“Ugh aaaa!”
The Abyssal Beast that climbed up from the ground let out a pained cry.
The strike Via had launched just now inflicted considerable injury on this monster, dealing quite an effective blow.
The Abyssal Beast rapidly mobilized the Abyssal Force in its body to enhance its recovery abilities.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the slash wound on its body was healing.
This should be a unique trait belonging to this Abyssal Beast.
In the Thousand Sea Abyss, the traits of Abyssal Beasts were varied and bizarre, all different.
From what she could see now, this Abyssal Beast’s trait should be related to recovery ability.
“You’re really afraid of pain, huh, Abyssal Beast? Can’t handle even this?”
Via didn’t stop the Abyssal Beast’s actions; instead, she stood in place, letting the Abyssal Beast focus on healing.
This wasn’t out of kindness.
From her experience in her previous life, she knew very well in her heart that although Abyssal Beasts were very special and could wield Abyssal Force, they had an innate flaw: insufficient rationality.
In battle, there was actually no need to use too much Abyssal Force to restore oneself to peak condition.
Whether for Abyssal Beasts or demons, the consumption of mana to convert abyssal aura into Abyssal Force was limited.
Once too much Abyssal Force was consumed, the subsequent battle would inevitably end in defeat.
“Hiss ah!”
After recovering from its injuries, the Abyssal Beast became incomparably furious.
Clearly, it couldn’t accept being humiliated in front of Via, and thus was extremely annoyed.
It repeated its old trick, charging at Via once more, entering a high-temperature state again, turning the dark purple liquid into gas, like thick fog, filling this space.
“That trick won’t work again.”
Via gripped Desolate Fire and slashed forward.
She unleashed a wave of black flames like a tidal surge, sweeping over the dark purple thick fog.
The raging black flames immediately dispersed the aura created by the Abyssal Beast.
With the fog’s protection gone, the Abyssal Beast’s position was fully exposed.
The Demon King wielded the demonic blade, slicing through the air and cleaving into the Abyssal Beast’s body.
As expected, the Abyssal Beast’s outer shell was quite hard; even without doing anything, its toughness surpassed common magical shields, making it quite difficult to breach.
However, in front of the demonic blade, this was nothing.
Desolate Fire’s edge cut through the Abyssal Beast’s body like slicing paper, and at the same time, the black flames had already adhered to the Abyssal Beast’s wound through the demonic blade.
No matter how the Abyssal Beast rolled on the ground or struggled, it couldn’t stop the black flames’ burning.
Desolate Fire’s pitch-black flames were continuously dealing damage to the Abyssal Beast.
In this way, to heal its wounds, the Abyssal Beast kept investing Abyssal Force, further increasing its consumption.
“A beast is a beast, after all—no brains. If it were other demons, they wouldn’t waste Abyssal Force like this.”
Via laughed disdainfully.
The situation was exactly as she had anticipated.
The Abyssal Beast was strong, but it had flaws.
“This is also why, although Abyssal Beasts are very powerful, they can only stay in the Thousand Sea Abyss, while the Desolate Fallen Continent has always been held by the demons.”
“Roar! Roar!”
The Abyssal Beast, continuously scorched by the black flames on its wound, became even more irritable and increasingly frenzied.
It opened its mouth, gathering Abyssal Force there.
Just like Via using abyssal bullets, the Abyssal Beast continuously concentrated Abyssal Force into a single point, then aimed at Via and fired.
“Abyssal Bullet, fire!”
Via refused to show weakness.
With the assistance of the Demon King Armament, she also gathered Abyssal Force at her fingertip, concentrating it into a point for an instantaneous burst.
The Abyssal Bullet dragged an extremely unstable trajectory, colliding with the abyssal ray spewed by the Abyssal Beast.
Boom!!
The collision of the bullet and the energy ray formed one terrifying shockwave after another, spreading out and grinding the building debris entirely into dust.
The entire Kado City was shaking, space seeming to twist and distort.
Both streams of Abyssal Force sought to completely suppress the other.
In the end, after several rounds of struggle, Via still came out on top; her Abyssal Bullet pierced through the Abyssal Beast’s energy ray and struck the Abyssal Beast’s body.
“Ugh ah…”
Due to investing a large amount of Abyssal Force in the earlier attack, plus the Abyssal Force used for recovery before, the Abyssal Beast’s body had almost none left, and it couldn’t even heal the injuries it had sustained.
“The farce should end now. Let me sever your head.”
Via held Desolate Fire, approaching the Abyssal Beast step by step, preparing to reap it.
“Your magic core is one with Abyssal Force—far more appealing than those monsters infected by abyssal aura. Prepare to become nourishment for my growth.”
“…”
The Abyssal Beast subconsciously took a step back.
Fear arose in its heart.
Even without much thought, it understood that it was about to die at the hands of the black Demon King.
The relationship between hunter and prey had completely reversed.
In the end, instinct drove it to take the next action.
“Hm?”
Via was somewhat surprised.
She clearly sensed that the Abyssal Beast had already started to fear, yet it still took the initiative to advance, launching an attack at her.
The Abyssal Beast swung its tail, wrapping around Via.
But this move would bring the Abyssal Beast into Desolate Fire’s attack range, essentially walking into a trap.
“Are you seeking death on your own? Fine, I’ll grant it.”
Just as Via was preparing to slash with Desolate Fire, the Abyssal Beast actually made a quite astonishing move.
This frenzied monster actually swung its own massive claw voluntarily, severing its tail.
The severed tail seemed to turn into a shackle, binding Via tightly.
Taking this opportunity, the Abyssal Beast turned around, ignoring the immense pain from the severed tail, drove its four limbs, and began to flee.
“Tsk!”
Via struggled discontentedly, using Desolate Fire’s flames to break free from the Abyssal Beast’s severed tail.
Although the time was short, it still bought the Abyssal Beast some opportunity.
The Abyssal Beast fled desperately.
However, it hadn’t run far when a sudden change occurred.
A sword beam descended from not far away, forcibly halting it.
“Hiss?!”
The Abyssal Beast showed a terrified expression.
Before it could understand what happened, three silver lights flashed consecutively, three swords descending, precisely striking its four limbs and nailing it in place, unable to move.
The Abyssal Beast raised its head; it only saw the last silver sword light covering its vision, and the next moment, its head was pierced, ending its life.
“How is this possible?”
Via, who was chasing the Abyssal Beast, stopped in her tracks upon seeing this scene, feeling as if she had fallen into an ice cave, her hands and feet turning cold.
Beneath the mask, the pink-haired girl’s pupils trembled, almost unable to believe what she had seen.
After the Abyssal Beast was slain, those five swords floated up, returning to their wielder’s side—that was precisely the Divine Might Armament held by her arch-enemy.