Chapter 434 – Cathulhu's Party VS Solomon (2)
Seeing that no ability worked on them, Solomon changed his approach. More wings emerged from Solomon's back.
They were no longer regular bird wings, bat wings, feather wings, or object wings. Instead, they were massive human hands with ten fingers on each side.
"Oh, dear lord. Someone is a fan of Elden Ring. He has fingercreepers as wings."
Mao Miaomiao had goosebumps looking at the black-nailed ominous hands. He recalled the horrifying experience when he played the game and got schooled by those creatures.
Meng Xin was also taken aback because of the grotesque wings, but he didn't miss the opportunity to mock Mao Miaomiao, "Oh? I have never seen the Devil pray. This is a first."
"Dumbass. Devils are people! We DO pray to our lord, the cat god!"
While the two men bantered, Chase frowned and wondered whose power it was. He no longer waited for the group to start.
"Go, sword dragon! Kill him before he can use his power!"
The massive array of swords let out a shrilling scream as they whizzed through the air. They charged toward Solomon.
Solomon bellowed, "GO, SWORD DRAGONS! DESTROY THOSE SWORDS AND PROTECT ME!"
"Huh?"
Chase was surprised that Solomon chose to defend instead of counterattack. The sword dragon of Solomon transformed into a wall, blocking all incoming flying swords. Each piece of metal collided, exploded, and shattered into shrapnel.
He didn't give up. Chase activated his sword domain and sent a dimensional slash.
CLANK!
His katana hit something rock solid even though he slashed the air. Something didn't feel right.
Solomon muttered, "If you can block my sword domain, I can do the same. Also…"
The finger wings curled, pointing their fingertips toward the four protagonists.
"This will teach you a lesson not to underestimate your elder!"
Xiaomao was the first to kick the ground. He grabbed Chase's collar and pulled him along as he jumped. While he was at it, he wiggled the fishing rod, yanking the white feather wing of Solomon.
With just a soft pull, a long string of white karma came out. Xiaomao reeled the rod with his Qi. Then, he grabbed the white karma string and swallowed it!
ZAAAAP!
By the time Xiaomao secretly extracted a white string of karma from Solomon, the latter completed his new attack sequence. The fingertips unleashed 20 different domain abilities at once.
20 overlapping domes surrounded Mao Miaomiao and Meng Xin, who had failed to react to the fingers. A layer of dark coat shrouded the domain. Mao Miaomiao and Meng Xin's five senses were cut off, and their dantian universe was sealed!
Despite being in crisis, Mao Miaomiao and Meng Xin stood still. They leisurely swung their swords, attempting to break the domain domes.
CLANK!
CLANK!
Both their weapons hit something sturdy. Their weapons could no longer cut through dimensions!
Solomon sneered, "I've mastered Chase Sheffield's sword arts. Now, your dimension swords can no longer destroy my domains!"
Meng Xin scoffed and closed his eyes. He deeply exhaled and complained, "That Dao is not yours. You cannot manipulate their Daos and souls forever."
Meng Xin referred to the domains around him. Although they blocked his five senses, they could not block the voices of the souls that Solomon had devoured.
"Hahaha! What are you going to do about it?! True, it's not mine! It belongs to the dead ancient Cathulhus! Since their souls are swimming in the Samsara River, I can devour their souls and learn all their abilities!"
Mao Miaomiao, on the other hand, sensed a familiar aura from one of the fingers. Although he was blinded by the domains, he briefly recognized the voice of his former dantian sentinel.
'Help me, Miaomiao.'
It was the small voice of a catopus that Mao Miaomiao once saved in the past.
Nya-Nya, the Cathulhu Saintess!
"Nya-Nya, are you in there?" Mao Miaomiao thought.
'Miaomiao, is that you?'
Their minds were linked by fate. They heard each other's voices through their thoughts.
"Hang in there, little girl. I'll save you right now."
'Miaomiao! MIAOMIAO! MASTER!!!'
Mao Miaomiao's knight armor turned red. His glowing crimson helmet shone like the Sun and released a shockwave blast.
BOOM
"MUNYAAAAA!!"
An orange cathulhu jumped out from Mao Miaomiao's shadow. He punched the ceiling of the domain with his bulky tentacles and broke it in one hit!
Meowmeow, the Cathulhu Deity came back to life!
Moreover, his cultivation base was no longer in the deity realm. His level had surpassed 250,000!
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TO MY WIFE, MUNYA!?!"
Enraged, Meowmeow enlarged and transformed into a goliath Cathulhu. He pointed all one thousand tentacle tips at Solomon.
RUMBLE
A thousand domains overlapped and surrounded Solomon. Most of them were duplicates, but a total of 50 different domain abilities sealed Solomon's five senses and Qi like what he did to Mao Miaomiao earlier.
"GET LOST!"
Solomon bellowed and punched forward.
BOOM
Meowmeow's domains were instantly destroyed. He yelped and coughed blood. Then, he fled into Mao Miaomiao's shadow to recuperate.
While Meowmeow and Miaomiao fought, Xiaomao threw the fishing hook and caught a white finger with the glowing nail. He pulled it with all his might.
This time, the fishing hook dragged out a spiritual orb from the white finger. The orb immediately transformed into a small white catopus!
Xiaomao caught the fishing line and brought Nya-Nya's soul to his arms. He patted her, "You're safe, kitty."
Nya-Nya looked at Xiaomao in confusion. She then turned around and looked at Mao Miaomiao in his Devil form.
