Chapter 5: Since I Can't Beat Her, I'll Break Her!
"Annoying fellow? Who?"
Lilith muttered to herself.
As if responding to her question, a hoarse female voice soon echoed from the vibrating dungeon:
"Demon Lord... Demon Lord... Hehehe!"
The voice didn't seem to come from any specific throat, but rather like countless wronged souls whispering simultaneously, layered upon each other, carrying a bizarre resonance that made one's sanity plummet.
"Hehehe... Your Highness Asmodeus... I've come to play with you again!"
Following the chilling laughter, the darkness deep within the dungeon seemed to come alive.
The already dim space instantly dropped to zero degrees, and countless black gases seeped out from the cracks in the rock walls, converging and churning frantically in mid-air like iron filings attracted by a magnet.
In just a few seconds, a giant black sphere, easily two stories high, took shape.
It had no fixed form; its surface constantly bubbled like boiling asphalt, occasionally revealing distorted human faces that exuded a nauseating stench of decay and despair.
The terrifying pressure that rushed towards them made the air feel viscous.
"Eek!!"
Lilith instantly bristled, leaping like a koala and shooting behind Asmodeus with a 'whoosh'. Her small hands fiercely gripped the Demon Lord's cloak, only daring to expose a pair of terrified red pupils:
"What the hell is that thing? Is it here for you?"
Compared to Lilith's panic, Asmodeus was much calmer:
"Don't make a fuss."
The Demon Lord explained faintly, his tone so steady it was almost bored:
"This is the 'Abyssal Watcher'. It is a gate-guarding monster formed by condensing resentment, created by those who sealed Me to prevent My escape upon awakening. It is also a part of 'Ragnarok'."
"If you cannot find its core body, no matter how many times you kill it, it will reorganize itself using the magic in the dungeon, and then come bother Me again like a fly."
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Lilith was completely stunned:
"The more I listen, the more this sounds like a late-game mechanic monster from an RPG!"
"It can revive endlessly if I can't find a way to break it? What kind of monsters am I encountering after being transmigrated!"
"What should we do?"
Thinking this, Lilith felt a surge of panic and could only weakly ask her 'Master'.
Asmodeus sneered, slowly raising his right hand. The black and red demonic energy in his palm began to compress frantically, emitting a piercing buzzing sound:
"Of course, we kill it again. Just in time, my mood was interrupted; I'll take it out on this thing to vent!"
Just then, the giant black shadow seemed to understand the Demon Lord's words.
A huge fissure split open on the surface of the black sphere, like a mouth stretched to its ears, letting out a piercing roar:
"Your Highness Asmodeus... You are always like this, so hostile towards me... yet how much I adore you!"
The shadow's voice was filled with pathological fanaticism:
"You are so powerful, so perfect! For these hundreds of years, watching you sleep every day, I couldn't help but want to devour you and merge into one with you! Too bad... too bad! Why did you have to wake up?"
"You should have stayed here forever, rotting here! I will carry out my mission and trap you in this sunless abyss forever! With me... until the end of time!"
"Hahahahaha..."
"Heavens..."
Lilith, hiding behind him, couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"Why are this monster's lines even more chuunibyou than the Demon Lord's? It sounds like a perverted super-fan!"
"As expected, there can't be any normal people in such a dark dungeon. I need to figure out a way to slip away!"
"Are you done with the nonsense?"
Asmodeus's patience had completely run out.
He didn't even bother drawing his sword, merely clenching his hand in the air towards the giant black sphere:
"Too noisy, disappear."
Boom—!!
Following his movement, a massive black claw materialized out of thin air, resembling the hand of a Titan, and slammed towards the shadow with world-destroying momentum.
"It's useless! It's useless! Here, I am immortal!"
The shadow shrieked, not waiting to be struck.
The giant sphere instantly exploded, transforming into countless black tentacles that shot towards Asmodeus like a torrential downpour!
Each tentacle was tipped with a sharp barb that shimmered with a ghastly green poison light.
"Tricks."
Asmodeus stood his ground, unmoving. Black energy surged around him, forming a visible repulsive force field.
Crackling—
When those tentacles struck the repulsive field, they instantly shattered and dissipated, just like raindrops hitting glass.
Immediately after, the Demon Lord swept his hand back.
A crescent-shaped black sword energy swept out, instantly slicing through the air and even slicing through the space of the entire dungeon!
"Aaaaaahhhh—!"
Accompanied by a shrill scream, the seemingly invincible giant black shadow was actually cut in half as easily as tofu!
The power of this strike was so immense that Lilith, hiding behind him, was knocked off her feet and landed on her bottom by the residual shockwave.
