Sinner System-Chapter 552: Final Dungeon - Final Floor (Part 6)

Point-of-View: Avaritia

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"Damn it, that human managed to turn you into one of his undead servants? This doesn’t bode well for me," Frowned the Archdemon I was battling, before unleashing an intense wave of Negative Energy towards me.

I swiftly raced across as he fired out a barrage of blasts towards me, evading them before lifting my gaze as he flew up.

"[Demonic Art: Homing Arrow]!"

A large arrow of light blue energy formed, before shooting down towards me with immense speed.

As I sprinted across, the projectile shifted trajectory and chased after me, right as several Negative Energy blasts barreled down from above.

Hm, this arrow is about as fast as I am, trying to outrun it is a waste of effort.

I came to a skidding halt, before spinning around and firing out a pressurized blast of flames as I snapped my jaws open, intercepting the arrow as it closed in on me, an intense eruption bursting out upon impact, the Negative Energy blasts closing in on me. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

I leapt across as fast as I could, narrowly evading the volley, before my gaze darted across as the Archdemon swooped down and zipped in towards me from my right, Negative Energy swirling around his claws, and another Homing Arrow simultaneously closing in from my left.

The Archdemon lunged forward with a powerful flap of his wings and drove his claws forward, before I swiftly and suddenly leapt straight up, his claws grazing the back of my left leg.

I drove my right arm down, a gasp ringing out as I plunged my claws into his skill and dragged him across, straight into the line of his arrow as it began to veer up towards me.

The arrow began to shift trajectory again as he tensed in alarm, but it was too close to avoid him, a cry of pain ringing out as the arrow collided against the middle of his face and pierced through, erupting as it burst out the back of his head, his entire head exploding to pieces.

I grabbed hold of his shoulders and dug my claws in, unleashed a searing wave of flames from my mouth at the stump left around his neck as his head began to regenerate, maintaining a steady stream of flames to prevent his head from growing back.

As he began to strain against my grasp, I lifted my right foot and drove it forward, piercing my claws into the middle of his torso and tearing through his flesh, before a clink echoing out as I reached his Core.

I clamped the claws on my feet around it, feeling it crack as I steadily tightened my grasp, applying increasing pressure against it from my claws, before his body spasmed violently as I shattered his Core inside his body.

I pulled my foot back out, shaking it to get the blood off as I tossed the Archdemon corpse away, letting out a slow exhale...

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Point-of-View: Gula

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"[Demonic Art: Anti-Magic Shield]!"

I hissed in annoyance as a barrier wall appeared in front of the Archdemon I was fighting, intercepting my petrifying beams before they could hit her.

My poison seems to be completely ineffective against her, and that shield nullifies my petrification.

"You may be more powerful than I, Serpent Queen, but you cannot lay a hand on me up here!"

"<I am no longer the Serpent Queen, I now go by the name Gula, the Apostle of Gluttony. And you are not nearly as safe as you seem to think you are>," I responded, before rapidly slithering across the space and firing out short, sharp bursts of petrification up towards her.

She blocked one shooting in towards her right, before turning across as I aimed one at her back, narrowly blocking it, before quickly swerving across to her left as another came shooting towards her, faster than she could shift her shield across.

As it grazed her right bicep, she quickly sliced off a chunk of flesh around that spot before the petrification could spread, starting to charge up a Negative Energy blast, before quickly raising her shield over her head as I fired another petrifying beam.

She flew back as fast as she could as I fired another one at her torso, lowering her shield just in time.

"[Demonic Art: Depth Perception Disruption Field]!"

A shimmering force field spanning a fairly wide radius formed around her, as I locked on and fired another petrifying beam up towards-...hm?

My beam missed by a fair distance, shooting past her before she unleashed a Negative Energy blast towards me.

I began to slither back, before staring in bemusement as it collided against the ground, several meters in front of me.

That Demonic Art, it seems quite self-explanatory...that disorienting shimmer surrounding her, it makes it difficult to properly assess distance and depth.

But it is not just affecting me, it is clearly affecting her own depth perception as well, that is likely why she didn’t use it immediately.

This is turning out to be a nuisance, I cannot let this drag out for too much longer, I need to end this as quickly as possible. What do I-...?

Suddenly, a startled cry rang out as a deafening, high-pitched ringing burst out above, the Archdemon swaying through the air shakily as the shimmer around her disappeared, before she began to plummet, one of my King’s allies coming into sight behind her, I believe she is called Cleo.

I rushed forward as the Archdemon shook her hair with a dazed look on her face, before twisting her body across to regain her balance and spreading out her wings to halt her descent, her eyes widening as she saw me rushing in towards her.

As my eyes glowed, she began to fly up and back while raising her shield in front of herself again, right as I coiled my tail tightly as I closed in on her, before abruptly unwinding my tail and launching myself straight towards her with a burst of force...