parentshiftbook Chapter 828 - 401: Half Demon
Chapter 828 - 401: Half Demon
The bizarre man’s blood-red eyes received spiritual enhancement, taking in Li Ang and the young girls around him, even capturing the magic power around them.Finally, his gaze settled on Li Ang’s Demon Arm.
"You too are a Saint King Believer, why must you oppose me here?!"
In his rage, the bizarre man slammed the swollen wound he had inflicted on the Molten Mountain Star Soul, causing the Divine Bull to call out in agony, its sound waves slightly shaking the underground space, and the Star Soul’s energy spread, raising massive waves of lava.
Three large Great Salamanders immediately began running, leaping together with everyone around, they picked them up and then jumped high, landing steadily amidst the surging lava flow.
The orange-red Fire Feathered Lizards swung their tails, they didn’t confront the Star Soul directly; their innate abilities allowed them to traverse the lava waves unharmed.
At the center of the Star Palace, there were entrances everywhere that allowed access to various parts of Lupus Island through the underground fissures, and the space was expansive, the ceiling although not as grand as the Earth Serpent’s lair on Lupus Island, was spacious enough for Farina to ride the Blazing Winged Dragon flying.
Othella hovered in mid-air, with the Purgatory Spirits concealed behind her, merging into dots of firelight that combined into a blazing fire cloak whipping in the wind behind her.
Controlled by the bizarre man, the Divine Bull unleashed its fiery attack, not just a lava tide, but also high-temperature flames surging with the molten flow, setting the entire Star Palace ablaze.
Li Ang surrounded himself with Ice Armor, hovering steadily. While he engaged in a standoff with the bizarre man using his left arm, his right hand tightly gripped the Orichalcum.
The magical power at the tip of the staff expanded outward, efficiently constructing layers of ice protection to help his side cool down.
Meanwhile, he confirmed the opponent was deeply associated with demons, as his Demon Arm had once deceived the Eye of God, and this person’s situation was similar.
Perhaps he was a member of the Eye of God, as they had once secretly controlled numerous Star Souls, and currently, his side knew very little about how they achieved that.
"Now that you’re here, be extinguished within these civilization-destroying flames!"
The bizarre man’s hysterical shout was swallowed up in a simultaneous Divine Bull roar, at this moment, Hedaya’s will seemed completely gone, this body having become an extension for the half-demonized bizarre man.
[Molten Mountain Behemoth Hedaya [Weakened]]
[A Star Soul born from absorbing volcanic power, its blood is flowing lava, its heartbeat the rhythm of a volcano. The geothermal activities on Lupus Island have preserved its power well, but under demonic occupation, it has been squandered, its spirituality and will shattered, now, perhaps release is the best gift for it.]
[Species: Star Soul·Demon]
[Combat Wisdom: Tier 9 [Occupier’s Command]]
[Servant: None]
[Energy Source: Creation Formula, Tier 9 [Weakened]]
[Physical Strength: Hundred-Forged Molten Mountain Armor, Tier 9 [-2]. Mountain-Breaking Horn, Tier 9 [-2]. Earth-Threading Hooves, Tier 8 [-1]. Divine Tendons, Tier 8 [-1]]
[Secret Technique: Star Soul Secret Technique - Doomsday Battlefield Domain [Disabled], Ashen Rebirth Song [Disabled], Volcanic Eruption [Occupier’s Command]]
[Skills: Volcano’s Favor [Grafting], Ancient Memory, Light of the Star Soul [Weakened], Fire Divine Power, Human Form Avatar, Creator Link [Access Denied], Forging Knowledge Base]
[Combat Power Amplification: -99%]
Aside from the elderly and critically ill Platinum King, Li Ang had seen for the second time an enemy with negative combat power amplification, indicating that Hedaya also had severe issues.
From the various data, it appeared its power had spread across the entire island, paired with previous disasters, and the standoff with the demonic bizarre man, it had indeed significantly weakened, hardly considered a formidable enemy anymore.
Under the control of the demon race, its hooves stepped on lava to uphold its upper body, the battle-scarred armor channeled the Light of the Star Soul, serving not only as protection but also as power amplifiers, converting pure magic power into destructive fire streams spraying everywhere.
This however didn’t bother Othella in the air, Farina maneuvered evasively with her dragon, and the wings of the flying dragon were hit by the fire streams, suffering light damage and slowed flight speed, but as they were about to be struck, the Fire Dragon Statue had already descended.
Perhaps because Agni had previously visited the Eternal Summer and granted her more power, she now summoned the Dragon God Statue without needing to recite long prayers like at the Flashing Field, nor expend massive energy.
In front of the golden-red Divine Dragon Statue, the surging fire streams were like gentle, bathing water streams, unable to cause any impact.
On the other side, Meimei swung her sword to cleave a Water Blade, dispersing most of the flame beams.
"How about this move?!"
The Divine Bull’s attack failed to effect the prepared Star Flower Travel Corps, the bizarre man raised his hand to cast a spell, and shockingly, there was an eyeball in his palm.
In an instant, orderly spiritual fluctuations were released, manifesting in the material dimension as aligned light lines.
This was Curse Art.
The sensation was similar to the initial encounter with the Bloody Hand, but the effect of spiritual manipulation within, Li Ang couldn’t grasp in the short time.
He dared not be slow, deploying the Slow Field immediately covering the surrounding area.
