Chapter 466: This is the Queen’s Complete Form
Chapter 466: This is the Queen’s Complete Form
At the moment of the N5 explosion, a blinding light appeared over the suburbs, illuminating dozens of kilometers around.
All sounds seemed to vanish from the world as a kilometer-wide fireball emerged within the intense brightness.
A circular shockwave blasted outward, instantly obliterating everything in its path. Objects burned to invisible ash under the scorching heat and shockwaves.
The colossal fireball surged upward, its crown expanding into an umbrella shape before transforming into a towering mushroom cloud that dyed the sky crimson.
Viewed from above, visible shockwaves swept across suburban areas. Every tree and plant fell burning as the land itself trembled.
The Mechanical City shuddered under the assault – construction materials flew through the air while dirt and sand scattered like liquid streams.
Buildings shook violently as shockwaves penetrated the city, every window exploding into glittering fragments.
When the deadly first wave passed, the explosion’s thunderous roar finally reached the city, vibrations echoing through underground shelters holding tens of thousands.
The nine-tailed fox remained atop her building perch.
She slid sunglasses over her eyes while watching the apocalyptic cloud, feeling involuntary awe.
This demonstrated humanity’s frightening power.
Though physically frail, their collective ingenuity had birthed this world-shaking weapon.
Having never endured nuclear bombardment, the fox wondered if her primeval form could survive such force.
In her current state, confronting this blast meant certain death.
Could Isis withstand it?
The fox scanned the area for Eve – Isis’ death would doom her companion too.
Her narrowed eyes soon detected movement…
Ten seconds post-explosion, fading light revealed a shifting black mushroom cloud over the plain.
Thick smoke blanketed the devastated ground beneath.
“Cough… cough…”
A naked Fang Cheng emerged coughing through the haze.
Activating Vector Control to clear the smoke, he checked his status:
Life Number – 249
Only six lives lost to the N5’s fury.
His revival usually took 2-5 seconds, longer under extreme conditions.
The initial blast had vaporized both him and Isis instantly – neither could withstand that apocalyptic energy.
Three seconds after death, Fang Cheng resurrected only to burn again in lingering thermal radiation.
This cycle repeated six times until the heat subsided enough for survival.
Using his War God Bloodline and Vector Control to endure residual heat, he noted normal humans would’ve incinerated instantly.
Thankfully the N5 remained a chemical explosive rather than true nuclear weapon – no radioactive aftermath to contend with.
The ground was charred black, littered with melted rocks like crimson wounds splitting the earth. Thick smoke kept rising from these cracks.
Fang Cheng stayed alert while searching for Isis.
The choking smoke rendered the Tactical Master’s enhanced smell useless, forcing him to release Blood Eagles to scout.
Dozens of Blood Eagles fanned out from Fang Cheng, combing the area methodically.
After scouring over a kilometer, they found neither the towering vampire nor even a stray hair.
“Where is she?”
Fang Cheng frowned. Had she fled?
Could she actually be dead?
If he’d survived, a disaster-level monster like Isis shouldn’t have been taken out so easily.
Neither Kanzaki Rin nor Fang Cheng had believed the N5 could kill Isis—their goal was merely to wound her badly enough for Fang Cheng to seize victory.
Yet now she’d vanished as if obliterated by the blast.
As Fang Cheng prepared to widen the search, Isis’s voice suddenly echoed around him.
“Impressive. To think such weapons lurked in the Mechanical City.”
Fang Cheng hastily clothed himself, scanning the haze.
Her voice came from everywhere yet nowhere.
Isis continued, “I dismissed those girls, yet they wounded me deeply. Two more strikes like that might’ve ended me.”
The Blood Eagles detected nothing—not a strand of hair—until Fang Cheng noticed an anomaly.
Floating among the smoke particles were countless faint red specks, blending with the soot.
He’d mistaken them for dying embers, but these glowed differently.
The specks swirled together, coalescing into a human form.
“I underestimated—”
Isis’s words cut off as Fang Cheng Teleported, driving his left middle finger toward the shape.
He passed clean through, hitting nothing.
The red motes solidified into a body.
Isis now wore a resplendent crimson Gothic gown, her pale back and rounded shoulders exposed. Crimson light burned in her eyes as she hovered midair, golden hair transformed to blood-red strands matching her flowing skirts.
Before, she’d resembled a goddess. Now, she radiated the imperious allure of a Queen—regal, beautiful, lethally sensual.
Staring at her metamorphosis, Fang Cheng demanded, “Is this your complete form?”
“Complete form?”
Isis’s voice turned ethereal, each word echoing: “You could say that.”
As she spoke, two sharp tiger-like teeth became visible in her mouth, giving her a deceptively cute appearance – though those fangs held deadly danger.
Isis rarely revealed this form, reserving it only for life-or-death situations requiring her full power.
Having nearly died from the N5 explosion, she’d been forced to use every ounce of strength to survive.
Fang Cheng sighed.
Of course a proper boss needed second-stage transformations.
He noticed the bloody hole in Isis’s chest remained even after her body reconstruction.
The mother’s middle finger still seemed key to defeating her.
But Fang Cheng had exhausted his tricks – unreliable Iyaya, half-spent Life number, even sacrificing an N5 bomb.
With Isis now guarding against the middle finger, Fang Cheng couldn’t maintain suppression alone.
“You should take pride in pushing me this far.”
Isis offered genuine praise. Aces like Kamikawa Takumi fell easily to her, yet Fang Cheng had forced her true form to surface.
“This form won’t last. I’ll now treat you as worthy prey and end this quickly.”
To Fang Cheng’s shock, Isis gathered her skirt and executed perfect noble’s courtesy.
The Blood Queen’s gesture brought no pride – Heart Awareness screamed through his nerves.
DANGER!
He Teleported into surrounding smoke, vanishing instantly.
Multiple jumps carried him kilometers away.
Though thick smoke blocked vision and sensing, it offered no sense of safety.
Staring at his remaining 249 Lives, Fang Cheng considered three options:
1) Spend 200 Lives boosting a level 4 skill to 5 for uncertain victory.
2) Stall until Isis’s transformation expired.
3) Upgrade Ghost Shadow Stealth for soul-level combat.
He immediately chose option three.
Victory required the mother’s middle finger – option one risked Lives insufficient for its cost.
Isis’s “won’t last long” could mean days for all he knew.
Iyaya’s claim about upgraded paradise lasting three seconds proved untrustworthy.
Option three’s safety came from Iyaya’s genuine soul protection.
As Fang Cheng fled, Isis released invisible shockwave matching N5’s speed.
Instantly, every wisp of smoke vanished – revealing molten meteorite-crater terrain glowing red-hot.
Exposed, Fang Cheng found Isis’s glowing eyes locked on him despite the kilometer distance.
Heart Awareness kept screaming warnings even as Isis attacked remotely this time.
Fang Cheng activated War God Bloodline and Vector Control – only to be crushed instantly into bloody pulp.
Life: -1
Remaining: 248