Ghostly green flames rolled and twisted at the edge of hell, while all the noise of steel was covered by gloomy smoke.
The originally loud sounds of hammering iron had now become extremely muffled, like black war drums sounding, signaling that the gates of the dead were about to open.
Viktor quietly stood in place, letting the ghostly green fire on his trench coat flicker.
A small crack slowly opened on the enormous gate of the dead behind him, and endless dark green smoke surged out like ocean waves.
Cerberus, filled with malice, launched the first attack.
It leaped fiercely into the air. The long fangs formed from burning flames reflected scorching ghostly green fire in the air as it rapidly charged at Viktor.
Bang!
The moment it instantly closed in on Viktor's arm, the savage dog mouth suddenly bit down, and the violent sound of steel colliding spread in all directions.
But Viktor had already stepped back several paces, easily dodging the heavy strike through movement.
Cerberus only bit into the surrounding air.
Almost at the same time, Viktor swung his arm, drawing a ghostly green arc through the air.
A rune-constructed formation rapidly condensed in midair.
At the center of the magic circle, a winding and twisted python appeared.
[Fourth-Tier Magic: Soul Python]
Viktor lightly flicked his finger, and flames wrapped in dense dark green instantly rolled out.
It wrapped around the head with the closed giant mouth, opened its jaws, and lunged at Cerberus.
The python circled around the flaming head and bit hard at the point where Cerberus's three heads connected.
Bang!
With one bite, it pierced Cerberus's flaming skin and even left two penetrating holes in its pitch-black steel skeleton.
Cerberus quickly retreated, and the giant python covered in ghost fire was torn in half at the waist and disappeared.
A pale color flowed through Viktor's hand. He pointed into the air, and several formations carrying dragon totems rotated in the air.
[Fourth-Tier Magic: Pale Windfall]
The formations overlapped and crossed over each other as a fierce wind spun beneath his feet.
The surrounding orange sparks were swept into it as well and slowly drifted toward Cerberus.
Cerberus quickly moved its four limbs, turning into an orange afterimage as it rapidly moved around.
But the whirlwind became faster and faster, accelerating from its originally gentle pace.
Until in the end, Cerberus could no longer outrun it.
Feeling the enormous suction force, Cerberus simply charged straight into the center of the whirlwind.
But immediately after, the force of the wind striking its body gave it an illusion.
This magic wasn't powerful.
Yet the very next second, as if deliberately slapping it in the face, a pale projectile compressed to the extreme suddenly fell from the top of the whirlwind.
Cerberus instinctively tried to dodge, but its body was already restrained by the whirlwind. It could only helplessly watch the pale orb explode.
Although the violent impact slammed it hard into the distant wall of flames, its fallen body quickly stood back up.
As if it hadn't suffered much damage.
However, this effective attack had already allowed Viktor to see hope for Viktory.
Cerberus had already lost its connection to hell, and its endless buffs had disappeared because of it.
To Viktor, this meant the vicious dog before him was now in a state where it could be defeated.
Finding a way to remove its buffs was the most important point in dealing with the monster Cerberus.
However, even after successfully removing the buffs, Cerberus was still a terrifying beast.
Those attacks just now had not caused it much real damage.
After all, this Cerberus guarding the gates of hell was level sixty-five.
Even a level sixty-five pig wasn't something a normal fifth-tier mage could casually mess with.
Fortunately, Viktor wasn't any normal mage either.
Cerberus's gear-like limbs rapidly activated, carrying three steel fangs radiating cold light as it charged toward Viktor.
One flaming bite after another came endlessly, while Viktor constantly activated ghostly green fire to turn briefly intangible and avoid the fatal attacks.
If he made even one mistake and failed to catch the right invincibility frame timing, he would suffer severe injuries.
[The gods are dissatisfied that you used the power of the scales]
[But your performance has attracted the gods' interest]
[They choose sides, either praising or mocking]
Cerberus rapidly adjusted its stance, advancing like a cheetah while twisting its body.
Its giant tail wrapped in scorching flames whipped toward Viktor's face, and the firelight surged before his eyes like waves.
The destructive shockwave swept through everything, rapidly covering the surrounding flames.
Ghostly green smoke rose beneath Viktor's feet and lifted him high into the air, perfectly avoiding the heavy strike filled with immense power.
Floating in the air, Viktor waved his hand, and dark green smoke shot out like arrows.
The smoke rapidly condensed in midair, transforming into a giant crystal that smashed heavily toward Cerberus.
[Fourth-Tier Magic: Ghost Mist Condensation]
Bang!
