Soon, Leo’s aura had barely reached the upper-level Spirit Master realm. Sensing Leo’s sudden rise in power, Demon Night squinted his horrifying eyes. The once arrogant Demon Night now felt a tinge of danger from Leo.
“Death Shadow!” Demon Night decided to go all out to kill Leo. The malevolent flames on Al’s Dagger burned fiercely, and the dagger transformed into a black silhouette, its target Leo’s throat.
Leo’s gaze turned ice-cold, and he quickly formed a hand seal, enveloping his entire body in a faint radiance. Just as the horrifying Al’s Dagger was about to strike, the figure that had been standing on the ground suddenly floated into the air.
Demon Night missed his target, and the ferocious wolf’s head raised upward, gazing into the night. In the darkness, Leo floated silently in mid-air, thirty meters above the ground, his eyes shimmering with a cold light, like a war god looking down disdainfully at the massive wolf figure below.
This sight left Demon Night with an astonished expression. “You’re not a martial cultivator! Who are you?”
Demon Night had an in-depth understanding of martial cultivators. He was absolutely certain that Leo’s displayed strength went beyond what a martial cultivator could achieve.
“I’m the one who’s going to end your life,” Leo declared, his eyes filled with murderous intent. His temporary power boost meant that he needed to seize the moment to deal with Demon Night.
“Humble human, you think you can take my life? How laughable!” Demon Night bent his legs, then launched himself from the ground, swinging Al’s Dagger at Leo.
“Boom!”
Sinister black flames surged from Al’s Dagger, swiftly forming a blade of flames more than ten meters long that slashed towards Leo, who was floating in mid-air.
In mid-air, Leo effortlessly evaded the blade made of flames. Since his attempt failed, Demon Night couldn’t hover in mid-air like Leo, and instead, he landed heavily on the ground.
After a resounding crash, Demon Night left two massive footprints in the ground.
“Wind Blade Talisman, unleash!” As soon as Demon Night landed, Leo had already activated a talisman.
The talisman emitted a burst of azure light, creating a series of blue streams of light above Demon Night’s horrifying wolf head.
Feeling a sense of impending danger, Demon Night let out a low growl and leaped into the air again. He brandished Al’s Dagger, aiming it at the blue light.
Leo’s lips curled into a cold smile, and he swiftly altered his hand seals.
“Boom!”
The blue light gathered and transformed into a blue tornado, enveloping Demon Night’s towering body. Although it appeared as wind, it was composed of countless blue wind blades, effectively forming a tornado-shaped meat grinder.
The appearance of the blue tornado sent numerous bricks and stones floating into the air, only to be pulverized by its power, reducing them to dust.
Countless blue wind blades ceaselessly sliced into Demon Night’s body.
“Roar… Ah…!”
Caught in the whirlwind, Demon Night, like a wounded beast, emitted a piercing, mournful scream.
Leo looked down from above, coldly stating, “Even if your regenerative abilities are monstrous, under the storm of the blue blades, you’ll be torn to pieces.”
After more than ten seconds, the blue blade storm dissipated. Many pieces of blood-red flesh fell from the sky; it was the remnants of Demon Night.
Where Demon Night had stood moments before now lay a bloody expanse, and the viscous blood gave off a nauseating, metallic odor.
The Al’s Dagger, once held in Demon Night’s hand, also fell from the sky, embedding itself into the earth.
Leo descended from the sky and approached, pulling the wicked Al’s Dagger from the ground. A chilling and eerie sensation coursed through Leo’s arm, making him shudder involuntarily.
At that moment, beneath a wooden board leaning against the wall not far away, the sound of retching emerged. The one retching was none other than the man in the suit who had been standing with Demon Night just now.
While Leo battled Demon Night, the man in the suit didn’t run but instead hid, witnessing the extraordinary fight between the two. He was curious about Antony’s top-tier assassin and wanted to see his skills firsthand.
If Demon Night killed Leo, he could report to Antony right away. But if Leo managed to defeat Demon Night, he planned to sneak away.
Originally, the man in the suit had intended to leave discreetly. However, witnessing Demon Night reduced to a pile of crushed flesh made him vomit involuntarily. Despite encountering many horrifying scenes, he had never seen such a bloody sight before, and his body’s instinctive reaction was uncontrollable.
“Who sent you?” Leo’s icy voice resounded in the man’s ears.
The man in the suit had been thoroughly frightened by Leo’s terrifying display, and he trembled before hastily replying, “I-I was sent by Antony William…”
“Antony, it seems he’s becoming impatient,” Leo remarked coldly, his eyes filled with a surge of killing intent.
“Spurt!”
Suddenly, Leo spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned deathly pale. His previously sharp and powerful aura rapidly diminished.
Observing the injury that Al’s Dagger had inflicted on Leo earlier, the sealed black flames resurfaced, constantly burning the inscribed runes on Leo’s body.
“The malevolence of this Al’s Dagger is unexpectedly potent!” Leo quickly sat cross-legged, enduring the aftereffects of consuming all those Vitality Pills. He felt aches and pains throughout his body, a reminder of the overwhelming power.
Seeing Leo in such a state, the man in the suit’s fear diminished like a receding tide. Greed quickly clouded his judgment. A thought emerged in his mind: Demon Night was dead, and if he killed Leo, Antony might reward him with the promised thirty million dollars.
In the man in the suit’s view, Leo was clearly in a severely weakened state, on the brink of defeat. It was the perfect opportunity to strike.
A sinister glint flashed in the man in the suit’s eyes as he swiftly drew a pistol from his waist.
“You fool!” Leo waved his right hand.
Just as the man in the suit was about to raise his pistol, a purple light streaked across his throat.
“Bang!”
The man in the suit could no longer pull the trigger. He lay on his back, his eyes wide open, lifeless.
It was finally over.
Leo wiped the blood from his lips, letting out a long sigh.
The powerful boost in his cultivation had inflicted substantial damage to his body. It was akin to overclocking a computer’s CPU, and if not done carefully, it could lead to overheating.