"Eh? Why are your auras similar?! W-Who are you, nya?!"
Xiaomao giggled. He then grabbed Nya-Nya's soul by the neck and tossed her toward Mao Miaomiao, "Dad! Catch!"
Mao Miaomiao turned around and created a curtain of shadow portal in front of him. Nya-Nya, mercilessly tossed from the sky, cried and entered the black portal.
After the portal was closed, Mao Miaomiao yelled, "OY, WATCH IT, YOU LITTLE SHIT! SHE'S A KITTEN!"
Meng Xin slowly opened and complained, "Instead of yelling at your son, you should pay attention to our opponent. Senior Xiaomao has been contributing a lot, but you have done nothing so far."
While complaining, Meng Xin clapped his hands, "RETURN TO ORIGINS, LOST SOULS!"
SCREECH!
The 20-finger wings of Solomon screamed in pain and exploded. 19 soul orbs of unknown beings were ejected from the grotesque thing.
Solomon frowned and glanced at the destroyed wings. He clicked his tongue, "Damn Samsara Authority. Very well, I can just do… THIS!"
The elder pointed at the sky. Then, he pointed at the ground.
RUMBLE
The Samsara River in space fell to the Netherworld Realm!
"I know what I should do. I'll take you out first! Without the Samsara River, you're shit!"
"TSK!"
Meng Xin tossed away his sword and raised both arms. He roared and summoned all his Qi, pushing the Samsara River back to space.
But it didn't budge! Solomon's collective power was too strong. Moreover, Meng Xin was just a quasi-sage, which was a major realm lower than Solomon's strength.
"GRRRR!!"
Meng Xin's knees slightly trembled. His feet sank to the ground as the weight was too heavy.
WHOOSH
SWUA
For the third time, Xiaomao's fishing hook found the purple wing of Solomon. It pierced one of the feathers and started pulling something from the inside out.
Solomon glanced at the fishing hook. He had noticed it for a while now, but he didn't know what Xiaomao was doing. As it posed no harm to him, he ignored it and focused on the threatening presence of Mao Miaomiao and Chase.
Xiaomao let go of Chase's collar. The latter instantly vanished and reappeared 50 meters behind Solomon. He unsheathed his katana and slashed with an I-AI technique.
Without turning around, Solomon created 500 flying swords with metal wings. They created a barrier in the other dimension and blocked the slash.
CLANK
Strangely, half of Solomon's swords were sliced through like butter. After cutting through 400 swords, the 400th one managed to stop the momentum.
"Huh?"
Solomon was surprised that his creations were weaker than Chase's. He turned around and ordered the wolf-butterflies to provide him more chaos element essence so that he could create more dimensional swords.
POOF!
However, as soon as Solomon ordered the wolf-butterflies to do something, the copy-wings of Xiaomao vanished!
"WHAT?!"
Before Solomon could check what had happened to his wings or what Xiaomao had done to him, Mao Miaomiao was already 10 meters next to him.
"Where are you looking at, gramps!?"
"YOU!!"
Mao Miaomiao swung Killer Queen down. He also ordered her.
"EAT EVERYTHING, KILLER QUEEN!"
"On it, boss!"
Solomon curled the metal wings and managed to block the strike. The former roared, and the wings fired 100,000 short swords toward Mao Miaomiao at point blank!
TING
TING
Despite using Chase's sword saint technique, he failed to cut through Mao Miaomiao's karmic armor. The short swords ricocheted, and a few grazed Solomon.
SWUA
As Solomon was distracted, Xiaomao's fishing hook pulled out a purple karma string from the purple wing.
Xiaomao swigged his fishing rod and sent the purple karma string toward Meng Xin. The latter widened his eyes in astonishment for a second and realized the gesture. Then, he opened his mouth and caught it.
"Many thanks, senior!"
Meng Xin swallowed the string of purple karma. The thread merged with his soul orb.
"This is…"
Meng Xin noticed something in his soul. He then revealed a rare grin.
Solomon managed to duplicate Meng Xin's power, and Xiaomao stole it! If Meng Xin could digest this karma string, his strength would be double!
Everything made sense now. Meng Xin was enlightened why Xiaomao chose to fight Solomon in this condition!
"I see. Now, I understand your strategem! How ingenious!"
Meng Xin clenched his fists, and the Samsara River in the sky stopped falling. It rose back to its original position and continued to flow toward the void.
RUMBLE
Meng Xin's purple wings grew brighter. It multiplied from two to four, then four to eight! His dull black pupils turned white, and a layer of his skin shredded.
DING
<Warning! Meng Xin's Heavenly Fate Crystal has resonated with the power of friendship!>
<Warning! Meng Xin has an epiphany! His cultivation base has risen!>
Following Mao Miaomiao, Meng Xin's level reached 999,999 in one breakthrough!
"I-Impossible!"
Solomon saw the warning messages. His round eyes expanded in shock and disbelief.
.
Mao Miaomiao glanced at Meng Xin and chortled. He noticed the latter's evolution.
"Gentlemen, that's what you call "Power of Friendship Plot Armor". If you stubbornly solo a team of main characters and pushed them into a corner, their plot armors are going to screw you over."
Chase wryly smiled as he started to understand why Mao Miaomiao always talked as if he was a character in a story. Everything so far was just too sudden and unbelievable.
They gained strength so quickly!
"It's not just a game class? S-So, we're really protagonists?!"
"Always been."