[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades":3,"chapter-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-362":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},418302,682,"Chapter 362  Challenging the Insurmountable","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-362",362,"\u003Cp>\"He was the one protecting the World Core when you attacked Earth?\" Neo asked, surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Yes.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That means, he is on our side—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Not after you revealed me to him, fucker!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Neo could say anything, he saw the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was surrounded by hundreds of thousand-eyed pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rained him with countless mental attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maggots the size of fists writhed and crawled as they tried to tear his skin apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single attack touched the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if they were stopped by an invisible barrier surrounding his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man turned to Neo, his smile gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you working with an Angel of an Outer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't see the need to answer you—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I asked you a question, Neo Hargraves!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice exploded like a thunderclap, creating shockwaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wreckages of Earth—broken chunks of stone, shattered steel, and dying flames—were scattered further by the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thousand-eyed pillars and the writhing maggots burst apart like overfilled balloons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo felt as if he were standing in the eye of a hurricane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin began to peel in thin, stinging strips, and the man's enormous pressure bore down on him like a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Answer me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the man appeared before Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His speed was overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Neo could react, the man's greatsword pierced through his chest, pinning him to the cracked, blood-soaked ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want an answer?\" Neo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood bubbled from his lips as he coughed violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then make me answer you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man's anger momentarily dissipated when Neo used his words against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his sword to strike again when suddenly Neo's body dissolved into shimmering particles of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Intent?\" the man muttered, his brows furrowing in disbelief. \"He made a physical clone with Intent already?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surprised already?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man's head whipped around at the sound of Neo's voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of Neo's clones surrounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can make so many clones?\" the man asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo shrugged, maintaining his silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could create only one clone if it was to be as strong as himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On other hand, he could create countless weaker ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you trying to do?\" the man asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you forget what I said?\" the clones spoke in unison. \"If you want an answer, then make me answer you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Neo uttered those words, a screen appeared before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hidden Conditions met]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Quest 'Survive' will be upgraded to Quest 'Challenging the Insurmountable']\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Details: Successfully land an attack on ???]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reward 'Absolute Chaos World Core Condensation Technique' will be upgraded to 'Primordial World Core Condensation Technique.']\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time to read the screens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clones rushed at the man from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing their fervor, the man's anger dissipated, replaced by a resounding laugh that echoed across the wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shockwaves created by his laughter tore through the air, killing several clones instantly. Their forms disintegrated like dust in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That way of talking, you really are that bastard's son.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You aren't the one to talk, Duke Bael!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless sword attacks flashed from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grinning, Bael gripped his massive sword with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscles tensed, and an immense aura exploded from his body like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force alone caused the cracked earth to split further, sending tremors through the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His slash tore apart everything around him in a blinding arc of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you know who I was?\" Bael asked, his voice calm but laced with curiosity as another wave of clones appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Intent is the same as the [All-Seeing Eye] that hangs in the sky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new wave of clones rushed at Bael again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Velkaria, use mental attacks on me!\" Neo called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Okay!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few maggots survived Bael's devastating attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those that remained writhed grotesquely. Their forms shifted and expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began transforming into gigantic thousand-eyed pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mouths appeared on the pillars, and they began to vomit an endless swarm of maggots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground became a seething carpet of writhing insects as they surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thousand-eyed pillars turned their gaze toward Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An intense headache pounded against his skull, as Velkaria used her mental attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that supposed to be an attack?\" Bael asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of answering, Neo activated Necrotic Touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill had reached Peak mastery long ago, and its power was absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo grabbed at the air itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere began to rot, decaying visibly as tendrils of necrosis spread outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything the rotting air touched began to dissolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wreckages, Space, Time, Life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing was spared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo unleashed Dawn of Despair and Death Elemental after Necrotic Touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world around Bael was plunged into impenetrable darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light was devoured, leaving an oppressive void that suffocated the senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, giant bolts of condensed red lightning erupted in the darkness, illuminating the scene in blinding flashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The harsh light revealed Bael's figure, standing unharmed amidst the attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad,\" Bael mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No attack touched his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier surrounding him remained impregnable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clenched his fist, and the space around him warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It crushed Neo's clones and their attacks effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distorted space around Bael swallowed them without resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael was about to taunt Neo when suddenly he felt something grabbing his leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clone held him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the upper half of its body had survived Bael's devastating attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its form was barely holding together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of tending to its wounds, the clone used Empathetic Bond skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, pulsing glow emanated from it as it transferred the rage and pain it was feeling directly into Bael's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this was why you told that filthy thing to use the mental attack on you? So that you could transfer that attack to me?\" Bael asked. \"But it doesn't—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know it doesn't work on you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo suddenly appeared before Bael while his attention was momentarily divided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's body was covered in cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, something felt off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael hadn't injured him to that extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Was it due to World Energy?' Bael thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned when he couldn't sense any World Energy within Neo's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took him a moment to realize Neo had transferred all of his World Energy into his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Bael noticed, the sword in Neo's hand glowed with an unearthly brilliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Swordsmanship Seventh Form: Tenraizen\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world was engulfed in a blinding flash of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brilliance was so intense that it consumed everything, casting stark, surreal shadows across the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, the flash disappeared, along with the darkness created by Black Dawn of Despair Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, bloodied and battered, lay unconscious on the cold ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was limp and his chest rose and fell faintly with shallow breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too bad, Neo. You lost,\" Bael said with a smirk. \"Now it's time for you to wake up and answer me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael crouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand, ready to slap Neo awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly froze mid-motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes narrowed as he looked down at his abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, line-shaped dirt mark stained his shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was subtle but it was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His attack reached my body?\" Bael muttered in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bael was a Stage-5 God, while Neo's strength was only that of a Stage-1 God.\u003C\u002Fp>",1205,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","ad87930237f41a62346c159f176265775fce31080d98b8c3b5fef5e8cec284aa","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-363","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-361",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]