"A giant?" Huang said with a hint of interest as he looked at John, who had transformed into an Obsidian Wizard.
"Haaaa—!!" The Obsidian Wizard shouted at the top of his lungs, hurling a spear entwined with lightning and flames at Huang.
Huang remained indifferent, crossing his arms in an Iai stance. His entire body radiated a golden Cosmos, and the constellation Taurus, one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac, appeared behind him.
Mooo—!!
As the spear neared Huang, a world-shaking bellow resounded through the skies. The phantom of a massive golden bull with glowing red eyes manifested behind him.
"Greatest Horn!!"
John couldn't even see the attack. The golden Cosmos concentrated on Huang's wrists erupted, releasing a shockwave at the speed of light with enough power to distort space-time and annihilate everything.
Consequently, spatial rifts began to appear, revealing glimpses of the past, the future, the Undying Realm, the Netherworld, and various divine domains.
Seeing this, Hades immediately stepped in to help. He extended his right hand, which emitted a dazzling purple light. Using his Cosmos, he repaired the surrounding space until it was as good as new, leaving no trace of the rifts.
Within that golden shockwave, the incoming spear of lightning and fire instantly vanished into nothingness. The shockwave then transformed into a giant golden bull as large as the Obsidian Wizard and charged at him. "Argh—!!" the Obsidian Wizard cried out in pain.
The Obsidian Wizard was sent flying by the impact, reverting to his original form, John, mid-air.
"Cough, cough—!!" John spat out a mouthful of blood in the air before managing to stabilize himself and land safely. He gasped for air behind his mask, but without pausing to rest, he immediately activated another form of [Super Transformation]:
"I command in the name of the Underworld King. Offer the beast's paws that traverse the night. Light, shine only upon my path!"
John transformed into a leopard with fur covered in yellow and brown spots and emerald eyes. The sacrifice required for this Ocelot form was the surrounding light sources.
"How dare you insult my master's name!! Unforgivable!!" Huang said with extreme fury. To him, the title of Underworld King belonged solely to Hades and was not to be usurped by any living being.
After John transformed into the Ocelot, the glowing flames nearby vanished, and the electrical systems completely failed, leaving the environment in total darkness.
"Awooo...!!" The Ocelot let out a threatening low growl before merging its entire body into the darkness.
The Ocelot transformation granted the magical power to move from darkness to darkness and shadow to shadow, along with high-speed movement capable of covering hundreds of kilometers in mere seconds.
In the dark, the Ocelot was no different from a hunter of the night.
Yet Huang's expression remained unchanged. He sat in meditation with his eyes closed like a high monk, a faint golden Cosmos radiating from him.
Within the space of darkness and shadows, John, in his Ocelot form, darted back and forth, targeting Huang, who was still deep in meditation.
Despite the close distance, the Ocelot kept running in circles around Huang. It had already completed an unknown number of laps.
Just as it seemed about to reach Huang to attack, it would somehow find itself back at its starting point.
'What's happening? Why am I just running in circles?!' John, as the Ocelot, thought while breaking into a cold sweat as he continued to run.
"Let me tell you why."
At that moment, Huang's voice echoed in the Ocelot's mind. The Ocelot stopped and looked around in a panic.
Dong—!!!
A clear Buddhist bell rang out, and the Ocelot's surroundings instantly transformed into a space filled with Mandalas. To its shock, it was standing in the palm of a massive, magnificent Buddha.
"What!! I'm in the palm of the Buddha!!" the Ocelot cried out. It never expected to be trapped in the Buddha's Palm Kingdom, just like The Monkey King of old.
Then, Huang appeared at the Buddha's chest. He had been in a meditative state, but he suddenly opened his eyes to look at the Ocelot, speaking to it via telepathy:
"No matter how you struggle, you are nothing more than a monkey in the Buddha's palm."
With that, Huang brought his hands together in front of his chest, a powerful golden Cosmos burning between his palms.
"Tenma Kofuku!!"
Huang hurled the burning Cosmos from his palms at the Ocelot. "Bang—!!" It exploded like a golden sun, sending the Ocelot flying.
John reverted to his original form once more, his clothes and cloak tattered. As he was thrown back, he saw visions within the light: the Eastern Heavenly Court, Amitabha Buddha preaching at the Great Leiyin Temple in the West, the Twenty-Four Devas of India, and Jehovah's Heaven. The most prominent image was the Virgo constellation of the Zodiac, radiating a sun-like golden light amidst the vast starry sky.
"Ugh..."
John forced himself up, clutching his racing heart. "He's clearly a being recorded in the Bible, so why are there so many elements from Huaxia, India, and Greece?"
"I command in the name of the Underworld King. Offer the black wings that can pierce the heavens. Sky, open your heart only for me!" Still refusing to give up, John activated the authority of [Super Transformation] once again.
Rumble—!!!
The ground around John shook with a level four earthquake as he transformed into a black demonic bird with a wingspan of over ten meters, capable of high-mobility flight without even flapping its wings.
Screech—!!
The demonic bird looked down at Huang and let out a piercing screech, which continuously emitted a pitch-black wind of destruction. However, the wind had no effect on Huang.
Forget the underworld armor; not even Huang's face sustained a single scratch.
"Smoking Mirror, the sign of Tezcatlipoca!" The demonic bird chanted a Kotodama, spewing poisonous smoke from its mouth that could paralyze a victim's magical power. The smoke surged toward Huang and instantly blanketed the area.
"Royal Demon Rose!!"
Seeing the spreading poisonous smoke, Huang waved his hand. Countless beautiful, bright red roses and thorns instantly bloomed around him, isolating the smoke the moment they appeared.
"What kind of roses are those?!"
The demonic bird looked down from the sky at the field of Royal Demon Roses protecting Huang, unable to understand how mere flowers could block Tezcatlipoca's poisonous smoke.
Huang took a step forward and explained:
"These are the Royal Demon Roses unique to our Underworld. They were planted to fend off invaders and possess a toxicity comparable to the Hydra."
"Since you dared to attack me with poison, I shall retaliate in kind. Fighting poison with poison."
As he spoke, several black roses appeared between Huang's fingers, and the final sign of the Zodiac, Pisces, appeared behind him.
"Piranhan Rose!!"
Swish—!!
Huang threw the black roses like darts. Countless black roses struck the demonic bird in the sky. True to their name, the roses were like the teeth of a piranha, possessing immense destructive power; anything they touched, no matter how hard, would be instantly pulverized.
The demonic bird shrieked in agony as the Piranhan Roses embedded themselves in its body. It was as if a school of piranhas were swimming inside it, devouring its internal organs.
Countless black feathers fell as the demonic bird plummeted from the sky. As the feathers drifted down, John's figure reappeared. This time, however, his cloak had turned into falling feathers, and his mask was partially shattered.
Through the crack in the mask, her red hair and eyes were visible.
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