Chapter 1343 Devour

The entire thing went off without a significant hitch, as planned beforehand.

In the event that the exchange went south, the predetermined plan was for Emery to lure the dark elves into the forest where the Eastern Sage was located, which had been fully set up with Hexagram formation.

After the bait was bitten and Emery managed to defeat the group of dark elf magus, Fuxi then would proceed to give their agreed sign for dealing with the threat that is the dark elf grand magus.

Emery went along with the elder which ended up enabling them to trick the elderly dark elf to destroy the barrier forcibly, exhausting most if not all of his strength.

That was the exact moment when Fuxi went in, ambushing the dark elf with the best attack he had prepared. Said attack was a profound sword formation that struck the eight main meridians of the body, sealing the victim's power and rendering them helpless.

Now, it was the time for Emery to conclude this plan, to deal the decisive blow. And for that, he chose the one he thought would be the most effective.

[Spirit Devour]

Thanks to their Immortal Body of a grand magus, a physical attack wouldn't be very effective. However, draining their power from inside was a different matter altogether, especially when the other party was in a weakened and exhausted state from casting numerous spells.

"Arrrghhh!! You little bastard!!"

Of course, the dark elf grand magus immediately attempted to struggle free when he felt his energy being sapped. He mustered all his strength to break out of the seal. Unfortunately for him, the Eastern Sage would certainly not let him do so.

As soon as he saw the dark elf fighting back, Fuxi quickly poured in more of his strength to maintain the seal. On the other hand, Emery continued his act of draining the elf, urging himself to do it faster.

Seconds later passed, the dark elf grand magus' struggle intensified while Emery had managed to drain so much spirit energy that he felt overwhelmed. They flowed into him swiftly and fiercely, like a flooded river.

This was to be expected; after all, the other party was a grand magus figure, and an elf one at that.

"GET OFF ME!!"

Enraged from the humiliation of being treated in such a way, the grand magus decided to take a drastic action. Unconcerned about the effects it would have on him, he forcibly blasted off the limited spirit energy he had remaining.

An overwhelming burst of dark flame emerged from the dark elf's figure, destroying four of the eight Fuxi's wooden swords on his body into ashes. This allowed him to regain some degree of movement, which he quickly took and swung his mace at Emery.

Baaaaammmm!!

Emery was thrown dozens of meters across the air before his body finally came to a stop as it crashed into a tree. He let out a painful grunt as an agonizing sensation wreaked havoc from the wounds.

Even though the wounds he received were quite severe, Emery was extremely fortunate that the sword formation still managed to absorb a large portion of the power, or else he would likely have died from that one strike.

As for the dark elf grand magus, he mustered all the strength he had left and shot into the air, trying to run away. Alas, the Eastern Sage was faster than him. It didn't take long before another layer of the seal was imposed on him, striking him with a thunderbolt from the heavens.

The dark elf crashed to the ground with a thunderous tremor, stunned. A glint of disbelief flashed across his eyes, as he couldn't accept what was happening to him at the moment.

"No… I am the all powerful Agar… I will not fall to the likes of you!!"

The dark elf tried his best to get to his feet again, giving his all to stand tall even with the multiple seals restraining his body. Fuxi seemed ready to finish off the man, but Emery had already rushed back and pierced his claws on the elderly dark elf once again. This time, through his back.

[Spirit Devour]

A certain look of concern appeared on the Eastern Sage's face when he saw Emery continue his devouring skill. And as if to answer him, a howling scream escaped Emery's mouth not long after. The amount of energy he had devoured was so overwhelming that it caused excruciating pain throughout his entire body.

"Get off him, Emery! Let it go now!!" Fuxi shouted loudly, anxiety evident in his voice.

Unfortunately, Emery found that he couldn't let go even if he wanted to. The energy pouring into him was like an unstoppable tsunami. It was so powerful that he was utterly powerless to stop it.

While his body was completely overwhelmed by the dark elf's energy Emery could feel his body rapidly heating up that it reached the point where his entire body was set ablaze and engulfed in flames.

Fuxi was anxious and wanted to help his junior, but his action could potentially break the seal. Not only would it set the dark elf free, it might also put Emery in even greater danger.

In the end, he could only watch and hope that his junior could outlast the dark elf.

"AARRGHHH!!!!"

The screams of agony continued for a full minute, and were still going on even after the five minute mark had passed. The entire time, Emery's [Undecaying Flesh]'s innate regeneration worked to its full capacity, healing his body and tethering his life to this universe.

Minutes after, the dark elf grand magus had returned to his old, gaunt figure. It was at this moment that Fuxi decided to remove some of his seals so that he could finally help his junior. However, before he could do so, something happened.

Emery's knife claws that were embedded into the dark elf's body crumbled apart. They had been eroded from the overwhelming amount of energy that had passed through them. Emery's [Spirit Devour] automatically stopped at the loss of its medium.

Both figures fell to their knees, Emery breathing hard and the elf wrinkled and emaciated.

Fuxi quickly went to Emery while still on alert, ensuring the seals were still intact. Relieved seeing that Emery was still conscious, the Eastern Sage then turned his attention back to the dark elf.

"You have lost. Now if you want to keep your life, tell us what you know about the missing acolytes!"

Hearing that, the dark elf let out a chuckle and replied, "Hahaha, even if you know… there's nothing you can do for them." He stared at Fuxi as he added, "You cannot save them."

While the elderly dark elf continued laughing, his words gave Emery the strength to stand up, albeit with great difficulty. He took out his Savage Sword and placed it against the dark elf's neck.

"Tell us everything! Tell us NOW!!"

The grand magus ignored those words and continued laughing, before Emery felt a strange rapid buildup of power emerge from within the dark elf.

Knowing it was nothing good, Emery decisively swung his sword and severed the dark elf's head from his body.

Spppllllaaatttt

Blood splattered and the head rolled away on the ground.

However, much to Emery's shock, the buildup of energy still continued upon the headless body.

"What's happening?!"

Realizing what it was, Fuxi quickly grabbed Emery's body and flew as fast and as far as he could.

The moment after their figures disappeared, cracks began to appear on the elderly dark elf's body. Bright light could be seen pouring out from the cracks, until everything suddenly turned white.

KABBBOOOOMMMM!!!!!

An explosion of energy, so powerful that it blasts off the entire area within a radius of several miles.

Nearby trees could be seen bent almost parallel with the ground as a tremendous gust of wind swept across the landscape, sending strong tremors throughout the ground and flattening the entire hill into plains.

With Emery on his arm, Fuxi was barely able to escape from the epicenter. Their bodies were blown away by the explosion, sending them crashing into the trees almost a mile away. Emery was laying on the ground unable to move as his body's condition was worsened by the blast.

The Eastern Sage quickly stood up and once again prepared his sword as he said:

"He has sacrificed his body, but his spirit soul still exists. Stay alert!"

Emery knew that the spirit soul of a grand magus was capable of taking a full humanoid form, and being an elf, he should still have about half the power he had when he had a physical body. Hence the fight might not have ended just yet.

Soon after, Fuxi spotted the blazing spirit soul flying up into the sky. Fuxi was about to give chase when to his surprise, he saw the massive form descending through the atmosphere.

"It's an Elven spaceship"