NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 1124: To Spite You
Chapter 1124: To Spite You
"That. I truly hope you will allow me to interact with it before I finally pass on."
Serenity had had the feeling that, different from the BoneTender, the Null Devil King was deeply interested in Replicus. That was all that seemed to keep him from purging himself after he discovered that Aigas perhaps wasn't the best choice as a world to explore after leaving the Null Verse.
It was painfully average.
But Replicus, on the other hand...
The Null Devil King scrutinised every aspect of his body thoroughly.
"I knew there was something odd here. Is that Ju`wtte? Hahaha! This is outrageously hilarious! To think the Warmoth's powers were still hidden away somewhere!" he said with a wide grin. "Are you playing favourites, Serenity? There have been many scouring the Null Verse for anything to do with the Warmoth for millions of years. I did not peg you for one who would cheat, even for this... creature."
Serenity would have frowned if she could. Rather, she did, but none could see it.
She loathed being blamed for Wyrrim's choices. She had no control over which evolutionary options would appear for Replicus after all.
"I'm standing right here, you know?" Replicus suddenly said. "How do you wish to interact with me, exactly?"
The Null Devil King didn't reply immediately.
He massaged his neck first.
"It is most unusual for a creature so young to address me as though we are equals. If not for your unique racial prowess, I would not have hesitated to extinguish your body and soul at once. The fact that I have vested some interest in you should have humbled you a bit more," he said before looking as though he'd realised something. "But ah, of course. You are too young and much to ignorant to know who I am, much less the girth of the Null Verse, all of which I know like the back of my hand."
Replicus narrowed his eyes.
He raised his hand and a bolt of grey lightning swiftly swam through the air and smote something a few meters from the Null Devil King.
It was Yuyui.
She then appeared behind the Colossus Warmoth's Progeny, huffing in an attempt to catch her breath.
Replicus had noticed that since the true Null Devil King appeared, she had become restless. Something about his presence was intolerable to her, and she had just been standing like a statue away from him despite looking like she could punch the BoneTender next to him.
"Is your ancient age the reason why you want to die so badly?" Replicus said to the Null Devil King as he began walking on the Ju`wtte that slithered from the Ju`wtta on his arms. It carried him through the air until he was ten meters away from the Null Devil King.
"Sorry, but being old enough to be my planet isn't something you should really be too proud of. Also, isn't all your blabbering just a roundabout way of saying, 'Hey brat, I want to fight you so badly that I can't rest in peace without doing so?""
The Null Devil King looked both amused and offended by Replicus' remark.
Serenity swiftly sank back into Replicus' body. She had nothing more to add. Things were escalating.
"You have quite the mouth on you. But ah, the Warmoth was said to be rather bold as well. Did you inherit his personality too?" he said as his presence blazed like massive bonfire, a kind of Null Life Essence Replicus had never felt before fuming outward. "I'd be glad if you did, I fear. There's nothing quite like fighting someone with witty remarks."
Replicus chuckled.
So did the Null Devil King.
"Show me everything that emboldens a youth like you," the Null Devil King said in a sharp tone. "I have no title right now. All I have is my age and the strength that has come with that age. If you can crush even that, then this overly ambitious cretin beside me was never worthy of Serenity's attention at all. If you can't... Well, I will not only rend this world and extract what makes it Rich. I will offer it to Serenity's enemies before I die as well. That is fair, is it not?"
The BoneTender shook, as did Serenity. She couldn't believe the Null Devil King would rebel to that extent.
Why was he so bitter?
He would offer something so precious to Void or Emmae? Why? Just to spite her?
Replicus, on the other hand, smirked. He didn't this matter much attention.
"No title you say? I see. Now that I think about it, one of my Apostles nearly got your 'Dominion' when he was born," he said.
(A/N: Refer to Ch.803&804).
Right then, mana gushed out of him like a great tide that seemed to affect even the waters around all of Edagon. A baleful gust of wind whipped around the area the Colossus Warmoth's Progeny and the Null Devil King were standing.
Replicus' many cores churned out the mana in them, but it was all amplified by the passive
effects of the Warmoth's Spine!
"You don't intend to fight me with something as crude as that, do you?" the Null Devil King said with a rather disappointed expression.
Replicus chuckled. The bastard was referring to his mana.
The veil over his Warmoth's Spine was lifted, revealing its massive and frightening
appearance just as Replicus offered a response.
"You have some of the poorest judgement I have ever seen," he said.
"Is that so?" the Null Devil King said, and he manifested the Bastard Sword of the Hedonist. Replicus suddenly grinned maniacally, and one of his free hands sprang forth, pointing at the former Authority of the Null Verse and...
"Brunt Divide."
The Null Devil King's sword was forcibly removed from his hand, much to his surprise!
But as this occurred, he realised too late that Replicus had already reached him, and one of his fists was aimed not for his face - which was unprotected - but his chest plate instead, shining blinding white with mana!
There was such a staggering volume, nearly 50,000,000 units of purple quality mana reinforcing the Warmoth's Progeny's physical might from within... on top of the Warmoth's Spine's added 500% to all damage dealt... not to mention the Crush and Pop damage... not to mention the effects of many other skills!
However, all this - as terrifying as it was - wouldn't have made the Null Devil King don the look of genuine shock he wore when he received the hit right into his treacherously powerful
black armour!
As though to spite him, Replicus had done something to the mana which he struck with first!
First, it was radiant white, a product of its quality!
But then, it flashed blackish-grey... as though baptised to the 'other side', converted into something cruel, and sinister...
[Author's Note]
[Warmoth's Spine]
-Pseudo Transcendent-
Made from a miniaturized section of the Warmoth's thoracic spine, the Warmoth's Spine is an artefact bearing a portion of the true essence of the Colossus Warmoth. It is naturally resistant to the effects of all concepts and is especially generous to all those who carry the will of the Warmoth through its Legacy and the Ju`wtta.
-Damage-
1,890,000-3,000,500
-Durability-
975,000-990,000
[Special Effects]
-Weightless to the user
-Allows the user to adjust their size
-Gives the user a fragment of the Colossus Warmoth's regal aura
-Can veil itself when needed, limiting its interaction with the material world
-+500% to Ju`wtte production and Ju`wtte skill efficiency
-+500% to all energy reserves
-Each swing applies triple the maximum attack speed of the user
-Each attack has a chance to deal 500% additional damage
-Each attack contains 100% Crush and Shock damage
-Each of the six vertebrae blades (spinous process) can be used separately from the Spine with
just the user's will.
[Skill: Honoured Lacerance]
By infusing 500,000 units of Null Life Essence, the user can unleash a vertical slash that WILL
NOT fail to cut through any foundation or entity existing within the dimensions of a world
and below.
[Skill: Full Spine]
For a limited time, the user can unleash the full length and girth of the Warmoth's Spine, amplifying its powers. Usable only once a day.
[Skill: Warmoth's Peal]
By infusing units of 100,000 Null Life Essence, the user can unleash a devastating sonic and
Ju'wtte blast.
[Full Release: Locked]