The instant Cerberus felt the huge pressure, its body rolled backward.
But the scattered dark green fragments falling from its body inevitably reminded it that it had still been hit by Viktor's attack.
[The gods predict that you cannot defeat Cerberus]
[You've only survived until now through luck]
[The beast guarding hell is not weak]
Under the raging orange flames, Viktor calmly dealt with every attack.
The cries of steel echoed around him as all kinds of ghostly green magic flashed around his body, helping him flexibly avoid the deadly fangs and collisions.
The two colors crossed through the air, but every single time, Viktor was able to dodge Cerberus's attacks at exactly the right distance and with the right magic before counterattacking in time.
Cerberus's endless health bar still showed no blank space, but the heavy numbers were constantly dropping.
After that endless repetition, the hellhound's life had already been reduced by a large amount.
[The god who wanted to watch you make a fool of yourself is getting restless]
[Cerberus has gained 'Intermittent Intangibility']
As if it had sensed something, a hazy aura entered Cerberus's body.
Its enormous body actually started becoming blurry and transparent, and Viktor's ghostly green flames directly passed through its body.
But the next second, the golden scales in Viktor's hand burst out with another phantom light.
[The scales of the Goddess of Justice are examining all injustice]
[Cerberus has lost 'Intermittent Intangibility']
Light shone onto Cerberus's orange body, and the originally hazy illusion was stripped away and gradually dissipated.
[The underworld issues a warning to the gods]
[This is a fair battle]
Viktor raised his head and looked at Cerberus's extremely long health bar.
After the rapid fight just now, the edge of Cerberus's health had already appeared in Viktor's sight.
The hellhound twisted its body as its limbs contracted inward. Its three heads twisted as well, as though endless pain was erupting from inside its body.
A crack was forcibly torn open on its heads, and sharp steel blades shining with cold light extended from the three heads.
The three blades gleamed as orange sparks collided against them, flashing with layers of light.
Four curved blades extended from the joints of its bent limbs, and even its original claws and fangs became covered in incomparably hard pitch-black steel.
Cerberus raised its head high and let out a long howl toward the sky.
Streams of flame swallowed its original tongues and instead rushed straight into the sky, raising a scorching sea of fire.
Its health had reached a certain limit, and Cerberus entered its second phase.
But entering the second phase also meant... its life was already like a candle flickering in the wind.
Viktor silently calculated the damage in his heart. He raised his head and calmly looked at Cerberus, which had entered the second phase, before speaking, "Then this farce should end."
Azure magic flowed through his eyes like stellar ribbons, and a layer of illusory power rose around Viktor's body.
Magic power surged out from Viktor's body like raging ocean waves, drowning the surrounding land.
Waves rose within the azure sea of magic, spiraling around Viktor's black trench coat as they shot into the sky.
Five differently colored patterns flowed upward along the trench coat. The five-colored elements collided and fused around his body, creating a massive shockwave around Viktor.
The sea of magic submerged the earth, but in Cerberus's eyes, it saw another scene.
A massive magical body slowly rose from the earth as five towering giant beasts stirred the elements and ascended into the sky.
Before the five enormous beasts that covered the heavens, Cerberus suddenly felt itself to be like a tiny stone in the sea, utterly insignificant.
The illusory magical beasts stood upon the earth, surrounded by five-colored elements, while five giant formations of different colors rotated and formed in the sky.
Blurred runes and patterns gathered together, crazily displaying mysterious power above the border of hell.
[The gods are surprised by this]
[They are very interested in these natural powers]
[The underworld continues monitoring you]
[Looks like the long-awaited gates of the underworld finally have a chance to open once again]
Cerberus felt an incomparably huge threat. Its eyes, bursting with orange sparks, were filled with the colors of the five elements.
But compared to before, the second-phase Cerberus was even more violent.
The scorching flames pouring from its mouth baked its black giant claws red-hot, even faintly revealing a metallic red glow.
The next moment, Cerberus's body became surrounded by crimson dust.
Its massive body shed the orange flames and transformed into crimson fire instead.
Endless shockwaves erupted beneath it as flames rose from its mouth. The scorching air current turned into a speeding comet that charged toward Viktor.
At this moment, the four giant beasts behind Viktor slowly faded away, and the massive elemental formations hanging in the sky also disappeared into the ghostly green mist.
The black calamity of wind rolled through the void, reflecting against the giant interlocked formations and forming a dazzling light.
The giant dragon raised its head and let out a long roar toward the sky, while burning white flames erupted in Viktor's eyes.
[Wind Calamity: Sudden Skyfall]