Chương 183: Three-Headed Devourer! (3)

With the Space Devourer gone, the short, white-haired Selene put her hands in her white jeans' pockets and began walking toward the remaining 7th and 8th-floor Contestants.

"What the hell is she?!" a female Contestant asked terrified, taking a step back.

Many were like her, stumbling back with each step of the Life Devourer. But some stepped forward, too. The reality of their situation had made them braver, it seemed.

One of the remaining 28 higher-floor Contestants, wearing loose brown robes, walked out and faced the little girl. He had black skin, a bald head, and a shaved face, his body leaner than most females around him.

"I would have worried if you were a Logia user," he commented, lifting his hands. "But you aren't…"

Selene chuckled. -Fuck you, baldy!-

The brown-robed Contestant heard the hiss and felt the ripples in the Dark Side stirring his heart. "You…" he brought his hands forward with a great push, "… are evil!"

Bang!

Selene's wormy, black eyes narrowed to the minutest degree before a great force bombarded with a resounding bang. With so many successive Blinks, she couldn't dodge it, either. Even her ridiculous Agility couldn't help her.

In one moment, the Life Devourer still had Darcie's form.

In the other, she exploded in a cloud of silvery, white mist, strings of whiteness getting thrown to the furthest part of the Mirror Dimension.

Standing near the throne, Kai turned his face to the right. "Force?"

Black looked back at him and nodded.

"Can a lightsaber hurt her Intangible form?" Kai brooded.

"Most probably…" Black replied after a moment, the Ad Infinitum projecting theory after theory.

On the other side, seeing the Life Devourer getting blown to smithereens, the yellow-eyed Selene finally shifted her head under the white hood and looked at the Jedi Acolyte.

Their eyes matched.

The 8th-floor Contestant's eyes were dark gray, but suddenly, a trace of yellow appeared within them as if a yellow mist from some dark hell had seeped into his pupils.

Skill - Hypnosis!

What happened next was nothing but the tragedy taking another hideous turn for the Contestants.

The Jedi Acolyte, saying and hinting nothing, spun around and pulled the nearest 7th-floor Contestants in.

"What are you doing?!"

"Hey! Stop!"

"Look at his eyes!"

The five Contestants who had gotten pulled in, cried non-stop, trying their best to resist. But they had just ascended their floors, and it was almost impossible to counter the Ability of a High-Class 8th-floor Contestant for them.

The exploded mist, now free from the Force push that was keeping it scattered, came rolling back with an unmatched fury.

The Life Devourer took shape and there was wrath in her eyes, each ethereal, tiny worm wriggling as if it had gone mad. -Motherfucker…- she growled.

Then, like a wraith, she blurred toward Jedi Acolyte and climbed his back. When she opened her mouth, it was pitch black with a forked tongue, and her fangs were like the blackest needle.

In pure anger, she buried those fangs in the man's neck.

Skill - Soul Scattering Poison!

Kai instantly activated his Dementor Blood Essence. After devouring so many souls, he had gained an instinct regarding it. The moment Life Devourer bit the man, Kai sensed his entire soul getting absolutely annihilated, becoming dust.

This… Kai's eyes narrowed. Such a thorough destruction…

It was hard beyond imagination to completely destroy a soul, no matter whose was it. Bits of it seeped into the world, becoming a part of the Rules, Kai had confirmed.

However, Selene's poison had done the unthinkable.

The moment the Jedi Acolyte lost his soul and became a rotten vegetable, his hold on the other Contestants broke, letting them escape.

Black frowned with Calm. "This one is rash…"

Kai nodded back.

"Preparing a Sealing Bug…" the Ad Infinitum hammered the judgment.

As if she sensed the bell of doom ringing in her future, the yellow-eyed Selene turned around and looked up at Kai.

But it was Black who smiled at her.

The Time Devourer shuddered and then exploded in a cloud of mist. The silvery, white mist slithered toward Kai, its curls taking an even greater form.

A 20 ft long white serpent appeared in front of Kai, then.

Its body was covered in the purest, white-draconic scales. No matter from which angle one looked, the serpent looked like a much holier, but also evil form of a Runespoor with only one head.

