Palais Morlaix, royal study.
Israel, who was paying attention to the battle at the sacrificial place in the city from a distance with a strong spirit, let out a sigh, and his face became serious: "The summoning was successful? And it is the clone of a great demon in the realm of ultimate will, the peak of gold..."
Before he finished speaking, there was an obvious distortion of time and space around his fists, a chaotic light bloomed, and countless fragments of collapsed surface world structures surrounded it. His Majesty the Emperor was preparing to mobilize his power, Give this demon and its body in the abyss a head-on blow.
"Wait a moment, Israel."
Nostradamus on the side stretched out his hand to block the fists that were ready to strike. The old mage's eyes were full of curiosity: "Let's first take a look at this Earl of the North who always surprises us. When facing the devil, Is there any means?"
In fact, there is no other way.
On the edge of the imperial capital, the wooden hut originally used for sacrifice collapsed completely under the impact of a huge force. The strong wind carried countless debris and impacted in all directions. In the smoke and dust of the ruins, it seemed like two huge beasts were fighting close to each other.
They struggled for a while, and then as the people around them screamed in panic, red light flashed, and a huge shadow was blasted into the air with a bang, before anyone else could see what the shadow was. , another human figure surrounded by red light also flew into the sky, and then kicked it back to the earth.
The huge shadow fell heavily to the ground, and the streets made of solid rock were shattered by the impact like the impact of a meteorite. Countless cracks spread radially toward the periphery, even causing large areas to collapse. Pillars of dust rose into the sky, sweeping the city away. There are several streets surrounding it.
Then, a scream that was too piercing to sound like a human voice came from the smoke, which contained the aura of despair that could break the spirit. This made the city guards who had originally rushed due to the huge change stop in their tracks.
"What happened?" They looked at each other in confusion and discussed, but no one dared to step forward to explore.
"This is..." Brandon, who followed closely behind the city guards and came to the hut, had a look on his face: "The devil's scream?"
"what happened?"
No one answered this question, and in the smoke, the screams that were originally full of anger seemed to be strangled by someone's throat and suddenly stopped. Along with a wave of fighting energy, the smoke that obscured everyone's vision also dispersed.
One person and one beast, two figures, one large and one small, slowly emerged from the smoke. Joshua's whole body was wrapped with black and red ripples of fighting spirit. The overflowing power caused countless sand and stones to rotate around him, and in his hands, enough A five-meter-tall, two-horned, one-eyed demon was kneeling on the ground, struggling desperately.
This demon has a body similar to that of a human, but has bat-like wings and thick limbs. It is covered with a hard black carapace, and a strange light shines in its purple single eye.
Its throat was tightly grasped by the warrior's iron-like fingers. Due to the height difference between the two sides, it could not even stand up and could only kneel on the ground in humiliation. No matter how hard the demon tried to flap its wings and attack with its claws, , unable to break free from the restraint and break Joshua's body-protecting fighting spirit.
The city guards and Brandon held their breaths. This scene was too shocking for them, and the blond swordsman could see that the demon's energy level was at the peak of gold, so he was more shocked than others.
When did Joshua's power reach such an extent
In the ruins, realizing that the gap in physical strength was too great, the one-eyed demon simply stopped struggling. Countless runes between illusion and reality appeared on its forehead, and a strange and gloomy fluctuation began. It began to spread around the devil's one eye.
[Heart-Eating Fantasy]
The body of this demon that crossed over from the abyss is the Great Intention Level Demon [Heart-Eating Demon Lardanas]. As its name suggests, the ability it is really good at is not the powerful body like ordinary demons. But the power of the mind.
Spy into the soul, control desires, create illusions with despair, fear and sorrow, and devour people's hearts. In order to fight against this powerful warrior who suppressed it to the ground, the devil fully mobilized his natural abilities and vowed to pull the opponent into the illusion for thousands of years. In the past, many demons and powerful beings from other worlds had been defeated by this trick, and it believed that Qiao Xiu would be no exception.
Invisible mental fluctuations spread rapidly, and instantly pulled the city guards who were protecting the surrounding people from evacuating into it. Everyone was dizzy on the spot, even Brandon was no exception. He felt that the mental barrier was shaken, and his soul was suffering. It was a huge impact, and he was almost pulled into it.
"What a powerful spirit!"
Shaking his head to wake up his dizzy head, Brandon pressed his forehead with his right hand and frowned tightly. He looked at the ruins of the hut with vigilant eyes, although the swordsman was caught in the dark just now because he was unprepared. It's a loss, but the opponent's target is also Joshua, and what sweeps over here is just the aftermath.
