The [Emperor Penguin] was moving with excitement after being released from the Spiritual Land as he left behind his brothers and rushed to the lines of enemies by teleporting in and out rapidly. Silver blades of light flew out of his body as they ruptured any being they landed on, his rampage continuing as he moved around the battlefield too frequently to be tied down.
RAA!
The Calamities of the Sea were next on the move as the humongous [Goldfish] opened its mouth and released a ray of dangerous rainbow-colored light towards the cultivators of the Mountain Sea Sect.
The large [Sting Ray] with a tail longer than its entire body lit up as it formed into a white wall and stopped a blue beam of light shooting out from the transparent body of [Scylla's Empowerment] that Martial Uncle Dylan had thrown out. Its body shone with arcs of lightning as its eyes focused on the Martial Uncle and his disciples
The PHANTASMAL Rulers of the Demon World were met with their own opponents as the [Cassiterite Shark] and the Kaiju whose body seemed to be a mixture of an eel and an Iguana unleashed their attacks towards Baal.
The 3rd ranked Prince Vassago had his body shining with a dark light as his figure of an Orc became even larger, his hands carrying a piercing Greatsword that pulsed with darkness as it matched against the [Cassiterite Shark].
BOOM!
The Seductress Sitri had her alluring figure release a blooming flower of red light as Succubi with gorgeous figures were summoned all around her, their bodies moving to form a wall of blood towards the Eel Kaiju.
The power of the Calamities was overwhelming for anyone but Baal as the fourth-ranked Ruler, the Cruel Monarch Samigina, joined Sitri to hold off against the Kaiju.
Empress Paimon was overlooking the rushing figures in her seat made of bones as her eyes landed on the struggling Vassago that was matched against the terrifying [Cassiterite Shark]. Her eyes flashed with darkness as bones erupted from her endlessly and began forming into huge shapes of monstrosities, their target was the shark that put a [Megalodon] to shame as it rained attacks on Vassago.
In another location of the battlefield, the Calamity with lava bubbling out of its body targeted the Cultivators from the Karmic Sect as the waters around it were heated to an insane degree. Sect Master Inuit had a calm look as he observed this, raising his hands and moving his fingers as if he was pulling on invisible lines.
It looked like a work of art as thin white lines became visible and wrapped around the Lava Kaiju, its advance being stopped as if it fell in a large quagmire as it roared out with power.
As for the most powerful Ruler, Baal's body was pulsing with dominating strength as he calmly looked at the Kraken who focused his entire aura on him. The Three-headed Hydra also looked closely at Baal as the differing lights in each of the three heads became more and more pronounced as the essence continued to be condensed in the three heads, preparing for a deadly attack.
VOOM!
Baal's body was prepared to move when a drastic change occurred on the battlefield. This would be the first event out of many being's expectations that would contribute towards an outcome that very few expected.
The Necromancer of Chaos that had yet to move behind Baal had finally made her move, and it was something completely opposite to what anybody expected.
Chapter 191 - Wretch
The waters were tinged with a hue of blood-red just a few minutes since attacks started to be thrown from both sides.
The battle looked to be in a stalemate as the fearsome Kraken had its aura and eyes focused on the body of Baal who continued to pulsate with maddening levels of power. The Dictatorial Kaiju-Hydra, had its heads focusing in the moving battles as it watched the figure of one particular Demon Empress closely.
A signal was sent.
A sigh was released from an Empress as there seemed to be some remaining feelings of fear and apprehension. But the face hardened even faster as all of these feelings were wiped away and a wrathful expression replaced them.
The Necromancer of Chaos released the slight apprehension in her heart as she moved. The instant her movements began, other beings that were watching closely also began moving.
OONG!
A dark light covered the body of the Kraken as it made a beeline towards the first ranked Ruler of the Demon World. Baal had a confident expression on his face as he prepared to receive the attacks of the Calamity when a drastic change occurred.
It was the sight of blooming suns as condensed balls of treacherous fire erupted very close to him from the hands of Barbatos. The balls of fire were further condensed to an extremely small size to cause even more damage as more than three were quickly cast and exploded on the left side of his chest where his heart lay.
BOOM!
What?!
"Emperor!"
A shocking explosion resounded throughout the dark waters. An unexpected sneak attack had been launched from the eighth-ranked ruler of the demon world to the first ranked one. It was an attack that nobody saw coming, an attack that would greatly change the tides of battle.
The blooming suns did not seem to stop as more and more condensed and continued to explode near Baal's body, creating gaping holes on his chest as spasmodic muscles and bones could be seen, the heart that usually powered the body being ruptured and disfigured.
The hole continued to get larger and larger as the suns continued to explode more and more. Barbatos had a crazed expression on her face as her energy continued to leak out at an intense rate to release even more destructive attacks.
Her breathing became hard as she felt the aura of the person she had attacked and heavily injured the origin of to be rising even higher, even though he was missing his heart.
"Emperor!"
The nearest Ruler that was close to Baal and Barbatos was the Seductress, Sitri. She had a maddening expression on her face as she stared at the crazed Barbatos and she screamed out while rushing towards her.
