Chapter 403: The Chariot
The Ruiner Nergigante glanced at Asagiri, who was slowly standing up.
Although their sizes were not on the same level, its instinct as a predator made it feel the dangerous aura emanating from the human in front of it.
But right now, it had only one target.
The Black Dragon, whose neck had been torn open by it, but had already fully recovered through the Blacklight Virus within its body and was now letting out a violent roar.
Taking advantage of the roughly eight seconds remaining on the Life Link status, Asagiri did not rush to use Sacrifice.
Instead, he directly ignored the warnings from his body, which was already on the verge of collapse and constantly sending out sharp pains that would drive a normal person mad.
Amid crisp cracking sounds, he stood up once again.
"Roar..."
The Ruiner Nergigante seemed to have noticed the state of Asagiri's body, which was already on the verge of collapse.
Seeing his aura, a silence filled with madness and determination as he ignored the pain in his body and prepared to launch another attack on Nyx, a glimmer of light appeared in its dark red eyes.
It was unclear what it was thinking.
"Let's go."
Asagiri seemed to be muttering to himself.
Or perhaps he was softly giving an order to the Ruiner Nergigante beside him.
In the next second, he and the Ruiner Nergigante began to move simultaneously.
Asagiri charged rapidly toward Nyx, who was standing there, while the Ruiner Nergigante lunged at the Black Dragon, which had climbed back up.
"How is this possible..."
Seeing that the Ruiner Nergigante did not directly attack Asagiri, and even seemed to be coordinating with his attack by actively assaulting the Black Dragon it was controlling, Nyx's expression could not help changing.
It could not understand why this was happening at all.
One had to know that even as the Will of Death, it could only barely control Alatreon, Fatalis, and the Black Dragon infected with the Blacklight Virus through the master Blacklight Virus within this body.
The opponent did not have the Blacklight Virus in its body at all.
So how could it do such a thing?
"You guys..."
Seeing that Yuuki Asuna, Iwanaga Kotoko, Kaguya Shinomiya, and the others had all readjusted their states and intended to launch a final attack against it, Nyx's eyes instantly shifted from pitch black to an eerie crimson, shining with a hazy light like moonlight.
"Submit before death!"
The moment the red light shone upon the pure white palace, Yuuki Asuna, who had been planning to launch an attack, felt her eyes tremble.
Her body uncontrollably fell to one knee, and a look of fear unconsciously appeared on her face.
She furrowed her brows tightly, gritted her teeth, and said,
"What is this..."
Not only Yuuki Asuna, but Kaguya Shinomiya, Fujiwara Chika, Yamauchi Sakura, and Hayasaka Ai were also plunged into such fear that they trembled all over, almost on the verge of losing consciousness.
This feeling was just like facing Asagiri when he was preparing to unleash the Supreme Magic Bullet.
It was terror that materialized the concept of death directly before their eyes, bursting forth from the depths of their souls.
"Human souls are so fragile. They simply cannot withstand the fear of facing death..."
"Bang!"
Before Nyx could finish speaking, its head was blown away by Asagiri's punch.
"What are you blabbering about? Are you chanting scriptures to send yourself off?"
Nyx's head flew through the air, its vision spinning wildly, and an expression of disbelief appeared on its face.
"Why..."
"It's just the fear of death. Don't make me laugh."
Iwanaga Kotoko, who was also unaffected, raised her left hand and directly summoned a Pale Ghost Hand from the air to grab Nyx's headless body.
A light glowed in her deep purple eyes as she unleashed the power of the Curse attribute with all her might.
"What!? There are actually two..."
Before Nyx could finish exclaiming, its vision split in two.
At the same time, Sakurakawa Rikka's emotionless voice came through.
"There are three."
Nyx was stunned.
As the incarnation of the root concept of death, it had never expected that among the nine Otherworld Players present, there would actually be three people who could completely immunize themselves against the primal fear it created.
Let alone fearing death, these three did not even have the slightest hesitation.
Nyx was not surprised that Asagiri could do this, as the opponent also mastered the power of death.
But Iwanaga Kotoko and Sakurakawa Rikka?
Nyx could sense that the former was completely immune to its fear aura, as if this little girl in a western style dress was an existence of the same rank as itself.
As for the latter, she did not immunize against its fear aura, but was even more absurd.
Even when facing death directly, she acted as freely as if she were completely used to it.
What kind of monsters are these Otherworld Players, anyway?
And just as Nyx's head, which had been sliced in two by Sakurakawa Rikka's strike, turned into dark fluid matter and intended to reunite with the Blacklight Virus that made up its body to heal, it felt another crack appear in its fear domain.
"Are you kidding me..."
Yuuki Asuna stabbed the tip of Shimmering Light into the ground, forcibly supporting her body as she stood up.
Her eyes revealed indomitable firmness and determination.
"It's just this much, that's all..."
After Yuuki Asuna stood up, Kato Megumi and Kaguya Shinomiya also rose, forcibly pressing against the fear of facing death.
