Chapter 1758: Ashes to Ashes, Sealing the Essence

As for that humanoid two-headed great demon, even while besieged by eight Divine Envoys who had transformed into light giants, it still did not fall into a disadvantage, and even counterattacked from time to time, putting Taide and the others in precarious situations.

Xia Duo noticed that the attacks from Taide and his group were not fixated on striking the demon's vital points, but rather, every blow sought to leave traces of burning Holy Flame on the demon's body.

Of course, keeping themselves from being attacked by the demon was also the priority of the battle.

Xia Duo had the intention to create some convenience for Taide during the offensive, but seeing this scene, he found it difficult to choose for a moment, not knowing what would be best.

Clearly, ordinary spells would likely not have any effect, and if they failed to restrict the demon and instead interfered with the attack rhythm of Taide and the others, that would be bad.

After much thought, Xia Duo decided to put some effort into the final "cleanup."

……

As the battle on the field gradually entered a white-hot stage, the wounds on one of the hyena demons were already dense, and its entire body was shrouded in burning Holy Flame; at a glance, it looked like a sacred Psionic Creation.

But in reality, it was an out-and-out demon.

And that hyena demon's opponent—that unnamed Divine Envoy—upon noticing this scene, accelerated the rhythm of the attack even more.

Just as Xia Duo was curious about how that Divine Envoy would eliminate the demon's essence, he saw the other party suddenly stop attacking, put away the greatsword, and take a book, which was also magnified many times, from their waist.

Holding it open with both hands toward the sky, they shouted: "Holy Law—Purification!"

The next moment, a crack opened in the dark purple sky, scorching sunlight poured down, and the hyena demon shrouded in Holy Flame instantly turned into fly ash.

At the same time, the other two demons also seemed to have suffered heavy damage; their entire bodies burned with raging flames, and ignoring the attacks from Taide and the others, they began to roll on the ground, emitting painful wails.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo felt it was mostly stable, so he began to prepare to cast a spell, while Taide and the others on the field had already paused their attacks and surrounded that humanoid great demon.

Among them, Taide even took the book from his waist, seemingly ready to use 【Holy Law—Purification】 again if anything went wrong; at this time, the crack in the sky had not yet closed, and the pouring of scorching sunlight had not stopped.

And the two demons, one big and one small, rolling on the ground, could no longer be seen in their specific forms; they were essentially a large bundle of raging, burning dry firewood.

But they were still not dead.

In the interval of spellcasting, seeing that scene, Xia Duo could not help but feel palpitations; if they didn't die even from this, how would one eliminate them if they were placed in the Main Plane?

He hoped more that these demons were only this hard to kill because they were in the Abyss; if they went to the Main Plane, it would be best if they became easier to kill!

But regardless, these were demons; perhaps only banishment or sealing were the best means of demon-slaying!

……

As his thoughts raced, Xia Duo's spell was already prepared, waiting only for the demons to die, and his hope did not fall behind; soon, the remaining hyena demon turned into fly ash in the raging Holy Flame.

And that humanoid great demon was still persisting; Xia Duo's target was it, after all, a meticulously prepared spell only had one use, so it definitely had to be used at a critical moment.

Only, what happened next made Xia Duo very surprised—

That humanoid great demon suddenly stopped moving, and just as Xia Duo thought the other party would soon turn into fly ash like the two hyena demons before, the other party exploded with a boom.

It actually exploded!

Too late to consider the damage to Taide and the others, Xia Duo immediately threw out a fist-sized Arcane Crystal, while locking onto the area where the great demon exploded—

【Soul-Locking Technique】!

The next moment, purple mist rose in the explosion area, gathered into a blurred shadow, and then suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, that originally bright blue and translucent Arcane Crystal instantly became pitch black, as if it were carrying some unspeakable evil essence, and fell heavily into the muddy ground.

"Mortal, what have you done?"

Arriving with the voice was Taide's massive light-based body; he lowered his head and picked up the Arcane Crystal thrown out by Xia Duo from the ground.

Of course, at this moment, that Arcane Crystal had become a black stone that reflected no light, resembling the Abyss.

"You actually sealed a part of that demon's essence!"

Taide's light-based body gradually shrank, returning to his original two-meter-plus tall true form; perhaps not many expressions could be seen in the light giant form, but in his true form, Taide once again revealed a very vivid expression of surprise.

Regarding Taide's exclamation, Xia Duo also felt very surprised, "Divine Envoy Taide, you said I sealed a part of the demon's essence?"

"Yes." Taide looked at Xia Duo with a solemn expression, "I didn't expect you to be such a powerful Spellcaster! I was rude before."

You didn't ask before either, calling me a mortal every other word, I was also very annoyed!

Of course, Xia Duo only complained about these words in his heart; saying them to Taide's face would show how "high" his emotional intelligence was!

"Divine Envoy Taide, I only did what I should do, and what I was able to do."

Xia Duo did not lie; he indeed only wanted to try to intercept the demon's soul, which could also be considered cleanup, and the target was naturally the humanoid demon that looked larger.

Taide had mentioned before that only by using an Artifact or some special Magic could one eliminate the essence of a demon; Xia Duo did not believe that such an ordinary Divine Envoy squad like Taide's could carry an Artifact with them at will when going out.

If this were lost, whose fault would it be?

In order to eliminate the demons as much as possible, Xia Duo naturally had to cooperate with the cleanup; he felt that if he could intercept the demon's soul, it should also count as a part of the essence.

As long as Taide could bring the demon soul back to the Kingdom of Radiance, there would naturally be a way to completely eliminate it using an Artifact.

As for the powerful Divine Magic summoned by the Divine Envoy team member under Taide just now, it looked like it even turned the demon into fly ash, but compared to an Artifact, there must still be some gap!

Of course, even if it could not be completely eliminated, resurrection would certainly not be without a price; Xia Duo was very certain of this point.

If it could really be resurrected without limit and without paying any price, then he would actually want to study Demon Power a bit.

And if the image of demons were a bit better, I'm afraid many Mages in the Main Plane would be inclined to become demons!

……

"Divine Envoy Taide, shall we continue tracking now?"

"Yes, we must continue tracking; the transgressors must be severely punished, but—"

Speaking of this, Taide's cold expression suddenly softened a bit, "The battle that took place here will inevitably attract other demons; we may encounter more cruel battles next. You do not have the duty of punishment, and the spell you just used is very meaningful for the battle on the front line of the Kingdom of Radiance.

"I think you can head back now. Additionally, if possible, I hope you can go to the Holy City and leave some data about the spell you just used; there are also some Divine Envoys in the Holy City who are studying Magic, perhaps you can exchange ideas."

At this time, Taide no longer looked at Xia Duo as the "mortal related to Divine Envoy Kafa" from before, but as an important figure who could change the battle on the front line of the Kingdom of Radiance.

Naturally, he could no longer let him take risks in the Abyss with them!