The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 606: “Nothing More Than This.”

“That guy…”

Seeing Shien Buztout standing motionless, merely wielding his sword light and effortlessly blocking the dracolich’s ferocious attacks, deflecting its claws and fangs, the High Priest’s face finally darkened.

She could see that Shien was toying with the dracolich, not taking it seriously at all.

Compared to the dracolich, Shien focused more on her, his aura locked onto her and even Limgir, a look of predatory intent in his eyes, making the High Priest feel like the tables had turned.

She had regarded Shien as an intruder, a prey overestimating its own abilities.

However, now the High Priest realized that not only did she regard Shien as prey, but Shien also seemed to regard her and Limgir as prey.

His obvious aura lock clearly told others that he didn’t intend to let the High Priest and Limgir go.

The High Priest and Limgir were the prey he had been waiting for. Before, the prey couldn’t move, but now that they had come out on their own, he was looking for the best opportunity to capture them.

No, more accurately, this mysterious cloaked expert only wanted to capture her.

And the aura he locked onto Limgir was filled with killing intent.

He wanted to kill Limgir.

He had only spared Limgir before to lure her out.

Now that she had appeared, he had no reason to keep Limgir alive.

But the High Priest was furious.

“How could you destroy the Greater Spirit I painstakingly cultivated?”

The High Priest finally decided to intervene.

“[Astarte]!”

This was a high-level necromancy spell that could manipulate death energy and death itself.

With this magic, the High Priest could forcibly corrode all living things, stripping away their life force, extracting death energy, and gradually increasing the power of this magic.

This magic couldn’t exist without death energy.

Without death energy, this magic was useless.

Therefore, when first using this magic, its power was even weaker than basic magic. Only when enough death energy was accumulated could it become increasingly terrifying as the reserves of death energy increased.

The High Priest had lived for thousands of years. Since raising [Necromancy] to level seven and gaining access to high-level necromancy spells, she had frequently used [Astarte] to drain the life force of all things, gathering death energy to enhance her necromancy’s power.

Over thousands of years, the High Priest had accumulated an immense amount of death energy, making the power of [Astarte] extremely terrifying. Once used, it could even transform an entire area into a gathering place of death energy.

The sky here was covered by dark clouds because the High Priest released the death energy she had collected for thousands of years.

And the howling black wind was the manifestation of the released death energy.

Thus, the howling black wind in this place suddenly transformed into countless faces filled with pain, forming a death energy like vengeful spirits, surging towards Shien.

“Oh?”

Shien raised an eyebrow, and without hesitation, he swung his sword, forcing back the attacking dracolich with a clang, and then slashing at the incoming death energy storm.

“Slash!”

Under the Holy Sword’s strike, the vengeful spirit-like death energy storm was not only split in two like paper but also purified by the golden light shining from the Holy Sword, instantly vanishing without a trace.

“That sword is indeed strange.”

The High Priest’s face darkened again.

Shien looked at the High Priest.

“Isn’t it enough to just play with your pet, High Priest?”

Shien’s voice was filled with nonchalance.

“I’ve changed my mind.” The High Priest snorted coldly, “I’m going to turn you into my death slave, a member of my undead army.”

Saying that, an even denser and more powerful death aura erupted from the High Priest.

Instantly, the sky became darker, and the howling gale became fiercer, making this place seem like hell, with ghostly wails echoing.

Facing this scene, the smile that had been on Shien’s face finally disappeared.

“Is that so?” Shien said indifferently, “In that case, I’ll stop playing too.”

As he spoke, a terrifying magic power erupted from Shien’s body.

The earth trembled.

The atmosphere trembled.

A massive pillar of magic power surged from Shien’s body, reaching the sky, dispersing the dark clouds and breaking through the thick death energy.

“—!?”

The High Priest’s expression changed drastically.

“Wha…!?”

Limgir was also shocked.

At this moment, Shien no longer held back, unleashing his maximum magic power.

“Roar!”

The dracolich roared in anger and shock in the sky.

But this roar was answered by another, even more terrifying dragon’s roar.

“Roar—!!!”

This roar came from the horizon.

A pitch-black dragon suddenly emerged from the dispersed dark clouds, diving down like a meteor and crashing into the dracolich.

“Bang—!”

With an explosion, the dracolich was knocked out of the sky by the black dragon, falling to the ground like a cannonball, shattering the ground and kicking up dust.

“Roar!”

The black dragon replaced the dracolich, roaring excitedly.

That roar was far more terrifying and powerful than the dracolich’s.

“What!?”

This time, the High Priest was also shocked.

