Chapter 150: Primordial Desire Snake

Chapter 150 -146: Primordial Desire Snake

Though the power in Lucifer’s body was fading, the madness in his eyes only grew stronger.

“Satan, Human Emperor, you’re all here! You’re all here!”

“Hahahaha! I feel like I’m living in the last age!”

Lucifer violently threw his right fist toward Jiang Chaosheng.

His right arm transformed into a great black serpent, his fist becoming a vicious, triangular snake head that opened its massive jaws and lunged at Jiang Chaosheng.

Jiang Chaosheng’s heart pounded like a war drum.

Adrenaline surged through him.

The experience of fighting an Extraordinary Being was far from the boring brawls of common thugs.

It was like a AAA game made real, and you were the first-person protagonist.

Jiang Chaosheng suppressed his inner excitement.

‘The more thrilling and dangerous the battle, the more life-and-death the struggle, the calmer I must remain.’

Jiang Chaosheng’s gaze was placid. He met the attack with the Scythe of Death in hand, swinging it heavily toward the snake’s head.

The black serpent’s head was instantly shattered, dissipating into wisps of black smoke.

“Ha!”

After Lucifer’s sharp cry, the wisps of black smoke transformed into several black snakes, binding Jiang Chaosheng tightly.

A bizarre scene unfolded.

Lucifer’s right arm was a giant black serpent, but it had no head. Instead, from about a third of the way down its body, it split into more than ten smaller black snakes.

These snakes wrapped around Jiang Chaosheng, who still held the Scythe of Death, immobilizing him completely.

Over a dozen snake heads flicked their scarlet forked tongues at Jiang Chaosheng.

Jiang Chaosheng paid no mind to the vicious snake heads, instead narrowing his eyes to watch Lucifer.

Lucifer suddenly yanked Jiang Chaosheng toward him.

Although his body was under Lucifer’s control and moving rapidly toward him, Jiang Chaosheng’s expression remained unchanged.

The benefit of his emotional detachment, his near-inability to feel, was now apparent.

There wasn’t a trace of panic in Jiang Chaosheng’s heart, only absolute calm.

He was like an off-road racer dicing with death.

Controlling a wild race car, mastering a speed that could be fatal at any moment.

His eyes held nothing but pure focus.

“Hahahahahaha! Human Emperor!”

Lucifer’s eyes were wide and round, his mouth stretched in an exaggerated, insane grin. His left fist gathered a dazzling white light as he locked onto Jiang Chaosheng’s head.

WHOOSH!

The cold white light shot out like a meteor.

With a single thought, Jiang Chaosheng acted.

Three colossal gates descended from the sky, blocking the white meteor and simultaneously crashing down on Lucifer’s magically transformed serpent arm.

Lucifer’s body, dragged down by the weight of the massive black gates, plummeted heavily to the ground.

The black demonic snakes writhed in anger, hissing and screeching.

Jiang Chaosheng broke free from his bonds and activated the power of the Dragon Pearl.

He was like a flash of black light in the rain, instantly appearing behind Lucifer, the Scythe of Death swinging.

SCHLICK!

The Scythe of Death sliced open Lucifer’s back.

It was as if a seal had been broken; countless motes of white light drifted out from the wound.

Lucifer slowly looked down, staring at the ghastly gash on his abdomen.

Unable to support his body, he knelt with a THUD, a look of release in his eyes.

“I’ve lost after all.”

Lucifer suddenly saw something. His body trembled, his eyes fixed on the gate before him.

That gate was the Yin Gate of the Underworld.

‘Back then, I died before this very gate. And now, it’s happening again.’

A look of stunned disbelief filled Lucifer’s eyes as he murmured:

“The Underworld, the Land of the Yellow Springs, the Nine Netherworld…”

“The Underworld… is it gone?”

A trace of sorrow appeared in Lucifer’s single eye.

“Even… even the Underworld was destroyed?”

He lowered his head, opened his mouth, and bit right through his own right arm, which was pinned beneath the Yin Gate!

White light shot out in all directions from the severed limb.

Lucifer dragged his mangled body toward Jiang Chaosheng, one step at a time.

