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"YOU DARE?! YOU’RE NOTHING BUT SMALL PUPS! COME BACK IN A MILLION YEARS!"

Zhulong burst into flames and swelled dramatically in size, transforming into a colossal serpent of pure fire. He clashed violently against Nyx and Thanatos, unleashing a frenzy of attacks with his claws and jaws while his blazing body launched thousands of searing projectiles.

To his shock, Nyx and Thanatos were not pushed back as easily as he had hoped. They held their ground firmly and began unleashing more of their true power.

"Let’s go, Thanatos!"

"Yes, big sister Nyx!"

The two began spinning together, their Draconic Auras merging into a single draconic entity brimming with chaotic and divine might.

BOOOM!

"NNGGGHH...! NGAAAH!"

Zhulong screamed as the young dragons crushed his stomach, forcing him to vomit blood.

Yet he refused to yield.

He swiftly gathered all his power and unleashed dozens of devastating bombardments, blasting them away from him.

"FIRE SWORDS!"

Millions of fire swords erupted from his blazing body and surged toward Nyx and Thanatos. The blades pierced their bodies rapidly and exploded on impact.

"GWAACK!"

"GYAAAAH!"

Both young dragons screamed in agony. Zhulong laughed viciously, his face twisted with malice as he glanced back at the other nine dragons, calling for their help.

"Hurry, come help me...?"

His eyes suddenly widened and he fell silent.

A giant shadow loomed over him.

Papa Dragon had arrived.

In his six claws, he carried the severed heads of six dragons.

"W-What...?!"

Ryujin, the Heavenly Dragon of Sea and Tides, with glistening blue scales and coral-like horns.

Cheongryong, the Heavenly Dragon of Spring and Growth, with azure scales and leaf-like whiskers.

Yinlong, the Heavenly Dragon of Justice and War, with golden scales and bright blade-like wings.

Longmu, the Heavenly Dragon of Compassion and Kinship, a pink-scaled dragoness with lotus fins.

Mireuk, the Heavenly Dragon of Cycles and Prophecy, a coiled dragon with shifting colors and eye-shaped scales.

And Tennōryū, the Heavenly Dragon of Celestial Order, the old white-scaled dragon with golden horns.

All six had been brutally slain, their faces frozen in clear agony as Lucifer held them like trophies.

Zhulong slowly began backing away from Lucifer.

He said nothing, but his mind was in complete chaos.

"AAAAAGGGHHHH!!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME, EVERYONE!"

He screamed internally, shedding tears of flame as he stared at his old friends, the companions he had shared countless years of life with, now all dead.

"Where do you think you’re going, coward?!"

Lucifer pursued him relentlessly.

Zhulong abandoned the entire mission in an instant.

He no longer cared what the Archangels had ordered.

He was not going to die here.

"How...! How are you so strong?! This cannot be possible! This makes absolutely no sense, you damn bastard!

Zhulong was losing his mind, screaming furiously at Lucifer while the Dragon King smirked.

"Look ahead."

"...?!"

In front of Zhulong stood two very angry young dragons, roaring as they unleashed their full power.

"What?!"

Zhulong staggered back in awe at their magnificent auras, which seamlessly converged countless elements and forces.

Nyx and Thanatos closed in and began biting into his scales, tearing off large chunks of flesh and devouring them viciously.

"W-WHAT?! AAAACK! STOP IT! BURN! BURN!!!"

As he tried to shake the mountain-sized dragons off his body, Nyx and Thanatos raced across his form, using their weapons to rip through his scales.

"I already killed six, so you’re their prey!"

"NNGH?! YOU DARE... CALL ME MERE PREY?!"

Zhulong ignited his divine soul, transforming into a ghostly spectral form that absorbed the essence of heaven and earth.

"FACE MY TRUE POWER AND COWER IN FEAR!!!"

However, Nyx and Thanatos simply smiled. They fused with their weapons in a strange manner Zhulong had not anticipated.

From that fusion, new forms emerged.

Nyx grew larger and more robust, gaining two additional pairs of wings, eight more arms tipped with sharp claws, and an extra head.

Thanatos sprouted eight more heads, becoming a monstrous hydra-like serpent dragon while his ghostly tail split into dozens of writhing tails.

"RAAAAAHHHH!"

They roared and unleashed their dragon breaths against Zhulong.

The ancient dragon held on for a mere second or two before he was completely overwhelmed. Their bodies pierced through him like meteors.

CLAAASH! CLAAASH!

"G-GUUUHH?!"

His face twisted in agony as he glared at the two dragons charging back at him. He summoned millions of blazing swords and spears and hurled them at his attackers.

Yet the young dragons pressed forward relentlessly, enduring every blow with their bare bodies.

Then they pierced him again. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

And again.

And again!

They struck endlessly, leaving the gigantic Zhulong riddled with holes across his massive, burning form.

"GUUAAAAAAHHHH!"

Zhulong screamed in pure agony as he was torn apart and devoured by Nyx and Thanatos, who regained vitality and grew stronger with every bite of his flesh and soul.

"Well done, you two! Later we can make stew with those six I hunted," Lucifer said approvingly.

"Can’t wait!" Nyx replied.

"Let’s join everyone else!" Thanatos added.

Lucifer might ask Maria to revive them later, but he had no intention of showing mercy or granting second chances to the spawns of the Devourer of Worlds.

Mercy was no longer permitted. They had come to kill everything that dared stand in their way.

This was Maria’s resolve, and it was shared by all.

From the Vedas onward, they were all soldiers of the Heavenly Father. There was no longer any reason to hold back.

"SHAAAAHHHH!"

In the middle of the heavens, a giant serpent with golden heads crowning her like a diadem rampaged through hundreds of gods, immortals, and buddhas.

Her enormous body crushed countless lesser deities, and when she opened her maw, she swallowed many more, massacring divine beings by the dozens.

"GAAAAHH!"

"SAVE ME!"

"WHAT IS THAT THING?!"

"IT’S HORRIBLE! I’M GOING MAD JUST LOOKING AT IT!"

While the gods fled in terror, two figures laughed wildly atop the rampaging serpent.

Anubis and Zobek.

Although they had not wanted to fuse with Apophis, they had chosen to "ride" her instead, infusing their powers and temporarily completing her.

As a result, Apophis was no longer merely X-Rank.

She had reached full X-Rank power, approaching X+.

Her strength, though still not as boundless as Maria’s, was raw and terrifying.

The many deities of the Vedas could barely comprehend what Apophis had become.

Inside her, they sensed the souls of many powerful gods from Thebes, twisted, merged, and forged into a complete abomination.

Their consciousnesses lingered within Apophis’s crown, desperately struggling to free themselves and reclaim their bodies, but it was futile.

The vicious Outer God, Maria, had punished them by fusing them into the shape of their greatest nemesis.

And their most hated enemy, Anubis, whom they had once tried to eliminate, was now riding them like a beast.

"HAHAHAHA! KILL THEM ALL, APOPHIS!"

Anubis laughed wildly while Zobek trembled nervously as the titanic snake trampled everything in its path.

However, they were suddenly stopped.

"DAMN SNAKE!"

A multi-armed god of fury and chaos roared as he smashed Apophis away with his blazing, chaotic fists.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

RUMBLE!

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