Chapter 970: Kill the Greedy Demon!

——The jewels thrown at “Evans” are essentially a kind of “spice”.

Apply this condiment on juicy grilled meat to maximize its appeal.

Originally, these greedy demon servants, whose pupils turned into gold coins, would spontaneously attack anyone who dared to take "their treasure." They might even attack each other and kill each other.

However, the actions of the giant greedy demon seemed to have imposed a positioning on them, allowing everyone's "greed" to condense into one point.

Just as concentrated light can ignite flames, the place where these greedy gazes converged also ignited golden fires—

“—Hmm!”

Aiwass groaned and let out a cry of suppressed pain.

Golden fire ignited on his body, a liquid flame the color of gold coins. It shone brightly, like gold tumbling in a smelter's furnace. His flesh burst open and vaporized in the blazing fire, his entire skeleton turning to gold.

However, Aiwass's clothes did not burn. This was undoubtedly an illusion, just like the illusion that the greedy demon used to control other people!

At this moment, the bottom of "Evans'" pupils turned into vertical pupils like a giant dragon.

She shouted angrily:

「——That’s enough! Wake up!」

That was not Aiwass's voice, but it was tender and crisp, just like a child's.

As her words fell, a silver-white light bloomed.

Those who had been looking at her with greedy eyes instantly turned to fear. Their bodies shook, and more than a third of them regained consciousness, their pupils, emblazoned with gold coin patterns, returning to their original color.

As the wooden red mask fell off, fell to the ground and cracked, the body of "Aivaz" turned into the petite Ligeia in the violent flames.

With her own resistance to illusions, Ligeia saw through the phantom fire. The moment she realized it was just a false fire, the golden flames disappeared into thin air.

[I command——the deceived one to wake up immediately!]

Ligeia shouted again.

Her majestic voice was like a dragon's roar, exploding like thunder. The immense sound spread for miles, and the violent vibrations made the earth hum.

In an instant, the controlled Great Guardian, Master Chongbo, and the two cardinals from the Church were instantly awakened!

"I can actually... also...?"

Cardinal Siegfried muttered in disbelief.

He obviously believed that his noble soul could ignore the temptations of external things. But the result was that he was instantly addicted and could not even be awakened the first time.

“…Tsk.”

Cardinal Galatea standing by also had a gloomy expression and a frown on his face.

She knew what she was greedy for.

The essence of greed is dissatisfaction—the dissatisfaction with what one already has, the desire for things that do not belong to one. And she had already fallen too deep into this.

The Great Guardian was already used to it. After all, it wasn't the first time he had been controlled.

As a transcendent on the Path of Authority, the Sky Cavalry advanced class has the lowest willpower. Whether it's the Lawminder or the Arbitrator, their mental resistance is much stronger than his.

But there are also advantages to being controlled more often. At least it takes him less time to recover after he breaks free from control.

As the one being controlled, he clearly felt that the power was definitely more than the fifth energy level - because less than half a year ago, he had just been controlled by a fifth energy level succubus. And now the control the greedy demon had over him was obviously much higher than that!

“——It is indeed the sixth energy level!”

The Great Guardian immediately shared the information: "This is not right!"

According to the information Aiwass had previously shared with them, within the "Demon Kingdom" ruled by the Fallen Angels, the Sixth Level was no longer suppressed by the balancing power of the Sand Clock. However, they had previously believed that there was only one Fallen Angel, but now, out of nowhere, there were two more...

Yes, both of them.

Although the Mage Tower had no way to deal with the fly demons that could absorb mana, they had promptly transmitted intelligence and were closely monitoring the movements of the fly swarm. After they regained consciousness, they immediately realized that the two demons had attacked at the same time.

But the Mage Tower does more than that!

While the fly demon was flying, they even found a chance to see the lower half of the fly demon's body and the face of the "cicada shell" it was connected to!

