195 Chapter 195: Unlimited Constellation Works (1/2)
I lay in a pool of blood, staring at the night sky above me.
”Hey,” I said. ”It's not over yet.”
I slowly rose to my feet, swaying unsteadily from the massive loss of blood. Grinning, I stared straight into Hades' stony countenance while pointedly ignoring Selina's incredulous expression. She shook her head in disbelief.
”Despite suffering such fatal injuries, you can still stand,” Selina remarked, astonished. ”I must applaud you for your tenacity and persistence. But didn't I tell you that you will never be able to defeat my Hades?”
”You know, I'm glad that you told me that Hades has thirteen lives, and that I've taken only three of them away.”
”Why?” Selina had a perplexed and bewildered expression on her face as she watched me stagger. ”Most people would have fallen into despair.”
”Really?” I began laughing hysterically. ”Because it means that I just have to kill your Hades ten more times!”
Selina narrowed her eyes. ”I see. You truly are insane.”
”I don't want to hear that from a psychotic mass-murderess like you.”
Selina ignored me and turned to Hades. Anastasia struck from behind, but she casually moved her sword to her back to parry the dagger. Anastasia clicked her tongue, but before she could slash again, Selina kicked in her direction, forcing her to dodge. Not paying much attention to her opponent, the black-clad killer shouted a command to her contracted spirit.
”Hades! There's something wrong with that boy's head! Destroy him before he attempts anything funny!”
I cocked my head and smiled as Hades lumbered forward, gripping his halberd with both hands. My eyes riveted to the swinging Annihilation, I nodded to myself when I remembered something.
”You transformed your weapon from Pluto to Annihilation because you've acknowledged me as a worthy opponent, correct?”
Hades merely roared in reply. The berserk warrior was in no condition to answer any of my questions. Even so, I received the affirmation I needed.
”Very well then. As a sign of my respect, I'll use my strongest Constellation weapon to slay you. Well, actually I'm forced to use it now because I won't be able to kill you otherwise. Hercules!”
Mana began flowing into my hand as the strongest hero in ancient legends began materializing himself into the form of a weapon.
”You know, I've been meaning to ask you this, but what are those two swords for if you don't use them?” Selina asked from a distance, pointing at Gan Jiang and Mo Ye. The pair of male-female swords continued to stay sheathed at my side. ”You've been summoning weapons out of thin air during your entire fight with Hades. Other than the first time you've slashed his arm, you haven't used your real swords at all.”
I glanced down at them. ”Oh, I forgot that they are still there.”
Selina rolled her eyes. ”That's such an obvious lie.”
”Maybe.” I shrugged. ”Believe whatever you want. I have no obligation to tell you anything.”
”Fair enough.” Selina nodded.
To be honest, the reason why I hadn't used Gan Jiang and Mo Ye yet was because Constellation magic was my most powerful magic. At the same time I was saving them for a final surprise attack, a trump card that I could unleash from my hand if Hercules failed to end this battle.
Hercules finally materialized in my hand.
No. Not just my hand.
Golden armor materialized all over my body. Massive gleaming gauntlets formed over my arms, and a huge breastplate fitted itself over my chest. In my right hand the golden sword of Hercules shone brightly, like a beacon.
”Herculean Armor. Hercules was a demigod. Summoning him consumes a lot of my mana, but it also gives me the power of a demigod.”
”Demigod?” Selina smirked as she fended off Anastasia. At her command, Hades merely raised his Annihilation emotionlessly. ”I would like to see you back up your claim.”
”Don't you ever shut up?” Ana growled, frustrated. Selina shrugged.
”The boy is the one who made such a bold declaration…”
She never got to finish her sentence. I smashed my golden fist into Hades' face, throwing his immense bulk across the street. Before he landed, I was already upon him, cleaving him in half with Hercules.
”That's one life gone.”
Selina recovered from being shocked, parrying Anastasia's strike and then leaping back to put as much distance between them as possible. She glanced at her fallen spirit, whose face had been crumpled in, his skull cracked open.
”He certainly looks dead to me,” Anastasia quipped with a shrug. ”Convinced yet?”
Hades' face began steaming as his broken skull forcibly knitted itself back together and his head regenerated. He slowly stood up. Seeing him, Selina chuckled.
”Impressive,” she conceded. ”But do you think the same trick will work twice?”