Limgir, seeing the black dragon descending from the sky, his eyes widened.

That dragon…

“The black dragon of Atlus… !?”

Limgir recognized it.

The newcomer was Yulin.

“Roar—!!!”

Yulin soared in the sky, flapping her wings, her roar echoing like thunder throughout the world, creating shockwaves and a terrifying aura.

The aura of the Limit Level Monster King was like the might of heaven, suppressing everything, making even the High Priest lose her composure.

And Limgir went mad.

“It’s you! It’s you—!!!”

Limgir finally recognized Shien, his heart pounding, then he was consumed by rage and hatred, roaring hysterically at Shien.

Shien’s mocking voice immediately reached Limgir’s ears.

“You realized it too late, young master.”

As he spoke, the magic power erupting from Shien’s body transformed into starlight.

“—With vast magic power, I invoke the celestial stars—”

Shien chanted the Celestial Magic spell without hesitation.

“—Countless stars, burning brightly, obey the command of the one who controls the night sky, and reveal the mysteries and trajectories of the gods—”

“—That is light—”

“—That is the mighty power of heaven—”

“—Therefore, shine, stars—”

“—And descend, light—”

Shien’s voice echoed through the sky.

“[Starry Arrays]!”

The starlight trembled.

Celestial bodies emerged from the starlight like streaks of light, emitting a radiance that dispelled the darkness, and flew towards the High Priest and Limgir.

“Celestial Magic…!?”

The High Priest, a necromancer who had lived for thousands of years, immediately recognized the magic Shien cast.

But precisely because she recognized this magic, the High Priest was once again shocked.

“How could such a rare magic appear in this era…!?”

The High Priest’s expression changed drastically as she quickly grabbed the irrational Limgir, raised her crystal ball, and transformed the death energy around her into screaming faces, meeting the incoming celestial bodies.

A fierce battle between Celestial Magic and Necromancy unfolded in this place.

The dazzling celestial bodies and the terrifying faces collided, instantly becoming entangled.

The celestial bodies emitted brilliant starlight, releasing ribbons of light, trying to disperse the faces.

The faces were dispersed, but they immediately reformed, wailing in pain and opening their mouths wide, trying to devour the celestial bodies and strip away their life force.

The ribbons of light released by the celestial bodies immediately surrounded them, repeatedly dispersing the faces and preventing them from approaching.

The faces, like fearless demons, continuously repeated the process of reforming, exploding, wailing, and charging, fully demonstrating the strangeness and terror of necromancy.

Normally, facing Shien’s Celestial Magic powered by his maximum magic power, even the highest-level magic would instantly collapse and wouldn’t last long.

However, the High Priest’s [Astarte] was a very special magic. The more death energy it had, the greater its power. As the High Priest reluctantly unleashed the vast death energy she had accumulated for thousands of years, the power of this magic also rose to an astonishing level, temporarily stalemating Shien’s [Starry Arrays].

Shien, although somewhat surprised, didn’t lose his composure.

The High Priest, however, couldn’t accept this result.

“[Astarte] actually can’t suppress that Celestial Magic…?”

The High Priest’s face was very unsightly.

Her accumulation of thousands of years couldn’t match a modern magician using lost magic. This was unacceptable to her.

Losing her composure, the High Priest wanted to command the dracolich to use its dragon breath to disperse the Celestial Magic.

Although after death, the dracolich’s dragon breath no longer possessed the power to penetrate all defenses, after its dragon breath transformed into a death energy breath, if it joined the battle, it would definitely greatly enhance [Astarte] and suppress the Celestial Magic.

But the High Priest was destined to fail.

Yulin had already engaged the dracolich and was unilaterally suppressing it.

“Boom!”

In mid-air, the black dragon’s scorching breath easily broke through the death energy breath and struck the dracolich, burning its entire body and making it howl in pain.

“Roar!”

Yulin became more and more excited as she fought, her eyes filled with disgust and ferocity as she looked at the dracolich. With a flap of her wings, she swooped down again, slamming her claws into the dracolich, sending the smoking dracolich crashing to the ground.

“Roar!”

Yulin stepped on the dracolich’s decaying body, as if treating a filthy creature, roaring and spewing dragon breath, burning the dracolich beneath her feet.

A pitiful Legendary-level dracolich was being ruthlessly trampled upon.

“Damn it!”

The High Priest’s withered face twisted.

Just then…

“Swoosh!”

A figure suddenly appeared before the High Priest, making her pupils constrict.

“Nothing more than this.”

After a faint taunt, a dazzling golden sword light flashed.

