Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 391: Ian is going to die again.

In the eyes of the evil god.

The scales of victory have completely tipped in our favor.

His laughter was rampant, with a Cthulhu-esque, sinister quality.

"Hahaha--!"

The evil god let out a deafening laugh, filled with the smug satisfaction of surviving a catastrophe and the utmost mockery of insignificant mortals. After a brief period of disarray, His massive body began to display an even more terrifying regenerative power and strength.

The severed tentacles regenerated at a visible speed, the purifying light of the Starlight Spear was rapidly covered by pus, and the impact of the Hymn of the Dead was buffered by layers of flesh and blood. His power, far from being weakened, became even more violent and unpredictable after absorbing Ian's "Paradoxical Power"!
"See that? Ants!"

The sixteen faces of the evil god grinned simultaneously, their voices like the shrieks of billions of souls converging, piercing Ian's very soul. "Is this the insignificant 'favor' he bestowed upon you after you communicated with that long-dead remnant? With this clumsy trick that you can't even truly understand a 'concept,' you dare to presume to shake my 'perfection'?!"

"If you had been willing before, I could have given you so much more! Infinite power, eternal life, and a comprehension that surpasses everything! But you chose that loser who couldn't even protect his own divine body!" His crimson eyes were fixed on Ian, his thoughts filled with naked temptation and contempt.

"You have no idea what 'choosing sides' means! Open your eyes, which are blinded by ignorance! I am the future! I am order! I am 'perfection'!"

“Originally, by following me, you would have gained power far beyond mortal imagination! Your bloodline would have been ‘perfectly’ sublimated by me! Your magical talents would have been forged in this ‘perfect’ flame to create miracles surpassing those of the gods! But you chose a remnant of the past destined to be buried! Foolish! Pathetic!”

With that maniacal laughter, the evil god ceased its passive defense. It gathered all its power, and the "Eye of Ra" erupted with an unprecedented, all-consuming crimson light!

Countless new, thicker, and more ferocious tentacles emerged from His body like giant pythons, carrying an aura of annihilation. They no longer attacked only Hades and his wife, but instead turned all their attacks on each other, transforming into a terrifying torrent of purplish-red energy composed of pure destructive power, which madly crushed towards Ian and Hades and his wife behind him!

In that torrent, Ian even saw faint remnants of the distorted "conceptual annihilation" divine authority, like venomous fangs, gleaming with an ominous light.

An apocalyptic pressure descends!

The crimson torrent of pure destructive energy, like the sky collapsing and the earth splitting, crushed down upon Ian, Osiris, and Isis with the force to annihilate everything. The air was compressed to its limit, emitting a piercing shriek, and space itself cracked like a spiderweb. Ian could clearly see the distorted afterimages of "conceptual annihilation" within the torrent, like the fangs of a venomous snake, gleaming with an ominous light, their target aimed directly at his soul.

"Stop it!" The Hymn of the Dead, sung by Hades Osiris, instantly reached its limit, transforming into an incredibly thick black sonic shield formed from the wails of countless souls, fiercely meeting the torrent! Isis crossed her arms in front of her chest, the starlight around her suddenly receding before erupting again, transforming into a star-like barrier composed of countless rotating rings of starlight engraved with sealing runes, standing shoulder to shoulder with the sonic shield!

"boom--!!!"

An indescribable roar! At the center of the collision of divine power, a deadly burst of light erupted! The sonic shield trembled violently under the impact of the crimson torrent, its surface of illusory ghosts being torn apart and annihilated, emitting mournful howls. The starlight rings on the stellar barrier shattered layer by layer, the sealing runes breaking inch by inch. Isis groaned, a trickle of starlight-like blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Before this all-out destructive attack from the evil god, the two powerful defenses crumbled rapidly like sandcastles in a storm!
"Now! Ian! Opportunity!" Just as the sonic shield was about to shatter, Osiris used his last strength to forcefully push the remaining sonic power towards Ian, creating a powerful thrust! At the same moment the star barrier collapsed, Isis condensed her last starlight into an arrow and shot it at an energy node next to the evil god "Ra's Eye," creating an extremely brief and weak opening!

Like an arrow released from a bow, in that fraction of a second that Hades and his wife had bought with their lives and divine power, Ian squeezed out all the magic and boiling bloodline power within him, transforming it into a jet-black stream of light, heading straight for the pulsating "Eye of Ra" on the neck of the evil god! The tip of his wand once again condensed the "Concept Annihilation" ripples that shimmered with golden and silver logical chains, his target clear!

