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One time, two times, three times, four times…
No matter how many times the Nine-lives Werewolf was resurrected and no matter how much his power was amplified, each time, he was killed by Merlin’s single blow. He could not withstand a second blow at all.
“Ah ah ah ah, b*stard. What kind of person are you? How are you so strong?”
After dying eight times, the Nine-lives Werewolf was left with just one life. Currently, his physical attributes had been increased to his strongest state – nine times greater than his initial self.
Ninefold of his physical attributes – this was the moment the Nine-lives Werewolf was the strongest. However, now, the Nine-lives Werewolf who had always been so confident was scared as if the fearsome creature before him was the true freak. How could his physical attributes be so formidable? It was to a point where it was inconceivable.
Doomsday and the rest were stunned as well. Although they were ultimate contenders too, they relied upon their Supreme Talents. In terms of pure destructive power, they would fall short of the Nine-lives Werewolf by far.
As they watched the battle between the Nine-lives Werewolf and Merlin, the destructive power was truly a shock to these ultimate contenders. With the frightening power between both of them, wrecking the entire Holy Dragon City was a piece of cake.
Merlin’s eyes were wide with amazement. At this moment, he had become interested in the Nine-lives Werewolf. This was a pure strength-type ultimate contender. In this world, Merlin would not be able to find a second one. If the Blood-eye could devour the Nine-lives Werewolf, Merlin’s capability would expand further.
Although Merlin did not know what his limits were, all he could do now was to devour incessantly. Even if there were no almighty beasts’ will to swallow, he could consume the powerful almighty beasts’ flesh. The Nine-lives Werewolf was an excellent choice.
The Nine-lives Werewolf’s body was now twice the size of his initial bulk and was eye-catching as he stood in the empty square. One of his feet was enough to casually destroy a castle while his colossal body gave off a suffocating, horrifying pressure.
Ninefold of his physical attributes had given him unbelievable strength.
“Very well, finally someone has forced me to this stage. Nine times of my physical attributes, nine times of my strength. Not even I had ever experienced such immense power. I had never felt so good!”
The Nine-lives Werewolf’s heart was leaping with excitement. He was drunk on this feeling for it was a new experience. His tremendous strength even surprised himself.
Merlin glared coldly at the Nine-lives Werewolf as he said placidly, “This is your last chance. You have no more lives to squander, so let’s end it here!”
Merlin observed the Nine-lives Werewolf whose body was larger than his but felt no trace of fear. His gigantic body was immediately mobilized fully. This time, he exploded with all his might.
Not even Merlin himself knew how powerful his strength was but after he exploded at full strength, he felt as if even space itself was mightily compressed, about to shatter at any moment. He knew that in the Almighty Beast World, space was incredibly sturdy and breaking it was nearly impossible.
However, presently, Merlin had such feeling as if he only had to be slightly stronger to shatter space.
“Haha, come on then!”
The Nine-lives Werewolf unleashed a great roar as the muscles all over his body swelled. His body grew by a size and the energy that erupted even caused the air to hiss explosively.
“Boom.”
Both of them clashed at full strength and the petrifying crash resounded in everyone’s heart. Another layer of the ground was stripped off by this fearsome force. Rings of shockwaves swiftly spread out in all directions at a visible pace. All that they touched was crushed into smithereens and for several miles around, the surrounding land was leveled flat.
“It’s over!”
The smoke and dust had dispersed before anyone could glimpse what had happened. They saw the Nine-lives Werewolf wearing an alarmed look. His colossal body was now crushed mercilessly under Merlin’s bulk, without even the possibility of moving a muscle.
“Blood-eye, devour!”
A cold glint shone in Merlin’s eyes, following which the Blood-eye in his forehead projected a crimson beam of light that shrouded the Nine-lives Werewolf. Instantly, the Nine-lives Werewolf who was grievously injured by Merlin without any resistance, felt his blood rapidly surging throughout his body before he finally exploded.
“Bang bang bang.”
Endless fresh blood sprayed out from the Nine-lives Werewolf’s body and was absorbed by Merlin at once, who wildly swallowed everything. The energy contained within the blood of the Nine-lives Werewolf’s body far exceeded Merlin’s expectations.
Fortunately, Merlin’s current body seemed to have no limits. His bulk began to swell at a discernible speed. At the same time, there was something Merlin had never imagined. The barrier of the Illusory World in his body was swiftly fortified. Previously, it was very frail but now, as Merlin’s body grew stronger, the Illusory World’s barrier was subtly heading toward a true strengthened state of this world.
Maybe this was the only benefit the Almighty Beast World would provide to the Illusory World.
Merlin did not take note of the changes in the Illusory World at all. Currently, he only felt his body becoming stronger as if he was about to break free from his shackles. However, at the same time, he sensed a terrifying will stirring in the dark abyss as if it was suppressing him.
“This will? The Almighty Beast World’s will?”
