Chapter 1577 Against Gluttony Yet Again
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[You have consumed a large quant.i.ty of Demonic Beast and Demon Meat and their Materials. You have fully absorbed their components.]
[You gained +230.000.000 Demonic Energy.]
FLAAASH!
I felt my Demonic Physique grow stronger as I gained the Demonic Energy from consuming all the demons and demonic beasts. The amount that I was gaining was decreasing in quant.i.ty for some reason. I presume that the more I eat, the less I"ll gain from the same types of Demons and Demonic Beasts.
I"ll need to probably devour new types of such creatures to gain larger quant.i.ties of Demonic Energy… Then again, my own Soul contains even more sealed, which I cannot use until I Rank Up and unseal the powers of Pandemonium"s Lung, which at full power would destroy my soul.
Now that I had finally acc.u.mulated a billion Demonic Energy, I had just enough to ascend into the Demon King Seed of Rank 3! And I wasn"t going to hesitate, as I immediately pressed the "yes" b.u.t.ton in the System Message. I felt the reserves of Demonic Energy I had acc.u.mulated empty almost completely.
[You have enough Demonic Energy to Rank Up your Demon King Seed (Rank 2)!]
[Do you wish to Rank Up?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes."
[You have exchanged 1.000.000 Demonic Energy!]
[The Demonic Energy is flowing inside of your [Demon King Seed: Gluttony]!]
[The Demon King Seed is overflowing with Demonic Energy! Its roots are expanding across your entire Soul and Body.]
[You"re beginning to Rank Up!]
The moment it began, my consciousness was immediately sucked into a domain of pure darkness. Gluttony stood there, as a monstrous, demonic and chimeric beast with countless heads and jaws. He laughed, his body and power having grown much more than before.
"Gahahaha! Foolish lizard. The more you grow stronger with your Demon King Seed, the stronger I also grow! Did you thought that because you defeated me the first two times, I would just give up against you?" Laughed Gluttony. "Now prepare yourself, after gaining all this Demonic Energy, I feel invincible! I"ll crush your will and your soul, and your body will become mine!"
"Do your worst!" I roared.
I appeared on my base [Ancient Great Vampire Dragon G.o.d of Primordial Blood and Dark Abyss] appearance within this landscape, it was what the shape of my soul was supposed to be as well. However, as I clashed against Gluttony and a barrage of explosions of many elements, divinities, and powers erupted, I channeled upon my other power. The strength I was gifted by Skadi"s Trials. The Bloodline of the Ice t.i.tans that pumped through my veins activated.
"Hahaha! You"re going down no matter what now! You"re way too weak! I"ll devour your mind and you will become my vessel, Drake! No Vessel of the Demon King Seeds has ever been able to fight back against their Primordial Sins, sooner or later, they"re all consumed by it and become mere embodiments of our will!"
"Well, that"s about to change now, Gluttony! Azure Ice Essence!"
I harnessed all the Azure Ice Essence I possessed, my entire draconic soul projection gaining a blue, divine hue, as my body suddenly started to transform, taking upon a more humanoid form. I resembled a gigantic draconic lizardman, with all the majestic appearance of a dragon, and the humanoid body and mighty muscles of a t.i.tan.
FLASH!
"What?! What is that form?! And why are you wearing equipment in my Soul Scape?!" Gluttony panicked, as my gigantic fists pummeled him down into the floor. His many jaws broke and dislocated, dozens of sharp teeth flying away as my punches left b.l.o.o.d.y holes across his beast-like body. "AAARRGH!"
"This is the power of the Ice t.i.tans!" I roared. "And this equipment is named Soul Gear, Gluttony! It protects my soul, even against you!"
"Soul Gear?! What kind of bulls.h.i.t…?! BEGONE!" Gluttony fought back with monstrous strength.
His countless wounds regenerated rapidly as his tendrils and tentacles fused into enormous claws, slashing and pushing me away. This was followed by his jaws opening, unleashing a storm of demonic flames against me.
"I will BURN your mind into cinders, lizard!"
"Unnngghh…!"
I felt my own consciousness and mind falter for a second, as his flames burned through my very soul! However, I grit my sharp teeth as I kept moving forwards. My Soul Gear"s powers activated as I let them absorb my Azure Ice Essence.
"I am not done yet… NOT YET!"
Azure colored runes shaped as countless beasts appeared across my entire equipment, and then above my scales. The Trial I experienced back then came to my mind once more. I could recall everything clearly. The endless cold, the snow forest, the vicious beasts, the thrill, the desperate survival, the battle, my cold hands and feet.
FLUOSH!
"W-What…?!"
Gluttony was shaken as he noticed the Soul Scape suddenly changed appearance, from its eternal darkness it became a snowscape, where snow endlessly fell. A huge forest erected around us. As my Soul Gear"s powers kept activating, the Ice Beast Runes summoning their power.
"This is impossible! How did you change the appearance of my own Mind Scape?!" He roared. "And my fire- I can"t even conjure it now?! This is BULLs.h.i.t!"
Gluttony grew desperate, his giant tentacles and heads were directed towards me, but I sprinted directly towards them. Phantasmal apparitions of all the beasts of the snowy forest appeared around me, charging with me, and giving me their strength.
"[Snow Forest Beast Echoes]!"
"ROAR!"
"AWOO!"
"GROAAR!"
The roars of the Snow Forest Beasts reverberated across the Mind Scape, Gluttony was attacked from all sides by giant Polar Bears, Snow Snakes, Horned Ice Rabbits, Frost Wolves, and even the Frost Mammoth, who slammed him from behind with its sharp tusks. Each blow froze his body, and each frozen part of his body fell and shattered into pieces.
"AAARRGGH! YOU b.a.s.t.a.r.d!"
"It"s your lost again, Gluttony!"
I called upon all my Azure Ice Essence, fusing it with my Divine Energy and materializing a huge hammer, which I used to smash his entire body into smithereens.
BAAAMMM…!!
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