“Slash!”

A tearing sound echoed throughout the area.

An arm flew into the sky, severed by the radiant Holy Sword.

Chapter 607: “Understand?”

“Slap!”

The withered arm fell to the ground with a clear thud.

Facing the sudden and swift attack, the High Priest could only raise an arm in a hurry, sacrificing it to block the blow.

If it weren’t for that arm, it would have been the High Priest’s head that was severed.

Because that sword strike was aimed directly at her neck.

“Tsk!”

The High Priest clicked her tongue impatiently.

Although an arm had been severed, the High Priest didn’t show any pain or even any sign of being affected. Not a single drop of blood was shed. She simply held the crystal ball with her remaining hand and released a dense death aura.

Shien, who had teleported in front of the High Priest and severed her arm while she was unprepared, was slightly startled upon seeing this. Then, without hesitation, he swung his sword again, sending sword light slashing towards the High Priest.

“Slash!”

Another tearing sound echoed.

However, this time, it wasn’t the High Priest’s arm that was severed, but the death aura surging from her body.

The death aura, like poisonous gas, rushed towards Shien, but was cut down by his sword and dissipated into the air.

Seizing this opportunity, the High Priest grabbed the frenzied Limgir and retreated explosively.

Her speed was astonishing, not like a human at all, but like a true Grim Reaper. With a flutter of her black robe, she retreated a great distance like a ghost.

She manipulated the death aura, enveloping her entire body, as if being dragged by it.

“Trying to run?”

Shien didn’t let his opponent act freely as he had before.

Having chosen to reveal his identity and true strength, Shien didn’t intend to let these two escape.

So, Shien teleported again, catching up to the High Priest.

At this moment, the frenzied Limgir suddenly made an unexpected move.

“Let go of me!”

Limgir abruptly broke free from the High Priest’s grasp, his eyes bloodshot and his face ferocious, as he lunged towards Shien.

“Fool!”

The High Priest, caught off guard, couldn’t help but shout angrily.

Shien, however, was amused.

“Shien Buztout—!”

Seeing Shien teleporting towards him, Limgir’s hatred ignited, and he roared as he charged forward.

His eyes turned even more ghastly green.

The [Soul Essence] within his body surged wildly, merging into his body at a speed faster than ever before.

Limgir roared madly, the cold magic power in his body rising steadily, and his level skyrocketed.

Lv.92…

Lv.93…

Lv.94…

Soon, Limgir’s level reached ninety-five, astonishingly high.

Clearly, his hatred and resentment towards Shien had pushed him beyond his limits.

Coupled with the considerable amount of [Soul Essence] the High Priest had just fed him, Limgir’s power surged rapidly, even shocking the High Priest.

Unfortunately…

“Bang!”

With a heavy thud like muffled thunder, Limgir, despite his increased strength, was once again hit in the chest by Shien’s kick.

“Aaaaaaaaaaah…!”

Limgir went completely mad, ignoring the foot hitting his chest, and his hands transformed into sharp weapons, sending claw attacks towards Shien.

He was willing to trade injury for injury.

Limgir didn’t mind exchanging blows.

First, his [Greater Spirit of Death] gave him high defense, strong resilience, and self-healing abilities. Even if he was injured, he could recover quickly.

Second, his pure attack power was originally higher than Shien’s. Even if they traded blows, as long as it wasn’t a fatal hit, he would be at an advantage.

Third, Limgir didn’t care anymore.

Seeing Shien again, after being trampled and toyed with by him before, with new and old grudges combined, if it were the Limgir of the past, he might have habitually chosen to endure, but now, blinded by negative emotions, Limgir couldn’t endure any longer.

The problem was…

“Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang…!”

Amidst the intense clashing sounds, Limgir’s powerful claw attacks landed on Shien, but they were like hitting steel, sparking and being deflected.

“How is this possible…!?”

Limgir’s eyes widened in disbelief.

He didn’t know that with the protection of [Inner Manifestation of Heaven’s Decree], Shien’s resilience was no less than the defense provided by his [Greater Spirit of Death].

Limgir’s attack power might be high, but so what?

Could it be stronger than the attacks from Aldia’s [Volt]?

Could it reach the level of Transcendence?

No, right?

Since it couldn’t, it naturally couldn’t injure Shien.

In Shien’s words from his previous life, it was…

“Are you tickling me?”

Shien sneered at the dumbfounded Limgir, and with a sudden slash of his Holy Sword, he struck Limgir’s chest.

“Slash!”

With another tearing sound, blood finally appeared.

Shien’s attack easily broke through Limgir’s defenses.