But in the illusion, it was a boundless, dark world, and everything seemed to be sinking, falling towards the endless abyss.
The Heart Eater was among them, laughing and spreading its wings. It stretched its body to its heart's content, letting the pain that had been restrained before dissipate.
[Heart-Eating Illusion], this is its world, the world of the great demon Lardanas. Here, except for it, all minds pulled into it will experience the impact of endless wailing, and everything will be hidden. The pain and tragedy in the deepest part of the soul will be dug up, deepened and replayed over and over again until the soul is completely defeated by fear and despair.
No one can escape fear and despair, and there has never been an exception for thousands of years.
Ignoring the mortal minds scattered in the darkness and accidentally involved, the demon flew towards the largest light. Different from the weak fireflies around it, the light of this soul was like a molten metal core, emitting With a golden red glow.
It did not hesitate, preparing to go deep into the light and witness with its own eyes the scene of that powerful warrior being defeated by despair.
But nothing.
Deep into this light, Lardanas did not see any replayed scenes. The warrior's spiritual world was the same inside and outside, with only a golden-red light.
Suddenly, feeling something, the demon slowly turned its head, and it saw a pair of huge red eyes.
These eyes were looking down at it, just like looking down at the crawling insects on the ground. Their eyes seemed to be burning with fire that could burn the world, but they gave people a cold and piercing sense of fear. There was no emotion in these eyes, only the most intense. Pure desire for destruction and fighting.
"Fear, despair?"
A cold voice came, as if he was mocking: "What is that?"
"A coward who only dares to play with people's hearts dares to look me in the eye?"
Sonorous sound waves echoed, and time froze here. Then all illusions collapsed, and the boundless dark world shattered into pieces and turned into nothingness.
Returning to reality, the one-eyed demon stared blankly at the human warrior still holding its throat, unable to understand what had just happened.
Didn't it... already pull the other party into the illusion
"Laldanas, don't waste your efforts."
After experiencing the battle directly cursed by the will of the evil god, how could the warrior be afraid of the mental attack of a mere demon? After easily shattering the illusion, Joshua's expression did not change at all. He calmly said to the hideous monster with a surprised expression in front of his eyes: "You The mental attack is like a spring breeze to me, so I might as well try other means."
who is he
How did he escape from the illusion
Why does he know my name
The last trump card was easily cracked, and the one-eyed demon's expression began to twist after reacting. It mobilized the strength of its whole body, allowing the flesh and blood in its throat to be torn apart by the warrior, and forcibly broke free from the restraints. Lardanas flew backwards rapidly, Then he roared and released a steady stream of abyss spells.
[Abyss Fire Explosion] [Evil Gaze] [Petrified Beam] [Sulfur Fire Impact] [Corrosive Light] - Relying on the experience of the ultimate mind level and the strength of the golden peak, it will operate its bloodline power to the extreme and release After casting terrifying golden spells one after another, the ruins of the hut were completely blown away by the huge torrent of magic energy, turning into a flat land. Explosions bombarded the warrior again and again, as if they were going to burn him completely into ashes.
But Joshua didn't care at all about the other party's attacks. He walked forward slowly, raising his arms from time to time to block or defeat one or two spells aimed at his vital points, which were enough to overturn the explosions and shock waves of the city gate. The warrior's protective fighting spirit could only cause inconspicuous red waves.
After noticing this scene, Lardanas did not stop attacking, and still used endless spells to suppress Joshua. However, the more it fought, the more confused it became. No matter what spells or methods were used, even if it was connected to the confidant in the abyss Even if you don't know the hidden trump card, the human beings in front of you can use various means to deal with it perfectly.
Sometimes, the Heart Eater would be shocked to find that his spells had flaws that he didn't even know about, but the warrior used this flaw to easily break it, as if he had dealt with it thousands of times.
"Shit, the fire of the abyss, what the hell is going on?!" The rude abyssal language blurted out, and the demon could no longer maintain his calm appearance.
What kind of monster am I fighting? How does he know me better than I know myself
Although he is still fighting hard, the black-haired and red-eyed warrior has become the most terrifying demon in the eyes of Lardanas. This fear even exceeds the fear of the abyss lord who controls his true name. It is everything. The fear of being seen through.
But Joshua still walked slowly and unhurriedly.
The other party is indeed an old acquaintance.
