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Chapter 786 Pikachu, You're Free
Snapped,

"Landslide!"

Xiao Gang clapped his hands, and the ground suddenly turned into a torrent of mud that spread out, engulfing the figure of the Minotaur 'Blood King,' who was covered in thick armor and resembled an iron fortress.

"Onix, go!"

The massive 'Orochi' suddenly lunged out and, taking advantage of the 'Blood King's' momentary lapse in balance, tightly coiled around it.

"Roar roar roar roar~~~!"

Its feet were covered in mud, and a giant rock snake was coiled around its body;
Beneath the Blood King's Hellfire Armor, the muscles in his throat contracted incessantly, emitting a roar amplified a thousandfold.

The current predicament made the demon even angrier and more frenzied. Its muscles were bulging violently, causing its heavy armor to twist and deform, emitting a piercing metallic scraping sound. Amidst the giant rock snake's painful hiss, it was trying to break free with brute force.
"Such incredible strength!"

Xiao Gang was extremely anxious. The Great Onix was known for its defense, and when combined with its "Earth Flow" technique, it could completely drag most of the Tiger-level monsters into the swamp.

However, during the Blood King's frantic struggle, the viscous mud was continuously splashed out like water; the Onix's restraints were also in jeopardy, and it was unable to control its opponent.

Without thinking twice, he raised his hand again and bit his thumb, blood seeping out as he slapped it onto the ground.

"Super Sonic Bat!"

A bat the size of a millstone was summoned.

As its name suggests, this bat possesses the ability to emit ultrasonic waves; of course, all bats possess this ability, but:

Buzzing buzzing buzzing

As the bat, the size of a millstone, flapped its wings and opened its massive mouth, ripples spread through the air like water. As the ultrasonic waves descended, the 'Blood King,' which had been struggling fiercely, let out a painful roar.

No matter how thick the armor or how high the defense, it cannot stop the erosion of ultrasonic waves.

For a moment, a stalemate ensued.

But it was just a stalemate!

Xiaoxia and the others
Taking the opportunity to glance at the other battlefields, Xiao Gang felt much more at ease.

Unlike him, Xiaoxia was dominating her opponent: she had simultaneously fused 'Goldfish' and 'Starfish', and was flying and traversing the created pool of water, making it impossible for her opponent to lift his head.

On the other side, Tsukiyo's situation wasn't so easy.

"Fallen angel?"

The little girl, whose sleeve had been neatly cut off, stared seriously at the figure before her.

Is this a deep blue demon, or perhaps an angel?

It was clad in a magnificent and exquisite golden armor, just like the orthodox angels of the 'Dark Demiplane'; however, its armor was covered with dense, azure veins, indistinguishable as either magical runes or blood vessels.

A pair of enormous, azure demon wings spread behind him, gleaming with a cold yet brilliant platinum light;

Unlike the madness and chaos of other demons, this fallen angel possessed a noble, arrogant, and cold aura.

"My name is Izual,"

The demon, with huge, pale, pointed horns protruding from its head, calmly announced its name.

"This sword was named 'Azure Fury,' though it has now fallen."

He raised the enormous scimitar burning with pale flames; the once straight holy sword had now been twisted into a scimitar full of sharp teeth.

"But its power is equally impressive."

With those chilling words, the fallen angel brandished his sword;

A magnificent, yet indescribably cold and ruthless white light flashed by suddenly.

Tear—!

A pale, corrupted holy light suddenly swept across the battlefield, plunging straight into the 'spectator stands,' severing the limbs of a group of unfortunate souls and splitting them in two; it also cleaved a bottomless sword mark across the magnificent arena, spanning more than a dozen spectator stands.

"It's truly terrifying."

Suddenly dodging the sword, Kozuki Yomi raised both hands:
"Shinra Tenzheng!"

"All things are attracted by heaven!"

The forces of repulsion and attraction simultaneously struck the fallen angel: the violent tearing of these two opposing forces would leave even a demon-level being severely injured, if not killed.

Look—

That light is false! That covenant is decayed!
The dark wings of the fallen morning star will veil the council of the Most High!

