Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix - Chapter 271

Chapter 271: Asura Vs Stage 7 Goblin Lord

Monsters have ranks attached to them along with their stage. What rank they gain affects their growth and power.

For example, goblins had many ranks, from goblin scouts and warriors to heroes, shamans, and knights, each stronger than the average human of the same level.

At the pinnacle of the goblin ranking, we find the most formidable breed. These are the Goblin Lords, Kings, and Emperors, who possess the unique ability to control and strengthen their race. It is fabled that a Stage 6 Goblin Lord could fight against a Stage 7 knight or warrior with ease.

Not to mention their ability to summon the strongest reinforcements and empower them with just their presence alone. Their leader, the Goblin King, can do all the above. They can summon all his Lords and heroes in their service.

Not to mention the emperor’s rank, which has appeared less than twice in the kingdom’s history. Both times caused a large amount of destruction and chaos.

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Asura hopped down from the tower with a simple jump. His eyes watched the princess’s shocked face before he smashed into the ground with his fist. The impact was so violent it created a vast crater in the once-solid ground as cracks extended several meters in each direction.

‘It looks like my little teasing made the princess angry.’

Asura grinned. It had been a while since he got any decent exercise besides fighting that annoying snake woman.

He raised his head and caught sight of his enemy, standing in a formation to protect the lord. The enemy reinforced himself with several knights, and a goblin hero added to the mix.

The monsters’ expressions were an amusing mix of surprise, challenge, and fear as they watched his casual feat of strength.

“What are you waiting for, goblin? Get here and die,” Asura said with a bored tone as he remained crouched in the centre of the crater. However, because of the stone barrier he created, they seemed reluctant to chase him and leave the Lord exposed.

Asura’s thighs tensed, his muscles condensing with power before he leapt towards the wall blocking the other side of the goblin’s fortress.

With a second boom, his fist met the wall with a massive amount of force. This time, the stone didn’t even last for a second under his fist. The shockwave was so intense the entire wall shattered, dust and pebbles flying everywhere, disrupting the goblins on the other side as Asura stepped towards them at a casual pace.

A goblin hero in the lead must have found his attitude rather annoying. His giant tower shield smashed into Asura’s face as a sword slashed towards his right.

The attack didn’t even leave a mark on Asura’s body.

Not because of the hero’s lack of strength but because Asura blocked the blow, striking with a powerful knee that warped the tower shield. The hero rolled along the ground after a resounding crack echoed from the blow.

Another sword flashed in his direction. This time, the knights attacked in unison, several of them aiming for his neck.

“Hah! You’re nothing but bugs.”

Asura tilted his body, using the palm of his hand to deflect the first blade, breathing out as his abdomen tensed before striking with a counterpunch.

The first knight’s head exploded in a fountain of blood as Asura’s fist crashed into his helmet. (Anima +10)

Blood gushed from the helmet as his body crumpled to the floor like a piece of paper. Asura’s right leg snapped out like a scorpion’s tail, crushing the second knight’s head. The sword in its hand slashed another goblin’s sword arm, bisecting the limb as he raised his foot to shatter the final one’s armour before kicking his neck to turn it into mincemeat. (Anima + 30)

“Phew!”

“Giiiigiiii!!” Yelled the goblin lord. Asura embarrassed his hero and killed his knights. His anger had reached its peak.

A dark glow spread along his body as he covered himself with mana. Several dozens of black skulls floated around him. It seemed to be a magic-type lord who leaned towards the necromancy school.

“You fool,” Asura called out to the goblin. “Now that you’ve used up your trump card, you’ve handed me an easy victory.”

The goblin lord’s brow creased as he prepared to defend himself against whatever was coming.

With both hands pushed out towards Asura, it began forming dozens of black negative energy blasts that fired rapidly towards Asura; the goblin shrieked each time, pushing its arms out to attack, shooting hundreds of them out and causing the rocks and walls to explode while blocking the view of Asura.

“ASURA!!” The princes screeched from the tower, her eyes only able to see a mass of black explosions and smoke while the goblin lord continued to shoot the black balls of energy at Asura.

“…” Asura’s body did not move during the barrage, allowing the bombardment to continue without a care. The goblin lord didn’t expect the human to survive his attack. After all, its power could pierce through the defensive shield of any monster, elf, or human it met in this valley.

No one could block his Negative Energy Sphere, one of his proudest skills. Yet, as the smoke cleared, revealing a figure still standing, the goblin lord felt his entire body chill.

The figure was spotless, with not a single scratch, burnt mark, or damage visible anywhere on its body.

