Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostle

The jet-black coat, like fragments of darkness, fluttered in the wind and drifted into the distance.

"Well...!"

A very brief, low howl was heard.

Before you could see, under that flash of light, the tall, cold-blooded man was as if he had been struck in the shoulder by a giant steel blade. His entire left side, starting from his neck and including his shoulder, was cleanly sliced open all the way down to his waist.

Although no blood flowed out, and no human internal organs could be seen, only a pitch-black mass, the man was almost cut in two, and with his left half of his body, which could be described as being held together by only a layer of skin, he jumped away rapidly.

"You...!"

The man stared at Fang Li with murderous intent in his eyes.

Enduring the viscous, swamp-like killing intent, Fang Li simply gripped his dagger, watching the man's body nearly cleaved in two, and laughed out loud.

"This level of injury shouldn't hurt you much, right?"

"Nero Chaos, one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostle."

—The Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostle.

That refers to the twenty-seven oldest and most powerful Dead Apostle, who are the origin of the Dead Apostle.

The man before them was none other than Nero Chaos, the tenth of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostle.

"Were those beasts just now the monsters formed from the 666 beast factors that exist in your ' Beast King's Den '?"

Fang Li deftly twirled the Moon Blade in his hand, speaking with a half-smile.

"As Inherent Skill, its ability doesn't seem particularly outstanding."

The so-called "Inherent Skill" refers to a supernatural magic that can materialize one's mental landscape, thereby altering reality.

Once activated, this magic will transform the surrounding space into a completely different landscape, representing the manifestation of the user's mental image, essentially a small, independent world.

In this independent world, the creator will be able to wield extremely powerful forces.

Therefore, Inherent Skill is hailed as the magic closest to magic itself. Its existence is subject to the constraints of the world itself, which means that the formation of Inherent Skill requires extremely large amounts of energy and cost, and it can only be maintained for a few minutes at most.

Therefore, Inherent Skill are generally abilities that only elves and demons can use. Among human Magus, there are only a handful who can use Inherent Skill, and even among the Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostle, only about half of them can use Inherent Skill.

The man named Nero was one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostle who were capable of using Inherent Skill.

Its Inherent Skill, "Beast King's Den," allows it to absorb the essence of 666 beasts into its body, forming a vortex. This allows it to freely create beasts from the essence of these 666 beasts, using them for reconnaissance and combat. Its existence is like chaos, giving Nero 666 lives. Even if a beast created is destroyed outside the body, its essence will instantly return to its body, reviving it.

Therefore, unless one has a way to instantly eliminate all 666 of Nero's lives, it is absolutely impossible to kill him.

In other words, Nero's Inherent Skill is located within his body.

The darkness beneath that coat was Nero's chaos.

Because Nero hid his Inherent Skill within his own body, the Inherent Skill known as "Beast King's Den" was able to avoid the world's corrections and continue to be used by him.

This is also one of the biggest reasons why Nero was able to rank tenth among the Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostle.

Unfortunately, in Fang Li's words, this ability was described as not very impressive.

"If you want to deal with me, you should at least bring out something of the level of Demon Beast. You think you can solve everything by just using wild animals? You're dreaming."

To be honest, some of the beasts created from Nero's Inherent Skill have properties and abilities that far surpass those of ordinary beasts.

The giant tiger, comparable in size to an elephant, was one of the most unique tigers ever found in the world, posing a far greater threat than any ordinary tiger.

But a beast is ultimately just a beast; it can only fight with its body and instincts, and has no special powers.

In the natural world of this world, there exist creatures of a higher order than wild beasts, some of which exist only in fantasy and legend.

Some of them originated from changes in the ecosystem, some were born from human imagination, some became super individuals because of their longevity, and some appeared due to natural evolution.

These creatures, which have transcended the category of wild beasts and possess immense power, are called Demon Beast.

Beings like werewolves and fairies are Demon Beast.

Above the Demon Beast, there are also fantasy species such as Pegasus, Griffin, and even Dragon Kind, which are considered "impossible to exist," also known as mythical beasts.

Furthermore, above the mythical beasts, there are also divine beasts that are recorded in various myths and legends, possessing their own unique names, sometimes serving as mounts of gods, sometimes as companions of heroes, sometimes as symbols of disaster, and sometimes as Divine Beast of the earth.

Naturally, Divine Beast exist only in mythology, and fantasy species called mythical beasts are also considered impossible to exist. Even Demon Beast have begun to disappear, all retreating to regions that humans cannot explore, and have successively become fictional fantasies.

However, setting aside the existence of fantasy and Divine Beast, in the world of Demon Beast, it is certain that magical beasts still exist in some corner of the world.

"You're the tenth member of the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostle, right?"

Fang Li gave Nero a faint smile.

"Then, at least try using your Inherent Skill to create a monster of Demon Beast- level quality and let me see what you're capable of?"

Fang Li's provocation successfully struck Nero.

Then Nero raised his head and looked at Fang Li.

"Call----!"

With a whooshing sound, Nero's coat was spread out to its fullest extent.

From the dark outline of the body, one after another ferocious beasts suddenly emerged.

"Roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar————!"

A terrifying roar echoed through the sky.

The beasts that emerged from Nero's body included wolves, leopards, tigers, and dogs, numbering over a hundred, forming a beast tide. With the ground trembling, they surged like black waves towards Fang Li's direction.

The scene was like a stampeding herd of beasts, instantly filling the entire forest path.

These ferocious beasts are all enormous in size.

The raging beasts surged toward Fang Li, roaring as they pounced.

Fang Li smiled at this.

"Finally, this is starting to look interesting..."

Fang Li lifted the cold dagger, its blade gleaming.