NOVEL NEXT Chapter 198: A Heart-Throbbing Attack!
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“Father?! You dare call yourself my father after everything you’ve done to me?!” Fang Shuan roared furiously.
His over-a hundred-meter-big, golden metallic body started to move. His Ki Aura unleashed a wave of phantasmal golden essence, overflowing with the Holy Nether Essence I used to raise him as an Undead.
But he wasn’t exactly "alone." Within him resided the shattered souls of every soldier that was with him too. Although their wills seemed to have died, their emotions and strength remained within the young master, giving Fang Shuan greater courage to confront his father.
“Fang Shuan! You insolent child! After everything I gave to you, after all I sacrificed to raise you, you dare point your weapon at me?! Now that you’ve been revived, you should ally with your father and help me defeat that wicked witch.” The Venerable’s Will said.
“She’s not a wicked witch; she’s my savior!” Fang Shuan’s gigantic golden spear reached the Venerable’s Will.
Golden Sun swiftly summoned a huge shield by combining all six of his divine weapons, while his weakened Immortal Ki Aura fluctuated around the shield, barely helping him block the immense strike that his son unleashed, which released a thunderous shockwave that split the heavens above.
CRASH!
“Your savior, what kind of bullshit are you talking about, Fang Shuan?!” The Venerable roared. “Quick! Kill her while you possess this new power she has foolishly given to you! This is an order from your father!”
From his fingers, threads of Immortal Ki were released, trying to pierce Fang Shuan and control his Mind and Martial Soul like he had done before. Just the same way he had turned everyone in their ruined world into puppets to do his bidding.
However, to his surprise, such methods did not work on him. The threads were incapable of piercing Fang Shuan’s Aura of Holy Nether Essence and his Golden Ki. In fact, once they attempted to infiltrate his soul, they were immediately burned by golden flames.
“What…?! I cannot use my Golden Psyche Thread technique?!” The Venerable’s Will gasped, and his eyes quickly directed at me. “You!”
“Did you think I would allow you to take control over Fang Shuan ever again? Fang Shuan is free from your control, Golden Sun! You megalomaniac bastard!” I said. “And to your information, I am not controlling Fang Shuan either. He agreed to become a Guardian of the Balance and also my Holy Undead, because he couldn’t accept his death yet! Your son has an undying desire to avenge everything he has lost. This is a problem you created, fool.”
“NO!” The Venerable’s Will roared, his entire body unleashing a barrage of dozens of sunlight beams that bombarded Fang Shuan’s gigantic body. His magnificent, titanic physique protected us from all damage like a giant, floating shield.
“Amazing, Anna!” Baihe said. “That huge guy is easily protecting us from that asshole.”
“But how did you- Ah, forget it.” Kevin sighed.
“Even if we’re winning, the spray’s effects will run out at any time, right? We have to defeat him quickly! Ah, watch out!” Annabelle cried, generating a huge claw made of Demonic Aura to punch away a thunder dragon. They kept appearing.
“This is the Venerable’s Domain, so even if weakened, those things will keep popping up endlessly until we kill him!” I said. “But even with half his stats, he’s still ridiculously strong.”
If only I could somehow share the stat buffs I get from Anubis Judgement with my friends, things could become much easier- Wait a second, can’t I? If I combine two Privileges with buffing-related abilities, maybe I can get something similar?
Alright, I might as well.
I took out the Privilege Fusion Marble of A Rank and decided to use it for once, both for experimentation purposes and to see if I could acquire what I wanted. The marble glowed with a bright, white light the moment I touched it. By simply willing it, I was able to activate its effects.
[You have activated the [Privilege Fusion Marble (A Rank)] x1!]
[Please choose up to three Privileges you want to combine together. The resulting Privilege will be of A Rank.]
[You have chosen the [Little Sister’s Cheerful Rally (E Rank Privilege)], [Spartan Army Commander (B Rank Privilege)], and [Little Rabbit’s Fearlessness (F Rank Privilege)] Privileges for Fusion. Once the Privileges are merged, they cannot be recovered yet.]
[Are you sure?]
