strokinit Chapter 32 Soul-Eating Prince Moriarty
Chapter 32 Soul-Eating Prince Moriarty
"Squeak—"
The heavy palace doors were pushed open, but the expected magnificent throne room did not appear. Behind the doors lay a twisted hell, enough to make one's sanity plummet!
The moment Lin Tian stepped in, he felt as if his soul had been stuffed into a washing machine! Above him, the filthy void churned like boiling ink, with several "stars" emitting a pale green and dark purple glow embedded in it, casting an ominous halo.
The massive, dark gold metal platform beneath their feet was cold and hard, and in the center of the platform, a huge energy pool with a diameter of 100 meters was like a gaping abyss, churning a dark purple liquid as viscous as asphalt, emitting pungent sulfur and the stench of burnt souls—this was the utterly ruined Star Remnant Energy!
Right above this "big pot" floats the "main course" of this instance.
The thing still vaguely showed fragments of the prince's robes, but its entire body was completely covered and devoured by dark purple energy meridians that writhed like living blood vessels.
A face so distorted it could be a Picasso model, but most chilling were its eyes—two constantly spinning, dark vortexes that frantically devoured all light! The lower body? It didn't exist; it had completely melted into the "hot pot broth" below. Countless dark purple energy tentacles, thicker than an adult's thigh, spread from its body like evil roots, deeply embedding themselves in the platform and even piercing the filthy void above.
This thing is the core of the pollution, the eternal nightmare of this city of the dead!
【Soul-Eating Prince Moriarty】
[Level: 10]
[Rank: S]
[HP: 50000/50000]
【Characteristics: Soul Eater (Specialized in Soul Attacks), Astral Contamination (Three-Form Switching), Energy Synchronization (Environmental Energy Regeneration), Whispering Erosion (Mental Contamination Aura)】
"Heh...heh heh...another...reckless...moth...fluttering...towards...the eternal...candlelight..." Moriarty's voice, a mixture of aristocratic tone and the death screams of countless souls, exploded directly in Lin Tian's mind, like a rusty saw sawing through his brain. "Such...vibrant...powerful...soul fluctuations...truly...mouthwatering...delicious..." The greed in his words was blatant and undisguised, as if Lin Tian was already the food on his plate.
"Sizzle!" Lin Tian groaned, feeling as if his head had been shoved into a high-speed blender running at full power. The nauseating dizziness and the needle-like stinging pain brought on by [Whispering Erosion] assaulted him relentlessly.
Don't back down! Lin Tian's eyes instantly turned as cold as the Siberian permafrost.
"Summon the wolf pack!"
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz—!!!"
The air trembled violently as twenty elite giant wolves, each the size of a calf and with menacing fangs, descended from nowhere with ear-piercing howls! The intense, malevolent aura, like a tangible shockwave, briefly shattered the eerie silence of the space!
"Noisy...ants! [Shadow Minions]!" Moriarty's feigned elegance crumbled instantly, replaced by rage. His hands transformed into energy claws, and with a swift swing, the "hot pot" below boiled over! Dozens of distorted, indistinct [Corrupted Star Remains Minions], composed of viscous, filthy energy, crawled out of the pool like maggots emerging from hell, howling as they surged forward like a tidal wave!
"Fifteen giant wolves, use [Rapid Speed]!!" Lin Tian's mind raced, giving precise commands.
The fifteen giant wolves' eyes flashed with ferocity, their limbs bulged with muscles, and they instantly transformed into fifteen black lightning bolts tearing through the air! They split into several black tidal waves, fearlessly crashing into the pack of servants!
[Pounce and bite!] A precise chokehold! The cracking sound of bones breaking is teeth-grinding!
[Triple Claw Strike]! A flash of cold light, and the body, composed of tainted energy, was easily torn apart!
The self-destruct properties of these servants don't even have time to trigger. Often, the moment the red self-destruct light flashes, they are instantly torn to pieces by two or three well-coordinated giant wolves! Their efficiency is as high as a precision meat grinder!
"Roar!" A mournful wolf howl mingled with a piercing shriek of tearing energy! Moriarty's attack had arrived! Several [Shadow Whips], tearing through space, lashed out like venomous snakes, cunningly targeting Lin Tian's body!
Lin Tian controlled the remaining five giant wolves like the most loyal royal guards, instantly tightening their formation and fiercely protecting him. They either swung their sharp claws to block or directly used their powerful bodies to confront him!
