Volume 2, Chapter 84 – Captured

The black light erupted with savage fury!

Arela’s protective holy magic and the rapier in her hand shattered in an instant as the Annihilation Cannon, formed from condensed black energy, struck her abdomen without reservation and sent the third Hero flying backward. She even flew out of the barrier and landed heavily in the distant snow where her splattering blood quickly stained the pure white ground red.

“Cough, cough…”

Arela spat out mouthful after mouthful of blood as an unbearable pain followed. However, a sense of joy from surviving the disaster rose within her heart. Under normal circumstances, someone like her who did not specialize in defense should have certainly died after being hit at such close range by the Annihilation Cannon of a demon king tier existence. Perhaps because the girl did not have enough time to charge the attack or because she was not yet proficient in controlling Shadow Essence, the power of this Annihilation Cannon was not as great as Arela had imagined. She had only been pierced through the abdomen with a massive bloody hole instead of dying on the spot.

This was perhaps the silver lining in her misfortune. Although she was heavily injured, the force of the strike had blasted her directly out of the barrier’s range. From the looks of it, the figure in the distance had no intention of pursuing her, so now was likely the best time to use a teleport scroll to escape.

Thinking of this, Arela endured the constant, agonizing pain from her abdomen and slowly withdrew a teleport scroll from her spatial ring. The eerie cabin in the woods, the crystals nurturing demon king tier beings, and the first appearance of a humanoid demon king tier…

‘I must take this information back…’

While she was at it, she also needed to record the coordinates of this place. Holding her hand firmly over the bloody hole in her stomach, Arela forced herself to sit up with great difficulty. Yet, the moment she sat up, her eyes shrunk and a much stronger sense of crisis instantly rushed to her heart.

A tall, slender girl with blue-gold gradient hair had appeared before Arela at some unknown point. The girl’s left eye was a vibrant golden rose, while her right eye was a beautiful pale gold. Though she was stunningly beautiful, that beauty seemed to contain an indescribable aura of danger. More importantly, dense Shadow Essence drifted around her body. While she lacked the overwhelming pressure of the pink-haired girl from before, the pale gold aura gave Arela a feeling that was even colder and more terrifying.

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“A-A demon king tier?!”

There was actually another demon king tier? And it was another humanoid? Dammit! She had actually encountered two of these rare demon king tier existences in a single day, causing her heart to nearly collapse.

Under the threat of crisis, Arela instinctively gathered dense holy magic in her hands and attempted to cast an attacking spell. However, Shuoyue only gave a faint smile in response to Arela’s movements. In the next instant, following Shuoyue’s silent command, another incredibly powerful surge of Shadow Essence erupted as countless viscous tentacles suddenly burst from a large thicket nearby. In the blink of an eye and under Arela’s terrified gaze, they coiled around her body and instantly absorbed the holy magic she had just gathered.

‘How… how can this be…’

With the injection of paralyzing venom, Arela’s body spasmed before she completely lost the ability to resist, hanging in mid-air held by the tentacles like a helpless doll. Her body was unable to move, but Arela’s consciousness remained clear as she could only stare helplessly and resentfully at the blue-haired girl floating toward her. Her heart was now filled with regret, for she would have never come if she knew she would encounter two demon king tier existences.

Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world. Seeing this, Shuoyue smiled knowingly and slowly raised her hand to cup Arela’s small face with a playful look in her eyes.

“Hehe, rest easy, for I won’t kill you just yet. It was quite a feat to secure a female Hero behind Mommy’s back, and I still need to use your body to help me cultivate a few things.”

As she spoke, Shuoyue’s gaze became increasingly wicked. The tentacles wrapping Arela began to writhe wantonly over the female Hero’s body. However, Shuoyue did not seem satisfied and glared at the new species of Abyssal Demon hiding behind the bushes with a hint of displeasure.

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“Don’t mess around in front of me, if you’re going to do that, do it back at the nest…”

As if sensing the displeasure in Shuoyue’s voice, the tentacles abruptly stopped moving.

“That’s more like it,” Shuoyue said coldly.

Afterward, the blue-haired girl slowly floated into the air and gazed at the black light disappearing over the horizon. “Hmm? That direction? It looks like that child is heading toward Windward City.”

Meanwhile, in the center of Windward City within the Marquis Mansion of the Duke Family.

“Blood Scythe Whirlwind.”

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Wilt gave a cold laugh and suddenly swung the blood-red scythe in his hand. Dark green battle aura and the dense Blood Energy permeating the surrounding space continuously gathered around him as his terrifying strength at the high-rank of the eighth tier instantly erupted. The blood prison barrier, used to prevent the Chosen Maiden from escaping, was suddenly filled with this violent power.

Feeling the expanding power around Wilt, Lei Jie and Xiumu’s expressions turned solemn. Of course, they could not just let Wilt finish charging his attack because if their judgment was correct, they would surely be defeated once this skill was unleashed.

“Roar!”

Accompanied by a violent roar, Lei Jie leapt into the air and transformed into a bellowing lightning beast that charged fearlessly at Wilt. Nearby, Xiumu also let out a roar and swung his longsword, executing his strongest sword art to attack Wilt from behind.

However, facing the pincer attack, Wilt’s dark green eyes grew even more somber and disdainful. Setting aside the beast, a mere seventh tier existence actually dared to challenge him? As for Lei Jie, although this Guardian Beast of the Duke Family was an eighth tier existence like himself, the gap between them was still massive. Even among eighth tier experts, there were distinctions between low, mid, high, and peak ranks. The lightning beast before him was only at the low-rank of the eighth tier, which was still quite far from his own high-rank strength.

‘My primary objective for this operation is the Chosen Maiden, so I have no time to waste with you!’

In an instant, a terrifying dark green light burst from Wilt’s eyes. The blood-colored moon blades around him finished charging at a speed that exceeded Lei Jie and Xiumu’s expectations. In the next moment, ten thousand blades were unleashed.

The wind howled as the sharp sword in Xiumu’s hand was snapped by a blood blade. He personally took the impact of three blood blades and was sent flying backward to slam into the ground. Lei Jie, who faced the majority of the blood blades’ impact, was in an equally grim state. The energy field around him shattered abruptly, and the protective magic covering his body was completely broken under the torrential baptism of blood blades. Dozens of blood blades struck Lei Jie’s massive body. After a mournful cry, the blood-stained lightning beast fell powerlessly from the sky and crashed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

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After releasing his skill, Wilt turned his attention to the silver-haired girl who had been protected behind Xiumu and the others. Now that the nuisances were gone, he could finally have some time alone with the Chosen Maiden. With a chilling smile, Wilt slowly descended from the sky and walked toward Mengxi.

However, Wilt’s brow soon furrowed because the heavily injured Lei Jie had actually crawled back up and desperately made his way in front of him, seemingly intent on protecting the silver-haired girl behind it. This scene caused Wilt to show a look of anger. It was nonsensical for a Guardian Beast of the Duke Family to work so hard to protect someone from the Ashurmos Church.

‘Since you are seeking death, then do not blame me…’

With a terrifying killing intent in his eyes, Wilt abruptly raised the blood-red scythe in his hand. On the other side, looking at the murderous Cult Leader of the Divine Punishment Holy Church, the long-silent Miss Mengxi slowly closed her eyes.

A crisp, girlish voice drifted into Mengxi’s mind. ‘Miss Mengxi, are you sure you want to do this?’

‘I happen to want to test how much strength that state possesses after reaching the mid-rank of the sixth tier.’

With a slight smile, Mengxi slowly opened her eyes. Within those beautiful pale purple pupils, an imperceptible golden light flickered…