These mages all hailed from the Narcissus Principality, which until recently belonged to Star Antimony. Therefore, while most mages tended to be homebodies, some still possessed a strong grasp of intelligence. They immediately recognized the identity of "Cicada Shell."

He was one of the rare artists on the planet, a composer named Adrian Leverkühn!

This composer rose to fame at a young age, once a renowned child prodigy. Even "masters" invited him to study at Iris's art academy, but he proudly declined. Partly because he didn't want to leave his hometown, and partly because the young man at the time harbored a rather arrogant ambition—he wanted to surpass Iris, who was renowned for her art!

But he couldn't go to Iris to study, because then people would attribute his success to "the excellent education level of Iris". If he planned to open an art school in Xingti, people would also think it was "the artistic style of the Iris school"; even if he took the initiative to cut off ties, he would be considered ungrateful.

And this isn't just prejudice—it's probably true. Because the artistic style acquired through learning completely changes a person's essence, it's a mark of creation that can't be dispelled or forgotten.

In this respect, Leverkühn is right.

But his mistake was... his talent wasn't as unique as he'd imagined. He didn't even possess the talent for the Path of Beauty, which would allow him to embark on the path of the extraordinary.

Lacking the nourishment of acquired education, his inspiration quickly dried up. Without talent or skills, the former genius eventually became a mediocre person. Eventually, he grew up to become a doctor of mathematics and physics.

But the study of mathematics and physics was not his passion after all. The further he advanced on the path of wisdom, the more frantically he sought excitement and inspiration.

He began to take forbidden drugs, and gathered with many men and women to do crazy things, and even eventually contracted syphilis. The hallucinations gave him some inspiration, but it was not enough - so he stepped into a deeper abyss.

He crossed that line and began actively killing people. He performed ancient, practically ineffective, forbidden rituals and even attempted to summon demons—despite his complete lack of knowledge of how to summon demons and their abilities. Eventually, the Rosicrucian took notice of him, granting him knowledge of demons and rituals, guiding him to become a demonologist.

The demons he summoned failed to inspire him, but the opportunity to access this forbidden knowledge brought him into contact with a mysterious Night Demon within the Rosicrucian Order. The demon made a contract with him, buying out his soul after death and granting him an endless supply of inspiration—but in return, his body would begin to decay, and he could not receive any form of treatment.

The more painful he was and the closer he was to death, the more crazily his inspiration gushed out; and the more he squandered his inspiration, the dimmer the fire of his life became.

He soon became so weak that he could not go out, but he continued to publish masterpieces that have been passed down through the ages.

In the end, Dr. Leverkühn, despite his sick body, relied on his strong will of "I don't want to die" to constantly stimulate his desire for transcendence. In just over a decade, he started from scratch, stepped into the fifth energy level, and became one of the high-level leaders of the Rosicrucian.

——The demon in his body is none other than the “fly demon”!

Now that the body of the sixth-level fly demon is connected to Dr. Levequn, this proves that it is the demon hatched from Dr. Levequn's soul!

"They likely accepted the power injected by the Fallen Angels and forcibly advanced to the sixth energy level!"

The Great Guardian spoke rapidly, "But this kind of evolution must have a price or limitations—they are not like normal phantom demons, but possess physical entities in the material world, making them even more powerful! That fly demon and Dr. Leverkhun's body are connected... This greed demon should be the same!"

"In that case..."

Hearing this, Cardinal Siegfried, who also had a strong sense of combat, reacted: "Its right hand!"

If there is any part of Greedy Demon's body that could be connected to others, it is only his right hand!

A long, bright red, translucent umbilical cord extended from his abdomen, spreading outward, with the end of the cord tightly grasped in the right hand of the giant greedy demon.

——The real body of it might be inside there!

The Greedy Demon also heard their words.

The generous smile on his face darkened, revealing an overwhelming sense of threat: "You really don't want to give me face..."

But before the Greedy Demon could even finish his words, Siegfried simply clenched his right hand into the air, summoned an invisible holy sword out of thin air, and rushed forward!

