Devouring Monarch: Rebirth of the Profane Phoenix

The moment the beam fired, all the other ships followed, transforming the sky into a brilliant flash of silver light. The laser hit the queen, instantly swallowing the ocean's water, creating a massive vacuum as her screams filled the air. A colossal pair of tidal waves rushed from her sides, caused by the terrifying explosive power of the fleet's cannons.

Asura's eyes focused, watching the swarm of Phantom scouts scatter while they fled from his ship. He locked on and eradicated them without exception. The brutal beam cut across the horizon with a howling ray.

"Bravo!"

"Yessir!"

"Victory!"

However, cheers did not erupt; instead, the sailors and warriors turned pale while looking towards the rear, noticing a huge flaming object towering into the sky, dozens of tendrils swaying, and an enormous mouth filled with thousands of teeth in a spiral-shaped mouth.

The captain gulped; Asura's beam had caused an explosion in the ocean. An explosion that had transformed a section of the sea into an inferno.

"Second wave coming, everybody, at the ready!" The Captain commanded as he waved his hands to raise the shields as another wave of Phantoms rose from the surface.

These phantoms were smaller, but their armour was thicker and covered most of their body, and their claws were sharper with the laser beam crystals on either shoulder. "Warrior class Phantoms!" The captain was on high alert; this was an unusual evolution that Asura had not encountered before. "Be ready for their attacks!"

'It's amusing how the navy has a codename for monsters, and it seems they also have a classification system... It might be worth creating one for the land, too.' Asura grasped the cold material and wore the tightly fitting outfit with a waterproof and increased pressure resistance.

"Aye!"

Asura smiled at this scene. His right hand moved to press against Helliana's waist, her body nude while she changed into her scarlet red suit. His fingers then traced along her spine as he felt her squirm with a lovely face, feeling the cold sweat on her snow-white skin. "Hurry and wear your suit. That red will look amazing on you."

"My Prince." Helliana kissed him on his cheek with a beautiful blush before smiling like a faithful lover, She dragged the rubber-like suit over her legs with an erotic sound, the alluring sight as she bent forward, pulling it over her buttocks, an exciting and sexy sight to see.

'A red jumpsuit and black hair. How sexy.'

When he turned his head, looking out the window, the Phantom Queen seemed to have recovered; with a loud screech, a mass of mana began forming inside the spiral-shaped mouth, opening eerily while sucking the magic into her body.

"It's regenerating fast... Looks like the Queen class can also adapt and evolve." He could feel his two hearts pounding in unison, causing his body to tremble with excitement while his blood surged in his veins like an uncontrollable storm. An impulse that began growing from when he lost the chains that bound him.

"Helliana, let's go." Asura, wearing a pure black suit with an armoured breastplate and red highlights, stepped towards the emergency launch door.

Helliana quickly tied her hair into a ponytail with a wide smile before standing proudly by Asura's side. "Let's go!"

Asura opened his palm and slapped her buttocks, the tight material wobbling slightly as the interior hatch on the door opened, releasing a howl which masked Helliana's moan.

"FIRE!!"

The ship shot another burst of missiles, and two columns of silver lights flew across the night sky. At the same time, the cannons on the surrounding ships unleashed their mortars on the Phantoms, causing the darkness to explode into an illuminating blaze.

The water seemed to turn into a seething cauldron from the bombardment and the inferno created by the ships' lasers. The explosions caused the ocean to churn into a bubbling sea of chaos with pockets of crimson and orange where the Phantoms burned alive.

"Sir, take this!" a young Valkyrie, not even an adult, ran and handed Asura a pistol-shaped tool with a nervous expression. "I hope you don't mind."

However, he shook his head, twisting his wrist before a black spear with a beautiful ice-blue blade appeared. "I don't like those weapons, Helliana; let's go."

"Alright." Helliana leapt into the night sky, a pillar of wind twirling beneath her feet as she soared into the midnight sky with a single raven wing, Asura at her side, his back with four beautiful wings of raven black and pure white, both of their suits created for their bodies.

'It seems she gave up a lot more than I thought to save me...'

Asura's arm wrapped around her waist, even though she could fly normally. He just wanted to support her as they shot forward with a low boom towards the queen.

The queen seemed to have noticed them. Its cries echoed through the darkness as her spiral mouth charged to its peak, an incredible light of purple heat forming as her body twisted, preparing to fire another energy blast.

'So quick, it has almost reached its peak.'

His fingers tapped her waist before releasing her from his side, and Asura's wings sent him into a downfall; his spear pulled back, building force as his magic swirled at the tip; he focused upon the queen's mouth, her tentacles and swirling beam prepared to use his void magic to avoid the devastating ray.

