Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!

873 Maria's Power

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(Maria's POV)

Finding myself within a strange void that I couldn't quite decipher on its totality, I was swiftly greeted by a mysterious fellow, a tall man, assuming him to be a Vampire by the blood aura he exuded, wearing a full black suit, covered on a black cloak, and wearing a plague doctor mask.

I noticed some strange protuberances within his back, as if he had something below his jacket. Whatever it was, I'll soon know it is, because I'm going to absolutely wreck his ass.

"Those clothes, don't tell me you're part of the clowns from the Warlocks?" I asked, standing still calmly. "Clowns?" Asked the man, he seemed to have a hateful cocky voice. "I would prefer if you called us enlightened, or even talented people!" He laughed. "Milady, I will show you that you should had never tried to mess around with our territory. We, Warlocks of the Underworld, are an organization not to be messed around, even if you're S Ranks…"

"Hoh, bring it on, jackass." I laughed it off. "You really think you're some big deal because you made this domain up? I'm going to shatter it."

"You're quite talkative." He said. "Let's see if your actions can amount to your words."

FLAAASH!

Suddenly, I saw a burst of blue lighting emerging from his back, his entire body gained a crimson-colored lightning after that, as he rushed towards me at an incredibly fast speed.

"Lightning, huh?"

CLAAASH!!!

His claws emerged out of his black robes, the impact of his attack sending out a shockwave of electricity that quickly burned down a bit of my dress. However, I had successfully blocked his blow.

"Hey, this dress was quite hard to make, you know?" I asked him with a smile. "Y-You took that hit head on?" He wondered.

"Ah, you're surprised? I thought you were stronger than S Ranks?" I laughed.

BAAAMMM!

Without hesitation, I kicked his stomach and flung him into the skies, he immediately vomited blood, his mask covered by the crimson color, I felt his gusts splattering inside and his bones breaking.

"GUHHH…?!" He groaned, quickly pointing his hands down, his black cloak slowly beginning to tear itself apart. "No, it is my bad! I should had not underestimated you, mi lady! [Crimson Lightning Catastrophe]!"

FLUOOOSH!

His lightning powers gathered around his hands as he unleashed them down towards me, dozens of lightning strikes attempting to completely burn me to a crisp clashed against me!

CRASH!

"Hoh, not bad! It tickles a bit, hahaha!" I couldn't help but laugh at the scene. "You know? Divine Lightning hurts way more than this!"

"W-What…?!" He muttered. "Did she said divine lightning?!" Ding!

[The [Divine Thunder Spirit Body: Lv3] Skill has activated automatically upon contact with strong Lightning Strikes.]

[You have naturally begun to resist and absorb the Lightning!]

[You learned the [Lightning Absorption: Lv1] Skill!]

"Unless your lightning can become as strong as that of a God, I doubt it would hurt me as much." I smiled. "And thanks to you I even got a new Skill, thanks a lot!"

I quickly gathered my Moonlight Energy, generating a huge moon-shaped mirror in front of me, the lightning was instantly absorbed, as the mirror reflected the energies back towards my attacker, now empowered by Moonlight and Chaos Elements!

"What the…?!"

BOOOMMM!!!

His entire body was blasted into the skies, as he quickly fell, set ablaze, clashing into the floor… His clothes were half-burn, revealing his strange body.

"I knew you weren't normal, but oh boy, you sure aren't normal."

"Urgh… Haha… HAHAHAH!"

He slowly started standing back up, having tanked that hit must have hurt a bit, but he sure was a durable bastard. Maybe it had to do with his body, which looked to have been made up of several body parts stitched together.

I had seen Vampires turn into creatures before, possessing innate powers or utilizing Demonite Heart Cores, but they usually still had their normal base appearances.

These Warlock guys… were different, I doubt this guy is the only one with modifications on his body. Despite being vampires that take pride into their "perfect" bodies, they seem to have the obsession with modifying themselves, fusing monster parts into their bodies.

"Haahhh… You sure are something else!" He laughed, revealing his torso to me.

His two arms resembled those of a huge and muscular bipedal beast, with tiger-like stripes. Did he stole the arms of a poor beastmen, or some bipedal tiger monster?

His face was still covered on his mask, but I could notice that he had two different colored eyes, horns, and on his back, six glass tubes imbued with colorful crystals inside, which seemed to be directly connected with the rest of his body.

"So you acquired that lightning power from those tubes?" I wondered. "You've really made of yourself quite the freak show, but I'm glad you experimented on yourself instead of using guinea pigs…"

"Oh, for sure, I've used hundreds of them. Adults are easier to use, children… break too quickly." He laughed, his six tubes glowing with different colors.

Not only lightning emerged from his hands, but also emerald winds, and crimson flames, which he started to combine, imbuing a part of them into his body, while the other became a mighty, multi-colored aura.

"[Triple Element Manipulation Technique]: [Lightning, Wind, and Fire Strengthening Aura]!"

FLAAASH!

He rushed towards me at lightning speed again, his fists blazing with flames and winds, unleashing a tornado of flames upon contact! Not only once, but several times, each of his attacks become stronger and faster.

BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAAM!

Above all, explosions of flames, lightning, and winds emerged from his attacks, generating tremendous shockwaves, all while his muscles kept growing larger, enhancing his strength and speed even further.

I dedicated myself to evade his attacks for a couple of seconds, that until he suddenly gathered his elemental energies, summoning a huge palm-shaped gathering of elements!

"Don't underestimate me, you failure of a witch!" He roared. "[Elemental Triad's Palm]!"

BAAAMMM!!!

"Failure of a witch?" I asked, smoke covering my entire body. "It's not like I asked to get betrayed, beheaded, and turned into a ghost to begin with!"

My leg suddenly sparked with black lightning, as I rapidly kicked his face, breaking his mask and pushing him away!

CLAAASH!