However, the evil god reacted faster than anyone could have imagined! The instant Ian charged forward, His massive body, which had been restrained by Hades and his wife, forcibly twisted at an illogical speed! Several thick tentacles, like giant pythons, that had been lurking nearby, swept in from a tricky angle with a shrill shriek that tore through space! Their target was not Ian himself, but his path! The tentacles lashed out at space, creating distorted force fields and turbulent energy flows, like invisible walls, forcefully deflecting Ian's charging trajectory!

"Pfft!" Ian was slammed into by the turbulent current, his magic shield shattering instantly. His body was flung away like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into a dilapidated temple pillar in the distance. The pillar collapsed with a deafening roar, burying him halfway. The "Concept Annihilation" ripple, condensed to its extreme, dissipated upon impact.

"Hahaha! Naive! You thought I'd be completely unprepared?!" The evil god let out a triumphant laugh, its massive crimson eyes flashing with cruel light. It gave the Hades and his wife no chance to breathe; all its tentacles, like resurrected giant trees, lashed out with unparalleled power, relentlessly binding and suppressing them!
“Damn it, this guy’s power is simply unreasonable.” Ian gritted his teeth, constantly switching spells in an attempt to find the evil god’s weakness. But just as he feared, any spell would lose its effectiveness after a few uses. Seth-Appepp’s ability to learn and adapt had reached an unbelievable level.

"It's useless! It's useless!"

The evil god laughed maniacally, his wings of light unleashing a destructive rain of energy. "I have completely understood your magic system! Now, I'll show you what true power is!"

Seth Appepp's body suddenly began to spin rapidly.

A massive energy vortex was formed. All the energy in the world—light, darkness, life, death, and even time and space—was forcibly extracted and incorporated into this vortex.

Osiris and Isis both paled: "He's extracting the essence of the world! Stop him!"

But it was too late. The energy vortex had already formed and was expanding at an alarming rate. Everything in its path was broken down into the most primordial energy particles, which were then absorbed into the vortex.

Ian felt his magic being forcibly drained, and even the bloodline power ignited by the sun god Ra began to fluctuate erratically. Hades and his wife were in even worse shape—as gods, their essence was connected to the origin of the world, and they were now suffering unprecedented pain.

“Enjoy your final moments, you foolish mortals!” Seth-Appepp’s voice came from the center of the vortex, filled with frenzied joy. “When the vortex expands to its limit, everything will become one—a part of me!”

The energy vortex, like an ever-expanding black hole, devours everything in its path. Pyramids, temples, the Nile River, and even light cannot escape its gravity.

Ian and the Hades couple were forced to retreat continuously, but the vortex expanded far faster than they could move.

Countless ideas flashed through Ian's mind, but none of them could handle a disaster of this scale. Just as he was almost in despair, a voice suddenly resounded in his mind:
"The Eye of Ra. The Eye of Ra must be destroyed!" It was the voice of Ra, the sun god, weaker than before. "That is the key. The only key."

Ian looked up sharply at the evil god at the center of the vortex. Amidst the wildly spinning energy, Ra's Eye remained clearly visible, like a calm point in the eye of a storm, radiating an ominous light.

But how do we break through this energy vortex? How do we get close to that mad core?
As Ian pondered this deeply, the edge of the energy vortex loomed ever closer. The aura of death was palpable, a true, ultimate destruction from which even the gods could not escape.

Seth Appepp's maniacal laughter echoed throughout the land: "Embrace nothingness! This is your end!"

The energy vortex, like an ever-expanding cosmic black hole, devoured everything in its path.

Ian Prince, Hades, and Isis were forced to retreat continuously, but the vortex expanded far faster than they could move.

The massive stones of the pyramids were uprooted, the waters of the Nile River flowed back into the sky, and even the light was distorted and deformed at the edge of the whirlpool.

"Hold the line! Hold on!" Osiris roared, slamming his hooked staff into the ground. The waters of the Styx surged from the crack, forming a black barrier that temporarily held back the erosion of the energy vortex. But the barrier crumbled at a visible speed, clearly unable to hold for long.

Isis raised the Anka Cross above her head, and life energy cascaded down like a waterfall, reinforcing the Styx barrier. "This can't go on! We must get closer to the core!"

Ian gritted his teeth, feeling the surge of the sun god's power within him.

The ignited Prince bloodline granted him temporary power comparable to that of a god, but he still felt powerless against an energy vortex of this scale. "I'll try to open a passage!"

