[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army":3,"chapter-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1610":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1694166,2163,"Chapter 1610: Monster Against Monster","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1610",1610,"\u003Cp>-----\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucifer sensed a powerful predatory instinct emanating from her. Maria had transformed into a beast, driven by a primal urge to devour her opponent at her peak, an instinct rooted not in her human or ghostly nature, but in her essence as an Outer Goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maria... I hope you don't end up regretting this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry. I won't. But Lucifer, I have something to confess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might have changed a bit from how I used to be... I don't just want to live in peace... I want to dominate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucifer gazed into the skies as the massive cocoon began to crack open. From within, the evolved Hive Queen emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her accelerated evolution rushed without time to fully develop; meant she wasn't as powerful as intended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, this didn't matter to the Hive Queen, who was determined to prove her strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That she was formidable too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ADMIRE MY BEAUTIFUL NEW FORM.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She extended her long arms, revealing a slender body with only four elongated limbs and no legs. Instead, her lower body formed a long, legless abdomen encased in a glowing exoskeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This exoskeleton, pure white with radiant pink and purple lines, covered her entirely. She resembled a newly born insect larva, adorned with long antennae and large, jewel-like purple eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her wings, a fusion of flesh and flowing psychic energy, combined material and ethereal elements, blazing across the chaotic sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Rank had advanced beyond L.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reborn Psychokinesis Hive Queen: Vileplumackt (Rank: L+++)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Close enough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you regretting it yet?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hive Queen laughed, her body transforming into pure essence. The sky above trembled, spiraling into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLE!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this unfolded, Maria saw thousands of the Hive Queen's clones surrounding her, attacking from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly deduced that the Hive Queen's new power involved wielding Psychic Powers in the material world with heightened intent, materializing constructs purely from her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a truly remarkable ability, and Maria hungered to claim it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GRYSSHAAA!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GRUOOHH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"RAAAAHHH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant clones assaulted her relentlessly, shredding Maria's barriers and shattering her void shockwaves as they breached her defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She conjured magic, summoning giant Nether Stars that bombarded the clones, destroying hundreds at once, but more kept emerging, dragging her downward into a technicolor ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maria drowned in a sea of endless colors. The Psychic Energy, warping the material world, created a mesmerizing spectacle, destroying and reassembling matter into sparkling hues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was undeniably beautiful, but Maria had no time to admire it, as massive insectoid claws pulled her deeper toward the Hive Queen's gaping maw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you do anything against this now, you crybaby?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRUNCH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Hive Queen's colossal jaws devoured Maria, the world quaked, and darkness enveloped everything momentarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millions of stars materialized around the Hive Queen. Her chaotic sea of psychic essence began to be consumed by this darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"{Starlit Isolation}\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLE!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stars converged around the technicolor psychic ocean and erupted through space and time, triggering a massive explosion that engulfed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOMMM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, floating in the distorted, chaotic sky, Maria waited...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Hive Queen had truly surpassed her former power, that attack shouldn't have destroyed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, seconds passed with no sign of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems that was it? Hm, then—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp pain pierced Maria's chest as a long insectoid claw stabbed through her flesh and soul, black blood splattering everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was a powerful technique, but it wasn't enough to kill me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hive Queen whispered in Maria's ear, her insectoid jaws curling into a smile as she licked the black blood from Maria's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you feel it now, the humiliation? The pain? Now—huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Hive Queen didn't see the despair she anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maria's Anubis helmet had cracked slightly, revealing only her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a wicked, eerie smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't die... Wonderful! Finally!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-Wha...?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FLUOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Aaaah?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hive Queen's face contorted in horror as her entire arm was pulverized and torn apart by a small black hole that opened within Maria's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack, crack...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her arm was completely devoured by the black hole, an abyssal power dwelling within Maria's very being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AAAAAAGGGHH! MONSTER!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hive Queen screamed in agony, losing her upper right arm. She evaded Maria's scythe a second before it could slice her, transforming into pure psychic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reappeared a kilometer away, staring at her arm... it refused to regrow, no matter what she tried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was absurd, as she could now become pure ethereal, Psychic Power, rendering her body shapeless and infinitely vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, that piece of her existence was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power within Maria...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was her Unique Skill, which had evolved and grown more terrifying as she herself evolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had progressed from Unique Skill to Ultimate Skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Primordial Skill: All-Eating Black Void Heart: Yog-Sothoth]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a Primordial Skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was that thing?! It wasn't there before! It wasn't a technique! It was something... within you?!\" the Hive Queen asked in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is my Primordial Skill,\" Maria said, smiling as black tears streamed down her face. \"Now, Hive Queen—no, should I call you Vileplumackt? Let's see who's stronger! Hah... Hahahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maria's laughter echoed as the Hive Queen grew nervous, swiftly unleashing her full power again, ensnaring Maria in an endless, twisting Dominion of Psychic Forces and Illusions made real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of black holes appeared, exploding and tearing apart the void around Maria. The Hive Queen aimed to destroy the black void that shielded Maria and targeted her soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her evolved powers could now inflict real damage on Maria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Maria's bizarre body made direct damage risky. The Hive Queen couldn't afford to lose another piece of herself to be devoured forever!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would Maria allow her to act freely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"{Anubis' Balance}!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook the golden balance she carried, and the Hive Queen suddenly felt a fleeting connection to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swung her insectoid claws, severing the connection a second too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are a truly wicked person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hive Queen watched the balance tip to one side, revealing an ethereal heart that swiftly returned to her once judged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TRUUUM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ungh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----\u003C\u002Fp>",1022,"2026-06-06T14:08:08.846Z",1,"novelbin.me","197c19b898d9639505182c8c5dbc8d5f22bd8db6d70ccbe4c019578be31ed6b9","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1611","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1609",1954,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-cover.jpg"]