Second World

1916  Chapter 1916. Bodybuilder Belphegor

What Belphegor spat out was an ice bullet. This was a skill that lasted for a duration. While this skill was active, he could spit these ice bullets as if they were his standard ranged attacks. He took another deep breath and spat out another ice bullet.

This time, his target was Nameless. Nameless was in a better situation because he had a shield. Even so, he staggered multiple steps back from the impact.

Belphegor didn't stop. He continued spitting ice bullets. His motion became faster by the second. He was shooting like a rapid gun.

The ice bullets rained through Badass' hell minions. Each of these ice bullets had the capacity to wound. Grace was saved because of her outworlder's constitution. The demons and hellhounds summoned by Badass were not so lucky. The ice bullets tore through them. Some lost legs or arms. The unlucky ones got hit in the head. With a hole in their vital spots, their HP fell directly to zero.

Badass hid behind his High Demon Lord, who summoned a flaming shield. The shield stopped two ice bullets but shattered afterward. The third and fourth hit its body. It suffered damage, but its constitution was sturdy enough to resist a wound.

Red Death was positioned behind Belphegor. The devil turned to her last to fire the ice bullets. She was prepared. She used Combat Clone. Her clone shielded her while she continued dispensing damage on Belphegor's clone.

Red Death had the highest DPS. Compared to other Belphegor's clones, the one fighting her had suffered the most damage. Its HP was in critical condition by now.

Belphegor frowned after noticing his clone's situation. He continued shooting ice bullets while commanding that clone to retreat. He also sent his three floating ice weapons to Red Death.

Red Death's combat clone persisted in sacrificing itself to block the ice bullets. The force of the ice bullets was strong. The combat clone had trouble staying in position after multiple impacts. It was forced out of the way, opening the path to Red Death.

The next ice bullet sped toward her. If she wanted to dodge this ice bullet, she had to let go of Belphegor's clone, which was in near-death condition. She wasn't willing to do that. She used Death Executor's level 70 skill, Death Wind.

This skill turned her into a speeding shadow. She performed a zooming strike that dealt high damage. The fleeing clone was killed as she pierced through it. Death Wind at its max level didn't just strike once. She could perform the zooming strike ten times. Each zoom covered thirty meters. This allowed her to go swiftly around the battlefield and strike the other Belphegor's clones.

Many of Badass' hell minions had been killed, but they managed to deal considerate damage when they ganged up on Belphegor's clones together with the high demon lord. One of the two clones targeting Badass was already low in health. This one also died when Red Death's zooming strike went past it.

Belphegor's frown turned into a scowl after seeing two of his clones were defeated. Even when fighting the Death's maids and the Montu Spider, his clones never die. These four outworlders were a bigger threat than those veterans from the divine faction.

He didn't care about those clones, but he needed a couple of days to recreate them. He also needed to be out of combat to do that. His concern was that he needed to be awake to recreate the clones. It was a chore, and he was irritated by the prospect of that chore.

"Grr… You four are getting on my nerves," Belphegor growled.

His legs starting to move. He was standing up.

"Kill his other clones! Fast!!" Grace exclaimed.

Grace, Nameless, and Badass also activated Demonize Weapon, increasing their damage output. Red Death's one already ran out of duration, but her DPS was still higher than theirs. They concentrated on the one with the lowest HP.

"Do you have to make me move?!" Belphegor shouted. He had stood up. A torrent of freezing ice poured out of his wide-opened mouth.

"Continue attacking!" Nameless exclaimed.

He put himself in the path of the infernal ice breath. He placed his shield to the front. As he did, the image of a shield appeared. The conjured shield was larger than the Heaven's Shield from the Paladin class. This was God's Shield, God's Champion level 50 skill. The shield blocked the infernal ice breath and stopped it from hitting everyone behind.

The shield dimmed but still standing by the time the infernal ice breath stopped flowing. It was gone soon after. Nameless' shield was glowing with a protective light. God's Shield had a residual effect that enhanced the shield's defensive value by 300%. All damage suffered by Nameless would also be reduced by 20% as long as the glow remained. This glow lasted one hour.

