Chapter 150: Bael’s Rematch 2

Chapter 150: Bael’s Rematch 2

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SLASH!!!

Anna’s unavoidable spinning attack slashed through Bael’s Defensive Demonic Aura, his hard armor erupting with darkness, trying to resist her attack!

“{Abyssal Armor’s Defense}!”

FLASH!

Anna suddenly felt pushed back several meters as Bael laughed, having successfully blocked her attack, and defended himself!

“Hahahaha! Did you think I wouldn’t come prepared to hunt you down?!” Bael laughed, his spear growing three times as large and overflowing with abyssal energies. “I’ve put on my strongest armor suit, and this is my second strongest weapon, the Demonic Abyssal Spear of Darkness!”

As Bael laughed, he reached Anna in a split second while she was flying in midair! His spear flashed with lightning speed, reaching her head, and attempting to end her with a single strike into her face!

“Aim, become a sword.”

“W-What?!”

FLASH!

Suddenly, Aim’s soul emerged out of her Purgatory Realm, his cat-like form melting into golden and purple metal, turning into a lustrous and sharp katana!

Ding!

[You have temporarily transformed the Sealed Demonic Soul {Aim, Twelfth Apostle of Death, King of Anger} into the [Demonic Jaguar’s Lightning Katana (SSS+ Rank)] Weapon!]

[While in this State, Aim’s powers are partially liberated and transformed into the equipment’s stats and abilities!]

[You have equipped the Demonic Weapon, its powers overflowing through your body.]

“I’m a sword?!”

As Aim screamed in disbelief and Bael glanced in surprise at what Anna had just done to another of the Death Apostles, she quickly received Bael’s spear attack from both Gram and the weaponized Aim.

It was time for her to showcase her true strength through dual-wielding. She grabbed Aim’s sword tightly and slashed both Aim and Gram at the same time. At the same time, a cross-shaped attack made of black lightning emerged.

“{Thousand Blades}: {Demonic Lightning Cross}!”

An attack combining Demonic Energy, Celestial Energy, and Lightning reached Bael’s spear, blocking its almighty strike as an explosion of multiple elements engulfed their surroundings.

BOOOMMM!!

RUMBLE!

The endless corridors surrounding them blew into smithereens by the dozens. Everyone else that had just arrived watched at the scene as, within the smoke, two figures swiftly continued their clash.

“YOU! What is your damn name?!” Bael roared, his armor looking covered with bruises as he clashed against Anna’s relentless sword attacks.

“Anna, remember it well; it’s the name of your new master.” Anna smiled with such confidence that it made Bael vomit blood out of pure anger.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Anna’s dual-wielding sword techniques became much more effective than her single-wielding version, simply because she could use Thousand Blades twice as much.

Although the MP and Ki consumption was ridiculous, because of her many perks and fast regeneration of Mana, she was capable of keeping this up for a long while before growing tired.

And above all, Aim’s katana form was surprisingly amazing; it held his lighting powers and additional demonic energy and mana, helping her save her own reserves!

Of course, with her new armor, gauntlet, and Hel’s Grimoire equipped, she had tens of thousands of MP to spare, but even that would run low quickly if the fight continued endlessly.

Especially because of Bael’s special ability.

Ding!

[The {Eighth Apostle of Death, King of Wickedness, Bael} exudes a mighty {Abyssal Demonic Life Draining Aura} from his body and armor!]

[Any foe’s HP and MP are being drained by -0.5% with each second within 10 meters around him.]

“The more this battle extends, the more I’ll be at a disadvantage.” Anna thought. “I have to end this quickly!”

Bael’s spear flashed right in front of her, almost piercing through her head seconds before she evaded, moving down her head and then sliding through the wooden floor, her two swords swinging rapidly against him.

“{Thousand Blades}: {Lightning Blade Storm}!”

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

Her attacks became a storm of slashes made of lightning, engulfing Bael’s entire body. His armor exuded an Aura of Abyss, reducing the damage from all the attacks.

However...

FLUOSH!

Anna’s hands touched his armor, glowing brightly as countless golden chains wrapped around his legs before his spear could reach her.

“{Demon Sealing Chains}!”

“URGH...?!”

Bael was shaken that Anna could conjure spells without incantations. And one as complex as chains made of celestial light that could temporarily seal the powers of demons!

“This is... USELESS!”

