Chapter 836 - 405: Star Flame Frenzy (Part 2)
"Li Ang..."
Zoe felt a lump in her throat and threw herself into his arms.
"Let’s summon Bahamut again, the Demon hasn’t gone far, we can burn it to ashes..."
"No need for that, I have a way to take him down. Let’s get to the surface first."
"But your hand..."
A violent tremor transmitted from above to the underground. With Hedaya gone and her power exhausted, the Star Crystals here became fragile and shattered amid the tremor.
It looked like the Demon was using the last of the Power of the Star Soul to trigger volcanic activity on the island.
Seeing this, the Young Girl didn’t even worry about Li Ang, biting her lip and following him.
Before leaving the Star Palace, she turned around and beckoned, a few scattered blazing red crystals flew into her palm.
"Let’s go, Miss Othella." ALulu looked at the dazed Beast-eared Maiden.
The Purgatory Spirits responded to the Paladin Maiden’s call, pushing Othella from behind, seating her onto the Fire Feathered Lizard.
The returning path was difficult for the Flam Demon Dragon to pass. Farina dismissed two Summoned Creatures, but the Ancient Abyss Crocodile Dragon summoned by Li Ang had no wings and was smaller in size, just fitting through the rock crevice.
Even with a way to fly fast, advancing in a complex terrain was still less efficient than the Demons.
The group rode the Salamander, Li Ang holding Zoe on the back of the Ancient Abyss Crocodile Dragon, quickly returning.
"Ga!"
The Crocodile Dragon growled and swung its giant arm to swipe away the falling lava boulders, speaking in Dragon Language: "Didn’t expect my first summoning to fight would be in such a nasty environment, and I can’t even see the Sea Dragon God."
"Speed up, you’ll have a chance." Li Ang said.
Although rocks continued to fall from above, everyone could handle it, and a relieved Zoe leaned against Li Ang again, focusing on his wound.
"Does it hurt?"
"It’s alright, I know basic Healing Spells."
Under the Healing Water Wave released using Power of Nature, the amputated wound had long healed. Not to mention, the cut made by the Decomposition Light Wave was very neat, and the process was quick, causing little pain.
Listening to their conversation, Farina and ALulu also rode the Salamander closer.
"What about afterward?"
"Can’t use the Demonic power anymore."
Li Ang smiled at Zoe: "In fact, aside from the blood loss, I’m feeling pretty good now. In the past few days, as the Curse intensified, it always felt like a shadow hung over me, I almost felt...not like myself."
Or perhaps more like the real me?
Li Ang shook his head, still heard voices in his mind? Is the Demon’s influence not gone? Or was I just a bit neurotic before?
Even so, this disturbing feeling was much lighter than before.
"I also felt Li Ang was odd," Zoe lightly wrapped her arms around Li Ang, "But Li Ang is Li Ang, no matter what, I like you."
"Me too." ALulu drove her Salamander to jump forward.
"Eh?" Othella at the back was suddenly at a loss, her expression seemed to be asking, are they in that kind of relationship?
Meimei noticed the reaction from the Beast-eared Maiden and sighed softly.
Zoe continued: "But I’m not just talking about that, losing a hand, what about the future..."
"Nebis has High-tier Healing Technique for Limb Regeneration," Li Ang used his remaining right hand to stroke the Young Girl’s slightly golden auburn hair, "Although it will take some effort to find such strong Healing Art, that doesn’t mean things will always be like this."
"That’s good," Zoe smiled, "If he doesn’t heal you, I’ll beat him to death."
"Be polite."
The two laughed softly a few times, then Li Ang solemnly said: "Actually, losing this Demon Arm was bound to happen sooner or later. Along our journey, anyone or anything related to Demons was closely associated with corruption and evil. Just look at that Demon Transformer that harmed Hedaya, it’s obvious relying on it wouldn’t last long."
"So, I decided to use it to absorb some of the Demon Transformer’s power, delaying his destruction of the island."
Li Ang told everyone, when he and Farina defeated the opponent, he felt the Demon Arm could absorb the enemy’s power.
This was actually a system hint, but before Li Ang made the decision, the Demon Arm had already begun to autonomously extract the power from the Demon Transformer.
Almost instantly, the crazily growing Crimson Thorn reached near the shoulder, almost forming an exoskeletal Armor structure, which made him resolve to sever the arm within such a short time.
Perhaps, the idea existed for a while, only truly coming to fruition at this moment.
"By relying on it to absorb that guy’s power, it ensured a safer retreat for us, and coupled with you using Hedaya’s power to further scatter him, going back became easier." Li Ang said.
Everyone felt, as he described, apart from occasional falling rocks, not even the anticipated crisis of rock crevice collapse occurred during their journey back.
"What about the hand?" Meimei asked.
"Reinforced with a Sealing Technique, tossed into the Dimensional Rift."
"Who’s feeling nostalgic now?"
"Hey, that was, after all, my hand, even if Demonized. Besides, should such a thing be thrown around carelessly?"
Li Ang really couldn’t guarantee that the discarded Demon Arm wouldn’t mutate into another bizarre Demon limb similar to the first Crimson Hand he faced.
"Alright," Meimei nodded, "Your sacrifice was worthwhile, aside from occasional tremors, things are quite safe for now."