Six-Armed Serpent Demon

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Zaire's eyelids twitched. For some reason, he felt as if all the scales on his body stood on end, and his mind and spirit were screaming at him: this bitch's action actually made him feel threatened with death!

Zaire immediately had an idea.

With the wheels of time overlapping, the telekinetic power propelled a barrage of cold iron spears that flew towards Ivy-Beate on the opposite side, as if a storm of cold iron had fallen!

—Go to hell, you bitch!

However, his expression darkened the next second.

Right at the center of the "anti-magic field," Ivy Beatrice, now a size larger, seemed to have turned into a wisp of mist.

That was clearly a level three spell, "Vacuum Formation".

The "Iron Heart" stance allows Ivy Beatrice to be immune to a persistent magical effect applied to her, such as "Anti-Magic Field," thus enabling her to cast spells freely.

The newly absorbed divinity greatly advanced her "Golden Spirit Attendant" level, granting her a second domain power: the Qi Domain.

Ivy Beatrice said casually, "I remember, the devil is powerless against lightning, isn't he?"

Zaire was horrified.

"After that, the Thunder Magic sect, represented by the Shenxiao sect of the Southern Song Dynasty, inherited the internal alchemy techniques of their predecessors and also studied the Tang Dynasty's Esoteric Buddhism's Marici method. They combined the two to perform the orthodox talismans of the Thunder Department, and compiled them into ritual texts such as the 'Supreme Mysterious Spirit Doumu Great Sage Yuanjun's Life-Extending Heart Sutra' and the 'Supreme Mysterious Spirit Beidou's Life-Extending True Sutra.' At this point, Doumu and Marici were unified in their divine status, and Doumu Yuanjun became the main deity worshipped by the Shenxiao sect when performing Thunder Magic. Therefore, the title of Doumu Yuanjun was officially preceded by the title of the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor Great Emperor."

That night, her maternal grandfather told her, "The proclamation in the *Xiantian Doumu Zougao Xuanke* reads: 'I respectfully proclaim the Great Brahma Xiantian Qianyuan Juguang Doumu Ziguang Jinzun Shengde Tianhou Yuanming Daomu Tianzun, whose Dharma body is shrouded in calamity, whose auspicious golden lotus form manifests in the Three Realms, who oversees the realms of the Two Emperors, who nurtures all living beings, who rules the positions of the Seven Primordial Elements, whose radiance shines before the sun and moon, whose might subdues thunder and lightning, and who governs all beings endowed with Yin and Yang…'"

In an instant, golden divine flames and countless mysterious magical symbols illuminated the underground chamber, and a beam of purple-white lightning mixed with the aura of death shot out from the jade-like fingertips.

Zaire's eyes were cracked.

That's a level six Qi Domain spell, Chain Lightning!

However, with the blessing of divinity, the terrifying magical fluctuations were almost double that of the original magic!

The great demon tried to cast a teleportation spell, but to his horror, he found himself trapped by divinity, unable to move at all. He could only watch helplessly as the destructive lightning struck the silver-blue sword tip that had emerged from his chest, and then an indescribable pain overwhelmed him.

Author's Note: The outline has been revised and daily updates will continue. I have adjusted the plot progression, so many Chinese deities that appeared in the second edition of the D&D rules will appear sooner or later, some familiar and some not.

Chapter 159 Mastering Seventh-Level Magic

As the circular basement returned to darkness, the air was filled with a strong, fishy stench. This was the smell of ozone, created by the ionization of oxygen in the air by the "chain of lightning."

The silver-blue greatsword clattered to the ground.

Just now, the great demon Zaire vanished without a trace in a blinding flash of lightning.

Ivy Beatrice saw that another demonic mark had appeared on the stone floor, right next to "Mand the Spellbreaker".

Ivy Beatrice stared at the demonic mark for only a few minutes before watching it vanish without a trace once more.

“WTF…” she couldn’t help but swear.

—What's wrong with this guy? How did he manage to escape the rules of this multi-dimensional world time and time again?

She picked up "Mand the Slayer" and waited quietly.

—If they come again, I'll kill them again.

—That guy's legendary magic is gone. In terms of melee combat, I've just gained two more hands, which has improved my skills. I'm no longer afraid of that bastard.

This time, however, she waited for more than an hour, but Zaire never reappeared.

—You're too scared to come, you coward.

She scoffed and turned to look at the stone dragon head beneath the "Crimson Kiss".

At some point, the stone sculpture transformed back into a true red dragon head. It possessed ferocious horns, magnificent red scales, and a gaping maw with jagged, nail-like teeth still visible at the corners of its lips. This was the head of the "King of Dragons," the two-headed evil dragon Hesladi.

