Demon King: Hero, don't run away!

After the Demon Lord becomes a "magnet" that attracts and absorbs the "iron shavings," those "iron shavings" will be assimilated into the magnet’s body and transform into part of the "magnet" itself.

The "iron shavings" that turn into the "magnet" will continuously absorb nearby magic power, forming new "magnets."

Through this cycle, the Demon Lord can gradually grasp the world’s magic power, incorporating it into his own body.

The magic power assimilated by the Demon Lord is difficult for others to use.

Even mages like Bai Jin and her companions can only extract a small portion of the magic under the Demon Lord’s control for their use.

For magicians to quickly cast magic under such circumstances, there’s only one way.

— Quickly release the characteristic magic power within their bodies, using it to construct magic.

Characteristic magic power possesses a strong attribute.

Unless there is a huge disparity in strength, it’s hard for one person to destroy another person’s characteristic magic power quickly.

The strength possessed by Bai Jin and her companions, although not on par with the Demon Lord, is not as disparate as cloud and mud.

They are still able to cast their own magic under the Demon Lord’s dominion.

Bai Jin constructs her interference field using her characteristic magic power. Her thread-like magic power intertwines to form a big net.

To make this net less detectable, Bai Jin focused intently and put a lot of effort.

When Lux used storm magic, it was a rare opportunity, and Bai Jin immediately threw her woven interference net to spread along the storm.

Yang Yu’s actions greatly attracted Lux’s attention, allowing Bai Jin to deceive the heavens and cross the sea.

Tico and Li Yan also took the opportunity while Lux was preparing for an instant kill to construct a strong magic power absorption array beside Bai Jin.

Many large-scale magic spells include techniques to quickly absorb surrounding magic power.

After hearing from Bai Jin about the basic construction of ancient magic power gathering techniques, Tico and Li Yan effortlessly created a stronger gathering magic.

Even though the magic simply gathers magic power around them, Bai Jin and her companions cannot rely on complex techniques like the Demon Lord to freely manipulate surrounding magic power to form spells... Lux can sensitively perceive their "tricks," and destroy the characteristic magic power net painstakingly woven by Bai Jin...

However, all of this was enough to push Yang Yu’s plan one step forward.

The person in the distance was still spying on everything here through surveillance magic.

The more fragile the whole plan appears, the more Bai Jin and her companions need to present an air of confidence, as if they have completely deciphered the mysteries on the Demon Lord.

Only in this way can they seize a slim chance at victory.

With magic power abnormally depleting, Lux quickly perceived his surroundings to identify the cause.

As Bai Jin and her companions expected, Lux, upon sensing carefully, immediately discovered the big net woven from threads and guessed what was happening, and soon found a way to counter it.

Unfortunately, before Lux could mobilize his magic power to rip apart Bai Jin’s woven magic power net, Yang Yu’s heavy boots pressed on his shoulders, taking him through countless freely falling modules, plunging towards the ground.

Spinning the Holy Sword, a golden shield slowly rose from Lux’s body, enveloping him securely.

With a "thud," Lux landed like an egg on the modules below that hadn’t floated, raising a cloud of dust.

Huge squares continued to crash near Yang Yu and his companions, sending up giant waves and splashing white water.

Momentarily, the booming sounds of colossal objects colliding were incessantly clear, echoing several kilometers away.

Before the shield completely shattered, Lux releases a large amount of magic power, forming a black cloud mist behind him, barely changing his unfavorable posture during the fall.

Propelling forward, Yang Yu rolls backward and lands perfectly.

A bit of crimson spreads slowly from his chest, and Yang Yu dons a blood-red war garment, activating [Fury Blood].

In just an instant, Yang Yu arrives in front of Lux, his sword blade hitting Lux like a hurricane.

Unable to deploy surrounding magic power, Lux falls into passivity, being pushed into continuous retreat by Yang Yu.

However, his retreat from Yang Yu’s blows is only temporary.

No matter how Yang Yu’s sharp blades are unleashed, Yang Yu cannot instantly drain his blood volume.

The magicians in the sky, concentrating on gathering magic power, couldn’t spare a hand for additional attacks.

As for that Silver Wolf and the person on it... they, too, are merely courting death by approaching.

The only noteworthy factor now is the Goddess’ Apostle like Yang Yu, who possesses the divine artifact [Laplace] with a skill capable of drastically reducing enemy blood volume, and only he would launch an attack in such complex situations, intervening in battle.

Lux secretly rejoiced for having released the healing skill of the Holy Sword on himself before stepping down the high platform, healing his injuries.

Even if he fully endured Yang Yu and his companions’ attacks, Lux still had enough room for maneuver!

Raising his hand, Lux, like before, opted to forego defense, focusing intently on countering Bai Jin’s magic.

Black magic power releases from Lux’s palm, forming sharp black blades one after another.

Yang Yu completely ignored these black blades, continuing his relentless attack on Lux, lowering Lux’s blood volume.

"Let me tell you how fragile the things you painstakingly created are."

Controlling the black blades, Lux poured them towards the surroundings, almost effortlessly destroying the magic power net meticulously created by Bai Jin.

Instantly, the magic power absorbed by Bai Jin burst out like a deluge from the thin magic power net, rushing back towards Lux.

The process was so smooth that Lux found it incredible that he could win back the magic power painstakingly settled by Bai Jin and her companions without lifting a finger.

Yet Lux wasn’t as happy as he imagined; something still felt amiss to him.

The more he thought about it, the more Lux found it odd. Could Yang Yu and his companions be plotting something?

Finally, Lux involuntarily gave voice to his thoughts:

"Do you really think you can decide the outcome in this time frame?

It’s impossible however you think about it!

You shouldn’t carry out such a foolish plan.

What are you trying to do?"

Yang Yu smiled without speaking.

Now, he didn’t feel as assured of victory as at the beginning but was silently praying with sincerity.

The one capable of determining the plan’s success is every person present here.

Additionally...

At this moment, silence was a fierce poison to Lux. No one knew what Yang Yu’s smile truly represented.