The Beast Lord had made only one grave mistake: throwing his gifted God-Weapon in an attempt to find Aengus. That decision had failed spectacularly, and now he would pay a painful price.
In his Basilisk form, wielding the God-Grade weapon, Aengus felt almost invincible as divine essence flowed through him, boosting his stats many times over and providing an endless reservoir of mana.
The Beast Lord’s towering body lay on the ground, his eyes hollow with disbelief at the absurdity of the situation. The God-Weapon, which was supposed to obey only him, was now, ironically, in the hands of his fated enemy.
He quickly stood up, only to see his own towering carbon copy grinning sinisterly above him.
“Bang!”
Before he could blink, Aengus smashed the Beast God’s Scepter down on his head, drawing blood. Stars clouded his vision as blood flowed from his nose and mouth.
“Bang, bang, bang, bang!”
He had no time to breathe as more ruthless blows landed on his body, shattering each bone slowly.
“I told you, you’d regret this!” Aengus mocked, his relentless assault continuing with full force.
“Roar!”
“Abominable human!”
The Beast Lord released an enraged roar and activated the Beast God’s Blessing as a last resort.
“Dong!”
Once again, a red pillar of light descended from the sky, granting him a boost in power and health.
But Aengus was one step ahead.
“You think I’d let you do that again?” Aengus sneered, dragging the Beast Lord and interrupting his power boost.
As the Beast Lord lay on the ground, his heart sank as he looked at the reddish sky with faint stars above, while Aengus looked down at him, fearlessly continuing his assault.
The Beast Lord’s anger grew over time, and his last-ditch, life-saving ability was slowly activating. Aengus knew he still couldn’t underestimate the Beast Lord, who possessed his ultimate life-saving ability: Apocalypse Awakening, which would activate when he was near death.
“Roar!”
With a thunderous roar, the Beast Lord rose, his health mystically recovering.
He launched an attack on Aengus with ferocity, his eyes blood-red.
But, to the Beast Lord’s bafflement, Aengus had already retreated far away, taking the weapon with him.
The Beast Lord looked into the distance, seeing Aengus moving swiftly and devouring everything in his path, adding to his frustration.
With little time before his power boost wore off, the Beast Lord chased Aengus like a desperate creature.
Aengus looked back and smirked, knowing victory was already in his grasp.
He increased his speed, devouring the forest as he went, further boosting his strength.
Thus, their comical chase began, leaving the Darkwood Forest in ruins.
Humans who were far away looked on with incredulity.
“Oh my God, where did these two come from? Either of them could flatten our kingdom with ease!”
Their voices were full of awe and caution as they retreated further from the forest, intending to continue their escape before the devouring creature swallowed the forest whole.
The Darkwood Forest, once a sanctuary for beasts and monsters and a prime hunting ground for humans, was now slowly disappearing from the face of the earth.
5%, 7%, 12%, 20%, 30%…
Over a third of the forest was gone, and Aengus’s aura spread outward, overwhelming the forest and extending into the nearby two kingdoms.
Some Transcendentals grew alert, feeling the overpowering aura suppressing their own, much like an elephant might suppress an ant.
The Beast Lord’s power boost faded, and he looked up at the darkened sky, as though all hope was lost.
“To think, I still couldn’t prevent the destruction of my homeland. His Eminence, the Beast God, was right… I should have listened to his words and left this forest when I had the chance,” the Beast Lord sighed in defeat.
Aengus wasted no more time. He killed the Beast Lord with a single slap, his power now far greater than the Beast Lord’s. He was capable of defeating SS Ranks with his raw physical strength alone.
Opening his mouth, Aengus then quickly devoured the massive body of the God-Beast Basilisk.
[ Strength +1000, Agility +1000, Defense +1100 ]
[ Origin Mana +10,000 ]
[ You have acquired new skills: Ancient Petrifying Curse Eyes (SS), Dimension Slip (S), Reflective Scales (SS), World Corrosive Venom (SS), Apocalypse Awakening (SS) ]
By this point, his stats had crossed 19,000, and he had gained four SS-Ranked skills, marking him as an official SS-Ranked powerhouse. For most, reaching this level would be an unattainable dream, but for Aengus, it was simply a matter of resources and effort.
As he was about to leave to check on Aria, his gaze fell on the God-Weapon with a thoughtful expression. He wasn’t sure if it would remain with him once he returned to his human form.
Unable to let go of such a powerful weapon, he considered synthesizing it with his Judgment Blade, Aegis.
Taking out the tiny blade in his massive paw, Aengus began the synthesis process, erasing the Beast God’s ownership mark from the scepter using Universal Synthesis.
“Hehehe.. Thank you, master. I will serve you with all my might,” Aegis declared.
Aegis sounded like a child thrilled at the chance to gain more power to help his master.
“I expect nothing less from you,” Aengus responded, focusing on merging the God-Weapon into Aegis and granting it full control of the final product.
After a while the Synthesization was completed succesful.
—-
[ Appraisal ]
[ God-slayer Aegis ]
[ Grade: SSS ]
[ Base Attack Power: 10,000 ]
[ Durability: 12,000 ]
Special Abilities:>
1. Divine Retribution
2. Holy Purge
3. Judgment Strike:
4. Shape shifter; Able to change any size or form, including its weight and power.
5. Absolute Command Throw; Can hunt down anyone, wherever they hidden might be.
6. Arcane Annihilation Throw; Single Anhilation Energy attack.
7. Divine Boost; Increases user’s Base stats upto 5 times, even in their transformed form.
—-
With that done, Aengus quickly returned to his High Human form.
He looked at the God-Slayer blade and stored it in his personal spatial inventory, created using Space Law, allowing him access to it anytime from anywhere. His current space bracelet wasn’t capable of holding a God-Weapon inside, as even its suppressed aura would have been enough to shatter the spatial storage function.
Aengus took one last glance, finding the surviving mythical creatures nowhere in sight. They have long fled, taking the chance, or perhaps they were turned to ashes.
He shook his head and stepped through the portal.
