Boom! Boom! Boom! Explosions were occurring everywhere. Warriors screamed and fought with all their might. Some got tangled up in others' fights. Dead bodies dropped down continuously and splattered into meat paste. The battle between the Consulate and Dwarf tribe had reached its climax. By now, 3 Sage realm dwarves and 2 prophets had perished.
Boom! Boom! Ratatatata! The metal giant was shooting out chi blasts & chi bullets, killing dwarves casually while it chased after Ming Sheng persistently.
"Hahaha! Where are you running white bastard? You can't outrun death!" The prophet cackled and continued to manipulate the metal giant. Ming Sheng was at his wits end.
"Damn it! He just keeps chasing me and I don't have many offensive moves to bring down such a giant enemy!" Ming Sheng thought while dodging the chi bullets and continued to fly. He sneakily killed a few belligerent Consulate warriors too, whomever he passed by.
"I guess I have to summon her after all." Ming Sheng muttered and then sighed. His spatial ring glowed white and a young woman emerged, draped in a tight black blouse & short skirt. She had brown bushy hair, black eyes, an ordinary face but a tight toned body with firm perky breasts, protruding nipples, round hips and slender waist. She was Ankita from Shyaren's faction who had disappeared after turning into a mindless fuckdoll. It was believed that some cultivator amidst Raiders had captured her and was keeping her for sex. Even when Ryuga had demanded that all captured women must be set free, Ankita was not seen by anyone. Turns out, she was in Ming Sheng's possession all along!?
"Sigh. I was planning on giving you more time to get stronger but I'm in quite a pinch..." Ming Sheng spoke.
"That's alright doctor. Allow me to return the favor of you having restored my senses and helped in my cultivation." Ankita said. Her spatial ring glowed and two short swords emerged in her hands.
Swoosh! Ankita leapt at the metal giant while Ming Sheng flew away, sneaking towards the shaft for the next level. He was worried about Xiao and the others.
Clang! Clang! Krrrng! Slash! Ankita stabbed and slashed through the giant arm while running on it, approaching the giant's head.
"Hmph, impudent slut!" The prophet manipulated the giant to swat Ankita away but she was too fast!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Ankita picked up speed, turning into a blur while revving up her chi. Her cultivation base became clear.
"Level 2 Sage realm!" This prophet was shocked as he analysed. They were both at the same level.
"Twin Guillotine!" Ankita roared and slashed with both short swords, creating an x-shaped chi arc that slashed at the giant's swinging arm.
Kshangg!! The metallic arm which was as thick as 7 pillars put together, was cut cleanly and fell down, slamming against several unsuspecting warriors and dwarves before colliding on the ground with a loud sound.
"You dare!? Kill her, Mechasaurus!" The prophet roared with a twisted expression. Ankita remained expressionless and continued her onslaught while remembering the countless days of agony when she was raped by numerous men; then stolen by one pervert who kept her as a sex slave in a weakened state for countless days. Even when she had regained some of her senses, she was still forcibly raped and treated like a fuckdoll. Days and nights went by. Ankita had spent majority of her time inside a suffocating spatial ring, unable to do anything. Whenever she was summoned, it was only to be raped hardcore!
Finally, one lucky day she was summoned out, not by her rapist but the kind old doctor Ming Sheng instead, who was both shocked and sad upon seeing Ankita's state. He had promised her that he will fix her and that everything will be alright.
Ankita had since then feasted upon various medicines, energy pills and cultivation resources, regaining her strength and stamina, cultivating inside Ming Sheng's spatial ring, practicing her moves a million times. She was seething with rage due to the injustice done to her in the recent past. She used this rage to level up rapidly in cultivation.
Within just a month she broke through 4 levels and 1 realm! Her talent may have been splendid but she couldn't have done it without Ming Sheng's support. And now that he had summoned her to aid him, she was going all out to repay her benefactor!
Boom! Boom! Shew-shew-shew! Chi bullets and other projectiles attacked her; she defended, spinning her short swords while flying and leaping around.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Boom! Swirrrrr!! Amidst the rapid battle, Ankita's one sword was flung at the prophet. It spun like a shredder, cutting through everything in its path and reached the target.
Plat!! The prophet clapped his hands and caught it expertly. But suddenly, the sword's handle fell off & released a rosy scent that the prophet ended up inhaling a bit before throwing the sword away.
"Damn it… I've been…" The prophet wobbled and clenched his head. The metal giant wavered too and fell, colliding against several belligerent warriors and killing them in the process.
