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

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"I'LL SLAY YOU NO MATTER WHAT, LIZARD!"

The Original Nightmare Curse rushed toward Lucifer, swinging his weapons one by one, while Maria, her sister, and their army offered support from the sides, constantly trying to overwhelm the Original Nightmare Curse without letting him exploit any weak spot in Lucifer's guard, if there was even one now.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Lucifer manifested his Dream Weapon, which had evolved further with him, becoming a gigantic scythe of white void flames, overflowing with divinity, sanctity, and the purified essence of death transformed into heavenly power.

"{Holy Dragon Soul Of Dreams Aura}!"

He unleashed his Aura of Dreams, manifesting as a gigantic ethereal dragon made of golden and white light, clashing against the Original Nightmare Curse with everything he had. Explosions of light and darkness erupted as his scythe rapidly shattered his foe's weapons, while his Aura constantly expanded and attacked from above and below with claws, tail attacks, and bites all at once.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

"N N N G G H H …!"

The Original Nightmare Curse groaned in annoyance, growing frustrated the more he was forced to parry these blows or evade, only to have his armor begin to crumble. White flames constantly burned his body without end as he tried multiple times to put them out, with none of his efforts working as he wished.

"{Abyssal Death Flames Scythe Arts}: {Heavenly Soul-Slashing Inferno}!"

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

Lucifer followed with rapid movements of his arm, up and down, left and right, as he slashed through the armor of the Nightmare Curse, constantly piercing through his very being, his very soul.

In that moment, even Maria was shocked beyond belief. Lucifer had surpassed her. He was stronger than her at this moment!

"G A A A A H H H H H !"

The Original Nightmare Curse agonized, deep within his soul. His fragments were being shattered by those he tried to devour, and now Lucifer was punishing his soul even more. Wounds constantly accumulated, and as the white flames burned him, they prevented proper regeneration.

"T-THIS IS NOT…! NO…! NOOOO! NOOOOOOO!"

The Original Nightmare Curse panicked and screamed, losing his composure as his entire body twisted into an amalgamation of countless Nightmare Demons screaming. More and more were created and consumed instantly, his power swelling up, only for Lucifer's scythe to grow a hundred times longer out of nowhere!

"{Sacred Draconic White Void Flames of Oblivion Scythe: Eternus}!"

S L A A A A S H!

The scythe slashed down, splitting the Nightmare Curse into two halves, which rapidly began to explode. White flames consumed every single piece of him, one by one, without end!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The explosions didn't stop. Maria constantly conjured her deadliest magic to support Lucifer, ensuring the monstrous evil god could not escape at all.

"G R Y Y Y Y A A A E E E G G G H H H H…!"

His body swirled and rapidly compressed, exploding into ashes everywhere.

BOOOMMM!!!

The massive explosion pierced the dimensional walls of the Nightmare Dimension, shaking it to its core. The Nightmares and Demonic Nightmares present watched in awe, awaiting orders that never came.

"Holy shit, Lucifer, you did it!" Maria said happily. "You completely stole the show! You're so amazing!"

"Maria…" Lucifer smiled as Maria hugged him tightly in her monstrous form, fitting his gigantic draconic size. "I wouldn't have been able to get this strong without your help. I owe you so much… And… I love you."

"Lucifer…" Maria smiled, kissing his dragon lips without hesitation, making Amelia slightly surprised at the monstrous yet loving reunion.

"Oh my…" Amelia giggled as Beatriz looked around with concern.

"He really killed one of that bastard's halves! That was just amazing…" Beatriz said. "But his other half is still up there… And this whole place feels weird… his presence isn't completely gone, don't you think?"

"I feel something as well," Tyr said in his chaotic and monstrous Evil God form. "But a large piece of his soul definitely died… he has grown weaker."

"We simply have to go to the surface and end this once and for all!" Maria said, roaring with determination. "Lucifer, let's go!"

"Yeah," Lucifer nodded. "Get on my back. I'll bring everyone up there in no time. I have a movement Skill perfect for this!"

"Alright!"

Maria, Amelia, Beatriz, Tyr, and everyone else quickly sat on Lucifer's gigantic back as he spread his blazing white wings and rushed into the skies, piercing the Nightmare Dimension's ceiling.

"Maria! What about your evolution? Are you there yet?" Lucifer asked her.

"Almost! I am still looking for something within it, but don't worry, it'll come any time now," Maria said, furrowing her eyebrows. "We better hurry up! I want to end this already and be done with it!"

"Well said!" Lucifer nodded. "Time to save this world!"

As they rushed to the surface, facing the Original Nightmare Curse's other half, within the depths of the Nightmare Void Sea of the Nightmare Dimension, bubbles swirled rapidly as countless black tentacles and red eyes emerged.

Fragments of his soul that had been shattered mixed into the dimension itself, merging with its very spatial structure, rapidly making the entire sphere of immense size tremble constantly. The Undead that Maria had left behind to watch the place panicked, looking down in disbelief.

"WRAAAHHH…! MY…! CONSIOUSNESS…! I CAN BARELY…! UUGGH…! GRUUUAAAAHHH!"

Just as Beatriz and Tyr had feared, something weird was happening down there, not exactly the Evil God they knew. His very consciousness melted and disappeared, but the soul essence within him awakened the very foundations of this dimension and gave it life.

RUMBLE!

The skeletons dropped their jawbones in disbelief as they saw countless crimson eyes open one by one across the entire Nightmare Dimension…

TRUUUM!

They tried to contact Maria in time, but before they could, endless darkness consumed them, and everyone disappeared, no bodies or souls left, instantly digested.

"SOULS…! HUNGER…! HUMANS…! LIFE…! CONSUME…! CONSUME…! CONSUME…! OOOOOHHHHHHH…!"

The True Nightmare had been born.

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