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Chapter 34 - Kill Marquis Voban

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—Elder, can you still keep up with me? As a young man, I have much more energy than you!

Although it was only for an instant, he noticed that Voban's speed was slightly slower than before. After dodging the lightning that burst from the wolf's mouth, Kaido said with a smile.

"Child, don't underestimate the experience of an elder, or you will surely suffer!"

An expanding authority power exploded in his ears. The silver wolf that Voban transformed into stomped on the air under his feet. Using the recoil of the authority power explosion and the authority of "Vendaval", a powerful whirlwind erupted instantly beneath him.

Immediately after, the distance of almost a hundred meters was reduced to zero by Voban, and the gigantic silver wolf charged forward.

Although his strength and experience are formidable, he cannot resist the provocation. It's probably due to the arrogance cultivated over so long.

Kaido's previous taunt didn't mean he underestimated Voban; rather, he wanted to use the other party's anger to take advantage of a weakness and deliver a fatal blow.

Most of these experienced Demon Kings are arrogant. Mortals who would mock them would only be seen as ants to be crushed. But being mocked by him, a fellow God Slayer, would only provoke fury.

The older generation, born in the past, valued face more, so for them, it was natural for young people to respect their elders.

Therefore, there was no other young God Slayer as bold as Kaido.

Although Doni had also mocked him, he was simply a hot-headed idiot, completely out of place with comments.

Kaido's body drifted to the right like a floating leaf, the silver wolf howled as it passed by him, but immediately turned and bit his head.

"Auge-!"

Kaido seemed not to have expected Voban's speed, but he quickly dismissed it. The golden True Longinus spun rapidly in the air, barely opening the wolf's almost closed jaws.

If Kaido had been bitten, he could have been cut in half instantly.

Although he was constantly on guard, his combat experience was still somewhat lacking.

"Really your style."

At that moment, Voban had completely abandoned human combat. Years of experience had forged his own fighting style.

He considered himself completely a beast and killed based on animal instinct.

"Ah..."

Due to his mouth being open from the True Longinus, Voban couldn't speak, only emitting a deafening roar.

"Crunch, crunch..."

White, sharp, and gleaming teeth bit down hard on the True Longinus. The fangs and the God Slayer's Gear clashed, producing a screeching and twisted sound that made one's teeth ache.

However, what was twisting was not the True Longinus, thin as a stick, but the silver wolf's teeth, which could easily pierce steel.

The fearsome fangs were slowly crushed, appearing with fine lines like trees, like cracked earth. The terrifying biting force lost the battle against the True Longinus. The tendons in his mouth snapped from the excessive force, and Voban, feeling the piercing pain in his mouth, let out an even louder roar.

"Don't waste your strength! If you were Fenrir, you might be able to pierce this weapon with a bite!"

The god-slaying wolf of Norse mythology had killed gods in the past, and even Odin had suffered greatly in its jaws.

But Voban's "Legion of Hungry Wolves" was an authority of a Sacred Beast Lyceus usurped from the Sun God Apollo, far inferior to Fenrir the wolf.

Voban's idea of crushing the True Longinus to deal with Kaido was frustrated.

Is that all? Then I'll finish you off.

"Zumbido-!"

The True Longinus in Kaido's hand burst out with a dazzling golden light, and an immense authority power gathered inside the True Longinus from his body.

"Pfft—!"

The sound of flesh being pierced seemed to resonate, and steaming, crimson blood gushed out like rain.

"Ay..."

Kaido heard Voban's cry of pain. To escape this situation, the mysterious green eyes of the silver wolf emitted a captivating light.

Voban possessed the "Eyes of Sodoma", which could turn any living creature that looked at them into a pillar of salt.

From a threat perspective, the Eyes of Sodoma were undoubtedly a sure-kill technique for "ordinary creatures", but it didn't possess the power to turn a God Slayer's flesh into salt.

However, it had the auxiliary function of slowing down Kaido's speed and movements.

Thus, in that instant, Kaido's entire body stiffened.

Then, two sharp claws pierced the air and grasped the golden armor by both shoulders, producing a metallic and harsh sound.

"The General Treasure!"

The armor in the form of Balance Breaker lacked the powerful defense of the True Longinus's main body. To avoid being crushed, a golden energy explosion erupted suddenly. The energy accumulated in the spear's shaft transformed into a golden orb several meters in diameter, impacting violently and directly the silver wolf's flesh.

