Infinite Chimera Creation

However, instead of confronting the Fox King head-on as he had expected, the White God retreated rapidly, keeping himself out of the Fox King's attack range.

With her hands clasped together in front of her chest, the cold smile on Shirakami's beautiful face deepened, and she uttered icy words as she parted her lips slightly.

"A reckless act."

A vast amount of demonic power gathered in the circle formed by the White God's arms in front of his chest. Pure light began to emerge from within the circle, forming a small gate of light.

"Come out, my believers."

As the White God whispered, a blurry figure appeared within the portal of light, and quickly became clearer.

"cut!!"

With a murderous shout, a cold blade of light shot out from the portal, slashing towards the Fox King's head with lightning speed.

Although the slash was extremely fast, it did not exceed Alaya's analytical speed, so the Fox King simply moved two steps to the left and easily dodged it.

"Impossible! My deadly attack was dodged!"

A burly man with disheveled hair and a stubble beard, looking like a wild man, burst out of the portal, his eyes wide open, and he shouted incredulously. Perhaps it was due to his naturally loud voice, but his roar even made the leaves on the trees by the roadside tremble slightly.

Suddenly, a foot shot out from the portal, kicking Taro, who was still blocking it, to the ground. Then, a person dressed as an Onmyoji stepped out of the portal, calmly standing on Taro, their expression reserved, like a human nobleman, speaking in a tone that was cold, arrogant, and disdainful.

"Shut up, Taro, you idiot! Even through the light gate, your voice is making my ears hurt. My lord should cast a permanent silencing spell on you so you can never speak again!"

As he spoke, the Onmyoji's gaze slowly moved, passing over the seemingly surprised Fox King and the complex-looking Minghui, finally landing on Shirakami, and in an instant, his indifference turned into fervor.

"The sorcerer Amakusa pays homage to my lord."

Seeing Amakusa and Taro appear, Meikai sighed softly, took a step forward, and intended to intervene in the battle. She could see that the Fox King was putting immense pressure on Shirakami. Although Shirakami spoke with disdain, his act of summoning followers right at the start of the battle indicated that he was prepared for a tough fight.

At this moment, Minghui couldn't care less about Baishen's pride. Even if Baishen complained about her afterwards, she still had to intervene in the battlefield.

Although Minghui was eager to get involved in the battlefield, there were some people who would never allow her to have her way.

The Fox King pulled out a handful of black gemstone fragments from his robes, a faint smile playing on his lips, and began the summoning under the guidance of Alaya.

The summoning process was originally supposed to be random, but this random process was actually controlled by Alaya, which is the data center. Therefore, the random summoning became a targeted summoning.

A pale crack opened in the air, and the griffin loli, whose body was blood red and whose strength had greatly increased after Yuan Yuan's second modification, slowly walked out of the door.

P.S., I always get a headache when it comes to battle chapters [facepalm]

Chapter Fifty-Three: Despair (Part Four)

The massive griffin slowly emerged from the pale crack, its body swirling with a crimson aura resembling countless roaring undead, every movement exuding an extreme sense of danger.

Upon seeing the terrifying monster appear in the sky, Shirogane's pupils constricted sharply, a look of surprise appearing on his face. He couldn't help but gasp softly.

"The gatekeeper!"

When the three-headed dog among the gatekeepers completely overwhelmed the three great demons at the same time, Bai Shen was watching from not far away. He knew that the strength of these gatekeepers was not comparable to that of ordinary great demons.

Josephine glanced coldly at the White God, ignoring him, and turned to the Fox King, speaking in a cold voice.

"You're skilled enough to summon me here against the rules. But rules are rules. Summoning against the rules requires paying with the entire bloodline and soul of a great demon, without delay. If you can't produce it now, I'll take your bloodline and soul."

"Please rest assured, gatekeeper, the offerings have already been prepared."

The Fox King's indifferent face broke into a smile devoid of any genuine emotion. He pulled a blood-red bead from his robes and tossed it to Josephine. Within the bead, a powerful black bull could be clearly seen struggling and roaring.

Upon seeing the black bull's soul within the bead, Josephine's eyes flashed with satisfaction, and she swallowed it whole.

"Now that the offerings have been received, please, gatekeeper, stop that young lady over there and prevent her from interfering in my battle, okay?"

Josephine's gaze shifted to the only woman present, and her expression suddenly changed. The coldness in her eyes faded slightly, replaced by a more complex look.

"I never imagined that my first encounter with the lower world would be against my father's daughter. This is truly..."