[Yes] [No]
While we battled against the thunder dragons as Fang Shuan clashed against his father, I quickly pressed the yes button, right after blowing away into particles of light three thunder dragons that tried to catch me. That 500% stat buff was really good.
“Yes.”
[The Privilege Fusion has begun!]
[The Marble has begun combining the Privileges!]
The marble floated in midair as I felt some fragments of my own Divine Powers fly away and combine inside the white sphere of crystal. Their powers mixed together, and even some of the Essence of my Traits leaked inside, influencing the fusion more than I imagined.
FLASH!
The marble finished the fusion, suddenly turning into a sphere of pure light and fusing into my chest, combining with my Soul and then filling back the “holes” left behind from the Privileges leaving. And in fact, it felt like I gained even more power than the combination of those three Privileges together.
“What is this…?!”
[Congratulations! The Privilege Fusion has been a success!]
[The [Little Sister’s Cheerful Rally (E Rank Privilege)], [Spartan Army Commander (B Rank Privilege)], and [Little Rabbit’s Fearlessness (F Rank Privilege)] Privileges have been successfully fused into the [Little Princess of Rock’s Heart Throbbing Concert (A Rank Privilege)]!]
What sort of Privilege name is that?! Are you serious?!
(Listen while reading: Fly Away Remix -full-)
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[Little Princess of Rock’s Heart-Throbbing Concert (A Rank Privilege)]
A Fusion Privilege created from the combination of the [Little Sister’s Cheerful Rally (E Rank Privilege)], [Spartan Army Commander (B Rank Privilege)], and [Little Rabbit’s Fearlessness (F Rank Privilege)] Privileges.
You’re the Little Princess of Rock, and you’re ready to throw on the concert of your life!
Summon your band, grab your guitar, and scream your heart’s contents! It’s time to rock, and it’s time to make all of your fans' hearts THROB with excitement.
When activating this Privilege, an {Illusory Concert Domain} is created within 100 meters around you, and your {Rock Band Spirits} come to assist you with all the music set-up, no problem! Any weapon you’re holding will transform into the {Little Princess Rock Guitar of Love and Death, which will unleash devastating sound waves on your foes and amazing vibes on your allies.
Allies that listen to your Heart Throbbing tunes will be able to share 50% of any buff you possess, along with an additional buff of 25% of your Total Stats (Equipment Bonuses Included, baby!). While listening to the music, if they attack and move according to the tune, their attacks will deal an additional +50% damage up to a bonus of +500%.
Meanwhile, the very annoying HATERS that listen to your wonderful song will have their ears BLEED! All their Stats will drop based on 50% of your Total Stats (Equipment Bonuses Included, of course.). And their Skills will be randomly sealed every minute; only one skill can be sealed at a time!
And as if that wasn’t enough, listen carefully! If you have lots of fans listening to you, you also receive a buff based on 30% of their total stats.
Maintaining this rocking concert takes a lot of energy. Not only Mana is consumed constantly, but also some Cosmic Energy, Ki, and Spirit Energy, so make sure to not keep it up for too long if you don’t want to be DRAINED!
Now go and get em’, girl!
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I’m dying of cringe.
“Okay, time to fuck around and find out, I guess. Let’s do it! {Little Princess of Rock’s Heart Throbbing Concert}!”
FLASH!
The moment I activated the privilege, my surroundings immediately changed. A powerful Domain that drained all my energies was activated. The Venerable’s Will Domain was actually disturbed, weakening, and beginning to fall back before the much stronger pressure of mine.
“What’s happening?! My Domain is…?!”
The Venerable kept clashing against his son; both seemed to be equally matched. However, once he directed his eyes towards me and what was happening right now, he almost vomited blood out of disbelief.
A huge concert materialized in the skies. Pink and blue neon lights are waving everywhere. Several ghostly spirits in the shape of teddy bears with mohawks appeared around me. Each one wielded a different instrument.
[“What the fuck did you do to me, Anna?!”]
Gram screamed in horror as his entire body turned into a huge black-and-white electric guitar. He looked awesome, all decorated with heart and skull stickers. Even my clothes changed—a mix between pink and black, punk and cute. I’m digging this, honestly.
