Soul of Burning Steel

Palais Morlaix, royal study.

Yisrael, who watched the battle in the sacrificial place in the city with a strong spirit, let out a light sigh, and his face became serious: "The summoning was successful? And it's a clone of the great demon in the realm of extreme intent, the golden peak..."

Before he finished speaking, there was an obvious distortion of time and space around his fists, a chaotic light bloomed, and countless collapsed surface world structures surrounded him in fragments. His Majesty the Emperor was about to mobilize his strength, Deal a head-on blow to the demon and its true form in the abyss.

"Wait a minute, Israel."

On the side, Nostradamus stretched out his hand to block the ready-to-go fists. The eyes of the old mage were full of curiosity: "Look at this Earl of the North who always surprises us. What is the means."

In fact, there is no way.

On the edge of the imperial capital, the wooden hut that was originally used for sacrifices completely collapsed under the impact of a huge force. The strong wind carried countless debris and rushed in all directions. In the smoke and dust of the ruins, it seemed that two giant beasts were fighting close to each other.

They entangled for a while, and then accompanied by the screams of the people around them, the red light flickered, and a huge shadow was blasted into the air with a bang, without waiting for others to see what the shadow was. , another figure surrounded by red light also flew into the sky, and then kicked it back to the ground.

Huge shadows fell heavily to the ground, and the streets built of solid rock were shattered by the impact and vibration of the meteorite. Numerous cracks radiated toward the periphery, and even caused large areas to collapse. Dust pillars soared into the sky, The surrounding streets are covered.

Then, a scream that was so shrill that it didn't sound like a human voice came out from the smoke, which contained a desperate aura that could crush the spirit, which made the city guards who came here because of the huge change stop in their tracks.

"What happened?" They looked at each other in surprise and discussed, but no one dared to step forward to explore.

"This is..." Brandon, who followed the city guards and came to the hut, his expression froze: "The scream of the devil?"

"what happened?"

No one answered this question, and in the smoke, the screams that were originally full of anger stopped abruptly as if someone had choked their throats, and with the outbreak of fighting energy fluctuations, the smoke that obscured everyone's vision also dispersed.

One man, one beast, two figures, one big and one small, slowly emerged from the smoke and dust. Joshua's whole body was wrapped in black and red fighting spirit ripples. The overflowing power caused countless sandstones to revolve around his body, and in his hands, enough A two-horned, one-eyed demon five meters tall was kneeling on the ground, struggling desperately.

This demon has a human-like body, but has bat-like wings and thick limbs. It is covered with a hard black carapace, and a strange light shines in the purple one-eyed.

Its throat was tightly gripped by the five fingers of a warrior. Due to the height difference between the two sides, it couldn't even stand up, and could only kneel on the ground in humiliation. No matter how hard this demon flapped its wings and used its claws to attack , couldn't break free from the restraint, and broke Joshua's protective fighting spirit.

Both the city guard 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 the peak of gold, so he was more shocked than others.

When did Joshua's strength reach such a level?

In the ruins, the One-Eyed Demon stopped struggling simply when he realized that there was too much difference in physical strength. Countless runes between illusion and reality appeared on its forehead, and a strange and gloomy fluctuation began. Spread around the demon's one-eyed eye.

【Heart-eating Illusion】

The body of this devil that crossed the border from the abyss is the great devil of the ultimate level [Heart Devourer Laldan As], 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.

Peeping into the soul, manipulating desires, creating illusions with despair, fear and sorrow, and devouring people's hearts. In order to fight against this powerful warrior who suppressed it to the ground, the demon fully urged his natural ability, vowing to pull the other party into the illusion for thousands of years. Since then, many demons and powerful beings from other worlds have been defeated by this trick, and it believes that Joshua will be no exception.

The invisible mental fluctuations spread rapidly, instantly pulling in the city guards who were protecting the surrounding people as they evacuated and retreated. Everyone was dizzy on the spot, even Brandon was no exception. There was a huge shock, and he was almost pulled into it.

"What a powerful mental force!"

