Rise of The Demon General

Seeing his dark bullets had no effect, Amon changed his strategy. The cannon shapes disappeared, and the tentacles on his back returned to their original state. These tentacles lashed forward.

He was astonished to see his tentacles veer off as they drew near the mole beast. They were dragged into its mouth. The sucking power grew stronger the closer one was to the mouth. No wonder his dark bullets could not escape the pulling force.

Since his tentacles couldn’t touch the mole beast, Amon changed tactics again. He pulled his tentacles back and spread them out to grab the nearby trees and rocks. Normally, the things his tentacles touched would be eroded rapidly. However, his Law of Darkness allowed him to manipulate the darkness element to the point where he could deliberately turn off its erosive power. The tentacles didn’t erode the things he had latched onto. Instead, they became anchor points that helped him resist the mole beast’s pulling power.

Thanks to those anchorages, he stopped inching toward the mole beast. Yet, he couldn’t pull himself away either. He didn’t mind. He didn’t believe the mole beast could keep this up for long.

Unfortunately, his opponent was not only the mole beast. The goat beasts still circled outside the mole beast’s gravity zone. They were back to firing their sonic assaults at Amon. His shadow suit protected him, but he could feel that this bombardment also ate away at his suit.

It became a battle of endurance. Either the mole beast ran out of energy to maintain its sucking power, or his Elder God Veil gave in.

Amon didn’t like to gamble. He chose the method that gave him the highest chance of winning.

A giant battle puppet materialized before him. It was his Titan Puppet. The instant it appeared, its heavy frame was pulled toward the mole beast. It didn’t fight it. It shot toward the giant mouth, but it didn’t let itself fall into the abyss inside that mouth. Its two hands grabbed the upper part of the mouth while its feet stepped on the lower part. It prevented itself from entering the mouth by propping itself up like that.

Its eyes fired a blue beam. The beam vanished into the mouth, as if dropping into a bottomless abyss. Like Amon’s dark bullets, all attacks into the mole beast’s mouth while it was using this sucking ability were pointless.

However, with the Titan Battle Puppet blocking the mole beast’s mouth, Amon no longer fought the pulling power. He let go of his anchorages and lunged forward.

He landed on the Titan Battle Puppet’s back and clung to it. He could feel that the sucking power was indeed stronger from such a close range, but the Titan Battle Puppet could resist it. From this vicinity, he sent his tail and tentacles forward. The sucking power might be strong at this distance, but once his tentacles pushed past the mouth, the pulling power diminished.

His scorpion tail was the first to push through the side of the mole Beast’s open mouth. Once it did, it elongated and performed a sharp turn. Its stinger jabbed into the gap between its armored plates. While it pierced the flesh, the Void Volatile Poison was not strong enough to kill a Higher Primordial Beast.

His tentacles, which had also managed to slip past the open mouth, whipped at the mole beast’s back. The armored plate covering the mole beast might be thick and sturdy, but they slowly eroded under the power of the Elder God Veil.

The pain finally forced the mole beast to stop sucking. The pulling force suddenly reversed into a repelling shockwave. Amon and the Titan Battle Puppet were sent flying away.

The mole beast had exhausted its energy. It not only ended its sucking power, but also its gravity zone. Sensing that, the two goat beasts immediately lunged toward Amon.

Amon fell to the ground with the Titan Battle Puppet. He had not regained his balance when the goat beasts almost arrived. However, he had prepared. He sent a mental command. This time, a giant fox with nine tails emerged. It took the goat beasts aback. The fox landed its teeth and claws into one of the goat beasts.

As for the other goat beasts, it was blown away by an explosion of winds when Yuka appeared before it.

Yuka glanced at Amon with his eyeless face after throwing the goat beast away. Amon was already in a sitting position. His hand was at the ready with the Broken Justice.

Yuka grinned. ”Don’t need to be so vigilant against me. I won’t do anything to you with Lin Li around.”

Finished saying that, he returned his attention forward and uttered, ”I have not had a real fight since I evolved. Let’s see if I am better than the other Higher Primordial Beast! Haha!”

