Chapter 344 - “My Love, Did You Return?” (1/2)
Chapter 344: “My Love, Did You Return?”
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Run?”
When the dark figure laid its eyes upon Link, it let out a hollow laugh. “Run! Run if you can! I love hunting my prey! Kukukuhahaha!”
Skinorse immediately moved in front of Link to block him, facing off against this fellow shrouded in black mists. His heart was thumping, and he whispered to Link, “Lord, I feel like the moment we move, we’ll be killed.”
Link was a Level-7 expert and was definitely one of the strongest among the human race. Facing off against an otherworldly demon, that however meant nothing. He could be killed in an instant.
The difference in power was so great that it could not be made up with Battle Art or tricks.
The demon’s hearing was excellent, and it was also in no hurry to attack. Laughing, it mocked, “At least you’re clear on your situation, smart man. However, that’s still not going to save you. DIE!”
Suddenly, the demon commander attacked.
Skinorse watched as the demon commander raised a finger and a streak of black light appeared in the air, flying towards his forehead.
If it hit, Skinorse’s head would definitely explode, and he would die.
Fortunately, Link was as fast as the demon commander. The moment the demon commander stopped talking, Link noticed the Mana fluctuations coming from him. In that instant, Link had prepared his defenses.
A dimensional ball was flung over by Link, meeting the streak of black light in mid-air. Bang! As the two collided, they exploded just hairs away from Skinorse’s body.
Link did not dare to hold anything back. In that instant, he expended 5000 Mana to cast the Spatial Shackles spell, causing it to reach the peak of Level-8 and approach the strength of Level-9.
However, a skill flashed by in that exact instant.
This skill looked completely pitch black, as black as ink. On the surface, it looked somewhat translucent. The moment it collided with the Spatial Shackles, Link felt the shackles shake violently. Moments later, the Mana within it was disrupted and burst into chaos, collapsing the spell.
The Spatial Shackles spell which cost 5000 Mana could not even block the demon’s casual attack for one second.
This was the strength of a true Level-9 demon!
Furthermore, this demon was a fallen angel and was one of the strongest. Its total strength placed it among the top three demons, the Three Great Gold Demons.
Lord of the Deep, Nozama, was a mixed blood demon. Half of his blood came from a fallen angel. It was because of this that Celine’s demon form possessed black wings.
Link already knew that he could not hold anything back nor did he have time tangle with the demon. The only thing he could do was try his best to escape.
Thus, as he released the spatial skill, he was also multitasking on other things.
The moment the spatial skill was broken by the demon, Link’s mind was racing through multiple courses of action.
His black eyes lit up with threads of cold white light. This would only happen when a calm person pushed their soul to the limit, causing it to emit soul light.
Rustle. The Demon Slayer Whip appeared, and red colored light flashed. The whip lashed out and curved back to hit towards the back of the fallen angel’s head.
This was not all!
Multitasking two things was not Link’s limit. While simultaneously controlling these two spells, Link prepared one more skill: Dimensional Jump.
As the Spatial Shackles and the Demon Slayer Whip appeared, a white column of light enveloped him and his team members.
One second later, the Spatial Shackles was destroyed. Nonetheless, that was enough to give Skinorse some time to react.
His Battle Aura exploded out, drawing his dagger and holding it in front of himself.
Clang! A sharp sound rang out. The Demon Slayer Whip was destroyed by the fallen angel. Against a Level-8 attack, this expert merely needed to raise his hand and flick a finger to destroy Link’s attacks.
However, that gap was enough.
The next instant—whoosh, a sound rang out. Link, Skinorse, Nana and the rest of them disappeared. The fallen angel’s attack arrived the moment they disappeared, but it was nevertheless too late and only hit air.
“That’s fast! HA, they’re going to be worthy prey!” The fallen angel was excited. He could already detect Link and the rest, in another passage a few hundred feet ahead. He rushed forward.
Meanwhile…
Link had already planned out where to teleport them to. He could not teleport them out of the cave. The outside was definitely surrounded by demons already. They could only proceed further into the cave.
As the teleportation ended and the group of them appeared, Skinorse coughed up a mouthful of blood. Both of his arms were trembling like mad, and he struggled to maintain a firm grip on his daggers.
Just before the teleportation activated, he had clashed once with the fallen angel’s attack. Just that one attack which had already been diffused by Link’s spell caused his arms to hurt as though seriously injured. The shock of the impact went all the way to his chest, and his internal organs were rattling.
“Level-9 demons are so powerful! What a bitch!” Skinorse laughed bitterly.
“Stop whining, mortal. It’s fortunate enough that you’re still alive.” The black cat had at this point stuck out its head. It had a never-before-seen serious expression on its round face. It turned to look at Link and asked, “Hey, do you have any idea how to escape?”
It knew that it could no longer sit around without caring. Link had once said that if he died, it would die too.
Link took a deep breath. His head throbbed, but he could still go on.
“I’m fine. I’ve got a plan to escape. Just follow my lead.”
He inserted the key into the keyhole of the first magic door and turned. The door disappeared. It was opened! Once again, it led into an empty space.
Link could feel the aura of the fallen angel nearby. After pausing for a second, he instructed, “Go in, go in!”
They ran in through the magic door and once again found themselves at the Door of Lies.
At this point, the fallen angel arrived at the spiral staircase. He looked down and saw the spiral staircase surrounded by numerous magic doors as well as the footprints on the floor. He immediately appeared outside of the first magic door and drew out a curved black knife, slashing at the magic door.
Dense energy rushed into the knife, causing the knife to glow with black energy. Wham! The magic door was blasted open.
Behind the door was a wide space filled with earth puppets. Link and the rest were nowhere in sight.
“Damn it! It’s a dimensional spell!” The commander immediately knew what he had gotten himself into.