Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 361 - 231 Divine Authority (3)

Chapter 361: Chapter 231 Divine Authority (3)

In the sky, the remnants of burnt ashes fell like snowflakes.

The two of them had remained at the entrance, peeping inside the conflict. It might have been due to Qin Chu and Antia being adept at concealing their presence, or it might have been that the twelve powerful demons were all focused on the Fiery Flame Witch and had not noticed the presence of Qin Chu and Antia yet.

Qin Chu was not that foolish.

Although he wanted to subdue the Fiery Flame Witch, a frenzied Fiery Flame Witch would attack indiscriminately.

Thus, Qin Chu shamelessly chose to sit on the sidelines and watch the battle unfold, hoping to step in leisurely after both sides had inflicted substantial damage on each other, and clean up what remained.

The witch needed to be subdued, but besides her, those others were just big bags of experience. After trying out experience bags from the Martial God Level, Qin Chu now even looked down on those smaller bags.

Thinking back, Qin Chu was still perturbed by Edrich’s death; had he known that the Evil God’s threads were the most lethal poison to demons, he certainly would not have injected them into Edrich’s body. That was a Level 90 experience bag wasted, truly a shame.

Diaberlic indeed proved to be much stronger than Edrich.

This guy even seamlessly merged the forces of storm and darkness, creating a hybrid magic ability. The sharp whirlwinds could easily carve countless dense cracks in the mountain walls, while the dark force corroded the solid rocks rapidly, turning them into patchy rubble.

In the end, they fell as granular grey-black sand.

One could imagine the effect this attack would have if it landed on a human; even a tiny wound would require immediate treatment with Holy Light, or one would need to excise the flesh entirely. Otherwise, it wouldn’t take much time for the whole body to be completely corroded.

Diaberlic’s power was not showy but utterly venomous, and its lethality was much greater than Edrich’s.

And the other demons around were all top-notch as well.

Among the demons, there were three most beautiful species.

Enchanting Demons, Snow Women, Blood Elves!

Two of them were right beside Diaberlic.

Winged People, Demon Wolves were all strong demons.

As for the other strange creatures, they too displayed terrific destructive power.

The Fiery Flame Witch’s counterattack was fire, fire, fire...

Boundless flames enveloped everything; boulders melted in the flames, turning into scorching magma.

The strength of the Fiery Flame Witch was incredibly assertive; even under the assault of the twelve powerful demons, she did not show any signs of weakness momentarily.

But ultimately, the Fiery Flame Witch had gone insane, and while the omnipresent flames appeared powerful, the waste of energy was too severe. Such a battle could not last long.

As Qin Chu had anticipated, just as a dozen Magma Giant Pythons had knocked away two demons, the entire belly of the mountain was instantly frozen by the Ice power of the Snow Woman.

What was once hundreds or thousands of degrees in temperature changed instantaneously to a bone-chilling cold.

Due to the substantial depletion of magic power, the flames on the Fiery Flame Witch were suppressed for the moment, not as vigorous as before.

Even at this time, Qin Chu still had no intention to act; although it seemed like the Fiery Flame Witch was subdued, one should never underestimate any witch. The Fiery Flame Witch hadn’t reached the point of complete exhaustion yet, and Qin Chu believed she still had the power to retaliate.

Buzz...

Diaberlic moved incredibly fast.

Leaving a trail of afterimages on the ground, he appeared in an instant in front of the subdued flames.

His hands were wrapped in a dense dark force, forming two sharp claws that thrust directly into the hot flames.

Hiss...

It almost seemed like one could hear a weird noise, like tearing a piece of fresh crimson silk, as Diaberlic’s hands ripped through the flames, which couldn’t even maintain a humanoid outline anymore.

Only the core Fire Spirit inside was what Diaberlic was truly after, which was distinctly a small crimson object at the heart of the fiery blaze.

It seemed to be a fiery red gem.

Or perhaps just a flickering flame.

Or an illusion, not a real object at all.

The moment he saw this object, a blazing light burst forth in Diaberlic’s eyes.

This was the core of the Fiery Flame Witch.

This so-called Fire Spirit, once sealed inside his body, would grant Diaberlic the power to manipulate flames that the Fiery Flame Witch possessed.

Yet, when Qin Chu saw this object, his heart trembled slightly.

Shaye also emerged from Qin Chu’s body, still clinging to his back, wrapping around his neck.

"That thing... I can sense an aura similar to Violet, Gaia, and Ireta," Shaye said with a grave expression, "It’s not something that should exist at this level of Sky Dome Continent."

That was...

Divine Authority!

