Chapter 440
Shattered Glass Stairs
The succubus clearly didn’t understand why a Sixth Tier Night Demon would exist in the Material Realm.
Nor could she comprehend why she was quietly perched on Eivass’s shoulder like a pet…
However, having inherited all of Emma’s memories and experience, the succubus knew precisely what to do and when.
Thus, she raised her whip and lashed out fiercely at the Grand Guardian blocking her path!
The scarlet whip descended like lightning, tearing through the air with a sharp, spectral wail.
The Grand Guardian, struck by the whip, felt the pink, scar-like cracks on his back spread outward.
What was originally a twisted wound only a hand and a half long and two fingers thick had now expanded to cover almost his entire back, with the flesh in the center completely ruptured, revealing scarlet flesh steaming with white fog.
The flesh writhed as if alive, vaguely sprouting bat-like wings. His entire skin turned red, and he let out a hoarse, beast-like roar, becoming utterly frenzied and aggressive.
“Ughhhhhhh!”
The Grand Guardian’s speed was far greater than usual.
Engulfed in crackling lightning and storm, he instantly vanished from his spot.
He reappeared before Eivass!
He clenched his fist and swung it towards Eivass.
The Night Demon coldly stepped in front of the Grand Guardian.
She didn’t even raise her hands. Instead, the pair of ethereal black wings behind her curved forward, forming a shield-like defense that easily blocked the attack.
At the point of impact, a distortion of chaotic power erupted!
The brilliant and magnificent glass stairs beneath Eivass shattered with a loud bang.
The glass fragments, centered around the Grand Guardian’s foot planted on the ground, spread outwards. The closer to him, the more shattered it became, while the shockwave propagated outward like a shattered iceberg, cracking and fissuring, sending shards of glass of all sizes flying upwards.
The next moment, countless explosive bolts of lightning and fierce winds scattered in all directions!
The Grand Guardian’s arms bulged with muscles seemingly about to burst, his skin turning a deep, almost purplish-black. Two layers of entwined lightning wrapped around his arms, unleashing incredibly swift punches towards the Night Demon!
The lightning coiled like a drill, growing more violent and roaring louder.
The ground beneath his feet fractured again and then completely exploded!
However, the Night Demon did not retreat even half a step.
She didn’t even glance at the Grand Guardian, her gaze fixed on the succubus. Raising her right hand, she opened her palm.
Seeing that the barrier could not be broken, the Grand Guardian swung his final punch towards the ground!
The drill-like lightning was redirected to the ground by his last punch, and all the lightning from his body plunged into the earth. Then, countless bolts of lightning erupted from the ground, shattering the floor of the Silver and Tin Hall, which had been repeatedly reinforced by the Preservation Technique!
The Night Demon merely enlarged one of the shadowy wings on her back several times.
Like a giant palm, she backhanded the Grand Guardian with immense force!
George was sent flying like a baseball hit for a home run, propelled outwards like a cannonball and spinning. The speed was so great that after a brief moment of inertia, it generated a gale.
The Night Demon’s other wing transformed into a hand, tightly gripping Eivass in her palm. The electrical energy erupting from the ground could shatter the palace, reinforced by the Preservation Technique, yet it could not penetrate the giant shadowy hand.
Immediately after, a giant shadowy hand emerged from the ground behind the succubus.
Synchronized with the Night Demon’s tightly clenched right hand, it lunged towards the succubus!
The succubus sensed the danger without looking behind her.
She dodged nimbly backward, and two more hands appeared in the void. They clasped together like praying hands, aiming to crush the succubus. She leaped into the air again, spreading her wings—
But at that moment, the Night Demon’s right hand, which had been extended towards the succubus and clenched into a fist, suddenly shot out a single finger, pointing sharply at the succubus.
—[Curse of Weakness]!
An inexplicable chill ran through the succubus, making her tremble. She felt her entire body suddenly become weak and feeble, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.
The shadowy hand holding Eivass loosened its grip. The Night Demon suddenly vanished from her spot.
She dragged a gray afterimage, moving behind the succubus and raising her right hand high.
Her right hand turned scarlet, as if bathed in blood. It looked more like an axe than a hand.
Just then, the Grand Guardian, who had been repelled, returned, riding the Gryphon.
His fists were loosely clenched, evidently having drawn and grasped the invisible twin blades at his waist. This was power enough to instantly kill a large number of Fourth Tier Extraordinary beings, and the Night Demon had to return to protect Eivass.
Thus, the Night Demon returned to her previous position, one wing shielding Eivass while the other transformed into a shield.
With his weapons drawn, the Grand Guardian’s threat level increased significantly. The shield formed by crossing shadowy wings was no longer able to block all attacks with ease as before; it was rapidly developing cracks.
However, the succubus was trapped by the Curse of Weakness, her movements restricted.