By the time Nameless blocked the infernal ice breath, Grace and the others successfully killed another clone. The remaining three clones retreated and stayed near Belphegor. Among these three were the headless clone. It had the lowest HP among the three.

"Hm… Very well then," Belphegor uttered.

His chest bulged. This time, he didn't spit out ice bullets. He was spitting out another fleshy ball.

"Nameless, Badass, hit him!" Grace commanded. Belphegor and his clones were now standing a distance away from them. This was the perfect moment to attack using an AOE offensive skill.

Badass cast Hell Ruler's level 60 spell, Hell Furnace. Intense flames burst from the ground where Belphegor and his clones were standing. Hell Furnace was a sustained spell. As long as Badass kept pumping MP, the spell remained. The burning flames continued to burn Belphegor and his clones while he vomited the fleshy balls one after another. They received high fire damage every second.

Nameless also had an AOE offensive skill. His was even stronger than Badass' spell. The skill he used was God's Champion's level 90 skill, God's Wrath. When he used the spell, the clouds parted. A blinding light fell from heaven. The light slammed into where Belphegor was standing, and their entire vision became white.

When the brightness subsided, what they and everyone on the battlefield saw was a huge crucifix made of light. This crucifix lingered for a few seconds. When it subsided, they saw six figures still standing, Belphegor and five of his clones. The headless one died from the explosion just now. Another two had HP below half, while the three newly-born ones had HP around 60.

Belphegor still had HP above 80%. He had recovered all the damage he suffered while his clones fought the four outworlders, except for the 10% max HP loss. He was in his true form now, the bodybuilder shape. His eyes stared at his four opponents with a lively glint. Badass' Hell Furnace was still burning his body, but he acted like he didn't feel it.

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Badass didn't complete his sentence when Belphegor suddenly vanished from where he stood. When he was about to ask where the devil went, he found that Belphegor was already beside him. The devil's hand had turned into an ice claw. This ice claw was about to grab him.

Out of the four, only Grace's eyes perceived where Belphegor had moved to. She dashed toward Badass when the others were still confused. She put herself before Badass just as Belphegor's ice claw arrived.

The ice claw was Ice Death, an offensive skill with the instant-kill effect that killed Horatio.

It was a deadly skill. But when the ice claw hit Grace, no damage number appeared. She also didn't die. A layer of white light covered her body. This was Divine Knight's level 60 skill, Disciplinary Fortitude. It was a defensive buff skill. The skills rendered her immune to all magical and elemental damage. She was also immune to status effects and instant kill. While the buff was active, she couldn't be targeted by spells, and the effect of all her recovery spells was boosted. Against spellcasters, this skill was a nightmare. It even lasted a long five minutes at its maximum level.

Unfortunately, although many of Belphegor's skills contained ice elements, he was not a spellcaster. Seeing his ice claw failed to kill or even damage the outworlder, he sent Grace a punch.

Grace saw the punch coming, but it was too fast to dodge. She could only parry it. Belphegor's fist was the size of her entire body. The impact sent her flying back while losing a good chunk of HP.

Grace's interference gave Red Death and Nameless enough time to go on the offense. Badass was too close to Belphegor. He had no choice but to end the Hell Furnace and move away.

Red Death and Nameless attacked from Belphegor's flanks. When Belphegor wanted to move, he found some sort of a fiery whip coiled around one of his legs, holding him. He looked back and saw it was Badass' high demon lord.

The fiery whip stopped Belphegor from moving away, not toward. Belphegor jumped toward the high demon lord just as Red Death and Nameless arrived. The two's attacks hit only air.

With a violent stomp, Belphegor pressed the high demon lord into the ground. He was so fast that the high demon lord didn't have time to react. His foot went up and down rapidly, stomping the high demon lord without mercy. Even when the Red Death and Nameless approached and hit him, he didn't let go of the stomping.

The high demon lord soon lost all its HP and turned into dust.