Chapter 697 Mass of Tentacles vs the Devil
Chapter 697 Mass of Tentacles vs the Devil
Even from over a mile away from Crystal City, all eyes are now focused on Tyrion, or rather, that grotesque mass of tentacles.
No one can truly see Tyrion's body within the tentacles, but everyone can witness Maya launching powerful fire attacks, quickly burning the dark tendrils.
However, Lucien and the Sins do not attack as swiftly as the Phoenix; instead, they swiftly maneuver around the tentacles.
This action leaves some Mermaids and Nagas confused.
"Is he running away?" A male Naga can't help but think aloud.
"Of course not!" A Mermaid shoots a strong jet of water in the man's face.
"They're keeping the danger away from us..." A female Naga remarks.
Not everyone has unwavering faith in Lucien, but the women who have been touched by him and his demonic energy have no doubts about his intentions.
And as Tyrion's fury is directed at him, Lucien flies to the west, evading the dark tendrils that quickly pursue him.
*Whoosh* *Whoosh* *Whoosh*
Lucien struggles to dodge the black tentacles as they move at an incredible speed, almost matching his own.
That is the power of someone from the Cosmic Realm, and the only thing preventing Lucien from being hit is his heightened senses.
And, of course, he has the assistance of Maya and the Sins, who continue to attack the tentacles while Tyrion keeps his offensive entirely focused on Lucien.
"Damn it! It's tough as rock!" Envy complains as she struggles to cut through the tentacles with her soul weapon. But that is also due to her demonic energy being similar to dark mana.
But other Sins are also having a hard time despite their energies.
"This energy is disgusting!" Gluttony complains as she cuts through the tentacles with a pair of long pink claws, her soul weapons.
She isn't causing much damage to the tentacles, but she is absorbing some of that dark energy.
"It's disgusting just to look at it." Greed doesn't have a conventional soul weapon but a golden bracelet glows around her wrist as she materializes hundreds of golden blades that cut through the tentacles with relative ease.
"HAAAAAAHH!!!" Wrath simply swings her various soul weapons wildly among the tentacles, damaging them as much as she can.
"..." Despite agreeing that only the Sins would fight alongside Lucien and Maya, Sloth lacks any combat skills, so she remains silent by his side.
But her energy is being utilized by Sophia, who shoots arrows imbued with life mana from afar with her soul weapon, the Grand Magic Bow.
This puts the five Sins on equal footing, while Pride and Lust shine the brightest alongside Lucien now.
As Lucien's power escalates, so does Lust's, as she elegantly pirouettes through the air, her soul weapon - a red whip - shimmering with potent purple flames, slicing through multiple black tentacles with ease.
Nevertheless, Pride proves to be even more effective. Capitalizing on the full potency of the demonic energy she and Eve are generating, her white scythe shines with unprecedented brilliance. The scythe's blade annihilates the black tentacles with astounding speed.
Despite the team's impressive might, their victories are fleeting. For every black tentacle vanquished, another springs up to take its place, and Tyrion's ruthless pursuit of Lucien remains unabated.
"Damn!!" Lucien grits his teeth as he employs all his senses to maintain his flight.
After luring Tyrion another two miles away from Crystal City, he tries to lend a hand to the girls in their destruction of the tentacles. However, mounting an offensive amidst such powerful onslaughts is an impossible feat.
Lucien's red katana autonomously fends off the black tendrils as he maneuvers around them. He summons his golden naginata, intending to strike the tentacles. A powerful slash successfully cleaves through several of them.
*SLASH*
But the onslaught escalates as more tentacles spring from every direction. Left with no choice, he employs his teleportation ability to evade the torrent.
*BLINK*
He reappears several meters away from that spot, but there are tentacles there as well, and one manages to capture Lucien.
"FUCK!!" Before he can cut that tentacle, Lust swiftly does so with her whip.
But before he can thank her, more tentacles appear.
Lust and Lucien continue to fight fiercely, but it's only when Pride appears by their side that they have a moment to catch their breath.
"There are so many tentacles, this is madness!" Lucien exclaims.
