Chapter 1415: The Chase

Last time at the Watson manor, because the demon was still counting on Xia De to complete the commission, it didn't use its full strength. This time, what Xia De had to deal with was the full-body Stone Mirror Demon-Gede.

"The Demon Hunter's ring..."

Compared to the magic potion whose effect had a time limit, it cared more about the ring on Xia De's finger:

"How nostalgic, the time of the Third Era seems like it was just yesterday. I miss those demon hunters; although most were just ordinary mortals, there were a few among them who left a deep enough impression on me. In the current Sixth Era, being able to see this ring again, I am truly gratified. It's just that I don't know if you really understand what kind of power humans living in the ancient era possessed."

"Does the demon hunter you miss include the one who sealed you after the fall of the Stoneveil Kingdom in the Sixth Era?"

Xia De asked. For a few short seconds, without any movement, the effect of the Golden Potion had been exerted to the extreme.

"Trying to provoke a demon is useless." The demon reminded, and Xia De raised his long sword in the snow: "Then are you ready? This time, I must seal you."

After speaking, he turned into a stream of light and rushed toward the demon with his sword, and the latter watched Xia De getting closer and closer. But after Xia De took a certain step, his figure suddenly disappeared in the snow, and then appeared at a position closer to the manor gate. After his figure appeared, very smoothly, he turned into a group of red butterflies and flew directly outside.

"Running away? This will make me look down on you." So Gede also turned into black smoke and chased after him. The role of the "Golden Potion" was not limited to increasing the lethality against demons; its enhancement to the Ringed Shushi himself was also quite considerable.

Xia De, who turned into a group of red butterflies, even pulled out golden streamers during the flight. And that demon seemed to be playing with him, the black smoke following behind him, flying into the chaotic forest between the manor and the fire with him:

"I thought you had enough courage; why did you run away?"

The demon's whisper went directly into the ears of Xia De in the butterfly group form. Fortunately, he couldn't speak in this state, so he didn't have to answer.

The burning cedar forest was full of smoke, and Xia De chose his flight route in those thick mists and scorching fire; he knew where he wanted to go.

"You don't think you can escape, do you?" The laughing sound intertwined with the sound of the earth and the sound of burning, trying to interfere with Xia De's thoughts. But Xia De had prepared for this night for so long, and his plan had been quite smooth so far.

"Your end will be as miserable as Osenfort's. Your family, your lover, everything you have, will eventually fall into my control."

If it weren't for encountering different demons one after another last year, Xia De might really have been affected by the demon's whisper at this time.

He couldn't maintain the red butterfly form for too long. After returning to his own body, he continued to run forward without saying a word.

Under the demon's manipulation, flames blocked his path, manifesting different illusions. Xia De crying while holding a woman, Xia De shouting outside a burning house, Xia De kneeling in front of a tomb covering his face and crying...

But Xia De ignored these, running through the flames like passing through a maze, ignoring the inducing sounds in his ears and various strange scenes. The black mist turned into by the demon followed behind him, not attacking the vital points, but constantly creating various wounds on the surface of his body.

And Xia De only turned around to aim the 【Blasphemous Cross】 at the black mist behind him when he was in danger, forcing the black mist to retreat a little, and then ran forward again.

He only wanted to reach the target location now.

Finally, the full-of-wounds Xia De still rushed out of the burning forest and came to the side of the Ailong River outside the Osenfort manor.

The Osenfort manor was actually adjacent to the Ailong River, and there was a small pier outside the manor convenient for smuggling, and Xia De and Osenfort also passed by the bridge here when they raced horses last time.

Xia De, who rushed out of the fire, felt the power of the Golden Potion weakening, and also felt a clear spatial barrier on the opposite bank of the Ailong River covered with ice.

He rushed toward the river, but still stopped at the river beach under the demon's pressure. At this time, the blood on Xia De's forehead slid down his cheeks, a crack was opened in the position of his back clothing, revealing a somewhat bloody back, but all this was worth it. Although he definitely couldn't win against the demon in a head-on battle, he was victorious in the end.

The demon's figure appeared at the edge of the burning forest in the black smoke, with his back to the manor and the burning forest behind him, and further away were the noisy mountains in the snow, and the indistinguishable monsters flying in the night sky:

"Superstitious sayings believe that demons and blood-sucking species cannot cross rivers because the water flow is clean. You are in such a hurry to walk toward the river; don't tell me that as a Ringed Shushi, you also believe in such superstition?"

Xia De shook his head, the firelight also illuminated the ice surface 100 meters behind him red, he tried hard to stand up, but still didn't choose to summon the doctor:

"Do you really know who I am?"

