Chapter 199: Against the Lust Devil 2
The Lust Devil felt a horrifying sense of death emanating from the black energy that appeared on Aldrian’s hand—something he had never experienced before.
"What is that?! It’s something that can even affect my soul! What kind of energy is this?!" He felt as if his soul could be sucked in by the black energy, his mental state shaken by its presence. He had experience dealing with necromancers; in fact, one of the Seven Deadly Sins specialized in summoner-type abilities and could control corpses like a necromancer. He had sensed the aura of death from them before. But this black energy was on a completely different level—it was as if he were standing before ’Death’ itself. No other sensation accompanied it; it was pure, unrelenting ’Death.’
Aldrian clenched his hand into a fist and attempted to punch the Lust Devil in the abdomen. However, the Lust Devil wasn’t about to let that ominous energy touch him. He swung the chain to the side, both to block the incoming punch and to create room to dodge and retreat from Aldrian. Meanwhile, the giant golem attempted to disrupt Aldrian by slapping at him with its other hand. Aldrian glanced at the incoming strike and teleported onto the golem’s head in an instant.
The Lust Devil hovered in the air, his gaze fixed on the section of the chain he had used to block Aldrian’s black energy. A black spot had formed on the divine-grade artifact, and he was utterly shocked. The black energy seemed to corrode even the durability of a divine weapon—something he had never encountered before.
"What the fuck is that energy?!"
Aldrian merely smiled at the Lust Devil. Seeing the effect of the death energy defy common sense was something he had anticipated. Under the heavens, no being could withstand the touch of ’Death.’
The Lust Devil suddenly locked eyes with Aldrian. In that instant, Aldrian felt as though he had been dragged into hell itself, the searing heat of hellfire engulfing him. However, the scene shattered instantly, and Aldrian noticed the Lust Devil was already closing in. When the Lust Devil saw Aldrian looking in his direction, he was visibly shocked.
To think that Aldrian could break his illusion in such a short time—yet the Lust Devil was already too close to cancel his attack. Without hesitation, he shaped his devil energy into two palms and unleashed them toward Aldrian. From his palms, he fired massive pillars of fire, each one powerful enough to kill a Middle Emperor Stage cultivator. As the fire pillars closed in, Aldrian created a large spatial crack to swallow the flames, redirecting them outside his domain, where he saw the devils pursuing him.
The thousands of devils watching the great battle from afar were stunned by the sudden appearance of the massive fire pillar and scrambled to disperse. Unfortunately, not all the devils were agile enough to avoid it, and the fire pillar struck hundreds of them. They watched in horror as the flames burned everything in its path, turning a 5-kilometer area into a sea of fire.