Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1774: Intense Battle
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CLAAASH!
The two Vampire Family Heads charged from opposite sides, their massive arms and bodies hurling toward Maria with crushing force.
They unleashed their powers without hesitation, hammering her with punches and kicks while thunderbolts, slicing winds, and soul-draining strikes erupted to weaken her.
Each blow detonated with terrifying power, shaking the entire Heavenly Palace.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Yet Maria remained unmoved, her gaze steady on both foes as her aura spiraled outward, twisting into dozens of shimmering reflective swords that surrounded her completely.
This was a new technique. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
A barrier forged from blades.
{Spectral Ghostly Fist Art: Twelfth Form - Dream Chasing Star Blade Dome}!
TRUUUM!
"NGAAAH?!"
"UGH?!"
Both Vampire Family Heads cried out in pain as the dome activated, shredding their arms into fragments and carving deep slashing wounds across their bodies.
"H-How?! She transformed her own sword slashes into a defensive dome?! That’s impossible!"
"This is absurd! Who is she?! How are we losing?! Not even Gods can withstand our strength in these forms!"
Xarion and Orren trembled, confronted by Maria’s overwhelming dominance.
She offered no respite. Taking a single step forward, she transformed into a wasp composed entirely of crackling lightning.
{Fusion Form - Soul Piercing Lightning Wasp Stinger}!
BZZZTTT!
"WHA...?!"
"DAMN IT!"
Xarion and Orren scrambled to defend themselves as Maria buzzed around them, streaking like bolts of lightning faster than they could track. Then...
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
In a single second, she stabbed each of them dozens of times.
"GUUAAAAHHH?!"
"NNGGAAAHH!"
They screamed in torment, spewing blood as their enormous, muscular bodies crashed to the ground.
The Heavenly Emperor watched in stunned awe. The five Calamities lay defeated at his feet, slain only after prolonged struggle.
He alone perceived what the vampires could not.
As they battled her relentlessly...
"It’s like a gigantic centipede?!"
His eyes widened. Maria’s techniques and blinding speed allowed her to encircle her enemies, attacking from every direction.
She coiled around them like a massive centipede, leaving no escape, biting repeatedly and injecting deadly venom.
"What is this woman?! She’s overpowering two Vampire Family Heads in their strongest forms at once?!"
Gasping for breath, he noticed Wu Lieng rushing toward his father’s statue, pressing a black bead against it.
"Hahahah... It won’t work; you fool! Nothing surpasses the Golden Curse! All who dared defy me were— Huh?!"
His arrogance vanished as the black bead began absorbing the golden layer encasing the Heavenly Demon’s body.
"W-What...! IMPOSSIBLE!"
He staggered to his feet, blood pouring from his wounds. His six Martial Souls materialized, merging into his body and forming multi-elemental spiritual armor.
"STOP THAT, WU LIENG!"
He charged the old man, summoning twin elemental blades intent on slicing him apart.
"We finally made it."
Before he could close the distance, a colossal dragon claw seized his head and slammed him into the floor, shattering the stone beneath.
BOOOM!
"GAAAAH?!"
The Heavenly Emperor whirled around to face a towering black-and-white dragon wreathed in dual flames of death and life.
"YOU!"
Fury twisted his features as he unleashed a barrage of multi-elemental slashes. Explosions hurled Lucifer backward.
"Hahaha...! You’re still no match for me, you lowly—!"
"That’s why he’s not alone."
"NGH?!"
The Heavenly Emperor coughed blood as twin spears pierced his back repeatedly, shattering his elemental armor.
"DAMN IT!"
He swung wildly behind him, striking Partner and sending her crashing downward. She landed gracefully, bat-like wings flaring as she surged back toward him.
"Heavenly Emperor! I’m going to drink your blood! Hahaha!"
"A filthy vampire! You’re with Maria?! How and why— It doesn’t matter!"
His armor sprouted dozens of elemental arms, parrying every strike from Lucifer and Partner while forcing them back.
"You’re not the only one with tricks!" Lucifer roared.
"Yeah, let’s go all out!" Partner shouted.
"What?! What do you mean by— "
"MARTIAL SOUL!!!"
RUMBLE!
To his horror, Lucifer and Partner summoned their own Martial Souls.
Lucifer revealed two: a gigantic Zombie Dragon of Abyssal Death Flames and a White Dragon of purifying Void Flames. They fused with his fists, amplifying his martial arts with devastating explosive power.
Partner’s single Martial Soul emerged, dwarfing both of Lucifer’s combined.
"GRAAAAHHHH!"
A colossal, ghostly crimson skeleton.
"W-WHAT ARE THESE?! MARTIAL SOULS?!"
The Heavenly Emperor could barely comprehend the onslaught of dragon fists and skeletal claws. His armor fractured as he swung desperately, yet Lucifer and Partner held firm, blood streaming from their noses, eyes burning with unyielding resolve.
"NOW, EMERALDINE!!!"
At their shout, an icy chill raced down his spine. Farther away, an elven archer stood poised, her power fully charged.
Her Martial Soul appeared as a towering Dryad of spirit wood, drawing a massive bow formed from its own limb.
"{Yggdrasil’s Nine Worlds}"
A colossal arrow materialized, fusing nine elemental spheres into one compressed projectile before launching toward the Heavenly Emperor.
"That attack is too powerful! I must evade! I must evade now, or I’ll be crippled— Damn it! They won’t budge! Are they insane?! They’ll be hit too!"
Panic surged as the arrow struck his back, piercing lungs and heart before detonating deep within his soul.
"NGAH?!"
BOOOMMM!!!
Agony consumed him as his chest erupted from within. Ribs shattered outward, followed by lungs and heart.
"AAAAAAAGH!"
He collapsed in a convulsing, bloodied heap, struggling to regenerate while Lucifer’s flames suppressed his healing.
"Stay down!"
Partner wielded his own blood against him, forging chains that bound both body and soul.
"NNGGH...! DAMN IT!"
The Heavenly Emperor watched the statue rapidly shed its golden hue.
"No, no, no! If he awakens, I’ll...! AHH...! HEH...!"
As he feigned despair, Lucifer and Partner sensed the trap.
A sinister grin spread across his face.
"YOU LOSE!"
Their gazes snapped toward Wu Lieng. One of the Heavenly Emperor’s Martial Souls hovered above, unleashing a punch that hurled the statue and the old man away in a blast of wind and flame.
BOOOM!
"No! Father!"
Wu Lieng cried out as the statue burned, the Curse Bead shattering before it could fully dispel the Golden Curse.
"Hahahaha!"
The Heavenly Emperor’s mocking laughter echoed through the palace.
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