Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Chapter 1127: Six Minutes (3)



After dying to the whipping, electric, scorching impact left by one of Replicus' punches, Yuyui didn't hesitate to run away when she revived.

She couldn't help in this battle between the two titans of the Null Verse. She could hardly even see it when they moved their limbs, much less their whole bodies. If she remained here, she was convinced she would face a tragic end one way or another. The levels of unbelievable monstrosities on this side of Aigas were atrocious, and as time passed, she became convinced that some of them probably had an answer to her immortality.

'I need to help with something else!' Yuyui thought as her eyes zipped this way and that from the safety of the Hollow Dusk's Prison.

An instant later, she caught a glimpse of the BoneTender storming his way back to the position he had been dragged from by Replicus' arrow earlier!

'There he is!'

At once, Yuyui used her Eye of Moving and dashed after the tall, Null Terror.

*

A flicker of red lightning shone by Sause's side.

He turned to see Benzard who looked up at him with concern.

"Took you long enough. I would have thought you'd come along with the others after the deed was done, ahaha," Sause said, his legs squelching during the final renderings of new skin.

"Sorry," Benzard said with a dark face. "I was just giving the proper farewell to a friend."

He then looked into the distance, past the clouds around the mountaintop.

There were many radiant flashes and booms occurring in rapid succession, causing Edagon to tremble vehemently.

Benzard furrowed his brows.

"Just what in the world is going on here? I even saw Edagon turn dark on my way to you," he said.

"Yes, well, the enemies fighting right now are in a different league, ahaha. Thankfully, I managed to stall long enough to create this situation - one where I didn't have to be in the thick of it. Now, I'll have to bet on HIM."

Benzard sighed.

Betting on Replicus...

After what he had seen that creature accomplish with nothing but his presence, he had no doubt that whatever enemy had left Sause in this state would at least have a tough fight. The brown-haired man finally turned to the right where Aurolio was sitting with a dark look, staring into the sparking distance, not too far from him the unconscious Stylla.

Before Benzard could ask what Sause intended to do with these two, a bright flash from a

great flame cast the clouds in a deep, reddish-purple hue!

But then a scream was heard, interrupting the urgency that might have been introduced by the conflagration. Something was hurtling towards the group on the mountaintop.

"TELL ME WHERE IT IS! TELL ME! TELL ME!"

The BoneTender appeared, its spindly left hand stretching towards Sause, its flaming head flaring furiously, and on its right arm, a figure in a starry armour attached!

***

The flame to bellow out of the Null Devil King's mouth was dreadful to say the least, and it took Replicus by surprise. It whipped and smote into his ceramic skin with searing intensity, and for a hot moment, the Warmoth's Progeny thought he was done for.

He was well acquainted with the flame that surged onto him after all.

It was the [Ungodly Flame of Debauchery] or perhaps, a much more sinister variant that instantly started to make him feel a surge of emotions he wouldn't normally feel. All of a sudden, Replicus felt as though he could be pulled apart by the ferocious emotions that exploded from his body.

Lust, greed, longing, fury...

Replicus had never been on the receiving end of this flame before, and as Direction would have it, he was having it worse.

His mind turned numb, clouded by intense sensations. They bore down on him like a tide.

The Null Devil King grinned, his teeth, each half as long as his face showing from what might have been his true visage when he was fired up.

The Bastard Sword of the Hedonist was swung at light speed while Replicus was dazed.

MBIIIIING!

Yet again, it was intercepted, much to the Caxellac's puzzlement.

'Again? How is he doing this in such a state?' the King wondered only momentarily at the sight of the Fallen Reincarnator's Shadow blocking his sword.

Thankfully for Replicus, the phantoms weren't affected as much by the surge of emotion. They acted like separate, secure minds with minimal access to Replicus' body. Even though he had granted each full control of one of his arms, that wasn't enough to implicate them seriously in the attack just now!

The glowing spear pushed against the Null Devil King's sword, pushing it away, but before another one of Replicus' free hands could point to it and use Brunt Divide, the Null Devil King flashed upwards... and then behind Replicus!

"We have to avoid getting hit by the sword at all costs!"

"I know, damn it!"

"Use the Reincarnator's Shadow to save Replicus Prime! We can't assume control of his body for long periods, especially with all the emotion building up! I hardly countered that damned

sword in time!"

"We all know that, sockethole!"

The phantoms sprung to action.

There was a reason Replicus was taking every precaution to keep the Bastard Sword of the Hedonist away from him.

He, like Skullius back when he faced the BoneTender in Caxellac's skin, recognised the damned sword. He had used it before. A lesser version of it. As a matter of fact, he had used a discount version of the Null Devil King's armour before too.

The Null Devil King's body exploded with a storm of Null Life Essence and he swung his bastard sword with enough force to obliterate a small continent!

"Damn it! The Ju`wtte that's supposed to defend is being warded away by the Null Devil King's immense Null Life Essence reserves! Guard now!"

"On it!"

Before the Bastard Sword could touch Replicus, a shroud of purple-gold crystals exploded around him, encasing him protectively!

[Neutral Maximum]!

BAAAAM!

A harsh shockwave ensued when the Bastard Sword failed to penetrate the shield.

As powerful as it was, it couldn't affect Replicus. Under the influence of [Neutral Maximum],

no external stimuli could affect his body, changing its state in any way. Not even the basic

function of a Majestic Territory!

A microsecond later...

"Now!"

As a phantom yelled, the Fallen Reincarnator's Shadow's blue glow coursed through Replicus'

body and turned it radiant!

The Null Devil King's face returned to normal, and he used it frown.

'What is this?' he thought as he drew back. 'I sense an immense amount of soul energy...'

And indeed it was.

But before Caxellac could endure more speculation, the radiant figure of the Warmoth's Progeny suddenly brought two of its free hands together and an unbelievably quick stream of purple-gold sped from them, smashed into him and travelled with him so far into the sky in less than a millionth of second that in a blink, he had nearly reached the shattered, melded

skies of Aigas!

This was [Neutral Acumen]!

But that wasn't all.

The attack was strong, but its selling point was its sturdiness and speed, nothing else.

The next attack, accurate and on point, was the one meant to finish off the Null Devil King

swiftly!

Six ghostly arrows meant for the soul followed, heading for Caxellac's head, behind them their master following with the Fallen Reincarnator's Shadow for a secondary volley of devastating attacks!