Shaking his head to wake up his dizzy head, Brandon held his forehead with his right hand and frowned tightly. He looked at the ruins of the hut with vigilant eyes. Unfortunately, the opponent's target is also Joshua, and what has swept here is just the aftermath.

And in the illusion, in the boundless and dark world, everything seems to be sinking, falling towards the endless abyss.

The Mind Eater was among them, laughing and spreading its wings. It stretched its body to its heart's content, allowing the pain that had been suppressed before to dissipate.

[Heart-eating Illusion], this is the world that belongs to it, the world that belongs to the great demon Laldan As, here, except for it, all the minds that are drawn into it will experience the impact of infinite wailing, and everything will be hidden The pain and tragedy in the deepest part of the heart will be dug up, then deepened and played back over and over again, until the heart is completely crushed by fear and despair.

No one is free from fear and despair, and for thousands of years, there has never been an exception.

Ignoring those mortal minds that were scattered in the darkness and accidentally involved, the demon flew towards the largest group of light. Unlike the weak light spots like fireflies around, the light of this soul was like a molten metal core, emitting With a red-gold fiery radiance.

It didn't hesitate, and was ready to go deep into the light, witnessing the scene of that powerful warrior being defeated by despair.

But nothing.

Going deep into the light, Laldan Asi didn't see any playback scenes. The warrior's spiritual world was the same inside and out, only a golden-red light.

Suddenly, feeling something, the demon turned his head slowly, and it saw a pair of huge red eyes.

These eyes are looking down at it from a high position, just like looking down on crawling insects on the ground. The eyes seem to be burning with a fire that can burn the world, but they give people a cold and biting sense of fear. There is no emotion in these eyes, only the most Pure desire to destroy and fight.

"Fear, despair?"

A cold voice came, as if mocking: "What is that?"

"A coward who only dares to play with people's hearts, dare to look at me?"

The sonorous sound waves reverberated, time was frozen here, and 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 who was still holding its throat, unable to understand what happened just now.

It... Hasn't it pulled the other party into the illusion?

"Raldan As, don't waste your efforts."

After experiencing the direct curse of the evil god's will, how could the soldier be afraid of the mental attack of mere demons, and after easily smashing the illusion, Joshua's expression did not change at all. He calmly said to the surprised monster in front of him: "You The mental attack is like a spring breeze to me, why not try other means."

who is he?

How did he break free from the illusion?

Why does he know my name?

The last hole card was also easily deciphered, and the expression of the one-eyed demon who reacted began to distort. It summoned 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. Then roared and released a steady stream of abyss spells.

[Abyss Flame Explosion] [Evil Thought Gaze] [Petrochemical Beam] [Sulfur Fire Shock] [Light of Corrosion]——With the extreme experience and the strength of the golden peak, it will run its own blood power to the extreme and release it. The terrifying golden spells came out one after another, and the ruins of the hut were completely blown away by the huge torrent of magic energy, turning into a flat ground, and the explosions bombarded the soldier again and again, as if to completely burn him to ashes.

But Joshua didn't care about the other party's attack at all. He walked forward slowly, raising his arms from time to time to block or defeat one or two spells aimed at the vital points, which were enough to overturn the city gate. On the warrior's protective vindictiveness, only inconspicuous red waves can be splashed.

Aware of this scene, Laldan Asi did not stop attacking, and still used endless spells to suppress Joshua, but the more he fought, the more confused he became, no matter what spells or methods he used, even if it was even a confidant in the abyss. Unknown hidden cards, the human beings in front of them can use various methods to perfectly respond.

Sometimes, the Mind 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 break it easily as if he had dealt with it thousands of times.

"Shit, the fire of the abyss, what the hell is going on?!" The rude abyss language blurted out, and the demon could no longer maintain his calm appearance.

What monster am I fighting? How does he know me better than me?

Although he is still fighting hard, the black-haired and red-eyed warrior has become the most terrifying demon in the eyes of Lal Danas. This fear even surpasses the fear of the abyss lord who controls its real name. The fear of being seen through.

But Joshua still walked without haste.

The other party is indeed an old acquaintance.