"Keep destroying them, Tyrion can't keep this up for much longer," Pride comments as she gives her best, especially to outperform Lust.
Lust seems to notice that and also pushes herself even harder not to lag behind Pride. "Yes, he will run out of energy soon."
Both Sins are so focused on fighting as well as they can that they fail to notice something Sloth does.
"Actually, he's not losing as much energy with each tentacle destroyed..." she comments.
"Really?" Lucien is surprised by this because those tentacles seem so powerful that they should require a lot of dark mana to reconstruct.
"Yes." Sloth calmly explains. "He has a lot of dark energy now... if things continue at this pace, it will take us several hours to run him out of dark mana."
"We can't fight like this for several hours!!" Greed exclaims as she approaches the group.
The other Sins also gather around Lucien while Maya maintains the offensive on the other side of the sea of tentacles.
"Greed is right," Envy comments. "We won't be able to keep up this pace for several hours before we run out of energy ourselves."
"So what are we going to do??" Wrath asks.
Lucien can only think of one thing and quickly speaks up. "Let's use Maya's special attack."
"She'll burn herself and use up all that energy from the fruits at once..." Gluttony comments hesitantly.
"Is it right to use our best trump card now?" Lust also seems uncertain about it.
Lucien finds it difficult to think while having to fight using all his senses, so he defers to Sloth. "What do you think?"
Although Sloth can't make her body act quickly, she can extract the maximum from her mind and quickly analyze the situation from all possible angles.
"We don't have another option to cross this sea of tentacles quickly," she explains. "Tyrion needed time to create all of them, and the only reason we couldn't reach him now is because there are already too many created... so Maya's best attack is our best chance."
Lucien doesn't need to hear any more. "Then let's do it."
He flies towards the other side of the sea of tentacles and uses his teleportation skill to quickly reach Maya. He avoids using that skill too often because without Amelia at his side, he cannot generate spatial mana rapidly.
As he approaches Maya, Lucien has to contain his senses as the smell of burnt rotten flesh is so intense. The Phoenix is burning through so many tentacles quickly, but they grow just as rapidly.
"Lucien??" Maya was already thinking along with Lucien when she sees him appear by her side.
"Maya, we're going to have to use that..." He comments as he continues fighting against the tentacles.
"I thought you'd say that, normal attacks aren't working." She responds.
Lucien asks the Sins to stay in a defensive position to protect him and Maya for a moment, and he takes that opportunity to stand in front of her. "Are you ready?"
Maya reverts to her human form and speaks to Lucien hesitantly. "This will consume all the energy from the fruits, so my power will return to what it was before..."
"Don't worry, once you destroy the tentacles, we'll kill that bastard." Lucien speaks confidently.
Maya usually doesn't like arrogant people, but she can't help but trust Lucien. So far, he hasn't let her down, so she will continue to believe in him.
"Keep your distance, I'm going to do it!" She smiles and takes her original form before flying towards the tentacles.
"Alright!" Lucien knows that this attack generates a very strong wave of heat, so he prepares to use his teleportation skill to the fullest at the right moment.
He only keeps Tyrion focused on him for a second until Maya is close enough, and then he disappears.
*BLINK*
Lucien reappears next to his wives again, and the Sins return to his side, leaving Tyrion momentarily confused before Maya explodes her body, releasing all that unstable energy upon him.
Everyone sees a powerful and radiant crimson light emerge between the black tentacles and rapidly grow like a sun.
That light is so bright that it blinds everyone before the sound reaches them.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOM*
*WHUUUUUUUSH*
The Sins and Lucien's most powerful wives create barriers in front of Crystal City, preventing the colossal wave of force from destroying the city.
But everyone still feels powerful gusts of wind and intense heat as part of the sea within several miles is literally evaporated by the power of Maya's flames.
In front of everyone is Lucien, and in front of him, Lust and Pride materialize their bodies, both focusing their energies to maintain powerful barriers.
Both Sins can't help but cast hostile glances at each other, but their expressions become more relaxed when they feel Lucien embrace both of them by the waist.