Chapter 852 The True Power Of Arachne's Strongest Retainer
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The difference between Luck and Sylph was tremendous. Sylph had taken Asarashk head-on and completely intercepted all her attacks, ignoring powers that would affect literally anybody else such as Bloodlust Swarm, and even holding a special shield with a soul in it, made out of divine sea dragon's scales and materials, and capable of unleashing the damage it took back!
The powerful Sea Dragon Soul materialized out of Sapphire's Skills after absorbing all the damage that it took from Asarashk was incredible, engulfing the demoness in an endless all-devouring wave of highly pressurized water, leaving her body even more damage as she landed on the floor with a loud explosion.
BOOOOOOOMMMM...!
"Unnghhh... H-Hahh... W-Wha... what was that?!" Asarashk cried, glaring at Sylph with utter fury. "I'm... Tier 9... My Physique... Guh- ARGH..!"
She vomited a mouthful of blood, feeling her entire body constantly weakening severely. She realized too later that something even worse had taken over her body, her health was being drained every second, and her stats had lowered.
"I know you're not showing us your full strength." Sylph said. "Just get to it already... I am not going to underestimate a monster like you and lower my guard."
"..." Asarashk remained in silence, and then smirked. "Oh my... How boring, you're really the daughter of your father!"
BAAAM!
In a single second, her entire body stood back up, even as the wounds covered her body, she seemed completely... fine? Indeed, she was actually fine, she took great damage. But Sylph knew very well that something like that wouldn't stop a Tier 9 being such as her.
Even less when she had yet to unleash her full powers against them. The reason Sylph was buying time hitting her with her strongest blows as if she were button smashing in a video game was because she needed Luck at full health.
Because to beat this monster they would all need their full strength...
"W-Wait, she was pretending?!" Mist was shaken.
"It was quite clear." Said Celeste. "She's a terrible actor... Though Sylph still had dealt a lot of damage though, she wasn't pretending when she screamed."
"Well, I do have the habit of letting my prey get a few hits, you know? To gauge their strength and all... This girl in specific is packed with a lot of surprising powers, yet even as I let her have such advantage, she never became overly confident, and each blow became more painful, ouch!" Asarashk laughed. "I wanted to kill her when she lowered her guard... What a pity that I can't play games like that... [Insect Queen's Transformation]"
In a mere second, her entire body started shapeshifting! Her Beast Aura and Mana fused into her body, and Asarashk quickly gained yet another pair of arms, making it eight! Her body size increased twice, becoming as big as ten meters. Her head twisted around, becoming not humanoid anymore, but resembling the head of a monstrous wasp... her wings became bigger and her arms muscular.
And while transforming, a shockwave of Bloodlust Swarm was released, anybody that dared step forwards would have their health drained before they could even realize what was happening! Sylph would had tried to interrupt her if it wasn't for this. Nonetheless, the transformation lasted just a second.
Ding!
[Asarashk, the Insectoid Queen] has undergone her [Insect Queen's Transformation], unsealing her True Powers!]
[All Her Stats have increased by +200%, her Health and Mana Regeneration Speed have increased by +100%. All Magic Damage has increased by +50%.]
[Her New Form exudes a deadly aura of intimidation and pressure, reducing all foes stats by -30%, and constantly draining their Mana.]
Just like that, she became twice as strong, already at Tier 9, she was already nearing a Tier 10 being... Her buffs were ridiculous, and her debuffs as well, and the most surprising thing was that she wasn't even using True Demonification as Sylph thought, Asarashk was either saving it for later, or simply did not rely on such powers to corrupt her body, and simply used the might she had trained for years to attain.
"Fufufu... Were you waiting for this, you sadistic girl~?" Asarashk asked while laughing, her aura spreading further everywhere. "Within all the insect demon tribes, I am known to be the strongest. Only below my Lady Arachne because she received the Divine Blessing of Lady Lolth. If you want to meet her, you'll have to go through me! The one all insect demons fear!"
BBBZZTTT...!
FLAAAASH!
In a single second, she leaped into action, moving her wings rapidly, she appeared right in front of Sylph and everyone else, wielding her Soul Weapon using three of her eight arms, she unleashed tremendous, devastating attacks that even left cracks over the seemingly indestructible dungeon floor.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRAAASH!
RUMBLE!
The entire dungeon trembled, as she quickly unleashed several beams from her free hands, imbued with her powerful Darkness and Beast Aura!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOOMMM!!!
The difference in power from now and before was like heaven and earth! She was truly a monster among monsters!
"Shit, she's really a fucking monster!" Zack cried, using his winds and lightning magic to escape from the attacks by enhancing his movement speed, only for a huge beam to hit him from behind!n(.OveLbIn
"Fuck!"
BOOOOOOMMM!!!
However, as the smoke dissipated, Zack noticed a holy light barrier protected him from the deadly damage, Mist was there for him!
"As long as I am here with Snowflake, I'll protect you, Zack!" She said with eyes glowing with determination.
This was a side of Mist that Zack had never seen before... A fierce flame of braveness was now growing stronger within her heart.
And having a reliable girlfriend like her was... a dream come true for the reckless fighter that Zack was, even more if she was a healer with support magic to boot.
"Alright!" Zack nodded. "I'll trust you my back, Mist!"
"Leave it to me!" Mist said. "I am not... the same as before!" She said while acting bravely.
"How cute~" Asarashk mocked them, while suddenly gathering a huge sphere of darkness above her body. "Can you take this now, cuties? [Abyssal Star]!"
BOOOOOOOOMMMMM...!
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