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--- Chapter 276 ---
Scathach glared at the annoying blonde with contempt. She was close to throwing her Gae Boig but knew such a simple attack wouldn't work in this scenario.
After all, the current Scathach is only a Clone left behind to be an exchange student in the Shrek Academy. She doesn't possess her full power, especially the Vampire Progenitor ability.
Scathach crossed her arms and grumbled, "There are many Heroic Spirits in the Throne of Heroes, heck you even summoned the Minamoto no Raikou, so why did it have to be this guy?"
Huo Yuhao chuckled and responded casually, "This is the Tower of Babylon, Shishou. Don't you think the name is a little familiar?"
"As the King of Heroes, Gilgamesh is the secret protector of this tower, which means no foreign power could break it down. That's why the Branch where the Tower of Babylon is 'actually' located doesn't have many members."
"Of course, I couldn't create a perfect King of Heroes. So the one sitting throne there is only a faker I created based on my own understanding of Gilgamesh."
"Your understanding is skewed." Scathach squinted her eyes because the blonde on the throne exuded a powerful presence more than a God of Forest from Extraterrestrial Race.
In fact, Scathach felt this King of Heroes was more troublesome than the real one back in her homeworld. Yae and Huang Yuna also sensed Gilgamesh's aura and frowned slightly.
Huo Yuhao smiled because everything worked as intended. 'Hehehe, I wonder when they will realize the truth.'
When creating this floor, Huo Yuhao was dead tired and wanted to do some trolling for the future challengers. Unfortunately, no one has reached this floor beside him.
Well, that changes today.
Huo Yuhao stepped back and mysteriously commented, "Well, gotta focus on your enemy. I will stay back and watch you guys fight."
"Hmm..." Qianye Ying'er felt there was an underlying meaning behind Huo Yuhao's words.
However, her thoughts were 'unfortunately' halted when several small golden portals appeared and fired weapons at them.
Qianye Ying'er summoned her Martial Soul and waved it, creating a holy light barrier around everyone.
"My little disciple, assist me," Yae called Kunou out. "I need a little wind."
"Yes, Sensei~!" Kunou pulled her Mourning Fox Feather Fan and created a powerful gust of wind.
Yae looked at this and snapped her fingers casually, creating a fiery blue spark that ignited the forming tornado and swallowed all the fired weapons into nothingness.
"Qiu'er, Scathach!" Huang Yuna stayed on the spot, watching a red and blue lightning bolt speed forward.
Scathach brandished her Gae Bolg and manifested her bloodlust into a charging beast. Huang Qiu'er wielded her Golden Dragon Spear and unleashed a powerful thrust.
They arrived from each side of the throne, stabbing their spear out.
Clank!
"This is..." Huang Qiu'er watched a shield appear out of nowhere and blocked her spear.
The same thing happened to Scathach, which caused her to click her tongue in annoyance.
"Tsk. Anti-Penetration Shields. Girl, retreat."
"Let Yuna attack!" Scathach said to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
"Okay." Huang Qiu'er nodded and flashed with a quick step, retreating several meters away. She was about to check for her teacher when a five-colored beam brushed her vision and attacked Gilgamesh on the throne.
BOOM!
The five-colored beam was 'awkwardly' stopped by another shield. Yes, a shield that could contain Huang Yuna's incoming attack.
But Huang Yuna's attack is no ordinary attack.
"Break." Huang Yuna whispered while clenching her fist.
CRACK!
The shield cracked, and the five-colored beam blasted through.
Everyone saw the five-colored beam was about to blow Gilgamesh's head off when a portal appeared and swallowed it.
"BIG, BIG, BIG HIT!" Ophis suddenly appeared before Gilgamesh and smacked his head with Yeoui.
Kunou raised her hand excitedly, "Go, OPHIS~!"
"..." Scathach.
"..." Yae.
"..." Huang Yuna.
"..." Qianye Ying'er.
"Wow..." Kunou was amazed.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!
A thundering sound reverberated as they watched the King of Heroes' head tilt slightly as if the heavy stone staff was a slap and not as heavy as it should be.
"Eh?" Ophis was shocked. A 'normal' Yeoui smack from Ophis could kill a 300,000-year-old spirit beast. And that's about 10% of her physical strength.
