Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 387 - 16: King Solomon

Duncan swung his sword down!

Before him, Gilgamesh had almost completely lost the ability to resist. If he exerted all his strength, he might still have a chance to escape. But this arrogant and ignorant Heroic King had already been crushed in spirit by Duncan, his face pale as if broken, the long-standing arrogance and pride all backfiring into the depths of his heart.

With this slash, Gilgamesh would likely be cleaved in two.

But at that moment.

Suddenly, a strange figure appeared, directly reaching out to block Duncan’s Sword of Oath and Victory, withstanding the power of faith of the Avalon Holy Sword with its flesh and blood!

This unbelievable scene even caused Duncan to widen his eyes in shock.

He had never seen such a powerful physical presence before, not even among living Divine Spirits could anyone endure the Avalon Holy Sword with their body alone!

"Finally revealed!"

In the instant the opponent saved Gilgamesh, Duncan’s god’s-eye view finally locked onto the general position of his target.

This should be the strongest enemy he had encountered so far!

Even surpassing Gwanu, the God of Forging of Scotland, who was also one of the main gods of Celtic faith.

"Alert!"

"Alert!"

"Detected ’Summoning Technique - Servant Demon Summoning’!..."

Dimension Space.

On the projection screen, a row of blood-red warning characters appeared, indicating a danger level far exceeding other enemies.

At this moment, Merlin’s voice directly relayed, in a very grave tone: "Your Majesty, be careful! It’s the most ancient summoning technique of servant demons!..."

"The opponent used to be one of the most powerful mages in this world!"

Merlin could also perform the Summoning Technique - Servant Demon Summoning, as he himself had the blood of an incubus, though Merlin only summoned regular servant demons, fantastical species from the Hell Netherworld. But the opponent’s summoned servant demon was a bit unusual, it directly withstood a slash from Duncan, and forcibly rescued the severely injured Gilgamesh.

——Baal (Seventy-two Pillar Demon Gods) (Baal) (Beelzebub) (God of Canaan) (King of Flies) (Gluttony) [Blood-colored Skull Mark]!

"Think you can leave?"

"Not so easily!"

A Nord Bow instantly appeared in Duncan’s hand, condensed from the power of faith originating from Avalon. A pure energy light saber appeared, shooting out like an arrow from Duncan.

In an instant.

Silhouettes of Avalon Guardian Fairies emerged behind Duncan, their powers merging into one, directly tearing through space to lock onto the enemy trying to flee. Duncan had always been the representative guardian of Avalon faith. Although he wasn’t a Divine Spirit, he could mobilize divine-level faith power.

The hidden enemy had yet to reveal themselves, but the summoned servant demon was already exposed.

Duncan roughly guessed who the real enemy was!

——King Solomon and the Seventy-two Pillar Demon Gods.

Only such an existence would be qualified to face him in battle. It seems that Monotheism had indeed pulled out their trump card.

Boom!

A powerful energy collision occurred, with the trace of the light saber etched into the ground, plowing a thousand-meter-long trench. This Hell Monarch, in nearly demonic form, manifested and, after barely rescuing Gilgamesh, was immediately hit by Duncan’s shot light saber, with more than half of its body pierced, some parts vaporized.

But such injuries couldn’t claim its life, as it was one of the sources of the ’Power of Gluttony’.

This being was once a True God of another pantheon, but as Monotheism rose, some mythologies of faith gradually faded away, eventually causing them to degenerate into demons, devils, hell monarchs.

The existence of Divine Spirits is quite complex.

The War Goddess Kerrigan could fall to become the Banshee of folklore, and it’s not surprising for the God of Canaan to transform into a Hell Demon God either. Beelzebub is a rather complicated amalgamation, a fusion of many Divine Spirits destroyed by Monotheism, once part of the Sumer pantheon.

——Amon (Seventy-two Pillar Demon Gods) (Egyptian God) (Sun God) (King of Gods in Thebes) [Blood-colored Skull Mark]!

As Beelzebub was heavily wounded by Duncan, the enemy hidden beyond the secret realm once again initiated the summoning ritual, and another formidable Demon God emerged. Originating from the already waning Egyptian pantheon, this remainder of a destroyed faith had part of its attributes and powers devoured by Monotheism, transforming it into one of the Seventy-two Pillar Demon Gods.

Strictly speaking.

Many devils and demon gods in the legends of Monotheism are the facets of defeated other Divine Spirits.

They resemble holy relics from the Divine Spirits after their deaths.

When real-world faiths are entirely severed, the aspects of Divine Spirits become mere tools, used by Monotheism as devils and demon gods. A specific analogy can be made using Eastern methods; for instance, you kill a Divine Spirit, or a Great Power Cultivator, and then refine their corpse into puppets, demon soldiers, etc. Years later, the followers of your sect can conjure spells and curses to summon these refined facet incarnations. Buddhism has always had the tradition of converting demonic ghost kings into attendants.

The enemy’s magic power was unusually strong beyond logic!

After simultaneously summoning two Upper-Rank Demon Gods, yet another demon god silhouette appeared at Duncan’s side, already the third summoned demon god to arrive.

——Baimon (Seventy-two Pillar Demon Gods) [Five-Star Golden]!

