Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 749  Unexpected.

A short while ago… Right before the demonic spells landed on Max.

ʼIʼm fucked!ʼ Max cursed, noticing the demons appeared around him.

Since he had barely dealt with the first volley of their spells, had no footing, and needed to recenter himself, he knew he wouldnʼt be able to dodge, and since he needed at least a few moments to bring out his energies, be it his mana, bloodline energy, Nascent, or Death Energy, he knew he wouldnʼt be able to defend, either, which was the reason why he cursed.

In the end, he sighed in resignation, stored the Thunder Sword in his spatial ring, which he protected between his hands, and curled up in a ball while madly circulating the [Barbarian God Physique] technique and forcing his bloodline, which was easiest to control along with mana, to envelop his vital organs.

It was then the demonic spells bombarded him.

BOOOM!

He felt himself getting ripped apart. The pain was so overwhelming that his mind went blank for a few moments. As a result, he lost control over the circulation of the [Barbarian God Physique] technique, the compressed Death Energy that he was keeping suppressed in a corner of his dantian so as not to waste his efforts to condense it, and his bloodline energy that he was trying to protect his vitals with.

When he regained his senses, he sighed in relief seeing he hadnʼt died yet before turning his focus to his body.

The [Barbarian God Physique] technique was circulating correctly and even smoother than before, and was rapidly strengthening and refining his body thanks to the hammering he received.

He then turned his attention to his bloodline energy and sighed in relief seeing it had mostly protected his vitals and there were just some minor injuries where the demonic energy was trying to burrow itself into him but was getting sucked away by the devilʼs blood in his heart.

He noticed the drop of devilʼs blood had absorbed a lot of demonic energy and was radiating a fearsome aura. Fortunately, it wasnʼt trying to take over him, seemingly knowing it would fail, but it had stopped strengthening and purifying his bloodline energy.

Choosing to come to it later, he proceeded to look into his dantian, knowing his efforts had gone to waste, but when he saw the state of his dantian, his eyes widened in shock.

ʼWhat in the hell is happening here?!ʼ

Contrary to his expectations, the condensed lump of Death Energy hadnʼt dispersed but was floating there, and to his shock and utter bewilderment, it was rapidly absorbing the Death Energy around it and condensing itself.

Shua! Shua! Shua!

Before he could try to influence it, it had sucked all the Death Energy, but instead of enlarging, it had gone from being a fist-sized lump to a perfect gray sphere, the size of the tip of a pinky finger.

Then, however, it started trembling, and tiny cracks started appearing on its surface as though it was unstable and lacking something.

Max instinctively knew what it was, and without wasting any time, he forced some of his bloodline energy and a drop of his blood essence into his dantian and toward the Death Sphere(?).

Shua! Shua!

As if sensing they were vital to its existence, it released a suction force and absorbed them. A moment later, the tremblings stopped and the cracks started closing.

Phew!

Max had just sighed in relief when…

Weng~

It trembled again, started rotating on its axis, and moved toward his mana core situated at the center of his dantian.

For a moment, Max feared it was going to collide with it. Although compared to the size of his mana core, it was very small, he could feel it was stronger and could cause serious damage to it.

However, his worries were unfounded because it stopped some distance away from the core and started circling around it like a satellite.

Boom!

A connection between his mana core and the Death Core seemed to have been established at that moment, and his body and mind jolted.

He could feel his affinity with the Death Energy and skyrocket at that moment, and it continued until it reached almost the same level as his mana affinity.

ʼThis… was I always supposed to form a core from the Death Energy?ʼ He thought when he felt this. He knew, now he would no longer have to use Nascent Energy to protect his mana veins… Well, not unless he could control it, which he was sure he could, very easily with such high affinity.

Without wasting time, he tapped on the Death Core and pulled out a strand of energy, and indeed, he could control it with a lot more ease. He then circulated it through his mana veins, and again, it didnʼt harm them, though he had to be careful.

ʼLetʼs see if…ʼ Feeling excited and hopeful, he pushed the strand of death energy into his… intact bits of flesh, and immediately, pain shot through his body, which also brought the overwhelming pain of his devastated body that he seemed to have forgotten until now.

He smiled bitterly and thought, ʼWell, high affinity and better control donʼt mean body tempering with it will be painless, it seems.ʼ

ʼBut…ʼ His eyes flashed with a ruthless glint. He was already feeling immense pain from all the injuries, so did some more matter?

It did not.

Immediately, he pulled out the energy and forced it into his bones.

The third level of the [Barbarian God Physique] required him to temper his bones.

!~

ʼI underestimated how much pain I would feel…ʼ He barely stopped himself from screaming because the pain had immediately more than doubled in intensity, but his gaze didnʼt waver.

He then noticed the cloud of demonic energy surrounding him was starting to thin out and used his bloodline sense. Though it was difficult to traverse the mess of the energy, he was able to scan the outside of it and saw the demons looking expectantly at the thinning mass of energy.

He sneered in his heart, his killing intent almost overwhelming him. If he hadnʼt attained the peak of level two of the [Barbarian God Physique] and his bloodline energy wasnʼt protecting the insides of his body, he would surely have died just now. Even now, his condition was serious.

Even if his Imperial Bloodline wasnʼt affecting his emotions, he still would have been angry beyond limit.

He forcefully split his focus into two—as he was already trying to do two things at the same time for some time, it wasnʼt as difficult. With one part, he would focus on tempering his bones, and with the other, he would do battle… or rather a massacre because he was going to go all out now.

His bloodline energy covered his wounded body so its condition wouldnʼt worsen as he moved around before he pulled out some Death Energy from his core and covered his right hand.

With him able to control it, he no longer needed to use the Thunder Sword as a medium. Now, his hands would become fearsome weapons.

However, this wasnʼt why he didnʼt take out the Thunder sword, nor because he feared someone recognizing it... He simply wanted to tear the demons apart with his bare hands and to calm his rage.

Swoosh!

He locked onto one of the demons, activated the Phoenix Wings, and since he was surrounded by the mess of demonic energy, which prevented them from using their divine sense, they didnʼt notice. When they did…

BANG!

He had already killed the demon.