And on this smack, Ophis used 20% of her physical strength, yet the King of Heroes is still okay.
What kind of durability is this?
BOOOOOM!
Several concentrated golden portals surrounded Ophis and blasted her with a warehouse of weapons.
Ophis crashed against one of the pillars. The Dragon God of Infinity lifted her right hand and saw a small cut on her pinky finger.
She pouted unhappily, "Anti-Dragon Weapons."
If Ophis hadn't coated her hand with Armament Haki on time, those weapons could have cut her fingers.
Well, it's not like Ophis couldn't regenerate lost limbs as a Dragon God herself. She just found it a pain to do.
Huo Yuhao looked at their frustrated looks and thoughts, 'Since I used myself as the base for this Gilgamesh, it is a broken boss that shouldn't get defeated through normal means.'
'Aih, but it's still flawed no matter how I see it.'
'And they shouldn't have attacked the King of Heroes...'
Scathach adjusted her breathing and observed Gilgamesh on the throne calmly. "Our attacks are too predictable."
"On top of that, this annoying fellow has many weapons to counter us.'
"However, the most troublesome aspect is still the durability. I trained Ophis, so I know how powerful her attack was earlier. A mountain wouldn't survive that, but this Gilgamesh did."
"There must be a loophole." She gripped Gae Bolg tightly.
"Yae, Yuna, did you detect anything weird from Gilgamesh?"
"Not particularly. Everything about this boss is normal," Yae responded while shaking her head.
"Yeah." Huang Yuna added in agreement. "I didn't detect anything weird about him."
"But..."
"How should I put it."
"He doesn't feel real." The Auspicious Monarch commented.
"I hit him, though?" Ophis tilted her head in confusion. "How could he be not real?"
Huang Yuna shrugged, "I don't know. It just feels like it."
Qianye Ying'er walked to them and stared at Gilgamesh suspiciously, "Is it just me or this boss hasn't moved a single inch from his throne?"
Scathach snorted, "That's just how Gilgamesh acts usually. He looks down on others too much."
"But that's the problem, teacher! This Gilgamesh is not your usual King of Heroes and definitely not the one you know." Qianye Ying'er rebuked.
"Think about it. We are talking about a boss that Yuhao created here, no?"
"You know just how tricky he could be..."
"And if this Tower of Babylon is a trial, there should be a way to finish it."
"Um..." Kunou suddenly raised her voice.
"Don't you think that throne is weird?"
Everyone stared at the throne Gigamesh sat on and frowned because it was weird. They could feel energy fluctuation from it, but it was weak and unnoticeable without focusing their attention on it.
Their visions slowly turn from haziness to a realization.
Huang Yuna pouted, "So, that's why we don't feel anything weird from the 'Gilgamesh' himself."
"Yuhao, how cunning." Even a Divine Master of Illusion like Yae got tricked by this small gimmick. She was embarrassed by this childish optical illusion.
"What a faker. Hehe, that's just Yuhao being Yuhao." Qianye Ying'er giggled.
"Master can even do something like this..." Huang Qiu'er mumbled.
"Yuhao, you bastard!" Scathach scolded while pointing her finger at the blue-haired young man not far away.
Huo Yuhao leaned on the wall and chuckled, "Hehe. Did you notice already?"
"What's the secret?" Ophis was confused.
Kunou smiled a little and explained, "So it's like this. Do you see that blonde guy? That's actually not the boss of the floor. The throne is..."
"So what we have been trying to hit is just a decoy."
"Sometimes the easiest trick is always harder to solve."
"Yuhao-Onii should have calculated that the challengers would be tired and couldn't think straight in the last four. They are also overcautious and expect the worst from the floor boss."
"Yet hiding in plain sight is the real boss..."
"Yuhao, you meanie!" Ophis waved her Yeoui cutely.
After knowing the true boss of the 210th floor, the ladies and girls focus on the throne and plan their movements.
They used many tactics and finally landed a solid hit on the throne after an hour.
At last, a pleasant voice echoed on the 210th floor.
"Congratulations~!"
"You have conquered the 210th Floor!"
The Preliminary Round also ended at the same time.