Chapter 495: Defeat and attack
"Cease your nauseating speech, at least for now, you're still nothing but my Shikigami!" Ying's disgust was openly displayed on her expression as she looked at the Shikigami in front of her.
Although he still looked humanoid, he was something even more disgusting compared to the muddy liquid Desire Beast.
He had the body of a regular adult human male, albeit slightly stocky, but it was riddled with wounds oozing with foul pus, any adjective you can think of to describe disgust would fit him perfectly. To be disgusting to this degree despite being humanoid made his name the Wicked Prisoner.
Ying didn't remember when her hypocritical father had torn off his mask and began to imprison her in their house's basement, displaying nothing but the ugliest aspects of himself to her.
However, ever since she killed him and turned him into her Shikigami, he had gradually grown stronger and eventually became the most powerful among her Shikigamis.
As expected, there's no cure for this world nor the lust of men. Even such an evil and terrible person was somehow able to grow strong so quickly.
Blondie observed the Shikigami, then turned to Ying and chuckled mockingly.
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The Dragon Warrior spun his body in the air to avoid the Desire Beast's entanglement and once again take flight. Even though this was his first time using wings, he had already mastered their use after just a few moments thanks to his overwhelming potential.
Turning to the new enemy that the girl had just summoned, the Dragon Warrior exhaled. His [School of Dragon] had integrated the endurance of the dragon race, which made his Metal Qi a lot tougher compared to normal people, giving him the ability to fight for prolonged periods of time.
He was rapidly analyzing the ability of this new enemy. Earlier, he had seen how Ying summoned the Sky Crow and Desire Beast, so he was already prepared to face another opponent when he saw her, but that one's speed was completely beyond his expectations. He had only just prepared himself to avoid the attack when it had already struck and sent him flying.
"Is his ability super speed?" the Dragon Warrior flapped his wings as he circled around Ying's position. This newest opponent was moving his stocky body in a manner that suggested he wasn't speed-oriented.
"That one there... I need to make this swift!" the Dragon Warrior scanned through the entire battlefield, noticing the flesh of the Terracotta Warrior that he had just ripped to shreds earlier was rapidly converging with the armor pieces, literally piecing itself together in a visible manner.
Since he didn't know that Sky Crow's connection with Ying had already been severed, the Dragon Warrior could only assume the possibility of Sky Crow winning against the unfamiliar black crow and returning to the battlefield.
Combined with the resurrected Terracotta Warrior, the rapidly expanding Desire Beast, and the nauseating Wicked Prisoner, he would be the one at a disadvantage the longer this battle went on.
After all, even if his Metal Qi was sturdier compared to other kinds of Metal Qi, it would still eventually weaken.
Having decided on his tactics, the Dragon Warrior raised his wings and circled behind Wicked Prisoner to attack Ying, but as he was about to approach her, the nauseating man turned his body around in an eerie manner, wrapping his malice around the Dragon Warrior and kicked him at a speed that surpassed his reaction time.
"If you want my daughter, you're going to have to pay for her!" Wicked Prisoner made another disgusting comment.
The Dragon Warrior was once again sent flying by the attack, crashing into a nearby tree canopy. Some of the disgusting pus had stuck to his stomach and continuously ate away at his body, but he simply stood up again with renewed vigor.
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He's still not down!
Blondie was able to clearly see what happened as he observed from the distance. Right before he received that kick, the Dragon Warrior had managed to concentrate the defensive capabilities of his dragon scales on his stomach, thus barely being able to defend against that attack.
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"It wasn't super speed, but a tracking attack... no, to be more accurate, an attack that cannot miss" the Dragon Warrior spat up a big mass of blood and began to rapidly process the information he had just obtained.
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Ying frowned and sent even more of her invisible [Desire Puppeteer] threads towards Wicked Prisoner.
Even when I've continuously kept a close eye, he still grew stronger, if this continued...
Wicked Prisoner's ability was just as disgusting as he was, which he called [Unavoidable Malice].
As long as he wrapped his target in malice, they would definitely not be able to avoid his attacks no matter what they do. Even when the opponent had used superior speed to avoid it, his attacks would still strike the target in an inexplicable manner.
This sensation was similar to how she was kept imprisoned in that small underground basement, completely unable to avoid his ugly side no matter what she did.
As soon as this thought flashed through her mind, Ying furiously declared: "I order you to beat him up"
"Gahahaha, you're definitely going to become my toy in the end!" Wicked Prisoner once again laughed, but didn't resist Ying's orders and charged straight at the Dragon Warrior.
The Dragon Warrior opened his eyes wide in observation. Although he had generally grasped what kind of ability his opponent had, this type of ability wasn't the kind that he could fight against just by knowing about it.
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"I have absolute faith in this, so show me that you can do it! My son!"
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The man's last words before his death by the furnace continued to echo in the Dragon Warrior's mind.
"I will surpass all of this! I will show you!!!!" the Dragon Warrior struggled, then charged straight towards Wicked Prisoner, the same way Neville had done when he challenged Eldridge in the past. Even while knowing that he was no match, he must still continue forward, as neither of them was the kind of people willing to be restrained by a cage.
"Since those attacks can't be avoided, then I will... crush them!" the Dragon Warrior clashed against Wicked Prisoner, madly attacking him with his hands, feet, and even tail.
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"Heh!" Blondie chuckled, knowing that the Dragon Warrior had lost.
The pus that was stuck to the Dragon Warrior's stomach earlier began to distort right at that moment, causing Wicked Prisoner's attacks to all go through the Dragon Warrior's attacks and perfectly strike his chest, blood spilling from the Dragon Warrior's mouth.
The Dragon Warrior tried to struggle but still ended up collapsing, having lost the ability to fight.
"Return..." Ying raised her talisman and ordered, responded by Wicked Prisoner's malicious smirk.
He was then beheaded by a single sword strike, causing his pus and blood to spill into the air before turning back into black smoke, returning to Ying's talisman. With the injuries he had just suffered, it would be another while before he can be summoned again.
Blondie brandished his sword, having just successfully ambushed and taken out one of Ying's main forces, then turned his gaze towards the cautious Ying.
Does he intend to backstab me now?
Ying felt slightly flustered by Blondie's sudden attack just now.
He had always kept a strict distance, but now that he found an opportunity, does he also intend to inflict his disgusting desires upon me like the rest of them?
After staying cautious for a few moments, Ying directly ripped off her clothing that had been soaked in Desire Beast's fluids to reveal her petite slender body: "What? Are you going to do something?"
"I've always hated that bastard. There only need to be one person who collects and ruins young girls' lives, the rest of them can just fuck off the hell already" Blondie turned away and declared: "Although I really want to take you for myself as well, your ability is too dangerous. Just you wait, I'll eventually become strong enough and add you into my harem as well"
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As Negary turned his gaze to these two Apostles, a clear hint of interest could be seen.