503 Abomination
What came out of the cloud was an Abomination. The first thing that Liam noticed about it was the vicious maw, which was what it mostly consisted of. The teeth! So many! Even in the Dual Empire's grounds, Liam had never seen such an Abomination. It had black, jagged teeth, 19 on the upper and 21 on the lower jaw. It had a brownish, grey complexion, with disgusting, throbbing veins across its rotten body.
It had no legs.
In fact, below the chest, it consisted of loose strings of dangly flesh. Sort of like a squid.
On its sides, it had two skinny arms that didn't look particularly powerful. In fact, they were quite skinny and looked easy to slice off. On each arm were three thin fingers.
The three fingers made a claw of sorts, since they ended with sharp, wet nails dripping with some sort of brown liquid. It had just one, diamond-shaped eye on the top of its circular head. The iris had several layers of 'rings' around it, colored red, brown and black. The entire... 'thing' looked like a disease, but in Abomination form. In the first place, what the heck was an Abomination doing here?! This was a Defense Tribulation, damn it! Not a fiesta!
But wait.
Wasn't this a Tribulation that represented one's elements?
Why was...
Oh.
No... no, but how?
It couldn't be...
But oh, it was. 'The wax,' Liam thought incredulously, looking at his own solar plexus. 'The Empress' chest thingie!' Liam had gotten the Abomination element! If it was the time to jump in joy, Liam would. Abominations were the bread and butter of the Empire of Fear! It was their trademark!
In fact, Liam was pretty sure Abominations were the only thing that allowed her to get to where she was!
And Liam plundered it from her dead body!
But right now, he had an Abomination to kill and a Tribulation to pass. This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.
The swarm of darkness split.
One side shot to Liam's left, and the other to his right, barricading him in a ring-like formation.
SKRRRRRRRRRR!
...But eight more corrupted Abominations emerged from the swarm's depths just then!
Time seemed to slow. Other than them... there was one more Abomination.
This one was different. It was smaller. Just 2 meters in size, compared to the others that were 8 meters. However, its skin was blood-red and veiny, while its form was humanoid shaped. It had two eyes, both made from bright crimson energy. It had a muscular frame and big, powerful arms paired with thick legs. It had clawed hands, too, and a long, thick tail which resembled a snake's from its back. At the same time, it had a long, spiny back. The sharp ligaments were protruding from its body. If Liam's eyes didn't fail him, the Abomination was smirking at him with black teeth.
However, the most eye-catching feat out of everything, was the hollow center of the Abomination's chest. It was a circular hollowness filled with a large mass of surging Chaos! It almost looked like the Chaos was the Abomination's 'heart'. It broke apart and reformed repeatedly, as though suppressing the urge to burst. Even its eyes seemed to be made from Chaos! "This isn't funny anymore," Liam said to the beast with a serious face. And it really wasn't. "Are you sentient?" Silence.
It didn't respond, still smirking at him.
'I can't even use Void since my darkness is sealed.' Something was warning Liam not to let that Chaos Abomination approach him.
If he did, it'd be bad news.
Although it was the same with the other eight Corruption Abominations, the fact that there was just one Chaos Abomination made Liam wary.
But Liam still had several aces up his sleeve.
'I can just Shadow Blink whenever things get tough,' Liam thought, grip tightening around the four swords. 'Plus Mind Edge.' More than a dozen Chaos Lightning strikes shot at Liam's direction just then.
KRRSSHHHHHH!
As he dodged, the view was as beautiful as it was dangerous.
But just then, the eight Abominations swarmed them from his flank, followed by a cloud of corruption and darkness engulfing him, and a Chaos Abomination making a beeline towards him on top of it all.
Just then, Liam used Mind Edge... and time felt like it had stopped. How was he supposed to get out of this one, exactly?
since we're at chapter 503 i'd like to take this chance to ask for any advice ya'll might have for the story. danke
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