novelhk Chapter 335 Your clone is very useful; now it's mine.
Chapter 335 Your clone is very useful; now it's mine.
Chapter 335 Your clone is very useful; now it's mine.
Beast Sense is a truly cheating ability; Rune can clearly sense all of Brainiac's feints and real moves.
However, the twelve Brainiac clones were not so lucky. As soon as Rune caught them, they would be corroded by the dark magic seeping from his body, just like now.
One of Brainiac's clones charged straight at Rune, launching a full-speed attack at the back of his head. This attack was much faster than sound, but Rune, as if he had no prior knowledge, dodged it and grabbed the Brainiac clone with one hand.
"Brainiac, you have a weakness that you may not even know about yourself." Rune's hand that held Brainiac emitted a terrifying dark magic that, like a twisting reptile, burrowed into Brainiac's seven orifices.
As magic invaded, Brainiac immediately discovered a very strange set of data in his logic circuits. This data was difficult to describe in words. Brainiac immediately initiated a self-diagnosis, but all his efforts were destined to be in vain.
The powerful villain's clone discovered that it was unable to pinpoint the source of the anomaly. The data seemed to have sunk into the depths of the ocean and disappeared completely, while its main consciousness cruelly severed its connection with itself.
Brainiac's clones all showed rare expressions of surprise.
"Surprised?" Rune casually deflected the attacks from the other Brainiac clones with his dark magic. "Brainiac, I don't know which universe you come from, nor do I know your origin, but I do know that you are a data life form now. You are not a robot; you still have your own emotions, and you can be surprised—"
"This, of course, also means that you will be afraid."
The next moment, Brainiac's clone's visual sensors began to distort. The previously clear, dry, and bright interior of the spaceship was now covered by a writhing shadow. When he tried to make out the shape of this writhing shadow, he saw its true face—those faces, those twisted, hateful, and fearful faces, swaying in the shadow. Among them were alien inhabitants he had once assimilated, other destroyed Brainiac clones, and even many bizarre creatures he had never seen before. "This doesn't make sense."
The poor Brainiac clone kept trying to reboot his system as he spoke, but his fingers began to twitch, and large amounts of black slime were constantly seeping out from the gaps in the armor at the joints of his limbs. He was powerless to resist such terrible erosion, but in his last moments, he still tried to send error logs to his main consciousness, hoping that the main consciousness could use them to improve itself.
Unfortunately, the main consciousness had long since severed its connection with him.
“Yes, of course it doesn’t make sense.” Rune released his grip on the clone. “But that’s magic, Brainiac. You should understand this when you abandon your physical body and choose to embrace information. Perhaps your processor is powerful enough to give you the ability to simulate normal emotions, perhaps your storage capacity is enormous enough to hold the knowledge of the entire universe, but magic will always be a taboo you cannot touch.”
The usually composed Brainiac began to groan in pain, muttering repeatedly, "No—. This is impossible, Brainiac, perfect and eternal—"
But as he spoke these words, his skull began to twist and deform. In an instant, thick black keratinous protrusions grew on his green, handsome face. His heavy armor had merged with his clone, and a thick, long black tail grew from his tailbone. His eyes, which had originally symbolized rationality, had completely disappeared.
Now, Brainiac's clone is completely dead. What has reappeared before the Brainiacs is a newly born, powerful alien, whose master has changed to Rune the moment the connection with Brainiac's main consciousness was severed.
Although the description seems to use a lot of words, in reality, this series of events only lasted for a few dozen seconds.
If Brainiac thinks he can defeat Rune with sheer numbers, then Rune's shapeshifting will teach him a lesson.
"Go."
Rune spoke these words to the puppet that had been implanted with memories of hunting aliens. The Homelander modified body that Brainiac cloned to enhance the combat power of his clones had now benefited this mage, and the puppet obeyed Rune's will. It looked at the other versions of itself, arched its back, then raised its head and roared, charging towards them.
With the support and enhancement of runic magic, this powerful puppet, which combines various alien fighting techniques, began to fight its way in and out of Brainiac's clones. Although the fact that the armor of the enemy and the puppet were of the same origin meant that neither side's original attacks could cause effective damage, dark magic could.
These clones began to be transformed one by one into terrifying alien golems. Moreover, thanks to the Homelander's immense strength and Brainiac's heavy armor, these alien golems also changed their fighting style. They charged around recklessly, no longer dodging, and also shot lasers from their mouthparts.
Even more disgusting is that dark magic flows within them, which can seep into their clones during close combat, silently corroding other Brainiac clones.
Only when only three clones remained did they analyze the reasons for their defeat, concluding that their current odds of winning were too low.
It was not advisable to linger too long, and they began to try to escape. However, under the siege of multiple alien puppets and the crimson ribbons that Rune used to bind them, these Brainiac clones had no chance to escape and could only become part of Rune's demonic possession.
At this moment, a tiger emerged from Rune's body. Rune no longer wanted to fall into such a trap, so he summoned his guardian beast to help him find his way.
With each step Rune's guardian beast takes, the stripes on its shoulder ripple and slide down like flowing water, and the moment it lands, it transforms into another complete guardian beast. In this way, it splits into two, then into four—their number seems endless.
A tiger shook its head and pounced towards the corridor to its left. Another tiger leaped into the air, shrinking to the size of a mouse, and disappeared into the pipes.
What they see is constantly being transmitted back to Rune's mind. If Dumbledore or Professor McGonagall saw what Rune was doing, they would be amazed by their former student's high level of skill in white magic and transfiguration. But this was just something Rune did casually.
Countless tigers, large and small, ran and leaped within the spaceship, sweeping over the drifting metal skull like a dazzling white wave, until one of them ventured into the central control room and encountered Brainiac's true form.
In an instant, all the tigers looked toward the central control room. Then, countless tigers rushed back the way they came, like countless streaks of light flashing by, before crashing into Rune's body.
Finally, Rune opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
"Found you!"