Chapter 529: Chapter 292: Demon Lord’s Core 2
It seemed that its last fatal blow had cost it a portion of its life force. Already struck by Fang Zhen’s Golden Sun Flame Treasure Sword, much of its vitality had been nullified, leaving Scarn in an extremely weakened state.
That single attack appeared to have drained it of all life, leaving only a final shred of power.
Fear was now visible in Scarn’s crimson eyes.
It looked at Fang Zhen.
Though Fang Zhen’s physical form was far smaller than Scarn’s, he was clearly the one in control.
It was Fang Zhen hunting Scarn, not the other way around.
Scarn let out a piercing shriek, but it wasn’t an attack. It was a cry of alarm, a miserable scream.
It struggled, trying to flee into the Light Gate, desperate to escape the battlefield and get away from this Living Yama.
But Fang Zhen was enraged. How could he possibly let this thing escape?
He spurred his flying lotus, darting forward at high speed.
Scarn wasn’t actually fast. Its body was just so massive that every movement covered a great distance. Now, however, it was completely outmatched by Fang Zhen’s speed.
As Fang Zhen closed the distance and saw Scarn trying to flee, he thrust his spear forward!
The Thunder Spear once again erupted with the Power of Thunder.
This Power of Thunder didn’t come entirely from Fang Zhen himself.
He only needed to use about thirty percent of his own strength to fully unleash it.
His power acted as a catalyst, drawing on the energy of the Thunder Spear and the world around them—primarily the vast, ambient energy of the Divine Rune Realm.
This made the attack incredibly efficient for Fang Zhen.
PFFT!
He plunged the spear into the back of Scarn’s neck.
Although Scarn had no true physical body, being formed from condensed energy, this was also its greatest weakness.
The lightning on the spear was pure energy. As energy canceled out energy, Scarn’s body began to dissolve. It shrieked in agony as its form grew even dimmer.
At this moment, shadows on the back of Scarn’s head writhed like snakes. They weren’t an attack, but more like strands of hair flailing wildly—a sign that Scarn was losing control of its own power.
Fang Zhen drove the spear deeper, but feeling it wasn’t enough, he viciously thrust forward with the Golden Sun Flame Longsword in his left hand.
BOOM! The Golden Sun Flame Longsword erupted with golden light, piercing straight through the back of Scarn’s head.
A phantom projection of the Golden Longsword extended to five or six times the blade’s actual length.
The streak of golden light shot in through the back of Scarn’s head and exploded out its forehead. Scarn let out an agonized roar.
Thoroughly incensed, Fang Zhen released his grip, leaving the Golden Sun Flame Longsword embedded in Scarn’s head. Then, he grabbed Scarn’s shadow hair—the solidified, snake-like tendrils—and with his own strength, yanked the Shadow Lord back.
Fang Zhen held Scarn in place while repeatedly activating the spear in his right hand. Thunder boomed as bolts of lightning exploded inside Scarn’s body, bombarding it relentlessly.
Even for a body made of shadow energy, there was a limit.
The destructive force of Fang Zhen’s Thunder Spear shattered the power that held Scarn’s form together.
Finally, its massive shadow body could no longer be contained. In an instant, it exploded and vanished like smoke.
Shadow energy flew in all directions.
But it posed no threat to Fang Zhen.
The Shadow Lord Scarn’s entire body disintegrated, turning into a cloud of black smoke.
The smoke soon dissipated, and a black, gem-like object over a meter tall fell from the sky. It slammed into the ground and rolled a few times.
Seeing this, Fang Zhen caught his falling Golden Sun Flame Longsword and descended from the sky.
He could still sense life force within the black gem. He shot downward and thrust his spear into the man-sized black stone.
With a loud CRACK, the stone fractured and shattered into countless pieces.
The sensation of life force vanished. Fang Zhen looked and saw a round, fist-sized red orb at the center of the shattered black gem.
Something inside the orb pulsed, as if alive, emitting a faint, chaotic aura.
’Is this the core of the Shadow Lord Scarn?’
’Scarn is an energy being,’ Fang Zhen thought. ’It doesn’t have a physical body in the strictest sense. This orb must be its core.’
Fang Zhen collected the orb.
Just then, a thunderous roar of cheers erupted behind him, like a tidal wave of sound.
Everyone had seen Fang Zhen slay two Demon Lords. With Scarn’s death, the outcome of the battle was sealed.
Duke Phil’s army’s morale was sky-high. Riding the momentum of Fang Zhen’s overwhelming victory against the Demon Lords, they charged the remaining demons.
「Three hours later.」
Northwest City had been thoroughly purged.
All the demons in the city had been slain, leaving only a few scattered Little Demons hiding in corners.
With the Demon Lords gone, the Divine Rune Warriors could finally unleash their full power.
Under the leadership of Osetis, these Divine Rune Warriors purged the more powerful demons.
The power source for the Teleportation Gate in Northwest City’s main square was located. Once the energy stones were destroyed, the gate vanished.
By now, the battlefield had entered the cleanup phase.
Duke Phil and his commanders found a building that hadn’t been too badly defiled by the demons and convened a post-battle meeting inside.
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