That was the source of the Fiery Flame Witch’s immense power.

It was also what drove the Fiery Flame Witch out of control and into madness.

Whoever possessed this object would have a power on par with the gods.

Diaberlic’s body trembled excitedly as he could sense the astonishing energy contained in this little thing before him.

His breathing turned into intense gasps.

The next second, Diaberlic suddenly opened his mouth.

Immediately, an extremely horrifying, even grotesque scene unfolded.

His mouth began to widen insanely, the corners tearing continuously, almost splitting his entire face into upper and lower halves.

His already unattractive face was now filled with a sinister and weird aura.

Suddenly, from the depths of his mouth, numerous black threads wriggled out like slender tentacles, causing Diaberlic’s mouth to blossom like a chrysanthemum.

These strange, tentacle-like threads writhed and extended rapidly in front of him, entwining around the Divine Authority.

Hiss...

As soon as the black tentacles wrapped around it, they emitted a weird noise.

It was like ice meeting magma as a thick black mist continuously churned.

Countless slender tentacles instantly turned into fine powder.

It seemed to bring immense pain to Diaberlic, his body trembling violently, his forehead covered with dense cold sweat.

Yet, more and more tentacles continued to emerge from Diaberlic’s mouth, entwining around the Divine Authority one after another.

Upon wrapping around, the tentacles quickly tightened.

They pulled the Divine Authority inch by inch towards Diaberlic’s mouth.

The scene looked weird and sinister.

The torn silhouette of the Fiery Flame Witch reformed behind him, her physical body had long been burnt away, and at that moment, the flames were the embodiment of the Fiery Flame Witch.

She no longer understood what the Divine Authority was, but she could still feel that it was incredibly important to her, something that must not be snatched by the demon in front of her.

The Fiery Flame Witch let out a sharp, piercing scream; she had completely let go of everything, and behind the blazing fire, a pair of huge fiery red wings gradually appeared.

She was like a phoenix reborn from the flames, spreading her arms and flying directly to the highest point inside the mountain, immediately wrapping herself in energy powerful enough to destroy everything, diving down towards Diaberlic.

Around her, besides two injured demons, the other nine powerful demons looked ecstatic as they saw their master about to succeed.

Especially the Snow Woman Helois and the Blood Elf Iyeta.

These two stunning demons, their fair cheeks flushed a shade of crimson.

How could they possibly allow the Fiery Flame Witch to interrupt at such a crucial moment?

"Ice..."

Helois’s slender, delicate arms, sculpted like fine ice, suddenly spread open.

The wide sleeves fluttered in the wind.

Her delicate little face looked up into the sky, and layers of solid ice abruptly formed.

Clang, clang, clang, clang...

In just a moment, thirteen layers of the hardest ice shields appeared above Diaberlic.

Boom, boom, boom...

Almost at the same time these ice shields appeared, the giant firebird also completely crashed down from the sky, and Qin Chu’s eyelids twitched continuously. In his eyes, the impact was perhaps even more exaggerated than an earthbound ballistic missile crash.

The deafening roar nearly shattered his eardrums.

The hard stones underfoot, the entire mountain was trembling violently, and ferocious cracks spread rapidly across the ground, the whole mountain range seemed to be on the brink of collapse.

Crack... crack... crack... crack...

The layers of hard ice shields were instantly shattered into pieces.

For a moment, flakes of ice filled the sky.

The intense impact was almost too much for the nearby Snow Woman to bear, her pure white dress smeared with a vast amount of ash.

Her already pale little face turned as white as paper in an instant, her chest heaved, and a small amount of fresh blood spewed from her mouth.

The front of her snow-white dress was dotted with crimson.

Her injuries were quite severe, but the Snow Woman had no regrets.

Her beautiful eyes glanced at the ring on her slender, pale fingers.

She had already made a pact with Diaberlic; he was her master for life, and her future husband.

She was waiting for the moment when her master would ascend the throne, marry her and Iyeta, who would become his new brides, dedicating everything to the great Demon King Diaberlic, their purity, their beauty, even their souls.

Unfortunately, the poor Snow Woman did not notice that at the entrance behind her, a man had finally stood up.

His hands spread open, a silver-white longbow already appearing in his palm.

A long spear, the sharpest and hardest, condensed in Antia’s hands.

The spear was already nocked on the bowstring, the sharp spearhead was aimed at Diaberlic’s back, and inside his body, whether it was abundant Fighting Energy or pervasive Magic Power, all energy surged crazily at this moment.

On the spear, energy almost turned into liquid, continuously flowing.

This moment was an excellent opportunity!

"Fake Spiral Sword!"