Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 740 - 546 The truth about the Great Demon
Death? Or being devoured?
Bai E didn't care.
The permanent absence of that Great Demon's presence meant that he had one less enemy.
As an intruder who was outnumbered and fighting on enemy territory, he had to cherish every opportunity to take the initiative and exhaust all means to weaken his opponents' strength.
Not to mention he was also in a pretty rough shape himself.
The Eternal Fiend Great Demons didn't possess many bizarre abilities, but those lethal pathogens were their everlasting characteristic.
The body of the Great Demon, diced into pieces by the Longsword of Law, fell to the ground in bits; even the slightly lower-ranking Plague Lord could rebind its damaged body, so there was no reason these higher-ranked Great Demons wouldn't have similar abilities.
Yet those clearly active fragments of flesh did not choose to reassemble; instead, they all silently merged into the garden soil beneath his feet, like water.
Immediately, a foul stench spread from the ground under Bai E's feet. The deadly pathogens began to erode his body, and even the skill of Absolute Defense added with the resistance of Spiritual Energy could hardly combat this vile environment born from the Great Demon's sacrifice.
[You are suffering from the erosion of abnormal environment, undergoing irresistible continuous damage, health -1.]
-1-1-1-1-1-1
A dense cascade of blood loss notifications began to flicker rapidly on the light blue panel before Bai E's eyes, as if the screen was being spammed.
However, notifications of +1+1+1+1+1+1 virtually synced to offset each health loss notification—
[Your "Rapid Recovery" and "Regeneration Blood" are swiftly restoring your condition, mending your wounds, health +1.]
-1+1-1+1-1+1... This endless cycle of damage and repair kept Bai E's body continuously in a state of healing from injuries, but this was not the biggest problem.
More troublesome was the debuff "Decaying" now hanging on the Longsword of Law in his hand.
This was the genuine body of the Longsword of Law; to enhance its capabilities, enemies had to be slain with this very sword.
Bai E could easily enchant any sword with his magic to temporarily display the power of the Longsword of Law, but once the Spiritual Energy was withdrawn, an ordinary weapon remained just that—ordinary.
And now, the Longsword, which was always decaying, was like the ancient swords passed down from antiquity, gradually destroyed by the power of time until it became nothing more than harmless iron slag.
He could not stand by and watch this sword, filled with numerous adventures and coincidences, fade into oblivion, so he turned his head to look at the next powerful Great Demon—a notch below Sogros himself.
These Eternal Fiend Great Demons were no match for him now, but the name of Great Demon was undeniably genuine, providing a significant amount of experience for the Longsword of Law—each almost as much as the troublesome Desire Fiend Great Demon of a Thousand Faces had.
The only way to preserve the Longsword of Law was to advance it to the third rank before the "Decaying" debuff completely eradicated it.
The comprehensive update following the evolution may include the special attack properties against Eternal Fiends in its racial targeting, a permanent solution.
The second Eternal Fiend Great Demon targeted by Bai E clearly prepared for defense; other Great Demons akin to brothers began to launch targeted defenses and counterattacks.
Sogros took out his slender bone staff again and aimed it at Bai E, releasing that orb of green light Energy Bullet that floated up and down.
The green Energy Bullets seemed to imprison wailing souls within, and the eternal resentment was an assault that pierced to the core against any creature.
The fattest of the great demons pulled out a spiked Wolf Fang Club that was even bigger than those of a typical great demon, and with the momentum of a heavy tank charge, he suddenly slammed towards the direction where Bai E was standing, intent on sending Bai E as well as all other great demons within the area flying into the air.
A single great demon no longer posed a challenge to Bai E, yet when a group of great demons gathered, the power they collectively unleashed was always formidable.
However, driven by a belligerent heart, Bai E locked onto his target, and his eyes saw only that one adversary.
He had to defeat this opponent in order for his Blade of the Moral Heart to gain enough experience to escape the fate of obliteration.
"Swish, swish, swish!" Under the flashing sword light, the body of the great demon was sliced into pieces of broken flesh that fell to the ground and turned into a denser green mist.
The -1-1-1-1-1 damage messages scrolled increasingly dense, with the +1+1+1+1 healing messages likewise not showing any weakness, as if competing to see who would reach their limit first.
"Swish!"
Another great demon completely vanished before his eyes, turning into that untouchable blur of a mist.
The mist held only remnants of thoughts that could not be touched and a faint whiff of life force that couldn't be weaker.
It was like a backdrop in a high-dimensional space, or like a spectacle that was bound to happen.
Unknown great demons awaited their "rebirth" amidst the changes within it.
This was the indestructible true core of the high-dimensional fiends that had truly touched the essence.
With his current level, Bai E could only sense this vague mist to a small extent and was utterly unable to interact with it in any form, let alone talk about destroying it.
The unwilling Bai E certainly did not want these indestructible creatures to easily hide in their "invincible" shells. He released his powerful Spiritual Energy, attempting some level of interaction with the vague mist.
The probing Spiritual Energy known as Heavenly Eye extended its myriad tendrils toward the unsuspecting marvel of high-dimension, yet it could only receive a blurry response—
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["Corruption" has fallen silent, connection unresponsive.]
A moment of distraction allowed Bai E to see strange scenes unfolding in the shadows; wounds rotting and emitting foul odors, tormented the body and will of the sufferer. Yet occasionally, when consciousness became blurred, one could finally no longer hear those annoying "buzzing" noises, nor would there be any more disgusting sights of swarms of flies fluttering before their eyes.
At last... one could sleep in peace.
Bai E blinked, recovering from the momentary distraction and his gaze grew clearer with understanding.
To a certain extent, he had finally recognized the true nature of these great demons.
These great demons were born from "authority," and once they came into being, that authority found a real vessel.
Whether actively or passively eroding was a manifestation of that authority's effect on sentient beings. However, when these great demons were beaten into a quiescent essence awaiting revival, the corresponding authorities also temporarily lost their "activity," reducing their erosive power on sentient beings.
But this was the peculiar part.
Perhaps a single great demon couldn't stand against him, but their tenacious vitality wouldn't have been so easily subdued into a state of quiescent essence as it was now.
Their silence, it seemed more like a deliberate and premeditated act...
