Became a Demon with Pregnancy System-Chapter 117: Totem Serpent Vs Plague God
At that moment, the Totem Serpent let out a fierce hiss, weaving its gargantuan coils back and forth.
Spasms still wracked its scales from the earlier impact, but it clearly refused to yield. Its eyes locked on the Plague God above, a silent vow of vengeance.
Luke opened his mouth to speak, but his words stalled the moment a golden luminescence kindled over his shoulder.
Hazel Ross, who lay there half-unconscious, was enveloped by a radiant glow.
The blazing aura shaped itself into a translucent, feminine silhouette—something akin to a divine avatar.
At once, the rich warmth of its presence overpowered the cold hostility radiating from the Plague God.
The corners of Luke’s wolf-like muzzle lifted in faint relief. "Hazel," he murmured, feeling the shift in her aura. "You’ve awakened the Parthenon Soul at last?"
Slowly, Hazel’s eyes opened, revealing a mixture of gold and lilac, as if two lights vied for space in her pupils. Sweat shimmered on her cheeks, but a small smile formed on her lips.
"I...managed to fuse with it," she said softly, and even her voice carried a subtle echo that resonated in the air.
"Feels like pure energy is flowing through me. And—" She paused, taking a deeper breath as though listening to a distant melody. "I have access to a short burst of Blessing magic now."
That statement hit Luke like a sudden dawn. "Blessing magic?" he repeated, excitement blazing to life in his eyes. "That could turn the tide here!"
Hazel nodded. "I won’t hold this power for long, but...maybe it’s enough."
Without needing further prompting, she raised a trembling hand and released a pillar of golden light that arced high into the stormy sky, then rained down onto the Totem Serpent.
Instantly, the serpent’s battered scales knit themselves together, the wounds sealing with an audible hiss.
Its once-labored breathing grew calm, and the length of its body stretched as if newly invigorated.
Luke watched in amazement as the serpent’s muscles rippled beneath its shimmering hide, its body expanding from nearly a kilometer long to something even more colossal.
"Incredible," he breathed. The healing alone was impressive, but the surge of the blessing gave the serpent the added advantage it sorely needed.
The Totem Serpent roared its appreciation. Translucent fangs glowed with a savage luster, and, in a sudden burst of speed, it lunged at the Plague God, jaws open wide enough to swallow a bus.
The monster, caught off-guard by the serpent’s boosted velocity, tried to retaliate with a punch of greenish toxin.
But the serpent’s momentum was unstoppable; it clamped its jaws around the Plague God’s left arm, sinking fangs into flesh with a sickening crunch.
"Kraahhh!" the Plague God snarled in pain, forced to acknowledge the serpent’s unexpected resurgence.
Still reeling from the blow, it attempted to wrench itself away, only to have the serpent clamp down more firmly.
In a violent snap of coiled muscle, the serpent tore the Plague God’s entire arm clean off, spraying sickly green fluid into the swirling wind.
Tanya’s eyes went wide with a mixture of shock and triumph. "It actually tore his arm off!"
Nonetheless, the Plague God dangled in midair, gruesomely bleeding yet not behaving like a typical living creature. Its dark aura wavered in the wind, shifting wildly in color from emerald to black.
"Impossible!" it spat, voice distorted in fury. "No mortal demon can wound me so. And you—" it glanced at Hazel, lip curling in disbelief. "You’ve awakened the spirit far too quickly! That shouldn’t be possible."
Luke took the opportunity to pour a wave of flames at the Plague God. The fiery breath roiled across the tortured sky, smashing into the monstrous silhouette.
Though the Plague God partially shielded itself, the impact made it stagger.
A vicious grin tugged at Luke’s lips. "Consider it payback for everything you tried to unleash on us."
Not one to miss a cue, Hazel clasped her trembling hands together and channeled the Blessing power again—this time in reverse—using a sort of holy light that seared any dark entity it touched.
She hurled a beam of that radiance at the Plague God’s center mass. Normally, healing magic wouldn’t harm, but to a being from the Dark Plane, holy energy was toxic.
"Aargh!" the Plague God howled as its stolen arm began dissolving into globs of vile green tar. What was left of its mortal shell contorted, steam rising from multiple wounds.
The Totem Serpent, still coiled around its prey, swallowed the severed arm in a single gulp, absorbing the leftover toxins for its own ascendant brand of poison.
A faint swirl of greenish corruption leaked across the serpent’s scales, mixing with its own venom. The shift made even the serpent’s gaze more menacing.
The Plague God might have held absolute immunity to normal poisons, but with Apollo’s limited mortal shell as a vessel, it was dangerously exposed.
This twisted synergy clearly exceeded what that human body could handle.
"Curse this—I won’t forget it!" the Plague God roared, fury etched in every syllable. "The next time we meet, I’ll repay the debt, lone star wolf."
At those final words, the creature shot Luke a glare that flickered between fear and hatred. It recognized something in him—the semblance of a greater threat, some inherited might from the darkest plane.
Then the Plague God’s form destabilized, disintegrating in chunks of greenish ectoplasm. Within seconds, the monstrous visage melted away, leaving only Apollo’s battered body behind.
Apollo, pale and trembling, barely had time to register his defeat before the Totem Serpent’s poison-laden miasma flooded in.
By the time he tried to scream, he was lost beneath the serpent’s corrosive realm, his skin sloughing off in grotesque ribbons.
When the cloud lifted, no trace of the cardinal remained—save for a few soggy bits of cloth slowly dissolving in the acidic puddles.
Above them, the serpent roared triumph, a sound that reverberated miles through the night. It had devoured part of a genuine king’s essence, boosting itself closer to uncharted strength.
