Chapter 836 An Ever-Changing Foe
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"GRAAAAAH!"
Akhenaton roared, running towards Maria, Lucifer, and Jonathan. His entire body started to gain a few cracks from all the beating he was getting, but even then, his defenses were incredibly high.
Maria had already guessed that most of her main magic elements would be easily resisted by the ancient ruler, and if she did anything too flashy here, the entire dungeon might end up collapsing over their heads too.
She had to rely mostly on her Moonlight Energy, one of the few powers that her foe couldn't resist, and combine it with her physical blows, Ghostly Fist Techniques might work, perhaps, but she had yet to try.
Maria did not receive his reckless charge as he swung his Demonite Sword, but Lucifer and Jonathan did, both swinging their weapons almost at the same time, erupting with their pseudo divinities.
"[Abyssal Death Flames Scythe]!"
Combining his Divine Abyssal Death Flames, the new flames he could wield after evolving into the S Rank [Divine Dragon King of Abyssal Death Flames: Nidhogg], Lucifer unleashed a devastating slashing attack with the power to slay most S Rank threats!
SLAAAAAASSSH! BOOOOM!!!
"GRAAAARGH!"
The ancient pharaoh utilized his sword as a shield, shielding himself from some of the damage, although his Demonite Armor and his core still gained a few, small cracks! At the same time, Jonathan also attacked, synchronizing his attacks with Lucifer.
"[Divine Sunlight Blade Arts]: [Heaven's Fall]!"
Unleashing another of his strongest techniques, Jonathan slash unleashed a divine beam of light coming from his sword, impacting Akhenaton's body, and shattering his armor a bit more, while his sword, which tanked the entire beam, shattered into pieces!
CRAAAAASSSSH!
"GRRHHH…! DIE… DIEEE!"
However, Akhenaton didn't felt any pain as an Undead, even after receiving two powerful blows, his Chaotic Miasmic Aura erupted from his body, materializing itself into countless Chaotic Fireballs that started raining upon his foes.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"That's going to hardly stop us!" Lucifer roared, swinging his scythe several times, as countless slashing waves made of his Abyssal Death Flames emerged.
"This skeleton is slow, but it has so many abilities…!" Jonathan gritted his teeth, firing beams of light as magic from magic circles generated around his body.
Both of their attacks impacted the ancient ruler's magic, while Maria rushed across the smoke, swinging her two weapons against the giant skeleton while covering them with Moonlight Energy.
Akhenaton had little time to react, in fact, it could barely react to threats, attacking with only madness and lacking most senses, even as an Undead.
"[Divine Moonlight Double Slash]!"
With both her Demonic Blade and her Chaos Axe, Maria unleashed two powerful slashes of purple and pink colored Moonlight Energy, creating a cross-shaped attack that impacted the skeleton, blocking his magic attacks and slightly shattering his armor again.
BOOOOOMMMM!!!
"GRAAAGH…! AAAGH…!"
Akhenaton started vomiting Miasma from his jaws, his entire body suddenly beginning to react to the damage taken, as his composite soul squirmed, a phantasmal veil covering his body, resembling a monstrous chimeric beast with countless heads and tentacles.
"Wait, there's another creature inside of him?!" Asked Lucifer.
"Must be the souls that were used as a sacrifice for his rebirth!" Jonathan said.
"Careful!" Maria rushed in front of the two, tanking the dozens of huge Phantasmal Tentacles that were about to crush them with her two weapons, her barriers were easily pierced, being virtually useless.
CRAAASH! CRAAASH! CRAAASH!
"ROOOOAAARRRR!"
The Phantasmal Chimera Beast seemed to have taken over Akhenaton's body completely, his consciousness no longer speaking as he started moving and roaring like a beast. Even now, everyone noticed that his skull and bones were slowly shapeshifting into those of a Bone Chimera!
"This thing's evolving?! No… It is getting stronger! We have to stop it!" Lucifer rushed.
"Don't let it grow stronger!" Jonathan roared.
"Charge!" Maria led the two.
The two men rushed forwards, Lucifer using his tremendous body size and strength to unleash a barrage of Claw, Bite, and Spear attacks, trying to tear down the bones apart, while Jonathan swung his sword masterfully, evading the attacks from time to time while firing beams of light as supplementary damage.
Meanwhile, Maria didn't stood there, quickly imbuing more Moonlight into her attacks, and slowly beginning to learn how to properly use her Moonlight Energy for offensive weapon techniques, something she had not done before.
"GROOOAARRRGH!"
The Phantasmal Chimera Beast was mighty and resilient, however, constantly fighting back by growing countless claws and limbs, and firing beams of miasma and chaos erratically everywhere at once.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Of course, the rest of the team weren't just sitting ducks. While this was happening, Tear was constantly summoning her powerful Divine Frost Magic, freezing the huge skeleton's limbs, and slowing down its movements.
The ice broke, melted by the miasma, but it lasted for a few seconds every time she conjured it again, making it easier for everyone to gang on the beast and chip away at its resilient skeleton body and Demonite Armor.
Tear's primary job was to slow down the enemy with her powerful magic, as she didn't had the strongest of offenses against Undead that couldn't suffer from frostbites nor where made of flesh for it to be frozen and shattered easily.
However, as Akhenaton and the Phantasmal Chimera Beast possessing him continued to go madder, she was becoming essential to keep their foe from rampaging everywhere.
After having fought that giant Chaotic Tree, and having defeated Prospera without too much hardships, everyone had thought they became really strong, and that they couldn't have much challenges if they didn't involve the gods themselves.
However, they were deadly wrong, as Akhenaton proved that there were still incredible entities out there, it was taking everybody's efforts combined to chip away damage into his near-indestructible body, and his rampage only became more furious as the souls composing him went mad.
Partner and Emeraldine were backing them up alongside Fabian, their combined techniques and magic spells managing to both slow down their foe even for a few seconds, while dealing explosive damage.
"GROOOOAARRR!"
However, as Akhenaton's Demonite Armor was reaching its breaking point, the entire Undead underwent yet another bizarre transformation!
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