Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 737  Vanished

”Is this the kid you said was going to become a threat?” The strongest Ashen Fiend Emperor asked, glancing at Yshoy with a disdainful look in her eyes. ”Someone like him who despairs when put in a seemingly hopeless situation isnʼt worth a shit even if he has that destructive energy and a good bloodline.”

Yshoy narrowed his blood-red eyes, anger flashing within them. Then his expression became neutral, and he scoffed, ”You would say that, wouldnʼt you? After all, none from your tribe would feel afraid when in such a situation, right? You also didnʼt despair and kill your son when he offended the Infernal Princess.”

The Ashen Emperorʼs face fell when she heard this, and dark cinders started floating around her, the air becoming thick with tension. Her three companions also glared at Yshoy, ready to fight if their matriarch attacked.

Right then, however, Vigil spoke up and diffused the situation.

”There is no need to get angry, matriarch Luen. What Sir Yshoy meant to say was that that kid, even though it seems he has gone mad, must be up to something.”

Tristen and others shook their heads in disappointment seeing the demons didnʼt fight. ʼTsk! It would have been good if they killed each other.ʼ Tristen thought. He didnʼt like the current situation where they couldnʼt do anything to the demon side.

He could only console himself by telling himself that when the reinforcements came from the central plains, they would once again gain the upper hand.

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[Do it, Overlord.] Leo gave the go-ahead. His bloodline was already useless, so there was basically no loss if something bad happened to it. However, if it recovered, the gains would be amazing, and he would be able to save himself from the current situation without much of a problem.

Max nodded and started injecting his bloodline energy into his body and started directing it toward his bloodline. He was sure if he used Nascent Energy, the process would be faster and easier, but unlike his bloodline energy, which he could recover a few times using mana stones or crystals without any worry, as only after a few times would he start losing himself to his lust, the Nascent Energy wasnʼt easily gained.

He still had to fight for around thirty hours. So, he had to be frugal about every bit of Nascent energy he used.

After a few moments, he realized his bloodline energy had started affecting Leoʼs bloodline, slowly purifying and strengthening it, which made him sigh in relief. Although his bloodline energy was the catalyst for Emilyʼs bloodline awakening, meaning it could also affect the bloodlines like the Nascent Energy, though not as much, he wasnʼt sure if it could help Leo. So, seeing it was effective and he wouldnʼt need to waste his Nascent Energy, he sighed in relief.

He then looked behind and saw the demon kings were still hot on his trail, and the distance between them was slowly becoming less and less.

ʼIf not for the Frostclaw demons, I wouldnʼt have been able to escape.ʼ He thought, feeling grateful but a little surprised. ʼDo they also want to make a deal with me like Amaraʼs father?ʼ

Unlike before, he couldnʼt easily promise to help them because following through with those promises wasnʼt difficult.

Suddenly he remembered something: ʼI need to head back to Ninam City too and heal Granny.ʼ

He had checked in the war temple and found that although the healing medicine that could help an emperor mage was very expensive, and although difficult, he could still afford them if he tried his best.

However…

Why would he waste his war merits, which he could use for better things, on the healing medicine, when he had the Nascent Energy? A few minutes later, the demon kings had closed more distance between them, and he was barely outside their divine sense. He was aware once he came within the range of their divine sense, escape would be impossible.

Fortunately, the continuous injection of his bloodline energy had almost healed the imperfection within Leoʼs bloodline while purifying and strengthening it.

Therefore, to finish the process faster, he injected a bit of the Nascent Energy.

Weng~

Leo was perfectly still for the past few minutes. If Max wasnʼt holding onto him, he would have thought he wasnʼt even breathing. However, the moment Max injected the Nascent Energy and the process of healing his bloodline finished, he felt it, and his eyes lit up with delight.

Then without Max saying anything, he closed his eyes and felt if it was any different. When he opened them, his eyes were filled with uncontrollable excitement and gratitude to Max.

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Up in the sky, within the isolation barrier, the emperors noticed the change in Leoʼs expression and got confused.

Matriarch Luen gave Lady Verana and other human emperors an annoyed look; the same was true for Tristen and the newly joined emperors.

If not for each other, they would have used their divine senses and would have seen what Max did in these past five or so minutes, which made Leo look at him with such a gaze. The curiosity was eating them, but they could do nothing but glare at each other because if they tried to use their divine sense to scan them, the other side would stop which would result in a battle the consequences of which would be disastrous for both sides.

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[Thank you, Overlord. If we survive this battle, I vow to follow you for the rest of my life.] Leo said, and as if fearing Max would refuse him, he broke away from him and vanished from his bloodline sense within a few seconds.

Max shook his head and chuckled. ʼWhat an interesting guy!ʼ

Swoosh!

He then injected a bit of Nascent Energy into the Phoenix Wings, which boosted his speed by almost seventy percent for a short few moments, helping him increase the distance between him and the demon kings.

He then located a large group of humans and demons, mostly in the Three and Four Star realms, fighting in the distance, and rushed toward them.

In the distance, the demon kings—one from the Ashen Fiend tribe and one from the Abyssal Howler tribe—frowned when they noticed this.

They wanted to capture Leo, but before they could take action, he had vanished from their sight and divine sense. They, however, didnʼt mind it much because in their opinion, Leo wasnʼt worth anything, so his life and death didnʼt matter much apart from the fact he was Maxʼs friend. So, they forgot him and focused on chasing Max. Now, however, Max was rushing toward the crowd, which he had been doing his best to avoid until now.

However, apart from the initial surprise, they didnʼt give it much thought because everyone in the crowd was weak and wouldnʼt be a hindrance.

A few moments later, however, they narrowed their eyes when Max suddenly conjured three one-meter fireballs and hurled them toward the crowd.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Max had used differing amounts of Death Energy when creating the fireballs. The first fireball he created was strong enough to severely injure mid-stage Five Star beings, and he threw it close enough for the crowd to feel its destructive power but far enough not to injure them.

The second fireball was powerful enough to seriously injure early-stage Five Star beings, and he threw it at the periphery of the crowd. When it exploded, a few humans and demons died while a few more got injured.

He sighed. He didnʼt want to kill any humans if he could, but to save his skin, he had to do it.

The third fireball was slightly bigger than the first two but was weaker than them in power, only able to lightly injure peak Four Star beings, and he threw it toward the center of the crowd, but at a slow speed.

The first explosion had startled the crowd, and the second one caused them to panic, and seeing the third, a bigger one flying toward them, everyone started escaping in all directions while cursing Max.

Max was pleased to see this, and right before it exploded, he mixed into the fleeing crowd, put on his mask, and changed his clothes.

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Swoosh! Swoosh!

A few seconds later, the demon kings arrived where the third fireball had exploded and watched the fleeing crowd in panic with ugly expressions on their faces.

No matter how hard they tried, they couldnʼt sense Maxʼs presence. He had vanished without a trace.

”That sly bastard!” The Howler demon king ground his jaws in rage, his aura whipping around, creating loud booms in the sky.

The Ashen demon kingʼs expression was… ashen. He couldnʼt believe a Four Star mage had escaped from him, a mid-stage demon king. It was unacceptable and shameful even if the said mage was someone extraordinary. Unlike the demon beside him, however, he didnʼt show his impotent rage and stayed silent. A moment later, his eyes flashed with a ruthless glint, and he flew toward the nearest fleeing group that had both humans and demons and attacked them indiscriminately.

Boom!