Chapter 185 - Revival of the Nut Shot (2/2)
”Mngh…” At the instant the control was transferred back, Argentum, who was now Aurus, could not help but mumble out a sound as he adapted to the feeling of his wooden sculpture self. It did not take him long to adapt, commanding the system to summon Fenrir and Charisa not long after.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A few seconds later, Fenrir and Charisa appeared in front of him before doing a subservient pose as they said their usual lines of greeting. Aurus ignored this and asked the two of them, ”Have you two practiced the chant for the forbidden art?”
”Yes, Master!” In response, Fenrir and Charisa replied with slight excitement. Aurus then radiated an aura of satisfaction before saying, ”Let's make our move then!”
…
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A couple of minutes have passed since Herellia started pummeling the shit out of Chonk, forming a crater that was around four meters deep already. At this moment, the aura Herellia could feel from Chonk was significantly weaker than earlier. With this in mind, she thought that she just had to pummel him even more and he'll eventually surrender.
While continuing to be pummeled, Chonk tried to talk amidst the punches, an expression of arrogance on his face as he told Herellia, ”Do you…think…your alliance…has won…?”
”By the looks of it, isn't that the case?” Herellia, who did not stop punching Chonk, replied with an aura of confidence and pride radiating around her.
”Heh…heh…ow…heh…” Chonk slowly cackled while continuing to endure the punches. Herellia heard this, an aura of confusion radiating from her not long after. A few seconds later, Chonk said, ”Time…for revenge.”
Whoosh!
In an instant, a large ball of green energy had manifested a meter above Herellia's head, with Horell shouting out in fear, ”Herellia! Watch out!”
”Hm?” Hearing those words, Herellia could not help but look up, radiating an aura of slight fear as she noticed the large ball of energy above her head. At this moment, all of the cells making up her body told her that she wasn't able to escape this attack. She could not help but look at Horell, only to look at Chonk with an expression of rage as she knew that she couldn't rely on Horell as well due to his low power.
In response to Herellia's expression of rage, Chonk let out a grin before saying, ”Die.”
”[Ultimate Art: Lucifer's Claw of Eternal Damnation].”
Whoosh!
Bang!
An explosion that took on a green color soon appeared where the crater was, with a being letting out a scream of agony as the energy behind explosion greatly destroyed the area it enveloped.
”…eh?” While this was happening, Herellia, who thought that she was surely going to die, could not understand how she was a safe distance away from the center of the explosion. She looked around her surroundings, noticing that a claw made out of swords was covering her body, with Herellia easily concluding what happened to her just as the explosion happened after seeing it.
”Looks like I made it in time.” Just as she wondered where the claw came from, a familiar voice resounded quite a distance away from where she was, making her, as well as Horell, who was still flying in midair, look at the direction of the voice's origin. At the instant they found out who made the sound, both of them could not help but shout, ”Aurus!”
”Yes, I'm Aurus.” It did not take long for Aurus, as well as Fenrir and Charisa behind him, to make their way beside Herellia. Not long after, he focused his sense of vision towards the green explosion a distance away from him, muttering, ”I guess you reap what you sow.”
Whirr…
It took quite some time for the explosion to dissipate, revealing a jade green wolf covered in mere fragments of armor. Not only that, but it also seemed that the fur on its body was a bit charred due to the explosion. Nevertheless, this wolf was staring at Herellia and Aurus with eyes filled with intense rage, letting out a growl as he shouted, ”Using my attack to weaken me…how dare you!”
Whoosh!
Without caring about the injuries on his body, Chonk dashed towards them with both paws covered in an ominous aura. Not only that, an intense aura of the Wind element emanated from both paws as well, letting both Herellia and Aurus know that Chonk was about to do an all-or-nothing attack.
Just as Herellia was about to take a step forward, Aurus hastily teleported in front of her, focusing his sense of vision towards her before saying, ”Take a rest for now. You'll be leading the alliance for quite a long time.”
”For now…” Aurus said as he focused his sense of vision towards Chonk.
”I'll let Chonk feel the alliance's hatred.”
”Selective Stun!” Aurus shouted without hesitation as he concurrently sent a message through a certain connection.
Hearing these words, both Horell and Herellia could not help but radiate an aura of confusion. Of course, it did not take long for the aura they radiate to change into shock as they saw what was happening in front of him.
Whoosh!
Seemingly out of thin air, a large mosquito appeared a few meters above the dashing Chonk before using its proboscis to pierce through his abdomen as it injected foreign fluid that spread throughout his body. Just as Chonk noticed this, it was already too late.
”[Selective Stun Imbuement].”
”[Body].”
Psshhh…
And just like that, Chonk stopped in his tracks, standing like a lifelike statue a few meters away from Aurus and Herellia. Herellia and Horell were left at a loss for words after seeing what had happened to Chonk. The two of them could not help but think, 'Was it always this easy to fight an Animate?'
As for Aurus, he teleported closer to Chonk while Fenrir and Charisa followed behind him. At the very instant he appeared in front of Chonk, he then said, ”Pain Sensitivity.”
Not long after, another foreign fluid was injected into Chonk's body by the mosquito. The mosquito, who had its proboscis stuck on Chonk's abdomen, said after injecting the fluid, ”I've increased the being's pain sensitivity by ten times with the [Reaching the Heavens] poison. That's enough of an increase, right?”
”More than enough,” Aurus responded to the mosquito's words before adding, ”Get away from Chonk for now, Bell. I'm going to reduce his defenses to inflict the most pain possible.”
Hearing those words, Bell, the mosquito, retracted his proboscis and flew a few meters away from where Aurus was. On the other hand, Aurus summoned nine swords made out of FP, placing them in a circular formation around Chonk.
”Fenrir, Charisa, step back as well,” Aurus focused his sense of vision on the two behind him before saying. At the instant they distanced themselves from Aurus, he willed these nine swords to stick themselves to the ground as he muttered an incantation.
”Limbo, L.u.s.t, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery.”
”May these sins inside your body be amplified to levels far beyond comprehension, crippling your abilities to the bare minimum.”
”[Ultimate Art: Nine Realms' Sealing Array].”
Whoosh!
After Aurus was finished chanting the incantation, a faint dark blue haze covered every inch of Chonk's body, with Chonk's eyes fixated on Aurus. His eyes radiated intense rage as if it was telling Aurus that once he was free, he would kill him first. In response to this, Aurus let out a malevolent laugh before conjuring a sword of energy near Chonk's behind.
Although Chonk could not turn his head around to look at where the sword of energy was, it could sense the energy emanating from it, his pupils shrinking at the instant he realized where the sword of energy was aiming. He looked at Aurus with eyes that shouted 'Please! Any place but there!'. Of course, Aurus ignored this voiceless pleading, muttering, ”Experience the hatred of the alliances, as well as Horell's hatred.”
”[Lineage Ending Nut Shot].”