Chapter 179: Chapter 82: Slaying Duke Mu Huo (2)
"Oh?"
Zorn raised an eyebrow.
"May I see your child?"
The sobbing woman seemed somewhat frightened.
Then, she tremblingly and slowly handed over the swaddled child.
When Zorn lifted the cloth covering it,
he saw a tiny demon with Demon Horns, smirking maliciously at him.
In that instant, Zorn felt his body go stiff.
"Hehehe..."
The woman cackled as her body rapidly expanded, and blood-red demonic flames erupted across her skin.
The flames on her twisted, blood-colored Demon Horns flickered incessantly.
Blood-red lines and patterns formed eerie demonic Runes upon her thick, fiery Scale Armor.
In an instant, she had transformed into a powerful Level Six Flame Demon.
"Gustav... this is the ’Zorn Corick’ you fear?"
"He doesn’t look like much, does he?"
"All it took was sacrificing one of our children to trap him so easily."
As the Level Six Demon was speaking,
Zorn Corick, standing before it, revealed a rather strange smile.
The smirking, swaddled demonling had already been absorbed by Zorn, leaving not even a trace behind.
"Your child tasted quite good, but I prefer... the taste of you."
"Demons... It’s been a long time since I’ve had a taste."
The Level Six Demon that had dared to approach Zorn froze for a moment. Just as it was about to flee,
Zorn shot out his hand at astonishing speed. SCHLICK!
His claws, like scythe blades, easily pierced through the Level Six Demon’s chest.
"No, no..."
Its face contorted in horror, the Demon shrieked and wailed.
GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE...
The Level Six Demon’s life and Spiritual energy were continuously drawn out and devoured by Zorn.
Just as the Level Six Demon was on the verge of death,
an incredibly terrifying power suddenly emerged from within its body.
"You wretched human..."
the terrifying power roared in fury.
But in the next moment, two sturdy and powerful Golden Arms materialized behind Zorn and pressed down hard on the demonic power.
The roaring, cursing, terrifying demonic power was forcefully pushed back by Zorn.
"Now... is not the era for your kind of Demon."
"You’d be better off lying obediently in the depths of Purgatory and playing with your magma!"
From behind an invisible curtain to Purgatory, the unwilling roar of a Flame Demon could be heard.
This Level Six "Flame Demon" was just a part of some powerful Demon, more like a "Projection Body" with its own consciousness.
In the words of the Players, these were all "Projected Sentinels."
They were a precursor to the Demons’ entry into the World.
Demon Creatures were all of the BOSS Sequence, making them exceedingly difficult to deal with.
But the power of this Projected Sentinel right here was quite ordinary.
Of course, that was only for Zorn. To other Transcendents, these demonic Projected Sentinels were still a massive problem.
’He actually collaborated with Demon Creatures.’
Zorn raised an eyebrow slightly.
’It seems Duke Mu Huo has also obtained quite a few things and resources from the Flame Demon.’
’His promotion to Level Six might even be related to the Demons.’
Taking a deep breath, Zorn looked up.
The small, once-magnificent building was now engulfed in raging flames.
The entire structure collapsed, raining down ashes like a scene from Purgatory.
From the depths of the flames,
the silhouette of Demon Duke Mu Huo, his body covered in blood-red Scale Armor and Demon Horns sprouting from his forehead, gradually emerged.
"Zorn!"
He had only spoken softly, yet his voice carried the menacing scent of molten rock.
"I know you’re powerful, but so what? The great Demon Dominator has bestowed upon me even greater strength."
"Do you know what the price for this transaction was?"
As he spoke, Duke Mu Huo’s smile grew increasingly ferocious and twisted.
"Hahaha... That’s right. It was the flesh and blood remains of Egunus."
"Even if I die, you won’t get all of his remains, hahaha..."
"You damned Evil Spirit... I would rather die than let you succeed!"
Duke Mu Huo roared furiously. The Demon’s temptations had completely twisted the man’s mind.
