Leo’s face twisted in alarm, and he quickly darted inside the dilapidated building.
“Rumble! Rumble!”
Within the dimly lit ruin, Demon Night swung Al’s Dagger, and with each stroke, load-bearing walls and columns crumbled.
In the gloomy darkness, Leo deftly evaded, narrowly escaping Demon Night’s relentless attacks.
“Damn it, this wolf has been boosted by that Al’s Dagger. He’s even faster and far more powerful than before,” thought Leo, his nerves on edge. He contemplated using his Purple Radiance several times but ultimately decided against it. The Purple Radiance was his last resort, something to be used only when there were no other options, as it consumed an immense amount of spiritual power.
“Pitiful human, under the glory of Al, tremble!” roared Demon Night from the darkness. His massive wolf body surged forward, and his blood-red eyes locked onto Leo.
“Boom!”
Leo darted aside, and Demon Night’s colossal body crashed straight into the wall. Another load-bearing wall crumbled, and concrete rained down, making the entire building tremble.
“Oh no, this ruined building is about to collapse,” Leo muttered, his heart pounding. He swiftly moved out of the decaying structure, with Demon Night’s towering wolf-like form closely in pursuit.
“Rumble, rumble…”
The ground trembled as a six-story ruined building collapsed, swiftly turning into a heap of rubble.
After the dust settled, two figures stood facing each other before the wreckage.
“Poor man, now I’ll give you a chance. Serve as my servant, and I may spare your life,” said Demon Night, his blood-red eyes glaring down at Leo. Al’s Dagger burned with sinister, malevolent black flames.
“Now, I’ll give you a chance too. Die by your own hand in front of me, or I will make your death excruciating,” Leo retorted mockingly.
“You can go die. Great Al, grant me the power of the evil god!” Demon Night’s eyes, now blackened with an evil presence, stared at Leo. The black flames on Al’s Dagger flared up and rapidly spread across Demon Night’s body.
Soon, Demon Night’s entire body was enveloped in eerie black flames.
“Shadow of Death!” Demon Night muttered with a sinister growl.
“Swoosh!”
Suddenly, Demon Night’s massive body turned into a black blur and appeared before Leo in the blink of an eye.
Leo had considered summoning a talisman, but it was too late.
Al’s Dagger in Demon Night’s hand had already pierced toward Leo’s heart.
“Buzz!”
A strange buzzing sound echoed in front of Leo’s chest.
A faint blue membrane formed on the surface of his body, with faint lightning flickering within the membrane.
Leo breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness for the Purple Thunder Crocodile Armor . Without it, I would have been done for in the hands of this werewolf.”
Al’s Dagger stabbed into the blue membrane, causing it to quiver slightly. It emitted a series of thunderous roars before shattering.
As the first blue membrane shattered, the second appeared, but it, too, was unable to withstand Al’s Dagger and was destroyed.
Then came the third blue membrane.
Leo’s face turned pale, and he hastily retreated.
He never expected that his Purple Thunder Crocodile Armor, which had endured ten lethal attacks from an advanced Grandmaster, would prove so fragile against Al’s Dagger. In the span of less than three seconds, an armor that could withstand ten deadly blows had already suffered three losses.
In the midst of tension, Leo could clearly feel Demon Night’s formidable aura slowly weakening. It appeared that the power from that Al’s Dagger had a time limit. All Leo needed to do was buy himself some time to defeat him.
Demon Night’s speed was remarkable, and his relentless attacks didn’t let up for a moment, making it impossible for Leo to avoid every swing of Al’s Dagger.
Unable to dodge every blow, Leo had to rely on his armor to absorb the impact.
Taking advantage of a moment when his armor had withstood yet another attack from Al’s Dagger, Leo quickly activated an Ice Talisman.
However, this time, the ice that had just appeared on Demon Night was incinerated into vapor by the sinister and malevolent black flames, which did nothing to slow Demon Night’s assault.
“Struggling is futile, humble human, prepare to die!” Demon Night’s evil voice echoed through the air, and Al’s Dagger descended upon Leo once again.
“Crack!”
The final layer of the blue protective membrane shattered under Al’s Dagger, and the blade made its way through Leo’s chest.
Leo’s Purple Thunder Crocodile Armor split open, and the malevolent power carried by the dagger struck him like a heavy blow. He was sent flying backward before crashing hard onto the ground.
“Sploosh!”
Leo struggled to his hands and knees, a sweet taste rising in his throat. He couldn’t prevent a mouthful of blood from spurting out.
There was now an eight-centimeter-long wound on Leo’s chest. The blood that flowed from it immediately turned black, with the evil black flames from Al’s Dagger clinging to the wound.
The black flames emanated an intense burning sensation, accompanied by an overwhelmingly evil aura, and began to spread across Leo’s entire body.
Leo hastily sat cross-legged on the ground, his hands forming intricate seals to draw on his internal Spiritual Power to resist the black flames at the wound.
Leo was alarmed to find that his Spiritual Power, when it touched the black flames at the wound, didn’t extinguish them. Instead, it further intensified their burning, and the black flames consumed his Spiritual Power.
Demon Night seemed to have predicted this outcome and didn’t rush to attack Leo again. He knew the power of this evil fire and relished watching Leo’s torment.
“Poor mortal, in the face of the evil fire’s might, you are but an ant. Give up your struggle,” Demon Night taunted.
Unable to extinguish the sinister black flames, Leo resorted to temporarily sealing them. He bit his right index finger, drawing out a drop of his essence blood, and used it to inscribe mystical runes at the wound.
The appearance of the runes temporarily suppressed the burning of the black flames.
“Struggling is futile; today, you cannot escape your fate,” Demon Night said, still underestimating Leo, even though he had successfully contained the evil fire.
With no other options, Leo decided to fight for his life. He drew a ceramic vial containing Vitality Pills, emptied all the pills into his mouth, and immediately activated his Nine Heavens Star Chart.
The pills dissolved upon contact with his mouth, converting into spiritual power that surged into his abdomen. However, the quantity of spiritual power from all those pills was overwhelming for Leo at this point. His abdomen was already full, and the excess spiritual power overflowed into his limbs and extremities.