Legend Skill – Eternal Night Seal!
Every skill and specialty of the Ruler of the Night class was very rare and powerful.
Like the trump card Marvin just used, Eternal Night Seal!
This skill had a certain chance of sealing enemies into a space belonging to Marvin!
In that instant, the two people disappeared from the altar.
The Greater Demon apparently didn’t have much resistance to this kind of magic, and he also had no chance of casting a spell in response because of the speed of Marvin’s sneak attack!
Balkh only felt cold in the pitch black darkness!
“Do you still think you have a chance of success after being cut off from the altar?”
The cold voice echoed behind Balkh. Azure Leaf slashed down, cutting down Balkh into pieces!
It seemed that, as a Demon Wizard, Balkh’s physical body wasn’t very powerful.
But the scene that followed shocked Marvin.
After Balkh’s body fell apart, it turned into glass!
‘What? It’s a mirror image?’
‘Impossible! I definitely checked! It was the real thing!’
After managing to use Eternal Night Seal, he didn’t expect that Balkh could still escape.
This was simply too strange, because the moment Marvin touched him, he had been certain that it was Balkh’s main body.
Since that was the case, there was only one explanation.
Within the dark space, Marvin slowly shook his head and muttered, ‘This guy is crazy indeed.’
…
Back in the altar, a tall shadow resurrected once more!
But this time, Balkh’s expression seemed even more sinister than before!
He never thought he would be killed twice in a single day.
Although he could resurrect within the altar, the altar’s energy would be greatly weakened each time.
However, it wouldn’t damage him much.
What made him even angrier was that the second time he was killed, that Human managed to completely sever his connection to the altar!
That kind of frightening sealing ability was definitely something that few would ever be able to grasp.
If not for his special circumstances, he might have been unable to resurrect after that!
Thinking of this, Balkh’s heart became rather heavy.
He originally thought that it was like with the two previous Human Assassins, he only needed to prevent their sneak attack, and the rest would be easy. But he hadn’t expected that this guy still had such powerful cards to play.
There was quite a bit of a Devilish aura on his body. It seemed that it wasn’t without reason.
Many guesses flashed through Balkh’s head at this moment.
But he had to keep fighting anyway.
He shouted, “29th!”
The Magic Dragon that had been hovering around the edges of the altar warned, “Master, 29th isn’t fit for battle right now! His state seemed to be fluctuating when I woke him up. We might….”
Balkh abruptly ordered, “I need his ability!”
“I want to crush that Human!”
The Magic Dragon quickly answered, “As you wish.”
Its body suddenly swelled up!
At this moment, Marvin rescinded his Eternal Night Seal and appeared on the altar once again.
But he didn’t go after Balkh this time.
After the Eternal Night Seal didn’t manage to finish off Balkh, Marvin figured that Balkh would continue to linger around here.
This altar was far from an ordinary altar to Balkh!
‘That guy is just like a Lich, he bound his soul to the altar… This is a lunatic move!”
Marvin really couldn’t understand why a Greater Demon like Balkh would do that.
Could there be something mysterious about this valley that he was not yet aware of?
In any case, since Marvin already figured out the relation between Balkh and the altar, he wouldn’t foolishly go after Balkh again.
The altar was the key!
Only by destroying the altar would he be able to kill Balkh!
Marvin intended to leave with a Shadow Step, but who would have thought that just as he appeared on the altar, a powerful sticky texture adhered to him!
Shadow Step!
Failed!
Marvin was startled.
From the corner of his eyes, he noticed the Magic Dragon puffing up. Its mouth opened up extremely wide and an adult curled up in a fetal position came out from it.
He was emitting the sinister aura of the Abyss!
Marvin swore under his breath as he tried to break free and leave this place, but it was too late.
As Balkh’s laughter echoed, that prone man opened his eyes.
His eyes were amber-colored and he looked like an ordinary Human.
But the aura he leaked was definitely demonic!
What was even more frightening was the extreme density of the aura coming from his body!
It was even stronger than the aura of Greater Devil Balkh himself!
29th extended his right hand and put it on Marvin’s stiff shoulder.
Logs flashed before Marvin’s eyes:
[Your body is being invaded by Abyssal Corruption…]
[Abyssal Corruption: The target is forcibly corrupted.]
Chapter 500: Characteristic – Arch-enemy
Chapter 500: Characteristic – Arch-enemy
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A terrible scene was playing out in the strange altar.
A deep roar came from 29th’s mouth. He didn’t actually attack, but he looked like a fierce beast.
His hand was on Marvin’s shoulder and a large amount of black gas was continuously seeping into and invading Marvin’s body.
Marvin had an expression of great pain on his face!
A substance with a strong, sticky texture clung to him, making his Night Walker escape skills unusable!
On the side, Balkh had a sinister grin on his face.
Corrupt 29th really didn’t disappoint him!
He made a few monsters in his previous experiments, yet only 29th was usable at all. But 29th was very unstable.