The holy sword in his hand shone with a silvery-white glow, and was filled with a chilling coldness.

But his movements suddenly accelerated - it was not that his movements were more powerful or more agile, but it was as if the videotape was turned to three times the speed, and all his movements appeared uncoordinated and "fast"!

As he sprinted at triple the speed, an ice staircase condensed out of thin air under his feet with every step he took.

Those were icy steps that would make an ordinary person slip, but instead, Siegfried ran faster and faster, as if he were skating.

He drew an arc and rushed in front of the greedy demon in an instant!

Horizontal Sword——

——Brilliant Slash!

“…I want—ugh!”

The Greedy Demon groaned before he could finish his words.

In an instant, the silver-white sword energy, like the graceful blossoming of a lily, was like the breath of a white dragon. When it reached Greedy Demon, it froze a large area of ​​his body!

It's not the "cold" that freezes the moisture in the air.

It is because of the "absolute order" that all components in the atmosphere are solidified into "crystals"!

His right hand was covered by the sword energy and stuck to his waist. However, he still kept his fingers pressed tightly against his abdomen. Even when his fist was frozen directly on his stomach, he did not loosen his right fist.

Although it is at the fifth energy level, it can cause some effective damage to the sixth energy level with the help of advanced magic and equipment!

At this moment, the Great Guardian leaped high.

Philip let out a clear cry and swooped down to catch the Great Guardian.

When he and the griffin merged into one, magic power formed a stable circuit between them - the storm and thunder instantly enveloped his whole body, turning into a sharp arrow with leaping lightning, piercing the greedy demon's chest!

At the same time, Mu arrived first, seemingly slow but actually fast... With just a light jump, he jumped directly to the other direction of the Greedy Demon without even making any sound of breaking through the air.

He glared at the Greedy Demon, grasped the void with his right hand, and pulled out a long golden stick made of secret characters.

He held the long stick in both hands, and it grew longer and bigger—and whipped it directly towards the Greedy Demon's hind legs!

The Greedy Demon was severely whipped on the back of his left leg by a long stick, and he couldn't help but half-kneel down.

At this moment, Greedy Demon's left hand subconsciously blocked his face, trying to block the Great Guardian's sudden attack.

And he did just that!

Neither Cardinal Siegfried's sword nor Mu's club could send the Greedy Demon flying. While they could inflict damage, they couldn't instantly cleave or rip apart the same way they could attack a creature of their own rank!

The Great Guardian's first sword strike was wrapped in thunder and struck the Greedy Demon's finger, but it made a sound of a bouncing sword!

It was like a scimitar hitting a stone, leaving only a deep scratch, leaking out blood-like gold coins and pearls, but failing to cut off the finger!

But at this moment.

Saint John's prayers take effect—

The weapons in everyone's hands flashed a rainbow light at the same time.

Although the first knife of the Great Guardian's left hand bounced off, the second knife cut in!

Two fingers fell to the ground with a cry of pain!

The finger fell to the ground, and it was full of gold and jewels, while the outer surface was only a thin layer of skin!

The moment the jewel was seen, all attacks on the Greedy Demon stopped simultaneously.

But just as that finger landed on the ground, Ligeia's "Dragon Blood Law" also fell again at the same time:

【--wake up!】

The time when Ligeia sent out the words was even earlier than the time when they were controlled!

This is exactly what Ligeia predicted!

The control lasted less than half a second before being instantly lifted.

Although this greedy demon is powerful, he is limited - because he is missing a hand, and there are too many of them!

Siegfried swung his sword again, but this time it was like swinging an invisible hammer, smashing the ice along with the "fist" that was wrapped and assimilated by it!

After "ordering" comes "violence" that destroys "order"!

Gold coins and gems splashed out like a river, and Siegfried, who had just woken up, fell into confusion and trance again.

He subconsciously raised his sword and was about to chop down the Great Guardian!