The monster in front of him, the heart-eating demon Lardanas, was the first wave of demons to enter Mycroft's world during the invasion of the abyss in his previous life. This monster that plays with people's hearts used its spiritual power to enslave a large number of low-level demons and occupy the world. It has conquered several cities, raising humans like livestock, and is preparing to use the fear and despair of humans in the cities as a source of power, step by step to become a legendary demon lord.
Unlike ordinary demons who have no brains, Lardanas's plan is very complete. As long as it is followed step by step, it will definitely succeed. During this period, humans naturally obstructed it in every possible way, and even developed several sets of plans specifically designed to target this one-eyed demon. Its fighting methods, and because Joshua in his previous life took on the task of conquering it, he clearly remembered all the opponent's fighting methods during the land reclamation.
Now, he understands the devil better than himself. Not to mention just a clone, even if it is Lardanas's true form in the abyss, Joshua is confident that he can defeat it.
A flash of silver light flashed, and the silver sword that was originally inserted into the ground was blown away by the devil's continuous spell attacks. Joshua reached out and grabbed the hilt of the sword, holding it firmly in his palm.
"It's a bit boring."
he said softly.
Then, the warrior's figure flashed, turning into an afterimage and disappearing. At the same time, Lardan Aston felt a light touch on his arm. He subconsciously turned his head to look, and was shocked to find that his right arm had disappeared. , at this time, the smooth wound had not had time to gush out blood, as if it was still unnoticed.
Roaring crazily, the one-eyed demon was frightened and furious at the same time. It was about to fight back, but was hit in the chest with a heavy elbow by Joshua who suddenly approached closely. With a muffled groan, Lardanas' huge The body flew out like a kite, the crisp sound of bone cracking sounded, and a large piece of the black carapace on its chest collapsed.
Bang!
It fell heavily to the ground, splashing a large amount of dust. The one-eyed demon's face was extremely distorted. The two horns on its head were broken by the impact. For the demon, this was the greatest humiliation.
But now, after waking up, it no longer had any thoughts of revenge and resistance. Lardanas turned around decisively, spread its wings, and flew straight towards the crack in time and space where it originally came to this world. As the summoning coordinate The black heart was destroyed by the two attacks just now. The space-time rift is already extremely fragile, but it can't control so much now.
This terrible world will never come again! No matter who summoned him, he won't come!
But before Lardanas was halfway through, it suddenly felt its left foot tighten. The powerful force was like an iron pincer crushing it, almost crushing the leg bones. Before it had time to react, the one-eyed demon's The entire body was lifted up by a huge force and swung randomly in mid-air.
"Roar!!"
Unable to fight and escape, Lardanas let out a roar of despair. It was a heart-eating demon that devoured souls in the name of despair, but now, it tasted the taste of despair in the hands of the human in front of it.
The power of blood surged under the black carapace, and dark red veins began to flash around the one-eyed demon. The violent power gathered and it prepared to launch its final attack.
[Burn yourself and explode]
This is what every demon does, releasing an energy shock that destroys everything at the expense of burning its own blood and life.
But the silver sword light danced and brought up a gust of wind, and the demon's body was immediately cut into two pieces at the waist.
Although the devil's body is better than most living things, it is not a supernatural body like the elemental life. Under the blade of the divine machine and the power of Joshua, no matter how strong the body is, it is no different than tofu.
The bones, muscles, and carapace were all cut off, and the body-burning explosion was immediately terminated. However, Lardanas still did not give up. The legs and waist were cut off, which just reduced some of the burden on it, and also got rid of Joshua's Bound, the devil showed its extremely powerful vitality and desire to survive at this time.
The wings suddenly fluttered, and blood and internal organs continued to fall from the abdominal cavity. Lardanas had a ferocious expression, and the remaining upper body immediately rushed towards the rift in time and space at several times the speed before.
Finally escaped! Thoughts of joy flashed in its heart. This time the clone was severely damaged, which also caused great damage to its original body in the abyss. It would take at least several years of cultivation before it could return to its full glory.
However, just when Lardanas was about to rush into the space-time gate, its wings were pulled by a strong force, and half of its body was pulled back.
"Ahh!!!"
The one-eyed demon looked at the space-time rift less than one meter away, and let out a roar of unknown meaning. Its giant claws penetrated the ground, but this was unable to stop the huge drag behind it. Deep scratches were pulled through, and it could only He could helplessly watch himself getting further and further away from the rift in time and space.
"I hate your screams."
A plain voice came, and Joshua stepped down, stamping the demon's head into the ground: "But you can't die yet. It's rare to meet a demon who can talk."
There will be another update to be added later.
(End of chapter)