Medical Sage

As he finished speaking, his expression turned ugly again. He struggled to swallow, his face a mixture of absurdity and disbelief. They had just seen Canal devoured by the demonic fog, but how much time had passed? How was it that only bones remained, and even the Western Knight Sword, a Holy Artifact, had been melted into two pieces? This, this…

”SS+ Peak, and holding a Holy Artifact... Interesting. Does this mean there’s another formidable entity hidden nearby? I always found it odd. How could this so-called demonic fog possibly swallow an SS+ level expert?” Upon hearing this, a grave look flashed in the pitch-black, glass-clear eyes of Chen Fei, Young Master Chen. With a flash of light, the Mystic Stone Mirror appeared in his hand.

”What? That’s Canal? No way...” When the powerhouses behind Omado heard the exchange, their faces turned pale. Their pupils flickered with panic. They weren’t fools; they understood exactly what this conversation implied.

BOOM!

”Damn it, what the hell is that? Die!”

At that moment, a bone-chilling wave of cold erupted like a volcano. Immediately, they heard the enraged roar of Lorid from the Nordic Odin Shrine, who had fallen about ten meters behind the group. It turned out that as everyone else drew closer to Chen Fei, he had been ambushed!

SWOOSH!

In that split second, a cold glint of light flared into existence, teeming with a murderous intent that seared through the air.

Using the dark red demonic fog as cover, a towering shadow two to three meters tall terrifyingly appeared behind Lorid without any warning. A torrent of dark red energy, like the shadow’s hand, shot out horizontally, slamming toward Lorid’s head. It was all too fast, too sudden.

The attack was so swift that no one present had time to react. Their pupils constricted in shock. Many of them knew that if they had been the target, they would have been unable to dodge it. Death would have been certain.

”ROAR!”

Witnessing this, Lorid’s face twisted viciously as his features trembled. He knew he was facing a deadly threat. If he couldn’t block or dodge that punch, he would be buried here and now, beaten into a pulp by the shadowy monster! Instantly, the cape on his back erupted with a terrifying wave of cold. Combined with the roar they had just heard, he attempted to resist the monster’s punch!

But what happened next made his pupils—and those of everyone else present—constrict with uncontrollable terror as a chill shot up their spines.

The dark red, flood-like punch slammed into the wave of cold, seeming to instantly erase the low temperature. For a moment, the air stood still. Then, a terrible sound rang in their ears. RIP! The cape was torn to shreds! Another Holy Artifact… was destroyed!

HISS!

The crowd gasped in disbelief, their bodies trembling uncontrollably with fear. But it wasn’t over yet.

BOOM!

”PFFT!”

The destruction of the Holy Artifact cape had bought him a fraction of a second, allowing Lorid to evade a direct, fatal blow. Even so, the remaining force of the punch slammed violently into his right shoulder. The impact was like an explosion! That entire side of his body was simply blasted apart into a mess of mangled flesh and gushing blood.

This sight instantly petrified everyone. Even Chen Fei felt a chill run down his spine.

No one could have anticipated that such a monster lurked within the demonic fog or that such a catastrophe would occur. With a single strike, it had not only destroyed a Holy Artifact but also blown away half of the mighty SS+ Ultimate Lorid’s body! This… this was simply…

”Roar, roar…”

Just then, a low growl that made their hearts tremble echoed in their ears. They could finally see it clearly. The vast shadow that had silently attacked from the fog, the one that had half-killed Lorid with a single blow, was actually a Flame Demon, its entire body wreathed in roaring flames!

The Flame Demon was enormous. It had a demonic head formed from dark red fire, with twisting horns. Within its massive, hollow eye sockets floated a pair of sinister, chilling flames. Its body was covered in sulfur and smoke.

”A Flame… a Flame Demon! Is that really a Flame Demon? How is this possible...” Upon seeing the monster reveal its true form, everyone turned deathly pale with shock.

Almost without thinking, they all stammered out the name that made them tremble to their very core. As prominent figures in the Western Dark World, their families and factions surely possessed related ancient texts.

In the exalted Divine Demon Realm were many gods and demons with powers that could shake heaven and earth, powers sufficient to destroy worlds. The Flame Demon Clan was merely the servant of some super-being from that realm! And yet, even as mere servants, they were far, far more powerful than anyone from Earth.

This was because once a member of the Flame Demon species reached adulthood, it would invariably possess the power of the Holy Domain Realm! The power of the Holy Domain Realm! What did that even mean?

”What is this thing?” At that moment, the grave voice of Chen Fei, Young Master Chen, resounded heavily beside Omado.