Chapter 594 - 588. Phase Two
It was an ambush in every sense. Not only they were ambushed by a meteor out of nowhere, but a group of humans suddenly appeared in the dungeon even though the entrance was guarded by an army outside and watched by Its offshoots inside.
How?
To make matters worse, there was the presence of that human who wounded the clone severely before. There were two similar others outside but this one...this one was bad news.
As if confirming Its worry, the black stakes from the clone’s memory stab right through its outer eye. And as if it wasn’t enough, the searing white flame for that time came right after. It was slightly different, but the power of spirits contained inside the fire was all the same.
How humiliating! How utterly humiliating!
Never had It felt this cornered ever since that Celestial War; ever since that accursed weapon meister hacked It into millions of pieces. That Setnath! That damn Setnath!
Having its clone defeated was one thing, but having its real body beaten so much like this...how could it not even realize their presence? The Chimera Master was seething at how much it used its energy earlier. It had thought It was attacking the human who killed the clone before, but It got scammed! It was a ruse!
In the middle of the onslaught of darkness and fire, It abandoned the energy used to absorb the piece of cosmic energy caught a while ago, and averted it to strengthen the outer body. The suspended sphere was very cost-effective to conserve energy, but its inability to move freely made it hard to do any counterattack.
With a roar, the Chimera Master blasted the abandoned energy it used to maintain the sphere shape, using it to slam the enemies away. The building collapsed from the pressure, but what did it matter? It would be too small for its new shape anyway.
More and more flesh of forgotten failed creatures in its inventory was summoned from the abyss. They latched and crawled all over the protective sphere, stacking on top of each other and turning themselves into new parts; thick limbs, thorny twin tails, a fanged snout, a horned head, and tough armor the Chimera Master didn’t even think it could break with Its own power.
When the thick dust from the collapsing building finally settled, the Chimera Master stomped its four limbs to the ground, summoning a quake and sending more debris flying all over the place. The fanged and horned head roared into the sky, and the billowing smoke of corrupted cosmic energy formed a deadly canopy not unlike the dark ceiling of the Deathzone.