Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 708 - 498: Hero VS Demon King (4000 words)_2

Chapter 708: Chapter 498: Hero VS Demon King (4000 words)_2

Behind him, Qin Chu’s body was also being torn apart.

Severed directly at the waist.

The lower half of the body fell to the ground.

Almost at the same moment, Qin Chu and Nage locked eyes.

Chaotic Divinity, Evil Eye.

Crack!

In that instant, Nage felt as though a violent storm had erupted deep within his soul, the chaotic energy rampaging through it, not just for Nage but also for the other consciousness belonging to Jie Luo, which furiously cursed out a "fuck!"

Then, the two entwined, yet starkly different, souls were churned together.

Like an egg mixture being stirred smooth...

If an attack infused with Divinity could be added at this moment, whether it was Death Divinity or Divine Decomposition, it would be a fatal blow—at the very least, it could have inflicted severe damage on the Demon King. Sadly, there was no time for it.

With his body cleaved in two, Qin Chu’s attack could no longer be sustained.

Death was unlikely.

But the injury from being cleaved at the waist was ultimately quite severe. Holy Sense was healing at the fastest speed as copious amounts of flesh budded densely at the severed site, wriggling incessantly as they proliferated rapidly.

The Demon King was a true Demigod.

Although limited by Atreus’s body, the maximum destructive power could only be maintained for ten minutes, during that time, Demon King Nage was nearly invincible.

Even with Qin Chu’s power to suppress the Demon King’s strength using the Reverse Prophecy Technique, the Demon King’s attacks still caused Qin Chu great discomfort... Not only that, even the blows infused with Divinity couldn’t directly obliterate the Demon King.

The duration of the Evil Eye’s chaos was also quite brief.

Perhaps only a few seconds?

The voices in Nage’s soul that felt like a gentle hum or a cracked, hoarse wailing had been suppressed.

A pair of crimson eyes were gradually regaining clarity.

Nage could distinctly feel that due to the recent spate of attacks, his soul had already highly fused with Jie Luo’s.

This shocked Nage.

Jie Luo’s soul had been residing in his body for over four years, and throughout these years, the Demon King and the First Generation Brave had cooperated yet remained wary and suspicious of each other.

Their souls entangled together, yet divided into two distinct parts.

Fusion was impossible. They’d never blend in this lifetime.

Perhaps they might become stronger if they merged, but both Jie Luo and Nage understood that merging might birth a completely new being, or they might change into someone they no longer recognized as themselves.

For the proud Nage and Jie Luo, this was an absolute impossibility.

But now, the fusion of the two consciousnesses had started... Though not yet complete, Nage realized their consciousnesses could no longer be separated.

Unless one of them willingly made the sacrifice and severed the part of the soul that was merging, allowing the two to separate once more.

But that would mean the sacrificing soul would weaken, and as one could imagine, the survivor would end up totally devouring the weakened one... Both Jie Luo and Nage were extremely selfish beings, and such a sacrifice was unthinkable for them.

Damn...

The thought of potential future problems and complications made Nage curse inwardly.

This time, even if they managed to kill Qin Chu and take the Second Generation Brave Warrior’s body, a tremendous loss had already occurred.

"We’ll worry about the future later; don’t forget the most important goal of this mission."

Inside his mind, Jie Luo’s voice came, suppressed with rage.

Because the fusion had not completely finalized, both entities could still express their wills, although neither could be certain how long this state would last.

At this moment, perhaps because Nage was Atreus’s father, the connection of blood allowed Nage to control Atreus’s body, something Jie Luo could not achieve.

Naturally, the battle had to be left for Nage to finish.

When Nage suddenly lifted his head, his gaze caught Qin Chu, whose body had just regenerated to the knees.

What a formidable opponent.

To have his body bisected by one’s own space-rending attack and yet be able to recover in such a weird way.

In Nage’s consciousness, the desire to kill Qin Chu grew stronger and stronger.

Moreover, there was another advantage to the fusion; the power available to the Demon King had increased... Since the strength as a demon was diminished, it could be replaced with the Hero’s power.

