Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

But just as he rushed close, a phantom image suddenly appeared around the Pharaoh.

The phantom of the Eagle God.

It enveloped the Pharaoh, its wings embracing him, its golden eyes fixed on Liu Nian.

Liu Nian tried to rush over, but with a flap of the transparent wings, a powerful repulsive force came from the phantom and pushed him away.

This isn't a shield or any kind of protective cover; it's just a very strange defensive mechanism that doesn't cause any damage. Its only effect is that if you rush at me, I'll push you away... It's a bit like the repulsive force generated when the magnetic poles of two magnets are in the same direction.

Liu Nian couldn't even get close to him!

He frowned.

He tried a few more times.

It's always the same—after rushing a certain distance, it gets pushed away by those wings!

Even Shadow Strike and Unstoppable Force couldn't get close!

That's a bit outrageous. Even a seemingly unstoppable, uncontrollable state like Super Armor could be pushed away! That's just absurd!

It seems this thing is for preventing close-range attacks!

Arachne cast spells of dispelling curses, dispelling spells, counterspells, and silencing spells from the sidelines...

None of it worked.

The phantom remained completely still.

Just then, a delicate shout came from afar.

Purple lightning descended from the sky and struck the pharaoh's head with a crack.

-329.87 million!

Liu Nian turned his head to look—Yun Xiangrong was standing several hundred meters away, her hands forming a mudra, surrounded by several purple electric orbs.

She had just escaped the attack of the light pillar and immediately unleashed her ultimate move.

"Can it cause harm?" Liu Nian's eyes lit up.

It seems that the phantom only defends against close-range attacks.

It is ineffective against ranged magic.

"Arachne!" Liu Nian shouted, "Unleash the ultimate move!"

Arachne immediately reverted to her goddess form and began chanting incantations. Arcane cones of light began to fall from the sky, striking the Pharaoh.

Liu Nian was also busy.

He took a deep breath, and the dragon's mouth opened—

Dragon Breath Technique!

Golden flames erupted from his mouth, like a pillar of fire, and slammed into the Pharaoh.

The little dragon followed suit, spewing out a slightly smaller fan-shaped stream of fire dragon breath.

The four opened fire simultaneously, raining down various attacks on the Pharaoh.

The Pharaoh raised his scepter and began his counterattack.

Lightning, hail, gales, a deadly aura, a death nova—

Various wide-area spells of immense power rained down one after another.

But the damage... remains the same.

Liu Nian was hit by the Death Nova and lost more than three million HP.

He didn't even bother to hide.

In just a few minutes, the Pharaoh's health dropped below one billion.

A flash of golden light, and the golden body shone brightly again.

[The Hand of Pharaoh enters the next phase]

Liu Nian stopped and looked at the second stone pillar.

The stone pillar was trembling violently.

The snake-headed god is coming down.

The Pharaoh's voice rang out once more, echoing across the entire desert:

"Now, face the wrath of the Serpent God!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the snake-headed god snaked down from the stone pillar.

Its body is over a hundred meters long and as thick as a train. Its entire body is covered with dark green scales, each the size of a shield, and its vertical pupils are like two lamps.

Liu Nian went straight to meet him.

A dragon and a snake were locked in a fierce battle in the night sky.

The two colossal beasts were locked in a fierce struggle in mid-air, locked in a deadly battle.

The Serpent God's life value is the same as the Eagle God's, both being 12 billion.

But it poses absolutely no threat to Liu Nian!

After Liu Nian stacked steel twice during the strangulation, he killed the Serpent God.

The serpent-headed god let out a resentful hiss, its body disintegrating into countless specks of light.

[Big Eater +1]

The pharaoh's golden statue disappeared again.

The 10-minute countdown has begun.

Liu Nian pounced again, first gaining 3.6 million health points in one go, and then coiling around the Pharaoh like a snake!

To avoid being pushed away, he even tied his long body in a knot!

But it didn't work!

Magic is completely irrational, and Liu Nian was still sent flying in a flash!

"Damn it!" Liu Nian was furious. Seeing that the hateful eagle god phantom was reappearing around the old man, Liu Nian wondered how he could break this thing!

Yun Xiangrong launched another attack, but this time, something even more outrageous happened!

A bolt of purple lightning struck down—

The phantom of the serpent god suddenly emerged from beneath the Pharaoh's feet, opened its mouth, and swallowed the bolt of lightning whole.

Yun Xiangrong was stunned.

Liu Nian was also stunned.

He looked at Arachne.

Arachne also looked solemn.

"Master, that phantom... can devour magical attacks."

"This is troublesome!" Liu Nian frowned.

He got it.

Each animal god that is slain grants the Pharaoh a power.

Eagle God's ability—to deflect close-range attacks.

The Serpent God's ability: to devour ranged magic.

So next...

He looked at the remaining ten stone pillars.

Cat God, Jackal God, Crocodile God, Beetle God...

Each animal god brings new abilities.

This boss gets harder and harder as you progress!

Is this the level of difficulty of a regional boss...?

"Animal God...wait!" Liu Nian suddenly remembered something and shouted, "Arachne, is it possible that the phantom of the Animal God isn't magic, but divine magic?"

Arachne was taken aback by what he heard.

Yes! The twelve totem poles... are projections of some kind of deity.

Therefore, it is very likely that this thing is some kind of divine magic!

Therefore, the counter-spells that Arachne used before were of course useless!

"Can you break it?" he asked.

"I'll give it a try!" Arachne closed her eyes.

The next second, her pupils blazed with intense light, golden divine sparks emanating from them, and a gigantic phantom faintly appeared behind her—

That was her own divine projection.

Eight spider legs, a woman's upper body, and eyes burning with golden flames.

She slowly recited a spell.

The space around the Pharaoh suddenly began to tremble.

Like glass being struck hard, cracks appear from the void and spread inch by inch.

Liu Nian's eyes lit up.

"It works!"

He took a deep breath, and his body suddenly tensed up.

Unstoppable!

Liu Nian transformed into a golden streak of light and crashed fiercely into the Pharaoh.

"boom--!!!"

After a deafening roar like an earthquake, both illusory figures shattered simultaneously.

Liu Nian crashed headfirst into Pharaoh's arms.

He went up and threw a punch!

Duang ~

[Heart of Steel activated, HP increased by 3.6 million]

……

The battle that followed was no longer in doubt. Knowing the twelve stages of the battle, knowing that these beast-headed gods possessed divine magical abilities, and that Arachne could break these divine spells, then with Liu Nian's combat power, defeating the Hand of the Pharaoh was no longer a surprise.

The third-stage Cat God grants the ability of infinite teleportation... The fourth-stage Jackal God grants an instant-death curse... The fifth-stage Crocodile God grants indestructible scales... The sixth-stage Beetle God grants infinite summoning...

But no matter what kind of abilities were given to them, Liu Nian and Arachne cracked them one by one!