Bang!
After being strengthened by the "Camel" incarnation, Veleslana's kicking power had reached an unbelievable level. With a light stomp, he could shatter dozens of meters of ground. If he kicked someone, their body would likely explode like a monster hit by a super hero's ultimate move in a TV show.
If it were Ares's own body, which had undergone Magnetic Field Rotation training, he might have been able to clench his fist and confront him head-on, but this body was only a clone. Therefore, facing a kick of such destructive power, Ares could only dodge.
While dodging, Veleslana delivered another flying kick from the sky, aimed at Ares's chest. Ares sidestepped, and Veleslana's figure swept past him, directly hitting a large stone. The stone exploded with a bang, shattering into pieces.
Whew.
Using the wind, Veleslana's figure gracefully floated up again. He hovered in the air, his figure light and ethereal, and at the same time, he taunted Ares on the ground:
"Do you only know how to dodge? Fight back, fight back!"
Bang!
"Hahaha, the Underworld God on the ground is destined to be unable to touch the realm of our sky!"
Veleslana's words did not reach Ares's ears at all. Such low-level rhetoric, in the eyes of an old schemer like Ares, was nothing more than a drizzle, unable to cause any ripples in his heart.
After ignoring the Persian God of War's provocation, Ares began to silently calculate his incarnations.
Currently, Veleslana's two rather aggressive and dangerous incarnations, the White Horse and the Goat, had been sealed by Ares's authority of the Underworld and could not be used again for a short time. Although the combination of the Camel and the Wind was a bit tricky, Ares already had a way to deal with it, while his Boy and Bull incarnations lacked the conditions for activation.
One of these incarnations is a support servant incarnation, and the other requires the opponent to possess monstrous strength and for the opponent's strength to be greater than his own.
Although the strength of this clone of Ares surpassed common sense, it was still slightly weaker than Veleslana's. This was intentional, precisely to restrict the activation conditions of the Bull and prevent Veleslana from using this incarnation.
The remaining incarnations were only the destructive Boar, the accelerating Phoenix, the resurrecting Ram, and the most unfair aspect of Veleslana, the Gods of Disobedience, the incarnation of the God of War of the East, which theoretically could counter all divine powers.
The Boar, an AoE skill, is of little significance to them at the same level. Veleslana would likely only use it when he had exhausted all options or was clearing minor enemies. The accelerating Phoenix is indeed troublesome, but the authority left by Melqart also has corresponding solutions. What needs to be done now is to quickly entice Veleslana to use the God of War of the East incarnation, and once that incarnation is given away, even if he has one life left, he will be easier to deal with.
Thinking of this, after dodging another one of Veleslana's kicks, Ares crouched down, placed his hands on the ground, and began chanting a spell, truly unleashing the full power of the Underworld authority from Melqart.
"I am the Master, the Master of the Underworld, the Master of all creation. O great army slumbering in the depths of the Underworld, heed my command and vanquish my enemies—"
As Ares chanted, a black circle spread out from him as its center, dyeing all the nearby ground a smooth, glass-like black. Then, from the deep darkness on the other side of the mirror, an army clad in armor and wielding weapons slowly rose from the darkness. Even more remarkably, in the center of these undead warriors, there were seven warriors; six of them carried a coffin, while the remaining one stood in front, holding a sword, acting as a guard.
After the appearance of these undead warriors, Ares's figure was gradually swallowed by the darkness, disappearing into the realm of the Underworld.
"Hmm? Is this Melqart's Underworld authority?"
Veleslana's body floated in mid-air, curiously staring at the undead army. When he fought Melqart before, that Gods of Disobedience was more inclined to use lightning, storms, and his "Pursuit" and "Exile" in close combat, and had not displayed this authority in front of him.
However, Ares's move of hiding himself and summoning the Underworld army to battle did pique Veleslana's interest.
Summoning type authorities were not rare, but Veleslana had rarely seen an authority that could both summon and hide oneself.
He sensed that ever since Ares disappeared, the aura of this Underworld army had integrated into one. Every one of them seemed to be Ares, yet at the same time, none of them seemed to be.
"Is he in that coffin?"
Veleslana narrowed his eyes, then looked at the warrior holding a sword and guarding the coffin, and his heart stirred.
He circled twice in the sky, then suddenly plunged to the ground, like an eagle pouncing on a rabbit, kicking the chest of the warrior standing in front of the coffin with a sword.
Unexpectedly, the warrior's performance greatly surprised Veleslana. He had thought that, at the very least, a warrior summoned by authority wouldn't be useless, but facing his kick, the warrior didn't even dodge, as if he hadn't reacted at all, and was directly kicked into two pieces along with the longsword in his hand.
"So weak?"
Veleslana barely stopped his figure above the mirror-like darkness on the ground, then immediately pulled away and ascended high into the sky. He dared not stay on the ground for too long, as he was not sure if Ares would use the mirror-like darkness to cause trouble.
However, it turned out that Veleslana had underestimated Ares. Just as he flew high into the sky, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the sole of his foot.
This sharp pain was unbearable even after being weakened by the Camel incarnation. He lifted his leg and found that his Persian-style slipper had been completely corroded away, and at the center of his foot, a black mark was continuously spreading.
This is indeed the poison of Hydra… Of course not, Ares had used all of the Hydra's poison on Melqart as a precaution, but it turned out that the gods who control the Underworld all possess several curses that even gods fear, and this is one of them. Although it is not as potent as the Hydra's poison, Veleslana's vitality will still be slowly devoured by the Underworld after being afflicted with the curse.
This curse is actually quite difficult to inflict; someone must come into contact with Ares for it to work. However, Veleslana was currently using the Camel and immediately resorted to kicking. Since he wanted to play the role of a Kamen Rider, Ares naturally wouldn't begrudge one or two contact-based curses.
The moment Veleslana was cursed, Liliyana's voice also rang out from the nearby jungle.
"Esteemed Lord Veleslana." The knight maiden from the Bronze Black Cross explained to Ares, who was currently hiding: "You have been afflicted with our King's curse. If you do not defeat our King within four hours, your life will be devoured by our King. Your life is already like a flickering candle in the wind; we suggest you surrender to our King."