Chapter 71 - Suppressing the Rebellion 3 (2/2)
The real battle was about to begin.
As Woohyuk took the chance to rest up, Melphis slowly got back up to his feet.
Unlike previously, he had a far darker look and his Demonic Energy had turned a shade darker.
“You’re quite the troublemaker, Asura.”
“Is this Demon King Volak?”
“Yes. He didn’t seem capable of taking you on, so I decided to step in.”
As Volak finished speaking, Melphis’ arm was regrown in but an instant.
Woohyuk on his end raised Verserios as he carefully examined his opponent.
‘He used to be ranked 62nd.’
A Demon King which was proficient in Lightning Magic and wielded a lightning lance
But he is using another’s body so his Stats were lower and he didn’t have his lance with him.
They should be about evenly matched right now.
‘Still, I should be careful.’
As soon as a Demon King decided to intervene directly, an all out confrontation was no longer avoidable. Not to mention that he was still exhausted from having to face Melphis.
If he wasn’t careful, he could get seriously injured this time around.
“....”
“If you have no intention of attacking, I guess I’ll have to take the lead.”
Since Woohyuk showed no signs of going on the offensive, Volak raised an outstretched finger.
Taang!
Soon after purple lightning bolts shot out one after another, all aiming for Woohyuk’s heart.
Ting Ting!
As the battle had officially begun, Woohyuk deflected the incoming bolts with Verserios, and closed the distance towards Volak.
Of course, knowing his intentions, Volak wouldn’t allow him to approach so easily.
Quang! Qua Quang!
Purple lighting descended from the dark clouds above, falling upon Woohyuk’s head.
As dangerous as it looked, Woohyuk ignored it, allowing his Ghost Queen Star Serpent to absorb all the incoming bolts, leaving him unscathed.
He soon after arrived before the Demon King and launched an invisible shockwave with him at the center.
[Calm Sea’s Silence]
An artifact that was capable of silencing all of the enemies abilities within a 15 meter radius for 3 full minutes.
“...!”
Demon King Volak vaulted backwards, into the air, dodging Verserios as he attempted to buy some time.
Expecting this from him, Woohyuk activated his black vortex once more.
Kooohooooo!
Unable to retreat any further as he was being drawn in, Volak exerted all his strength just to remain fixed in midair as he stared toward Woohyuk.
“In the end I still need to use that. It is not easy using another's body.”
[Incarnation]
By descending with his full will within the vessel, he could temporarily use his full range of abilities. The trade off however was the Melphis’ body wouldn’t be able to handle the stress and surely die. Still, it was a sacrifice the Volak was willing to make.
His true body was not yet ready to appear upon the Eeth continent.
Upon seeing Volak open up a portal to the Abyss and begin the Incarnation ceremony, a frown crossed Woohyuk’s face.
‘So it's come down to this.’
Facing Demon King Volak’s full strength wasn’t something that he could achieve with his current Stats. His only option here was to release the second seal placed upon Verserios.
If he wasn’t able to properly control his Demonic Energy upon unleashing the second seal, he might instead lose himself to the darkness, but he had no other choice.
‘I have to give it a try. ’
It was not Woohyuk’s first time here, at the crossroads between life and death. For him, this was simply another one of the challenges that he would have to give his all to overcome.
He felt no fear, nor hesitation in the face of death.
“As you master, I command you.”
As Woohyuk finished speaking, Verserios seemed to move with a will of its own, as it became even darker.
Seeing his opponent’s weapon transform, Demon King Volak quickly summoned lightning lance ‘Nekima’
“You’re finished, I also have my own weapon now!”
Now that the Incarnation ceremony had been completed, Volak was several times stronger than he had been previously.
As the sky above roared, a huge purple lightning bolt descended upon Woohyuk’s head.
Quang! Qua Quang!
A strike that would cause one’s hair to rise simply by witnessing it. However, after the dust settled, Woohyuk still stood strong.
The second seal placed upon Verserios had already been released.
“Execute the enemy before us.”
Woohyuk commanded as a pair of dark wings sprouted from his back. He then slashed forward with Verserios, unleashing a dark energy strike that flew towards Volak.
“Ugggh!”
Volak groaned as he barely managed to stabilize.
The strike had been so powerful that he had trouble defending against it even in his current state, where he could exhibit his full abilities as a Demon King.
As he groaned, Woohyuk grasped Verserios with both hands and exclaimed.
“Let’s play.”
As Woohyuk was drawing on his Demonic Energy, far beyond the threshold at which he could safely control it, finishing the fight as soon as possible was his best option.
As Woohyuk flapped his dark, scaly wings, Volak focused all of his remaining energy into Nekima
‘I still have a trump card left!’
A secret skill that all Demon Kings possessed.
For Volak, it was a sudden lighting bolt descending from the sky 'Lightning Fury’. It would strike
the head of Nekima, his lightning lance, as it gathered this power and became engrossed in dancing purple lightning.
“Have a good look at this killing blow of mine!”
So far no opponent of his had remained unscathed upon being hit by ‘Lightning Fury’.
As Volak unleashed his full power, Woohyuk nodded.
‘As expected.’
He had already faced him in the past, and so he was well aware of his own secret skill.
A type of piercing attack.
It was very powerful because all of his Demonic Energy was concentrated on the edge of his lance
But if it didn’t manage to hit, it was all meaningless. Woohyuk, who had tapped into the Demon God’s powers, was a step ahead of Volak in every respect.
Pooah!
Having avoided the thunderbolt from Nekima, he stabbed Verserios into his flank.
Volak coughed out mouthfuls of black blood, as his purple Demonic Energy began to fade.
“Kuluk!”
“Get stronger and return to face me, I’ll be waiting for you anytime you’d like.”