Chapter 1801: Justicio, Silvia, and Agua’s Battle
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"You talk like you’ve resolved everything! Using only half your power? Do you still underestimate me after my ascension?! I’LL BURN YOU TO A CRISP, HUMANS!"
The queen roared with fury, her aura surging with immense power. The same Divine Spiritual Beast Embodiment butterfly from before reappeared, but now dozens of times simultaneously.
"{Divine Spiritual Beast Aura Embodiment}: {Golden Flame Butterfly Swarm}!"
The butterflies descended swiftly, forcing Shade and Nepheline to counter the onslaught with their potent Auras and Divine Soul Weapons.
"Let’s do this, honey!"
"I’ve got your back."
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"So weak! You’re all so weak and pathetic. Humans truly are at the bottom of the food chain, aren’t you?"
The conceited, mocking voice of a young boy echoed across the battlefield as Justicio, Silvia, and Agua darted from place to place, evading massive meteors that plummeted from the ceiling, pursuing them relentlessly.
"Does this ant have infinite mana or something?! When will he run out?!"
Justicio shouted in desperation, weaving through the chaos. He activated his blazing armor in its evolved form, fused with his spirit, to withstand the searing heat as much as possible.
"HEEEYAAAA!"
Leaping into the sky, he smashed the towering meteors—each twenty meters tall—with his massive orichalcum axe, enhanced by his Blazing Ant Insectoid Armor, a unique ability derived from his Physique.
CRAAASH!
His powerful strike shattered several meteors at once, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Dozens of smaller magic circles materialized around him, and blazing chains surged forward, ensnaring his body tightly.
"Uuuggh?!"
Justicio groaned as the culprit, the smallest ant, grinned wickedly. Wielding a grimoire-type spiritual soul weapon—the rarest soul weapon type in the world—the ant conjured magic so potent that each spell rivaled a soul weapon in strength.
"I’ve finally caught you, human. I’ll tear your legs off first. I don’t want you running away anymore."
The chains tightened, pulling with relentless force, threatening to rip Justicio’s legs apart. He felt his muscles begin to tear, his screams echoing across the battlefield.
"Uuaaaggghhh!"
The ant laughed, his vicious smile betraying his eagerness to witness the human’s despair.
"You humans think you can invade our domain and attack us?! You’re nothing but pathetic weaklings! Mother wouldn’t even bother with—"
"SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!"
BAAANG!
"Graaacck?!"
Before the ant could continue his arrogant tirade, a massive explosion of deadly flames and sunlight rays engulfed him, forcing him back. His barrier held, but the sheer impact startled him.
A colossal tank-shaped machine charged toward him. Silvia’s voice echoed from within as the cannon unleashed another barrage of explosive missiles.
BAAANG! BAAANG! BAAANG!
"Uggh?! What...?! How...?! What is that strange contraption?! Magic...?! No, a Soul Weapon?!"
The ant shielded himself with blazing barriers, deftly dodging the incoming rounds as the ground around him erupted and cracked. He swiftly conjured more magic, wrapping giant chains around Silvia and Khepri’s transformed form.
"You’ll pay for daring to surprise me!"
His eyes burned with rage as he summoned dozens upon dozens of magic circles, each manifesting enormous blazing swords, each ten meters long, hurtling toward his targets one after another.
"HAAAAH!"
At that moment, Justicio broke free from the chains while the ant was distracted, leaping down and striking the incoming swords with his axe.
"Agua! Where are you?!"
He called for Agua but couldn’t locate her, having lost sight of her amid the chaos. Silvia and Khepri struggled to evade the projectiles and counterattack the ant, only to be repeatedly ensnared by his blazing chains.
"Ah! You freed yourself, huh? Well, I’ll fix that quickly! Die!"
The ant cackled with his childish voice as dozens of blazing swords struck Justicio from every angle, exploding into deadly spiritual soul flames. Each spell was an extension of his Soul Weapon.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Nnngggh...! Damn you! Who do you think you are?!"
Justicio charged forward, only to be struck by dozens of blazing swords from the front, hurling him back with a series of relentless explosions, giving him no respite.
Simultaneously, the ant raised his claws, summoning giant magma hands that surged around Silvia and Khepri, rapidly crushing their massive tank in an attempt to overwhelm them with magic.
"Hahahaha! You’re so weak! Far too weak! My magic can do it all! I am Mother’s most brilliant son! Hahahahaha! Die! Die! Die!"
As the ant laughed maniacally, he failed to notice the ground beneath him growing wetter. Steam began rising from below.
And then...
B O O O M !
"Ugh?!"
His barrier shattered as a massive burst of hot steam, infused with powerful mana and spiritual energies, erupted like a geyser from beneath him.
"What the...?!"
S P L A A A S H !
Before he could react, a colossal tsunami of spiritual water engulfed him, surging from directly below.
"G R A A A G G G H ?!"
"{Spiritual Frozen Glacier Cage}!"
As the ant groaned in agony, the water rapidly froze, encasing his body in a massive glacier, trapping him solid.
"...Agua!" Justicio exclaimed, relieved as the magic ceased.
"She’s alive!" Silvia cried, reverting to her normal form, still clad in mechanical armor.
As the two reunited with Agua, she nodded apologetically.
"I’m sorry, I went underground to surprise that ant. Despite their strength, they’re quite naïve, like children," Agua explained. "I apologize for making you buy time for me, but I think this should do it!"
"He’s frozen solid!" Silvia said, eyeing the massive glacier.
"Are you sure this is enough, though?" Justicio asked. "We should probably ensure he’s torn to pieces or something."
"I agree. Can we do something about it?" Silvia asked. "Maybe if we—"
"K R I E E E E E H H H H !"
The ant’s enraged scream reverberated through the glacier, spreading cracks across its surface. Steam poured from every fissure.
CRACK, CRACK...!
"No way, he’s already breaking free?!" Justicio asked.
"It was my strongest spell!" Agua exclaimed.
"Damn it, we have to fight him head-on!" Silvia urged. "Get ready. We must overwhelm him somehow!"
B O O O O M !
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