Chapter 685

Chapter 685

The yellow and red flames fill the dome, and the last remaining member of the big three is consumed by fire.

There isn't a single yell, curse, or attempt to escape the flames.

The man who lived his life consumed by numbers, certain he would live forever, merely disappears the moment the odds turn against him, accepting his fate.

I float downward as notifications ring in my inner ear.

[Level Up] x2365

[Use Absorption]

Skill: [Foresight][Divine Grade]

[YES][NO]

[Use Absorption]

MCP: 14,289,200,896,345,001

[YES][NO]

[Use Absorption]

Stat: Mental Strength

Points: 18,909

[YES][NO]

My level hits [Lv. 16,706], and I press yes to accept every skill and stat point available to me, while draining the ice and fire around me back into my True Core.

The Divine Energy trapped within the Man and the Horse also flows directly into me, increasing my strength even further, and I feel two unique True Core abilities enter my body.

Both of which are instinctively comprehended in an instant; but I can't fathom the true extent of their power until I use them in battle...

In the same moment, the result of this match pushes my links of loyalty over 45 million, surging upward faster and faster at an exponential rate.

These new True Core abilities and additional hundreds of millions of stat points fill me with confidence as the black dagger's fragments and the horse's armor turn into yellow Divine liquid, consumed by my blade.

I let out a satisfied sigh, but my moment of victory is quickly interrupted by a slow clapping sound from one far corner of the room.

My head turns to the noise, and a telepathy channel opens with the Demon.

"Very impressive. It seems you have a decision to make: honor the pact in place and leave this tower at once to allow me to claim the throne; or fight me for the chance to make this world your own.."

—

Meanwhile, outside the tower, Raven sees three black spears coming at her from separate directions, with body doubles of the Demon she was fighting spawning out of nowhere.

Raven's senses are keen, but every time she locks onto the true body of the Demon, it instantaneously swaps to one of the other doubles.

She disappears using her Divine stealth, not even attempting to attack, but the body she sliced in two moments ago spawns back into reality, right underneath her. Four perfect copies of the Demon block all possible escape routes.

Before she can even send off her attack, Abby is sent flying in the opposite direction, coughing blood, powerless to block it. She's sent hurtling toward the desert floor again, far away from Maria as she still attempts to block the two daggers pushing against her massive sword.

The Demon pushes its palms together, forming another ball of compacted demonic energy between them, then blips forward a few hundred meters to release this toward Maria's unguarded back.

It grins wide, disappearing into thin air again, and reappearing on the desert floor right where Abby's injured form is projected to land.

–

Simultaneously, a massive well of gravity makes everyone beneath the silver dome shiver as the arrow Arie sends at the Yellow Core general coming their way is blocked by the Demon's chest plate alone.

Before this War broke out, his arrow at half this power shattered its armor with ease and nearly killed it on the spot.

Blocking this should be impossible, but violent energy erupts from one of the two remaining demon generals as he yells at Arie.

"Do not underestimate the strength of the Demon Race. Even if I die, I will make sure to take you with me, the one who disgraced me in front of the Vermillion Lord. A 3rd Class Bloodline is enough to wipe every last one of you off the face of the planet."

These words echo from the Demon's furious Greater Form as it grows to over 15 meters tall.

The Demonic Energy vibrates, giving off strange readings. Each step closer makes the Demon's form waver, its energy levels rising and falling unpredictably.

–

This strange reading prompts the black-horned spear user to pause its relentless attacks and turn back to the base of the tower.

"He wasn't ready... Pushing himself further than his bloodline limits. A 3rd Class Commoner trying to pull this much power will surely become corrupted..."

The Demon considers putting its fight on hold to fly over to this other Demon, as if left alive for too long, it will surely detonate, taking out many valuable Commanders and Knights; but sees the second Yellow General send out extra commands to its surroundings to evacuate the immediate area.

The Demon grins and turns back to Raven's beaten form, now not even attempting to use her invisibility and merely blocking attacks to buy time.

Seven large Demonic Energy wounds drain her lifeforce slowly, but the Demon doesn't relent, multiplying three fresh body doubles and going in for the kill again.

–

Fear washes over Arie as Luna's words echo in his mind.

"It's going to be corrupted. Like those ascended beasts we faced in the abyss... If you don't kill it now—"

"I know." He replies, while my doubles catch on to the situation and yell out orders to take cover as something very chaotic and strange is emerging from the twisted demonic greater form...

Arie pulls back another single arrow with every drop of Demonic Soul Energy and borrowed mana he has.

Raven has four more spears closing in on her from all sides, with only two blades to block, impossible to know which one will be the fatal strike.

Abby rockets down toward the laughing 2nd Class Greater Form of the Demon as it charges up another black ball of Divine Demonic Matter.

Maria barely holds back the two black flying daggers, and an even stronger energy attack is headed toward her unguarded back.

The state of the battlefield outside the tower seems quite dire, but the world is watching.

The links of loyalty surge past 50 million, and a notification rings in all of the Generals' ears, giving them new hope to turn this battle around.