This allowed the Night Demon to free up her hands, and she clenched her fist in the storm before her!
As an invisible shadowy hand materialized in the void and slowly tightened,
Gryphon Philip, who had completely transformed into a storm, was forcefully squeezed out of the air by the Night Demon!
The moment Philip was grasped by the shadowy hand, more and more shadowy hands continuously emerged and enveloped him. Philip was completely sealed within, his aura growing weaker and weaker.
—[Grasp of Envy]!
A binding that would never let go once it grasped, capable of holding even intangible objects.
Like being bound by one chain after another, Philip’s vision gradually darkened. The power within him was constantly siphoned away by the curse, and he would grow weaker over time.
Only attacks from the outside could break this cage… but the succubus could not risk coming to rescue him.
The Night Demon took the opportunity and pointed sharply at the succubus, who was trying to approach.
The succubus’s vision suddenly darkened, and even her perception was largely stripped away. Her body, previously weakened by the Curse of Weakness, had recovered somewhat, but only to about half its former strength. Traces of the Curse of Weakness still lingered within her.
—[Curse of Blindness]!
The succubus’s heart Sank, and a desire to retreat arose within her.
…No, I have to run.
The Night Demon’s continuous weakening ability was too potent, and the blood rain outside had already begun to fall.
If too many curses accumulated on her, entering the blood rain would cause her immense pain, like being flayed alive every moment.
In truth, she hadn’t wanted to fight after seeing the Night Demon. As one of the highest-ranking demon species, the Night Demon was no easier to deal with than the succubus herself. And with the opposing party being one Tier higher in Energy Level, she had almost no immunity to the curses they cast.
The succubus’s supernatural charm was enough to bewitch nature, causing non-locked-on attacks to easily deflect. It would seem like “bad luck” that they missed, so she could barely manage to stall the Night Demon for a few turns.
If she abandoned the Grand Guardian, she could create an opportunity to escape!
However, she was also somewhat reluctant to part with the Grand Guardian.
This was only natural.
—He was a Fifth Tier servant!
Originally, she had no intention of antagonizing Eivass or fighting here; this was an unexpected encounter.
The succubus couldn’t fathom why someone would refuse the offer of a succubus who had willingly come to them?
She was a succubus!
Not like those other ugly variants of her kind!
Although the Gryphon was held by the Night Demon, limiting the Grand Guardian’s mobility, he himself was handsome and powerful. Furthermore, he carried a Divine Artifact capable of harming the Night Demon!
He posed only a minor nuisance to the Night Demon, but if he were to regain his senses and turn against her, he would become a fatal threat!
If it happened again, she might not have the chance to control the Grand Guardian, who was now on guard.
While the succubus was still hesitating, unsure whether to advance or retreat,
A girl with silvery white long hair, whom she knew very well, seemed to have heard the loud explosions echoing from the Round Table Hall and came running in a panic.
—It was Yulia Moriarty!
She could even sense the imprint ofsuggestion within the other party!
It was the same Yulia she had dealt with before!
Hadn’t she told Yulia to go home?
A doubtful thought flickered through the succubus’s mind, but she quickly suppressed it—she had been residing in the Silver and Tin Hall recently, so perhaps she had just subconsciously run back.
At this moment, a stratagem formed in the succubus’s mind.
—Directly have the Grand Guardian attack Yulia!
Unlike Emma, the succubus had no interest in Yulia’s heart.
Because she had no intention of returning to Star Antinomy, let alone handing over Hercules’ heart to Hong Xiang—her hatred for Hong Xiang was arguably the greatest among everyone. And the treasury that required Yulia’s heart to open held no value for her.
It was far less valuable than the Grand Guardian of Avalon!
However, if Yulia were to be attacked, Eivass would undoubtedly have the Night Demon protect Yulia. By repeatedly attacking Eivass and Yulia, the Night Demon, who had to protect these two “weaknesses,” would have no time or energy to attack her main body.
Eivass was intelligent. He would soon realize the problem and naturally move closer to Yulia.
At that point, she could detonate the imprint of suggestion within Yulia’s heart, directly controlling her mind and having her launch a sneak attack on Eivass from behind!
Amidst the chaos, she might be able to escape with her pet…
This was the tactic that suddenly surfaced in the succubus’s mind the moment she saw Yulia.
—You just wait! Once I recruit more powerful individuals, I’ll return with them and capture you as a slave!
The succubus thought viciously in her heart.
So, she immediately ordered the Grand Guardian: “Attack Yulia!”
But for some reason, the Grand Guardian, who was about to attack Yulia, suddenly froze, his weapon-holding hand suspended in mid-air.
It was as if he were restrained by some invisible decree, unable to attack at all. His charging momentum was like hitting a wall… even his clouded, vacant gaze seemed to clear slightly.
The succubus did not hesitate and lashed out fiercely with her whip again.
“Go!”
She angrily issued the command again.
