Chapter 615 - 351: Strength 2
Bow Lady already possessed the ability to lock onto an enemy’s aura. After absorbing the souls of two Insect Dao Realm beings, not only were all her aspects enhanced, but this specific ability reached a level that bordered on the Power of Rules.
Though it looked like he was fighting the Great Demon of the Insect Dao, Yang An was actually just rapidly adapting to Bow Lady’s new state, becoming more and more masterful with her.
Arrow after arrow flew from the snow-white longbow, each one aimed at a different location.
At first, the Great Demon Fiend could still see the afterglow of a Light Arrow before it detonated. But after he teleported a few more times, he couldn’t even see the afterglow anymore. The moment he reappeared, his vision was already filled with a brilliant flash of light.
The demon’s original intention was to use his Power of Rules to show Yang An—who couldn’t even touch him—the cruel reality of facing an Insect Dao master.
But after more than a dozen consecutive arrows, he suddenly discovered that he had no opportunity to retaliate. It was as if Yang An had predicted his every move and locked onto him in advance.
Take now, for instance. The explosion of light happened at the exact same moment he reappeared.
This meant that as he was teleporting, Yang An already knew his destination.
At that moment, the Great Demon Fiend felt more than just surprise and fury. He was overcome with a sudden thought: ’This guy is actually terrifying!’
It was unimaginable that a Great Demon Fiend of the Insect Dao Realm would have such a thought about a mere Zombie God Cultivator.
And it wasn’t just him. At that moment, even the Forbidden Calamity watching from City Head Mountain in Nirvana City and the other Demon Fiends spectating from the periphery were completely dumbfounded.
From the other Demon Fiends’ perspective, their Demon Lord was being utterly suppressed by a Zombie God. He was powerless to retaliate, forced to do nothing but dodge, completely unable to counterattack.
The Forbidden Calamity, on the other hand, was more astonished by Yang An’s ability to lock onto the Great Demon Fiend’s position in advance. It was an ability bordering on precognition.
’No wonder Yang An is so confident,’ the Forbidden Calamity thought. ’The Great Demon of the Insect Dao’s Power of Rules is a functional one. Not only is it suppressed by the Forbidden Power, but it’s also being perfectly countered by Yang An’s predictive lock-on. What incredibly bad luck for him to be so completely neutralized.’
BOOM—
A pillar of light shot toward the heavens, engulfing the unprepared Great Demon Fiend. This time, he had no chance to teleport away. Trapped within the brilliant radiance, his body rapidly dissolved and disintegrated.
This was precisely why he had been constantly teleporting, searching for an opportunity to strike. The Light Category Forbidden Power was agonizing for anyone to endure; its destructive force was utterly terrifying.
Even for one of the Insect Dao, he couldn’t withstand such ferocious damage for long. If he died here, it would be a true death, with no possibility of revival.
’Why hasn’t this guy suffered the backlash yet?!’
He kept waiting for the moment Yang An would be consumed by the backlash from his own power, but that moment never arrived.
Driven to desperation, he unleashed a massive cloud of foul-smelling Demonic Qi to envelop his body. His filthy hair wove itself into a large net, descending to resist the disintegrating light. At the same time, he activated his Power of Rules to teleport once more, his weapon slashing out in a blur of afterimages.
The flash of his weapon disappeared in an instant. But when the Demon Fiend reappeared in a new location, he wasn’t met by an incoming Light Arrow. Instead, a Light Giant was already waiting for him there.
"Die!"
The Demon Fiend was prepared, waiting for this exact moment. Afterimages of his weapon erupted from him in all directions, tearing rifts into the surrounding space. The attacks enveloped the Light Giant, instantly shredding it to pieces.
Filled with the exhilaration of finally getting revenge, he unleashed all his pent-up frustration in that single moment. The Demon Fiend’s attacks grew faster and faster, giving the Light Giant absolutely no chance to react.
