Chapter 28: The Silver Demon
Facing the silver light shooting toward him, Tu Lilei's expression turned cold. His right hand moved, gripping the knife handle.
A blood-red blade shadow shot up into the sky.
"Pfft—" The blood-red blade shadow collided with the silver light. A furious roar rang out, and the silver light retreated at extreme speed. The 'wooden hut' behind it was directly smashed apart and exploded. The silver light halted directly at the distant passageway leading to the tenth floor.
"What is that thing?" Linley and the others finally got a clear look at what the silver light was.
The silver light, now at a distance, merged into a silver liquid sphere. Then this silver liquid sphere began to change, taking on a humanoid form. However, a set of silver battle armor naturally formed on its surface.
"Silver Demon!" The three-headed, six-eyed golden lion was shocked inwardly.
This transformed humanoid 'Rui' cast a cold glance at Tu Lilei and snorted, saying, "I didn't expect that a mere Saint-level human could comprehend a destructive attack."
"Destructive attack..." Linley understood clearly in his heart.
Tu Lilei, originally the strongest attacker among the five Saint-level limit experts, was so because he cultivated the path of 'destruction'.
Among the countless planes, the most revered were naturally the four 'Overgods' at the pinnacle who created the four highest planes. Among the four Overgods, the Overgod of Life, the Overgod of Fate, and the Overgod of Death each passed down their own rules and cultivation methods.
That is, the Great Prophecy, Necromancy, and Life Magic.
And what about the 'Overgod of Destruction' among the four Overgods?
The Overgod of Destruction did not pass down any cultivation method. The path of destruction... is to continuously comprehend the way of 'destruction' through endless slaughter and cultivation. One must rely on one's own understanding; there is no clear path given to you. It is not as systematic as comprehending the laws.
Although Tu Lilei was comprehending this 'path of destruction', he had only grasped a mere fraction of it.
The voice of the six-eyed golden lion rang out in Linley's mind: "Everyone be careful. This monster is a very terrifying creature from the Dark Demon Realm called the 'Silver Demon'."
"Silver Demon?" Linley was shocked inwardly.
He had never heard of the 'Silver Demon', but Linley knew of a very precious material used in forging weapons—Silver. Silver was extremely valuable because it had excellent compatibility and ductility, allowing it to bind different materials together well.
"This monster is called the 'Silver Demon'. Is his body made of Silver?" Linley stared intently at the flowing silver liquid.
"The Silver Demon's body is indeed composed of Silver. It should be considered a high-grade material among Silver. Silver's ductility is extremely strong, allowing the Silver Demon to easily change its form in various ways. Its compatibility is also very strong... Attacks from the four elemental laws of earth, fire, water, and wind, unless they are abnormally powerful, simply cannot harm him." The six-eyed golden lion quickly relayed some basic information to everyone, "Among the seven basic systems—earth, fire, water, wind, lightning, light, and darkness—only 'lightning' can restrain the Silver Demon. Of course... the Great Prophecy, Life Magic, Necromancy, and the path of destruction, which originate from the four Overgods, can also harm him."
Linley and the others' expressions changed.
They also understood that nothing was absolute.
Attacks from the elemental laws of earth, fire, water, and wind, if they reached a sufficient level, could still kill the Silver Demon.
But...
Could their attacks exceed the Silver Demon's limit of endurance?
"Exceed his limit?" Linley had no confidence in his heart. Just from the fact that the opponent's body was liquid, Linley understood, "I'm afraid purely material 'Ten Thousand Swords as One' is useless. The Earth Mysteries might have some effect."
Facing this 'Silver Demon' he had never seen before, Linley didn't have full confidence.
"Faen, Tu Lilei, this time it mainly depends on you two." Desri's voice rang out in the minds of Faen and Tu Lilei. At this moment, the others exchanged glances and also understood.
The key to this battle lay with Faen and Tu Lilei.
"Don't let the Silver Demon wrap you in its body. Once wrapped, it's probably even more dangerous than being wrapped by the Mother Empress 'Lashabel's' numerous roots." The six-eyed golden lion sent a final telepathic warning.
