In a way, there is not much difference between the Crimson World and the Fire Mist Warriors. If there is any difference, it is that the Crimson World needs a lot of existence power to ensure that they can survive in this world. The Crimson World Demon King and the Fire Mist Warriors have signed a contract. The Fire Mist Warriors will dedicate everything that belongs to them, "past, present and future", to the Crimson World Demon King. In response, the Crimson World Demon King will inject their powerful power into the Fire Mist Warriors' bodies, allowing them to use the powerful power that originally belonged to the Crimson World Demon King.

From a certain perspective, the relationship between the Fire Mist Warrior and the Red World Demon King is somewhat similar to the Jinchūriki and the Tailed Beast in Naruto, except that the Red World Demon King is more of a voluntary seal and sleeps in the Fire Mist Warrior's body. Because their power is too strong, once it explodes completely, the Fire Mist Warrior who cannot withstand this power will be instantly destroyed.

The gun in Fariagni's hand is the treasure that can break the seal and force the Red World Demon King to awaken.

He was sure that as long as he hit the Fire Mist Warrior in front of him, the powerful Red World Demon King, Alastor, would appear in this world. The girl in front of him would be destroyed because she could not withstand the powerful force. After that, in order to avoid his appearance affecting the world, Alastor would leave.

As long as he could seize this moment, he could launch his plan and revive Marian! !

but……

"clang!!"

The bullet did not hit Shana's body as Fariagni was sure. On the contrary, just before the bullet was about to hit the girl, a transparent eggshell-like barrier suddenly appeared and wrapped the girl in it. The bullet shot from the treasure hit the barrier and then bounced away, completely destroying Fariagni's last hope.

"Huh... I finally caught up."

At this moment, behind Shana, Fang Zheng also put down his hand and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't know what the gun was, but Fang Zheng's "future vision" saw it clearly. In three seconds, Shana would be hit by the gun, and then there would be a huge explosion - although he didn't know what it was, he was sure that it was definitely not a good thing.

Fortunately, as a Paladin, Fang Zheng always had a good habit of always keeping invincibility in his hand. Seeing that things were not going well, he naturally rushed to take action. Fortunately, he finally caught up...

When I have enough dimensional points in the future, I must upgrade this Royal Cross Swordsmanship into a fixed skill. Apart from anything else, invincibility is really useful... At least it is an insurance.

"I won't give up just like that!"

At this moment, Fariagni roared, then he threw away the revolver in his hand with his remaining right hand, picked up the bell that fell on the ground, and threw it hard.

"clang!!"

At this moment, a series of bells rang out, spreading like sound waves. Upon hearing the sound, Fang Zheng and Shana's faces changed slightly and they stopped walking. Because just now, they felt that the atmosphere around them suddenly changed!

It was a very strange feeling, indescribable, but very oppressive. Just like before an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or tsunami, people may not be able to perceive anything, but they can instinctively sense the crisis. And now, Fang Zheng and Shana felt this feeling.

"boom!!!"

Suddenly, with Fariagni as the center, the bluish-white flames erupted again, forming a huge tornado that went straight into the sky. Even Fang Zheng and Shana could not resist the strong airflow, and retreated in embarrassment. The other things on the playground, including the humans, were swept into the air and then ruthlessly torn apart and blown away.

"What's going on?"

"Fariagni is absorbing a large amount of the power of existence!"

"This is impossible. He absorbs it too fast! Even the Red World Demon King can't absorb the power of existence so quickly!"

Hearing Alastor's answer, Shana immediately widened her eyes in surprise and shouted loudly. The Crimson World needs to devour the power of existence, but the power of existence also needs to be digested. To put it in an analogy, the process of them absorbing the power of existence from humans is more like cooking a piece of food, processing it, eating it into the stomach, and then being able to digest it. This is why the Red World Demon King sent Phosphorus to collect the power of existence on their behalf. Phosphorus is like a chef. They need to absorb the power of existence of humans and then process it. After taking it back, the Red World Demon King can absorb these powers well.

But... everything has a limit! Even if it was the Red World Demon King, he couldn't absorb the power of existence so quickly!

But soon, Alastor gave the answer.

"He doesn't draw his power of existence from humans, he draws it from the Torch!!"

"What?"

