Chapter 300: Reversal Template — Power!!!!!
Regarding the sealing of the Black Pearl, the Twin Goddesses and Thor made completely opposite choices.
The Twin Goddesses chose to sacrifice themselves for a permanent seal, while Thor chose to transform into a demon for an internal explosion.
Both had their pros and cons, but both required a sacrifice to be completed.
At this critical juncture, however, Cheng Tian suddenly abandoned the Holy Fire of Heaven and actively embraced the path of demonic corruption.
The reason was that he discovered the true nature of Demon King Dam's Black Pearl.
High-purity Claria ore weapons could indeed cause true destruction to all items that used the Root of Evil, but the problem was that the Root of Evil was now completely enveloped by the divine artifact replica, the Black Pearl.
This meant that attacking the Root of Evil would inevitably also attack the Black Pearl.
Cheng Tian had confirmed that the Heaven's Chain Hammer, which contained ore components, did indeed cause effective damage to it, but at the same time, the Black Pearl absorbed a portion of the Claria ore material, replenishing the damage Cheng Tian inflicted, forming a dynamic equilibrium.
Therefore, a different approach was necessary at this point; rather than attacking the Root of Evil, the first priority should be to destroy the Black Pearl.
And what could destroy a divine artifact replica?
It was an existence that underwent deep demonization under the influence of high-purity demon factors!
The path Thor chose was to destroy the source that created the Root of Evil, which was the Black Pearl, through deep demonization, thereby achieving the ultimate goal of eliminating evil.
Unfortunately, Cheng Tian's demon factors had already been replaced by the Onimusha template loaded by the Game Expert when he entered the instance, so there were no true demon factors within his body.
But as the saying goes, there are always more solutions than problems. Even without demon factors, I can always temporarily conjure a demon form, right?
An operation that had been replicated once in the Knights of the Round Table instance was once again used by Cheng Tian.
Cheng Tian's current state was a superposition of two templates: Avenger Angel + Onimusha. Avenger Angel was a skill effect, while Onimusha was the truly loaded template. The source of Onimusha's loading was actually modified using demon factors. Therefore, the Hundred Demons' Night Parade would integrate all the miscellaneous powers on Cheng Tian's body for a reversal demonization!
At this moment, the four wings on Cheng Tian's back, and even the long, light purple hair of the two goddesses who were also in a phantom state, all turned pitch black under the backlash of the Hundred Demons' Night Parade. Even their expressions changed from sacred to somewhat sinister.
And the knight armor worn by Cheng Tian, which was donned due to the Onimusha transformation completed using the Spirit of the Saoul Guardian, was instantly stained black. Even the blazing sun mask covering the skull face seemed to become part of the armor, transforming into a completely black, full-armored form that enveloped him from head to toe.
Complex demonic patterns appeared on the Fiery Dragon Sword in Cheng Tian's hand, and the red and holy fires that originally burned simultaneously on the blade were replaced by blue demonic flames.
But strangely, despite the complete demonic corruption in his form, the sky above Cheng Tian's location remained sunny, distinctly separate from the sky on Demon King Dam's side.
Perhaps this was a reflection of his spiritual state, just like Thor in the original work: though his body was demonized, his heart still yearned for light.
Among all who witnessed Cheng Tian's drastic transformation, Demon King Dam's reaction was the most intense, because he realized that Cheng Tian had indeed discovered the Black Pearl's true weakness—
Besides the Eye of Judgment, only true demons could harm the Black Pearl!
Having completed the reversal demonization and raising the blue-flamed greatsword in his hand, Cheng Tian couldn't help but exclaim a single word.
"Power!!!!!"
"[Detecting you are in a trinity state with the "Twin Goddesses"—]"
"[Detecting you are in the "Avenger Angel" transformation state—]"
"[Detecting your "Onimusha Transformation" used the Magical Knight "Saul Troba" as its transformation source—]"
"[Detecting you are wielding the greatsword-type weapon "Fiery Dragon Sword"—]"
"[Detecting your template armament "Oni Gauntlet" has the effect of absorbing soul fragments—]"
"[Detecting you are wearing the special equipment "Arthur's Proof" which has the "Knight / Arthur" template solidified—]"
"[The "Onimusha" template you loaded has undergone a reversal phenomenon.]"
"[You have forcibly uninstalled the "Onimusha / Jack Brown" template and reloaded an unknown-grade villain template from the "Devil May Cry" world blueprint — Dark Angel (Black Knight) / Nelo Angelo.]"
"[Dark Angel (Black Knight): Unknown-grade villain template, primary template blueprint is the villain BOSS "Nelo Angelo" from "Devil May Cry", a subordinate of the Demon Emperor Mundus. He wields a powerful magical greatsword and sturdy knight armor, and also possesses the ability to summon phantom swords. He has a demonic bloodline inherited from his father, and while being a formidable rival to the protagonist Dante, he also has deep bloodline-level entanglements.]"
"[When you load the "Dark Angel" template—]"
"[You will simultaneously gain the reversed template armament "Black Dragon Sword".]"
"[You will simultaneously gain template skills: 'Demonic Bloodline', 'Demonic Flame Thunder', 'Phantom Swords', 'Resilient Demonic Physique'.]"
"[Under the "Dark Angel" template, you will be considered to simultaneously possess the "Avenger Angel" transformation form, and related skills will undergo attribute changes, for example, 'Avenging Holy Fire' will change to 'Avenging Demonic Flame'.]"
Finally, after so many instances and so many template loadings, he had finally obtained his first true villain template through template reversal.
They all say that blackening makes one three times stronger, and whitewashing makes one three points weaker. Cheng Tian felt that this might indeed be true.
After his body was completely stained with pitch black, an indescribable Power indeed began to wander through his body, making Cheng Tian unable to resist shouting out again.
"I need more Power!"
Spreading his wings, Cheng Tian flew at a speed slightly faster than his pure white form, chasing after the Black Pearl that had already moved away from him!
At this time, the tunneling machine on the ground, whose flames had transformed from holy fire to demonic flames, and could no longer be called the Heavenly Serpent, was renamed "Demonic Serpent Nero" by Cheng Tian.
That's fine, as long as it's not Orochi.
The Demonic Serpent's body was battered and almost shattered by the Asura Battle Axe, but its most robust mouthpart was still firmly biting onto Demon King Dam's lower body, relying on its massive weight to force Dam to remain in place, receiving ineffective but suppressive blows from other players and NPCs.
In contrast, Demon King Dam, bitten in the Demonic Serpent's mouth, was clearly agitated.
This time, the axe he wielded with great force was no longer aimed at the unyielding Demonic Serpent Nero, but at his own lower body!
That bloated but useful lower body completely bid farewell to Dam!
With a sudden decrease in weight, Demon King Dam spread his wings and, almost madly, rushed towards Cheng Tian, who had transformed into a Dark Angel!
But, it was too late.
The light of the Divine Speed skill emanated from Cheng Tian, and in the blink of an eye, a hundred meters were crossed by Cheng Tian, and the Black Dragon Sword in his hand also slashed fiercely onto the Black Pearl.
And this time, a massive "-173" appeared above Dam's head, and there was no health regeneration jump!
However, what happened next made Demon King Dam's eyes nearly split with rage.
Cheng Tian simply raised his hand, and crystal eyes appeared out of thin air, then split into two, two into four... and four into eight!
Eight crystals surrounded the Black Pearl, and then... hovering between reality and illusion, a total of 63 Phantom Swords completely encircled the Black Pearl!