Echidna sneered, her eyes cold:
***Kill them--***
A thunderous explosion rocked the ground.
***Uh?***
Her command faltered as a colossal vortex ripped open the sky above Jennifer and her group. From the swirling rift, erged Reaper, Apate, Azazel, Alien, Zelus, Dracula, and the rest of the Commanders.
Echidna, dusa, Sword Saint, and their soldiers watched as a seemingly endless horde of Walkers, numbering over a million, poured forth from the spinning portal, each ard and ready.
A deafening whoosh filled the air as Abyssal Dragons and other airborne terrors surged through, their wings beating the air above the assembled Walkers.
A resounding blast echoed from the west. Echidna and her group turned to witness another crimson vortex materialize, disgorging a million Abyssal Skeletons. Their obsidian armor glead, and their crimson gazes were fixed on Echidna.
Another earth-shattering detonation from the east drew their attention to a third gateway. From it, a horrifying legion of Abyssal Walkers, composed of reanimated soldiers, Hellions, Nightmare Legions, and grotesque tentacled abominations, flooded onto the battlefield. Ten figures, masked and imposing, led the charge.
***This?*** Echidna was rendered speechless.
Jennifer stepped forward, a smirk playing on her lips. "Now, how do you like our army? Five million strong, compared to your paltry few hundred thousand."
***Fufufufu.*** Echidna chuckled, a hint of derision in her tone. ***You think these rabbles can stop us?***
***Why don't we find out?***
The ground convulsed violently as the humans braced themselves, their eyes scanning the chaotic scene.
From the fractured earth, thousands of serpentine creatures, with the upper torsos of humans and the lower bodies of snakes, erupted, their hair a writhing mass of serpents.
"**Hehehe... Soone's awfully eager to et their demise.**" Eins' voice, laced with malice, cut through the air. With a flick of his wrist, a mask materialized before him.
"**Very well... We shall grant their wish.**"
At his word, the nine Blades summoned their own masks, and the ten donned them in unison.
Reaper landed beside Jennifer and Erika, his gaze locked on the approaching army.
***Pathetic. Attack!*** Echidna commanded, and her monstrous army surged forward.
"Firenze, stay clear of the dragons and snakes... Leave them to us." Erika instructed, drawing her bow.
"Yes, Mrs. Michael." Firenze nodded.
Erika smiled, the tip of her arrow glowing with erald light. "First ti testing this skill."
"[Arrows of Annihilation.]"
She released the arrow.
A cacophony of monstrous roars filled the air as the creatures accelerated, the ground trembling beneath their onslaught.
"Now."
The arrow shattered into a cloud of verdant smoke, which the charging monsters unwittingly plunged into.
Screams of agony and bestial howls erupted as the monsters began to drop, their flesh lting away.
***Such potent poison! Avoid the smoke!*** dusa shrieked.
The soldiers scrambled to obey, while the serpentine creatures burrowed into the earth.
Erika advanced, her bow held firm, her expression a mask of icy resolve. "You fools believed us to be re playthings! We will show you the true might of humanity!"
She aid her bow at the airborne creatures and, with a cruel smile, unleashed ten arrows.
Echidna watched as the arrows exploded into more clouds of erald smoke, sowing chaos among her aerial forces.
***What sorcery is this?! She's rely an Immortal, yet her skill slays even Transcendent beings! Is it the weapon?*** Echidna pondered.
The Walkers and humans watched as the enemy soldiers succumbed to the deadly fus.
Suddenly, the earth cracked again, and skeletons and serpentine monsters burst forth, attempting to flank them.
"Using the chaos as cover... How futile!"
Jennifer spun her scythe and lunged, instantly bisecting three serpentine creatures with a single, brutal stroke.
The skeletons recoiled in shock. Those serpentine warriors were Transcendent, yet they were felled so easily.
Jennifer's crimson eyes glead, her face stained with the blood of her enemies. "Attack."
At her command, the million Walkers surged forward, led by the Blades and Commanders.
***Mother, this battle is turning against us. Their numbers are overwhelming, and they possess the Ten Blades, Reaper, and the Commanders. Perhaps we should regroup?*** dusa suggested.
***What would your father say if he learned we were routed by such vermin?*** Echidna retorted.
***But...***
***No buts. We will prevail, no matter the cost.***
She summoned a long spear, crackling with energy.
***Attack!***
With a thunderous roar, she charged towards Jennifer and Erika. dusa and Sword Saint exchanged a glance, nodded, and followed.
Jennifer's kick shattered a skeletal warrior, the bone fragnts scattering across the battlefield. A prickling sense of danger sent her whirling around. Echidna was closing in, dusa and Sword Saint flanking her like vengeful shadows.
A thunderous impact reverberated as a powerful force slamd into dusa and Sword Saint, sending them reeling.
Echidna glanced over her shoulder, her eyes narrowing as the Second, Third, and Fifth Blades descended upon dusa, while Tyson engaged Sword Saint.
A swift whoosh drew Echidna's attention back to Jennifer. An arrow, a streak of erald light, hurtled towards her. With a fluid twist, she evaded the projectile, landing lightly on the churned earth.
"You dodged that... Impressive. I can scarcely recall the last ti I missed." Erika's voice, cool and steady, reached Echidna's ears. She turned to see Erika striding towards Jennifer, joining her side.
***Good... Now you two are together, I can simply extinguish you both.*** Echidna's voice dripped with malice.
"Still a big talker... Huh." Jennifer's scythe spun, flinging the gore clinging to its edge onto the blood-soaked ground.
"Do you truly believe you can prevail?" Jennifer challenged.
***Even if I cannot annihilate you all, I will ensure so of you fall with !*** Echidna slamd the butt of her spear into the earth, unleashing a wave of dense, crackling energy.
"You!"
Jennifer and Erika sprang backward as the energy eruption obliterated the ground where they had stood monts before.
"Enough!"
In midair, Jennifer dissolved into a crimson blur, streaking towards Echidna like a vengeful wraith. Simultaneously, Erika unfurled her wings, the feathers shimring with an ethereal glow, and her bow transford into a wickedly sharp, violet sword.
Echidna braced herself as the two won's weapons clashed against the shaft of her spear, the impact sending tremors through the air.
***Fools! I am the mother of all monsters! Do you truly believe you can vanquish ?!*** A surge of demonic divinity erupted from Echidna, sending Jennifer and Erika hurtling back several ters.
They regained their footing, their gazes fixed on Echidna. Her body was now covered in a patchwork of green and red serpentine scales, and her pupils had transford into the slit-like eyes of a cobra.
***Let us indulge in a ga, humans.*** Echidna's voice, now laced with a reptilian hiss, echoed across the battlefield as she vanished.
"....."
Jennifer and Erika stood in stunned silence.
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