"Using the pseudonym John Watson, but you have a wonderful and indescribable connection with the God Caller. In the important events of the Randall Valley in recent months, there is your shadow, faint or clear. But who you are is not very important; what is important is that you made the wrong choice."

The demon on the shore looked at Xia De, the firelight on the shore illuminated Xia De's face, Xia De held the silver cross in his left hand, sliding from the upper right to the lower left, and held the long sword in his right hand, sliding from the upper left to the lower right.

Two bright moonlight rays intertwined into a huge silver cross in front of him, and the light at that moment was even more dazzling than the burning forest in the distance:

"Moonlight—Slash!"

Turning sideways and crashing forward, the silver big cross containing golden power hit the demon on the shore. This time, even this ancient evil spirit dared not be slow; it stepped back lightly, wanting to enter the mirror surface that suddenly appeared behind it.

But Xia De's voice had already appeared behind it: "Don't even think about leaving!"

He kicked the demon, trying to kick it toward the moonlight big cross that was about to arrive. But with a snap, time stopped, the dancing gray snowflakes stopped in the air, and the moonlight big cross stopped in the air.

The demon turned around and grabbed Xia De's ankle, suddenly throwing him toward the ground. Xia De supported the ground with one hand, borrowed force to break free from the demon's hand, and then turned around with a sword.

Crack!

The long sword was grabbed by the demon in its hand, and then forcibly broken: "I said, this thing is useless!"

But immediately after, it had to dodge Xia De's left hand wearing the 【Demon Hunting Seal】.

The demon's left hand shot black light toward Xia De's left chest, but was immediately blocked by the silver 【Blasphemous Cross】, and the silver moonlight big sword stabbed at the demon's throat, but was also easily blocked by the demon.

And taking advantage of the demon reaching out to block the moonlight big sword, Xia De clenched his left hand wearing the ring and hit the enemy in front of him directly with his fist. The demon didn't dodge this time, and also responded with a punch.

After a loud explosion, Xia De flew far away, landing on the ice and rolling several times before stopping.

"If your kind of Golden Potion could last longer, maybe you really could have the upper hand."

The demon looked at the hand showing signs of severe corrosion due to contact with the 【Demon Hunting Seal】:

"You don't think that just because you are wearing that ring, you can really hunt demons... what are you doing?"

It saw Xia De hammer the ice layer with his fist, and then throw something into it.

Xia De, who was panting heavily, stood up on the ice, even though the magic potion effect dissipated, his eyes still seemed to be glowing:

"You don't want to play a game with me, right? I once thought, what would happen if I let an existence stronger than you take Osenfort's soul in advance."

He had a smile on his face, slowly retreating on the ice away from the demon, and also away from the hole he smashed on the ice:

"I don't know many evil gods, but I know other things. It's just that my nun friend dispelled my idea. Because she believes that Osenfort is just an ordinary person, like most people in this world. I thought about it and thought she made sense; his desires are not stronger than the other strange guys I've met, so I gave up the idea of letting other existences take his soul. Stone Osenfort is just a very vulgar person."

"The strange guys are intense, so I gave up the idea of letting other existences take his soul. Stone Ossenfort is just a very vulgar person."

A huge black shadow slid under the ice between Xia De and the demon on the shore, and even the firelight in the forest on the shore could not illuminate that shadow.

The Stone Mirror Demon-Gede instinctively felt danger. It squinted at Xia De: "What do you want to say?"

"Do you know why I chose the last reward just now?"

Xia De stopped his retreat, and he took out the rolled-up note:

"Because I wanted to confirm again, what is your attitude toward her."

At this moment, Xia De even felt that his heartbeat was louder than the roar of the giant beast in the distance. The night was already very deep, and the first thing of this night was also coming to an end:

"And then I got a very clear answer; you are not as good as her."

"You wouldn't be—"

Since Xia De met this demon, for the first time, an expression of astonishment appeared on that face belonging to Osenfort:

"You madman, you actually summoned... Crack!"

In the clear sound of shattering, the first clear crack appeared on the ice between Xia De and the demon. The crack protruded upward, as if something under the water wanted to break through the ice.

And in the next moment, a strong earthquake caused a roar in the entire Randall Valley area. In that loud noise, in that firelight, in the flying gray snowflakes, and under the gaze of Xia De and the demon, the ice surface of the entire lower reaches of the Ailong River for nearly a thousand meters shattered completely, and a beautiful and noble figure that could not be illuminated by any light, that huge figure resembling a mermaid, jumped up from the ice, danced with the snowflakes in the air, and then landed on the floating ice on the other side with an elegant posture. ===== CHAPTER 1416 =====