Supreme BeastTamer: I Can Copy and Upgrade Skills 10x! - Chapter 763

Chapter 763: A Pawn of the Scourge Queen

Nox’s thoughts froze for an instant.

The same pressure. The same twisted aura. The same darkness that devoured everything in the Scourge Realm.

He could feel it pulsing from Kaelen like a living thing.

Kaelen’s body shimmered, half-gold, half-black. The darkness spread along his spear, corrupting its glow. His eyes turned faintly crimson, the pupils vertical like a dragon’s.

“Impossible,” Nox muttered. “That’s the same corruption… how can a sea being possess it?”

Kaelen laughed quietly, a deep, unsettling sound that rolled through the water. “So you recognize it. Then it’s true—you’re the one she spoke of.”

“She?” Nox’s tone sharpened. “Who?”

Kaelen pointed the spear at him. “You don’t need to know about her.” He smirked.

However, Nox was already moving at the speed of light. It was easy for him to piece two and two together, realizing who Kaelen was referring to.

His expression darkened as his mouth slowly parted. “The Scourge Queen… so she sent you,” he said quietly.

Kaelen tilted his head. “Sent? No. She blessed me. She made me more than a man of the sea. She made me a vessel.”

The black aura flared, turning the clear blue water dark.

Thalasar’s voice thundered from above. “Kaelen! You’ve lost your mind! That power… it will consume you!”

Kaelen smiled faintly. “Then let it.”

The ocean shook—and then he vanished.

In the next instant, he appeared before the nearest Leviathan statue. His spear flashed once—BOOM!—the colossal guardian’s head exploded into dust and shattered coral.

The blast tore through the current. Thalasar raised his staff, but Kaelen was already gone, appearing before the next statue.

“NO!” the king shouted.

The spear fell again.

BOOOOOOM!

Two Leviathans collapsed, the third cracked in half.

The pressure in the sea spiked so sharply that weaker soldiers began to bleed from their noses.

Kaelen hovered in the middle of the chaos, laughing as the golden light of the city slowly turned dim.

“Your guardians are nothing before the Ninth!”

Thalasar gritted his teeth and gave a sharp command. “All units—protect the civilians! Fall back to the second barrier!”

The order spread instantly. Soldiers herded citizens through the coral streets while mages formed protective domes.

Nox clenched his fist. It felt as if everything that had happened in the Scourge Realm was repeating itself all over again.

Lyra grabbed his arm, her voice anxious. “Nox, we should retreat too! The city’s collapsing!”

He shook his head. “No. If he’s truly using the Scourge’s power, running won’t help. It’ll spread.”

The Ninth Element was very powerful. Nox had witnessed what it was capable of. He still remembered the thousands of dragons that had been infected and turned into loyal soldiers of the Scourge Queen.

For some reason, he didn’t want the same thing to happen in Aquaria.

He had already failed once and lost his friend, Zara. Was he going to allow the same thing to happen all over again?

“Never.” He said the word aloud, and his eyes glowed intensely.

Kaelen turned, locking eyes with him. “You’re right. It will spread. Now that we’re at it, I should let you know as well—my goal is to take over this kingdom and then conquer the other sea kingdoms!”

“That’s a very ambitious goal.” Nox smirked.

Their gazes met—blue lightning against black flame.

For a moment, the entire sea stilled.

Then they vanished at the same time.

FWOOOOOM!

Down in the lower trench, far below the city walls, the two figures clashed like opposing comets.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Kaelen’s spear met Glacier’s End—light and darkness colliding.

Shockwaves tore through coral mountains. Fish scattered in panic. Even the sand melted under the force.

“Tell me—how did you meet her?” Nox demanded between blows.

Kaelen’s laugh echoed, distorted. “She looked for me, of course! The Sea Goddess refused to listen, so I sought another source!”

By ‘Sea Goddess,’ it was easy for Nox to tell he was referring to the statue of Terra. Even though she wasn’t a true sea deity, the people down here believed her to be one.

“So you sold your soul.”

“Call it a trade.”

They broke apart, then re-engaged instantly.

Kaelen thrust; Nox parried. Sparks of lightning and shadow flickered through the dark sea.

Every strike carried enough force to kill a dozen soldiers. The water vibrated like a drum.

Nox swung in a wide arc, activating Divine Velocity.

His body glowed gold, and he vanished—or at least, that was the impression he gave. In reality, he simply moved too fast to be seen. He reappeared behind Kaelen, his blade slashing upward, cutting through the black armor.

SLASH!

Black blood spilled into the water.

But Kaelen only smirked, unfazed by the pain. His wound sealed in seconds as dark mist coiled around his body.

He slowly shifted his gaze to his opponent—and the sea erupted.

Kaelen’s spear blurred, stabbing forward faster than sight. Nox blocked the first three thrusts, but the fourth slipped past, grazing his shoulder. The impact alone sent him spinning backward.

He steadied himself mid-spin, glaring. ‘How did he adapt that fast?’

As if sensing his thoughts, Kaelen held his gaze.

“The Ninth Element rewards understanding,” he said, raising his hand. The water behind him turned pitch black. “Allow me to show you.”

Shapes began forming inside the darkness—long, serpentine shadows with glowing red eyes.

They screeched like distorted whales.

“Constructs…” Nox muttered, remembering them from the Dragon Realm. “You really are her pawn.”

Kaelen’s smile widened. “Pawn? That’s what you call it? I’d say business partner.”

The shadow serpents rushed forward.

Nox’s eyes flashed gold as he spun his sword, forming a radiant barrier of light. The constructs slammed into it, screaming as they burned away.

But more emerged—Scourge monsters lunged at him from all sides.

Kaelen raised his spear, grinning. “Let’s see how long your light lasts.”

Nox darted upward, slicing through two serpents in a single motion. “As long as it takes to burn your corruption out of this sea!”

The serpents coiled around him. He teleported in flashes of gold, each movement leaving streaks of afterimages through the water. Every swing of Glacier’s End released radiant shockwaves that tore through the darkness.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The fight continued, shaking the entire underwater battlefield!