But it was not just Barbatos who knew and was prepared about this sneak attack. There were two PHANTASMAL figures of great power that knew beforehand as the Kraken that had been moving forward finally reached the extremely injured Baal. It's two extremely large tentacles formed into dark javelins as they rushed down towards his pulsating body.
BOOM!
As for the Seductress Sitri who was aiming for Barbatos, yet another figure had suddenly appeared in front of her as the Three-headed Hydra surrounded her entire body with the dangerously glowing heads.
The humongous figure of the Dictatorial Kaiju- Hydra, was moving so fast that the three heads surrounded the body of Sitri in an instant. A deadly green light was coming out of one head as thunderous purple light was coming out of the other. A cold blue light that controlled the water around them also exploded with power as the energies that Noah had been building up for the past minutes in each of the three heads were released as terrifying attacks that rained on the body of the 12th ranked Ruler.
At the moment of a surprise attack that nobody expected Noah aimed for a Phantasmal ranked Ruler who could be considered the weakest and one that would be the easiest to kill in a short period of time.
Her strength was ranked 12th and could be considered average in the Phantasmal rank while Noah had the powerful combined skill of the Dictatorial Kaiju-Hydra, along with many other skills and even a percentage in the Law of Water boosting him. This wasn't even to mention the supreme treasure he hadn't yet shown that quintupled his strength.
BOOM!
Innate elemental abilities of the three heads of the Hydra were unleashed on the defenseless body of the shocked Sitri as parts of her body were destroyed from arcs of purple lightning, another part was melted by poisonous liquids, and the third part was in a constant cycle of being frozen and shattering.
Noah didn't stop here as the three heads exhibited their sharp teeth and took powerful bites onto the ravaged body of the 12th ranked Ruler, tearing apart whatever remained and causing the true death of yet another ruler of the demon world a
s a red light exploded out. This time though, it was a Phantasmal ranked Ruler that fell in such a quick manner.
The shock factor only increased with these actions as the other rulers that were fighting their own battles with the Calamities looked at the scene of carnage near Baal as everyone had happened in just a few seconds. Their eyes only found him heavily injured and fighting back against the power of the fearsome Kraken as yet another change was occurring. What made it even worse was the fact that they felt the True Death of Sitri who was just in front of them!
OONG
"Emperor!"
They screamed out as they tried to reach Baal's position, but the calamities would not give them such a chance as their attacks rained down harder.
Confusion and chaos was present among the force of the cultivators as they fended off the heavy fire coming from the Warsh.i.p.s and Submarines that the Atlanteans and Merfolk were riding on. The hydro cannons continued to shoot out dangerous blue plasma beams that struck into the ranks of Cultivators and Demon Legions as the dark sees continued to be stained red.
"ARGH!"
A resounding howl came from the injured Bal as a red beam of light shot out from him and soared into the skies. The beam of red light pushed out the hardened javelin looking tentacles that the Kraken had sunk into his body as his wrathful voice came from within.
"You ungrateful wretch!"
His voice thundered out angrily as his aura that should have been weakened and injured continued to climb even higher as his form started changing. The Ultimate Skill, {Gluttony} was cast as the tremendous essence of the PHANTASMAL beast he had swallowed some time back was used to restore some of his injured origin.
It looked like something was erupting out of his body as gloriously red wings erupted from his back and horns that pointed to the skies erupted from his head. The shape of his body was changing and expanding as the true form of the Demon Emperor, the one that was ranked number one in a Large World had appeared.
Not too much time had passed since Barbatos acted and the Kraken rained down relentless attacks. Using the shock of these sequence of events, Noah had targeted and took down a PHANTASMAL ranked being within seconds.
Chapter 192 - Disastrous
Noah's large body was rumbling with power as he moved even faster. The skill [Resplendent Speed] showed off its amazing power as his large body moved like a streak of light.
He had torn apart the body of the Seductress Sitri and gained two skill books in his Sea Pearl, as well as cores and an item. These were the loot from a single PHANTASMAL ranked being.
OONG!
Baal's transformation continued to release wrathful power as his form expanded and changed into that of a fearsome wicked demon. On the left side of his chest, a hole still lay where his heart should be. Noah knew that the Ruler's origin was injured and that the power that he was exhibiting now could not be kept up for too long. All he had to do was continue to drain the fuel from this enemy until he ran dry.
The successful sneak attack from Barbatos would ensure the death of this first ranked Ruler today. But before that occurred, Baal would still erupt with power in his most powerful state.
As his power continued to rise even higher than it was just a few seconds ago, the Kraken that was pushed off shone with a dark light as it's many arms and tentacles tried to penetrate through the blinding red light released from Baal once again.
But this would not be successful as this space around this demon emperor began to crack. The terrifying skill, [Space Destruction], was actively being used by the Demon Emperor.
Bloody gashes began to form on the tentacles of the Kraken as they passed through the area where the space was shattered, causing significant injuries on it.
ROAR!
As the Kraken tried to break through the transforming Baal's defenses, Noah was moving once again as he switched his target to yet another Phantasmal ranked Ruler of the Demon World.