The monster in front of me, the mind devourer Laldan As, was the first wave of demons to enter the world of Mycroft when the abyss invaded in the previous life. This monster who played with people's hearts used its own spiritual power to enslave a large number of low-level demons, occupying It has raised several cities, and it raises human beings like livestock, preparing to use the fear and despair of human beings in the cities as a source of strength, step by step to become a legendary demon lord.

Unlike ordinary demons with no brains, Laldan Asi's plan is very perfect. As long as you follow the steps step by step, you will surely succeed. In his previous life, Joshua had accepted the task of subjugating it, so he clearly remembered all the fighting methods of the opponent in the land reclamation time and time again.

Now, he understood it better than the devil itself, not to mention just a clone, even if it was Laldan As's main body in the abyss, Joshua was confident in defeating it.

A silver stream of light flashed, and the silver sword that was inserted into the ground was blown away by the devil's continuous magic attacks, and 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 soldier's figure flashed and disappeared as an afterimage. At the same time, Laldan Aston felt his arm lighten. He subconsciously turned his head to look, and was shocked to find that his right arm had disappeared. , At this time, the smooth wound has not had time to gush out blood, as if it has not been noticed.

Roaring crazily, the one-eyed demon was frightened and furious at the same time. It was about to fight back, but Joshua, who suddenly approached him, hit him with a heavy elbow on the chest. The body flew upside down like a kite, and there was a crisp bone cracking sound, and a large piece of the black carapace on its chest collapsed.

Boom!

It fell heavily on the ground, splashing a large amount of dust. The one-eyed demon's face was extremely distorted, and the horns on its head were broken off by the impact just now. For a demon, this is the greatest humiliation.

But now, after waking up, it has no intention of retaliating and resisting. Laldan Asi turned his head resolutely, spread his wings, and flew straight towards the space-time rift where it originally came to this world. His black heart was destroyed by the attacks of the two of them just now, and the space-time rift is already extremely fragile, but it can't control so much now.

This terrible world, it never comes again! No matter who summons it, it will not come!

But before Lal Danas ran halfway, it suddenly felt a tightening of its left foot, and the powerful force crushed it like iron pincers, almost crushing the leg bones. Before it could react, the one-eyed demon The whole body was lifted up by a huge force, and it swayed wildly in mid-air.

"Roar ah ah ah!!"

Unable to fight, unable to escape, Lal Danas uttered a desperate roar. It is a heart eater that devours souls in the name of despair, but now, it has tasted the taste of despair in the hands of the human being in front of it.

The power of the bloodline surged under the black carapace, and the dark red veins began to flash around the one-eyed demon's body. The violent power gathered, and it was ready to launch its final attack.

【Burst】

This is what every demon will do. At the cost of burning its own blood and life, it releases a shock of energy that destroys everything.

But the silver sword light danced, and with a gust of wind, the demon's body was cut in two right down the middle.

Although the demon's body is better than most living things, it is not a supernatural body like elemental life. Under the blade of Shenji and the power of Joshua, no matter how strong the body is, it is no different from tofu.

The bones, muscles, and carapace were all cut off, and the burning explosion ended immediately. However, Laldan Asi still did not give up. The legs and waist were cut off, but it just reduced a part of the burden and got rid of Joshua. Restraint, the demon showed its incomparably powerful vitality and desire to survive at this time.

The wings fluttered violently, and blood and internal organs kept falling from the abdominal cavity. Lal Danas' expression was ferocious, and the remaining upper body rushed towards the space-time crack at several times the speed before.

Finally escaped! The thought of rejoicing flashed in its heart. This time the avatar was severely damaged, which also caused great damage to its body in the abyss. It would take at least a few years of cultivation before it could return to its full glory.

However, just when Lal Danas was about to rush into the gate of time and space, its wings were pulled by a strong force, and half of its remnant body was pulled back.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

The one-eyed demon looked at the crack in time and space less than one meter away, and let out a roar of unknown meaning. Its giant claws pierced into the ground, but it couldn't stop the huge force behind it from being dragged. I can helplessly watch myself getting farther and farther away from the space-time rift.

"I hate your screams."

A flat voice came, and Joshua stepped down, trampling the demon's head into the ground: "But you can't die yet, it's rare to meet a talking demon."

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