In terms of age, as the ancestor of the Blue-eyed Tiger Mastiff, Golden-eyed Lion Mastiff, and Lion Suan clans, this three-headed, six-eyed golden lion was comparable to the High Priest. In terms of knowledge... the three six-eyed golden lion brothers, who had entered the Gobada Plane Prison, had a clearer understanding of some magical creatures from various planes than even the War God or the High Priest.
"Leave it to us." Faen and Tu Lilei transformed into an afterimage and a flash of lightning respectively!
"All of you, die." The Silver Demon 'Rui' sneered coldly. His body suddenly transformed into a large sheet of Silver cloth, nearly a hundred meters wide, covering Linley and the other experts.
"Hmph." Tu Lilei, transformed into lightning, drew his blade.
A blood-red blade shadow rose again. The Silver cloth split open a large gap on its own, causing Tu Lilei's attack to fail.
"Boom!" Faen thrust out his sword.
Countless winding electric serpents appeared around the sword shadow. A large number of electric serpents surrounded this thrust as it stabbed toward the Silver cloth. The Silver cloth repeated its tactic, splitting open a large gap to avoid Faen's sword.
The thrust missed, but the numerous electric serpents, as if alive, shot out in all directions chaotically.
The sudden attack of the numerous electric serpents was too fast. The Silver Demon couldn't react in time and was hit by the electric serpents on the cloth.
"Sizzle sizzle~~~"
"Ah~~" A pained low roar sounded. Many spots hit by the electric serpents developed holes. But the Silver flowed, and the Silver cloth once again became perfectly intact. At this moment, the Silver cloth had already descended before Linley and the others.
Linley held the Black Duran heavy sword.
"Now." Linley's dark golden pupils flashed with intense light. The Black Duran heavy sword in his hand, seemingly slow but actually fast, fell lightly toward the Silver cloth.
The Silver Demon did not dodge. Earth attribute attacks, the Silver Demon was not afraid of.
"Pfft." Linley's Black Duran heavy sword landed on the Silver cloth. A strong wave of energy directly transmitted from the Black Duran heavy sword, instantly spreading to other parts of the Silver cloth. This 'Earth Mysteries' attack was actually linear in nature.
Back when Linley and Hedderson fought, one sword strike had pierced through the belly of Mount Tujiao. It was a very clear form of
Earth Mysteries—64 Layers of Earth Pulse!
"Hmm?" Linley's expression changed.
Sure enough... the Earth Pulse was very ineffective against this kind of ever-changing 'liquid'.
"Haha, what a special attack. It even made my body tremble a little... Ah!" The Silver Demon, transformed into the 'cloth', suddenly let out a scream. The original cloth rapidly contracted, instantly returning to the passageway position and turning back into human form.
The Silver Demon looked in surprise at the three-headed, six-eyed golden lion.
It wasn't just Linley who had attacked the 'cloth'; BeBe and the six-eyed golden lion had also launched attacks.
"You also cultivate the path of destruction?" The Silver Demon found it hard to believe, because the path of destruction could only be comprehended by oneself; others could at most give a little guidance. Among Saint-level experts, it was extremely rare for even one in a hundred to cultivate the path of destruction.
Yet among these eleven experts, not only Tu Lilei but also the three-headed, six-eyed golden lion cultivated the path of destruction.
"What, is that not allowed?" The leading six-eyed golden lion stared at the Silver Demon.
Linley and the others had never known what attribute attacks the three-headed, six-eyed golden lion specialized in. From the beginning until now, the six-eyed golden lion had at most used 'restraint'. Only now did they know... this six-eyed golden lion, like Tu Lilei, cultivated the path of destruction.
The Silver Demon suddenly raised his head and roared furiously.
"Rumble~~~" The boundless ocean in the distance suddenly roared. Endless seawater actually rose into the air, surging toward the small hill on the island. The towering seawater instantly rose into the sky, like a fan covering the entire sky above the island. Then...
Endless seawater plunged down from the sky!
"What's going on?" Desri, Linley, BeBe, and the others were all puzzled.
"Not good. Tu Lilei, attack together." The three-headed, six-eyed golden lion simultaneously transformed into three afterimages.
