ebookland Chapter 452 - 453: Aster Grant Arrives!!
Chapter 452 - 453: Aster Grant Arrives!!
Just as that Totem Ninth Tier Demon General had predicted.
On the battlefield, Veridia’s situation was unfolding exactly as he had foreseen.
Facing the increasingly frenzied, no-cost assault of dozens of Totem Level members of The Corrupted Ghost Clan, Veridia’s position had become unimaginably dangerous.
Although by relying on the two Laws she controlled, her strength had already reached the level of a Totem Middle Level expert.
But without the support of Aster Grant’s myriad heaven-defying support abilities, and with the continuous, high-intensity combat on top of that.
Her body had now reached its limit.
"Pffft!"
A bone spear condensed with corrosive Demonic Qi pierced her defenses at an insidious angle.
It exploded into a spray of blood at her shoulder blade. The searing pain made Veridia’s movements falter for a moment.
"Kekeke! She’s about to fall!"
"Tear her apart! The Demon God will grant us rewards!"
More attacks surged in like a tidal wave.
A trace of exhaustion flashed through Veridia’s eyes; she knew she could no longer afford to hold anything back.
Otherwise, before she was devoured by killing intent, she would be torn to pieces by this frenzied horde!
"I can only...use that!"
She gritted her teeth, and the mind she had been keeping tightly strung...
Which she had used to suppress that berserk Power within her, was forced to relax just a little.
She tried to draw out another portion of the Slaughter Law’s strength, to deal with the desperate situation before her.
However, she had grossly underestimated the ferocity of the Slaughter Law!
And overestimated her ability to control this Power when both body and mind were utterly exhausted!
At the very instant her mind relaxed—
"Boom——!!!"
Like a volcanic eruption!
The incomparably pure Slaughter Law she had been forcibly suppressing within her body—
Instantly surged into her sea of consciousness like an unbridled wild horse!
"Aaaahhh——!"
Veridia let out a roar of agony laced with endless ferocity!
Her eyes were completely dyed a horrifying blood-red in an instant!
Reason was rapidly drowned by boundless killing intent.
The Slaughter Law swirling around her went out of control, burning wildly like a scarlet blaze...
Making her look like a Slaughter Asura crawling out from Hell!
In her mind, the faces of her younger sister, her father, her clansmen, and even the gentle visage of Aster Grant...
All the beliefs that had supported her so far were covered in blood and blurred at this moment.
Replacing them was a crazed urge to destroy everything and slaughter everything!
It worked!
The Demon Clan lurking in the shadows, seeing Veridia’s mutation below, revealed ecstatic delight at his plot’s success on his face!
This was the moment he had been waiting for!
When the will to slaughter completely crushed reason, that was when the soul’s defenses were at their weakest and Demonic Qi was easiest to plant!
"You bunch of trash, fall back!"
He barked through his spiritual power, stopping those Corrupted Ghost Clan members who still wanted to continue attacking.
The next second, his figure flickered.
His body, ghostlike, silently appeared in front of Veridia, whose eyes were blood-red, whose entire body was boiling with killing intent, teetering on the brink of losing control.
He sized up this perfect work before him with great interest, his eyes filled with appreciation.
"Yes...that’s it...unleash the beast inside you! Slaughter is your true home!"
His voice seemed to carry a strange magic, further inflaming Veridia’s nerves on the verge of collapse.
"Kill...kill!!!"
Veridia, completely ruled by the desire to slaughter, could no longer recognize who stood before her.
She only saw this figure radiating a powerful aura as a target that had to be destroyed!
She let out a roar no longer resembling human speech, gathered all the berserk power of slaughter within her, and punched out!
The blood-colored fist light tore through the air, blasting straight for the face of this member of the Demon Clan!
This strike already surpassed Veridia’s usual limits, reaching the threshold of a High-level Totem!
However, this Demon Clan member only let out a disdainful sneer, casually lifting a hand covered in black Bone Armor.
"Bang!"
With a dull boom, that blood-red fist light, enough to obliterate an ordinary Totem Middle Level powerhouse, slammed into his palm without stirring the slightest ripple.
Even in this slaughter state, Veridia’s strength was still worlds apart from that of this Demon Clan member.
He gave a light squeeze and crushed that mass of Slaughter Energy.
He looked at Veridia, whose gaze was chaotic, with only pure killing intent remaining, and nodded in satisfaction.
"A perfect killing weapon. Next...all that’s left is Demonization."
Right after, he extended his other hand.
The fingertips of this hand were wreathed in incomparably pure Demonic Qi.
He slowly pointed toward the center of Veridia’s brows!
"From now on, you will grow into the strongest Ghost Race support of our Demon Clan!"
"Even the Demon God...will reward me because of you!"
As he said this, a clear smile curled at the corners of this Demon Clan member’s mouth.
And the Demonic Qi at his fingertip also began to attempt to drill into Veridia’s sea of consciousness!
Only, at this moment.
Perhaps it was a primal repulsion from the depths of her soul toward Demonic Qi.
Perhaps it was the Beast Taming Contract Aster Grant left behind producing a faint Resonance at the final moment.
Or perhaps it was her unyielding will letting out one last scream...
In the deepest part of Veridia’s sea of consciousness, which had been completely flooded with scarlet, a faint speck of awareness flickered violently, struggling for a moment!
"Must...not..."
An extremely weak intent flashed by and vanished.
It was precisely this insignificant struggle that caused Veridia’s originally chaotic, rampant aura of slaughter to stall for an instant, ever so slightly!
"Hm?"
This Demon Clan member immediately sensed this anomaly.
He furrowed his brows, the Demonic Qi at his fingertip drawing back slightly, a hint of surprise flashing through his scarlet eyes.
"What a tenacious will! Even at this point, she still has the instinct to resist?"
But this instead aroused an even stronger interest and urge to conquer within him.
"It’s nothing more than a dying struggle. Once Demonic Qi invades the sea of consciousness, even a Pseudo-God standing here couldn’t save you!"
He let out a cold snort, the Demonic Qi at his fingertip intensifying as he pressed down faster!
He would use absolute power to crush this last bit of resistance and complete the transformation!
The faint glimmer in Veridia’s eyes rapidly dimmed under the impact of the even more violent Demonic Qi.
Demonic Qi began its ceaseless invasion.
Wherever it passed, memories were stained with filth.
Her younger sister’s smiling face was shrouded in gloom.
Aster Grant’s gentle figure, too, under the distortion of Demonic Qi...
Gradually became blurred and distant.
All the beliefs that had supported her fighting until now were being swiftly corroded and dismantled.
Under the dual erosion of Demonic Qi and the desire to slaughter, Veridia’s self-awareness slowly sank into complete silence.
Yet, just as her consciousness was about to fall utterly into darkness.
"Boom——!!!"
The entire dark-red sky was suddenly torn apart by endless golden-red light!
A vast, boundless aura filled with extreme fury instantly enveloped the whole battlefield!
The sky was set ablaze.
This was no ordinary flame, but the purest, most violent Fire of Destruction!
Wherever the flames passed, Demonic Qi rapidly melted and evaporated!
Even space itself was scorched into distortion!
Aster Grant had arrived!!
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