Hearing Josephine's words, Minghui was overjoyed and became excited. Just now, when Josephine looked at her, she felt her blood freeze; the intense sense of danger even rendered her speechless. Since birth, no one had ever brought her such intense fear. Even when Yuan Yuan's will descended, she didn't feel much fear because of the connection between their bloodlines.

Originally, Ash was already in despair. She knew that she absolutely could not defeat this terrifying blood-red monster and could not help White God at all.

But Josephine's words gave Minghui new hope. He eagerly took two steps forward, suppressing his fear to look directly into Josephine's eyes, trying his best to ignore the rage churning within them, and spoke rapidly.

"You just said Father, which means we are sisters, family, right? So, can you help me defeat the person who summoned you? No, no, even if you can't help, it's fine as long as you don't stop me, okay?"

Hearing Minghui's hurried words, the Fox King frowned and asked nervously in his mind.

Alaya, you've made a mistake? If a gatekeeper becomes my enemy, I have no confidence in escaping.

[Don't worry, I didn't make a mistake. This summoner is the most suitable. I'll borrow your help.]

However, Alaya's tone showed no sign of tension; it remained cold and indifferent, and as grand as celestial music.

The next moment, the Fox King was surprised to find that his body was moving on its own, uncontrollably. He raised his hands, clasped them together in front of him, wrists facing each other, palms towards the hesitant griffin, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Emotional rendering, jealousy, ten times the output."

Instantly, a crimson beam of light shot out from the Fox King's palm, accurately striking Josephine who was floating in the air. It quickly merged into the crimson mist around her, becoming indistinguishable from her.

Alright, now you can relax and enjoy your fight. Don't forget to keep your corpse intact.

Alaya calmly uttered a sentence and then fell silent, quietly analyzing the actions of everyone on the field for the Fox King and listing the necessary responses.

The moment the crimson beam of light merged into the red mist surrounding Josephine, her aura changed. Her already powerful and tyrannical aura intensified, and boundless jealousy and hatred surged in her eyes.

"Sisters? Relatives?"

Josephine emitted a faint sound, her wings slowly folding to completely cover her body. Then…

"Are you kidding me?!"

A furious voice suddenly rang out, and wings were suddenly spread open. What appeared in the air was no longer the huge and terrifying griffin, but a little girl with bloodshot eyes who looked only seven or eight years old.

Flapping her crimson wings, which seemed to blot out the sky, the little girl waved her slender arms, scattering countless blades formed from compressed spiritual energy towards the Ashes of Fate.

"How could we possibly be family?! How could I possibly be worthy of being your family?!"

As if she had lost her mind, the little girl roared wildly, her beautiful face contorted in pain.

“We followed Father when he was still very weak! Five hundred years!! Five hundred years!! For a full five hundred years, we have followed Father without a single complaint! But what was the result?!”

The spiritual energy blades sliced ​​open wound after wound on Ash's body, blood gushing out. Even though Ash repeatedly created substitutes to transfer the damage, new wounds continued to appear on her body.

"The result is that we have waited bitterly for five hundred years and are still not qualified to inherit Father's surname, not even having the chance to fight for it!! But what about you? You were born only four years ago and you already have the opportunity to inherit Father's surname!! Do you know, do you know how important it is to us to inherit Father's surname? It means recognition! Father's recognition!"

The repeated injuries caused Life Ash to weaken rapidly. Left with no other choice, Life Ash finally reverted to its original form, a giant gray snake with six scythe-like limbs at its seven-inch mark.

Upon seeing Ash's true form, Josephine's jealousy and hatred intensified.

“Ever since you were created, even before you were conscious, Father has never looked at me once. All of Father’s attention has been drawn to you! No matter how hard I try, no matter how much I try to bury myself in Father’s arms, Father won’t notice me! Not even a single scolding!! Do you understand that feeling of being forgotten!? You don’t understand! You understand nothing!!”

Despite its desperate struggles and attempts to evade, the giant gray snake was inevitably reduced to a bloody mess.

"To avoid being forgotten by Father, we even volunteered to become gatekeepers of Hell, standing alone in that desolate place. But even so, Father's gaze remains fixed on you!!"

Slowly, glistening tears slid from Josephine's eyes, falling into the air and refracting into a rainbow of colors.

"Father clearly said that we were his family, but since you came into our lives, we have been forgotten! All of this, all of this is your fault!!"

With her right hand, she plunged it into the giant snake's head. The little girl lowered her head, emitting a sound that was both a cry of pain and a roar.

"Do you know that it has been three hundred years since Father ruffled my hair and gave me a loving smile?"

Chapter Fifty-Four: Despair (Part Five)

"Now, for our sake, please die!"

