Chapter 534: Mark fights the Church of Doom's founder
*Ding! You consumed the peak strength potion. All of your base stats increased to 9.9. Your ether points increased to 9,999,999,999.
With three holographic screens floating in front of his eyes, Mark waited in patience.
His wait only lasted for fifteen seconds before a blurring figure reached there and stopped before slowly descending onto the ground.
"Activate, God\'s Eye"
Du Hao
Title: Destroyer Du
Species: Human/Demon
Age: 276,441 years
Rank: 13 (peak)
Status: Suppressed
Current strength: peak-11-circle
Bloodline: Demonic
Spirit Path: Fighter
Attribute: Lightning
Affiliation: Church of Doom, Nine Hells sect (former), Gorganal Empire (former), Netherworld (former)
Description: The founder of the Church of Doom. Once born as the prince of the Gorganal Empire located in the plane of lightning, Du Hao left his family to become a disciple of the Nine Hells sect. Chasing after the power, he made a pact with a demon to train at Netherworld and become a demonkin.
After coming out of the Nine Hells sect, Du Hao created the Church of Doom, one that prays to the war god, Chi You. As a result of his constant warfare against sects and the destruction of mortal worlds for the establishment of dominance, his soul was sealed forever after his defeat.
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Due to his various affiliations, the system had to publish a long story in the description. From the details, Mark basically understood his personality as well as his powers, and he was ready to face this foe.
Upon landing on the ground, the enemy let out a chuckle, "That was quite a treasure, young man. Too bad that seems damaged."
"As long as it can help me defeat my enemies, I\'m content with it," replied Mark. His heart was beating faster than usual but he was calm on the outside.
The old man caressed his goatee as he chuckled once again, "I can see the mark on your soul, child. If you think your connection with the Heavenly Palace will save you, you are quite wrong."
"That\'s where you are wrong, old man," Mark raised his finger to click on the summon button in the middle screen.
As Bael made his appearance in his humanoid form, Mark continued, "It\'s not the heavenly palace that I have confidence in. It is the netherworld."
"Ba…Lord Bael? Why? How?" The enemy clearly seemed taken aback and Mark developed a smirk, clenching his fist.
Bael, on the other hand, furrowed his brows, "Hmm? You have the bloodline of a high-ranking demon. Who is your master, human?"
Du Hao answered, "It\'s Lord Chi You."
"Ah, it is that hybrid, huh?" Bael didn\'t seem intimidated by Chi You\'s name, despite the fact that he is already a True God (14-circle) and way stronger than any other demon king in the netherworld.
The demon king continued, "Anyway, I\'m contracted to his human. If you don\'t want any trouble, leave this instant and take your subordinates away with you. The mortal plane is not a place for you.
Du Hao narrowed his eyes, "Are you threatening me?"
"What if I say yes?" Bael folded his hands to the chest.
Du Hao raised his hand, conjuring hundreds of scarlet swords above him. "Perhaps, I really need to remind the world what the destroyer Du can do."
Mark was slightly intimidated by the sheer number of the swords and the power contained inside each one.
"Bael, I\'ll atleast give you a fraction of a second to finish the enemy. Use your strongest attack," After sending a telepathic message to the demon king, he quickly scrolled down the list of skills and clicked on one.
"Gravity Dome, activate." "Set to 200g"
Just as Du Hao was about to make his move to bombard the energy swords with his enemies, an invisible dome appeared on a large scale, putting pressure on his body.
The sudden change of gravitational force on him staggered his movements a little bit and Bael, who was immune to the skill due to his contract with Mark, charged toward him.
He reached the enemy in a fraction of a second and used one of his most powerful attacks as he was instructed.
"Hellfire Descent"
A palm-sized fireball emerged from his palms and struck the enemy at a close range.
As the flames from the netherworld burned his insides, the God realm enemy tried to expel them from his body, giving a window of opportunity for Mark to launch his ultimate skill, The Thunderblast.
By the time he expelled all the flames from his body and forcefully pushed away the demon king with the energy expulsion technique, the dark clouds that already covered the sky spat a series of yellow-colored lightning strikes on his head.
Even Bael was startled by their power and forced to move away.
By the time they stopped, they saw a charred Du Hao who was still breathing but wobbling left and right, trying to best to balance his body. His physical body has started to heal, albeit not so rapidly as the sparks of yellow lightning hampering his recovery speed.
"Damn it. This isn\'t enough to kill him?" Mark muttered with a dark gaze. He didn\'t give time for the enemy to recover.
"Bael, kill him." He ordered while scrolling the skills once again as his energy was recovered at a rapid pace.
"Multiple lightning Clones, activate. Ten."
Fortunately for Mark, the enemy was enraged.
"You damn bastard…" Du Hao let out a roar.
No longer taking the enemy lightly, he charged panicked by the ambush laid by his prey and he decided to take out Mark right away.
Bael tried to cut off his path, but Du Hao skillfully evaded him instead of confronting the demon king and went to Mark.
But that brief second of time given by Bael ended up being enough for Mark to launch his skill.
Five lightning clones appeared around Mark, like bodyguards.
Sensing demigod-level powers in them, Du Hao didn\'t care much about it and charged forward to reach Mark and gave a swift strike to him. Meanwhile, Mark\'s eyes were fixated on him and they turned icy blue.
"Freezing Gaze, activate"
Just as his punch was about to strike Mark, the latter\'s eyes glowed blue and Du Hao was frozen in the spot.
"Boom"
A word escaped from Mark\'s mouth and all five lightning clones exploded at the same time as they charged forward and hugged the enemy, releasing a tremendous amount of energy and striking the enemy.
By this time, Mark\'s ether energy reserves almost became empty and it was in a recovery mode. The gravity dome was also dismissed.
However, what Mark witnessed was a punch coming at his face, in that burst of energy surrounding the enemy.
The punch connected Mark\'s mouth and he fell down along with the throne. However, He didn\'t feel any pain either. "Man, 99% DR is truly amazing," thought the weapon seller.
Meanwhile, the energy explosion ended its attack, revealing a horrifying appearance of the enemy, third-degree burns all over the body and face; one of his eyes was gone, and several of his fingers were completely burnt to the extent that they were no longer recovering anymore.
"You…" *cough* cough*