Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Annie pulled the trigger of her magic gun, firing six pale white light bullets at Huang.
This was an authority she had usurped from the Greek moon goddess 'Artemis'. It would be fully replenished at the new moon, allowing only six shots per month. In return, its power was immense, capable of piercing buildings, vaporizing solid rock, and even altering terrain. It possessed abilities like auto-tracking, scatter-shot, explosion, and illumination. The trajectory would curve in response to the shooter's will, pursuing the enemy relentlessly anywhere, even returning from outer space. It could even snipe a target in Europe from North America.
By infusing a massive amount of curse power, the power of the magic bullets could be dramatically increased. Using two shots simultaneously with infused curse power would result in more than double, even four or five times the power. It was said that if the power of all six projectiles was concentrated to its maximum, it could unleash destructive force capable of annihilating a country, sufficient to produce flames that would engulf the entire state of California for seven days without ever extinguishing, leaving behind a barren wasteland where not even weeds would grow again.
And now, with all six magic bullets fired at once, the terrifying power capable of destroying a nation surged towards Huang.
Huang, however, wore a calm expression. Behind him, a more dazzling golden Cosmos radiated than before, and the First House of the Zodiac, aries, manifested at his back.
"aries this time," Annie said, her face full of wariness as she looked at the aries constellation behind Huang. The previous attacks modeled after the twelve zodiac signs had given her a hard time.
"Stardust Revolution!!"
Huang used his own Cosmos to create the image of a galaxy behind him. Countless meteors descended from the galaxy, forming several high-speed rotating cosmic star clusters.
Under Huang's will, those large star clusters attacked the six pale white magic bullets.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Six violent explosions rang out, erupting in white light like solar flares, making it impossible for anyone to keep their eyes open.
Seeing this, Annie hurriedly closed her eyes. In that very instant of closing them, several large star clusters rushed towards her, with Huang deliberately adjusting their falling trajectory.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
They smashed three ten-thousand-meter craters around Annie. When she opened her eyes and looked around, she discovered these three craters, her eyes filled with terror.
Huang stepped through the air to stand before Annie, looking down at her and saying, "Now you've used up all your offensive authorities, haven't you? What other means of attack do you have?"
After speaking, Huang reached out to take her to Hades.
"Thou who hast no specific form... behold the shadow of Earl Bifrons." Annie chanted her final Kotodama. Subsequently, her figure became illusory. Huang grabbed at Annie's shoulder, but his hand passed through empty air.
Huang looked at the illusory, vanishing Annie and then at his own hand, saying:
"An illusion? A mirage?"
[Invisible Regeneration (Formless Thing)]: An authority Annie Charlton usurped from the 46th demon god of Solomon's 72 Pillars, 'Bifrons'. It can blur the shape of objects. Primarily used for illegal intrusion; if targeting a city, it can turn streets into mirages. However, using it on the same object requires a 15-minute interval.
Having concealed her form, Annie, knowing she was no match, activated the authority of [Fairy King's Crown], preparing to escape to the Netherworld, far away from Hades and Huang.
[Fairy King's Crown]: An authority Annie Charlton usurped from the legendary European Fairy King 'Oberon'. It allows travel to the Netherworld and temporary summoning of its inhabitants. Requires extreme concentration to transfer to the Netherworld, but grants powerful dominance over its residents (except Netherworld gods), allowing short-term summoning of Netherworld residents to the earthly realm. Of course, summoning requires an environment where the Netherworld residents themselves can survive.
This ability allows one to visit Oberon's old domain in the Netherworld as casually as taking a stroll and reign there as the new Fairy King.
Sensing a slight spatial fluctuation, Huang waved his hands and softly chanted, "Another Dimension!!"
In an instant, Huang used his powerful Cosmos to compress space, distorting spacetime and creating a passage to Another Dimension, trapping Annie within this space.
Within this space, Annie felt as if she were adrift in the universe itself. Having exhausted all her authorities, she had no strength left to resist and could only float in shock within this space.
Then, Huang teleported in front of Annie, pulled her into his embrace with one hand, and under her gaze mixed with shyness and terror, a purple light flashed in Huang's eyes.
Annie, caught under this purple gaze, instantly felt her mind go blank and fainted, collapsing into Huang's arms. Huang picked her up in a princess carry.
Huang reunited with Rhadamanthys. They looked at the beauties in each other's arms, then glanced at each other briefly before wordlessly heading towards Hades's location.
"What's this?" Hades asked, looking at the two Specters holding Luo Hao and Annie.
"Lord Hades, how should we deal with these two women?" Huang and Rhadamanthys asked in unison, looking at Hades.
Hades looked at the two before him, feeling somewhat puzzled. Given their habits, they shouldn't be the type to show mercy to women. Hades asked them:
"Why didn't you finish off these two women?"
"We originally intended to kill them directly," Rhadamanthys spoke coldly, "but these two women seem to still have some use."
"Oh?" Hades raised an eyebrow. "Explain."
"They are both God Slayers. If incorporated into the Hades Army, they could serve as a reserve force," Huang analyzed.
Looking into Huang and Rhadamanthys's eyes, Hades saw no ripples, only pure loyalty. Yet, he had a feeling that Huang and Rhadamanthys wanted to recruit these two female God Slayers for other, ulterior motives.
After a moment of thought, Hades immediately looked at Huang and Rhadamanthys and ordered, "Very well. Since you defeated them, these two women are your prisoners. I leave them in your charge to manage."
"...Yes, yes!" Huang and Rhadamanthys were momentarily stunned by Hades's command but had no choice but to comply.
"Hmm?!" At that moment, Hades sensed a gaze coming from the clouds and looked up. Flickers of lightning were vaguely visible there.
Hades ordered Minos beside him:
"Minos, pull down that peeping Tom from the sky for me."
"Yes, Lord Hades," Minos replied respectfully, then stretched his hand towards the sky: "Cosmic Marionettion!!"
Five invisible, transparent, slender threads appeared from Minos's five fingers, piercing straight into the clouds. After detecting the target with his Cosmos, Minos twisted his fingers to manipulate the threads, entangling the target.
Then, Minos pulled the hand controlling the threads downwards, instantly yanking the figure hiding in the clouds out.
Minos brought him before Hades. Hades focused his gaze and saw a black-haired, short-haired nobleman in a black suit, looking at Hades with an annoyed expression.
A faint light flickered in Hades's eyes. The corners of his mouth lifted into a slight smile as he said, "Oh, so it's the God Slayer known as the 'Black Prince', Alexander Gascoigne."
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