Boom! The metal giant collapsed on the ground. Several warriors turned into meat paste underneath it. Meanwhile Ankita descended upon the prophet like a soul reaper. She swung her other sword swiftly.
Shink! The prophet's head rolled and blood splattered as Ankita beheaded him.
"Hahaha! You're a strong woman. I'll take you with me!" A Sage realm dwarf took fancy to her and approached with a lustful expression. Ankita rolled her eyes. There was no lack of idiots in the world. Even in the heat of the battle this person was thinking about sex.
Swoosh! Ankita moved speedily and appeared behind the dwarf, hacking at his neck and easily beheaded him.
"Die! Human!" Another dwarf leapt at her. In this heated battle, it was quite difficult to discern friend from foe. Even though Ankita killed a Consulate prophet, many dwarves didn't see it and considered her an enemy when she beheaded a dwarf. Thus, soon Ankita was surrounded by many dwarves and ended up fighting them.
Boom! Skew! Slash! Spears flew about. A few of them killed a few dwarves who were targeting Ankita. She glanced over at Deodomus who smiled and flew away, fighting Consulate members and stabbed his way through the mob, trying to reach the shaft.
Swoosh! An athletic tall man appeared before him. He had a long nose, square jaw, long hair tied in a ponytail and he had a ruthless expression. He was Liyuan the blazing brute.
"Hmph!" Deodomus summoned two spears and dual-wielded them. Liyuan came bare-handed. The two of them engaged in a manly fight.
Boom! Boom! Shew! Each punch of Liyuan's sent powerful shockwaves. Each areal stab of Deodomus' pierced holes in Liyuan's body.
"1000 Blazing Punches!" Liyuan roared. Flames burnt on his fists and fiery images of fists attacked Deodomus.
"Hmph! Water Dragon!" Deodomus retaliated with his newly mastered water element technique. Water emerged from the surrounding air and took form of a large dragon that collided with the blazing punches, destroying them all.
"Hohoho! Was that a water dragon?" A prophet spoke as he flew over. "Let's fight and see whose dragon is stronger!"
Fwoom! Lava flew out of the prophet's mouth, taking form of a dragon. Liyuan worked together with him and they both pincered Deodomus.
"Hmph! Enough games. I need to be with Xiao." Deodomus scowled and revved his chi. The lava dragon rushed at him while Liyuan came barrelling down with blazing fists.
"Deterring Chaos!" Deodomus clapped his hands and powerful chaotic shockwaves erupted from his body, destroying the prophets' moves.
"Chaos Beam! Swirling Chaos! Water Tempest!"
Boom! Boom! Swoosh! Powerful moves landed on the dragon prophet, knocking him out and surrounding him in a tempestuous floating waterbody which would lead him to his death within few minutes.
Swoosh! Deodomus lunged at Liyuan and his body enlarged.
"Yeti Technique!"
'Hmph! So you were hiding trump cards, eh? I'll show you my best moves too!" Liyuan roared.
Shakk! A short sword stabbed at his back, piercing through his heart. Liyuan's eyes widened in shock. Ankita sneered from behind and quickly retreated. She had camouflaged her presence with unique scents thus Liyuan had been unable to notice her.
"Ohok! Liyuan coughed out blood as he looked back only to feel an incoming pressure from his front. He quickly looked ahead at a yeti fist that enlarged in his vision swiftly.
Boom!! Liyuan was sent flying by Deodomus who didn't care to finish off his opponent and dived towards the shaft, killing whoever got in his way. He was increasingly feeling a deep foreboding.
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Bam! Bam! Shew-shew-shew! Xiao was attacking with her thick stinger tail while small stingers were shooting off of her breasts, attacking Jiao repeatedly but Jiao used Shadow Cocoon as an armor, effectively surviving the assault.
"Hmph! It's the same as the wispy shadows worn by dwarves. That one used to negate chi attacks. This one even provides protection from most physical attacks." Xiao deduced as she narrowed her eyes while retreating and cancelling her Beastial technique. The giant wasp guardian separated from Xiao's body while a giraffe guardian & a giant crab guardian appeared on her other side.
"Beastial technique!" Xiao roared and merged with the giraffe. Her body transformed into a new type of beast. She maintained her humanoid shape but grew bigger. Her neck elongated, reaching the roof and her face also turned into that of a giraffe.
"In that case I'll have to strike harder!" Xiao's eyes glistened and she swung her long neck fiercely.
Swoosh!! Jiao felt a strong pressure coming at him. He snorted and readied his scythe to cut down Xiao's neck.
