Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 554: Race

The head of Fire wasn't getting rid of Zach on its own, and since Zach was glaring at the head of Poison while beating the snot out of the head of Fire, the head of Poison took it upon themselves to help out their fellow head.

Zach wasn't sure how the different heads and their powers worked, but the two heads he was the least afraid of, even when working together, were the heads of Fire and Poison. So, even when the head of Poison showered him in a slew of smoky poison, Zach didn't flinch, and his attacks continued uninterrupted. He could almost see the gleaming white of the skull beneath.

Yan and the others could only watch without understanding. How was it possible for a human to beat the Hydra? It didn't make sense.

They had barely managed to keep up with the Hydra's regeneration by emptying the Palace's explosives. But Zach wasn't just keeping the Hydra busy or simply occupied. He looked like he was going to smash one of its heads in. And that was just Zach.

One of his maids had locked the Hydra in place by its wings, and the other was flying around and toying with three of its heads at the same time.

But that still left one—no, two heads available.

The head of Usurpation looked on as Zach beat up its heads with faint interest. It didn't look like it had any plans of joining the fight even now. That worried Zach more than if it had joined in on the fighting.

The head of Usurpation not joining the fight meant that it had another plan, one that would produce a better outcome than if it joined the fight.

But Zach did not have much of a choice. He could do what he could do, and what he could do was use his strength to beat the Hydra and keep it in place until reinforcements arrived.

His barrier was just barely holding up against the combined onslaught of fire and poison, and his body wouldn't last forever under the burden of the world essence energy.

However, he did realize that just punching wasn't the most efficient way to deal with the Hydra's heads. His Blessed Defense wasn't his only skill, after all.

He still couldn't use Trancension. But he could use Eyes of Truth to locate weak spots and structural weaknesses in the Hydra's scales and skull.

It became easier to look at the Hydra with the Eyes of Truth as long as he didn't look at the monstrous being in its entirety and as long as his gaze stayed clear of the head of Usurpation and the unknown head.

However, the Hydra was a being approaching perfection. There weren't many structural deficiencies in its body. He had to make them himself. That was where his punches and Material Extraction came in.

Material Extraction was something Zach used as a way to transform inanimate objects and the bodies of dead monsters into materials for Alzara to use. It actually took him quite a while to even think of using it on a living being or in combat at all.

But even when he realized something like that was possible, it was still hard to pull off.

Living beings were far more resistant to the effects of Material Extraction than their dead counterparts. Their pulse and essence rejected Zach's advances. Powerful beings were also harder to Extract from.

Something like the Hydra should have been impossible for Zach to use his skill efficiently. It should be too strong and sentient for his skill to activate.

That was why Zach didn't target the Hydra. He targeted individual scales, muscle fibers, or sections of the skull when he tried to shatter it. He narrowed down the scope of his skill to the absolute minimum using his Eyes of Truth.

His fists hammered down, creating wounds and the like, and on their way up, his hands Extracted material from the Hydra's body, further destabilizing it for the next round. It was a simple process that hid the incredible control and endurance it took from Zach to do it perfectly time after time.

The Hydra's regeneration fought to keep Zach out of the head of Fire, but once Zach got into it, and his body got used to the motions, his pace increased.

Maybe his inherited power of Usurpation and its similarity to Material Extraction helped him utilize the skill to more of its potential. Maybe he was just that talented.

Whatever it was, it didn't take long for the spiderweb of cracks in the head of Fire's cranium to expand faster than the regeneration could fix it.

At the same time, Zach's barriers weren't in much better shape. Cracks ran through it like it was home to a horde of ants. He could hardly see out of it if not for the Eyes of Truth, and he definitely couldn't keep them up much longer. The Hydra's blood, the fire from inside the head he was standing in, and the poison all attacked his barrier relentlessly like he was trying to kill them or something.

It was a race between Zach and the Hydra's two heads.

Fortunately, Zach wasn't one to lose. He did whatever it took to win. He could feel it. He was only a few hits away from finally breaking through the head of Fire's stubborn skull.

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However, he froze.

Something deep within him warned him. He had forgotten something. It was such a deep and instinctual feeling that he paused for a moment to think about what he could possibly have forgotten. No, it wasn't that he had forgotten anything specific. He just wasn't keeping something in mind that he should be keeping in mind.

What was it?

It didn't take long for Zach to get the answer. Unfortunately, it was not because he realized what it was.

It was because the answer came to him.

The head with an unknown power joined the fight by diving straight at Zach, not caring for the head of Fire.