But at this moment, Mu pushed the stick in his hand against the ground and jumped into the air.

He hit Siegfried away from the crowd like hitting a golf ball!

He used his strength skillfully, and although Siegfried flew out directly, he did not cause any harm to him.

At this moment, the Great Guardian closed his eyes, made a 90-degree turn, and charged straight down!

“Ahhhh!”

The greedy demon became anxious, roared meaninglessly, and reached out to grab the great guardian!

His palm was as heavy as a mountain, and if it landed on the ground, it would cause an earthquake. He was so fast that he might even be able to catch up with the Great Guardian's dive...

But at this moment, several chains appeared out of thin air and tied his left arm tightly!

As a giant demon, Greedy possessed the power to shake mountains, but now he actually felt the same power as his own from the chains - he had to wrestle with himself!

However, as a demon who controlled illusions, it only took him a moment to realize it was an illusion. The chains collapsed and disappeared.

——But it’s too late.

Just this moment of delay was enough for the guardian to completely smash the fist that was already broken and flowing with gold and jewels!

The Great Guardian swung both swords at the same time, smashing the fist directly!

Just like the egg shell breaking layer by layer, revealing the contents inside.

——She was an extremely old lady with skin as pale as a stone statue.

She curled up like a fetus, but with her legs slightly spread. Beneath the black dress that covered her calves was the still-pulsating bright red umbilical cord!

As the Great Guardian looked directly at those treasures, his will was taken away the moment the attack landed.

He took Philip and crashed directly into Mu in the sky - it was a thunderous charge that was enough to smash the city wall!

At this time, Mu had just knocked Siegfried away, and he had not yet exhausted his strength and had nowhere to dodge.

Just as he was about to be smashed to pieces by the Great Guardian, he was suddenly covered with a layer of amber-like lightless shield.

The charging Great Guardian wasn't repelled, but was instantly deprived of his kinetic energy. His entire body instantly transformed from extreme speed to extreme stillness.

And at this time.

Ligeia, holding the scepter, jumped high, and her body twisted into a silver-white young dragon with a roar!

She was enveloped in a radiant silver glow, completely ignoring the bewitching power of the treasure, and flew over and bit off the umbilical cord!

Although she was slapped away by the Greedy Demon the next moment, a large amount of purple air continued to leak out from the broken umbilical cord.

“No, no!!”

The Greedy Demon was shocked and angry, roaring hysterically: "You bunch of——"

Before he finished speaking, the peacefully sleeping old lady turned into a stone statue and then collapsed and shattered silently.

Afterwards, the huge greedy demon shrank rapidly as if it was leaking air, and degenerated to the fifth energy level, which was only more than two meters tall.

The fifth level of greedy demon naturally cannot control these people anymore.

——Siegfried, who had fully regained consciousness, charged forward again at triple the speed and cut him in half with one blow!

Those bewitched soldiers originally wanted to "rescue the emperor", but they were too weak - they ran too slowly and were killed before they reached the Greedy Demon.

——All in all, the sixth-level Greedy Demon only lived for one minute from the time of battle to death!

So the general sixth energy level only has this intensity?

They even felt a little dazed... After all, their understanding of the sixth energy level was the Eternal Pope.

But now, they realized that it seemed that it was not the sixth energy level that was stronger, but the Eternal Pope!

“It’s true!”

After being slapped hard by the giant sixth-level demon, Ligeia, covered in blood and with many broken bones, laughed heartily while receiving treatment from Saint John. "I said, there's no way two sixth-level demons could appear out of thin air... They must have weaknesses! The same must be true for that fly demon. Just kill the host!"

Their sixth energy level modes are all false, and can be stripped out by simply killing the host - then only the fifth energy level will remain!

And a demon of the fifth energy level couldn't last more than three moves at the hands of any of them!

Update completed!

After defeating the fly demon tomorrow, we will start fighting Aduo!

(End of this chapter)