"Beastial Crab Armor!" Xiao sneered inwardly, activating a trump card she had invented haphazardly. Immediately a thick red armor appeared on her neck.
Bam! The neck connected with the scythe.
Krrr!!! Sparks flew about as Jiao was pushed back from the impact, creating two deep streaks on the floor underneath his feet.
Bam! He was finally flung away and collided against a wall.
Swoosh! Xiao retracted her neck and extended it again, straight towards Jiao. Her face developed a defensive red armor on it.
Bam! Like a battering ram, Xiao's head struck the unprepared Jiao. The black wall broke behind him and he was pushed deep into the cave wall.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Xiao kept attacking. The shadow cocoon was unable to negate this much brute force. Jiao was feeling disoriented and pained.
Xiao paused, transforming again. A giraffe and a crab guardian were separated from her body. Xiao used Beastial technique again, using the last guardian to transform into a humanoid spider. Her upper torso merged with a giant black spider body. Her jaw developed claw-like features and multiple eyes appeared on her forehead, making her look extremely fierce.
Ploosh! Ploosh! Thick webs were shot out from her flexible behind, entrapping Jiao inside the hole on the wall.
Xiao panted while focusing. She may have learnt the Beastial technique but her mastery was not perfect. Plus, she hadn't had much practice either. Being able to merge with different guardians and even mix their attributes at once was already a great feat.
Earlier Xiao had used crab armor on top of giraffe transformation. But for her upcoming last attack, much focus was required so she entrapped Jiao and used the opportunity to focus.
"Ultimate Beast!" Xiao roared and all the guardians turned into light, entering her body.
Shink! Shink! Shink! Jiao cut through the harder than steel spider webs as he came out of the wall, looking battered. He froze at the scene in front of him.
"Grrr…." Xiao growled in her ultimate beast form. The four guardians- wasp, giraffe, crab and spider had merged together with Xiao. Now Xiao had a giant spider body with 6 sickle-like long arms, 2 thick crab-like arms, a long giraffe neck and face with multiple eyes and a red crab armor covered her entire body and a stinger tail on her spider bottom.
"…" Jiao was astonished seeing such a transformation.
Xiao's consciousness was weakening by the seconds. She could not maintain this form for long. She attacked immediately.
Swoosh! The giant beast Xiao jumped like a spider and came crashing down, aiming all her dangerous limbs at Jiao. Jiao looked up in horror and took a step back.
"Emperor Push!" He shot invisible force towards Xiao but it only reduced her speed.
Boom! Xiao struck the ground, creating a crater. Jiao had leapt away at the last moment.
Ploosh! Ploosh! Xiao's behind shot spider balls at Jiao. Each one missing the target as Jiao dodged while flying as he prepared himself for a final showdown.
"I guess it's do or die now, hehehehe!" Jiao laughed. "To that that you'd make even me feel fear. You Xiao are a worthy opponent! I'll make sure to gut you alive!" Jiao leapt at Xiao who turned back and attacked with her multiple arms.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Jiao's sickle moved speedily, clashing with the crab claws and sickle arms. Jiao was now faster than Xiao.
Swoosh! Xiao's neck came swooping down fiercely.
Bam! Jiao was flung away and he collided against another wall. Quickly he flew back up and attacked again.
"Shadow Claw!" He aimed his clawing hand towards Xiao and a shadow element claw emerged from it, enlarging rapidly as it reached Xiao and attacked her. It was as large as Xiao herself. Xiao struck it fiercely and pushed it back but it returned, clawing at her body while getting stabbed in turn. The fight continued.
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Meanwhile Deodomus reached the lower floor where Ming Sheng was sweating solemnly. He had failed to save Silver Knightmare who had long perished due to suffocation.
"…" Deodomus' expression turned grave as he stood near Knightmare. He then sighed & summoned an ornate dagger from his spatial ring and placed it on Knightmare's chest. A courtesy towards the comrade who liked hoarding weapons.
Then Deodomus warped Knightmare's corpse and the piles of weapons into his spatial ring. Ming Sheng scowled at him.
"Don't worry, I'm going to give him a proper burial later." Deodomus said. Ming Sheng didn't pursue the matter. Even if Deodomus were lying, it was better if he took advantage of what Knightmare had left behind, than the enemies.
Ming Sheng and Deodomus reached the next level where they were even more appalled, seeing the two injured women Ayla and Shyaren. Ayla's eyes were blown apart. Though the injury wasn't bleeding anymore due to Ebnom's healing potion.