“Human… Emperor…”

Jiang Chaosheng gripped the handle of the Scythe of Death, its blade hanging loosely, touching the ground.

Lucifer couldn’t stir up any more trouble.

A complicated look appeared in Jiang Chaosheng’s eyes.

‘To think such a powerful Deity would meet such an end.’

It was like the sigh of a small fish witnessing a whale fall.

As Lucifer walked, he spoke:

“Human… Emperor…”

Jiang Chaosheng shook his head.

“Actually, I’m not the Human Emperor. You have the wrong person.”

Lucifer stared at Jiang Chaosheng with suspicion.

He watched for a long time, as if trying to discern the truth, and finally shook his head.

When he looked at Jiang Chaosheng again, his eye held no tyranny, no venom, no obsession.

In his single eye, there was only clarity, and a hint of pride.

‘This,’ Jiang Chaosheng thought, ‘is the real Lucifer standing before me now.’

Lucifer smiled.

“Human Emperor, your condition is so poor that you’ve forgotten who you are.”

Jiang Chaosheng frowned slightly.

Lucifer staggered over to Chaosheng, dragging his ruined body.

“When I saw how weak the Human World had become, I was disappointed.”

“I wanted to rule the Human World, to gather the souls of all its living beings and restore my power as the First Angel, to take my revenge on God.”

“Since this world is destined to disappear sooner or later, I thought it better that I, Lucifer, be the one to end it.”

“But when I saw you, that obsession with revenge vanished.”

Lucifer’s body was growing more and more illusory.

White light streamed from the tears in his body, and his wings were dissolving into motes of light that vanished among the crows.

Lucifer slowly sank to one knee.

“The Scythe of Death, the Gate of the Underworld, Renfeng Daji…”

“I don’t know what kind of scheme you’ve set up, but I believe in you.”

“After all, you are the only human who ever confronted the Deities head-on.”

“I may have lost to you countless times.”

“Over ten thousand of my Angels were executed, and you even cast my beloved goddess into the Nether River.”

“But you have always had the respect of Lucifer, the Proud Fallen Angel.”

“Though, I never truly submitted to you.”

Lucifer lowered his noble head and, through gritted teeth, said word by word:

“Great Human Emperor, allow this humble body of mine to add fuel to the fire of your plan.”

“I beg of you, for our sake, wash away this shame that clings to us like maggots on bone!”

Having said his piece, Lucifer’s form flickered and vanished from his spot.

When he reappeared, his neck was slamming into the blade of the Scythe of Death.

His half-severed head transformed into a white Rune, branding itself onto the Scythe of Death.

His headless body abruptly burst into flames.

Lucifer was dead.

A stream of profound information flooded into Jiang Chaosheng’s mind.

[Obtained the Divine Skill of the Proud Fallen Angel—Primordial Desire Snake.]

[Primordial Desire Snake: Lucifer’s signature skill.]

[Can take countless forms and infiltrate any Barrier.]

[Once used for revenge, it took the form of a snake to enter the heavily warded Eden Garden, using Enchantment to make Eve eat the Forbidden Fruit.]

[God was enraged and laid a Curse on Lucifer’s snake form, decreeing that Lucifer could never ascend to the Western Heaven and would be fated to die before the Gate of the Underworld.]

Jiang Chaosheng gazed at the divine flames from the burning Angel, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

‘From what Lucifer said, something major happened in another age.’

‘Something so big that even Lucifer, who saw the Human Emperor as his enemy, was forced to share a common foe with him.’

‘What was that major event?’

‘Was the enemy… the legendary God?’

‘The Human Emperor Lucifer spoke of has set a plan in motion.’

‘And I, Antique Shop Zero, the Taboo Items… we are all just pieces in this game.’

‘What role, exactly, am I supposed to play in this chess match?’

Jiang Chaosheng looked at Daji beside him.

“Let’s go.”

Daji nodded, looking like an obedient young maiden.

“Okay.”

As soon as she spoke, Jiang Chaosheng and Daji flew into the dark clouds, heading toward the South Sea.

…

Li Mingyue lifted her head, watching them depart.

“Secure the battlefield!”

The Investigators all rushed toward the place where Jiang Chaosheng and Lucifer had fought.

Everything there could be of extremely high research value.