Chapter 1318 - Bloodstained Front (4) (2/2)

However, at the same time the skeletal dragons spat their Chaos dragon breaths, streaks of dazzling, fiery red brilliance flashed past and split apart their attacks forcibly. Soon after, several stripes of burning light flew across the air and struck the skeletal dragons’ skulls.

Boom!

In a series of exploding flames, even the skeletal dragons were unable to withstand such a fierce attack. They stopped spitting their breaths and retreated in all directions hurriedly. But this time, they weren’t able to back down, for as they retreated, the dog-headed demons that dashed out of the dragon breaths screeched and brandished their flaming spears at the skeletal dragons.

If one were to take a closer look at the demons’ bodies, one would be surprised to find that they weren’t hurt by the Chaos dragon breath in any way. On the contrary, the skin that revealed their bloody flesh after being ripped apart became flat and smooth. Under the radiance of the flames, one could also clearly see pieces that resembled dragon scales!

“Awesome. Looks like Gaya didn’t lie to us.”

Looking at this scene, Rhode nodded in satisfaction, turned to Celestina, and commented. Upon hearing his words, Celestina nodded with great pleasure. It was obvious that she understood what Rhode was trying to say.

“Of course, Master. If I were able to get my hands on these slaves earlier, we would have stood a higher chance of defeating those damn skeletal dragons. But they aren’t too bad either. Even though there are some troubles and weaknesses in these slaves that the worthless Hell Lord created, judging from this situation, they aren’t all that useless.”

Just like what Celestina said, apart from their ‘immortality’, the Flesh Hunters also had an outstanding trait—the ability to regenerate. But this form of regeneration wasn’t simply a matter of restoring their flesh; rather, in the process of regeneration, the Flesh Hunters would become immune to the properties of the attacks that injured them previously. Not only that, but they would also be able use that power as their own. After being bombarded and swept away by the Chaos dragon breath, not only were the Flesh Hunters resistant to it now, but during the process of regeneration, they also received the power and defense of the dragon race! That was why their bodies were now covered in dragon scales. It was precisely during the previous attack that they absorbed the skeletal dragons’ power.

And that was also why the battle angel army failed to eliminate these demons and had no choice but to imprison them in an enchanted field. In the battle between the battle angel army and the Flesh Hunters, the latter absorbed the formers’ powers. As a matter of fact, the burnt bat wings on their backs were actually angel wings due to the conflicting energy between angels and demons. However, the Flesh Hunters couldn’t specify which power to absorb into their body, which was why the contradiction between just and evil attributes led to them becoming strange-looking creatures. For that reason, not only did the Flesh Hunters not become stronger, but they were also weakened instead, which was why the battle angel army was eventually able to lock them up. Otherwise, if the Flesh Hunters could absorb any form of power, they would basically be invincible.

But it was a pity that all things counteracted with one another.

However, the current situation was completely opposite. Not only were the Flesh Hunters’ defense increased to that of the dragon race after absorbing their power, but their strength was also raised quite a bit. In that case, the skeletal dragons’ earlier attack on them, in turn, became the best way to strengthen the Flesh Hunters. Fortunately, no matter how the Flesh Hunters grew, they were still demons in essence. Even though in most situations, this explanation wasn’t a convincing one, Rhode wasn’t worried at all.

Since demons respected the strict hierarchy among themselves and he had a high-class noble demon like Celestina, who was naturally superior to them, around, they wouldn’t disobey her orders no matter how powerful they became. Moreover, even though the Flesh Hunters seemed to possess strong abilities like a holy knight that intimidated one, it wasn’t like there wasn’t anyone who could stop them. After all, it was only their strength that was increased and they still weren’t capable of defying the erosion of rules. Therefore, even if they were powerful enough to break free from Celestina’s restraints in the end, as long as Rhode got the Presence Deity Warden, Marybelle, to wave her magical staff and make them disappear, he didn’t need to worry about nurturing a tiger and inviting calamity.

At that moment, the Flesh Hunters had gotten in a brawl with the skeletal dragons. In the beginning, although they were ripped apart and bitten by the skeletal dragons from time to time, they became much stronger now and the power they gained allowed them to regenerate and put up some resistance. Right now, these dog-headed demons were already comparable to the skeletal dragons in terms of defense alone. In addition to their smaller size and higher numbers, they managed to overwhelm the skeletal dragons and keep them occupied.

In fact, if the skeletal dragons were ordinary undead skeletal dragons, it wasn’t as if they didn’t have the power to resist the Flesh Hunters. As mentioned earlier, the Flesh Hunters only grew in strength and didn’t have any particular resistance in other areas. Even if the skeletal dragons were undead skeletal dragons, with their mastery of spiritual rules, it would still be effortless for them to extract the souls from the Flesh Hunters’ bodies or seal them into soul crystals. When that happened, it would be useless even if these Flesh Hunters could live forever.

But it was a pity that the influence of Chaos made the undead skeletal dragons lose their grasp of the Order rules. Even though they were powerful, that was only in terms of brute strength, after all. Although there was a saying that went ‘one force subdued ten wise men’, it was unfortunate that the skeletal dragons hadn’t reached the point where they could push through whatever obstacles in front of them. That was why in the face of the Flesh Hunters, they didn’t have many countermeasures and seemed to succumb to their attacks instead.

Seems like all is well.

After making sure that the battle was settled, Rhode’s mind was finally at ease. With the characteristics of the Flesh Hunters, there shouldn’t be much of a problem in dealing with these skeletal dragons. Unless there were too many skeletal dragons to deal with, they should be able to completely hold the line of defense.

In that case, the next step is…

At this thought, Rhode shifted his gaze to the pale soldiers who stood on the city wall like lifeless corpses. According to Celestina, these soldiers had undergone her ‘transformation’ and were now fully capable of facing the attack of the Chaos creatures. Although he didn’t know what exactly she did, from the look in the soldiers’ eyes, he saw that their souls were still forcibly bound to their bodies despite their physical bodies being completely dead.

This wasn’t done through the soul-binding practice of undead creatures, but was more of a sinister and horrible curse that bound the soul to the body. Living creatures lost their sense of pain after transforming into undead creatures because their bodies were nothing more than vessels for their souls. But the souls of these soldiers were still bound to their flesh by the evil curse of death, which meant that they would still feel pain when their flesh was harmed.

What was more terrifying was that such pain was unavoidable.

“Please enjoy, my dear Master.”

Upon detecting Rhode’s gaze, Celestina revealed a proud smile, swung her arm, and the black whip in her hand struck the city wall heavily. After hearing the loud and crisp crack of the whip, almost all the soldiers trembled.

“Attack, you slaves! Now is the time for you to offer up your useless selves to me!”