Chapter 177: Calamity Level - Archdemon (Part 3)

Loud crashes rang out as Luxuria shot forward and unleashed a barrage of Negative Energy blasts towards the Archdemon, who countered with his own dark blasts, his blasts overwhelming her attacks and shooting towards her.She weaved through the air, several of the Archdemon’s blasts grazing her as she narrowly avoided any direct hits, before swinging her arms down and unleashing a massive blast at him as she closed in, before flying up as he canceled out her attack with an intense blast of her own.

She shot high up into the air as Aria, Kelsey and I raced forward, a barrage of ice and wind attacks shooting out from behind us.

As the Archdemon blew away the attacks with an erupting wave of Negative Energy with a rapid swing of his arm, I took aim and fired out a Pulse Bullet at him.

He swiftly blocked it with the back of his hand, the skin around that spot tensing up as he grimaced slightly, before Kelsey flung the handle of her weapon towards him like a javelin.

He scoffed before catching the handle as it closed in on him, before snapping it in half with ease. He then launched one of the halves straight back towards her with a flick of his wrist, a crash ringing out behind her as she twisted her body across and just barely avoided it.

Luxuria fired down a rapid, piercing beam of Negative Energy, the Archdemon raising his left arm and letting the beam hit the back of his hand, a thin trickle of blood running down that spot as the beam petered out, before he fired out a devastating blast of Negative Energy up at her, a loud crash ringing out as he blew her away, sending her hurtling back before she slammed onto the wall, a thick cloud of dust billowing out upon impact.

The Archdemon then hurled the other half of Kelsey’s handle towards me as I began to close in, which grazed my left side as I veered across to the right, before his gaze shifted across as Aria leapt in towards him and drove her fist towards his head.

He tilted his head across, a fiery explosion erupting behind him as her fist slammed onto the back of his throne, blasting the top of it clean off, before he whipped his claws across at her stomach.

An intense burst of flames erupted upon impact, a shallow cut appearing across Aria’s stomach as she got sent hurtling back, a few cracks across the Archdemon’s claws from the force of the fiery blast.

Another barrage of ice and wind came shooting towards him as I fired a Pulse Bullet at him, which he blocked with his palm before firing out a rapid, intense blast of Negative Energy to blow away the incoming attacks, right as I sprang forward and drove my blade towards the middle of his torso.

As he began to reach out to grab my arm, I chanted as fast as I could...

"<Emerge, Apostle of Lust: Luxuria>!"


I’d withdrawn her after his last attack, while she was obscured by the dust cloud.

As she reappeared in front of me, his claws pierced into her body before she quickly grabbed his arm, digging her claws in as I stepped around her and lunged at the Archdemon.

I tilted my head across while unfurling a fierce thrust of my blade as he slashed at my head with his claws, which sliced across the left side of my head as my blade stabbed through his skin and pierced into his flesh, before my arm suddenly came to abrupt halt before the blade could reach his Core, as his tail shot up and coiled around my forearm rapidly, constricting tightly.

He snapped his right arm across with immense speed, the force generated flinging Luxuria off his arm and sent her barreling through the air while spinning around rapidly.

Luxuria slammed onto the wall with a deafening crash, right as Kelsey sprang up from behind me, letting out a fierce yell as she raised her shield and drove it down towards the top of the Archdemon’s head.

He swiftly launched me away with a powerful flick of his tail as I began to try and drive my blade further in, a twinge of pain erupting across my forearm from the whiplash, before I twisted my body across to regain my balance, my feet hitting the ground and skidding back as a metallic crash rang out, followed by a sharp gasp of pain.

I glanced towards the Archdemon, who’d shattered Kelsey’s shield before snaring her neck with his tail, and had lifted her up off her feet, choked gasps ringing out as he steadily tightened the constriction of his tail around her neck, the shattered pieces of shield strewn across the ground below.

"No!" Yelled Keira in alarm, starting to charge up a wind blast, before pausing as she realized she wouldn’t be able to hit the Demon without hitting Kelsey in the process.

I shot forward with a grimace as Aria did the same, Luxuria following my lead too, before we were forced to halt and back away as the Archdemon fired off a rapid volley of small but intense Negative Energy blasts, effectively carpet-bombing the area around him to drive us back.

Damn it, there are too many blasts, and too fast, to use Drain to swallow them all up.

"Alright, I believe that’s enough of the passive approach from my part, it is time I start being more proactive. I have to kill you all eventually, so I might as well start now," Remarked the Archdemon, as he reached out and planted his right palm against Kelsey’s stomach as she continued to struggle against the grip of his tail, desperately trying to break free.

I have no choice, I have to take a risk here!

I manifested Drain and began to rush in as I swallowed up several of the blasts, before springing back as he shifted his aim, shooting his blasts at the ground in front of me, just out of the reach of Drain...shit, he adapted so fast, I can’t get close!

"Luxuria!" I called out as the Archdemon continued firing blasts at me and Aria to keep us at bay, before Luxuria zipped up into the air and fired out a volley of swirling Negative Energy blasts at the Archdemon as she swooped down towards him.

He spread out one of his wings and raised it up, using it as a shield to block the incoming blasts, which hardly did any damage to his wing as they collided against it, before he fired out a rapid, piercing beam of Negative Energy at her, which burst through the middle of her body before she could react, slicing her in half as he whipped his arm across.

Luxuria began to plummet, before fading into a mass of energy, which flowed back into me.

"Let her go, you bastard!" Yelled Keira, starting to charge up an intense, swirling mass wind, before tensing as the Archdemon shifted Kelsey across slightly, holding her up like a shield.

"I already decided to kill this one, so do not interrupt, I shall get to the rest of you shortly. Now, [Demonic Art: Rupture]," He chanted with smirk.

A loud, sickening squelch rang out as the middle of Kelsey’s body spasmed intensely before expanding sharply, an excruciating scream of pain escaping her lips as the middle of her torso erupted, a large, gory hole carved out.

"NO!!!" Screamed Keira in horror, as blood gushed out and splattered across the ground, right as the Archdemon placed his hand on top of Kelsey’s head.

"Time to die. Now, once again...[Demonic Art: Rupture]."