Chapter 1681: Decision
The longer time drags on, the greater the chance Hero Lox will obtain the complete Devil King’s Power.
Yang Yu’s gaze turned to the back, the center of Demon King City, where Deceit Fog pervaded, spiraling and absorbing the surrounding fog, resembling a huge white cocoon.
No one knew what was happening inside.
With insufficient intelligence and no means to gather information, a choice had to be made under such circumstances.
Bar’s sharp long spear thrust forward, and Yang Yu, taking Bai Jin with him, leaped onto another newly formed piece of golden glass.
The giant crocodile controlled by Agares, with its hard scales emitting a unique glow, defended against Tico and Li Yan’s magic.
Explosions of various sizes continuously erupted on the crocodile’s back, causing only minor damage to Agares.
Flames erupted beneath, and [Laplace] roared incessantly as Gao Yuanyi leapt toward Agares from above, delivering a heavy punch to the crocodile’s long snout.
The crocodile closed its mouth, lowered its center of gravity, and pressed close to the ground, dispersing the force of Gao Yuanyi’s punch into the ground.
The range of [Disrupting Hurricane] was not large, requiring continuous attack and suppression to prevent Agares from escaping.
There wasn’t much time to make a choice.
"Bai Jin, do you have any ways in your magic wand to deal with Black Magic?" Yang Yu suddenly asked.
Bai Jin shook his head and answered truthfully, "There are a few methods, but their effects are minimal. The best way is still to avoid contact with Black Magic."
"If it were easy to use Fallen magic, past humans wouldn’t have struggled so much." Yang Yu smiled bitterly, making a decision, "Bai Jin, get in touch with Gao Yuanyi and the others, tell them the plan has changed, and don’t conserve skills. Focus, don’t let the Demon escape!"
"Got it. Leave it to me!" Bai Jin swiftly locked onto Gao Yuanyi’s position and made contact with him.
Demon Bar launched another attack, the sharp long spear slicing through the sky, leaving a silver line behind.
Where the line passed, the surrounding space warped, and everything moved sluggishly.
He unfurled the shield to parry, and the silver line bent like a rope as it approached Yang Yu, "embracing" him.
With a powerful leap upwards, Yang Yu soared high, the silver line barely brushing beneath his feet.
Enduring the slowdown caused by the silver line, Yang Yu barely jumped out of its range.
The line spiraled in mid-air, swirling into a ball, sparking with electricity.
With Bai Jin levitating, Yang Yu found it difficult to maneuver his body, and Bar, seizing the opportunity, thrust the sharp long spear directly at Yang Yu’s forehead.
Chanting magic, Bai Jin erected a Magic Shield for the two of them, the black long spear once again sparking Black Flames against the Magic Shield.
The Black Flames, eating away at the Magic Shield crafted by Bai Jin, radiated an intense heat carrying a thread of destruction, charging towards Yang Yu and Bai Jin.
Bar withdrew the black long spear, targeting the breach burned by the Black Flames.
"[Holy Punishment]"
Before Bar could thrust the spear, a sacred light swept across the sky, as Iyas, seizing the Guiding Scepter from her waist, directed Holy Light at Bar.
Cautiously dodging, Bar looked down from his superior position at Iyas on Lotcar’s back.
While Bar’s attention was diverted, Yang Yu, with Bai Jin, escaped from the Magic Shield engulfed in Black Flames, landing steadily on a new piece of golden glass.
"He Meng. Please!" Iyas put away the Guiding Scepter and nocked her longbow again.
At some point, He Meng had reverted to a Slime, crawling onto Iyas’s shoulder.
Infusing himself with vast amounts of air, He Meng transformed into a hot air balloon with two wings, taking Iyas into the sky.
Iyas knew this was dangerous; she couldn’t use Flying Magic and lacked equipment or skills to mitigate the impact of a fall. One wrong move, and she’d plummet from the sky, ending up as ground meat.
But Iyas had no choice but to close the distance.
Using bows and arrows, blending skills into a Light Arrow increases her skill’s range but also slightly lengthens the casting time.
Moreover, given Demon Bar’s power, reducing the distance could also enhance her skill’s accuracy.
Iyas wasn’t foolish enough to recklessly close in on Demon Bar.
She and He Meng flew at low altitude, ensuring that if Demon Bar targeted them, they could quickly return to the ground and escape in time.
With his back unburdened, Lotcar’s shoulder felt a lot lighter.
Lotcar and Qiuye also lacked means to target airborne foes, but now they had their objective.
Faced with Gao Yuanyi’s continuous suppression, the giant crocodile expanded its body, becoming even larger while swinging its strong limbs, attempting to run out of the interference range.
Despite pulling out all stops, Gao Yuanyi’s attacks gradually weakened and lost strength.
Lotcar and Qiuye, with their hands free, could exactly help Gao Yuanyi, preventing Agares from relocating elsewhere.
Demon Bar hovered in mid-air, gazing at Iyas, then looked towards Bai Jin and Yang Yu not far away. His form flickered, and he appeared before Bai Jin and Yang Yu:
"Being human, yet siding with the Favored Clan of the goddess, what a joke.
Hmph.
As civilizations perish, ignorantly, you worship the goddess.
I wonder what the creators would think, seeing descendants like you.
I’ll send you to Hell to give them a good look at what you’ve become."
The sharp long spear thrusted forward, and the spear in Bar’s hand split into three, blocking Yang Yu’s moves. A strange black aura swept around, creating a vortex that pulled Yang Yu and Bai Jin towards the spearhead.
Yang Yu took a deep breath, generating two golden glasses on Bar’s left and right sides, spewing a massive amount of purple thorns that tied up Bar’s hands, drawing them aside.
The spear in Bar’s hand followed the movement of Bar’s arm and shifted to the right, grazing across Yang Yu’s shoulder.
"Bai Jin, now’s the time."
Hearing Yang Yu’s voice, Bai Jin seized the moment, initiated Flying Magic, squeezing through the gap between the two spears, and soared higher.
Bai Jin’s target...
It wasn’t the near Bar, nor the encircled Agares, but Vashak in the sky, appearing harmless to humans and animals alike.
Through the history hall’s chess game, Yang Yu had explored the Demon’s capabilities.
The piece Vashak’s skill was predicting the trajectory of enemy pieces’ movements three turns ahead, and his predictions became more accurate as the turns progressed.
As long as Vashak continuously observed this battle, the movements of himself and his allies would gradually be seen through by him.
If Vashak shared the prediction intelligence with Demon Bar, Bar would remain undefeatable!
Yang Yu hoped to see through others’ strategies but didn’t want others to see through his.
This battle, fearing it might drag into a long war.
A prolonged war was Yang Yu’s specialty, and he did not want anyone to win in his domain by relying on a cheat-like ability.