BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1441 Cat Vs Snake III
"Hypocrite! You venture and do the taboo by reviving the dead yet cast out the gods that do so." The Shadow of Apophis stated as it could see that the fallen heroes of the Temple of Bastet killing off the monsters.
"We are breaking no rules here though. There is a difference between taboo and given permission. The difference is the one summoning the souls of the dead." The Goddess Bastet replied.
In fact, it is not just the one summoning the dead that makes it not taboo. It is only forbidden to summon the dead to seek ill of the living. If the dead summoned does not kill an innocent being or was just used to investigate something, then it is allowed. The dark gods are different as they use the dead as vengeful warriors that feed on the blood of the innocent.
"Even if you summon ten more of your past heroes, you will never be able to stop me because I am your own undoing." The Shadow of Apophis stated as its body suddenly started to split apart from the middle.
The Shadow of Apophis is no longer just pure black when it absorbed the Venom Gland of Apophis. It now has purple streaks on its scales. When the Shadow of Apophis started to split, the black and purple colors started to separate as well.
The Shadow of Apophis and the Venom Gland of Apophis split into two different entities, but the divine energy of the Distorted God Apophis is still present in their bodies. The Goddess Bastet is appalled and shocked of the sudden splitting of the two fragments as they inhabited a body of their own with different abilities.
The Shadow of Apophis started to blend into the darkness as its giant body started to become translucent. The Venom Gland of Apophis releases poisonous fumes that poisons any being that gets close to it and the only ones immune are the monsters under it. Even the followers of the dark gods are not immune to the poison of the Venom Gland of Apophis since they do not possess its miasma.
"Let us see how you deal with the two of us." The two fragments of Apophis stated.
The Venom Gland of Apophis started spreading its miasma poison in the surroundings which corroded even the toughest defenses of the players. The Goddess Bastet had to increase her usage of her divine energy to increase the protection on her followers. The Shadow of Apophis dove into the shadows and vanished from sight.
"Master!" Sirius warned Adrian via the soul link as he could feel the shadows becoming tainted by a weird energy.
Adrian immediately knew what Sirius meant as a warning and immediately created mirrors below him. The Shadow of Apophis rose from Adrian\'s own shadow as if trying to swallow him whole. The mirrors that Adrian created shattered from the impact as the Shadow of Apophis is still keeping the Fangs of Apophis as a means of physical damage.
The scene of a gigantic snake trying to swallow a six-armed demon angel hybrid could be seen by everyone. Seeing that his mirrors cannot hold, Adrian recollected all of his mirrors to be in his location. With his six main mirrors, he used all six fists and punched as hard as he can.
The mirrors that he recalled surrounded the Shadow of Apophis on all ends. With Adrian\'s punch, the six fists multiplied into hundreds that directly hit the body of the Shadow of Apophis. Adrian thought that the hundreds of fists would at least stop the Shadow of Apophis, but it was not.
"Wisteria, use your Petal Blizzard." Adrian commanded as he sent all his six main mirrors to Wisteria instead.
The six main mirrors caught all the flying razor-sharp crystal-like petals and Adrian redirected all of them to the body of the Shadow of Apophis. Adrian thought that physical attacks are not that effective against the Shadow of Apophis which is why he opted for the magical attack instead. Numerous razor-sharp petals sliced through the Shadow of Apophis, and it was able to distract the enemy.
Adrian immediately used a mirror and changed locations since his current form does not support melee combat. Adrian thought that he would be able to shake off the Shadow of Apophis, but it just reappeared below Adrian once more. He had to use Wisteria again to stop the world boss from swallowing him whole once more.
"Seeing as you are very persistent, I shall be very persistent as well." Adrian muttered as he no longer used his mirrors just to escape.
Adrian unceremoniously took all the core members of the top guilds from the battlefield and sent him to his location. The core guild members of the top guilds were shocked as they were fighting other monsters just a couple of minutes ago, but they are now in front of the Shadow of Apophis. They were confused for a few seconds until they saw the mirrors that transported them to their current location.
All of them immediately knew that they were summoned by the Demon since he was the only one capable of actually transporting such a large number of players instantly. They wanted to protest but they were also given the golden opportunity since they are now in front of the Shadow of Apophis with no mobs around it.
"It is free!" One of the spirited guild masters shouted as he commanded his guild to attack the Shadow of Apophis.
The other top guilds started to move as well when they saw another guild move. Just landing a hit on the Shadow of Apophis gives great contribution points which means they can gather lots of points at this moment. Adrian smiled as he could see that the greed for contribution points worked in his favor but there were some guilds that were still hesitant.
"Since you guys are not helping me then back to where you came from." Adrian stated as he returned one of the guilds that decided to wait it out.
Seeing what happened to another guild that stayed quiet and did not attack, the other guilds that were doing the same started to attack as well. The guilds that stayed quiet wanted to protest but they were sent here for an opportunity. Even if that opportunity is at the expense of having to save the life of another top player, they should still get it while it is presented.
Adrian sent another silent guild back to their original place which made all those idle start to move. They could no longer care less if they are being manipulated by Adrian. All they can see now is the pile of points being presented on their plate. It is either accepting the deal of the demon or being sent back to deal with a monster horde. Meanwhile, those that are viewing the battle from their screens as a form of entertainment could not help but comment on their observations.
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[Unknown Viewer 1: Is Equinox not playing dirty as he is having the top guilds fight his battle for him?]
[Unknown Viewer 2: Are you like dumb or not have common sense? This is a full-blown battlefield that anything can happen. He is just making use of the resources that is present to him.]
[Unknown Viewer 3: Still, to think that one player could manipulate a lot of the top guilds to his wishes by making use of circumstances is truly lit.]
[Unknown Viewer 1: More like he should watch his back once this is over as the top guilds would be coming for him for being such a user.]
[Unknown Viewer 4: Dude… he is a demon not a philanthropist.]
This conversation keeps getting heated up as fans of other guilds did not like that Adrian was using their favorite guilds. They might not want to admit it but the guilds that are attacking the Shadow of Apophis were racking up contribution points at a fast pace. The leaderboard started to fluctuate at a significant degree.
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"Insolents pests!" The Shadow of Apophis shouted as in immediately dove back into the shadows as it already lost 30% health without even achieving anything.
The only thing that the Shadow of Apophis achieved is greatly decrease Adrian\'s mana, but he was still safe from any type of damage. The Shadow of Apophis is also getting immensely frustrated at the fact that its health is getting decreased by pests that it is ignoring.
The Shadow of Apophis did try to kill those that come close, but they would just disappear inside of a mirror that Adrian created. If the Shadow of Apophis does not pay attention to Adrian, then the latter would just save any player that tries to kill the former.
If the Shadow of Apophis focuses on Adrian, then the other players would chip at its immensely large health pool while it cannot even damage Adrian. The demon player was slippery than an actual snake and the Shadow of Apophis is one.