“Master Man En, this is a magic crystal. Please take it.”
Mei supported Man En, watching him take the crystal with trembling hands, a worried expression on her face.
“Thank you, Mei.”
With the help of this crystal, Man En finally recovered some of his mana. However, it was barely enough to use Time Control once more. This extremely high-quality crystal was very rare. Although he was somewhat interested in its origin, the current situation didn’t allow him to dwell on it.
“Lord Dulufu, the plan can proceed!”
As soon as Man En finished speaking, dozens of pillars of light shot up from the surroundings of Campbell City. Then, a huge hexagram array gradually formed, slowly rotating on the ground. The blood all over the ground was evaporated by the array, and even the small monsters summoned by the Blood Demon were annihilated along with it.
As the hexagram rotated faster, the array’s range rapidly shrank until it stopped at half its original size. Man En watched the formed array, experiencing its power firsthand—far more exaggerated than described in the original novel. Originally, he had planned to use this array to trap the Heretic God Sect and Lai La, but unexpectedly it was now used on the Blood Demon.
After recovering some physical strength, Man En hurried to the Viscount’s side.
“Can you still fight?”
“…No problem.”
He glanced at Man En from the corner of his eye, marveling at how much he had changed.
“I’m going in. Stay close.”
Without saying more, he assumed his stance again, ready for battle.
Meanwhile, the Blood Demon’s severed arm had completely regenerated. It looked at Man En and the Duke, grinning sinisterly.
“Come on, monster. Let me see what you’re made of.”
With a cold glint in the Duke’s eyes, accompanied by a harsh crackle of electricity, his figure instantly vanished from the spot. Man En couldn’t even see the Duke’s sword swing; he only heard the sound of flesh tearing along with the crackle of electricity, and then a huge wound suddenly appeared on the Blood Demon’s chest.
Taking advantage of the Blood Demon’s momentary shock, Man En seized the opportunity and activated Time Leap. He instantly appeared in front of the Blood Demon, grabbed the conical artifact, and thrust it sharply into the exposed wound.
Immediately, wisps of black smoke rose from the Blood Demon’s body. The blood on its surface churned continuously as if boiling. But this anomaly lasted only a few seconds. Its wound began to heal rapidly.
At that moment, Dulufu and his group also arrived. Seeing the state of the monster, they couldn’t help but break out in cold sweat.
“As expected, it seems that as long as its mana reserve isn’t depleted, it’s basically immortal.”
“Then we keep attacking it until it can’t recover!”
With that, the Viscount immediately charged forward and unleashed a storm of attacks on the Blood Demon.
“Everyone, let’s go! Assist the Viscount’s attack—don’t give it a chance to catch its breath!”
Under Man En’s command, everyone charged at the monster together. Facing the onslaught, the Blood Demon, with its abilities sealed, had no power to resist. Its blood coat was like being thrown into a meat grinder—constantly breaking apart and constantly repairing itself.
After a long while under the relentless assault, its outermost blood coat was finally completely stripped away, revealing the bright red flesh inside.
“Good, its recovery speed is slowing down. Everyone, put in more effort!”
At first, the attack was going smoothly, but soon the group noticed something abnormal. Their attacks were becoming less and less effective—rather, the Blood Demon’s body was becoming harder. Matthews saw that the situation was unfavorable, so he gathered a large amount of mana into his greatsword, ready to make a last-ditch effort. If normal attacks didn’t work, he would bet everything on one full-power strike!
“Our attacks are no longer effective! Fall back! Conserve your strength!”
Man En noticed his father’s intention and immediately led everyone back. He looked at the Viscount and gave a slight nod.
Then, the Viscount raised his greatsword. The light from the huge electric arcs on his body even dimmed the array.
“Go… to hell!”
He leaped high into the air, carrying the momentum of a cut that could sever everything, and slammed down heavily on the Blood Demon. The pressure like a thunderclap sent chills down everyone’s spine.
“Such momentum… No wonder he’s called the Swift Thunder of the Empire, well-deserved reputation.”