Under the enhancement of [Outer Manifestation of Heaven’s Decree], even the sealed Holy Sword possessed such attack power.

“Gah…!”

Limgir trembled in pain and staggered back.

“Oh no!”

Seeing this, the High Priest’s expression changed slightly. Gritting her teeth, she finally couldn’t help but step forward, wanting to save Limgir.

For the High Priest, whose hands were stained with blood and who had taken countless lives, the safety of a single Limgir naturally wasn’t worth her concern.

However, Limgir wasn’t an ordinary person now. He was the Greater Spirit she had painstakingly cultivated after a thousand years, extremely precious.

Since she began researching Greater Spirits, besides the one from a thousand years ago, this was the only time she had successfully created one.

And the one from a thousand years ago was ultimately considered a “failure” and a disgrace by the High Priest.

This time, having finally successfully cultivated a Greater Spirit, she didn’t want to lose it again.

That’s why the High Priest wanted to save Limgir.

But just as the High Priest was about to rush forward, a scorching dragon breath descended from the sky, heading towards her.

Yulin had flown back into the air at some point, and seeing the High Priest about to rush towards Shien, she spewed out a breath of dragon breath without hesitation.

Looking closely, the dracolich was now just a charred skeleton.

That Legendary-level dracolich was no match for Yulin, who had reached Limit Level, and was easily dealt with.

Now, Yulin had freed herself to deal with the High Priest, making the High Priest furious.

“Damn lizard! I’ll turn you into the second dracolich! Your soul will fall into hell!”

The High Priest shouted angrily, raising her crystal ball and casting the necromancy spell [Astarte], making the death aura fluctuate.

“Roar!”

Yulin immediately roared disdainfully, clearly not taking the ghostly High Priest seriously.

At that moment, Yulin also engaged the High Priest.

On the other side, after being struck in the chest, Limgir didn’t retreat, but instead attacked Shien even more frantically.

“Why!? Why you!?”

Limgir roared madly as he swung his claws, attacking Shien relentlessly.

“You’re just a mere adventurer! How am I inferior to you? How am I inferior to you!?”

Limgir’s unwillingness, hatred, anger, and madness were fully displayed, looking like a ferocious demon, terrifying.

Shien no longer used his superb swordsmanship to block Limgir’s claw attacks, but instead moved around, dodging Limgir’s sharp claws.

Although Limgir’s claw attacks were powerful, he couldn’t control this sudden surge in strength.

Therefore, his attacks were chaotic and lacked skill. In Shien’s eyes, with the enhanced perception of [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree], he could easily dodge even with his enhanced senses alone.

As for Limgir’s roars filled with unwillingness and hatred, Shien remained indifferent.

There was no helping it.

“Every loser is like you, always unable to figure out why they failed.”

Shien dodged Limgir’s attacks like a dance, looking at him and speaking without mercy.

“It’s normal to feel unwilling, it’s normal to feel confused, but if unwillingness alone could lead to success, then such success would be too cheap.”

Shien suddenly stopped, and with a swift slash of his Holy Sword, he deflected Limgir’s claws.

“Also, you call me a mere adventurer, then what are you? Do you really think you’re someone special?”

With astonishing speed, Shien reached out, grabbed Limgir’s face, and pulled him closer. Then, as Limgir lost his balance and fell towards him, Shien abruptly raised his knee.

“Bang!”

With a muffled thud, Shien’s knee struck Limgir’s stomach.

“Ugh…!”

Limgir immediately bent over and groaned in pain.

Shien continued to hold his face, lifting him up.

“You were just lucky to be born into a duke’s family, with a good father and good bloodline, so you have better talent, but you’re still no match for a mere adventurer like me. With such good conditions, you still couldn’t win her heart, losing to me, an adventurer. So what gives you the right to be so arrogant, to look down on my identity and background in front of me?”

Saying that, Shien’s knee slammed into Limgir’s face, making him howl in pain as blood flowed from his nose, and he collapsed on the ground.

Shien looked down at the writhing Limgir, clutching his face in pain, and sneered.

“In the end, so-called dukes are just losers who lost to the royal family, couldn’t get the throne, and were driven out of the Royal Capital. A family founded by a loser, if it weren’t for the royal family taking pity on you because you were once siblings, do you think you dukes could still act so arrogantly?”

“Losers should act like losers, accepting their fate with dignity. Struggling in vain is just the most pathetic way to exit.”

“If you haven’t realized it yet, then let me tell you clearly, young master.”

“You’ll never win Lucy’s heart in your lifetime.”

“Understand?”