Ming Sheng quickly scrutinized the two women and concluded that they were not in grave danger. He fed them healing pills & Deodomus stowed them in his spatial ring.
And as they entered the ruined shadow temple, they were astonished. Jiao could be seen badly injured, standing atop a slain monstrous beast. Jiao was panting and bleeding heavily. The blood-laden sickle in his hand was shaking. He looked at Deodomus and sneered.
Underneath him, the beast glowed with multiple lights and four guardian corpses separated from Xiao's badly mangled body with twisted broken limbs.
"Hahaha! She was only this much strong at the end." Jiao mocked while pressing his boot on Xiao's breast.
"She's…not breathing." Ming Sheng uttered in a daze. Deodomus shivered in rage.
Bwoosh!! Powerful energies rippled out of both Deodomus and Ming Sheng and they flew towards Jiao with swords in hands and madness in their minds.
"Hahahaha! Come! Entertain me, you fools!" Jiao laughed evilly and attacked.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Bam! The three of them tangled in a speedy fight.
Swish-swish-slash! Ming Sheng sustained injuries quickly but his wounds healed on their own. He had consumed enough healing pills in advance.
Clang! Clang! Bwoosh! Deodomus fought equally with Jiao. Swords and scythes shattered after every few clashes and were replaced by new ones. Injuries piled up. Neither of the two seemed any inferior to another in terms of weapon mastery.
Ming Sheng kept attacking from the blind side, landing a hit each time but failing to harm Jiao due to his shadowy armor.
"Emperor's Fury!" Jiao suddenly roared and turned around, ignoring Deodomus and hacking at Ming Sheng at impossible speed. His scythe became a blur & fierce energies rippled around him, leaving slashes on the walls and the floor while cutting into Ming's Sheng's body who was also being chopped into countless pieces repeatedly by the scythe. Ming Sheng regenerated repeatedly, only to be hacked down again & again.
Deodomus frantically attacked Jiao with his sword but Jiao covered himself completely in shadow cocoon armor. Deodomus used all sorts of moves but failed to stop Jiao. Eventually Deodomus paused, staring hopelessly at the tiny pieces of meat and bones that heaped on the bloodied ground. Ming Sheng no longer regenerated. He was dead.
"AHHHHH!!!! Fire Pillar!" Deodomus roared, striking Jiao with a thick fire pillar at close range.
Boom! Bwoosh! Boom!! Jiao was flung away from the impact, completely enshrouded in blazing flames. He collided into a dark wall, creating a big crater in it.
"…" Deodomus frowned realizing that Jiao was still alive. He shook his head inwardly and summoned Ayla and Shyaren from his spatial ring. They had both awoken and recovered their energies through chi pills. Ayla's eyes had regenerated as well.
"Xiao and Ming Sheng are dead." Deodomus spoke. "Find Xiao's ring. Take it and get out of here."
"…What about you?" Ayla frowned as Deodomus walked towards Jiao.
"Hahahaha!" He laughed rather maniacally. "What about me…? What am I to do without Xiao? What did I even ever do for her?" He muttered while flames enveloped his right arm and water swirled around his left arm. "Now she's gone. Just like Anek… At the very least I can die for her."
"…" Shyaren knelt down and picked up Ming Sheng's spatial ring. Then she pulled out hers too and gave it to Ayla who looked at her in surprise.
"Take care of my son." Shyaren spoke sadly.
"You…" Ayla was lost for words.
"As an elder of Order of Chaos, it is my responsibility to finish the mission of destroying Shadow God's inheritance and subsequently its inheritor- Jiao." Shyaren spoke with determination. "You go. Make sure the children learn about their parents and inherit their techniques."
"…" Deodomus pondered something and swung his flaming hand. Two spatial rings flew out towards Ayla who caught them. These rings belonged to Tian Mei and Silver Knightmare. Deodomus apparently agreed with Shyaren that the children should inherit their parents' techniques and more.
"…" Ayla took the rings and swiftly approached Xiao. She took off Xiao's spatial ring. Her hazel eyes glowed brightly and a huge gate appeared inside the temple. She entered it without looking back. Her tears fell incessantly as the gate closed behind her.
"Kekeke. It's so much more fun to hunt someone down when they think they've escaped successfully." Jiao's voice echoed as he climbed out of the hole in the wall.
Shyaren stood beside Deodomus facing this powerful enemy.
"I used to hate men." Shyaren said to Deodomus. "…And then I met you."
"…I'm sorry I was a jerk to you and everyone else." Deodomus apologized.
