Chapter 97: Bloodstained

The fog was vast.

The world was silent.

The demon squad quickened their pace, continuing their rush toward the Demon King’s throne.

At a certain moment, the leading Demon Duke suddenly halted his steps.

He looked up, gazing ahead.

“My lord… you…”

The other nine demons followed his gaze and also saw a figure slowly walking out of the mist.

The figure grew clearer and clearer.

They finally saw the other party’s appearance.

It was a human girl.

Alone, holding a longsword, her gaze icy cold.

She was—Lu Mo.

“Human?”

“A human dares to show up here?”

“Just her alone?”

Several demons immediately stared at Lu Mo as if looking at a rare animal.

Some even stared with eyes wide and fixed.

The girl’s appearance was too striking, even more alluring than the succubi among the demon race.

The Demon Duke watched her coldly.

He did not plan to waste time, preparing to directly eliminate her.

Just then, two demon nobles stepped forward on their own initiative.

“A trivial matter like this does not require troubling you, my lord.”

They walked toward Lu Mo, earth-vein power spreading around them.

“Human… you truly have courage, daring to block our path.”

“I thought that after killing so many of your kind, we would be marked as ‘extremely dangerous, do not approach.'”

Lu Mo’s expression did not change.

She had heard similar threats too many times over the years.

Sometimes, she couldn’t even be bothered to let them finish speaking before she had already swung her sword.

But when the other party said “killed many of your kind,” her gaze slightly sharpened.

Meaning—all the humans who had stood before them previously had been killed?

Yet when Solaris assigned the mission, she never mentioned this.

She even said their group was the most dangerous.

Something was wrong.

Lu Mo’s expression grew even colder.

By then, the two demons had already closed in.

“No holy power, no God-blood or sacred body aura…”

“You… are you just an ordinary girl?”

“What? Not speaking? Scared stiff?”

“You’re quite good-looking. How about we give you a chance—tell us the intelligence on the Human Expeditionary Force, then serve us well. Maybe…”

Before he could finish.

Lu Mo had already drawn her sword.

Earth-vein power erupted instantly, transforming into a sword beam that roared out!

The sword light tore through the mist, flashing past.

The next moment—

The demon closest to her froze.

Even the Duke’s gaze trembled slightly at this moment.

He sensed the sharpness of that sword beam.

This girl… was different from any human they had encountered before.

“Earth-vein power… an instant sword beam?”

The other demon’s face changed drastically.

He looked down.

He saw a thin red line appear down the center of his companion’s body.

Immediately after—

That body split neatly down the middle from the line.

Divided in two.

Blood gushed, entrails scattered.

An earth-vein realm noble, just like that, was casually slaughtered.

Dead at the hands of that girl!

Before the shock could fade.

That demon suddenly realized—he was also being targeted!

Lu Mo did not pause, swinging her sword down once more!

The threat of death instantly enveloped his entire being.

However, just as the sword beam was about to strike—

It bizarrely slowed down.

Its power rapidly weakened, as if being devoured by some force.

The demon was stunned.

Then he realized—the Duke had acted!

He immediately turned and bowed respectfully.

“Thank you, my lord, for saving me!”

Duke?

Lu Mo’s heart jolted.

She looked at that figure holding a black rectangular prism, its form concealed by a black robe.

A Demon Duke.

This squad… actually had a Duke-level being!

And Solaris had never mentioned this information.

Lu Mo was very clear about her own strength.

She might be able to defeat Solaris, even contend with a Deputy City Lord.

But facing a Duke—her chances of victory were almost zero.

She swept a cold glance over the demons.

The next instant—

She turned, tore space, and prepared to retreat!

She had to go back and question Solaris.

However, the moment she stepped into the spatial rift—

She collided with a “wall.”

A wall made of fog.

The originally ethereal mist solidified in that instant, becoming an indestructible barrier.

She sensed fluctuations of the Heaven-Guardian realm within it.

Without a doubt—this was the Duke’s power.

Not just ahead, the surrounding space was also sealed.

She could not leave.

“The most troublesome Heaven-Guardian phenomenon…”

Lu Mo muttered softly, turning to face the Duke.

“You block my path, kill my subordinates, and still think you can leave?”

The Duke spoke plainly.

In his other hand, a weapon had appeared at some point.

It was a grey scythe hovering between illusion and reality.

Flickering faintly within the mist, yet emanating a heart-palpitating aura.

Escape was impossible.

Then—fight.

Lu Mo focused her mind, gripping her sword tightly.

The demon who had narrowly survived seeing this, couldn’t help but sneer.

“Hey, human… are you joking?”

“Do you know who stands before you? Lord Nie Xu Gong!”

“Having provoked a Duke, shouldn’t you just obediently await death?”

He grew even more arrogant.

“You dare point your sword at a Duke? Are you worthy?”

“You can’t even break through the defense the Duke laid before—”

Before he could finish.

His expression froze solid.

Lu Mo, swung her sword again!

This time, the sword’s force was even more intense!

Triple Fusion Sublimation Power erupted fully, sword intent coalescing, transforming into an ultimate, razor-sharp sword light!

It arrived in an instant!

“What—?!”

The sword beam slashed down!

That demon didn’t even have time to react—

He directly exploded!

Flesh scattered, bones vanished without a trace!

Dead even more miserably than the last!

The surrounding demon nobles watching felt their scalps go numb.

“This person… is she really human?”

“In the Demon Realm’s mist, she can still do something like this…”

Nie Xu Gong remained silent.

But in his heart, a trace of anger had already risen.

Right before his eyes, she had consecutively killed two nobles, and even breached his Void-Extinguishing Mist.

Even if just by a faint trace, it was no different from slapping his face.

And the next moment—

His pupils contracted slightly.

Lu Mo, actually charged toward him on her own initiative!

Triple Fusion Sublimation Power erupted without reservation!

Her sword already possessed Heaven-Guardian level might!

The sword’s edge tore through space, aimed directly at Nie Xu Gong!

“…”

In the blink of an eye, she had already killed her way to close quarters!

One sword slashed down!

Yet it was blocked by a new mist barrier.

The sword halted mid-air, unable to advance further.

Nie Xu Gong coldly examined her.

“Without special innate talent, yet able to condense power comparable to God-blood and holy power in this way…”

“That is somewhat interesting.”

“But if you seek death with all your heart, I don’t mind granting it to you.”

He raised his scythe.

In that instant, countless mists converged toward the blade.

Void-Extinguishing Mist and Demon Realm mist merged, making its aura increasingly terrifying.

This strike—no earth-vein realm being could possibly withstand it.

And Lu Mo merely watched calmly.

She said coldly:

“You want to kill me?”

“You are not qualified enough.”

“What?”

Just before Nie Xu Gong could strike—

He suddenly sensed something abnormal.

On the girl’s body… demonic power was rising!

She was human, how could she—

The next moment.

The power abruptly changed.

No longer triple fusion.

But—

Six-fold!

At this moment, the power was no longer a simple addition, but exploded in geometric multiples!

BOOM—!

Lu Mo exerted force through her wrist.

Instantly—

She shattered the mist barrier!

The sword’s edge viciously struck the scythe!

Mist scattered, power lost balance!

Nie Xu Gong immediately sidestepped to evade.

The sword’s edge grazed past his face.

Tearing open the black robe, slicing the skin.

Blood—flowed down his cheek.

All the demons, at this moment, were completely dumbstruck.

Their minds went blank.

The Duke…

Was actually bleeding.

And moreover—

Before a girl!