*Thud!* *Bang!*
-287! -301!
The giant wolves howled in pain, blood splattering everywhere, but they refused to budge! This was the resolve of cannon fodder... no, loyal summoned beasts!
"An opportunity!" Lin Tian's pupils contracted. In the milliseconds that the guard wolf had bought with its body, his terrifying 270 points of intelligence, combined with the 860 points of spell damage stacked from the [Wolf King's Bone Staff], [Wolf King's Necklace], and [Kazan's Bone Ring], erupted! Target locked—the ever-flowing [Soul Devouring Shield] on Moriarty's body! Breaking the shield was the prerequisite!
"Freeze!" Lin Tian raised his hand, and the A-rank skill shone brightly! A beam of icy blue light struck first, hitting the same spot on the shield precisely! Although it failed to freeze the physical object, the extreme cold power instantly slowed down the energy flow of that area of the shield, making it vulnerable!
Immediately afterwards—
"Fireball! Fireball! Fireball! Fireball!" Lin Tian transformed into a merciless magical artillery turret! Four fireballs, their interiors churning with lava and compressed with terrifying magical damage, slammed into the same spot that had just been weakened by the [Freeze] spell, like precision-guided missiles, accompanied by piercing shrieks!
Boom boom boom boom—!!!
-5590!
-5590!
-5590!
-5590!
The damage numbers jumped wildly! Four consecutive explosions! A total of 22360 points of damage! Moriarty's tough [Soul Devouring Shield] shattered like glass struck by a heavy hammer, letting out a mournful cry of despair, and exploded into a shower of purplish-black light fragments!
"Ugh—!!! You lowly insect! You... have utterly enraged the great Moriarty!!" The backlash from the shattered shield drove this "Prince" completely insane! It let out an inhuman roar, and its body underwent a horrific transformation! The dark purple veins covering its entire body writhed wildly like living snakes, and its back suddenly ripped open!
[Soul-devouring Tentacle Piercing]!
Countless sharp, barbed shadow tentacles suddenly and eerily pierced out from the void beneath Lin Tian's feet, sides, and even above his head! Simultaneously, a basketball-sized [Contaminated Starburst] radiating filthy starlight condensed in its hand, and it hurled it at Lin Tian with a destructive aura! Even more disgusting, two more [Star Debris Aberrations], each the size of a small mountain, crawled out of the energy pool, unleashing deafening roars!
"Ten Wolves, use [Speed]! Entangle those two big guys! Bite their joints to death! Gouge out their eyes!" Lin Tian's scalp tingled, but the command remained clear and ruthless.
Upon receiving the order, the ten giant wolves instantly split into two groups of five, activating [Rapid Speed] and becoming afterimages as they fearlessly pounced on the newly emerged mutants! They completely abandoned their defenses, their [Pounce and Bite] attacks clamping down on the mutants' thick joints and ligaments, while the chilling light of their [Triple Claw Strike] attacks lashed out at their lantern-sized, turbid eyes!
*Thud!* *Bang!*
-780! -845!
The giant wolves howled and the sound of bones cracking echoed continuously, their health plummeting! But they charged forward relentlessly! As soon as five wolves fell, the others pounced! They used their lives to briefly hold the two enormous threats in place, rendering them immobile!
Only seven wounded giant wolves remained by Lin Tian's side. Facing the tentacles stabbing from all directions and the howling [Contaminated Starburst] crashing down, they faithfully fulfilled their mission as meat shields! Whenever an attack approached, they would fiercely ram Lin Tian away with their bodies, taking the brunt of the terrifying blows themselves!
Boom! Sizzle!
-301!
-1500!
Two more giant wolves vanished in a flash of white light amidst their pitiful howls!
"You bastard! Die!" In the brief window of opportunity that the giant wolf had created with its life, Lin Tian's eyes turned bloodshot as he instantly locked onto the weakness exposed by Moriarty's drastic change in form—its split head, which resembled an energy core, and the thick roots of its tentacles that connected to the energy pool below!
"Freeze!"
The icy blue rays shot out again! This time, they poured fiercely into the cracked skull!
-3870!
Fireball! Fireball!
Completely disregarding mana consumption, Lin Tian launched two blazing fireballs that followed the trajectory of the ice blue creature, slamming them into the same spot and the base of a thick, violently writhing tentacle below!
-5590! -5590!
Two huge damage numbers popped up again! Moriarty's health bar visibly dropped!