Merlin was greatly shocked. That profound state swiftly vanished and he returned to reality. He saw that the Nine-lives Werewolf’s body had been sucked dry completely. Naturally, the Nine-lives Werewolf had become a withered corpse, breathing his last.
Merlin’s shapeshifted form was even more fearsome now. His body had grown by another size and his strength had increased an unknown number of times. Even Merlin’s tiny gesture contained horrifying power.
“Earlier, I’ve sensed the the Almighty Beast World’s will. Could it be that by constantly increasing my physical strength and reaching a limit, I can also detect the Almighty Beast World’s will? In other words, is this of the ways to become a sacred beast?”
Merlin did not know what happened. Although he used to be a great existence who contended against a Latitude Cosmo, in this unfamiliar world, many laws were different from the Void Zone. Merlin did not understand them well.
Luckily, as his body grew stronger, the Illusory World’s rate of recovery was boosted too. When the Illusory World was fully restored, Merlin would not need to fear the Almighty Beast World’s will.
No one paid any attention to what Merlin was thinking. Doomsday and the rest were staring unwaveringly at the Nine-lives Werewolf’s dried corpse. A proud and mighty ultimate contender had died?
Previously, the Candora Trio-Lords, despite their surprise attack, had merely seriously injured the three elders of the royal family but was unable to kill them. Nonetheless, the Nine-lives Werewolf who had nine lives, who seemed so difficult to kill, had now died at Merlin’s hands. Furthermore, it was in a confrontation of strength. This was far from everyone’s expectations.
“Swish.”
Merlin turned his gaze toward Doomsday. Of course, he still remembered that Doomsday had forced him into a corner back then. If it was not for Farron’s arrival, things would not have ended for Merlin.
“Boom.”
Merlin did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately lunged toward Doomsday. After his physical attributes were improved, his speed had increased significantly. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Doomsday.
“Soul of Light!”
Suddenly, Doomsday’s voice rang from all directions and the surrounding space started to fluctuate, turning into a blank white expanse as if blanketed in a white fog.
Merlin lightly shut his eyes and opened them again but it was still the same world – no changes. He knew that this was Doomsday’s Supreme Talent. Only a similar Supreme Talent could contend against this Soul of Light.
Farron had used his Mirror Talent to oppose Doomsday’s Soul of Light but Merlin had no Supreme Talents that were similar. Therefore, for the moment, he was trapped in Doomsday’s Soul of Light like the last time.
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“Soul of Light? How wondrous it is. If I can mobilize my Illusory World, what would this mere Soul of Light count for?”
Merlin felt somewhat powerless. Clearly, he knew that Soul of Light was illusory but he could not locate its flaws, so he had no way to dispel it. It was like Merlin’s Illusory World. Once it enveloped his opponents, even if they knew very well that this was illusory, they were powerless. This was the scary part of illusions.
Of course, compared to the Illusory World, Doomsday’s Soul of Light was lacking by far. Nonetheless, with Merlin’s current state where he could not mobilize his Mind Power let alone the Illusory World, wanting to dispel the Soul of Light was challenging.
Thus, Merlin might as well stand there quietly, shutting his eyes calmly. He was patiently searching for any flaws in the Soul of Light or the place where Doomsday’s real body was.
He knew that Doomsday must be nearby, sure to be observing Merlin’s movements closely. If only Merlin could figure out Doomsday’s actual position, then even if he could not locate the flaws of the Soul of Light, he could still disperse it in one strike.
In other words, Doomsday’s real body was the greatest flaw of the Soul of Light!
“Humph, do you think I can’t deal with you if you don’t move?”
Outside, Doomsday saw that Merlin was not moving a muscle. Thus, he further increased the strength of the Soul of Light and shot out countless piercing arrows.
“Whiz whiz whiz.”
These were not an illusion but Doomsday’s attack. These crimson-colored sharp arrows were frightening. Even ordinary full-shifting contenders would have to retreat strategically.
Nonetheless, Merlin did not even twitch, allowing the crimson arrows to fly toward him. Instantly, waves of arrow fell upon him like rain.
However, these crimson arrows could not even break past Merlin’s most external defenses. Merlin shook his head and said softly, “Too weak, far too weak.”
“What?”
Doomsday’s face was gripped by shock. He had never thought that his attack could not even get past Merlin’s outer defenses. At this point, only Farron was smirking to himself. In the past, he had used up all his methods but even he could not injure Merlin, let alone Doomsday.
Faced with a tyrannical existence like Merlin whose body was tough to an unimaginable extent, it was difficult to cause him harm even if he was trapped.
While Doomsday was unable to harm Merlin, likewise, Merlin was trapped in the Soul of Light with no way of harming Doomsday.
Following that, Doomsday began to wildly unleash various techniques but unsurprisingly, they did not affect Merlin at all. He did not even move and allowed Doomsday to attack. Doomsday still could not injure him.
The only one who could injure Merlin was the Nine-lives Werewolf but he was already devoured by Merlin.
“Let’s pay no mind to this monster for now. Go and find out from the king the location of the Sacred Lion Beast’s head.”