Dulufu couldn’t help but admire repeatedly, but Man En remained silent upon hearing this. He knew his father had put all his strength into this strike, but for some reason, he felt a creeping unease in his heart.
With a sound like a thunderclap, the Viscount’s attack landed. Even Man En and the others far away felt the ground tremble. The huge shockwave made it hard for everyone to keep their balance.
When the dust and smoke cleared, everyone saw the scene before them and couldn’t help but gasp. Matthews’s hand holding the sword trembled incessantly, blood dripping down drop by drop. The damage inflicted on the monster was only that the blade had slightly sunk into the Blood Demon’s head.
“This… how is this possible?”
Man En saw this and couldn’t believe his eyes. Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the Viscount immediately jumped back to the group. He knelt on one knee, panting heavily. Man En hurried over to support him, but the Viscount raised a hand to decline.
“It’s fine, I’m not seriously hurt.”
“Father, did you notice anything unusual when you attacked?”
He listened and then lowered his head in thought.
“Unusual…”
“At the moment I struck, a tightly wrapped shell formed on its surface. It was that shell that blocked my attack.”
“Shell?”
Man En murmured softly, as if thinking of something. In the original novel, although the Twelve Demon Gods had different abilities, they all shared a skill: Cocoon Break. It could form an extremely sturdy protective layer outside the body, while the main body hid inside to repair itself and expel foreign objects. If this state couldn’t be interrupted, then when the Blood Demon emerged again, its combat power would undergo a qualitative leap. And not only that, the abilities that had been sealed with great effort would also be restored.
“Not good! Lord Dulufu! Come with me!”
Before Dulufu could react, Man En grabbed him and ran toward the Blood Demon.
“I’ll make it short. This monster is doing this to expel the artifact sealing its power inside!”
“It wants to reclaim the abilities of the Divine Emissary!”
“Hey… wait a second!”
Dulufu was startled by this sudden development.
“Even so, even the Duke couldn’t do anything to it. What can we do?”
“No, we have a way.”
“Since Holy Light could break through the barrier it made, it can definitely break through its shell!”
“Now that it has transferred most of its power to the shell, as long as we break the shell, we can easily destroy it!”
As he spoke, Man En pulled out a dagger and infused it with Holy Light. Then, with all his strength, he thrust the dagger into the Blood Demon’s barrier. Although it didn’t go very deep, wisps of black smoke could still be seen as the Holy Light burned the barrier.
“It works!”
“Lord Dulufu!”
“Alright! I’ll go crazy with you one more time!”
He raised his giant Holy Light Hammer and struck the tail end of the dagger Man En had thrust in with full force. Immediately, a crisp sound rang out. The Blood Demon’s shell was shattered into pieces, and the unprotected flesh inside wriggled weakly.
Seeing this, Man En finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Lord Dulufu, give it the finishing blow!”
“Roger!”
Just as Dulufu’s giant hammer was about to strike, the mass of flesh began to rapidly expand.
“?”
“What’s happening?”
Dulufu lost his balance and was pushed far away by it. But Man En was not so lucky. All the flesh targeted him, almost instantly enveloping him completely. Trapped and unable to move, Man En felt his body slowly merging with the monster, and even his consciousness was being gradually eroded.
“Man En!”
“Master Man En!”
“Holy Son!”
The people behind saw this and ran over frantically, but when they got closer, the situation made them even more desperate. The mass of flesh was slowly devouring Man En’s body.
…
After an unknown amount of time, Man En slowly woke up. But strangely, he couldn’t move at all, and his perspective was fixed on a strange place. In front of him was the familiar Matthews mansion. A child was playing alone with sand, and behind him stood a maid about the same age as him.
‘Is this… the original owner’s childhood memory? A life flash?’
Man En clearly couldn’t understand the current situation. Just then, a childish voice reached Man En’s ears.
“Big brother Man En~ Found you! Uncle told me, hehe.”
‘It’s a young Lai La…’
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