Chapter 539: Annihilation 2 and Out of Control

Sizzle————

The heat and negative energy collided, producing a massive stench of rot and fishy odor.

The stench carried tangible black-purple magic.

After a brief clash.

Only then did a dozen flame rays finally wear down that strand of negative energy.

Luo De thus roughly estimated the power of the Infernal Duke before him.

Around 700 ke.

But note, this estimate is his strength after enduring the torment of divine blood and months of blood warfare.

Far from his peak.

Luo De clenched his arm muscles and squeezed out the dead, decaying eyeballs on his arms.

Immediately, his 【Regeneration Ability】, Plague Domain, and Grass Domain surged, swiftly filling the gaps.

【Repulsion Shu 】 erupted again with greater force.

He charged forward, face cold.

In his hand, the Black Gold Tremor Blade opened its Fearful Eye fully, gathering immense spiritual energy for 【Giant Slash】.

【Six Flash】 + 【Giant Slash】 + 【Blessing of the Skytree】!

【Power Liberation 1800%】!

A surge of sharp spiritual energy exploded violently, illuminating the sky with a colossal energy blade in an instant.

Even after his spiritual capacity had grown substantially since ascending to High Seventh Rank, Luo De's spiritual energy was utterly drained by this move.

Only then, up close, did he notice.

Asmodeus's face was grotesquely pale, his eyes sunken and blackened, his dark red skin revealing ashen lips.

After this Infernal Duke suppressed the dragon breath around him with a grim expression.

He was even a fraction slower to react to Luo De's charge.

His hands stiffened, then formed a 【Blade Barrier】 before his body.

"Get lost!"

Luo De paid no heed.

With the bolstering of 【Dragon Scale Shu 】 and the Defense Domain, he forced his way through the wall of blades.

Sizzle-sizzle—

A simple spell, yet its power was absurd.

As sparks flew, several razor-sharp blades pierced through his Dragon Scale Shu.

Asmodeus's expression flickered in surprise; he tried to cast again, but his left hand hung limp, unresponsive.

And at that moment.

The colossal spiritual blade struck him.

Plop—

Clang—

As the flash passed.

The light vanished.

Luo De held his sword-swinging pose, face cold.

Asmodeus raised his crimson scepter to block the black-gold longsword aimed at his neck; a shallow dent appeared.

His dark red elegant robe split open in several places, blood spraying out, revealing deep, conical sword wounds down to the bone.

The two Dark Elf leaders, Tashaya and Natali, stared wide-eyed in the distance.

Faces filled with disbelief.

What the hell?!

Is this man absurdly strong, or is the Duke's condition that terrible??

They couldn't tell anymore.

Boom!

A sudden thunderous explosion.

Luo De's Dragon Scale Shu erupted with residual magical energy.

Then a massive hole was corroded through it, piercing straight through his chest.

The man grunted, blasted backward by the force, flying like a cannonball into the ground, kicking up thick dust.

"Where's the Blood Node! Give it to me!"

Asmodeus suddenly lost all composure, roaring at Natali.

After being wounded, his condition grew even stranger.

Half his face twisted in horror, the other half blank and vacant.

"Yes! Right away!"

Natali dared not defy him; she immediately channeled her magic.

The Lilith blood droplet she had implanted on the Blood Node, Saixier, fused with her own blood—forcing charm and granting powerful enslavement.

Impossible to remove.

Yet.

As the spell flowed, she realized her command produced no reaction whatsoever.

"How could this be..."

"Where is she, Natali! Call her now!" Tashaya, fearing she'd be caught in the crossfire, urged anxiously.

"Something's wrong... my spell isn't working," Natali's eyes revealed panic.

"What?! Didn't you implant the Lilith blood droplet?! Why isn't it working?!"

Asmodeus naturally noticed their situation.

His nearly four-meter frame radiated overwhelming pressure, his eyes heavy with dominion.

He looked down upon the kneeling pair.

After a flash of magical light.

His voice carried a hint of disbelief: "Lilith's power has been overwritten?"

Lilith, the Succubus Ancestor, was a veteran Ninth Rank, even older than him.

Though missing for years, her seduction arts remain unmatched to this day.

The force that overwrote Lilith's seduction

The weapon of the Great Cultivator from another dimension

The aura of the Skytree, extinct since the Second Era

Could such astonishing relics truly exist in this tiny Twilight Hill?

Hm?

Asmodeus was casting to heal his sword wounds when he suddenly sensed an anomaly—his blood had absorbed minute spiritual energy.

"The blood ability of the Vampire King, Yulia?!"

He instinctively assumed this powerful Ninth Rank had arrived on-site.

Due to the chaos from divine blood, the last thing Asmodeus wanted to face now was this Ninth Rank, the world's greatest blood manipulator.

But then he realized it was impossible.

This Ninth Rank's temperament was no different from a wild, arrogant child-king—he'd make noise the moment he appeared.

