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Corrupted. Beings who have been infected and mixed by a large amount of demonic power and negative energy. They become twisted and near-unkillable beings that almost always loses their mind and turns into an unstoppable killing machine that only seeks to kill any living being it meets.

Demons. Having excellent battle instincts and physical powers with a constant will to conquer and rule, there aren't many who could defeat them easily in the same stage.

Now, what would happen if these two races were to be combined into a single creature who possesses the Corrupted endless power together with the mind and instincts of demons?

Some would say a living nightmare, others will say a being that should be denied of its right to exist, another group will even say that it could be a creature on the same level of dragons and devils.

But if you ask a certain individual then he will only groan and say a single sentence.

"This is proof that too many people lack creativity in a fantasy world."

Nex murmured to himself as he charges towards the hulking figure.

Over two and a half meters, grotesque black-purple muscles everywhere the eye could see, red-purple eyes and completely purple three horns that constantly radiates an aura that rises dread and disgust in people.

'I mean come on! Not only did they always choose this kind of grunt instead of other kinds of combinations that may be more helpful, but they also made it look the most cliche-like possible!'

At the incoming Nex, the creature grinned in disdain and roared while imbuing demonic power and negative energy into its voice, creating large shockwaves that obliviates everything wherever they passed, aiming to destroy every part of Nex.

"Geez, they are different in both their personas and the way they were made, yet all of those creatures are acting the same way because of their pride."

'[Mana Art: Wave Breaker]'

Even before the hybrid smiled, Nex already knew what it was going to do and along with a sigh, he put his hand forward and activated a spell that created a vibrating mana wave that, upon meeting the hybrid shockwave, canceled it at the price of disappearing as well, shocking the previously smug hybrid.

"How can it be!? No one could deal with this attack with your level of strength! What kind of twisted being are you!?"

"I don't want to hear that from someone that is its own definition!"

While shouting his retort, Nex was about to reach the hybrid but the latter was prepared for him and the moment Nex reached a few meters from it, it shot its hands forward and caused them to split into countless nauseating spears made from bones and muscles.

'[Fusion Art: After Step]'

But then, the thing that shocked the hybrid happened. Instead of being skewered by the spears, Nex continued to run forward through them as if he was a ghost and appeared right in front of it, about to swing his sword.

"Damn it!"

The hybrid retracted its hands back to their original form as it took a few steps back and tried to lift its hands and streamed as much energy as it could in order to block the attack, only for the sword to go right through it as if it were made of air.

"What?"

"Got you there didn't I?"

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"!"

The hybrid managed to only slightly move its body before Nex appeared behind it and swung down his sword, cutting its left arm along with most of its shoulder, missing its heart only by a few centimeters.

"Argh!"

Rapidly backing away, the hybrid managed to get some distance before Nex managed to land another hit. And once he got away enough, it stared at Nex with a gaze full of hatred, wishing to tear him to pieces once its arm fully regenerated. But to its shock, the wound that it thought would heal in a short time, instead stayed in the same state and even showed signs of worsening!

"How could a mere human like you actually inflict damage upon my perfect body!"

"Well you know, you take a little of this," Nex lifted his sword as if to show the hybrid, and at the next moment, he disappeared from the senses of the latter without any previous warning.

Before the hybrid managed to react, Nex appeared in front of it with a smirk.

"And do a whole lot of those!"

'[Martial Secret: Raining Stabs]'

And as if being stabbed by not just one sword but over a dozen of them, the hybrid torso was filled with wounds including where its heart was just a moment ago. it was blasted backwards and smashed strongly on the ground dozens of meters away.

*Bang!*

"Time to finish this."

Nex didn't waste any more time and charged towards the fallen hybrid in order to finish it for good. He knew that although the severity of what his attacks did to the creature, as long as the hybrid heart and core are intact, the abomination would fully regenerate back in a short time.

'[Fusion Art: Solar Sundering]'

Closing on the hybrid, Nex slashed his sword that shone in golden, searing, glow on the hybrid, looking like a holy war god.

"Don't underestimate me human!"

