Chapter 209: Boss Battle 2

The impact of their clash shattered what remained of the throne room floor.

The ground split outward in a ring, stone and blood flying in every direction. Lucifer skidded back, boots digging trenches through broken tiles. The beast flipped mid-air, landed low, then let out a howl that cracked the ceiling.

Its silver eyes gleamed like full moons now.

Then it stopped moving.

Dead still.

Its body shook once.

Then again.

Veins bulged across its chest.

Crimson light glowed beneath its fur—like something boiling from within.

Lucifer narrowed his eyes.

"...Here it comes."

The beast snapped its head back and screamed.



A column of silver flame erupted from its mouth, shot straight into the ceiling, and split the sky open. The stone roof cracked like glass—and a pulse of raw, unstable energy exploded outward from its body.

Not aura.

Not magic.

Instinct.

Berserk.

The air warped around the beast. Its muscles doubled in size. Plates of black bone pushed through its skin. Spines erupted down its back like jagged spears. Its claws grew longer, curved inward like butcher hooks.

Its mouth split wider than it should’ve. Jaws now unhinged.

Lucifer raised his hand—formed a barrier instantly.

Blood Wall.

The shockwave hit.

Crushed the first layer of the barrier.

Then the second.

The third cracked.

Lucifer was still pushed back six steps.

And the beast was gone.

Lucifer spun.

Too late.

The beast slammed into him from the side—tackled him mid-thought—and dragged him through the air, straight into the shattered remains of the throne.

The stone erupted.

Lucifer coughed blood—spat teeth—then roared as he slammed both hands against the beast’s chest and forced a blood burst to explode point-blank.

The beast was blown back.

Lucifer hit the ground hard, coughing.

Every bone in his left side screamed.

He got up anyway.

The beast was already circling—snarling now, eyes wild.

No precision anymore.

Just hunger.

It lunged again—too fast to read.

Lucifer ducked just enough for the claws to miss his head.

He countered.

One blood spike. Two. Three.

All stabbed into the beast’s side.

It didn’t care.

It crashed into him shoulder-first, biting down on his collarbone.

Lucifer screamed—real pain this time.

He slammed a blade into its eye.

That made it let go.

They tumbled apart.

Lucifer rolled, blood pouring from his shoulder. He willed the flow to stop, forming a partial patch of red armor around the wound.

"Alright," he hissed through his teeth. "No more games."

The blood around the room surged toward him—blades, spears, glyphs, all orbiting like a storm.

He raised both hands and slammed them down.

"Crimson Vortex."

A hurricane of blood blades formed around him—spinning outward in a wide dome. The pressure inside collapsed toward the center, pulling everything in.

The beast charged anyway.

Straight into the storm.

Blades ripped its flesh open—blood sprayed in wide fans across the room.

Still, it came.

Lucifer blinked behind it mid-charge, then formed dual hooks from his forearms—blood hardened like obsidian.

He slammed them into the beast’s hamstrings—then pulled.

Tendons snapped.

The beast stumbled.

Lucifer jumped on its back.

Brought down blade after blade, carving deep furrows down its spine.

Blood—dark and toxic—splattered across his chest.

The beast threw itself backward, crushing Lucifer against the wall.

Crack.

Something broke.

Lucifer dropped, gasping.

The beast stood over him now, mouth dripping with silver saliva, steam rolling from its wounds.

It howled again—and this time, the tower reacted.

Chains burst from the walls, coiling, wild, lashing out like serpents.

The tower was helping it.

Lucifer forced himself upright, both arms limp.

"Coward."

He bit his tongue—blood filled his mouth.

He spit it forward.

The blood shaped itself mid-air—needle sharp—and pierced three of the chains mid-flight.

They recoiled.

He dragged a line of blood around him, forming a dome.

Crimson Sanctuary.

Chains hit the outside—bounced off.

Lucifer took the moment.

He crouched.

Focused.

And ignited his core.

Blood flared red-hot across his skin.

The ground beneath him melted.

He stood fully—crimson mist rising from his shoulders.

His blood responded like a second body now.

Two massive wings formed behind him—blood-formed, veined with runes. They spread wide, then flared outward with a pulse.

He launched himself forward—at the same time the beast charged.



They met mid-air.

No dodging.

No tricks.

Just brute force.

Lucifer slammed his fist into the beast’s face.

The beast clawed across his ribs.

Lucifer kneed its chest—then followed with an uppercut that broke its jaw.

The beast screamed—but kept swinging.

They were tearing into each other now. Blood and bone. Flesh and flame.

Lucifer summoned a glaive mid-spin and slammed it into the beast’s side.

It buried halfway in.

The beast caught his arm and bit down—deep.

Lucifer didn’t scream.

He stabbed the glaive deeper with his free hand.

Then blasted blood out of every open wound on his body.

A red explosion.

The beast was thrown back.

Lucifer landed—barely upright.

His entire body was shaking.

The beast rose too—slower now.

Breathing ragged.

Its body was leaking silver flame from a hundred wounds.

Lucifer lifted one arm.

Blood gathered—spinning, massive.

Like a singularity.

His eyes locked onto the beast’s.

It stared back.

No words.

Then—

They moved.

Both of them.

Everything blurred.

Blades flashed.

Flames roared.

Blood flew.

Claws tore.

Fangs snapped.

It was chaos.

The floor cracked with every step. The walls bled. The ceiling fell.

They hit each other again.

And again.

And again.

No block.

No defense.

Just damage.

Just wrath.

Just survival.

Then—

Lucifer caught the beast’s arm mid-swing.

Twisted it.

Jumped onto its back again—wrapped blood chains around its throat—and yanked.

The beast screamed and flailed—but he didn’t let go.

He shouted one word:

"Bind."

The blood chains turned black.

Locked.

The beast fell backward—crushed Lucifer beneath it.

Stone shattered.

Dust flew.

Silence.

Then movement.

Lucifer crawled from under the body—bleeding from the head, chest, legs.

But alive.

He stood.

The beast lay there, twitching.

But not rising.

Lucifer lifted his hand.

One more blade formed.

Thin.

Precise.

He walked to the beast’s head.

Looked down at it.

Its eye—just one left—watched him.

No rage.

Just silence.

Lucifer raised the blade.

The beast blinked.

Lucifer paused.

Then lowered the blade.

"...You fought well."

He turned his back.

The system chimed.

[Floor 15 – Boss Defeated]



[Blood Resonance Evolved: Sovereign Thread Unlocked]

[Gate to Floor 16 Opened]

Lucifer didn’t smile.

Didn’t celebrate.

He looked at his hands.

At the blood that wasn’t his.

Then walked toward the next gate.

And the next hell.

The beast behind him breathed one last time—

Then faded into red mist.

Its war...

was over.