Asura grinned before disappearing from the goblin lord’s sight. The goblin heard something snapping in the wind before Asura’s fist smashed the goblin lord in the jaw. The goblin lord threw its body onto the ground with a backflip, cracking the stones underneath it.

The goblin hero staggered to his feet, looking at his lord on the ground with a bloody mouth and then at Asura, who slowly walked towards it.

He had a mocking grin on his face as if he were looking at a child throwing a tantrum. It roared and charged Asura like a bull, its huge hammer raised high above its head, bringing it down, intending to crush Asura beneath it.

Asura showed a strange smile and nodded.

He waited for the hammer to reach close to his face before putting a single finger to stop the blow. The tremendous power of the blow created a massive force, cracking the ground and causing a storm of wind to crash around the two.

“That’s all you got, little goblin? I’m getting bored,” Asura muttered.

He then flexed his index finger, his finger cracking through the hammer with ease before he used the momentum to swing his hand forward and stab the hero’s head with his hand shaped like a blade, cutting through its flesh with ease.

Asura’s palm cut the hero’s large body in half, causing its chest and lower half to fall to the ground with a thud.

“There.” Asura smiled and nodded his head, expressing satisfaction with his work.

“Now then, Goblin Lord, will you give me more of a challenge?”

The Goblin Lord, filled with shock and fear, collapsed onto the ground. His head turned to the side, looking at his strongest soldier being killed by Asura’s simple flick.

“Scream for me, goblin lord.” Asura stomped on the ground, forcing the Goblin Lord to fly up, forcing the monster to struggle to its feet, unable to hide on the ground anymore.

“Grr! HISS!! GIIII!”

Asura ignored the goblin’s cries and launched his fist at the Lord’s face. He easily destroyed the Goblin Lord’s defence with a single hit. Asura smashed the Goblin Lord’s teeth with ease.

As the goblin crashed into the wall, blood spurted from his lips, causing several pieces of rock and rubble to fall over him.

‘I am invincible?’ Asura mused.

“Princess,” Asura said as he raised his hand to wipe the blood off his arm and held it out towards the goblin lord. The princess watched in shock as the monster collapsed to his knees, coughing up blood while glaring at Asura with hatred in his eyes.

The goblin lord surrendered to Asura’s brute strength. The goblin had no chance of winning, so he gave up rather than die a useless death.

Asura was too strong, and there was nothing he could do to change it.

“He’s… so amazing!”

At that moment, a familiar aura loomed over the valley, a heavy and oppressive might that reminded Asura of an embarrassment he would like to forget.

“Oh? That damn lizard survived. What a shame. It seems he needs to experience the pain of our divine smite again, my elite soldiers!” An elven man sat on the back of a beautiful feathered mount floating in the sky with several Elven knights. “Princess, why do you spend time with such a disgusting and inferior creature?”

The Elven knight wore an intricate golden breastplate and armour that protected him from head to toe. The entire set was magical, which made him look like an angel of death, emitting a divine glow that dazzled any who looked upon him.

However, the princess never looked at him once. Her eyes remained locked on Asura, who winked at her, showing no fear or concern.

“You plan to cast that detestable spell upon me again, Elf?” Asura’s deep voice resounded through the valley, his hand grasping the goblin lord tightly around its throat.

“Grr, Arghh!” The goblin lord hissed, struggling to free himself from his iron grip.

“The filth deigns to speak with the glorious royal guard? Foolish, prepare to smite him! We call upon the divine grace of her holiness, an embrace of brilliance that no evil can resist. Summon a holy beam of light upon them, holy radiance! Divine smite!!” The elf screamed the last word, causing his mount to spit out a loud cry to the sky, before a massive amount of power appeared, as dozens of golden beams of light started shining in the sky.

‘It really is powerful… But!’

Asura didn’t bother trying to dodge.

Despite the princess screaming at him, a strange magic chain seemed to lock her in place, stopping her from saving him. Instead, he cracked the goblin lord’s neck, pulled his body back and gathered all his power and strength into his arm, tossing the corpse of the goblin lord at the lead knight.

The force was so immense that the corpse flew faster than an arrow, slamming into the elf’s face and destroying his bright divine light magic before causing him to crash onto the ground, creating a small crater.

“!?”

“His grace!!” the knights cried out, rushing to their lord’s aid. However, Asura arrived first, his steps loud and low. He then stepped on the elf’s face, which twisted in pain as he tried to crawl away from Asura.

“Where do you think you’re going, little elf?”

“Ahh, No!” The elf screamed, his vision distorted by a sharp pain as Asura stepped on his skull with enough force to shatter the bones, causing his teeth to crack; the haughty Elven knight, now reduced to tears, tried to push Asura off him with flapping arms.

“Where is your divine smite now, elf?”