The next planned target after the Seductress was the voluptuous Paimon.
She was fighting with another Calamity of the Sea as a wrathful expression was on her face when she looked at the site of the transformed Baal.
"Barbatos!"
She screamed with extreme anger as she tried to break through the attacks of the Calamity and join the besieged Baal as the destructive suns from a betrayer continued to form and explode.
The undead that were within the ranks of the Demon Legions had retreated at one point, going back into the sea as Barbatos could only bring herself to attack the one person that had a leash on her freedom.
The one person she could never run away from. She did not senselessly send a command for her undead to attack the other demons. This was one thing she would do out of misplaced kindness in her own heart. She knew that she could not go back after this, that she couldn't change her position.
From now on, either they would succeed, or she would become a traitor of the Demon World that would be killed multiple times until a more stringent leash was placed on her.
Paimon was casting her Ultimate Skill as she looked at Baal's current state with a wrathful expression. More bones bloomed around her, forming into shapes of Dragons, Behemoths and other monstrous beasts as she focused on fending off the attacks of the calamity so she could reinforce Baal.
She would not succeed though, as yet another calamity was nearing her. This one had three gloriously shining heads as a rainbow-colored light coursed through his large body.
Paimon was more powerful than the 12th ranked Sitri that Noah was able to take down. His goal was to reap the life of another PHANTASMAL ranked being before carrying out a long battle against the much more powerful Baal. The skills and rewards gained from killing two Phantasmal ranked Rulers would grant him another boost of power and allow him to move even better.
Baal had currently completed his transformation as his wrathful gaze turned towards Barbatos.
"Do you know what you've done?!"
A voice was leaving his mouth, but he was already acting as he fended off the attacks of the Kraken with a wall of hellish flames, his thick arms thundering down towards Barbatos's position.
BOOM!
Like a hammer hitting a nail, Barbatos was knocked down as the strike from Baal caused the space around her to crack.
"Ugh!"
Skin and muscle split apart as the body of the Demon Empress was heavily injured. She had released almost all her energy to land the successful sneak attack that injured the origin of Baal and her defenses could not easily hold up.
Baal was relentless as he moved faster and faster towards Barbatos with his voice continuing to ring out.
"Do you know what you've done?!"
Space continued to break around him as even the Kraken could not get near, the first ranked ruler making use of the offensive [Space Destruction] as a defensive ability as well, holding off successfully against two PHANTASMAL beings.
BOOM!
His figure continued to rain down destructive attacks that broke the space around the body of Barbatos as his wrathful voice rang out.
Noah's mind was acting fast as he observed this in the corner of his eye, but he still rushed towards Paimon who was trying to fend off a Calamity. He knew what he had to do to finish this Phantasmal Ruler who held her own unique and Ultimate skills. He knew how to finish her off fast.
WAAAH!
A piercing cry that seemed to signify the arrival of something grand that shocked all the powerful beings in the battlefield rang out as something resplendent appeared in front of the Dictatorial Kaiju- Hydra.
At this moment though, it was only a streak of light as the feature [Heart Piercer] from the Trident of the Sea was activated. This was an ability of a supreme treasure that required an immense amount of mana to activate, and Noah cast it without a second thought as he observed the destructive attacks of Baal towards the Kraken and Barbatos.
Instantaneous!
Less than a second!
BOOM!
The powerful and destructive Trident of the Sea appeared out of nowhere in front of Noah as it sped down and struck into the body of Paimon in the blink of an eye.
"Urgh!"
A shocked scream came out of the Ruler's mouth as she felt her origin heavily injured and her life force rapidly disappearing. This was just one of the skills of the Trident of the Sea, the Supreme Treasure that allowed for one to bring down the true death of any beings.
Paimon desperately looked at the life force leaving her body as Noah did something crazy yet again. The Trident's ability, [Heart Piercer], required a tremendous amount of energy to power up. But for Noah, this was simplicity.
[Heart Piercer] was used yet again as an insane amount of energy was placed into the trident and it moved at a speed barely visible to many of the beings on the battlefield as it struck onto the crumbling body of Paimon for the second time.
BOOM!
The explosion resounded out as the body of Paimon ruptured into a mass of flesh and gore. A blinding red light exploded out as yet another Phantasmal ranked Ruler of the Demon World had fallen in a brief period of time.
Noah reached his goal as he neared the mass of flesh and took in multiple phantasmal ranked skills and cores in his Sea Pearl. The trident he had used to kill this Ruler so quickly was now floating in front of him with a gorgeous golden glow.
It was a grandiose picture as both sides that were fighting looked in shock at the treasure everyone else was searching for. They looked at the treasure that had appeared in front of the menacing Three-headed Hydra that had just killed two Phantasmal ranked beings.
Chapter 193 - Unique and Ultimate Skills
Noah did not sit still as he moved with the intensely shining Trident. With the fall of Paimon, he could see yet another gain of two PHANTASMAL ranked skill books as well as what seemed to be Unique or Ultimate Skill Books that shone with gorgeous light. His many eyes were now focusing on Baal as he began learning the new skills to boost up his power in the middle of this battle.
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