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Chapter 109: So you’re the Demon Lord, huh?

Seeing the two girls helplessly chuckling together, the 【Bone Immortal】 frowned again, and his withered hand gripping the staff slid slightly down as he spoke in a deep voice.

“What do you mean, friend?”

The girl raised her hand, her long, smooth white staff glowing softly in her palm, but her smile slowly faded.

“What I mean is, haven’t you tested us long enough? There are indeed only the two of us here, but if you don’t act quickly, those peak masters outside will soon break in one by one, you know?”

As soon as she said this, the atmosphere took a sudden downturn.

The old man’s eyes sparkled with cold light as he shouted urgently.

“Attack!”

“Zheng!!!!”

In an instant, a cold light swept through the void and shot towards the Priestess’s unprotected white neck!

However, Vilyric remained unhurried, not even turning her head as she swept her staff backward, just in time to block the tip of the crack, as if she had predicted the deadly attack that had been building up for a while.

“Ding!”

She even had time to tease her opponent.

“I mean… even Saint Warriors know that you can’t use the same move on a single target twice. Aren’t you looking down on us a bit too much?”

With that hit missing, the 【Fleeting Void】 hiding in the subspace crack quickly retreated, trying to escape like last time.

But as the Priestess said, once bitten, twice shy; the same tactic might work the first time, but the effectiveness dwindled on repeat.

Moreover, this time, Miss Vilyric’s teammate was completely different.

“Break!!”

Almost simultaneously with the Priestess lifting her staff to block the opponent’s sneak attack, Miss Xiao Kong also swiftly raised her clawed paws, striking down toward the crack!

“Crash!!!”

In an instant, the space was torn open by the seemingly delicate cat claws, creating a silver fissure over ten feet long. A dazzling silver light quietly emerged behind the girl, sweeping with great force and directly pulling a small figure out from within the crack, as if throwing out garbage.

“Stop! How dare you!!!”

“I absolutely dare.”

Carelessly responding to the 【Bone Immortal】, who was hurriedly trying to rescue, Vilyric just blocked the opponent’s sneak attack, and with a smooth motion, her staff drew an arc in the air.

A simple collision occurred; amidst the dark protective light rapidly forming around the small figure, the staff rushed through the empty air.

“Boom!!!”

All defenses seemed to turn into futile efforts, and before the figure’s fragile head, not as sturdy as the Sacred Staff, fully touched the ground, it burst open like a watermelon, with the headless body dropping to the ground, twitching a few times before going still.

Silence enveloped the scene.

One of the Seven Day Demon Lords in the Ancient Spirit Realm, the enigmatic top-tier assassin 【Fleeting Void】—was gone!

From the moment it attacked Vilyric to the instant Xiao Kong and she teamed up to annihilate it, the entire process lasted less than a few seconds.

This absurdly brief exchange didn’t even allow the other Demon Lords to coordinate, as the two rescue attacks from 【Misty Veil】 and 【Bone Immortal】 had just reached the forefront.

“Radiant Protection.”

While the end of the staff was still behind, the Black-haired Girl raised a solid golden barrier in front of her, blocking the gray light and green mist outside, producing hissing sounds like corrosion.

“You…”

This utterly absurd instant kill clearly exceeded the 【Bone Immortal】’s expectations.

In a fit of surprise and anger, even the stronger attacks he was supposed to unleash next hesitated for a moment; clearly, he never anticipated that 【Fleeting Void】 would be so easily taken down, as a top assassin in the Ancient Spirit Realm, escaping would have normally been a given even if the initial ambush failed.

And indeed, while Vilyric was much stronger than 【Fleeting Void】, during their first encounter in the Tide Abyss below the sea, she hadn’t been able to stop its escape, or even notice it right away.

However, for an assassin, if their presence is known in advance, the threat diminishes greatly.

With little Xiao Kong’s ability opposing the other party outright, how could 【Fleeting Void】 possibly withstand Vilyric’s power?

Of course, the same shock appeared among the other Demon Lords, but their responses varied after a brief silence.

“Ying Liu! Aren’t you going to act?!”

Misty Veil, who had fought Vilyric personally and knew her strength, shouted urgently. The swirling water ring immediately flew out, charging toward the front line.

An invisible wave radiated from her, like entangled threads, crossing the spatial distance in an instant, passing through the 【Radiant Protection】 barrier and landing directly on Vilyric.

“Hmm…?”

The Priestess furrowed her brow.

Although she distinctly felt the connection of that “thread,” it didn’t seem to bring any substantial effect to Vilyric, offering neither enhancement nor weakening, and surely not some kind of mental interference; it simply seemed to connect the two parties.

But in the next moment, she understood the purpose of this connection.

The originally ring-like stream of water suddenly changed.

The water expanded and spread, quickly sketching out a human form, landing on solid ground, limbs extending in transformation, flowing like water but distinctly real as three thousand strands cascaded down, even the facial features and the robe worn were finely replicated.

It had transformed into another “Vilyric.”

“This… is 【Half-Shadow】? I really didn’t expect that even after so long, the Ancient Spirit Realm could still have remaining 【Half-Shadows】. This looks like a water attribute Half-Shadow… did it possibly hide in the sea back then?”

With battle imminent and no time for explanations, Xiao Kong could only quickly remind her.

“Be careful, Vilyric; creatures like Half-Shadows can assume the form of anything they see, replicating its stance and nearly all its abilities. Though there are some limitations, it’s quite dangerous.”

“Yeah…”

“Shua shua shua shua shua shua!!!!!!!”

Just as she was about to say something, the “Vilyric” transformed from the Seven Day Demon Lord 【Ying Liu】 lifted her copied staff, launching several golden light spears at Vilyric, crashing into the 【Radiant Protection】 shield!

“Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!!!!!”

Light clashed with light, one side completely vanishing while the other began to crack.

“Is that the Punitive Spear?”

Silently assessing the strength of the strike, Vilyric kept a composed facade as she repaired the shield, then lifted her hand to shoot back several light spears.

“Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!!!!!!”

As expected, the water wave turned Priestess also summoned her own 【Radiant Protection】 in front of her, protecting herself, the Pharmacist, Misty Veil, and the Bone Immortal behind her.

“I’m so hungry! Hand over your hearts to me! Hehehe!!!”

“Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!!!!!!!”

Not far away, there was a fierce clashing sound like blades rattling; it turned out that the Heart-Snatching Evil Demon had stealthily attacked from the side, taking advantage of the face-off, engaging in an intense duel with Xiao Kong, who had sensed its approach.

Xiao Kong’s true strength clearly surpassed the opponent’s, yet the so-called 【Half-Shadow】, after copying Vilyric’s power, also understood how to cast enhancement magic in the same way.

Though it included only a few basic mid-tier skills, like 【Cooperative Pact】, it still significantly boosted “Tao Fei,” allowing her to match up against Xiao Kong, who hadn’t even unleashed her true divine-level techniques.

Vilyric didn’t rush to use enhancement magic to aid her teammate, because the outcome of that fight wasn’t critical. If she wanted to end it, it could always be resolved, and Xiao Kong clearly was merely keeping the opponent at bay without being pushed into danger.

The most urgent matter was confirming another issue.

She was constantly observing the other “Vilyric.”

Whether it was the previous few light spears or the defensive strength of 【Radiant Protection】, they were indeed on par with what she’d normally exhibit, with the speed of attack and skill application nearly identical to the Priestess.

This replication was indeed the most perfect and astonishing case she had seen and might even involve some aspects of certain “laws.”

But that was impossible.