261 Ready to bet her life (1/2)

Above the egg, two eyes made of black fire were formed and the lava around them started to form shields and giant weapons that targeted the Neo-Demon. He had detected the woman the moment she entered the magmatic chamber, but moving from this location would severely harm his healing process so he was forced to wait until Sophia reached this area.

If his soul was in its peak condition, then he would not have needed to move to defeat the woman. He could have taken control over the entire magmatic chamber and used it to crush Sophia, but right now taking control of the lava around him was the best he could do.

The Neo-Demon did not rush to her opponent. Even if he had lost most of his power, he was once a Rank 4 life form and his strength was too great for Sophia to face him in a battlefield that increased his might and weakened her's.

Sophia had done many preparations for this battle and the environment was clearly taken into consideration. She took ten black pills from her space ring and allowed them to melt inside the lava. Immediately after that, the lava around Sophia started to gain a black color while foul and wicked energy changed it.

The moment that happened the eyes of fire above the egg widened and they released a great force that attempted to contain that energy from expanding but before it could do anything one hundred pills that were in the periphery of the magmatic chamber exploded and formed a black gas that fused into the lava next to them.

A chain reaction occurred inside the magmatic chamber and in a matter of seconds, the tons of lava that it contained were transformed into a vicious and putrefactive substance.

The area in more than one hundred of kilometers around the duo had transformed into a toxic hellscape that could rot the body of a Novice Rank 3 life form with ease.

The individual inside the egg could no longer control the lava around him after it was affected by that foul energy and he felt how it became poisonous for him. Escaping this place without a fight was not an option since the substance hindered his movement and running without incapacitating his opponent first would leave him open to her's attack, which would result in grave injuries.

Immense wrath could be seen in the fiery eyes. He had stayed in this place for many years now and had been very careful but this woman, who was not even a Peak Rank 3 life form, had ruined his plan.

”AWW!” A bird cry full of hate was heard from inside the egg before it was consumed by black flames and it transformed into a four hundred meters tall Abyssfire Demon Phoenix.

She knew that Emperor bloodlines would be bought from the Scientia Kingdom and Zatiel would allow her to pick whichever she wanted, but none of them would be able to compare with her Styx Dragon Bloodline and they may even harm her bloodline instead of helping it if she fuses with them.

After a lot of research, she became interested in this Abyssfire Demon Phoenix bloodline. Not only was it at the same level that the Styx Dragon Bloodline, but if her hypothesis is correct and her plan is successful, then the combination between the two of them would bring something exponentially more powerful than the mere sum of the two.

After the battle with Tomas, the demon had endured deadly wounds, and even though he had managed to escape from the Angelic Paragon, it was a matter of time before he would succumb to his injuries. That was the main reason he was able to hide from the Heavenly race since there was no point in wasting time in hunting an enemy that would die eventually. Not to mention that they needed to focus on the much bigger threat that was the Magi invader force.

What they did not know was that thanks to his bloodline, the Abyssfire Demon Phoenix had access to all kinds of supernatural abilities. His ashes reached this volcano and after using the power of his True Soul's to command demons to guard this area, he activated the ability called From Ashes to Flesh.

This ability allowed him to reconstruct his body. After enough time his body would have regained his original power. Although his soul had fallen to Rank 3, with a body at Rank 4, there was still a possibility for him to once again become a true Rank 4 life form.