Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-1817

After defeating the giant mass of tentacles, Kireina glanced at her new opponent, a being she had not seen in quite a while since she arrived at this world. Since she temporarily left Genesis… Beings that came from the Necrotic Plane, entities as strong as Supreme Gods, or even stronger, the Necrotic Death Lords.

They were powerful Undead that had risen to incredibly high ranks in this plane and were selected by the Primordial Necrotic Ruler to invade other worlds and bring souls and death back to their own home world. Kireina had fought them back in Hell when she confronted them and freed the Layer of Greed from them.

The skeleton confronting her now, however, was not as weak as those underling-level ones. And was perhaps at the same level as those that served Hel very closely. His power, albeit weakened by being in a place with little Necrotic Energy, was within the Supreme God Realm.

Tall, and wearing a black armor with a gray-colored longsword decorated with bones and jewels imbued with large quantities of necrotic energy and divine power, this Necrotic Death Lord seemed overflowing with killing intent.

"It appears you've been clinging to life for way too long." He said with a tenebrous voice. "Well, to be expected of a cockroach such as you, Kireina, the Child of Chaos."

"I was still thinking it could be someone else…" Kireina sighed. "But I can see now that you guys are Hel's lapdogs, aren't you?!"

"Hmph, as slow as ever. You died in Genesis, yet you live in this alien world. Well, that is about to change now." He said, pointing his sword at Kireina as his empty eyes glowed with blue colored will-o-wisps.

"If you think I am weaker than before, you're up for a big surprise." Kireina smirked, quickly summoning Shadrach to her hands and immediately intercepting the Necrotic Death Lord's attack!

CLAAAAASH!

CRACK!

Both weapons began generating sparks, as the clashing fluctuating energies of both the Necrotic Death Lord and Kireina stared to distort space around them. Kireina started activating several of her new Skills, her Chaotic Divinity beginning to grow larger and larger as it expanded alongside her new Cosmic Aura.

Meanwhile, the Necrotic Death Lord kept up with his own Necrotic Aura, and of course, a bit of Comic Power coming from the Cosmic Stone Fragment given to him. Kireina quickly noticed this, of course.

"How come you have grown so strong this fast already?! It has barely been half a day since your death in Genesis!" The Necrotic Death Lord roared. His eyes filled with undeath fury!

"Only half a day? It has been over a month here." Kireina smiled. "But that's good, I am glad time is going way faster here. Let's say this was my training arc then. [Divine Glacial Starfall Meteor]!"

Kireina's powers combined with Aquamarine, who had been equipped around her body as a powerful Ego Armor, enchanting her magical powers further! Cosmic Energy and Frost Essence merged together alongside her [Starfall] and [Niflheim's Frost Queen Arts] Skills, generating dozens of massive frozen stars, falling like meteors towards the Necrotic Death Lord!

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!

"Tch…!"

The Necrotic Death Lord reacted quickly, swinging his massive sword around as gigantic shockwaves of death energy and necrotic power emerged everywhere, his sword easily slicing apart Kireina's powerful attacks as he imbued cosmic power into his swings, compensating for the weakened state he found himself within a world with little necrotic energy to maintain his powers.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!

While he was fighting, Kireina smiled, imbuing Mana and Cosmic Power into Shadrach as she called for his aid and powers.

"Shadrach, I'm counting on you!"

"Very Well!"

Shadrach did not hesitated even against impossible odds, his loyalty towards his Empress was unshakable. The ancient wyvern now turned into a powerful dragon katana began glowing with divine red and golden flames, as cosmic energy transformed them into blue with golden, star-like sparks.

"[Mystical Katana Arts]: [Spirit Blade]! [Binding Darkness]!"

SLAASH! SLAAAASH!

Kireina unleashed the powerful Mystical Katana Arts within Shadrach as her blade unleashed a storm of Infernal Cosmic Flames, dancing around the distracted Necrotic Death Lord as his body was wrapped on these spiritual attacks and even more, of a binding darkness that restrained his skeletal body!

FLUOOSH!

"Unngh! That sword of yours is not normal…!" He muttered angrily. "However, mine's neither!"

SLAAAAASH!

His sword suddenly moved on its own, slashing away the Cosmic Flames and then directing itself towards Kireina, launching its own body against her like a catapult!

FLAAAASH!

"Wha…?! An Ego weapon too?!" Kireina was surprised, yet she didn't had time to waste. "[Blazing Blade Slash]! [Fiery Parry]! [Draconic Heat]!"

Kireina intercepted the Necrotic Ego Longsword with Shadrach's powerful Skills, as she unleashed countless slashes of flames, parried the blows with explosions of infernal fire, and then unleashed a shockwave similar to the heat a dragon unleashes as it reveals its powerful aura!

CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH! FLUOOOSH!

"GRAAAGGH…!"

The Longsword itself groaned in agony, as Kireina noticed it held within countless of souls. It was something similar to an Ego, but a cheap imitation made out using Miasma and Necrotic Techniques, encapsulating unwilling souls into a high-quality divine artifact.

"Hahaha! Are you forgetting of someone?!" The Necrotic Death Lord laughed, as he showed up behind Kireina while she was fighting the living sword! His entire body began to unleash an endless domain of shadows as thousands of skeletons began emerging one after the other, an enormous, endless Legion! "[Endless Death Legion]! [Necrotic Domain]! Devour her, my minions! Bwahahaha!!!"

Kireina suddenly found herself surrounded by Undead from all sides, she swung her sword but at the same time had to intercept the longsword. They began slashing and biting her body while she moved around, blazing through everything. No matter how hard she tried, she was constantly being pushed to a corner.

"Do you realize the difference in strength now, Kireina?! It is futile! Now, die as my lady desires!"

CRUUUUNCH!

However, in front of his empty eyes, half of his legion disappeared as an invisible jaw devoured them all.

"…What?!"

Kireina started to laugh.