Just as she was using "Qi Transformation," Ivy-Beate timely drained all of the dragon's divinity, freeing her to deal with Zaire with all her might.

Now all that head is left is a lump of dead flesh.

But its two lava-like eyeballs remained wide open, as if it were still alive.

Ivy Beatrice used a little force to pull the "Crimson Kiss" out from between the eyes of the red dragon's head, causing the dragon's head to twitch.

At this moment, her size has increased considerably compared to before she extracted divinity, exceeding the limits of a large-sized creature.

Having evolved into an eight-armed form, she could sense that this was not the end.

Warm, golden divine energy was flowing along the thick spine, continuing to release energy into the enormous half-human, half-snake body, subtly transforming every cell.

Every minute, every second, even with every heartbeat and every breath, she could feel her body slowly and subtly strengthening.

This change may continue for a long time.

The golden system panel in the spiritual world also changed:

Generic name: Ivy Beatrice (Chu Shih-hsin)

Colossal otherworldly creatures (chaotic, interdimensional, evil)

Life Level: d "Six-Armed Serpent Demon (Eight-Armed Form) / Human" + d "Sword of Military Path / Mortal Hunter" + d "Sword of Military Path / Golden Spirit Servant"

Special attacks: grappling, mastery of grappling, spell-like abilities, supernatural abilities, summoning demons.

Traits: Damage Reduction/Good and Cold Iron, Darkvision, Immunity to Electricity and Toxins, Resistance to Acid, Freeze, and Fire, Spell Resistance, Telepathy, True Knowledge, Evil Aura

Attributes: Strength, Agility, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma

Job attributes:

Military Sword Level

Mortal Hunter

Golden Spirit Servant Level

She discovered that her strength and physique increased dramatically with her growing size, but her agility decreased. The level of "Sword of Military Path/Golden Spirit Servant" increased by three levels.

Ivy-Beate's Gold Spirit Servant skill reached level 1, which enabled her to master the "Qi Domain," thus granting her the divine power of the Qi Domain to dispel or destroy earth-type creatures, or to rebuke, command, or inspire air-type creatures.

With Ivy Beatrice's abilities, she could unleash this power at least once a day.

But she developed a unique use for this power.

It's important to know that the priestly class possesses a unique "Holy Metamagic" feat, which allows them to enhance the divine spells they cast without needing to upgrade their spell slots, by directly consuming the divine power granted to them through rebuking or commanding undead creatures.

However, Doumu Yuanjun's divinity as the "Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor" allows Ivy-Beate to use the same divine power of her Qi Domain as she would with her "Holy Super Magic" feat, consuming divine power to enhance the magical effects of her Qi Domain. Just now, she used this method to maximize the destructive power of her "Chain Lightning" attack, doubling its strength, and instantly killing Zaire.

Unfortunately, this unique application is limited to magic within the realm of air.

This is because Ivy Beatrice's spellcasting abilities come from the "Mortal Hunter" class, which, strictly speaking, makes her magic arcane. Even if she further masters divine powers and magic from two other domains, it is still arcane. The "Holy Metamagic" feat, however, can only be used with divine magic; therefore, even with the "Holy Metamagic" feat, she has no practical application for it.

Speaking of expertise.

As her life level rose, Ivy Beatrice acquired new expertise.

Ivy Beatrice did not hesitate and continued to choose the "Advanced Spell Slot".

The next second, the seventh-level magical knowledge of "Protective Domain" and "Aura Domain" appeared in her mind: "Repulsion" and "Weather Manipulation," respectively. Now she could cast these two spells as easily as she would cast the arcane spells of "Mortal Hunter."

Ivy Beatrice let out a comfortable sigh.

The serpent demon's close-combat abilities are already sufficient; the only thing it needs to improve is its magic.

Only magic can defeat magic.

Not only Zaire, but the enemies she faces in the future will only grow stronger. There's the silver dragon Georgrosya, who established the earthly divine kingdom; the two-headed evil dragon Hesladi, the incarnation of the demon lord Demogorgon; and the enemies of "Doumu Yuanjun," whose whereabouts are currently unknown. These powerful beings were once ruthless characters who forced "Doumu" to shatter herself to undergo tribulation…

How much water a bucket can hold depends on its shortest stave.

To defeat those powerful enemies, her serpent demon body alone is not enough; she needs more powerful spellcasting abilities to complement her combat strength.

—The revolution is not yet complete, comrades must continue to strive.

Ivy Beatrice thought.