Then came Yamauchi Sakura, Fujiwara Chika, and Hayasaka Ai.
"All nine of them actually..."
Nyx, which had just recovered its head, saw that Yuuki Asuna and the others had also resisted the fear of facing death, and a look of shock appeared on its face.
Could all nine Otherworld Players present actually withstand the death fear aura it emitted?
In other words, did these nine people all possess the courage to face death, or even transcend it?
"It's over."
As Shimmering Light in Yuuki Asuna's hand shone, everyone present gathered their most powerful moves.
Finally, as Asagiri raised his right hand high and swung it down rapidly, sword beams, arrows, Black Particles, holy light, and many other attacks merged and converged with the Annihilation Cross, directly swallowing the body of the Blackwatch Commander possessed by Nyx.
Even the Blacklight Virus, under this level of attack, completely lost the ability to regenerate.
[Killed one of the Death Mother Planet Nyx Incarnations, Blackwatch Commander Mickey Quick. Exclusive bonus rewards will be obtained after clearing the Dungeon.]
Hearing the notification sounds from their phones, not a single person went to check.
Everyone's gaze turned toward the Ruiner Nergigante.
It was still entangled in battle with the Black Dragon, seeming to have fallen into an absolute disadvantage. Even the wings on its back had been torn off raw.
"Should we go help?"
Hearing Yuuki Asuna's question, Asagiri shook his head.
Watching the Ruiner Nergigante, which was locked in a brutal slaughter with the Black Dragon and roaring incessantly, he spoke slowly.
"It is enjoying the pleasure of hunting powerful Elder Dragons. This is its battle, and it will be victorious."
As if to confirm Asagiri's words, the Ruiner Nergigante, which had been completely at a disadvantage, suddenly let out a violent roar toward the sky.
A layer of flowing black substance emerged on the surface of its body, rapidly forming the shape of wings, and the spikes on its body began to become even darker and sharper.
"Blacklight Virus?"
Although Iwanaga Kotoko was extremely exhausted after the battle that had just occurred, the truth was already within reach in this Dungeon, so she forced herself to stay awake, observing the slaughter between the Ruiner Nergigante and the Black Dragon while conducting an analysis.
"The degree to which Ruiner Nergigante has fused with the Blacklight Virus is very high, far exceeding that of that Black Dragon. Its utilization of the Blacklight Virus is no longer just for self healing. It can even manipulate it to form spikes on its shell and use them as weapons."
"What exactly is special about it..."
"Astonishing self healing abilities, as well as the violent combat desire to actively invade the territories of other monsters and hunt them incessantly."
Watching the Ruiner Nergigante rapidly tear apart and devour the Black Dragon's body, regaining the upper hand, Asagiri, who had completely healed his injuries using Sacrifice, spoke softly.
"Ruiner Nergigante has fought more times than any other monster. A monster's strength is originally fixed. Even if an individual with significantly improved strength appears, it can at most become one tier stronger, and it cannot be mentioned in the same breath as high forbidden level monsters like Black Dragon, Alatreon, or Fatalis."
Having said that, Asagiri changed the subject.
"But the monsters on this island have all fused with a portion of the Blacklight Virus."
"Because Ruiner Nergigante, which naturally hunts and preys constantly, has devoured a large amount of the Blacklight Virus and continues to evolve through high intensity battles, its adaptability to the Blacklight Virus is much stronger than other monsters."
"After today's hunt, it has become the strongest monster on this island."
At the same time Asagiri finished speaking, the Ruiner Nergigante had already devoured all the flesh and blood of the Black Dragon.
The veins of the Blacklight Virus flowed slowly across its body surface like pitch black magma, and the color of its huge horns grew increasingly deep.
"Roar..."
Seeing the blood stained Ruiner Nergigante walking step by step toward the direction where she and the others were standing, Yuuki Asuna frowned slightly and immediately gripped Shimmering Light in her hand, on guard.
"Does it want to attack us?"
"How could that be? This is Meme Ko."
Asagiri first replied with a smile, then extended his left hand toward the Ruiner Nergigante and spoke word by word.
"Come."
The Ruiner Nergigante's dark red eyes examined Asagiri.
From the other party, it smelled the scent of the blood of Black Dragon, Fatalis, and Alatreon.
An existence capable of fighting these three monsters simultaneously was a top tier hunter superior to itself.
The Ruiner Nergigante's massive body emitted light, eventually turning into a rotating, floating Tarot card that landed gently on Asagiri's palm.
[Persona: Ruiner Nergigante]
[With combat and slaughter as its instinct, although it does not possess the ability to directly change the ecological environment, it relies on powerful strength and astonishing regenerative abilities, having fused with a high concentration of the Blacklight Virus, to become a great existence standing at the top of the food chain.]
[Because you hunted Alatreon, Black Dragon, and Fatalis, Ruiner Nergigante has acquired the corresponding abilities: Calamity Breath, Judgment of the End, and Purgatory Fire Rain.]
[Corresponding Tarot Card: The Chariot (Upright)]
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