As the part that was the Hero, he was still a genuine Demigod.

Atreus’s face twisted into a warped smile as the battle axe in her hand vanished. She spread her arms wide as her aura underwent a rapid transformation.

It was no longer wild and unrestrained but became deep and reserved.

Though she was in Atreus’s body, and had a face of a thousand charms and a body that was sexy and alluring, one could easily overlook her as if she were just another unremarkable woman not worth special attention.

Upon closer inspection, one could gradually feel a kind of gentleness.

It was an odd, even weird sensation—gentle, delicate, warm, making one unconsciously want to draw closer.

You would not feel any alarm toward this person.

It was like a dear old friend known for many years, the best of companions.

Even Qin Chu couldn’t help but be influenced silently by this presence, only in the depths of those eyes could one sense a flickering coldness and malevolence. When those eyes focused on him, Qin Chu shivered suddenly as if targeted by some extremely terrifying creature.

His eyes seemed to become dark and deep, like the starry sky.

This was Jie Luo’s true nature.

The gentleness and warmth were nothing but a superficial guise, meant to conceal the horror of the Evil God Creation within.

Slender hands opened up, and two sharp curved blades slowly materialized in the palms.

The strength of the Hero.

You think you’re Tongzi or something, trying a dual blade technique?

He raised the blades but did not attack.

However, Qin Chu’s body reacted explosively like a spring, retreating instantly.

Almost at the same moment, the space where Qin Chu had been teemed with countless intersecting cuts that appeared out of nowhere.

Several seconds passed before these cuts slowly vanished.

Qin Chu looked down; his clothes at the chest had been ripped apart. If his reaction had been even a fraction of a second slower, it wouldn’t have been just his clothes shredded but his entire body as well.

Such quick reflexes stemmed from Qin Chu’s three encounters with the Demon King... During the first battle in his previous life, the Demon King had used this move, and he had nearly met his end due to a careless mistake.

Therefore, this time, when he saw the other’s arm lift, Qin Chu knew what was coming. Although he dodged swiftly, the skin beneath his clothes was nevertheless marked with numerous gashes.

The speed was so fast that only after two seconds did droplets of blood begin to seep through, tinging the skin a faint red.

That was not the only concern. Close to the wounds on his chest, strands of black traces were rapidly spreading along the capillaries.

It was like poison.

But Qin Chu knew it was something even more terrifying than poison—it was the corruption and erosion from the Evil God.

Underneath the black traces, it seemed like countless tiny bugs were wriggling under his skin.

This emanated from the power within those two blades. Coated with the aura of the Evil God, they must also be creations of the Evil God, perhaps part of the arsenal that the Void Seven Uglies had equipped Jie Luo to battle destiny.

The corruption was terrifying, but Qin Chu was unfazed.

Near the wound, Holy flames began to burn.

Accompanied by a crackling noise, the wriggling entities beneath the skin were purified and utterly consumed by the Holy Light Fire. The erosion dispersed, and the wounds healed rapidly.

Qin Chu sighed.

In that time, his feet had completely recovered as well.

But he was not happy. As expected, with his current strength, facing the fusion of the Demon King and the Hero was still a bit too much.

The Demon King, transformed into the Hero, had regained the battle strength of the Demigod Realm.

Though Qin Chu could use the Reverse Prophecy Technique again, he did not believe this opponent would give him the chance to cast it.

However, it was still worth a try.

As Qin Chu opened his mouth, he saw that Atreus’s face across from him had already revealed a sinister smile. Her arms suddenly elongated, transforming into an indeterminate jelly-like substance with a dark, viscous, and weird mucus flowing on the surface.

Below the slime, countless hideous eyeballs sprouted.

The entirety of her arms were covered in eyeballs.

One glance was enough to make the scalp tingle.

Whoosh...

All of those eyeballs were fixed on Qin Chu.

This was the power of the Evil God from the Void, the entity covered in eyeballs like a spherical body!