Faced with these two violent forces, the fallen angel 'Izual' spread its wings, and layers of pale holy light formed magical protection on its wings: in the blink of an eye, they were torn to shreds, but when the two forces landed on it, they only managed to make its golden armor creak.

Izual was once the lieutenant of Tyrael, the 'Angel of Justice,' and was a renowned and fierce general in the Cloud Heaven.

Later, after entering the Burning Hell, he was captured and corrupted by demons, and his strength was naturally considerable.

This is troublesome.
Kozuki Yomi found it somewhat tricky.

Her 'Eye of God' had only been awakened for a short time, and her various abilities still needed to be trained.

If even Universal Pull and Divine Raid are ineffective, then there is only one option:
"Spiral pills!"

When in doubt, make a dumpling.

Anyway, the Rasengan is a neutral attack, so it will deal full damage to anyone. As for the outcome, let's see what Ash has to say.

Originally, Kozuki Yami was prepared to fight outnumbered, but a fallen angel and two demons immediately came down from the audience: if it weren't for the King of Sin's "discretion," they would be the ones being besieged by thousands of demons now.

While Kozuki Yami could escape using 'reverse summoning,' the other three were stuck here.

Is it really the only option left to ask my father for help?
Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

crackling and popping

Ash, now transformed into a bolt of lightning, is relentlessly attacking the 'King of Sin'!
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh

As Ash's fist blasted out at high speed,
One after another, ball-shaped lightning bolts roared in from all directions; relying on their speed, one person could transform into dozens or even hundreds to launch an attack.

The Killing Release is an upgraded bloodline limit of 'Storm Release' and 'Wood Release'. Wood Release strengthens the body inside and out, while Storm Release has special control abilities. It allows violent lightning to flow through the meridians like blood, causing Ash's speed and strength to surge, explode, and increase dramatically!
"Haha, the power of fun, fun!"

However, Azmodan is the King of Sin, second only to the three Prime Evils. Despite his bloated and heavy appearance, he is actually quite fast.

As he swung his fists, his arms disappeared in the blink of an eye;

Only a series of magical orbs, radiating the power of decay, violence, curses, and chaos, emanated from him.

Boom boom boom boom boom! ! !
Lightning and the magic sphere exploded one after another, and twisted, filthy, and frenzied souls struggled, howled, and roared in the lightning: the King of Sin casually struck out hundreds and thousands of vengeful evil spirits: once tainted by these evil spirits, even superhumans would fall into madness.

The two sides clashed, resulting in a scene reminiscent of a dense nuclear bombardment!

However, how fast is Ash?

Let alone a mere evil spirit, even Azmodan wouldn't be able to catch him so easily.

But this is the territory of the King of Sin: even without the help of thousands of demons, the opponent's strength is still enough to defeat Ash!
This can't go on.

No matter how fiercely Ash attacked,

It is still very difficult to inflict a fatal wound on this demon king.

If it's just a minor external injury, given the Demon King's nature, it can visibly heal itself out of thin air. Once Ash's outburst ends, that will be the moment of his defeat! Moreover, Misty, Brock, and others might not be able to withstand it.

Quick and decisive

"Try this trick—"

Xiao Zhi suddenly stopped in his tracks, his palms facing each other.

He placed it on his waist and assumed the starting stance for the 'Kamehameha'.

?

boom------

The next second, with Ash pushing with both palms, a beam of blazing white lightning shot out, heading straight for the King of Sin like a 'Kamehameha'!

Storm Release: Storm Demon Dragon

A massive, straight pillar of lightning crashed down upon the King of Sin, leaving the demon king with nothing but blindingly bright flashes of lightning! Apart from the deafening roar of thunder, no other sound could be heard!

Lightning travels at about 1/10 to 1/3 the speed of light, which is by no means slow: if compared to the speed of sound, it is ten thousand times the speed of sound!
This was a fatal blow that consumed most of Xiaozhi's spiritual power, and even a dragon-level being would not dare to underestimate it.

It was too late to dodge!

