Chapter 1037: Krune’s Close Combat Style (1/2)

”Hah!” Krune grunted, slashing the two ice swords down on the Black Demon, watching it melt them by covering its fists with fire.

Soon after, the miasma in the region had swirled around, seeping into the Black Demon constantly as it replenished its reserves. In any case, the two sides were at a stalemate. Ignoring it, Krune slashed time after time, inflicting freezing gashes onto the Black Demon.

In response, the Black Demon thawed the ice using its fire, regenerating its energy. However, it didn't have a good time either. When it inflicted wounds on Krune, he regenerated at the same pace as it. On top of that, he hadn't absorbed the miasma or anything of the sort.

'From where does he obtain such a frightening quantity of energy to use? Is this new race really so scary?' The Black Demon was worried. And adding onto its worries was Hazak, one that was a demon but was different from a demon in quite a few ways.

The first was the fact that it didn't seem to be influenced by the instinct ingrained into a demon, one that forced them to march towards the cities. It was just a Red Demon, but it seemed unaffected by that.

The second was the fact that it was evolving into a Black Demon, something that was impossible for all the demons. Their color remained the same from their birth to their death. The third was the fact that it was subservient to Krune, and the fourth was its scaly appearance.

The Black Demon was assured that Hazak was different from all the demons.

'I should get rid of them before researching their corpses to figure out their secrets,' the Black Demon thought, condensing a fireball that it blasted into Krune's face.

Krune condensed a layer of ice on his face on time, defending against the heat while something hit him in the chest, sending him flying back. By the time he eradicated the fire burning through his face, he had faced a flurry of attacks, causing all the ice he had erected as a defense to shatter.

Hurriedly healing himself, Krune panted a little, realizing that the Black Demon was indeed troublesome. It was further attributed to the fact that they were fighting in a place filled with miasma, giving the home ground advantage to the Black Demon.

'It seems I cannot win without going all out.' Krune thought, shouting at Hazak, ”Take care of the items. I'm bringing down the Cloud Whale.”

”Yes!” Hazak shouted in response, stopping its act of absorbing the miasma as it watched the Cloud Whale arrive before it, vanishing once it touched the steps leading towards the battlefield. Hazak then hurriedly flashed before it, guarding the tank filled with the Healing Extract and the bag Krune had packed.

It controlled the miasma, absorbing it while creating a ring around the items, preventing any miasma from touching them. Its figure flashed for a moment, killing all the demons on the flight of stairs before returning to its station.