Unlike the Runespoor, though, the giant serpent had only one eye in the middle of its forehead.

The vertical, slitted, murky-yellow reptilian gaze reflected Kai's yellow-cloaked figure.

Hisssssss!

The humongous Time Devourer hissed and slithered toward Kai.

"Run…" Tina stuttered out a word, but her legs had already given away, refusing to budge.

Selene's Agility was so high that in an instant she reached Kai and coiled around him as if imprisoning him.

On the other side, seeing this scene, the Contestants had already gone wild.

"It's a Magical Beast!" an 8th-floor Contestant said, his eyes losing focus.

"I've never seen something like this…"

"Look! The Magical Beast has betrayed the Supreme Protector!"

"This is our chance! Attack the other girl… or snake.., or whatever abomination she is!"

It did seem as if the giant Serpent had attacked Kai, but the hiss she had let out in the beginning, how could anyone but him understand?

-Master,- the Time Devourer hissed, bringing her head down and kissing his chin. -You've made a wise decision.-

Kai chuckled in reply. He patted her head, which could swallow a man whole. But this wasn't Selene's original form, either, so the hand almost passed through her.

Kai put his hands away and leaned forward. "You look much more beautiful now. Go."

The Time Devourer again burst into a silvery, white mist.

First, it seeped into Kai, becoming a tiny ball near his heart. There was no Soul Chill mentioned in Selene's Stats, but a burst of pulsating coolness did leave her, making Kai smile.

Then, with a monstrous charge, the entire mist exploded out of him and instantly assumed the Giant White Serpent form.

On the other side, thinking that the Magical Beast had betrayed its master, the Contestants, mostly from the 7th floor, had already pounced upon the Life Devourer.

Arm-thick vines lunged at the short, white-haired Selene, trying to imprison her, even if she turned to mist.

An enormous ball of fire escaped a Contestant's mouth which came rushing at her, scalding the surroundings.

Huge, spikes of ice took form above her and fell like missiles, trying to freeze her.

Sonic Booms exploded the ears as a Contestant screamed at her, the sound waves already scattering her mist form a bit.

A Contestant hacked with the sword, sending a massive energy slash, ripping apart the earth in its wake.

Attacks upon attacks got hurled at her, disregarding Mana and Breath Consumption.

-What an absolute mess!- the Life Devourer spat out a hiss. Then she grinned vilely, patting her head. -Oh! He's digested…-

As if sensing the Mana, Spiritual Energy, and Life coursing through her veins at its full capacity, the huge serpent opened its black maw and hissed. -Time.-

Skill - Time Shift!

First, the frozen bolt of black lightning gained life and… threw itself back where Choker's body had been.

Now, a 7th-floor Contestant stood there, his sword raised high. He couldn't even see it coming.

With a massive boom, his body exploded as the black lightning passed right through him and landed on the ground, creating a crater.

Boom!

As if this wasn't enough, all the attacks coming at the Life Devourer with an unmatched momentum paused… before returning to their source.

Boommmm!!

Bodies exploded, blood spattered, and lives ceased to exist.

The 8th-floor Contestants hadn't participated in the attacks against Selene. With their superior experience, they knew something was wrong.

One Contestant, wearing skin-tight red suit, spun around and took a running pose. Tiny sparks of yellow-red electricity cracked around her, her eyes becoming radiant white.

Inheritance - The Flash!

Of course, it all happened in a fraction of a moment. How could she know that Kai already knew of her powers? How could she ever know that hiding her powers till now, for a surprise escape, was as futile as thinking of surviving this tragedy?

For her, she was the most cunning, as she had managed to remain hidden for so long.

She activated her Skill… and the thought of running passed through her mind. But she couldn't move. It wasn't like her body refused to act upon her thoughts, but she couldn't make sense of the world around her.

Skill - Space Lock!

The Time Devourer fell upon her from behind like a milky waterfall and devoured her in one swift gulp.

In the far distance, Selene brought her blind gaze back. Her long, white hair danced as she casually walked… surrounded by hundreds of statues. Even more Contestants were still running around, hoping the sky would fall and the earth would split apart.

-Pity!- The Space Devourer hissed dreamily. -Why not just sit down and accept death…-

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