However... Duke Mu Huo always had a weak will to begin with, so it wasn’t surprising that the Demon Creatures had exploited that vulnerability.
Zorn, on the other hand, merely narrowed his eyes.
"I can see that you’ve indeed signed a very binding contract with a Demon."
"That... is truly a stroke of genius."
"In other words... as long as I capture your flesh, Demons will continuously come looking for me."
Zorn smiled faintly.
"How wonderful!"
Zorn’s words made Duke Mu Huo’s demonic face darken.
He slammed both hands onto the ground.
WHOOSH...
Pillars of scorching demonic flame erupted instantly.
As he dodged the pillars of demonic fire,
WHOOOOOOSH...
a heart-stopping wave of deathly wind howled toward him.
The rapidly retreating Duke Mu Huo transformed directly into flames.
As an Evil Spirit Fire Mage, his control over fire was sublime.
However, even though he had transformed into a state of pure flame,
he was still cut, producing a sizzling sound.
Now a Level 2 Forbidden Curse, the Forbidden Curse Scythe still possessed extreme cutting power against an Elemental State Transcendent.
From within the surging flames, seven or eight demon hounds leaped out.
Three to five Flame Elemental Giants also appeared.
A series of Flame Magic Balls came whistling through the air as well.
In an instant, the surroundings had taken on the appearance of a fiery apocalypse.
Zorn immediately cast his own spells, launching an all-out counterattack.
Duke Mu Huo’s counterattack didn’t pose too great a threat to Zorn, but of course, Zorn still needed to deal with it seriously.
As the two continued to clash with their spells,
more than half the town was quickly set ablaze.
Throughout the entire process, Duke Mu Huo was constantly suppressed by Zorn.
By the time Zorn had completed three powerful Curse Seals,
the grim-faced Duke Mu Huo’s heart had completely sunk.
Originally, he believed that by combining his power with that of the Flame Demon, he would be able to secure a definite victory against Zorn Corick.
But once they clashed,
he discovered that the Level 5 Zorn Corick’s Witchcraft was astonishingly powerful.
What he feared the most was that terrifying Ancient God Curse.
His opponent had yet to use it, which made him all the more wary.
In the midst of their magical duel, Duke Mu Huo was already thinking of escape.
Unfortunately, he no longer had the luxury of fleeing.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A series of Destruction Magic Balls blasted Duke Mu Huo, destabilizing him.
At the same time, a gigantic Rune Hand suddenly swooped down to grab him.
Duke Mu Huo was utterly terrified. Unfortunately for him, his two escape-type abilities had both been sealed by Zorn.
There was simply no way out.
"No...!"
With a blood-curdling scream, Duke Mu Huo was crushed on the spot by Zorn’s Rune Hand.
From within the exploded flesh and blood, that same terrifying power from before faintly emerged once again.
That damned Flame Demon, relying on the power of the contract, was trying to seep through again.
’Still trying to snatch my flesh and blood remains?’
Zorn snorted coldly and unleashed his Spiritual Realm, immediately moving to expel that powerful demonic force.
Deep within the Dark Dimension, the massive silhouette of a Demon radiating an Upper Rank aura stared coldly at Zorn.
"Damn you, Evil Spirit Wizard Zorn Corick! I’ll remember you!"
The powerful Upper Rank Demon roared in fury.
Zorn paid no mind to the powerful Upper Rank Demon, simply using his powerful Spiritual Realm to forcefully expel it.
Dealing with Demons was something he wouldn’t need to consider until he advanced to the Upper Ranks himself.
As Zorn opened his palm and gathered the remains of flesh and blood,
the burning chunk of flesh and blood that was once the Evil Spirit Fire Mage, Duke Mu Huo, soon landed in his hand.
After storing this substantial piece of Egunus’s remains in his Spiritual Realm,
Zorn looked toward Split Mist Town.
Next... it was time to deal with Archbishop "Andre."