"Sorry, Gram, just bear with it! Let’s rock!”
[“Don’t “let’s rock!” me! Turn me back this very instant! Oi, Anna! ANNA!”]
I just embraced the cringe and decided to go all out, touching the guitar and unleashing a gigantic shockwave of pink and black sound waves. This wasn’t specified in the Privilege description, but they had the power to dispel other Domains!
“RAAAAHH!”
I gave a mighty roar; my friends were staring in utter disbelief at what was happening. I quickly started moving my fingers as if I always knew how to use an electric guitar, even though I had never, in my entire life, touched one!
The waves of sound kept surging endlessly, and the teddy bears also accompanied the melody. As the sound expanded further around, more spirits appeared out of nowhere. Most of them resembled faint human shapes. They raised glowing sticks and started waving them around me.
“Get the fuck out of my world, you old BOOMER!” As I roared, the entire audience went insane. I was improvising here while dying of cringe. But it was working.
“What the fuck is that horrid sound?! AAARRGGH!”
The Venerable’s Will started bleeding from his ears, his eyes crying out of agony. As he screamed, Fang Shuan looked at me in disbelief, but then smiled, amazed!
“Such a wonderful melody! My master, you’re truly a goddess of music!” He roared, his aura erupting with new power. His spear attacks moved according to the tune, striking his father with powerful attacks. My song created an Aura of Pink and Black color, which was the shared stats and the shared buff I had.
“Ughh…! D-Dammit!” The Venerable’s Will screamed as his son’s spear pierced one of his arms, and then spun, releasing an explosion of golden flames and… pink hearts, the effect of my privilege.
BOOOM!
“UAAARRGH!”
The explosion ended, taking most of his shoulder, and the tremendous wound was bleeding out golden essence everywhere. He gritted his teeth as his ears and eyes bled from my music, his stats going down rapidly with each tune. My friend’s reaction slowly changed.
“I don’t know what’s going on anymore, but I’m totally vibing with Anna’s concert right now.” Kevin nodded, waving his head. “And what with this aura?! I feel tens of times stronger!”
“T-This is… so captivating…” Baihe was almost about to cry. “Uoooooggghhh! Anna! You’re the best!” She suddenly turned a pair of icicles into glowing sticks somehow, waving them at me.
“It’s really crazy, but- Baihe are you okay?!” Annabelle cried, looking at Baihe’s ever growing fascination.
“Enough messing around, you kids!” I roared, my guitar roaring even louder with each tune. “Go and beat that bastard; tear him to SHREDS, until not a single BIT is left!”
“You got it!” They said.
Their Auras boosted all their power, as they got half of my buff, meaning they acquired 250% of all Stats, a gigantic boost. Their Auras kept growing as the Thunder Dragons were smashed into particles of light with each of their blows.
Baihe’s ever-growing frost transformed into a huge, flying giant of ice; Kevin’s spear unleashed hundreds of mirages of itself made of light; and Annabelle’s swarm of spiders kept multiplying from her own Aura, fusing together into gigantic claws.
The Venerable was being bullied from all sides, constantly being pummeled down like a pathetic ragdoll. His screams of frustration and agony are being disrupted by my tunes.
“Enough…! ENOUGH!!!”
As he screamed in agony, his body kept being divided into pieces. I leaped towards him as my concert followed me, completely fused with my Aura. The sound waves produced by Gram fused with my Auras, as I combined them further with my various Skills.
We barely had a minute left; it was now or never!
“Did you like the vibe of my songs, Golden Sun?”
“G-Get away from me, you insane woman! Your wretched tunes make my entire head spin!”
As he was already filled with horror and dread, my guitar smashed his gigantic head, and an explosion of cosmic, pink-colored energy engulfed him. As countless purple, pink, and red snakes surged, each one wearing a cute bow and with hearts in their eyes, biting and tearing him to shreds.
“T-This doesn’t make any sense! You monsters…! YOU’RE ALL INSANE!”
“Goodbye, terrible imitation of my father. The real one is next.”
Fang Shuan’s spear strikes pierced through the Venerable Will’s body, leaving dozens of holes, until he was quite literally torn to shreds.
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