Beams of light were severed before they could even detonate. In the blink of an eye, the immense Light Giant was reduced to countless specks of light under the relentless assault.
"Hahahahaha! Die!"
The Demon Fiend grew even more frenzied. ’If this guy had just kept shooting arrows at me, I’d probably have no choice but to keep dodging.’
’But he actually charged in himself, playing right into my hands.’
’Let’s see how you deal with this now?!’
"Tell me," a voice said, "what do you think would happen if I destroyed this gate?"
But to the Demon Fiend’s utter astonishment, just as he finished shredding the Light Giant, a voice suddenly spoke from behind him.
The Demon Fiend startled and spun around, subconsciously preparing to attack the source of the voice.
But Yang An was already standing atop the massive Corpse Bone Gate. Countless lines of light spread from beneath his feet, weaving into a brilliant golden net that completely engulfed the portal.
The Demon Fiend’s eyes widened in fury, but it was too late to stop Yang An. Streaks of light pierced through the Corpse Bone Gate, completely dissolving and disintegrating it from the inside out in a single instant.
At the same time, the flesh between Yang An’s eyebrows split open to reveal a smooth pearl. A great net expanded from it, blanketing everything within a thousand-meter radius.
"Let’s see you run now!"
Beneath his mask, Yang An’s lips curved into an excited grin. He hadn’t appeared before the Demon Fiend on a reckless impulse; he had merely used the Light Giant as a diversion.
’The guy really fell for it.’
While firing his arrows, Yang An had been observing closely. The Corpse Bone Gate summoned by the Demon Fiend was suspicious; the creature used it to teleport every time it activated its Power of Rules.
If he destroyed the Corpse Bone Gate, even if it didn’t completely stop the Demon Fiend from using its Power of Rules, it would at least prevent it from escaping so easily.
And as long as it couldn’t escape, the rest would be easy.
HUM!
A powerful aura erupted from Yang An as afterimages and strange phenomena flickered around him. Facing the countless blurred strikes from the Demon Fiend’s weapon, he held Bow Lady and struck at the absolute center of the onslaught.
This was the single point where all those blurred strikes converged!
Though the Demon Fiend was nearly mindless with rage from being outplayed again and again, it could no longer teleport away.
The light had corroded the Corpse Bone Gate until not even dust remained. To restore it, he would have to expend his Power of Rules to create another—a demand that now became the final straw.
To the Demon Fiend’s utter disbelief, the snow-white limb of the bow effortlessly shattered its weapon. At the same time, an equally terrifying aura—one belonging to the Insect Dao—erupted from the longbow, leaving the creature stunned.
’Insect Dao?!’
’No! He’s a Zombie God! This isn’t his aura... it’s the aura of an Insect Dao master he killed!’
’This guy... he’s killed someone from the Insect Dao before...’
The instant its weapon shattered, countless rays of light pierced the Demon Fiend’s body, forming a massive net that enveloped it completely, leaving no room for escape.
The next moment, a blood-curdling scream tore through the air, echoing far and wide. The many Demon Fiends watching from the periphery were horrified.
Their Demon Lord’s aura was rapidly dissipating!
Flee!
Without a moment’s hesitation, as if sharing a single mind, the Demon Fiends were consumed by a single emotion—fear. Only one thought remained: run!
A powerful light erupted across the mountains, instantly disintegrating the swirling, sinister winds. A scorching aura descended upon the land, causing countless cracks to fissure across the earth.
As the light exploded, another massive figure descended from the sky. The Light Giant, which the Great Demon Fiend had shredded to pieces just moments before, had reappeared. It landed directly in the path of the fleeing Demon Fiends, blocking their retreat.
It moved faster than the eye could follow, arriving in an instant.
Since he had declared that none of these Demon Fiends would leave alive, he certainly wasn’t about to let a single one escape.
"Where do you all think you’re going?"
The countless Demon Fiends froze, their eyes reflecting an unspeakable terror, as if they were the prey and he was the monster.