—First, set a small, achievable goal, like earning a hundred million, or rather, acquiring a legendary spellcasting ability.

Chapter 160 Aerial Showdown

At noon, the glaring sunlight shone on the bomber squadron leader, Sink, but he didn't feel warm at all; instead, he felt rather cold.

This is because at this moment, Sink is hovering high in the sky above the clouds.

Looking down through the clouds, at the far end of the azure sky, the horizon narrows into a slightly bulging arc.

Sink liked this novel perspective.

He had lived for nearly seventy years, fifty-six of which were spent on ships, so he was intimately familiar with the sea. But this was the first time in the last few months that he had been able to gaze upon the ocean from such a high vantage point. He had only recently been surprised to discover that the horizon was not actually flat.

Sink was deeply grateful to the mistress for giving him a new body and a new life.

With the help of the wind, he spread his wings and circled once more above the clouds, carefully descending into the thick clouds, looking down at the ring-shaped island composed of reefs of various sizes.

In the central bay of the island, warships are densely packed together.

This was the invincible fleet that Sink had been tracking all along.

During the days that Sink had been tracking and observing, he saw a large number of warships arriving from all directions and joining Zachasa's invincible fleet. The forces that Zachasa had gathered were now almost three times the size of those he had when he was defeated and left Keogu.

"Ten more ships have arrived, nine with four masts and one with five masts."

Sink muttered to himself.

A ship with so many masts is already on par with a battleship in size.

After seeing clearly, Sink planned to turn back and fly back to the clouds. But he suddenly noticed that the ten newly arrived four-masted ships were different from the other warships. The decks of these ten ships were covered with strange symbols painted in dark red paint, covering the entire deck.

Sink had once been given a spellbook by his mistress. Driven by his interest in magic, he studied it diligently and became a novice wizard. Although his spellcasting skills were insufficient to decipher the symbols on the deck, his intuition told him that it was magic, some kind of powerful magical emblem.

Sink lowered the flight altitude further, wanting to gather more information for his mistress, at least to memorize the magical insignia on the decks of the ten ships.

Unbeknownst to him, he had descended to the bottom of the cumulus clouds, more than 600 meters above the sea.

The closer he got, the more he could feel the magical fluctuations emanating from the deck insignia. Moreover, he discovered that the dark red pigment used to depict these symbols appeared to be the blood of some magical creature.

Sink couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

How much blood would be needed to depict magical symbols covering the decks of ten such large ships? If they were humanoid creatures, it would probably take at least a thousand lives.

Just then, Sink caught a glimpse of a cold glint below.

Before he could react, accompanied by an explosive magical shockwave, a bone-chilling cold enveloped his body, almost freezing his mind!

Sink fell headfirst down.

That's over 600 meters in the air. Even if the final outcome is a crash into the sea, it's no different from crashing into rocks.

Just before he was about to plunge into the sea, Sink managed to regain a little consciousness.

The bomber squadron leader endured the excruciating pain from the freezing cold, desperately flapping his stiffened wings, and managed to change his course before the collision, barely managing to switch from a vertical descent to lateral flight.

He flew across the water almost skimming the surface between the two large ships.

"Damn it, I was careless," he thought.

Clearly, since the last bomber raid and the subsequent kidnapping of the dragon head, Zachara has strengthened the fleet's air defenses.

That's why Sink was discovered as soon as he descended to the bottom of the clouds.

The next second, the flying Sink heard a cacophony of shouts behind him, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw countless arrows and crossbow bolts flying from the deck and the ship's side, falling into the sea around him.

However, he found himself in the middle of the bay, surrounded by numerous ships.

Sink gritted his teeth and continued to skim along the water's surface, dodging dense rain of arrows, "acid arrows," and "fireballs" as he darted left and right among the numerous ships, as agile as an eel.

He dared not climb.

Sink recognized the magic that had just knocked him down.

That was the sixth-circle arcane spell "Frozen Orb," one of the longest-range attack spells, with damage comparable to "Fireball."

That's an enemy capable of casting sixth-circle arcane spells, meaning that guy is at least a near-high-level spellcaster.

Once I climb up, before I even fly into the clouds, I'll become that guy's magic target.

Sink grinned.

He also dared not dive to escape.

The spell "Frozen Orb" is called that because if the enemy is in water, this spell can freeze an area of ​​1,500 square feet, freezing the enemy alive in the ice.

However, before he could figure out a way to escape, he heard a harsh, screeching sound coming from above.

A sudden warning signal appeared in my mind.

Sink made a sharp turn and veered to the left, passing in front of the bow of a warship.