บท 472: Punching a Goddess in the Face
"No wonder you didn't wake me up, turns out you've been captured, Kingu."
Goddess of Demonic Beasts, Gorgon, spoke with undisguised disdain as she looked at the captured Kingu behind Arkhan.
"I'm sorry, Mother..." Kingu said dejectedly, their face full of shame as they lowered their head.
Although the figure before them wasn't their true mother, their capture was indeed a fact.
"Hmph!"
Gorgon snorted coldly, no longer paying attention to Kingu, but shifting her gaze to Arkhan.
"Although you've disturbed my slumber, I must admire your courage, human. Not only did you trespass into my temple alone, but you also captured my child. Among the heroes I know, only one possesses such audacity and strength."
"You mean Heracles?" Arkhan smiled. "Well, it's quite a coincidence. I happened to cross paths with that guy not long ago."
"You know Heracles?" Gorgon's expression shifted slightly.
"Not only do I know him, but I also know your true identity." Arkhan replied calmly, crossing his arms casually. "You're the cursed goddess, Gorgon, yes?"
"...Seems like you know quite a bit." Gorgon's expression darkened slightly.
At the same time, Kingu stared at Arkhan's back in astonishment.
'He actually knew the Goddess of Demonic Beasts' true identity?!'
For a moment, Kingu couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy. If this black-haired man knew the Goddess of Demonic Beasts' true identity, would he also know about their true relationship?
"Isn't it obvious?" Arkhan shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "Snake tail, snake hair, snake eyes—those traits are pretty unique. They're not what you'd expect from the mother of all beings."
Although her true identity was exposed, Gorgon's emotions quickly calmed.
To her, it wasn't a big deal since this man was about to die soon nonetheless.
In the next moment, two dazzling lights burst from Gorgon's pale purple vertical pupils, and two beams of light shot out without warning.
Arkhan grabbed Kingu's collar, his figure flashing slightly to dodge the impact of Gorgon's Mystic Eyes.
*BOOOM!*
Gorgon wielded 'Cybele', the highest-order Mystic Eyes known as the 'Mystic Eyes of Petrification'. Especially now, with the massive boost from her Saint Graph, the power of her Mystic Eyes was increased several times over.
Even Arkhan, infused with the power of Nidhogg, wouldn't escape the fate of petrification if hit directly.
Needless to say, under no circumstances could he directly confront Gorgon's Mystic Eyes.
"You can't escape!"
Gorgon roared, her purple hair swirling wildly as numerous snakes rose up, opening their massive mouths and lunging at Arkhan from all directions.
"With hair like that, don't you find it troublesome to manage?"
Arkhan quipped teasingly as he darted like lightning among the many snakes. With a slight grip on his hand, a sinister black sword shrouded in an ominous aura quickly appeared in his hand.
"Let me lend you a hand with that!"
*Swish!*
Arkhan swung the black sword, effortlessly severing a large snake lunging at him.
*BOOM!*
As the snake fell to the ground, it kicked up dust and twitched briefly before falling silent.
Meanwhile, an almost invisible black flame slowly burned the severed part of the snake on Gorgon's hair.
"What is this..."
Gorgon furrowed her brows slightly, sensing that something was off with her hair regeneration. Normally, her snakes could regenerate infinitely, but now there seemed to be a strange power hindering this regeneration. It felt as if her hair was being corroded by something, no longer under her control.
"What did you do, you bastard!?" Gorgon roared angrily.
"I told you, just tidying up your hair." Arkhan shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
Since the nature of Jizo Mitama's power was corruption, a self-aware ultimate virus capable of corrupting and controlling any life form or non-life form, it was perfect for dealing with enemies with infinite regeneration.
Even though Arkhan was speaking with Gorgon, he didn't stop his actions. In just a few breaths, he severed several snakes, and similarly, the severed parts of the snakes on her hair couldn't regenerate any more snakes.
Gorgon was both shocked and furious, quickly retracting all her snakes. If this man kept chopping, her snakes would eventually be completely gone. Even more so, she couldn't catch up with this man's speed at all since his bodily movements were too fast.
Since close combat wasn't working, she decided to attack from a distance!
Under Gorgon's control, the snakes on her hair opened their mouths wide before powerful magical energies sprayed out, forming several beams of light shooting toward Arkhan.
Seeing this, Arkhan casually waved his hand, and spatial black holes appeared out of thin air in front of him, swallowing all the beams of light.
"Returning them to you." Arkhan said calmly, waving his hand again.
Soon, the beams of light that had been swallowed by the black holes flew out of the black holes that suddenly appeared around Gorgon, raining down toward her without mercy.
*BOOOOOM!*
The deafening explosion shook the earth as if the whole world trembled.
After a while, amidst the thick clouds of smoke and dust, Gorgon's colossal figure, resembling a mountain, reappeared.
Apart from looking slightly disheveled, there was no sign of any injury on her body.
Evidently, this was the terrifying aspect of Gorgon when manifested in the form of a goddess in the realm of mortals. Emphasizing her nature as a 'monster' to the extreme, she presented herself in this terrifying, demonic form. Regardless of her physical strength or endurance, she had reached an astonishing level that defied mortals' imagination.
Even if one disregarded her fearsome special skills, relying solely on her strength, she was capable of easily overthrowing any large city.
Nonetheless, despite not sustaining any injuries, Gorgon was furious at being so viciously beaten up.
"HUMAN!"
As Gorgon roared, two brilliant lights burst forth from her purple vertical pupils, shooting toward Arkhan.
Arkhan immediately dodged them but suddenly felt a darkness overhead.
*BOOM!*
Like a mountain, a massive snake tail crashed down toward him, shaking the ground violently.
"DIE! DIE! DIE—!!!"
Gorgon's eyes gleamed with a cruel, bloodthirsty light as she continued to swing her tail like a hammer, relentlessly striking down toward Arkhan's position.
Watching this scene from a distance, Kingu's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of pleasure.
'Well done! That's it, just smash that bastard to bits!'
However, Kingu's excitement didn't last long as a voice suddenly rang out.
"I'd say, you've smashed enough, no?"
""What?!""
Both Gorgon and Kingu were taken aback.
In the next moment, a shadow darted out from the ground like lightning with a fist wrapped in black scales, mercilessly smashing into Gorgon's face.
*BANG!*
A visible shockwave rippled out, causing Gorgon to involuntarily stagger backward, her eyes showing an incredulous expression.
What actually happened?
Did she just get punched in the face by a human?
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