Chapter 215: Your Hammer is Good, But Now It's Mine!
[Ghost Rider: Unknown level, unknown template. The template blueprint is based on "Johnny Blaze," a character from "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite." He is the true first-generation Ghost Rider. After making an unequal contract with the devil, he was implanted with a demonic evil spirit, and simultaneously awakened the power of the "Spirit of Vengeance," becoming the host of the Ghost Rider. His essence is an angel mixed with demonic power. The duty of the Ghost Rider is to walk the mortal realm, punishing sin and cleansing impurities.
When you load the "Ghost Rider" template—
You will simultaneously gain the template-exclusive weapon "Hellfire Chain."
You will simultaneously gain the template-exclusive skills "Hellfire Reshaping," "Hellfire Enchantment," "Chain Mastery," and "Penance Stare."
Reloading this template will last for 60 minutes, or until Prince Allen is killed.]
[The "Ghost Rider" template's appearance may seem evil, but it actually harbors a deep sense of mission to eradicate evil, which aligns quite well with the pre-reversal "Holy Grail Knight" template and has received the approval (and fear) of the Fountain Goddess—
Some abilities from the pre-reversal Holy Grail Knight template can still be effective.]
Click, click, click, click, click, click~~~~~
This was the sound of a human skull's upper and lower jaws clashing at high frequency.
Although his flesh had been burned away by hellfire, leaving only a skeletal frame enveloped in flames, all of Cheng Tian's clothes and armor remained intact.
If Prince Allen could previously discern emotions like mockery, indifference, or provocation in Cheng Tian's expression and eyes, now, with only a skull remaining and its empty eye sockets burning with flames, Prince Allen felt as if he was looking at a hellish demon that had descended upon the mortal realm.
Being in a world of swords and magic, and as the second ruler of the Roman Empire, Prince Allen had seen countless inferiors trying to gain favor by feigning divinity. However, a hellish demon that, no matter how he looked at it, seemed to have just crawled out of hell, was something he was seeing for the first time in his life.
He had personally witnessed Cheng Tian's transformation process, so the authenticity of it was beyond doubt. Indeed, a true "demon" should look like this.
Of course, even if Prince Allen racked his brain, he wouldn't guess that Cheng Tian's current appearance, strictly speaking, should be an "angel" mixed with demonic power... Humans instinctively fear the overly unknown, and Prince Allen was no exception to this instinct.
Just then, Cheng Tian, who had completely transformed into the Spirit of Vengeance, took a step, walking directly towards Prince Allen, leaving behind fiery footprints on the ground, identical to Illidan's.
But no matter what, he was a Prince, ruling over many subjects, a Roman Prince who was still expanding his territory, and an existence chosen by a gem imbued with divine power. Therefore, it wasn't he who should be afraid, but the hellish demon!
Prince Allen took a deep breath, and while feeling an unusual burning sensation in his nasal cavity, he advanced instead of retreating, striding directly towards Cheng Tian.
One tall and one short, one strong and one thin, the two walked towards each other at a steady pace.
When there were only about 10 meters between them, Prince Allen suddenly paused and once again made a charged punch. Although his body seemed heavy, the explosive power of this move was beyond imagination. He covered the ten-meter distance almost instantly, and his spiked knuckle duster went directly for the burning skull.
Judging solely by skill rarity, this move was actually only E-rank, which is why it had the characteristics of being extremely fast and consuming very little energy. What made it seem very powerful was Prince Allen himself and the specialized piercing knuckle duster he wore for punching.
But just as the knuckle duster's spikes were about to hit, Cheng Tian raised his right hand.
His index and middle fingers, which had been exposed due to damage from previous battles, had also transformed into skeletal forms enveloped in flames, just like the rest of him.
Then, with a technique almost comparable to a precise defense, he directly gripped the gaps between the spikes, blocking this fast and deadly punch. He was carried several meters away by the Prince's punch and body impact, leaving fiery skid marks on the ground.
Prince Allen was startled, because his punch had not achieved the expected effect; instead, it had been blocked head-on. According to his experience, only those with greater strength than his own could withstand such an impact directly.
Though startled, his hand movements did not stop. As his punch was blocked, Prince Allen decisively raised his meteor hammer, bringing its heaviest spiked head down hard on Cheng Tian's head.
So what if he's a demon? I'll shatter your bones and see if you can crawl out of hell again!
However, the worst-case scenario still occurred.
The swift downward strike of the meteor hammer was once again blocked by Cheng Tian's skeletal hand, which, without any muscle protection, should have been incredibly fragile.
The skull's upper and lower jaws clashed at high frequency again, and this time, Prince Allen easily read a strong sense of mockery from the skull's actions.
If Cheng Tian's panel were opened at this moment, one would see that his strength and spirit attributes, which were originally 18 and 28 points, had become two 46s. Furthermore, the sunfire mask was still active, and there was a +9 icon next to the strength 46.
Cheng Tian's flesh appeared to have been completely burned away, but in reality, it had been transformed by the "Hellfire Reshaping" skill.
It had been converted into a special form that blended physical strength, mental strength, and hellfire. Thus, Cheng Tian's strength and spirit attributes became the sum of the corresponding two raw attributes, perfectly exceeding Prince Allen's corresponding dual attributes.
However, there was another detail worth noting: the strength attribute, which should have become 55 points under the sunfire mask's buff, was capped at 50 points in the final calculation. It was as if this value represented some kind of threshold, not something that could be easily broken through by an unknown template loaded with an unknown mutation.
But Prince Allen truly could not accept this. He couldn't accept that Cheng Tian's skeletal frame, which didn't even have muscles, could actually block his punch and heavy hammer!
Under the additional buff of the Silver Armor, Prince Allen's meteor hammer pressed down with increasing force, as if to compel Cheng Tian to kneel in submission. But very quickly, he noticed that his right hand was gradually becoming hot, burning... and even stinging!
With a slight glance, Prince Allen saw that the head of the silver meteor hammer in his hand was already enveloped in flames. The entire hammerhead had lost its original rounded shape and had transformed into a large, spiked human skull of the same size—
Hellfire Enchantment!