Chapter 84 - Huge Benefits (1/2)

Roy’s claw scratched one of César’s eyes, which also made Roy aware of César’s weakness.

Just as Roy was about to seize the opportunity and follow up to destroy César’s other illusion demon eye, the large mouth on César’s abdomen opened wide and spat out a green mist with a strong smell at Roy.

Roy blocked with the frost shield in his hand but found that the mist did not seem to be formed by magic power. The Magic Power Virus on the shield did not react to it, but rather, the mist was corroding Roy’s shield.

Seeing this, Roy knew he could not let this green mist touch him, so he flapped his wings and flew back.

This thing seemed to be César’s stomach acid. After the mist touched the ground, the corrosion became stronger, and even thick smoke rose from the ground.

Fat Tiger was at his wits’ end. After killing one of César’s physical illusions, he hid beside Roy. Upon smelling the green mist, his three heads were sneezing non-stop because his sense of smell was too sensitive.

After Roy retreated to a safe range, he flapped his demon wings vigorously, trying to blow the mist away. However, after the mist dissipated, he found that what he was left behind was a physical illusion. Roy’s Eyes of Nightmare clearly saw that this illusion was only a mass of magic power, and César’s true body was already running away!

“Damn, you’re an upper-middle-rank demon. Do you need to be so timid?” Roy cursed.

He knew that although César’s eye was injured, his magic power did not decrease that much. When Roy spread the cold aura just now, although some Magic Power Viruses had infected César, with merely that tiny amount, it was impossible to devour all of the magic power of an upper-middle-rank demon.

In fact, since the beginning of their battle until now, César had probably not used up a tenth of his magic power.

But in this situation, César still chose to escape, showing that he truly felt the threat Roy brought him.

While César had been hiding in another world, Roy had no way to deal with him, but in the same way, he had also given Roy time to make certain preparations. If not for the Eyes of Nightmare’s ability to see through and break illusions, Roy would not have been able to handle César.

Before this, some execution demons had tried to kill César but were instead killed by him. Illusions were actually very powerful. Given César’s skills, Roy felt that he might not necessarily lose even against high-rank demons. But at the same time, once targeted, the biggest disadvantage of illusions appeared—the lack of corresponding offensive abilities!

If César could not consume the opponent’s physical strength and magic power in the illusion, then he would not be able to deal the fatal blow. Although his strength was high, Roy’s frost shield could absorb the impact, preventing him from breaking Roy’s defense. Even the commonly used flame abilities of many demons were restrained by Roy’s frost power, so how could he still fight?

César realized this point in the end and that it was useless to continue entangling with Roy. Even if he had more magic power than Roy, it would not be enough to consume all of Roy’s. Before Roy ran out of magic power, he might cause fatal damage to César.

With the cover of the stomach acid mist, César escaped, leaving behind an illusory body to stall Roy. However, it did not stall Roy for long.

After the magic power that condensed the illusory body dissipated, the illusion disappeared. Roy called out to Fat Tiger, and one demon and one dog flew up into the sky and chased after César.

Flying at the speed of sound, Roy did not take long before catching up to César!

Seeing Roy in the sky behind him, César roared angrily but did not stop. He just threw his ax at Roy in the air, but Roy easily dodged.

Boom! Roy landed in front of César, while Fat Tiger landed behind César, surrounding him.

“You can’t escape. Without wings, it’s impossible for you to be faster than me!” Roy emitted his cold aura while staring at César. “Also, don’t forget. I have the memory crystal that can track the location of the demon artifact you’re carrying. In this Abyss, I can find you wherever you flee!”

César’s chest was heaving, and the big mouth on his stomach was panting heavily. He knew that Roy was right. Facing this demon who restrained him, no matter where he ran, he would be found.

“Ahh… You’re right!” César said. “I’ve actually made preparations when I returned. I know that the power of the demon lord isn’t something that I can deal with. Even without you, there will still be other execution demons pursuing me. I can hide once or twice but not from all of them!”

“It’s good that you understand. Hand over the demon artifact,” Roy said. “To be honest, I don’t want to take it out of your corpse. Damn, your stomach is really disgusting…”

“Hahaha!” César suddenly laughed out loud. “The demon artifact is indeed in my body. I’m not lying about this. But don’t you want to know what the demon artifact I stole is? I can show you!”

With that, César opened his mouth and spat out an object covered with mucus.

César held it in his hand. Roy endured his disgust and looked at it. It was a small black cylindrical object, about twenty centimeters long and covered with engraved demon characters.

“This is what I stole from Demon Lord Rogeros.” César showed it to Roy. “This thing is called the Balotan Pillar! It is a demon creation made by a demon lord named Balotan using his own soul fragment. However, this demon lord perished in a battle with a high-level angel, and Rogeros obtained this magic weapon that has lost its function.”

“Lost its function?” Roy did not believe it. “If it has really lost its function, why are you carrying it?”

César did not answer Roy but instead asked, “Do you know what the original function of this Balotan Pillar is?”

“A powerful weapon?” Roy answered cooperatively, but at the same time, he put his guard up.

César took this demon artifact out, so he was definitely thinking about having a final struggle. Since a demon lord had created it, it might have astonishing might. If it really was a weapon, the moment Roy saw César use it, he would Flash away without a moment’s hesitation.

Therefore, while being vigilant, Roy contacted Fat Tiger through the spiritual connection and made him retreat carefully.

However, César shook his faceless head. “Wrong. It isn’t a weapon at all! In fact, the Balotan Pillar in my hand isn’t complete because it still has a base piece…”

As he explained, red light began emanating from César. Under the Insight ability of Roy’s Eye of Nightmare, he could see traces of formidable magic power flowing around César.

“What are you doing?” Roy took a few steps back cautiously and asked in disbelief, “You want to… self-destruct?”

“Yes!” César laughed sinisterly. “There’s only one function for the Balotan Pillar—soul sustenance! It allows my soul to attach to it completely without any damage! But this thing lost its original function after Balotan died. To reactivate it, you must sacrifice your life!”