Then where did this spiritual energy in the blood come from??

From the sword wound!

Asmodeus turned his head downward.

Just as the dust settled, the deep crater buried under rubble was violently torn open by immense force, scattering debris everywhere.

A giant hand suddenly burst from the earth.

Then gripped the ground.

With a splash, the tall, handsome man, chest pierced through, rose to his feet, face cold.

Blood coated his chin.

Yet his eyes held no fear, locking directly onto his gaze.

"Forest Warden Luo De"

Asmodeus suddenly thought: if he could recruit this man, it might aid his Infernal ambitions.

Yet.

Now was not the time.

He suppressed the turmoil and pain within him, gathering magic into his scepter, aiming it at Luo De.

Natali, still kneeling, said: "The Blood Node must be inside Windwall Forest. Only this Forest Warden guards her. Even if he dies, it doesn't matter—he has many lovers in the forest; one of them must know the Blood Node's location."

As she spoke.

Natali suddenly cast a gravity spell, yanking her own feet downward with force.

Her flight spell couldn't resist the pull; she screamed in terror: "My lord, save me!"

"How dare you!"

Asmodeus roared, his staff ready to unleash a high-tier spell in an instant.

Luo De stood cold and unmoving.

Suddenly, green lightning flickered in his hand, his eyes blazed like lightning, and the war spirit of the Fungal Warrior Gorgon flashed behind him.

【Annihilation】!

Luo De knew this Infernal Duke was in abysmal condition.

He also understood the Duke's purpose.

He was busy searching for Tilly, the tiefling who served as a bloodline node.

Clearly, he was trying to return to his old path—becoming the ancestral lord of all tieflings!

And he hoped to use it to shed his divine blood!

In the brief clash just now,

【Insight Demon Eye】 had shown him clearly: the crimson staff was suppressing the chaos within the Duke's body.

Asmodeus grew even more frenzied after the clash not because he was injured. His inner essence was far richer than Luo De's; a single spell could easily restore him.

It was because the crimson staff was damaged!

Before the Infernal Duke's stunned gaze, his staff suddenly shattered segment by segment, dissolving into powder midair.

But the ruby at its tip was of absurd quality.

After enduring the Xili of green lightning, it remained untouched, falling downward under gravity.

The next moment,

Asmodeus's aura and magic exploded uncontrollably!

Blood-red flames coalesced behind him into a multitude of gentle yet scrutinizing human faces. His expression twisted with unbearable agony as he was forced to kneel, trembling uncontrollably.

His face contorted in rage as he screamed: "Mistral!! You've gone too far!!!"

And Natali, dragged away, received no aid.

Under the combined effects of 【Grasp】 and 【Gravitational Wave】, she screamed as she was yanked violently toward the ground.

Luo De snorted, stepped forward, and with fingers like blades, drove his arm straight through her chest cavity.

Blood sprayed.

Natali, the dark elf whose soul had been seized, possessed extraordinary vitality—she did not die immediately, but shrieked in agony.

She quickly adjusted, tore open her clothes, revealing her slender yet blood-soaked body.

Her expression was pitiful and broken.

Her eyes blazed with seductive red light, fixed unblinkingly on Luo De, who stood mere inches away.

"Spare me—I'll show you the ultimate pleasure a man can know."

"Seduction art?"

Luo De sneered.

The supreme mental resistance granted by 【Heavenly Will】 could not be shaken by such a crude seduction technique.

He spat a wad of blood onto her face.

Then he swung his arm, flinging her away: "Go play by yourself."

Natali had just been elated he hadn't killed her—suddenly, her body froze.

She trembled as she wiped the blood from her face.

A bizarre surge of lust exploded into her mind in an instant.

Her legs buckled; her eyes were instantly filled with pink light, her consciousness swallowed.

One hand groped downward as she crawled toward Luo De, her body convulsing, her voice thick and slurred.

"Luo De… Luo De… Luo De… Luo De… Luo De… Give me… give me… look at me… Please… Luo De—"

With the aid of several drops of Lilith's blood, the seduction fluid evolved into a superior skill.

Its effect far surpassed its former version, and it carried additional abilities.

【Victory Pod】 is not here—let you live a little longer for now.

Luo De kicked her aside and turned his gaze back to Asmodeus, now frozen in midair.

"Ninth-rank? Duke? I've beaten ninth-ranks before."

Do you think I got this Great Cultivator's pruning shears by accident?

【Power Liberation 2000%】! Set as permanent effect.

【Abyssal Maw】! Set as permanent effect.

【Julia's Blood Explosion】: 5 layers.

【Paralyzing Claw Strike】: 2 layers.

The next moment,

An overwhelming spiritual force surged skyward!

The spiritual wave swept away the dust on the ground, roaring upward, crushing all in its path.

Luo De's body swelled by a full circle.

His skin turned pale red, his eyes flooded with crimson, his canines sharpened and bared!

【Rage】!

(End of Chapter)