Doomsday’s face was gloomy. Not being able to kill Merlin, he felt a sense of embarrassment but under the circumstances, he could only trap Merlin for now.
The Phantom King laughed coldly then wielded his technique. He could manifest countless phantom duplicates that immediately attached themselves to the king. The king’s face turned stiff and he was immediately controlled. His eyes became blank and lifeless as well.
“Tell us, where’s the Sacred Lion Beast’s head?”
The Phantom King asked sinisterly. Nonetheless, the current king had been controlled and could only reply frankly, “The Sacred Lion Beast’s head is in the underground secret chamber in the depths of the palace.”
“Are there any dangers within the secret chamber?”
The Phantom King was cautious too. He knew that most secret chambers like this would likely have some protective forces.
“There are many full-shifting contenders in the secret chamber but if one possessed the concentrated bloodline of the royal family’s descendants, one could neutralize those guards.”
The king spoke without reserve, revealing every detail.
“Haha, then we’ll make the first move!”
When the Candora Trio-Lords heard this, they laughed loudly and flew toward the outside of the palace. Nonetheless, they did not seize the king. As for the bloodline of the royal family’s descendant, they did not wish to lag behind while they were competing for the Sacred Lion Beast’s head. They immediately looked toward the Princess Royal.
“We’ll bring you with us!”
The Candora Trio-Lords flew toward the Princess Royal at once. These three ultimate contenders did not need to spend much effort to capture the Princess Royal, leaving behind the Shadow King, the Phantom King, and the rest who could only watch helplessly.
“Doomsday, you stay here and restrict this monster. We’ll take our leave first, haha!”
The Shadow King and the rest chortled to themselves, then left the foyer, flying toward the secret chamber where the Sacred Lion Beast was. In the entire hall, only Doomsday and Farron were left, along with Merlin who was trapped by Doomsday.
In the foyer, Farron’s glare hooked onto Doomsday as he asked coldly, “Doomsday, don’t you sense that you’re now in great danger?”
“Huh?”
Doomsday looked around at the empty foyer, then looked toward Merlin whom he had trapped in the Soul of Light. At this point, he realized that he had fallen into danger. No one cared whether he lived or died. They had all frantically chased after that Sacred Lion Beast’s head.
If there was only Merlin who was trapped, Doomsday did not need to worry. After all, Merlin could not struggle out of the bindings of his Soul of Light.
However, Farron’s presence now was making Doomsday very nervous because Farron’s Supreme Talent could dispel his Soul of Light. In a one-on-one match, Doomsday was unafraid of Farron as both of their Supreme Talents could be nullified.
Nonetheless, there was Merlin now. Once Farron had dispersed Doomsday’s Soul of Light, based on the valiant strength Merlin had displayed, things did not look too good for Doomsday.
“Farron, this monster’s existence is a threat to you, right? I still understand some of the matters of your royal family. This monster is on the Princess Royal’s side while you’re the king’s man. Today, if you save him, things won’t end too well for you in the future.”
Doomsday narrowed his eyes slightly and growled.
Even so, Farron guffawed, then stared at Doomsday, saying with a long sigh, “Doomsday, you still don’t understand me. His Majesty’s greatest wish is to make the Holy Dragon Empire flourish once more. Perhaps His Majesty is no longer the man for this job but the Princess Royal could do it!”
With that, terrifying energy exploded, shrouding Doomsday’s Soul of Light. This was Farron’s Mirror Supreme Talent, a power that affected the mind as well.
“Hiss.”
Merlin quickly opened his eyes. He sensed that a crack had appeared in Doomsday’s Soul of Light.
“Go!”
Merlin did not overthink this. Since he had found a weak spot, he had to seize this chance. Therefore, his colossal body began to move, bringing with it a fearsome strength that smashed directly toward that crack.
“Boom.”
The Soul of Light shattered into smithereens in that instant. The foyer resumed its appearance before Merlin’s eyes, and there were only Doomsday and Farron beside him.
Countless thoughts flashed across Merlin’s mind. Of course, he knew that Farron must have acted to help him escape from Doomsday’s Soul of Light, just like the previous time Farron had rescued Merlin.
However, this time, Merlin could kill Doomsday!
“Doomsday, the last time, you couldn’t kill me. This time, it’s your turn!”
Merlin’s stare turned icy as he glared at Doomsday. The terrifying force of his body was like an immense mountain that pushed down upon Doomsday mercilessly.
At this moment, Doomsday understood why the Nine-lives Werewolf had died so soon. He could not resist at all. Without the advantage of the Soul of Light, Doomsday was merely somewhat stronger than most full-shifters. He was much inferior to the Nine-lives Werewolf.
“Die!”
Merlin’s gigantic bulk reached Doomsday in one stride. His hands grabbed Doomsday’s shapeshifted body and tore it forcefully.
“Rip.”
How mighty was Merlin’s strength? With one rip, he immediately separated Doomsday’s body into two halves. Blood gushed out and the entire foyer was pervaded by the intense stench of blood.