"That's what I liked about you actually, heheh." Shyaren chuckled. She had odd tastes.
Swoosh! Both of them then flew towards Jiao. Jiao leapt at them.
"Water Dragon! Fireball!" Deodomus struck. The elements enveloping his arms shot out in the shapes of a dragon and fireball.
"Emperor Push!" Jiao called out suddenly.
Boom! Bwoosh! Deodomus' moves were destroyed while he was sent flying, breaking through a wall.
Shyaren quickly summoned a Blackshell armor & gauntlets, fighting Jiao bravely.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Clang! Her powerful punches were parried by Jiao's scythe which cracked from the impact and quickly shattered.
Boom! Shyaren's punched landed heavily on Jiao's chest but could not push him back. Jiao sneered while the black wisps of his armor propelled him forward. His body strong enough to endure many times stronger punches.
Jiao grabbed Shyaren's throat and landed a heavy punch on her stomach.
Bam! The Blackshell armor cracked.
Bam! It shattered and Shyaren puked out blood.
Bam! Jiao's fist through Shyaren's stomach and pierced out of her back, breaking several ribs in the process. Blood splattered down from the wound.
"Got you now, motherfucker!" Shyaren growled and grabbed Jiao with all four limbs.
"Chaos Quake!" She shouted and powerful chaotic shockwaves emerged from her body. The air quaked, the ground quaked and cracked, the roof shattered and large rocks began falling down.
"Ahhh!!!" Jiao screamed for the first time in this battle. His shadow armor was turning into wisps and dissipating. His organ were bursting inside his body, his bones were cracking while blood seeped out from his 7 orifices.
"Fucking bitch!" Jiao growled, punching and kneeing Shyaren.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Shyaren's bones cracked from each hit but she did not let go of Jiao.
"Emperor Push!" Jiao struck hard with a signature move.
Whoosh! Both of them were pushed in a direction and slammed into wall. Shyaren was still stuck to Jiao. Chaos Quake was getting stronger by each second.
Swoosh! Deodomus returned with eyes bloodshot in rage.
"Death Spear!" Boom! The spear blew a hole in Jiao's body from shoulder to waist. He turned his neck slowly and glared at Deodomus.
"Shadow Speed!" Jiao's speed arose considerably and he appeared behind Deodomus while Shyaren was still clung to him.
"Emperor Judgment!" He struck Deodomus with his palm. Large amounts of energy rushed into Deodomus, shattering all of his bones.
"Shadow Cocoon!" Next, Jiao enveloped Deodomus into the same black cocoon which he had used to suffocate Silver Knightmare to death. Only this time, it covered Deodomus entirely and started contracting rapidly.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Sounds of bones cracking could be heard while Deodomus screamed and struggled furiously but the shadow cocoon kept contracting and soon took form of a slightly oversized football, having turned Deodomus into meat paste inside it.
"Shadow God! Lend me your power!!" Jiao roared and black element arose from his entire body, enveloping him and Shyaren. The Chaos Quake continued but the shadow wisps started seeping inside Shyaren's body and started tearing her apart from the inside.
Blood flowed out from Shyaren's 7 orifices while the Chaos Quake weakened until it stopped.
"I will…see you in…hell...!" Shyaren scratched Jiao's face, leaving 4 claw marks on it.
Bam! Shyaren fell down, twitching feebly at death's door.
"Hahahaha! I'm invincible! I'm almighty!!" Jiao laughed aloud as he flew up. "With Shadow God's inheritance in my grasp, who in the world can defeat me?! Hahahaha!! AHAHAHAHA!!" Jiao's mad laughter echoed everywhere.
A certain eyeball rolled in the rubble somewhere in the temple. It looked at Jiao and then at Deodomus inside the shadow cocoon, then at Shyaren and finally at Xiao. A soft wind blew towards Xiao.
Whoosh! The wind suddenly grew strong and swept through the entire temple, gaining Jiao's attention. He turned around, noticing something strange. His eyes widened quickly as he saw dead Xiao floating up in the air!
"What the…"
Crack! Crack! Xiao's twisted limbs moved and readjusted themselves creepily. Her oddly hanging neck cracked up as she stared at Jiao with pupil-less white eyes. Her long & bloodied hair floated around her naked body that was healing on its own.
"Well, I'll be damned." Jiao mumbled, preparing himself.
"Khwaaaa!!!!" Xiao screamed in a blood-curdling voice while her energy erupted violently as she leapt at Jiao in a frenzy.
Boom! An explosive sound shook up the entire temple.