After acquiring the Demon’s Hand, Li Ang’s optimized spiritual manipulation ability allowed him to choose targets unaffected by the Slow Field based on magic power synchronization; most of the Molten Mountain Behemoth was slowed, the lava stopped flowing, and instantly, it seemed like Li Ang’s side was besieging the half-demon bizarre man.
"Ha, the slow-down has limited effect on me!"
The bizarre man rasped his throat, though slowed, he was less static than the environment and the Molten Mountain Behemoth, raising his demonized arm high, he resolutely directed the Curse Art toward Li Ang’s side.
The Spiritual Line sliced through, instantly disintegrating all material it passed by. In the area covered by the Spiritual Line, everything seemed crushed by an unstoppable giant power.
Seeing this, Meimei guided magic power to open a domain, but as magic transformed into a storm, the curse art struck, shattering even the dimensional rift before it could unfold.
Is this... heavy pressure?
This effect approximates the crushing by a giant force, but it’s more precise and attained through spiritual manipulation, a type of spiritual control Li Ang had never seen before.
However, he remembered the panel in the Eye of God marking an ability called the Eye Magic Field.
Since it’s achieved by casting spells, there’s countermeasures here too!
The orichalcum-shaped winged crown at the tip of the staff, with its rotating colorful core, spewed out magic power, quickly forming circles of simple curse runes. Yet as they layered over each other, they made the operation of spirituality complex beyond description even by arcane standards.
Spell Stealing!
The curse rune replicated the operational principle of the opposing curse art, immediately launching the same curse art in reverse. Supported by the immense magic power of the Treasure Staff, the force field within the domain divided by the Spiritual Line was even stronger than the opponent’s.
[Tip: By Spell Stealing, acquired new skill [Spiritual Force Field]]
"Impossible! This form of usage is only—"
"Moo—!"
The half demon’s scream vanished in the divine bull’s painful cry, crushed in the chest by the Spiritual Force Field, it collapsed backward, smashing into the wall of its star palace.
At the connection between the half demon body and the divine bull, the tough and strong muscles originally became stardust upon restoration, revealing its deeper seizure structure.
Even the blood cocoon and the swollen wound were shattered, but the monster’s lower body still resembled an ugly artery, deeply pierced into the divine bull’s body.
"Lady Hedaya..."
In the air, Othella cried uncontrollably, trembling all over. She could not accept that such a gentle person was turned into this by evildoers.
"Ha, this still has power replenishment!"
The half demon propped up its body, guiding the giant bull’s power to pull Othella, mercilessly dragging her towards itself, while the hideous gigantic bull head slowly opened its mouth, intending to swallow the young girl and the purgatory spirits.
The Fire Dragon Divine Statue fell from the air, dragon claw pressing down on the bull’s head, enduring the flames constantly spewing from its entire body, pinning it to the ground. The half demon struggled desperately, narrowly avoiding being crushed directly into the lava by the massive body.
Terrified, Othella was drawn by the zombie-like gigantic bull head.
Li Ang raised the Magic Staff, the Decomposition Beam was already brewing.
The vein was implanted too deeply, breaking it would be an enormous effort, but no matter how deeply the parasite was embedded, as long as everything was decomposed into elemental form, there wouldn’t be anything difficult to remove.
Li Ang!
Zoe called from the back of the firelight she was riding, her will transmitted to Li Ang’s mind through Anna.
The young girl had witnessed the power of the Decomposition Beam, this spell attack, gathered with legendary law, like Chaos Destruction, is capable of shattering the star core of the Star Soul in one blow.
"Don’t kill her, let me try, let me try to awaken her consciousness!"
The young girl’s heart was full of the desire to save Hedaya, this fervent thought Li Ang had rarely felt from her before, only during those few moments of telepathic connection could it compare.
Hedaya’s care for the girls in the Star Soul Greenhouse had deeply touched Zoe, she wanted this Star Soul to survive.
"You try."
Li Ang lifted his scarlet left arm and grasped tightly, catching the half demon remotely, an invisible force wrapped around the monster, struck by the force field, and the controlled divine bull was pressed again by the Fire Dragon Divine Statue, failing to escape the Spiritual Grasp of the Demon’s hand, tightly restrained.
Zoe patted the firelight beneath her; it swished its tail and swam through the lava, swiftly approaching the Molten Mountain Behemoth.
The Slow Field only had three seconds left, the divine bull couldn’t perform any effective attack, but the Great Salamander’s body could still deliver the young girl to its front.
Zoe’s eyes spun rapidly, finding a relatively less scorching spot on the divine bull’s surface, raised her hand to press it, frost in the Ice Wolf stance adjusted the contact’s heat, she closed her eyes, began to communicate with the divine bull.
"Indeed, it’s the power of the Six-armed Saint King! But this move... won’t bind me for long!"
The half demon gritted its teeth, chanting something, the thorns encasing half its face pierced through the other side’s flesh, its body continued accumulating heterogeneous spirituality.
Even with the suppression from Spiritual Grasp, Li Ang felt it was undergoing transformation, he promptly bestowed Spiritual Activation on Meimei.
"Expand the domain, separate the giant bull from this guy, protect Zoe."
The water fairy-like girl nodded, the elevated spirituality allowed her to release abundant torrents with a mere wave of her hand, the domain swiftly formed, enclosing herself, Zoe, the firelight, and Hedaya within.
"I’m going too!"
Othella darted inside just as the domain sealed, like a firelight.