Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 299 Dragging the Goddess Down with Him

The Heavenly Serpent, reactivated by Cheng Tian, ​​is essentially still an excavator, just like the giant mining truck activated by Johnny in the movie "Ghost Rider 2". Its special attack is still against buildings, minerals, and towers.

The Demon King Dam, who is a composite of numerous demonic bodies, clearly does not fit the above characteristics.

This energy source was replaced by the electromagnetic cannon of the Holy Flame. It seemed to only cause all-round physical damage to the Demon King, whose attributes were completely incompatible, which was contained in the mouth of the giant serpent. However, the Demon King Dam emitted a terrifying howl that could almost affect the soul. This was something that had never happened even when Cheng Tian caused permanent damage to the root of the demon!
But Cheng Tian, ​​who had been watching the BOSS's movements closely, noticed that as the electromagnetic cannon continued to fire, more than ten strange-looking objects were being propelled into the sky by the cannon's powerful thrust—

They were the unfortunate souls who had been swallowed whole by the Heavenly Serpent and given a massage by the tunnel boring machine inside its mouth.

Thanks to the buff that prevents friendly forces from taking damage, neither tunnel boring machines nor electromagnetic cannons can cause them any real harm, but they do inflict a series of basic physical interferences.

For example, you feel a temperature that is close to the limit of human endurance, but it only burns and does not cause injury.

For example, some of their equipment and weapons suffered irreversible damage.

For example, having been thrown to such a high place, they will have to endure the fall damage... However, since they saw the no-flying warning before entering the instance, they deduced that they might face the danger of falling from a great height, so they all had parachutes, gliders, slow descent scrolls, and other preparations on them.

So Cheng Tian only glanced at it before looking away, turning his gaze to something more important—

A black sphere.

That was the black pearl that Demon King Dam had been unable to easily retract into his body due to the magic-suppressing effect!
Under the immense impact of the electromagnetic cannon, the black pearl finally detached from its body, and surprisingly, very obvious cracks appeared on it!

It turns out that, as a replica of the artifact, the black pearl looks like a "pearl," but it is actually made of Clelia ore, or rather, Clelia ore that has been corrupted. Only high-purity Clelia ore has the ability to absorb and store the power of the artifact, the black pearl.

It was through this medium and the suppression of the source of evil that Cain was able to resonate with the true source of evil using the replica artifact.

However, this electromagnetic cannon shot from the Heavenly Serpent has a special attack against minerals.

The black pearl that Demon King Dam had been carefully protecting couldn't withstand the special attack of the serpentine shield machine. Along with the cracks on its surface, the hidden display representing "?" on Demon King Dam's fake health bar also shattered.

The current remaining health is 14240/14240...

Huh? What's with this number?!

The health bar, which had been significantly reduced and constructed of light in Cheng Tian's vision, was instantly restored to full!
But the problem is, what happened to the damage caused before? How did it just disappear into thin air?

As Cheng Tian charged forward, his brain began to race after noticing this detail.

First of all, neither the Flame Dragon Sword's flying sword array, nor the players' focused fire, nor even the Heavenly Serpent's Heavenly Electromagnetic Cannon could inflict any real damage on it.

Strangely, while no health was lost, the maximum health was reduced by a small amount.

In response, Cheng Tian could only connect the two to the fact that he had used Ghost Eye to permanently judge and burn a portion of the soul fragments containing the source of demonic energy, and that the two were very likely directly related.

It can be inferred that burning soul fragments can indeed cause an irreversible reduction in the maximum health, and may even indirectly demonstrate that the black pearl has the effect of concealing the true health bar.

But this doesn't explain why Demon King Dam and the Black Pearl, despite taking so many attacks simultaneously, never suffered any real damage. The Black Pearl… the Black Pearl…

With his agility of 50 points, he had successfully approached the black pearl that had been blown away. At the same time, the Demon King Dam, who had been hit head-on by the Heavenly Electromagnetic Cannon and whose body was obviously damaged, was unable to chase after Cheng Tian for the time being because the giant snake's mouth was biting his lower body tightly. He watched Cheng Tian's intimate contact with the black pearl with a seemingly impotent and furious expression.

But for some reason, Cheng Tian could vaguely sense that the Demon King, whose weaknesses had been fully exposed, did not seem as panicked as he appeared.

Cheng Tian raised the Heavenly Chain Hammer in his right hand and struck the black pearl hard.

A damage value of "-76" popped up above the Demon King's head, but the next second, a number of "+76" also appeared simultaneously!
However, Cheng Tian's gaze remained unchanged. Instead, he swung the Flame Dragon Sword in his other hand directly at the black pearl that had been physically knocked away.

The complete sword instantly shattered into seven pieces, which lashed out at the black pearl like a whip, causing the black pearl to spin rapidly like an eight-ball being hit on a table.

But this time, the damage numbers that popped up were even more incomprehensible.

It's a "0"!
No harm was caused!

Whether it was his imagination or not, Cheng Tian seemed to hear a sneer coming from the mouth of the demon king Dam, who was wielding the Asura Battle Axe and forcefully chiseling at the body of the Heavenly Serpent below.

Upon hearing this voice, Cheng Tian remained calmer than expected, his mind still rapidly analyzing the situation.

Demon Lord Dam is a composite being that combines Cain, Dareth, Kishugal, Saba, numerous demons, the Black Pearl, and the Root of Demons.

This means that the other party may also have incorporated traits from these characters.

When under the spell-silenced state, the only traits that can be effective against the opponent are probably physical ones.

The electromagnetic cannon from the Heavenly Serpent and the Heavenly Chain Hammer attack containing high-purity Cleria ore were clearly effective, based on the description that "only weapons and equipment enhanced with Cleria ore can inflict effective damage on Dares."

However, the subsequent restoration of an equal amount of health is not so much a contradiction as two separate effects occurring.

At this moment, Cheng Tian keenly noticed that the chain hammer in his hand had become slightly lighter.

It's not due to a decrease in power, but rather because there's really less Cleria ore inside!
In that instant, a flash of lightning struck Cheng Tian's mind—

I see. In the original work, although Thor didn't speak human language, the path he chose was indeed correct!
"Fina, Leia."

Cheng Tian's sudden statement caused the Gemini goddesses, who were on edge, to turn to look at him with bewildered expressions.

"You two get ready! It's time to join me in this descent into depravity!"

After uttering this statement that only deepened the Gemini Goddesses' confusion, Cheng Tian looked at the Demon King Dam again without hesitation, and a strange yet familiar magical wave surged forth—

The Night Parade of a Hundred Demons! Activate!
Then... a backlash!
The pure white wings on Cheng Tian's back visibly began to turn pitch black!
(End of this chapter)