Dancing on the golden ashes-Chapter 196: Abyssal Devourer

My entire body felt like it had been plunged into the coldest of lakes, but despite the freezing sensation, a rush of power surged through me. No one in the past year had been able to force this transformation out of me, but now, this opponent—this massive mountain of a creature—was giving me a headache. How cute. It thought it could just throw its weight around and overwhelm me. Let’s see how it handles this. Discover hidden tales at novelbuddy

I could feel the transformation coursing through me, at least five times stronger than before, maybe even more. In the past, the best I could summon were the claws—just raw, unrefined power. But this? This was different. Darkness didn’t just wrap around me. It consumed me, like a cloak forged in the deepest shadows. It was similar to what I could achieve with the eerie voice, but since it had abandoned me, this would have to do. And it should be enough.

I felt the horns on my head pulse with raw power, and instantly, my strength was amplified, magnified beyond anything I had ever experienced. With a single leap, I soared to two kilometers high, hovering in the air like an unstoppable force. My clawed hand slashed at the beast, carving a massive chunk from its body and sending it crashing to the ground. The black flames burned away the wound, preventing it from regenerating. A perfect strategy. Little by little, I had to slice and dice it, making sure it couldn’t heal. This, I realized, was the key to bringing it down.

The monster roared in pain, and the air around me trembled. I could feel the pressure building, a heavy weight crashing down on me. And then, in an instant, the space around me froze. Like an invisible prison, the air itself turned solid, trapping me within. From all directions, rocks and dirt shot toward me at an unimaginable speed, transforming the battlefield into a hellscape of flying debris and crushing force.

I wanted to run. I needed to, but I was caught. No matter where I moved, there was an invisible wall, a boundary I couldn’t break. My power surged, desperate to free me. I unleashed darkness, letting it explode outward, but even that wasn’t enough. The monster had trapped me in what could only be a domain skill—a power that bent the very space around us.

"Fine, you want to play in the domain? Then let’s see how you like mine."

I focused, and with all my might, I twisted the darkness within me into a singular force. A domain of my own. This monster wanted to cage me? I’d make sure it learned what true power felt like.

My sovereign domain roared to life, plunging everything into darkness. In that moment, the world seemed to freeze, and the restraints the Mountain Immortal had placed on me shattered instantly. I wasn’t moving at my usual speed, though. It still felt like the weight of the mountain was pressing down on me, but at least now I could crush it. My power, in its current form, was just enough to trap this beast in my domain. Its body was massive, and I had no idea where its heart even was, but here, in my domain, I was the ruler.

From all directions, my slashes rained down on it. The beast screamed in pain, but I could feel my soul power draining rapidly, my mana burning through faster than it could regenerate. I didn’t care, though. I would finish this now, even if it took everything I had. After that, I’d let myself rest. If every fight was this hard, though, I didn’t know if I could keep doing it. Why was I being forced into these damn quests?

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The beast retaliated. Its body shimmered with golden light until it exploded, sending a wave of energy crashing into me. The shockwave forced me out of my domain and into the open, both of us staring at each other in a brief standstill. Despite everything, the creature was still so strong. Its defense was terrifying—unbelievably so. But I realized that the reason I could take all of its hits was that its attack power was relatively weak. It was like a tank with no firepower, just a shell and some ammo.

"This won’t do…" I muttered to myself. This battle would never end unless I ended it. I couldn’t keep dragging it out like this. One powerful attack, and then it would be done. I might not be able to move afterward, but I was too tired to care.

I shot into the sky. The beast tried to retaliate, hurling a barrage of rock spears at me, but I danced effortlessly between them, my wings gliding with grace as the crimson lightning wrapped around me like a shield and booster. In seconds, I had reached a height of seven kilometers, and that’s when the idea struck me. All the chaos energy in me rushed to my palms. A small, swirling ball of power began to form, spinning counterclockwise at an impossible speed. The faster it spun, the more energy it pulsed out, and soon, the center of the ball turned fully black, creating a vortex of gravity that distorted space around it.

This was it. My innate power to devour nearly anything had allowed me to figure this out: a mini black hole. The suction from it grew so intense that it started pulling at everything nearby, making the space around me distort and warp.

"I will call this the Abyssal Devourer of the Demon Queen! Wait... no... too long... just Abyssal Devourer will do. Yes, that’s better," I muttered to myself, almost forgetting my main objective in the process. The words felt strange leaving my mouth, but the name seemed fitting, at least for now.

I released the orb, watching it travel at the speed of light. The moment it collided with the monster, I felt something shift deep inside me. It was as if I had bitten off more than I could chew—more than I could even swallow. The energy from the black hole surged forward, the force pulling everything into it, warping reality itself. The monster screamed in agony, its body twitching violently as if trying to escape the gravitational pull. But what gave me a fright was the amount of energy I was devouring from the monster and it was a bit too much for me…