He could sometimes keep his Human intelligence, while sometimes becoming more like a crazy Demon.
Balkh guessed that his personality had split apart when trying to fight off the invading Demon Spawn.
But despite the problems, he was pleasantly surprised to find that 29th had two very frightening abilities.
The first ability was related to space. Every lifeform in his surroundings would be affected by spatial distortions. It was like he was a spatial crack or vortex, attracting the enemies and making them unable to escape.
The second ability was particularly frightening.
It was a Legend level Abyssal spell, [Abyssal Corruption]!
Abyssal Corruption was a rather rare taboo ability. Even the most gifted Greater Demons might not necessarily ever gain this kind of ability.
Thus, Balkh was very happy when Corrupt 29th gained that ability.
Abyssal Corruption was very overbearing and vicious, and was almost impossible to resist!
This was quite similar to the Evil Spirit Plane’s corruption ritual.
If someone was hit by Abyssal Corruption, their body would suffer from the influence of the Abyss’ Magic Power and gradually turn into a Demon.
And their mind would also be controlled, forcing the target to follow the orders of the Corruption user.
For example, if Marvin was successfully corrupted by ability, his mind would come under 29th’s control.
Balkh was looking forward to seeing this happen.
Corrupt 29 was still unstable and it appeared that the young Legend was actually quite strong. If he could get that person to become his subordinate, then this valley’s defenses would be even stronger!
Ever since he learnt of that Human Camp’s existence, Balkh had been constantl
y on guard against those powerhouses’ attacks.
He knew the Humans wouldn’t be willing to leave him blocking such an important path.
But he happily accepted this kind of situation.
With their attacks, he could quickly sharpen himself.
Although he was a relatively sane Demon Wizard, he still had the warlike temper of Demons.
“Become my servant, young Human…”
Excitement flashed through Balkh’s eyes. He didn’t finish off Marvin because he was coveting his fighting strength! He hoped that the spell would take root and gain him a powerful pawn!
But at the same time, unknown to Balkh, Marvin was ongoing a special test.
On his interface, countless lines of logs flashed before his eyes, like a waterfall of words and numbers.
These were all checks. About six resistance checks would appear every second.
This showed how powerful the Ruler of the Night’s resistances were.
But even so, according to the interface, his body was still slowly developing toward the Demon side, apparently not managing to pass all the checks.
This wasn’t good news.
Marvin thought of a solution in a split second.
Although he couldn’t use his escape skills, his body was still powerful!
He could easily escape if he could overcome the sticky substance and the restriction from the transformation.
As long as he could use Diamond Shape, he would be temporarily immune to the forced corruption and should be able to slip away.
But before he could do so, another log appeared before his eyes:
[Your body is under the attack of Abyssal Corruption… Warning, Warning, a bloodline is awakening within your body.]
Marvin was startled.
His body still had yet another bloodline that could be awakened?
At that instant, he felt a searing pain as if he was being burnt, his skin turning red hot!
Marvin felt dizzy as a powerful force erupted from some corner of his body and resisted the power of the Abyssal Corruption!
‘This is…’
Marvin was extremely shocked by the changes in his body and didn’t know what to think!
At that time, the Corrupt’s body twitched. His Abyssal Corruption failed!
“How could it be!?” Balkh paled.
He hurriedly brandished his staff, ready to attack Marvin before he could recover.
But he didn’t expect Marvin to be faster than him. He took a quick step to stay out of Balkh’s line of sight as his daggers slashed down ruthlessly.
Desperation Style!
Corrupt 29th’s body was that of an ordinary human, so how could it resist Marvin’s attack?
He was instantly chopped into pieces!
By the time Balkh recovered and used the altar to attack Marvin again, the latter had already escaped!
He left the range of the altar and relied on his Stealth once more to hide!
He needed to take some time to check what happened!
…
All this seemed very long, but it actually only took an instant.
Marvin’s amazing reaction speed was very advantageous. If he had responded any slower, the outcome might have been different.
He hid in the darkness, silently taking account of the changes in his body.
That warmth was still flowing within him.
He could feel the power. That power came from lava!
Molten Power!
One of the purest forms of power in the world, it was said to be comparable to the Fire Power of the Fire Elemental Sovereign!
‘I actually have part of the bloodline of the Molten Archdevil?’
Marvin had a complicated expression.
A newly activated bloodline appeared on the interface:
[Molten Bloodline: As the successor of the Molten Archdevil, you have awakened Molten Power]
He managed to get rid of the Abyssal Corruption because of the characteristic that appeared when he awakened his bloodline.
[Characteristic – Arch-enemy: The battle between the Greater Devils and the Abyss has been continuing for a millennium. As a Greater Devil’s successor, you have high resistances against your arch-enemies. Abyssal Magic Resistance: 50%]
Abyssal Magic Resistance!
And it reached 50%!
This was a very amazing number.
