Chapter 761 Wolf Head
The Wicked Spear Arts was strong enough to cut through the Undead Pharaoh's corrupted domain. The Undead Pharaoh did not see that coming. It was certain that Michael would overestimate his technique's strength and fall victim to his baseless confidence. That was exactly what happened with the Undead Pharaoh instead.
He was too confident in the corrupted curse power and didn't expect that a Lesser Lifeform could cut through it. Not even Higher Lifeforms were capable of such a feat without the perfect Soultrait and Soul Technique. Yet, that was exactly what Michael did. The Aethyr Spear cut through the corrupted domain and struck the Undead Pharaoh's core.
The Undead Pharaoh responded quickly after noticing that Michael wasn't corrupted. He swung the Staff of Epos at Michael, only to see the corner of the youthful Awakened's lips curl upward. Michael smiled at the Undead Pharaoh as the Aethyr Spear impacted.
The Undead Pharaoh's core didn't shatter, but the Aethyr Spear, amplified by the Wicked Spear Arts, was powerful enough to scratch the core.
That made it considerably harder for the Undead Pharaoh to maintain perfect control of everything. He was forced to check on his core before his focus returned to the Staff of Epos, the corrupted domain, and the millions of Undead he had to control simultaneously.
The World Serpent and the Curse used the small opening to attack. A huge serpent head emerged from the Living Image, which had coiled around Michael's neck. However, there wasn't only one serpent. There was one large serpent with a head as large as Michael's, but dozens of smaller serpents shot simultaneously out of the World Serpent's Living Image.
They all lunged for the Staff of Epos alongside the dozens of Cursed Extraction tendrils that burst out of the Cursed Seals. Each Cursed Extraction tendril transformed into a small canine-shaped head, crunched on the serpentine staff in the Undead Pharaoh's hands, trying to crush it with force.
The World Serpent's serpents coiled around the serpentine staff before lunging at it with razor-sharp fangs. They sapped the Staff of Epos' power without hesitation. There was no time to hesitate, after all. All the Curse and the World Serpent had was a small opening. They had to make as much use of it as possible.
Some of the serpentine staff's power was drained in the quarter of a second they had before the Undead Pharaoh could react. However, that time was also enough to remove the seal blocking Michael's Soultraits. Michael regained full control over his Soultraits for a moment.
It was just enough to use Insert with Enhancement on the World Serpent and his Curse. In response to the Enhancement layers, both the World Serpent and the Curse managed to drain even more power of the Staff of Epos. Simultaneously, Michael used the Enhancement Layers on his body.
He was constantly on the verge of death, but Michael could also use Archangel's Grace again. That was exactly what he did to avoid dying.
It wasn't a perfect solution, but it was more than enough to unleash every power he had accumulated within his body. Michael struck the Undead Pharaoh several times with his enhanced purgatory flames, the Wicked Spear Arts, and his terrifying physical prowess. It was barely enough to give his Curses another opportunity to strike.
The World Serpent continued draining the Staff of Epos, but the Canine Curse changed its target.
Michael felt his Cursed Seals move through his entire being. They moved to his chest, where they combined temporarily.
A huge head burst through the World Serpent's scale armor. It was another golden head of a canine. However, this time, the golden head was more detailed than before. Michael lost access to True Extraction for a moment and the Soul Power accumulated within the Soultrait Symbol was drained instantaneously. However, that was not all.
Several thousand SoulStar Fragments disappeared into Extraction's Soultrait Symbol. They transformed into Soul Power, which the Curse utilized to empower the Extraction Wolf Head, which persisted expanding. It barred its fangs at the Undead Pharaoh as it grew into a massive head, which snapped at the Undead Pharaoh.
The Extraction Wolf Head ignored the enhanced purgatory flames shrouding the Undead Pharaoh and crushed the crippled Divine Lifeform.
A sudden rush of strength swept through Michael. The chains of miniature seals manifested all over Michael's body again at last. They trembled violently and showed signs of cracking. However, instead of shattering the seal on one of the Canine Curse's seals, all components of the miniature curse chains trembled violently.
More SoulStar Fragments were sucked out of Michael's War Rune, granting the Canine Curse enough power to sustain the Extraction Wolf Head and strengthen it.
The golden glimmering cranium changed into a majestic wolf's head that sucked the strength out of the Undead Pharaoh.