However, with a roar of might, Bael forcefully broke the chains, which shattered into fragments of light. He then chased Anna, his spear raining down on her as countless strikes befell her body.

“Then become my teacher once I become your master!” Anna roared with a smile, and Bael’s eyes opened wide as her hand pierced his chest through the wounds she created.

“What nonsense are you talking about- ARGH!”

Her will quickly entered his soul as she started cutting it through her lightning spectral body, which, by combining with her Sunlight Blade Skill and her Thousand Blades Skill, turned her very soul into countless swords.

“{Thousand Blades}: {Soul Blade}!”

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

“She can turn her very soul into blades?!” Bael was shaken. “A-Amazing! Why does an enemy have to have so much talent?! If only she could have been a demon that would have joined my army... What a pity!”

Although Bael couldn’t help but praise Anna through his own thoughts, he wouldn’t let her get away with it! He fought to the very end, his manifestation emerging through a mindscape connecting their two souls.

“{Abyssal Mind Pollution}!”

FLUOSH!

He found the perfect opportunity to use this technique, now reinforced and enhanced after being overwhelmed by her Divine Eyes of Truth when he tried to consume her soul before.

“Hahahah! Fool! Did you think I let you do this willingly? It was all for this moment! I’ll consume your soul now!”

“This is...?!”

Anna felt like darkness began to consume her soul midway through her attacks; Bael’s soul now resembled an endless sea of the abyss.

The darkness kept creeping through her; Anna’s soul was wavering and shaking, infected by the darkness.

Yet...

FLASH!

A giant golden eye merged from within her soul, shining brightly and seeing through it all. This time, Anna didn’t call Sepa, who was resting and restoring her Cosmic Energy reserves rapidly.

She simply channeled the powers of her Divine Eye of Truth once more!

Ding!

[The {Divine Eye of Truth} sees through all things.]

[Mental erosion is being canceled.]

[Mental erosion is..]

[Mental eros...]

[Me...]

[...]

Countless notifications popped up endlessly as Anna canceled the mental erosion that Bael desperately conjured over her soul.

“It’s not working?! But this Nightmare Spell is something that Baal taught me!” Bael roared furiously. “You’re so stubborn! Why do you fight so much?! Why do you resist your fate with so much tenacity?!”

As Bael asked this question to Anna, hundreds of weapons made of the darkness he conjured reached her soul, piercing through it.

“Shouldn’t that be obvious?” Anna said, her soul manifesting her Demonic and Celestial Powers at once, making her form resemble a fusion between a small angel and a small devil! “It is because tenacity is the only thing we humans have left! {Abyssal Gaze}!”

The black jewel in her gauntlet shone brightly, her Divine Eyes of Truth powers fused with her Abyssal Gaze Ability, her eyes turning into spiraling black holes, gazing through Bael’s entirety.

FLASH!!!

Bael suddenly felt like his mind was being eroded back, his will was being shackled by eternal darkness, and his eyes looked at Anna with both anger and admiration.

“You’re... one of a kind...”

His last words crossed his mind before his entire soul was compressed and sealed within a black sphere. The rest of his body was distorted around his seal, resembling a small black knight doll.

While he was temporarily unconscious, Anna quickly threw him into her Purgatory Realm. The conditions were met, as his soul was too weakened and sealed to fight back.

Ding!

[The weakened soul of a Death Apostle has been sealed within the {Purgatory}!]

[The powerful Demonic Soul has lost all its abilities to exert its true powers inside.]

[It has now been marked with the {Prisoner of the Purgatory} Stigma.]

[This Demon Soul now belongs to you to use.]

“Done... Ugh...”

Anna fell to her knees, gasping for air. She was completely exhausted, and her body was cracking in agony.

The rest of her friends and her familiars were, meanwhile, fighting a small army of Demons that had emerged to back up Bael, although unsuccessfully at that.

[The Cosmic Throne {One Eyed King of the Aesir} is forever thankful to you for having saved the life of his incarnation.]

[He has rewarded your heroic deeds with [Fruit of Awakening (S+ Rank)] x1 and [Asgard’s Divine Orichalcum Ingot (SS+ Rank)] x1!]

[The Cosmic Throne {Heroic Thunder Hammer} is amazed by your incredible feats!]

[He has generously rewarded you for slaying two demons with the [Hero] Title!]

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