"Guess," Victor replied with a smile. At the last moment, when he realized his attack was being overpowered, he remembered the separate dimension where he kept his Darkness Army and took a gamble by entering that dimension instead of turning into lightning and retreating. It worked. Other than being injured—which he healed using his Yin Crown skill and several healing potions—he had escaped unharmed.
"You..."
Thud
Just as Fanna was about to rush forward and tear his head from his shoulders, she fell to her knees and saw that her abdomen had turned purple.
"Poison..." Fanna’s expression darkened even further upon seeing this.
"Oh, shit!" Rachel cursed when she saw the flaming dragon descending to the ground with a heaven-shaking roar.
"Is that attack from Faceless?"
They paused their movements for a second when they saw a surging white beam of light cut through the sky and rush toward the enormous flaming dragon.
The destructive torrent of white energy collided with the dragon in the blink of an eye.
Rumble~
The roar produced by the collision of the white torrent and the flaming dragon made the entire world tremble.
The whole earth seemed to be struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake, shaking violently, while huge cracks spread rapidly in all directions, centered on the city.
Shockwaves and fierce winds swept through the surroundings, leaving devastation in their wake.
"Get down, and activate all your defensive skills or items!" Olivia shouted, her pupils contracting to the size of needles as she watched the enormous flaming dragon descend toward the ground.
Andrew and Rachel did not need to be told twice as they hurriedly activated all their defensive skills.
"Earth Wall!"
"Bone Shield!"
"Ice Wall!"
Walls and shields made of earth, bone, and ice appeared right in front of them.
Rumble!
The energy released by the collision between the white torrent and the flaming dragon distorted the air itself, and the rippling shockwaves repelled everything in their path.
This scene was truly apocalyptic.
Everyone who witnessed it froze in place, watching the spectacle intently.
None of the trio dared to believe that a human being could truly wield enough strength to contend with a catastrophe of this magnitude.
This kind of power was comparable to that of a god, and the overwhelming spectacle made everyone’s heart tremble with fear.
"No... damn, the dragon is stronger!" Olivia’s pupils constricted when she realized this, and the next moment—
BOOOOOM!!
Bang!
The defenses they had erected shattered instantly, and they were flung backward by the force of the aftershock before crashing into a nearby structure.
"Ugh!" Olivia coughed up a mouthful of blood as her back slammed into a metallic wall, and she even felt a few bones in her body crack.
When she looked at the hellish scene before her, she froze, her eyes widening as she saw the enormous red mushroom cloud, while the entire area near the collision had turned into molten lava.
"Damn, did that guy die?" Andrew said, his face turning paper-white as he looked at the scene.
"If even he can’t deal with her, we will be next. If this elder survives today, I will need to sleep for seventy hours just to recover from this mental exhaustion," Rachel suddenly said as she sat down on the ground. Andrew, who heard her, had his lips twitch.
"Stop wasting time. Let’s keep moving," Olivia said in a cold voice.
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Fanna clutched her abdomen in pain where Victor had stabbed her. She could feel the poison spreading rapidly throughout her body, and a wave of dizziness assaulted her mind.
"Damn, what kind of poison is this that it can affect a Tier 4 undead?" she cursed inwardly as she glared at Victor. Just looking at the smug look on his face made her furious, and she thought, "I don’t understand how my daughter fell for such an annoying guy... If I were still alive, I would never have let my daughter get close to him. It’s all that bastard Pluto’s fault. Didn’t he send her to Silvernum Territory? I should have tortured him more before killing him."
"I need to retreat for now," Fanna uttered softly, but the rage in her heart did not diminish in the slightest. "I will take someone else as my king and also make him Amber’s partner... I will enjoy the look on your face."
If Pluto had been the number one person she hated in the past, now Victor had taken his place. Not only had she lost her entire undead army, which she had painstakingly built while fighting him, but she had also lost a useful pawn like Pluto and had been severely injured. On top of that, her daughter had been snatched away by him. The list of grievances had grown so long that she wanted nothing more than to tear him limb from limb.
Two grotesque flesh wings sprouted from her back, and she shot into the sky, but her expression changed when she suddenly felt her weight increase manyfold. Unable to stay airborne, she plummeted back down.
"What?!" she frowned before looking at Victor, who was watching her with a smile.
"Did you know? I have another bloodline that can manipulate gravity as well," Victor said with a smug look. If it had been only his Gravity Manipulation, it would not have been enough to suppress her flight, but with Blood Berserker active, it succeeded.
"Damn, what kind of freak is this? Just how many bloodlines does this human have?" Fanna cried inwardly in utter shock as she tried once again.
Fanna tried to remain in the sky but could do nothing as gravity relentlessly dragged her back to the earth.
"I really did not want to use this, as it will regress me back to Tier 3 for a few weeks, but you have thoroughly pissed me off," Fanna said in a grim voice after failing to escape. For some reason, hearing her words and tone sent a wave of unease through Victor.
"Death Ornament," Fanna said in a chilling voice, and the next moment, dark energy started erupting from Fanna’s body. It then began to diminish until it completely disappeared, revealing the Queen of the Undead.
Fanna was no longer in her previous form, which had resembled a grotesque female corpse with rotting flesh falling from her body. Now, she looked completely human, albeit with purple skin, and her body was clad in dark purple glowing armour. The wound in her chest pierced by Victor’s sword had vanished, and many parts of her body were shrouded in black mist.
A full suit of armor enveloped Fanna, and she now wielded a power that sent even Victor, who looked at her, into a chill.
Victor immediately used his pupil technique on her, and his eyes widened.
[Name: Fanna Oreburgh (Undead Queen)] {Heavily Poisoned}
[Level: 499]
[Tier: 4]
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Death Ornament
Description: A unique skill possessed by only a few undead, which increases their Warlock-based attacks by one tier. It is a temporary state and can only be maintained for a few minutes. Once it ends, their Tier falls back by one level for a few weeks.
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"Damn, doesn’t that mean her attacks will be as strong as Tier 5?" Victor’s face turned grim, and his forehead became slick with sweat. He looked at the undead and wanted to curse his terrible luck.
"At least the poison is still in effect," Victor muttered.
"You brat, now that you have pushed me into this state, you had better prepare to face the consequences. Are you ready?" Fanna said, then smiled cheerfully, but to Victor, that smile belonged to the devil who had come to reap his soul.
"Flaming Spears."
Fanna spoke in a cold voice, and immediately four crimson spears made of flames hovered above her.
Rumble!!!!!!
The skies and the earth began to rumble with far greater intensity than when she had cast her Flaming Dragon skill. It was as if the pressure the world was enduring had become too great and reality itself was on the verge of collapsing—a warning of what was about to come.
When Victor felt the terrifying tremors shaking the atmosphere and noticed the spears, his pupils contracted to the limit as a feeling of dread unlike anything he had ever experienced flooded his heart.
Each of those seemingly small spears possessed the destructive power of a nuclear bomb like the one that exploded over Hiroshima and brought World War II to an end. Even if they were not comparable to the most powerful nuclear weapons ever created, four of them exploding simultaneously was definitely not something any living being would ever want to witness.
"Die, brat!"
Fanna growled, and at the same time as she took a step forward, she swung both arms downward without holding anything back.
"Fuck!" Victor cursed as he turned into lightning and bolted as far away as he could.
Rumble
BOOOM!!! BOOOOM!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!
When the spears struck the ground, the surrounding area was incinerated, and everything within the blast radius was erased for several seconds, leaving behind nothing but flames and scorching heat.
The devastating explosions were followed by an enormous crimson mushroom cloud.