Chapter 167

"The magic power has vanished!"

Everlasting Darkness Capriccio · Wail

A powerful offensive technique among the dark magics Brian controls.

Even a mage of the Ten Great Saints layer would find it hard to take this strike head-on.

And yet now the other side had not only withstood it, but even seemed to have erased the Everlasting Darkness Capriccio outright!

"Dark magic? Too bad — it's just a fairly low-level magic."

On the other side, Lin Cheng, who had lightly extended a single finger to intercept the Everlasting Darkness Capriccio and remained suspended in midair, looked every inch the commanding presence.

The repulsion of Shinra Tensei combined with the devouring of the Hungry Ghost Path made it nearly impossible for ordinary offensive techniques to get close to him.

Still, this was also because his opponent was himself; if it had been anyone else, there was no need to talk about erasing it — even taking a single strike head-on could have caused serious injury.

Brian's former self had been the Director of the Kaifa Bureau, and later he founded the Six Demons and became one of the three leaders of the Lamutong Alliance.

Moreover, although he had been crushed by Lin Cheng from the very start, Lin Cheng was well aware that the other side had still not unleashed his full strength.

Brian's other side — the President — had still not appeared even now.

Judging from the fight, even if the President's strength could not squeeze into the ranks of Ishgar's Four Heavenly Kings, among the other Ten Great Saints he was still a top-tier figure.

However, Lin Cheng did not care; after all, the current him had not even deployed one-tenth of the Xuanwozhang Sect's power.

Both being A-rank Puppets, the Xuanwozhang Sect was superior in every aspect.

Offense and defense were integrated as one, and after entering Three-Star, the gap between the two became even more pronounced.

This was also why Lin Cheng had transferred the shared attribute from Sloth onto the Xuanwozhang Sect.

"What — are you planning to let your other self out until now?"

"Or should I help you out?"

……

Hearing this, Brian's eyes narrowed, he clenched his fist, and said in a low voice.

"Who exactly are you?"

From Lin Cheng's words, he had already been able to tell that Lin Cheng seemed to know of the existence of his other self.

This was something even the other members of the Six Demons General did not know.

Where had the other party learned of it!

And to Brian's questioning, Lin Cheng had no intention of answering.

His right hand simply reached forward lightly.

Yet such a simple, casual motion made every hair on Brian's body stand on end!

"Ultimate Death Beam!"

Boom—!

A silver-white pillar of light cut across the long sky; wherever it passed, trees within several hundred meters toppled in rows, and the terrifying shockwave pointed straight at the Six Demons General and the others!

Just as the silver-white pillar of light was about to hit, the space before the group suddenly twisted.

The silver-white pillar of light suddenly warped, veering past the Six Demons General in a single turn!

Boom—!

The silver-white pillar of light struck the distant canyon; in an instant the terrifying force exploded, and the entire canyon was instantly leveled into flat ground!

Wild shockwaves surged outward in all directions, and smoke blotted out the sky.

Only after a long while did the smoke slowly disperse.

When the Six Demons General appeared once more, there was one more figure among them.

It was a man with short black hair, dressed in a distinctly punk-style outfit.

"Disturbing my rest comes at a price."

The silver-white pillar of light had suddenly veered away, and Brian naturally would not think it was the other side showing mercy — the only one among the Six Demons General capable of doing this was their last member.

Ankhseram — known as "the strongest of the Six Demons General," and also his son.

"So you've finally woken up, that guy."

Gazing at the man before him, Brian said in a low voice.

From beginning to end, that guy had been asleep the whole time; now at last he had woken.

Still, since that guy had woken, it seemed they had a chance of being saved.

If that attack just now had landed, even if they didn't die, they'd probably be crippled.

Only……

Even with Ankhseram present, their situation was still far from optimistic.

Judging from the other side's calm face just now, that strike seemed to have been nothing more than a casual flick.

Ankhseram could divert the next strike, the one after, the one after that…… but that did not mean he could block every attack!

Besides, who could guarantee the other side didn't have other hidden tricks up his sleeve.

It had to be said, this was the greatest crisis Brian had encountered since founding the Six Demons General.

Even though the Fapingyi Society had issued a warrant and Brian had roamed the world for years, he could hardly remain composed in front of Lin Cheng.

In midair.

"Diverted, was it?"

Seeing his attack miss, Lin Cheng was not particularly surprised.

Space-type magic was one of the top-tier abilities in any world.

Within the Fairy Tail World, space mages were not numerous, but they were not few either,

however, a mage as powerful as Ankhseram was exceedingly rare.

By warping space, one could indeed, to a certain extent, use finesse to overcome brute force and deflect more powerful attacks.

Only…

This was still within his plan.

Lin Cheng raised his gaze, looking toward the distant place where the ultimate death ray had fallen, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.