Her wings flapped. Multiple tornadoes erupted from her. These tornadoes flew everywhere, seemingly at random, but they didn’t hit Amon, the Titan Battle Puppet, or Lin Li. It was the mole beast and the two goat beasts that were battered by the merciless winds.

The mole beast’s body was full of bloody wounds from being shredded by the winds, especially the parts where it had lost its armor due to Amon’s eroding power. It screamed, ”Ahh...!! Big Brother! Why do you still stay hidden! Help us!!”

His words caused Amon alarm. There was still another spirit beast in the vicinity.

”Stupid mole! Can’t you keep your mouth shut? You have made them aware of my presence!”

Amon turned in the direction of the voice but saw nothing. It was not only because of the mists. Though the mists obscured sight, there would still be shadows of movements if someone knew where to look. He saw no movement at all. Yet, he sensed incoming danger.

The Titan Battle Puppet came before him and acted like a shield, just as something banged into its huge frame. The thing that caused the impact became visible then. It was a large, limbless serpent covered in multi-colored scales.

’A Chameleon Wyrm,’ Amon thought. He didn’t know about the mole and goat beasts, but he had read about this one. It was also a Higher Primordial Beast, one that was considered among the stronger ones in its class.

Its most troubling aspect was not its power, but its ability to become invisible and conceal its aura. Its scales shivered and changed color. Before long, it vanished from everyone’s sight again, just as the Titan Battle Puppet was about to deliver a counter punch.

Yuka, who was still discharging her tornadoes, was suddenly struck by something invisible. The impact flung her away, and her tornadoes stopped.

Amon sensed incoming danger again. The Chameleon Wyrm returned to targeting him. He moved away just as something crashed into the ground where he had been standing a moment ago. He gave the Titan Battle Puppet a command at the same time he was dodging. The command was to punch in his previous direction.

The metal fist collided with something invisible. The explosive pellets in its fist detonated. The Chameleon Wyrm came into view.

”Arhh...! How did you see me?!” the wyrm exclaimed.

”I didn’t,” Amon replied while slashing the glowing dagger in his hand. A crescent of light shot out and hit the Chameleon Wyrm. The assault pierced the scales and caused a shallow cut.

”Ahh...!! What accursed weapon is that?”

”One that will cut your head off!” Amon exclaimed as he rushed forward.

”You wish!” The ground under the Chameleon Wyrm erupted. The rock and dirt swirled around the wyrm, forming a protective barrier. The rocks battered the Titan Battle Puppet, pushing it away before it could land a second punch.

Amon stopped his advance. The rocks were empowered by the Chameleon Wyrm. His shadow suit could not easily erode them. He jumped to the side when the wyrm sent the rocks hurtling at him.

He suddenly found his body becoming heavy again. He sensed danger and saw the mole beast jumping toward him. Its mouth was wide open, ready to devour him.

Amon used the tentacles on his back to latch onto a tree and pull himself away before the mole beast arrived. While dodging, his eyes darted around to study the situation.

The Chameleon Wyrm hurled the remaining rocks that flew around its body at the Titan Battle Puppet. It then turned invisible again. Lin Li was still tussling with one of the goat beasts. The other goat beast was charging toward him.

Amon readied himself to face the incoming goat beast, but a ray of light pierced through it mid-jump. The beast’s chest now sported a large hole. Following the ray was countless stardust. This stardust exploded upon touch. In a short instant, the goat beast became a mangled mess of flesh.

”Hahaha! Where is the bastard that hit me just now?”

Yuka was high in the air. Winds swirled violently around her. The winds were so fierce that they blew the nearby mists away. Normally, the mists remained even when there was a powerful blow, as if a mystical force held them tethered. This time, they blew away, and the surroundings became clear.

Yuka was at the center of the cleared air. Her two wings were glowing. One side emitted blinding white light, and the other an ominous black light.

Her gleeful voice was heard as the contradicting lights intensified. ”Everyone who doesn’t want to die, better move far away. This will be the first time I use this power after evolving. I don’t know how devastating it will be, hehehe.”