CAT WARLOCK: This Darklord Feasts Upon Horror-Chapter 193: 99 seconds

As Mater put on the Abyssal Helmet, images flashed in his mind. For the first time, Mater built a mental connection to the spirit inside the Helmet and saw a glimpse into his past.

The Helmet was a combination of three specters. The Knight Wraith that Levy once enslaved. The unidentified matter under the bridge. And the Phantom within the original DD Helmet.

As they fused together, their pasts were also fused and their mind became one.

Mater saw a battlefield of endless blood and corpses. A woman fell down to her death. The bloodlust the Knight had succumbed into to avenge her.

He was chained and punished, turning into a wraith to suffer forever more.

Mater saw a dark woods of endless abyss. A man was wrapped alive into a mummy and buried deep beneath the ground. They gave him a small tube to make sure he wouldn’t die of suffocation.

He died of starvation instead. His mind became the phantom that once resided in the DD Helmet, the original spiritual item before Mater turned it into the Abyssal Helmet.

And then he saw a man turned into a mess of flesh and blood on the road. A large chunk of his organs shot to the footbridge above, causing the birth of a wraith.

Everything passed by in a blink of an eye.

The Abyssal Helmet transformed. It enlarged to fit the large head of the jaguar. It looked more like a helmet of a berserker than a finesse warrior. It had spikes all over its surface.

The armor took shape. Individual plates wrapped around the jaguar body, protecting its most vital organs. It left the under belly of the jaguar exposed to make sure the Spike Ball ability wouldn’t be affected.

The jaguar tapped on the giant gold watch on its thigh. The number 99 appeared.

Demonic Overdrive: For 99 seconds, your physical attributes are doubled. When using Spike Ball, gain major resistance to all disabling effects.

Mater had never used this ability before because he didn’t need to.

But now, in front of this endless barrage of gold feathers, he must.

A green light leaked out and enveloped Mater. Because he was using the Abyssal Helmet, Demonic Overdrive affected the helmet as well.

Mater became twice as big but not twice as heavy. His body felt lighter and faster. The armor on the jaguar expanded and became more complex, it went along with the spikes on the jaguar’s back and added its own metal spikes on top.

The individual plates expanded. Smaller plates appeared and covered the exposing parts. The jaguar became fully armored with only its belly exposed.

Mater curled into a ball and spun in place.

"90 seconds!"

The Force Domes and Elemental Shields in front of the jaguar couldn’t hold on for much longer. They had countless holes. Many gold feathers landed on Mater’s body.

"It’s useless. A Heretic can never be compared to a god." The Ascendant said.

"Heh. You are no god."

The jaguar’s deep voice echoed. It reached its maximum velocity.

Mater let go and allowed himself to shoot forward. He adjusted his weight to be the lightest just before.

"80 seconds!"

The Spike Ball became even faster and shot through the storm of gold feathers.

"Hmmm?"

The flaming bird flew in a circle, creating a sphere of pure holy fire. It shot toward Mater.

"No matter what you’re trying. All Heretics shall die facing the Holy Judgment."

Briefly the Holy Sphere collided with Mater, the Spike Ball turned sharply and got out of the way. That surprised the flaming bird.

The Ascendant flapped its wings and sent even more gold feathers at Mater.

The Spike Ball zigzagged sharply in the air and was way faster than the feathers could catch.

Omnimotion didn’t mean Mater could use the Spike Ball in the air. It meant he could perfectly control its trajectory.

"70 seconds!"

The Spike Ball gained even more velocity and started to blur in the air. The flaming bird flew away, trying to get to a safe distance and continuously barraged Mater with gold feathers.

The flaming bird flew in a circle and created another Holy Sphere.

Mater used that opportunity to circle around the flaming bird and shot at its back, disrupting its casting.

The jaguar maximized its own weight and became ten times as heavy.

"60 seconds!"

The Spike Ball slammed onto the flaming bird, shooting it straight to the ground and continued dragging it across the floor.

The flaming bird screeched loudly as it felt its body slowly being peeled away.

"50 seconds!"

"Get off me!"

A heat wave blasted from within the bird but it didn’t push Mater away.

The jaguar continued to drag the flaming bird all across the maze, breaking countless walls inside this complex structure.

"I said... GET OFF ME!"

The Ascendant materialized countless gold feathers from above and shot down to the Spike Ball. They penetrated the armor and pierced into Mater. Red blood leaked out from those holes.

"40 seconds!"

Mater didn’t let go and continued dragging the flaming bird, adding even more damage to the Ascendant.

Suddenly, he used Omnimotion to shoot straight through the sky, sending the flaming bird into the ceiling.

Mater released his Spike Ball form. He formed thirteen Quadruple-Layered Force Domes in front of him.

Then the jaguar summoned his Nether Sword. The Nether Sword of Mater in this form was a horn in front of his forehead.

The flaming bird unleashed its final attack. It turned into a burning sun slamming down upon Mater. The Force Domes stopped it temporarily.

"30 seconds!"

"Here is everything I got!" Mater screamed.

After the Key of Hunger, Mater had 275 Chaos Spheres left. He crushed all 275 Chaos Spheres and poured it into the Chaos Nether Horn.

All the Nether and Chaos inside the Helmet was also drained away.

The horn became a glowing red sword of Chaos.

Mater used the remaining Chaos inside him and poured them into the sword, leaving only a little bit for one final strategy.

The jaguar bolted at the flaming bird.

Just before they collided, Mater used the little amount of Chaos he had to turn sharply, zigzagging around the bird and plunging into the back of the flaming bird. The Chaos Nether Horn pierced into the hot skin of the Ascendant.

Mater drove the bird down to the floor. The entire pocket dimension shook. It leaked to the real world and caused a small earthquake.

Colonel Gillingham was documenting today’s Hunters when she felt the rumbling. She frowned deeply.

The Hunters on the premises looked at each other in surprise.