Chapter 1003 Chapter 1003 Battle for the Tower of Heaven (4)
After being perpetually battered, hacked, and blasted, The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent had reached a breaking point.
It had done just about everything it could to crush its annoying attackers, but not a single one had been killed or even wounded enough to be forced out of the battle.
As a mythic grade beast at level eighty-seven, it could tell that none of its assailants were as powerful as it, but it was still the one losing. This was unacceptable and the proud guardian of the Tower of Heaven could no longer take the one-sided beat down any longer.
The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent was loath to use what could be considered its strongest ability against a group of inferiors, but it felt that it had no other choice if it did not want to eventually lose.
In an act that stunned every member of the expedition squad, the central golden king cobra head turned towards the lifeless stumps that were trying to regenerate the already destroyed heads.
Yet, instead of allowing its missing heads to recover, the central head bit into the base of the necks and ripped them off. It then quickly gulped the long headless neck down and swallowed it in one massive gulp.
Next The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent ripped and ate the remaining three neckless snakes that had lost their heads before scooping up the remains of each of the heads that had scattered around its body.
Once it had finished this act of self-cannibalism, the golden cobra head began to pulsate and grow larger. In a matter of seconds some of its pure golden scales changed colors and matched the patterning of the snakes it had just eaten.
Now The Seven-Headed Serpent was only sporting three of its original heads, and the remaining sea snake and black mamba heads looked at the golden cobra in fear, afraid that they would be next.
Luckily for them, the central head had no intention of using its Kin Devour race ability on the still living heads at this point in time. If it were to do so it would lose its near impenetrable barrier which would not be worth the trade.
Still, thanks to consuming its lost heads and destroying them permanently, the golden king cobra had gained most of their abilities and raised its own power exponentially. It may have lost many of its heads, but a numerical advantage had not been helping it during this battle and it felt it needed overwhelming power to destroy its current enemies.
'I guess we shouldn't have discounted that ability. I never thought it would eat parts of its own body.' Marcus thought once the guardian had finished its meal.
When Mrazivy had initially told everyone about this specific power that the central head had, none of them had expected this to come into play. The description Mrazivy had read using her Dragon Eyes made it seem that this was a power meant for The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent to use when eating other snake type beasts or monsters. Not one of them had thought it would cannibalize itself.
Naturally everyone attempted to disrupt the guardian as it dined on itself, but the giant serpent had coiled its massive frame around its heads and focused solely on defense while it ate.
Unfortunately, the damage that the expedition squad was able to do was far from enough to even seriously injure the bulky mythic grade beast, and it had soon finished its cannibalistic powerup.
'That's not good.'
The moment the central head raised back up, it opened its mouth and a multicolored beam erupted from it aimed at the largest congregation of people.
Marcus and Thegia were of course among this group of backliners that had been launching ranged attacks at The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent since the beginning of the battle.
With barely a second to react, Marcus picked up Thegia and enhanced himself with magic and skills to jump away as quickly as possible.
Sadly, his flight from danger was not quite fast enough and he found himself unable to escape from the very edge of the wide beam.
If there was any consolation, it was that thanks to being connected to Thegia via her Mind Sync unique skill, neither of them had to waste time on a coordinated response.
It pushed both of them past their safe limits to use more magic and caused them to feel a painful pounding in their heads, but utilizing Thegia's other unique skill Arcane Boost, both of them conjured magic spells to protect themselves.
Thegia's magic was the first to activate, creating a large, curved wall of stone in front of them.
Her magic lasted for all of half a second, but it was enough for Marcus to manifest his own spell and give them another layer of protection.
His cataclysmic iron sword burst into reality and pushed back against the enormous blast of energy in an attempt to cut through it.
'Were not going to make it.' Marcus thought as he felt his spell breaking apart.
Nevertheless, he gritted his teeth and knew what to do.
"Wait! Don't do it!" Thegia yelled just before Marcus tossed her the rest of the way out of the beam.
Instantly the powers that they had been controlling together faded and Marcus disappeared into the multicolored beam of energy.
For the few that had the liberty to focus on what was happening, they saw what appeared to be Marcus' final moments.
A somber mood took over those that had witnessed Marcus being engulfed by the powerful attack.
However, there was one person that did not become disheartened.
'What are you guys doing? We need to continue the attack. Marcus is perfectly fine; it will take more than that to bring him down.' Mrazivy said over telepathy to everyone.
A second later, she unleashed her strongest attack on The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent that was momentarily immobile after launching such a powerful attack.
With one powerful slash she cut a massive cut through its unprotected midsection and left a gapping wound that had thousands of litters of blood gushing out of it.
The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent let out a pained cry louder than any it had so far.
Immediately, its black mamba head turned around and lunged at Mrazivy with its mouth open so that it could swallow her.
However, before it could, Marcus' Thunderous Molten Colossus charged at the head and threw its entire body at it. The black mamba head thrashed around to get the giant mass of molten iron covered in lightning off of it, but it found itself unable to break the colossus' grapple.
It did not take long for the electrocuted and burning head to flop onto the ground in a heavy crash. After incurring a great deal of damage, it could no longer hold itself up under the mass of the giant golem.
"You doing alright?" Marcus said, appearing out of thin air right next to Mrazivy without a single scratch on him.
"Well, I am a bit tired after using my Supreme Skill without restraint. Mind giving me a pick-me-up?"
Marcus was happy to oblige his wife, and with a smile on his face, he used his Ultimate Refresh Supreme Skill to bring Mrazivy back up to peak condition.
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