Less than a second later, a blinding flash of light expanded from the wolf's mouth.

The next instant, the ferocious wolf's head exploded like tofu. The red flesh mixed with silver fur splattered everywhere, even dyeing the sea red.

More than a third of the head was completely destroyed.

A skinny camel is still bigger than a horse. Even with a third of his head torn off, the gigantic silver wolf that Voban transformed into did not die. With a vitality that surpassed that of a Divine Beast, it simply writhed on the sea surface due to the intense pain.

The sea was dyed red by the spilled blood, and the terrifying beast howled in pain.

The silver wolf that fought was like a beast in the apocalypse, while the humanoid gold that held the True Longinus was the hero that punished the monster.

However, Kaido's authority was even more malignant than Voban's. What was injected into his body at that time was not only the authority of Typhon but also the last vestige of the Heretic God's evil spirit before it returned to mythology.

It subtly influenced Kaido's personality.

Facing Voban, who was on the verge of desperation, Kaido didn't want to give him the opportunity to react and heal, so he activated his third authority, "Hellish Underworld".

"Tartarus, which seals the gods and the Erinyes born from the sky and the earth, punish the wicked!"

The new Spell Word resonated in the sky.

This voice was like a prayer, like a plea, like a hymn, like a song; it was not a tone that Kaido could produce naturally, but rather a change imposed by this authority on its user.

Hatred was born before humanity, so the birth of the Erinyes is even prior to Zeus, the King of the Gods.

Legend has it that when the sky god Uranus was assassinated by his son Cronus, his vital blood spilled onto the Mother Earth Gaea, giving birth to the three Erinyes, daughters of the night.

Not subject to any divine rank, the Erinyes could even judge the sins of the main gods.

Three layers of bronze walls of unknown thickness obscured the naked eye, and three layers of endless twilight enveloped it, covering tens of kilometers in what seemed like a boundless dark world.

The silver wolf that whimpered opened its eyes; Voban's formidable healing ability allowed him to regain some mobility.

However, what his eyes saw was not the stormy ocean, but a world that even he made shudder.

Gigantic Heretic Gods were permanently sealed within mountains and sandy deserts, their venous hands stretching from the earth, apparently desperate to escape this endless seal.

The wide River Styx churned with blood-red waves, and beneath the bridge that transported sinners, an endless abyss stretched out, where scorching karmic flames burned eternally.

"Young man! You won't leave here alive today!"

The wolf's body, submerged in the stagnant water, grew colder; the tips of the goddesses' fingers touched the silver wolf's body, causing Voban to feel the chill of death.

The lightning in the robust wolf's body had disappeared completely, and the stormy winds that had surrounded the Hellish Underworld also disappeared silently.

Apart from the roaring River Styx, the Hellish Underworld returned to its original silence.

And the wolf that still lay in the River Styx did not respond; its fate was unknown.

Soon, the goddesses stepped on the stagnant water and returned to the other shore; as they passed by him, Kaido even greeted them warmly, although they didn't notice him at all.

"Uf..."

Kaido exhaled a turbid breath and then looked at the enormous corpse of the wolf that had fallen from the River Styx.

Kaido didn't know the situation outside the Hellish Underworld, but given that Voban had suffered such a severe blow from this authority, the pack of wolves that had been following Doni must have also disappeared.

Thinking about the fool who was still waiting outside made Kaido's head ache greatly.

He had overestimated; Voban's resilience exceeded his expectations. As a Demon King, Voban fought as if he had forgotten death.

"Auge-!"

The gigantic wolf quickly collapsed from the air to the ground, its head, only two-thirds intact, hung limp, a crimson canine tongue slid out of its jaws with fangs, and on its forehead and both sides of its ribs, there were black wounds.

The blood flowing from within was even black.

However, even with such severe injuries, Voban was not completely dead. Kaido's authority, "Hellish Underworld", was not an authority designed to annihilate life; while it caused considerable damage, it leaned more towards sealing.

Authority power, Authorities, and even a portion of life force.

If it were any other God Slayer, they would have died without a doubt after suffering such a severe blow, but Voban's wolf incarnation had an extremely powerful vitality and recovery, practically an unkillable cockroach!

However, at that moment, he was at the end of his rope.

Kaido, holding the True Longinus, approached the wolf; when his authority power was completely condensed, the True Longinus descended instantly, piercing the wolf's brain.

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