Chapter 76: Anomaly: Demon Form (Please keep reading!!! Support!!)

Forest Giant Atess looked at the dim forest at this moment, and a flash of annoyance crossed his eyes.

The once dense thicket of shrubs, the tightly packed dead‑wood forest, the swamp‑filled landscape had already vanished.

In their place lay a scarred earth, riddled with huge pits and ravines.

Cracks of varying sizes, like a spider's web, spread densely throughout the dim forest.

The once dense shrubs and dead trees now only scattered across the land, along with occasional flames and plumes of smoke.

A scene like an apocalyptic disaster appeared within this once vast, mysterious, eerie dark forest.

"Human, you must pay the price for your actions!" Forest Giant Atess said angrily, witnessing everything before him.

He observed that Atess was suffused with a strong interwoven aura of darkness and plant elements.

Fulade gasped heavily, then said with a mocking grin, "Atess, are you sure you want to keep fighting? By then, the last bits left on your territory will be gone."

"Go die~!"

With a roar of anger, a crimson glow surged over Atess's body.

In an instant, his size expanded another layer, nearly reaching thirty meters tall.

Seeing Atess's power suddenly surge, Fulade exclaimed, "Rage~!?"

Forest Giant Atess was enveloped by a terrifying dark aura, his consciousness gradually slipping into chaos.

With a massive foot, using near‑sonic explosive force, he instantly slammed the unsuspecting Fulade onto the ground.

"Cough cough~!"

A mouthful of fresh blood spilled out, and his bones moaned intensely, urging Fulade to flee.

Another huge roar sounded, and amid the soaring smoke, Fulade escaped in time, transforming into a swarm of bats and fleeing.

He watched Forest Giant Atess hot on his heels.

The speed Atess now unleashed subtly surpassed his own.

If Fulade weren't agile enough and occasionally spurred Atess's blood to cause trouble, his life would have been in danger within a few rounds.

"If this continues, I'll soon have to answer here," Fulade thought, while dancing on the tip of his blade.

"Roar~!!"

Accompanied by an impatient angry roar, a palm swung at Fulade, its speed suddenly increasing, instantly slamming the unsuspecting Fulade far away.

Atess, now in a berserk explosion state, had his mind affected, yet his combat instinct only grew stronger.

In the following period, Fulade could barely resist.

Being constantly battered, without his powerful regeneration and physique, he would have been ground into mush.

Facing this, the severely weakened Fulade had to make a desperate strike.

"Madd, if we can get out this time, Ravenna, wait for me!" Fulade snarled, glaring at the massive hand swinging again, letting out an angry roar.

"Blood Witchcraft: Boiling Blood~!!"

Fulade's blood inside roared and surged continuously.

As the blood raced through his body, in an instant a massive amount evaporated and boiled, turning into powerful blood energy that merged into him. This energy rapidly enhanced his bodily functions and swiftly healed his wounds.

Feeling the overwhelming energy inside, Fulade realized it was a short‑term burst technique; once his blood burned out, death would be near.

"Boom~!!"

A powerful gust erupted between his large and small fists, causing the surrounding air to ripple intensely.

Despite Fulade entering his own explosive phase, the disparity in strength and size remained insurmountable.

Accompanied by a roar, Fulade was thrust dozens of meters away by the force.

Fulade, who intended to seize the initiative with his soaring speed, suddenly halted, a look of disbelief flashing in his eyes.

After Fulade forced his blood into the explosive phase, an unexpected mutation suddenly occurred on his body.

"Ugh~!!"

Sharp waves of pain and tingling suddenly radiated from his crown and throughout his body.

In an instant, two pairs of thick, curved horns burst through his forehead.

Strands of blood‑colored flame encircled them, exuding a scorching yet eerie aura.

Simultaneously, a crackling of dense bones rang out.

Fulade, originally under two meters tall, suddenly swelled to twenty meters, his broad bat wings protruding, covered in scale armor and ferocious bone spikes.

Layers of bone‑like keratin formed as his body expanded, creating a gruesome deep‑red armor bristling with bone spikes.

When the transformation ceased, Fulade stared at his body in disbelief.

This near‑Demon state transformation resembled exactly how the Underworld Fire Demon King once reshaped his own body.

Feeling an unprecedented perverse power within, Fulade was certain his current state brushed against another level of existence.

Before Fulade could fully comprehend, Forest Giant Atess sensed the lethal threat and lunged at him at lightning speed.

He tried to interrupt Fulade's transformation, but arrived a step too late.

Though the transformation seemed lengthy, it completed in a fleeting instant.

Accompanied by a massive clash, Fulade effortlessly absorbed Atess's powerful strike, countered with an elbow, and sent the giant flying.

Facing such an unbelievable situation.

Only then did Fulade truly feel the perverse strength of his Demon Form.

A feral blood‑lust surged within, an impulse to unleash after being suppressed.

Fulade's body moved, and a sonic boom erupted.

In the next instant, Fulade appeared before Atess, his massive force striking the giant, sending him soaring into the sky.

Before the opponent could land, Fulade reappeared above him, delivering a mid‑air kick; with a thunderous roar, Atess vanished from the sky in an instant.

Now the tide had turned; Forest Giant Atess could never have imagined that after his full power erupted, he would meet such an end.

(End of chapter)