Ian pointed his wand at the vortex.

"A paradoxical path!"

A silver path was forcibly carved out of the energy vortex. This path both existed and did not exist, cleverly avoiding most of the vortex's power. However, the path was extremely unstable, constantly on the verge of collapse.

"Hurry!" Ian shouted, "This road won't last more than a few seconds!"

Osiris and Isis charged into the path without hesitation, with Ian close behind. The three raced along the paradoxical path, flanked by wildly swirling turbulent energy currents; a single misstep would result in their annihilation.

Just as they were about to reach the center of the vortex, Seth Appepp's maniacal laughter rang out again: "Naive!"

Countless energy tentacles suddenly shot out from the vortex wall, heading straight for the three. These tentacles were composed entirely of pure energy, possessing both physical impact and a corrosive quality on a conceptual level.

"careful!"

Osiris swung his hooked staff, severing several tentacles. But more tentacles kept pouring in.

Isis then unleashed a masterful defensive technique, with the Anka Cross spinning to form a protective sphere, temporarily shielding the three of them. However, the tentacles continued to pound against the shield, producing a deafening roar.

"This can't go on like this!"

Ian said anxiously, "Someone has to distract him while another person gets close to the Eye of Ra!"

“Let’s create an opportunity!” Osiris and Isis exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.

Hades suddenly withdrew his defenses, pointing his staff at the center of the vortex: "Judgment of the Underworld!"

A jet-black beam of energy shot straight into the core of the vortex, temporarily freezing the energy vortex wherever it passed. This was one of Osiris's ultimate powers as the ruler of the underworld, capable of temporarily freezing the flow of all energy.

Isis simultaneously cast: "Life Blossoms!"

Countless golden flowers bloomed within the energy vortex, each absorbing the surrounding energy and transforming it into pure life force. These flowers spread rapidly, temporarily halting the expansion of the vortex.

good chance!
Ian immediately transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the center of the vortex at top speed. But just as he was about to touch the Eye of Ra—an unexpected event still occurred.

"I've been waiting for you!"

Seth Appepp let out a cold laugh.

Dozens of energy tentacles suddenly shot out from the void, forming a perfect trap. Caught off guard, Ian was immediately entangled by the tentacles.

These tentacles not only restricted his movements but also continuously absorbed his magic.

"Ian!"

Isis cried out in alarm, trying to get help, but she was entangled by other tentacles.

Osiris struggled to sever several tentacles, but more immediately filled the gap. The evil god had clearly been prepared, setting this trap specifically for them.

The energy vortex began to expand again, and this time at an even faster pace. The Styx barrier collapsed completely, and the flowers of life withered. Osiris and Isis were forced to focus solely on their own survival and were no longer able to aid Ian.

"Poor ants."

Seth Appepp's voice was full of sarcasm, "You really think you can beat me? How ridiculous!"

The face of the evil god gradually emerged from the center of the vortex—a gigantic face composed of pure energy, blotting out the sky. The Eye of Ra was embedded in the center of its forehead, like a third eye gazing down upon all living beings.

"Look at yourselves now," the evil god continued to mock, "Lord of the Underworld? Goddess of Life? And that self-important wizard? Before my power, you are nothing but slightly larger insects."

Osiris tried to struggle, but the energy tentacles tightened their grip, even pulling his staff away. Isis's situation was even worse; her life energy was being continuously drained, and her face turned ashen.

“Especially you, Ian Prince.”

The evil god turned his gaze to the tightly bound raven. "You had the opportunity to gain more. I could have given you power surpassing that of the gods, eternal life, and infinite knowledge. But you chose that failed sun god."

Ian, in his raven form, struggled desperately, but the energy tentacles were like the strongest shackles, binding him tighter the more he struggled.

"But that's okay."

The evil god's voice suddenly turned gleeful, "Once I devour your soul and absorb all your knowledge and talents, that power will still be mine. And you will suffer eternal pain and regret within my body!"

The energy tentacles pulled Ian toward the enormous face of the evil god. The mouth slowly opened, revealing not teeth, but a swirling vortex of energy, radiating a terrifying suction force.

"Become a part of me!" the evil god laughed maniacally. "After that, you'll have plenty of time to regret your choice! I assure you of that."

At that moment, Ian felt his consciousness begin to blur, as if his soul was being ripped from his body. He could feel the power of the evil god permeating every cell of his body.

They tried to devour everything he had.

(End of this chapter)