Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!

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"Why? Because we are not the same. Unlike you, I was not born as an unparalleled, god-like being from the beginning. I had to rise from nothing to get where I am. This is the greatest difference between you and me, and it will also be your undoing."

"YOU ONLY TALK NONSENSE! YOU MAY BE POWERFUL, BUT I AM THIS WORLD'S ONLY GOD!"

The Original Nightmare Curse was indeed the only "god" of the Azure Star planet, a being of unfathomable power born from supernatural energies and powers. Therefore, he possessed a natural dominion over everything. Just like the Gods of Yggdrasil governed their own Laws, so did the Original Nightmare Curse.

His Primordial Law was Fear.

RUMBLE!

His power intensified as his compact form rushed down, clashing against Maria head-on. He unleashed all his power at once, his aura rapidly turning into thousands of black tentacles that impacted her body constantly. Maria hardened her bony body to its limits and beyond, managing to resist the immensely powerful blows to an extent.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

"Hmph!"

However, Maria didn't shy away from close combat either. She rapidly moved her gigantic body, roughly the same size as the hundred-meter height the Original Nightmare Curse had compacted himself into. Her countless bony claws tore through his moves, piercing his defenses and filling him with holes. Yin and Yang Flames, born from her Divine Ember of this element, flowed through her skeletal body, while her Starlight Bone Weapons, shaped as spears and swords, pierced and slashed his body.

Each direct strike using these bone weapons also created several {Starlight Explosions}, which dealt an increased 2000% damage and ignored up to 70% of her foe's defenses, piercing through his barriers or physical toughness. This damage was especially effective against the Original Nightmare Curse due to being cataloged as both Divine-type and Calamity-type by the Tower System, an entity that had to be slain.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"GUUUAAAGGHH?!"

The Original Nightmare Curse screamed in agony as his compacted body could not hold back against Maria enough, constantly being pushed back further. His crimson eyes glowed brightly with fury, manipulating the strongest Laws of this world and using the world itself as his shield and power.

"Don't underestimate me...! DON'T UNDERESTIMATE MEEEEEE!"

With a furious roar, giant spatial and dimensional barriers made of the Nightmare Dimension itself rose one after another, suddenly pushing Maria back and stopping her onslaught, while the Nightmare Void Sea fed his monstrous body, healing him.

"I AM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD! THE SUPREME BEING! THE ORIGINAL NIGHTMARE! GOD OF FEAR! AND UPON THIS WORLD'S DESTRUCTION I WILL BE BORN COMPLETE!"

Maria watched in surprise as massive hands made of nightmares and dimensional energies emerged one after another, crushing her Undead army consecutively. Thousands of Undead were destroyed one after another, yet more emerged from her expanded Domain as she battled the entire Nightmare Dimension on her own.

"No matter what, I will not let you do that!" Maria roared. "Tyr!"

"Understood," Tyr nodded, rushing toward Maria and fusing into her body.

"{Spirit Fusion: Evil God Fragment Assimilation}"

F L A A A A S H!

"Huh?! T-This power...! Don't tell me you were still hiding even more strength?!"

The Original Nightmare Curse was once more shocked as he saw a gigantic amount of power surge from Maria again. The fragments of the Evil God, which she had collected and assimilated, giving form to Tyr, returned to her body and merged with her, making her more "complete."

The Element of Chaos was summoned, encompassing Maria's entire body and giving her a dress of twisting anti-matter in black and purple colors, constantly spiraling like psychedelic paintings.

However, Maria's form had changed even more than just gaining a new coat of paint. Her skeletal and tentacled form now took a more compact and feminine appearance, covered with golden armor and white mummy bandages. Her skull head transformed into the long skull of a jackal with long ears and cosmic hair, topped with a golden Pharaoh crown. Her bones turned completely black as she held a long black and gold scythe, manifested through the combination of her Nightmare Weapons, overflowing with immense power.

Through the combination of not only fusing with Tyr but also her Anubis Transformation Fusion Skill, Maria had advanced into a new Realm, pushing herself to her limits to battle this impossible foe.

All the Undead around her instantly evolved, gaining white mummy bandages and golden, Egyptian-themed armor over their bodies, while holding stronger-looking weapons and overflowing with phantasmal and chaotic energies.

"Whatever that form is, it doesn't matter!!!"

The Original Nightmare Curse screamed, his tentacles crushing Maria's newly evolved army and flattening them into the floor as he snickered, still feeling superior to her.

And yet.

FLUOSH!

A black fog spread through all of Maria's surroundings. Her transformed Undead, which were just crushed, returned to life as if nothing had happened, reassembling themselves no matter how many times they were stomped.

"What?!"

The young Outer God suddenly realized what true control over Death was in that moment, as Maria's sharp canine eyes glared at him with a bloodthirsty presence.

"{Demonic Abyssal Fog Cloud Of Death}"

The fog cloud expanded everywhere, further reviving those Undead that had died before and transforming them into stronger versions, as they clashed against the Original Nightmare Curse's army once more.

"I'm finally showing you a part of my true power, bastard, so you better brace yourself, this is just the beginning."

Ding!

[You have activated the Divine Ability: {Demonic Abyssal Fog Cloud Of Death}!]

[Summons a Cloud containing Chaos, Void, Death, Moonlight, and Demonic Elements swirling together, which will summon any Soul or Undead you possess and temporarily transform them into {Divine Tomb Guardians}, whose Stats will increase by +300%. Whenever an Undead dies, it can revive through the fog endlessly. You can use the Souls contained within it to further enhance your Undead as well as your own Stats, temporarily.]

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