*Boom!*

But before the sword managed to reach the hybrid, the seemingly half-dead hybrid suddenly roared, a dark-red and purple aura exploded out of him and it actually managed to stop Nex blow and blast him back!

Nex flew back over four dozen meters and with only using his crazy senses, he succeeded in landing on the ground on his two feet. But that doesn't mean he didn't come out the explosion unharmed. A moment after he landed, his face suddenly paled and large amounts of blood came out from his mouth and trailed down from the mask. Just this explosion shook his organs and cut down the time he could use the mask to no more than fifteen seconds.

"Motherfucking hell!" Nex cursed as he stared at the current state of the hybrid while he tried to stabilize the situation of his body.

Although most of the hybrid injuries didn't heal, it was exhibiting power greater than ever and it was now standing in the middle of a purple-red projection of itself that stood tall at almost four meters tall!

"To think there is a hybrid willing enough to combine its heart and core with such a low level of strength!"

Corrupted-Demon hybrids only have two vital spots, the heart that supplies and heal the physical body, it represents the Corrupted part. The other is the core that is housing the demonic power and mana, it represents the Demon part.

When both of the heart and core combines, the hybrid will get a massive power that increases their powers to a whole different level! But even with the benefits it gives, no hybrid will dare to do it casually because unless they have a very high level of strength, they will most likely explode and be destroyed by the large amount of power they suddenly got.

"To think a mere human brought me to this state." the hybrid said with a vicious glare full of fury, "Whether I will survive it or not, you will experience the cruelest death possible!"

12 Seconds left until its HP reaches zero

"Don't worry about it," Nex calmed his breath and checked his HP before staring back at the hybrid and tightening his grip on his sword as his eyes glow silver.

"You will not survive it."

10 Seconds

"...Haha! You are doomed!" the hybrid laughed madly and pointed its horns at Nex as a globe of energy began to gather on it. Using all the power the hybrid had, he was going to destroy Nex's soul so that the man won't get to even enjoy his afterlife!

8 Seconds

Nex changed his posture and held his sword so that the tip touches the ground on his side, as if he is going to slash it upward, and took a deep breath. What he was going to use was more than just dangerous.

7 Seconds

'[Mana Revival]'

6 Seconds

'[Mana Art: Flame of the Eternal Will]'

Not just the sword but all of Nex burned in imposing fire that seemed like it could burn through whatever tries blocks it.

5 Seconds

'[Martial Secret: Momentum of the Unstoppables]'

Nex's body began to give out the feeling of a mad beast that is just about to break free from all of its chains.

4 Seconds

'[Soul Sword First Art: Eradicate]'

The sword started to shine in a silver glow that merged perfectly with the gold fire and created a silver-golden flame. The fire seemed like it would incinerate even the strongest of beings.

3 Seconds

"Haha! To think you didn't try to escape and instead stayed here!" the hybrid jeered as the sphere of energy was about to be unleashed.

"But that doesn't matter, you will die either way!"

The sphere was unleashed and released in the shape of a gigantic conical beam of energy that wherever it passed, it reduced everything it touched to ashes and then to parts so small that they can hardly be said to exist. Worst of all, not only did the beam grew stronger and bigger, but it also seemed like its center part was fixated on Nex and moved directly to where he is!

2 Seconds

'Always the same cliche type of final attack.'

Nex sighed internally and then his gaze became sharp and serious as his eyes turned completely silver, along with a roar, he took a powerful step forward and slashed his sword to the sky as if he wanted to cleave through both the horizon and the heavens.

"[Triple Fusion Art]!"

Nex barked as his slash shot out a burning wave of silver-golden sword energy that seemed to go on endlessly. Although the wave was only 5 meters in width and didn't grow more than that like the beam, it instead moved at a much faster speed than that of the latter and also continued to grow higher and higher as if it isn't satisfied with the earth and wanted to reach the sky as well.

"[Sword Of The Relentless Will]!"

At those words, Nex's sword reached to the point that it was vertical to the sky. The sword wave speed and momentum accelerated as if it was awakened and at several times of its earlier speed, growth rate, and strength, it met the hybrid beam.

The world shone in the light of an unclear color.

0.5 seconds left until HP reaches zero.