"The Mouth of the Abyss—"

Since you can't hide, then don't hide.

On Azmodan's enormous belly, the massive maw of fangs suddenly opened, forming a huge vortex in front of it: the straight-on 'Storm Ghost Dragon' plunged into the vortex, as if being absorbed by the 'Gluttony' desire to devour even the world, and was directly swallowed into the giant maw.

This is one of Azmodan's abilities; he can absorb one of the opponent's skills.
However, this move is also his "ultimate move," and after using it once, it will enter a period of cooldown.

"Hiccup~~"

As the giant maw absorbed the pillar of lightning, the King of Sin had already turned around;
Because Ash's move was just a feint: That's right! The powerful move that consumed most of his spiritual energy was merely a feint.

As the King of Sin took the attack with its belly-shaped mouth, Ash had already sped over. And then—

crackling

A figure enveloped in electric light
It flew past the enormous body of the King of Evil!

?

I see,

Ash did not take the opportunity to attack the King of Evil.
In reality, with his Demon-level strength, it's unrealistic for him to instantly kill the Dragon-level King of Sin.

Given the Demon King's nature, he can continuously regenerate as long as he isn't instantly killed; moreover, this is someone else's territory, and there are millions of 'spectators' around who can join the battle at any time.

crackling and popping—

So Ash, trailing long bolts of lightning, was aiming for Pikachu, who was strapped to the 'X' execution rack!
"Get out of the way, Ash!!"

Raichu could see this, and so could the King of Sin.

The King of Sin turned around and raised his palm, the 'rage' that could burn everything was already burning in his palm; it shrank into a death ray and shot towards the execution rack, intending to force Ash to back away.

With Ash's speed, dodging the death ray shooting from behind wouldn't be difficult.

but:

You only get one chance!
The 10-year-old elementary school student showed no confusion or hesitation at that moment;
He raised his right hand, and lightning covered it, transforming it into a legendary sword that could cut through everything.

"don't want--"

Amid Pikachu's exclamation, Ash raised his right hand high.

Then strike it down fiercely!

Pfft

Click!

With a single 'Thunderous Strike' chop, Ash severed the blood-stained chains and lunged forward, catching Pikachu in his arms.

Rolling around

The figure that was thrown out tumbled through the black iron thorns, spraying drops of blood.

"Cough cough,"

The lightning on his body suddenly surged into Pikachu in his arms, and Ash, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, managed a weak smile.

"Pikachu, this is my last lightning strike."

Please accept this. And:
Feel sorry,

Thump,

? ? ? ?
Ash's body collapsed limply into the thorns.
In an instant, the entire arena seemed to be paused.

"Brother Xiaozhi?"

"This"

All beings were stunned.
Surrounded by countless demons, humans, and angels, the 'child' actually withstood the King of Sin's attack, broke his chains, and released his companions.

"Crazy."

"He's insane!"

The demons all expressed disbelief.

In their eyes, this kind of behavior—risking one's life for others—is simply insane.

Even the King of Sin, who defeated his enemy in one move, was somewhat stunned: he did not expect to kill this top legendary expert so easily.
A Demon-level monster, caught completely off guard, takes a direct hit from a Dragon-level attack; it's no wonder it dies.

"Fool."

With a bloody, gaping hole in his back, a yellow-haired rat crawled out from beneath the fallen Xiao Zhi.

"Who asked you to save them?!"

"Get up! Didn't you want to become the strongest trainer?!"

crackling

crackling and popping

Bolts of lightning struck Ash, attempting to perform CPR on him: however, his heart had been pierced through from behind, rendering any electric shocks useless.

Faced with this scene, Raichu, who had just escaped, could no longer hold back his tears.

"Woooooo~~~~"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

P.S.: I recommend a book by a friend in our group called "I Cultivate All Laws with the Dao Embryo." He's a veteran author who has written 270 million words of Xianxia (fantasy/martial arts) novels. He recently came back and asked me to help him promote his book. You can check it out if you have time. Anyway, I've already mentioned the disclaimer (looking up at the sky).

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