"Asura!?"

"I'll draw its attention. You prepare to bombard it with magic from above!" Asura's voice transformed into a distorted and more monstrous form as his body was covered in another layer of black armour. His horns grew thicker, with flames of magma and swirls of frost bubbling from their cracks. His eyes were jet black, one with a golden iris and the other an azure blue.

With a burst of power upon liberating his demon and dragon bloodlines in unison, he burst forward several metres, his spear slicing through a tentacle while spinning around to evade a blast of purple energy.

"Shit! That's hot!" His suit instantly melted where the beam grazed him; however, he sped up further with a single flap of his wings.

"Queen!" A howl exploded through the night, waking up every Valkyrie. "Come, are you afraid?"

Asura's hand, while her hundreds of eyes focused on him, waved towards one of the warrior-type Phantoms before its body tore apart, several black spears of ice flying back to the side of Asura as they twirled around with the blood of her spawn.

"Nah, your little kids are..." His wicked words halted as the queen suddenly roared in fury, her massive tendrils rushing forward in a craze. "Is she pissed or what?"

The sea's surface exploded, a giant tidal wave as hundreds of arms swung around. The queen had become enraged. She no longer cared for her life.

"Captain, Asura has angered the Phantom Queen!"

"FIRE!!" the captain screamed with a sense of urgency.

"WE CAN'T THE PRINCE IS IN THE LINE OF FIRE!"

"ALL HANDS, READY MAGIC BARRIERS!" The captain roared through the intercom, the blood pumping in his veins as sweat ran down his face.

"YES, SIR!"

"YES!"

Asura's pupils constricted as a powerful tug pulled him by his left wing, the suckers of the queen wrapping around him, swirling his body around like a toy, the g-force snapping the bones in his arm instantly.

"FIRE NOW!" Asura roared through the shattered microphone as he formed a massive shield of blood mana with his free arm, his wing in agony as the queen tightened her grip around his limb.

"DAMNIT!" He cursed while reaching out and slicing off his wing, the pressure and force sending him flying into the distance, but the queen refused to let him go.

However, from above, the beautiful Helliana continued amassing her magic, creating a ball of crimson flames and swirling storm clouds with ice and thunder flashing throughout. Her eyes focused, and her lips moved in a silent chant with all of her mana and spirit.

No matter how Asura suffered, her golden eyes shone as if able to see the future. She didn't interrupt her casting. The ball grew larger as she condensed her magic once again.

The captain could feel his hands tremble as the laser blasts and mortar shells had little effect on the queen. There was still no sign of Asura. 'Is this the end?' Experience tales at mvl

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"Shit..."

Blood sprayed from his wounds. The queen followed him with a bloodthirsty gaze, yet Asura didn't seem to be fearful or have given up hope like the captain. He kicked out, stopping his rapid movement, forcing himself to stop.

"AHHH!!" Asura released a powerful roar of irritation. His wings burned from her scorching energy ray. 'There's no choice. This damn woman is too clingy.'

He grasped Lumeris Nova tight, the spear flickering with magic light while his hand pointed to the queen's eye and the tentacles that swarmed around him.

"Let's dance, woman!"

Asura shouted, his body turning into a flash of light using his wings and void magic to the limit. His body teleported, slicing and cutting, tearing and penetrating the queen's body, and his left arm turned into a windmill of destruction.

As he ripped apart her flesh and skin, his eyes captured Helliana's casting, and his focus shifted towards the queen's mouth, noticing an extremely light building as her flesh started healing from the cannon and his assault.

'Oh no, you don't!'

Asura's leg kicked forward, sending himself towards her mouth. The queen's enormous eyes narrowed upon his location. An instant later, her tentacles and mucous-covered appendages raced to him.

His figure blazed through the air like a red comet; his strength was at its peak while his spear thrust into her mouth and injected a core of freezing wind into her mouth.

In a single moment, Asura exploded into a ball of black flames.

The heat melted his suit, the feathers of his wings, and the surrounding air, which became toxic to breathe in.

The black flames of destruction swarmed around him. His hand transformed into an enormous black claw, grasping the lower jaw of the monster. His muscles and body almost exploded from her bite of strength, yet he forced it open.

The interior of her mouth is slimy and disgusting, filled with thousands of yellow and sharp, serrated teeth.

He wrapped his fingers around her lower beak, his feet with sharp nails sprouting from his feet like talons, latched onto her flesh, using his melting wings to fling the black flames towards her approaching tentacles.

"Let's play a game..." His distorted voice, close to a bird's cry, echoed through the battle—only the queen, phantoms and those with a phoenix bloodline could hear his words rather than the deep cry of a monster. "Shall we?"