With a low growl, Josephine plunged her other hand into the giant snake's head, crimson energy surging wildly from her body to her hands. Just as Josephine was about to tear the giant snake in two, a detached voice suddenly rang out from behind her.

"I'm sorry, but gatekeeper, please leave now. This girl cannot die yet."

Josephine was startled and turned to look behind her. She saw that in that short time, the Fox King had already killed the White God's followers and was now confronting the White God. Of course, most importantly, what the Fox King held in his right hand had turned into a red fragment.

"Damn it, how dare you! How dare you cancel the summon! I'll kill you, I'll definitely kill you!!"

The moment Josephine saw the fragments, she roared in fury. But no matter how angry she was, she could not change the fact that her body had begun to light up and disperse into countless points of light.

When the holder of the fragment releases the summon, the summoned person's body will be immediately turned into light, or rather, immediately killed, and then the soul will return to the resurrection pool in hell to reshape the body.

Therefore, the moment the Fox King released the summons, Josephine could no longer kill Ashbringer. Even if the soul of the summoned being could linger in the body for a moment after physical death, it still couldn't kill Ashbringer, a Great Demon, with just the soul. Perhaps the Starks, with their extremely powerful souls, could do it, but Josephine, whose two transformations focused on the physical body, absolutely could not.

"Scum, I've memorized your soul's essence. Even if you've changed bodies, I will definitely find you."

As the gatekeeper, Josephine was naturally well aware of these rules. She quickly suppressed her anger, staring coldly at the Fox King, her tone laced with murderous intent.

"I hereby declare that from this day forward, all life before me, as well as his descendants, relatives, friends, and all beings with whom he has a positive relationship, will be placed on the gatekeeper's blacklist. All gatekeepers who arrive will seek every means to kill them."

As the last words fell, Josephine's body finally turned into countless specks of light and dissipated into the air.

Faced with Josephine's threat, the Fox King smiled indifferently. He believed that with Alaya as his assistant and a computing network composed of hundreds of human and demon brains as its foundation, he would inevitably stand at the top of the era, just like the great demons in the epic tales of demons. Even the gatekeepers of hell, or even the entire hell, could not stop his rise.

Glancing at the lifeless ashes lying paralyzed on the ground, the Fox King beckoned to the gloomy-faced White God.

"Now, let's continue."

Inside the Great Hall of Hell, Yuan Yuan sat calmly on a stone chair, his face serene. Before him, seven one-way opening white slits floated silently, each monitoring a different place. These places were all different, but the only thing they had in common was the presence of a small snake in each one. And reflected in one of the slits was the image of Ming Hui, who lay collapsed on the ground.

Suddenly, in the hall where no one else was present except Yuan Yuan, a cold, mocking voice, unlike Yuan Yuan's, rang out.

"After hearing that child's cries, don't you want to do anything?"

Yuan Yuan seemed completely unsurprised by the appearance of the voice, calmly observing the changes within the white gap, and spoke indifferently.

"I've said it many times, the time isn't right, there's no need to do anything."

The owner of that voice seemed to be angered by Yuan Yuan's reply, and his voice suddenly became louder.

"The timing isn't right, what a load of bull! You've been using this rubbish to fob me off for three hundred years! Isn't that enough? The timing is simply to give those kids a hug and say to them, 'I'm sorry for neglecting you all these years.' What timing do you need? If you ask me, you just think that apologizing to those kids will make you lose face, that's why you've been dragging it out."

"Losing face? Even if I were covered in mud and lying on the roadside, no one would think I'm losing face."

Focused intently on the changes within the white gap, Yuan Yuan remained unperturbed by the other party's rude words, his expression still cold and indifferent.

"Alright, enough nonsense, Red Star. If you can't stand it anymore, then challenge me. Defeat me, become me, and then you can give those little guys happiness the way you want."

However, Yuan Yuan's calm demeanor did not calm Hong Xing down; instead, it fueled his anger. A figure who looked exactly like Yuan Yuan, but lacked Yuan Yuan's arrogance, leaned halfway out from behind Yuan Yuan, blocking his path and angrily waving his arms, shouting...

"Damn it, do you think I don't want to? If I could, I would have fought with everything, even resorting to methods I would despise, to defeat you and then take care of those children! But it's no use. Those children need you as their father, not me as their uncle! Even if I defeat you and replace you, I will still not be you, not the person those children are waiting for!"

Finally, a look of impatience appeared on Yuan Yuan's face, and he smashed the thing blocking his view with a single palm strike.

"Since that's the case, then shut up obediently. I don't expect an idiot like you to be able to figure out my thoughts like a fantasy and cooperate with me. I just ask you to watch quietly, okay?"