Chapter 854 The Church Of Water's Paladins Trump Card
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The Paladin Captain couldn't allow this stranger to insult his honor anymore, even if she could float in midair and do a few "tricks" he was a much stronger and mightier man, someone who was praised and beloved, he filled himself with confidence and overpowered this strange sense of dread he felt as he confronted Maria, rushing towards her with everything he had.
"[One Hundred Sea Tridents]!"
The Paladin swung his sword, combining it with his aura to the point it resembled as if each of his strikes looked like a huge trident made of water, striking against Maria, dozens of strikes in just a split of a second!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!
However, Maria simply pushed her bare fist towards him.
"[Phantasmal Fist]"
Her bare fist suddenly gathered a tremendous quantity of sheer phantasmal energies and Mana, suddenly creating the illusion of a gigantic translucent fist.
BAAAMMM…!
The attack was overwhelming, the Paladin Captain's attacks were instantly cancelled and blocked, as the fists impacted him head-first, slightly shattering his sword again, and spreading several cracks across his armor!
CRAAASH!
"Urgh…! W-What was that?!"
He quickly vomited blood, as he felt that his very guts were punched. If he wasn't someone already above Level 100 with excellent magic-enhanced equipment, he would had been reduced to smithereens.
And this was just Maria's weakest Demonic Ghostly Fist Technique out of over ten different and deadly techniques! This was the strength she had honed after deciding to not just rely on magic alone, desiring to grow in physical strength as well.
Her special techniques utilized her special body as a ghost combined with her accumulated physical strength to exert abilities never seen before.
"T-That fist…" The Captain glanced at Maria in disbelief.
"Do you understand the difference now?" Wondered Maria. "Or do you want me to humiliate you further? Because I don't mind if you do."
"D-Difference?!" Laughed the Paladin Captain, completely immersed on himself. "Yeah, the difference between you and me is that you're just a bastardly outlaw and I am a dignified paladin of the church! The goddess of water's blessings are within me!!!"
The Paladin Captain's entire body erupted with a sapphire-colored aura of Mana and Ki, concentrating together and constantly transforming and expanding, this time, turning into dozens of giant sharks.
"Hoh, not bad." Maria smiled. "This guy could make for a good Undead Paladin."
"Not bad?! I'll show you what's NOT BAD!!!"
The Paladin Captain roared, rushing towards Maria by literally riding one of his Sharks made out of his Water Blade Aura, reaching her in just a split of a second.
"[Spirit Shark Swarm]! Tear her apart!"
"ROOAAR!"
The Sharks roared, something Maria did not expect, as Sharks were incapable of roaring, actually. They reached her in an instant, opening their jaws and biting her entire body, trying to tear her down to pieces.
CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!
However, as they tried with all their strength to do that, they quickly realized something was wrong. Maria despite looking so delicate, was incredibly tough, so tough their sharp fangs shattered the moment they bite her.
"Ah, that tickles a bit." Maria laughed. "There we go!"
BAAAM! BAAAM! BAAAM!
With a quick swing of her two arms, Maria pulverized five of the Sharks in a single second. Their bodies exploding into water that started raining down over the city below.
"Tch! Keep attacking her! RAAAH!"
The Paladin Captain kept summoning sharks from his aura, one of his "ultimate moves" or something, as he rushed towards Maria and looked for a blind spot, finally finding it as Maria was distracted by having to deal with his summons.
"[Oceanic Trident Blade]!"
His longsword suddenly channeled his powers once more, generating a Blade Ki Aura mixed with Water Attribute Mana, shaping itself into a huge trident as he attempted to pierce her back while Maria was busy dealing with the sharks.
BAAAM!
The strike that could take down weakened A Rank Monsters reached her "blind spot" and easily pierced through her "flesh", making the Paladin smile inwardly as he celebrated that he had managed to hurt the malicious witch!
"You were not as strong as you said you were, you trickster witch!" He laughed. "Now, die!"
"Hya!"
However, Maria carefreely kicked the trident away with her beautiful legs, unleashing a mighty kicking [Reaper Uppercut] another of her Demonic Ghostly Fist Techniques.
CRASH!
The trident exploded into particles of blue light as Maria's hands reached the Paladin below, suddenly resembling huge skeletal fingers, channeling her special energies.
"[Skeleton Claws]"
Yet another of her Demonic Ghostly Fist Technique was utilized, her skeletal, sharp claws sliced through the Paladin Captain's trident and destroyed his sword, shattering it into pieces.
Crack, crack, CRAAASH!
"M-My sword…!"
The Paladin Captain panicked, pointing his hands towards Maria as he unleashed a spiraling vortex of oceanic waters using his magic, pushing her back a few meters to win time.
He unsheathed a blue knife and imbued his Mana into it, quickly beginning to conjure several sea snakes out with his magic.
"He's trying really hard."
Maria was beginning to feel like the villain here, if it wasn't because this bastard just tried to mutilate an innocent woman, she wouldn't had gone this far… maybe.
"[Sea Snake Swarm]! Devour her!"
The Paladin Captain screamed, unleashing a barrage of cutting attacks using his Magic Knife, each cutting wave was charged with Mana and Water Magic, and it came accompanied by dozens of large Sea Snakes, each as large as ten meters trying to bite and wrap around Maria.
"I have to give it to you, you're a tenacious bastard. You remind me of cockroaches." Maria sighed. "However… This is as far as I'll let you go."
Maria's entire body flared with phantasmal flames, as she rushed towards the Paladin, destroying his summons with her sheer physical strength, resembling a black star!
FLASH!
"G-Get away from me!"
The Paladin panicked, sending out punches, knife attacks, and kicks against Maria, as spears of spiraling water started falling over her, to merely be destroyed at the moment of impact.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"[Soul Devouring Finger]"
Pointing her right hand's index finger, Maria used it as a spear, piercing the Paladin's armor and his chest, destroying his heart and his soul!
CRAAASH!
"URGH?!"
However, as Maria had already expected something within the Paladin's body was incapable of accepting his death!
Countless of fleshy tendrils emerged from the wound on his chest, as his armor melted into a metallic slime-like substance, merging with his wounds!
"Gruuuuaaaggghh…!"
Maria instantly noticed what was happening, this man was not like the chimera kids from before, no, his body had been "enhanced" with an even more refined method than those.
"Would you look at that…"
The powers he held within were those of an Evil God's Fragment, and his armor was also cursed with its powers and miasma, made with its materials.
But at the same time, it was much more different, this dark power wasn't merely just an independent monstrous form, but there was indeed SOMETHING controlling its growth.
"The Blessings of the Water Goddess will not let me DIE so easily, you witch!!!"
"Hoh~"
As the Paladin's Captain body kept growing monstrously, a gigantic arm made of countless of fleshy tendrils unified together, wrapped on blue and silver colored scales, clashed against Maria!
CLAAASH!
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