Shana was shocked when she heard this. If it was a torch, then it would be easy to understand why it absorbed the power of existence so quickly. After all, the torch was just a part of the human being whose power of existence had been absorbed, which was deliberately left by the Red World in order to prevent the Fire Mist Warriors from discovering it and to prevent the real world from being distorted too much. It was more like a walking corpse without will.

If it was a torch, then the Red World Demon King could easily absorb it at any time if he wanted to. But the problem was...

"How many torches did he make? What did he want to do?!"

Feeling the huge power gathered around Fariagni, Shana gritted her teeth. This was far more than the "normal" food intake of a Red World Demon King, which meant that the number of humans who were turned into "torches" by him was probably thousands, or even more!

"With this number... is he planning to launch an attack and devour the city!?"

"What is that?"

Hearing Alastor's words, Fang Zheng turned his head curiously and looked at Shana. He originally wanted to pull that bastard out of the tornado and kill him. But soon Fang Zheng helplessly discovered that this strong storm composed of the power of existence was just like a whirlpool in the sea, and it was impossible to resist. This was a barrier composed purely of power. Even if he relied on spells such as "Dispel Magic", it would be useless. Moreover, because the power disturbed the space, Fang Zheng could not use teleportation... Now he could only see if the genuine Fire Mist Warrior had any good ideas.

"That is a very evil secret method!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Alastor hurriedly explained to him.

"You should know that after the existence is devoured by the Crimson World, reality will be distorted. That's why the Crimson World set up the 'Torch' to offset and alleviate this distortion, so that the world can have time to repair these 'holes'. But if the distortion in a certain place is too huge and the world cannot repair it at all, then this area will be completely destroyed and turned into pure existence. This means great power for the Crimson World..."

To put it bluntly, isn't it just that there are too many bugs to fix and format and reinstall the system?

"I see, what now?"

"Fariagni is launching the city-devouring attack. We must interrupt his attack. However, the huge power of existence has enveloped him now. We cannot attack him at all. Even if we can attack him, we cannot cut off the secret technique unless we make him leave this world..."

"Um……"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng frowned and thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

"Alastor, let me confirm again, whether it's you or that Fariagni, you are both from the world called 'Red World', right?"

"That's right."

Although he didn't know why Fang Zheng would ask this question at such a critical moment, Aristotle still gave a positive answer.

"So, that means, to this world, you are creatures from another dimension. Am I right in understanding this?"

"……sure."

"very good."

Hearing Alastor's answer, Fang Zheng nodded.

"I have a way that might be able to solve this problem, but before that, I need your help to cut open this damn barrier formed by the 'force of existence'. I need some time."

"Cut it open..."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Shana tightly gripped the long knife in her hand and stared at the tornado in front of her.

“…Can you do that?”

"I think the fire that erupted when you first fought me is about the same power as this."

“Woo…”

Thinking of that battle, Shana's face suddenly changed. But Fang Zheng didn't care at all. He just clenched the Sky-breaking Sword in his hand and looked at the scene in front of him vigilantly.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Shana. Show me the power of the Fire Mist Warrior."

"I would do it without you telling me!"

Shana obviously knew that now was not the time to argue with Fang Zheng, so she just replied coldly, then immediately rushed forward, raised the long knife in her hand, and chopped hard at the tornado in front of her!

"call--!!"

The long sword collided with the rotating fire tornado, forcibly opening a gap, but before Shana could take another step, a huge impact force came towards her and forced Shana back.

“Woo…”

"I'm telling you, can you do this? There's no time to warm you up now!"

"It's so noisy, you don't need to tell me!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's complaint, Shana replied without turning her head, then she clenched her long knife again and stared at the tornado in front of her. Then, Shana took a deep breath, raised the blade in her hand again, and swung it forward with force!

“Swish!!”

As Shana swung her knife, the spinning tornado in front of her was split open by her, but before Fang Zheng could act, the gap closed again. At the same time, the aura of that powerful existence became stronger and stronger, giving people a feeling of impending storm.

"I say, if you can't do it, let me do it, although the time may not be enough..."

“Aaaaaaaah!!”

Hearing this, Shana also shouted out in anger.

"It's so noisy, so noisy, so noisy!! I said it's okay, it's okay!!"

As Shana roared, this time, a scorching, bright red flame suddenly burst out from the blade she held high. The flame instantly stretched out, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a nearly ten-meter-long sword. Then, Shana raised the flaming blade and swung it downwards with force!