Although Marvin didn’t get any extra resistance for Death spells, from now on, if he managed to resist a channeled Abyssal spell just once, he would be able to escape!
Chapter 501: Devil Horsemen
Chapter 501: Devil Horsemen
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It was thanks to this unexpectedly gained characteristic that Marvin successfully resisted the Abyssal Corruption.
He also took the chance to slip away and disappear from Balkh’s sight.
After carefully reviewing the description of the Molten Bloodline, Marvin felt a bit of a burden in his heart.
The Molten Bloodline was definitely a powerful bloodline.
The Molten Archdevil was one of the Lords of the Nine Hells, so his bloodline naturally had boundless power.
As one of the highest Greater Devils, his bloodline was incredibly tyrannical!
But Marvin had never had any sort of encounter with the Molten Archdevil, and his Shapeshift Sorcerer abilities came from another Ancient Archdevil.
The origin of that power… Marvin thought for a moment before understanding.
His mood became heavier afterward because he didn’t know what kind of side effects might come from having that bloodline.
His intuition told him that this wasn’t that simple.
‘Diross… I didn’t think that there was still something mysterious about the bottle after it went through the Great Duke’s examination.’
Marvin couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
The Molten Archdevil’s bloodline couldn’t have come from his own body. It was definitely due to his grandfather.
As for why he did this and whether Marvin’s body was truly compatible with this bloodline, he had no idea about the answer to these questions just yet.
But right now, the Molten Bloodline had only been slightly awakened, so aside from the Arch-enemy characteristic, Marvin only got a [Fire Adept] specialty.
The Fire Adept specialty gave resistance to all sorts of harm from fire and was a decent ability.
Of course, this bloodline awakening was due to the Abyssal Corruption attack.
Hell and the Abyss were mortal enemies, after all.
…
While Marvin went into the shadows to check on his new bloodline, Balkh went berserk.
Corrupt 29th, which he had so painstakingly created, had been cut into pieces!
And that bastard still managed to flee!
“Crafty Devil!” Balkh shouted, “You actually disguised as a Human!”
He couldn’t be more familiar with the aura that burst out of Marvin’s body. It was the aura of the Nine Hells!
He swore to destroy Marvin!
Light burst out of the altar, followed by thick, black clouds!
Marvin raised his head and stared blankly for a moment when he saw the mass of thunder and lighting brewing!
‘That guy is using a large-scale killing array!’
Marvin ran further away.
Balkh was really a powerful opponent. The Demonic Altar and the Abyssal Blood Pond gave him a steady flow of energy, making it too difficult for Marvin to kill him.
Even Eternal Night Seal was useless since he had bound his soul to the altar.
Marvin had no idea why he would be willing to make that decision.
As the son of a Demon Overlord, Balkh’s move was too crazy.
Doing this meant that he would live and die with the Demonic Altar.
The advantage for Marvin was that if he wanted to kill Balkh, he only had to destroy the altar.
Yet most of the powerhouses i
n the Crimson Wasteland tended to act alone, when in fact, even a team of Legends wouldn’t necessarily be able to destroy that Demonic Altar.
Balkh’s roiling Abyssal Spell was extremely intimidating.
Maybe it was because Balkh knew that someone had his back, but he was quite disdainful when facing the lone Marvin.
In his eyes, Marvin would never be able to defeat him.
Perhaps this would be the case if it were someone else that Balkh was looking at.
But Marvin was different.
He still had a trump card.
‘I really didn’t think I would be using that thing.’
‘I don’t know if there will be any side effects or consequences…’
‘But it’s also good. If I meet him, I can ask him about the Molten Bloodline.’
The lightning in the sky became increasingly heavier. Balkh clearly wanted to use [Thunder Purgatory] to completely ruin the valley and force Marvin into the open.
Marvin abruptly threw out a scroll!
Hell Corps Contract!
He had been told that he could use this contract to summon a group of Devils from Hell to fight for him!
This contract, like the potion, was given to Marvin by his grandfather.
He had yet to use it, out of fear that it could have additional unwanted effects.
Especially in Feinan. If he opened a Hell Gate in Feinan, he would become sinner against the plane.
But he felt a lot better about using it in the Crimson Wasteland.
And with the addition of the Molten Bloodline, Marvin had a lot of questions. Since Balkh was so troublesome, Marvin had no choice but to use this most powerful last resort.
Indeed, most Legends alone, or even a small team of them, would be unable to destroy the Demonic Altar. But an army could easily flatten it!
At that time, the ancient contract burst with bright light.
The muttering from Hell echoed beside Marvin’s ear.
He had heard those kinds of voices many times.
Only the rhythm was different.
When he heard these voices, Balkh was struck with fear.
“Woosh!”
Lightning congealed in the sky.
The Teleportation Gate had yet to open and the sounds of horses’ hooves could already be heard.
“Thud thud thud thud!”
Just moments later, it felt like an army was stepping across the plane!
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