She stared dumbfounded at the scene before her, her delicate pink lips trembling:
"Holy crap... Is that the Demon Lord's ultimate move or just a basic attack? How can he cast magic without even breathing hard?!"
"According to the knowledge provided by the information stream... I should be a Ninth Rank Peak powerhouse, but Asmodeus is clearly on a different dimension stronger than me! Could it be..."
"He's a max-level expert?!"
Lilith's heart was incomparably shocked.
In less than half a minute.
The massive dark shadow that had been aggressive moments ago was now shattered into pieces, leaving only puddles of black viscous liquid writhing on the ground, clearly on the verge of completely dissipating into nothingness.
Asmodeus retracted his hand, dusted off his clothes, his face clearly showing disdain, as if asking, "Is that all?"
However.
Just as Asmodeus thought it was over and turned around, ready to continue discussing academic matters like 'holding hands and having babies' with Lilith.
The pool of black shadow on the ground, which had been struggling to survive, suddenly stopped trembling.
"It's still... still so far off..."
A sinister voice sounded again, filled with deep unwillingness and malice:
"Asmodeus... you are too strong... Even under the suppression of the seal, I cannot touch you in the slightest..."
"But..."
At that moment, the shadow's sinister spiritual power suddenly pointed unanimously in another direction!
"Is that something you summoned?"
"A Succubus? A woman?"
The dark shadow seemed to have discovered a new continent, and its tone became extremely excited and lewd:
"What a cute and beautiful dessert. In that case, she must be a toy cherished by Asmodeus, right?"
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, a chill ran down Lilith's spine, accompanied by the fear of being targeted by a venomous snake.
"I... I'm just passing by!"
She quickly waved her hands to explain, subtly shuffling backward.
However, the dark shadow didn't listen to explanations at all; the black slime on the ground instantly boiled:
"Then I'll bully his toy right in front of him! As long as it causes pain to the Demon Lord, that will be my victory!"
Before the words faded.
Whoosh—!
An afterimage tore through the air.
"Be careful!"
Asmodeus's expression changed slightly, just as he was about to turn back.
But this time, the dark shadow wasn't attacking, but stalling! It used the last bit of its core energy to transform into a black lightning bolt, using a portion to obscure Asmodeus's vision, while the rest bypassed the Demon Lord's defensive perimeter and rushed straight toward Lilith!
"Eek?!"
Lilith only felt her vision go dark.
The next second, several slick, cold, black tentacles reeking heavily of fishiness instantly wrapped around her ankles!
"Ahhh!"
A huge force pulled her, and her small body was directly yanked into the air!
"Hey, hey! You got the wrong person! I'm not even familiar with Asmodeus! Let go of me!"
Lilith screamed in terror, waving her hands randomly, trying to cast a counter-spell.
But the dark shadow was clearly prepared!
Several more tentacles shot out from the darkness, precisely wrapping around her wrists, forcing her hands behind her back in an extremely humiliating posture.
Immediately after, more tentacles surged up, wrapping around her waist, thighs, and one even gently tightened around her delicate neck.
In just two seconds.
Lilith was bound like a rice dumpling, suspended upside down in mid-air, completely unable to move.
The sensation was terrible.
Cold, viscous, like some kind of mollusk crawling over her body, the feeling seeped through her thin Gothic Dress and Lace Stockings, raising goosebumps all over.
"Got her... got her..."
A portion of the dark shadow coalesced into a black misty face without features, only a mouth, and pressed close to Lilith's ear.
It greedily inhaled the scent on Lilith, teasing her with interest:
"Such a sweet aroma... Is this the pet summoned by the Demon Lord? So cute~"
"Ugh! You fiend?!"
Lilith struggled violently, but this struggle only caused the tentacles to tighten further. The already short hem of her skirt was lifted by a corner during the struggle, almost exposing the snow-white skin of her absolute territory.
"What are you trying to do?!"
"What am I doing? Hehehe..."
The dark shadow let out a chilling, strange laugh.
"Of course, it's to destroy you and mess you up right in front of the Demon Lord! If I turn you into a drooling wreck, Lord Asmodeus's expression must be priceless, right? Ahahahaha!"
As it spoke, several slender tentacles began to wander restlessly.
They slowly climbed up Lilith's beautiful legs encased in black thigh-high stockings, gliding past her knees... one of them even mischievously brushed against her Heart-shaped Tail.
"Ahhh!"
A sound of extreme allure involuntarily escaped Lilith's lips.
At the same time, Lilith's pink cheeks began to clench her teeth, and she couldn't help but curse inwardly:
"What a lunatic!"
"I already said I'm not familiar with Asmodeus, why are you still touching me?"
"Why am I the unlucky one?!"