Tu Lilei also transformed into an afterimage. The one human and three magical beasts, four experts cultivating the path of destruction, simultaneously launched their strongest attacks at the Silver Demon ahead. Black battle armor appeared on the bodies of the six-eyed golden lions. The destructive energy emanating from the six-eyed golden lions' claws alone caused ripples in space.
Tu Lilei's curved blade in its sheath had not yet been drawn.
"Hmph." The Silver Demon snorted coldly. His body suddenly enlarged a hundred times, becoming a Silver giant hundreds of meters tall.
The three-headed, six-eyed golden lion also grew larger. Claw shadows the size of a house grabbed at the Silver Demon's body one after another. The terrifying destructive energy directly tore the Silver body, creating several large holes in the hundreds-of-meters-tall Silver giant.
A blood-red blade shadow over a hundred meters long flashed, directly cutting the Silver giant in two.
"Too bad, useless." The Silver Demon's body instantly recovered.
"Not right. Why hasn't the 'Silver' composing his body decreased at all?" The three-headed, six-eyed golden lion was astonished. Attacks with destructive attributes should have severely damaged the Silver Demon's vitality. A few consecutive attacks would be enough to kill the Silver Demon.
But...
The three brothers and Tu Lilei attacked together, yet the Silver Demon showed no sign of weakening.
"Haha, if it were the past, I would fear you few. But now, I have the Life Source Pearl." The Silver Demon 'Rui' laughed uproariously. Then he opened his mouth, and the surrounding endless waves were directly sucked into his stomach.
The Silver Demon was originally the size of a normal human. When he became a giant hundreds of meters tall, it was actually just a layer of Silver on the surface. The inside was hollow.
A large amount of seawater entered the Silver Demon's body and began to merge with the Silver, forming a single entity.
"Get lost!" The Silver Demon swung his arm.
His arm transformed into a blade shape. Its speed was so fast that even the six-eyed golden lion couldn't dodge and was directly sent flying. The black battle armor on the six-eyed golden lion's body lit up, blocking the blow. Even so, a trace of blood still seeped from the corner of the six-eyed golden lion's mouth.
"Not good." Another six-eyed golden lion shouted, "Run!"
The Silver Demon had strong compatibility. Merging with water, merging with earth, merging with metal and stone—each would produce different effects. In this boundless ocean, the Silver Demon in this form would be at its most terrifying.
While everyone was fleeing, one person instead charged toward the Silver Demon.
It was Faen.
Faen transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging directly at the Silver Demon. The Silver Demon, who, like the Mother Empress, also possessed a 'Life Source Pearl', couldn't care less about this insignificant little figure.
"Faen!" Linley and the group, who were fleeing at top speed, suddenly stopped and turned to look back.
A scene that made them tremble with shock occurred. Faen thrust out his sword, and the entire world erupted with endless thunderous roars. Then, hundreds or thousands of lightning dragons formed out of thin air. Countless lightning dragons roared and howled, directly enveloping the Silver Demon.
"Get away!" The Silver Demon was furious.
"Boom!" Hundreds of lightning dragons exploded simultaneously.
"Sizzle sizzle~~" Countless bolts of lightning shot wildly through the Silver Demon's body. The 'Silver' composing the 'Silver Demon's' body rapidly dissipated under the barrage of lightning.
The Silver Demon's body trembled violently, and a piercing scream came from his mouth: "Ahhh~~~" The scream echoed through the sky. In the blink of an eye, the Silver Demon's entire body turned to nothingness. Only a nearly transparent sphere fell from midair.
Faen, suspended in midair, suddenly fell weakly downward.
"Faen!" Linley and the others immediately went to support him. Desri also caught the Life Source Pearl. Desri quickly flew to Faen's side: "Faen, are you alright? Quick, merge this Life Source Pearl into your body."
Faen's face was ashen, but he managed to force a grin: "Desri, remember back then when you said how powerful your forbidden spells were? My move 'Dragon Descending Lightning' is even more powerful than the lightning forbidden spell 'Thunderclap Fury', right?"
"Powerful, powerful." Desri nodded repeatedly.
After a moment, Faen's complexion improved slightly. He laughed and cursed: "That Silver Demon was such an idiot. My lightning system inherently restrains him, and he still merged with water. Water only amplifies the power of lightning. Didn't he know that? He was just asking for death."