Chapter 317 - Robbery (1/2)

”Three hundred years? You're fucked! Are you sure you're a demon and not a robber?” Evan said with a frown.

”AHAHAHA, you have no other option anyway, and I'm sure you know better than anyone else that my offer is fair. There can't be any other way. Your body is still too weak to withstand that kind of power, so you'll have to make some sacrifices.” Duke Flauros said with a smirk.

<Damn, if I hadn't known demons always offered only fair deals, I would have thought I was some charlatan in front of me. I was prepared for that, though, but losing three hundred years... it's a nightmare. It's a good thing I'm strong enough to summon the 65th demon already.> Evan thought.

”Alright, I agree,” Proclaimed Evan with a shrug. He had no other option anyway.

Duke Flauros smiled, and his flame headed towards Evan. He felt as if he was burning alive. His body could hardly stand the fire. But, in time, the pain was replaced by a pleasant, warm sensation. Then Duke Flauros took years of Evan's life.

When Evan lost about half of his remaining life, he felt as if he were almost dead. He felt as if he had lost his heart, and his blood had stopped flowing through his veins.

”See you later.” Duke Flauros said, smiling wryly, and disappeared. He had made a great deal today.

Evan's consciousness returned to reality, and changes began to happen to his body at the exact moment. His eyes began to burn brightly, and the silhouette of a massive, flaming leopard appeared behind Evan. It was as big as the Jade Serpent.

The beast sensed an incredible threat from Evan and tried to move away to a safe distance, but Evan wasn't about to let it do that.

Evan swung his arm, and with it, the fire leopard struck the ground with his paw. At the same moment, a wave of fire spread out for several kilometers around. The temperature of the flames was so high that even the crystal trees began to melt and turn into sparkling puddles.

As Evan had said, he had made the Glass Forest a living hell. Hundreds of monsters and beasts were turned to charcoal, their bodies burned to the ground, and some were left without even ash.

Nevertheless, the Jade Serpent was able to withstand this wave of flames. Its scales were robust and resistant to any elemental attacks. The Jade Serpent was about to attack again, but then fear appeared in his eyes.

This attack, with which Evan destroyed half of the Glass Forest, was only a prelude. It was just a tiny spark before the flames ignited in a massive fire.

Evan stared at the serpent and then folded his hands together into one big fist. He struck sharply from above, and the fire leopard did the same. A massive fire wall appeared in front of Evan and headed toward the Jade Serpent. The ground that the wave of fire passed over was melted and partially turned into burning shards.

The Jade Serpent could not avoid the wall of flame. It was too huge. However, the beast quickly figured out what it needed to do.

It quickly burst into the ground, thereby bypassing the wave of fire. Jade Serpent thought that Evan could not attack it underground and that flames could not burn in such a place, but the serpent was wrong.

Evan swung his arm, and the leopard's tail turned into a long, fiery whip that plunged deep into the ground. The next moment, a wave of flame through the tail traveled into the bowels of the earth, and the entire Glass Forest trembled.