I heard Zero One’s signal.
And then I smirked at him as blood came out of my mouth.
“You think so?”
“Hm?!”
FLASH!
My body disappeared completely, as I used the power of my gauntlet to become completely invisible, and then using the Abyssal Essence, I summoned a friend.
“{Abyssal Gaze}!”
FLASH!
My eyes shone with black color as a black mist encompassed the Heavenly Demon’s entire body. Suddenly, his strength decreased tremendously, just in time for several status effects to stack on his entire body.
“UGH?! AAGH!”
As he struggled to heal himself from the Paralysis, Confusion, and Pain Status Effects, Zero One rushed down and kicked him with tremendous force.
BOOOM!
“Wha...?!”
The Heavenly Demon was confused, yet he responded a second later, controlling his spear and sending it towards Zero One.
Yet the Android’s lightning was different now, overflowing with a black, cursed color.
There was a huge sign one of my Egos had imprinted into her chest—a Cursed Seal.
“{Cursed Seal Release: Frenzy}!”
“But this is as far as it goes.”
I gathered Golden Ki within my hands, unleashing a devastating beam attack, as my aura shaped into the head of a golden Chinese dragon, opening its jaws.
“{Celestial Golden Dragon Divine Fist}: {Golden Dragon’s Ki Blast}!”
I released all of my Ki at once—everything I had, my Aura, everything—even Zero One imbued her electromagnetic energies into it.
This was our final attack, to end this once and for all.
“ROOOAAARR!”
The dragon roared, its breath attack synchronizing with my fists moving forward; not one, but several Ki Blasts were released at once.
“Hah... The Celestial Golden Dragon Divine Fist school...?! You’re full of surprises, brat...”
He didn’t fight anymore; already all tattered and bleeding, the blasts hit him as countless explosions engulfed him, at the same time as they disintegrated his blood dragons.
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
The explosions of golden light covered the skies beautifully. As we saw his silhouette falling from the skies, his black feathers were set ablaze with golden flames, but they slowly dissipated.
CRASH!
He fell over a floating island, bleeding but barely alive.
We moved down to see him, noticing that Wai Tian had kept Yin Shen safe with the help of my familiars.
“Hahah... I can’t move... I can’t even... muster any Ki; it’s all gone,” he muttered. “Not even that Heavenly Empress... had ever dared to go so far against me... She was afraid I would die. That woman... she has... the same power I do... yet she’s always so afraid... of using it.”
“That’s because when she fights you, she doesn’t see a man,” I said. “She only seems like a traumatized, crying child. Only asking for help...”
“Hah,” he smirked. “Maybe... So what’s... next? Are you going to kill me?”
“No, you’re going to fight alongside us,” I said. “You’ll become our ally.”
“That’s... What?” he started to laugh. “You’re... haha... For what reason would I... ugh... would I help a damn... brat... like... you...”
“You’re an amazing master, but a terrible man, master...” I sighed. “Rest for now.”
He slowly closed his eyes as he fell unconscious.
“He was really tenacious until the end, phew!”
Zero One was right behind me. As I was carrying her on my back, the seal imprinted into her chest was gone, dissipating into ashes. She seemed exhausted.
“Yeah, thank you for helping me so far, Zero One... You were amazing! See? This is how strong you are!” I laughed, congratulating her.
“I-I am still learning,” she said, blushing a bit. “But thank you, Anna... For believing in me. I do feel stronger now.”
“Good...” I nodded. “Ah!”
POOF!
Fang Shuan emerged out of my body as our fusion came to an end; he fell to the floor and then took upon his small, energy-saving doll-like form.
“Ugh... I’m so tired... My soul... can’t take it anymore...”
“I’ll feed you soul wine later, so bear with it for now. Well done, Fang Shuan. Thank you for giving me your strength.”
“It is an honor.”
“Lady Anna!”
Wai Tian came running towards us after that, bringing with her the unconscious black fox and my familiars too.
“Wai Tian! Looks like everything is done now,” I nodded.
“Yes, I noticed! That was amazing! You... all of you, you’re so great!” Wai Tian said. “I’ve realized how much the empress held back against us compared to that monster... Ah, right! Especially you, Zero One, that was amazing—those moves, those techniques you used. And your ability to instantly copy any technique, movement, and martial art... That’s just so awesome!”
“E-Eh? You think so?” Zero One blushed again; she got embarrassed whenever praised. “Thank you, Wai Tian! You’re also incredible. Ah, right, what not? Why is the trial not ending?”
“I was going to ask the same thing...” said Fang Shuan.
“It ended,” I said. “She’s just been looking at us with a puzzled look for a little while, right, Tower Master?”
I looked into the skies as the clouds dissipated, showing a young Heavenly Empress with a slightly irritated look in her face.
“Ugh! How come you did something so impossible?! Not even my creator registered this ending at all! I have to work on it myself, so just wait a bit, please...”
She moved her hands, changing the structure of the entire Formation.
And before long, we were teleported into a “waiting lobby”.
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