This is a hermaphroditic Demon God, wearing a gem crown, manifesting in a nearly fallen angel aspect; it chanted incantations as soon as it appeared, with phantom angel projections emerging incessantly around, layering upon each other, as if forming a Hell Legion to encircle Duncan.

——Fallen Powerful Angels (Three-Star Silver Gray) (Summoned Entities).

Hundreds of angel phantoms gradually coalesced into physical forms, all akin to lower-ranked Heroic Spirits.

After all, they are not proper Upper-Rank Angels; if the Gate of Heaven were opened, they wouldn’t be such low-ranked powerful angels.

Duncan had truly encountered the topmost summoning master this time. Using Gilgamesh as bait, he lured the hidden enemy into revealing himself, not expecting him to secretly summon so many servant demons.

No wonder he dared to take the initiative and attack.

Gilgamesh must have been used as bait too. That guy is too arrogant, wholeheartedly wanting to challenge the King of Kings. The hidden enemy also wants to actively lure Duncan out, buying time to summon powerful demon gods for himself.

"Is this all there is?"

"Summon all seventy-two pillar demon gods."

Duncan simply gave up on pursuing the fleeing Gilgamesh. Since the hidden enemy had already revealed himself, he had achieved his purpose.

As long as the God’s perspective can lock onto the general location, he can track the opponent down.

Duncan reached out and grasped, the dark red cursed long spear pierced through more than ten powerful angels’ figures like blood-colored lightning. Then the cursed spear vanished, only to reappear in his palm under the curse order. He twirled it casually as if stretching his muscles, pointed toward the empty direction, and said, "The opportunity has been given to you."

"If you don’t seize it, don’t blame me for bullying you!"

Crack!

The surrounding space seemed to shatter, Duncan’s figure was gradually transforming, the rules of the secret realm could no longer withstand the terrifying power he unleashed. At some unknown point, his pupils had turned into a pair of ice-blue vertical dragon eyes.

A dark red Cup of Blood emerged in Duncan’s palm, the laws of reality gradually shattered, overflowing with energy as if the Mythical Era was returning.

Meanwhile.

Outside the Otherworld Secret Realm, in the darkness, the cloaked figure’s face suddenly changed drastically. His ten fingers were all adorned with magic rings. Upon realizing Duncan had pierced through the world’s ceiling, he immediately began casting spells to summon, one rune after another emerged beneath his feet, forcibly tearing apart the secret realm’s barrier. Scores of servant demon figures descended from the sky, alongside the thick swarm summoned by upper-rank demon gods, including demon soldiers and a legion of fallen angels.

At this moment, thousands upon thousands of figures surrounded Duncan at the center.

On the ground were thousands of demons, in the sky were the swirling fallen angels. Although not all seventy-two pillar demon gods had descended, over half had at least arrived, various forms of demon god incarnations emerged, trapping Duncan with an encircling stance.

Yet Duncan showed no intention of retreating!

Dimension Space.

With the Blood Cup activated in the projection page’s number one human form, dense notifications emerged.

"Unlock Mythical Form!"

"Holy Grail Blood Unlocked!"

"Giant’s Power Unlocked!"

"Dragon Bloodline Unlocked!"

"Power of Gluttony Unlocked!"

"Unflagging Intoxication, Great Frenzy Fusion, Unyielding Frenzy Unlocked!"

"Military Weapon Master breakthrough at critical point!... Legendary Combat Skill Unlocked!..."

"Arrow Saint Unlocked!"

"Mythical Ability—Law of Cause and Effect: Arrow of Certain Hit Unlocked!"

"Heart of Slaughter Unlocked!... Intimidation, Gaze of Fear transformed into Death Gaze!... Celestial Destiny Epic Unlocked!... Transformed into Celestial Destiny Power!..."

"Divine Protection transformed into Divine Chosen."

"Switch number one human form to Mythical Template [Immortal] Form!"

.........

Boom!

Centered around Duncan’s figure, a terrifying magic power wave spread outward in all directions like a shockwave, sending thousands of angel and demon figures attacking him flying, feathers from angels were falling everywhere, along with severed limbs.

As a man single-handedly supporting the world’s ceiling, Duncan’s mana pool was not even slightly weaker than those legendary mages of history.

His figure flashed like an apparition, transforming directly into a stream of light. Upon reappearing, he was already in mid-air, the cursed spear instantly pierced through a demon god’s body, slaying the demon god named ’Lamer’ on the spot!

Entering the Immortal form, the power of the Godslayer was activated.

Now Duncan had drastically changed in appearance.

Behind him, a pair of blood-red wings gradually spread, nearly twelve meters in length. The armor on his body had completely vanished, transformed into dragon armor as if growing from his skin, forming a crown-like blood-colored coronet at his forehead.

Duncan’s height had also changed, no longer resembling a mortal man, but an angel-level giant over three meters tall.

This was the appearance embodying the fusion of numerous mythical bloodlines and Duncan’s true Immortal posture.

"Unlock True Sword of Oath and Victory!"

"Unlock Avalon Sword Sheath!"

"Unlock Avalon Faith Permissions!... Faith Power transformed into Mana Pool!..."

"Activate Innate Barrier—Mist-covered Avalon!"

"Activate [King of Kings] Domain!"

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