Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 685  Traceless Shadow [Bonus]

Just as she expected, before her blade reached Max, the finger had taken the shape.

Max almost staggered due to the feeling of emptiness inside him. Most of his mana, bloodline energy, and the Death Energy he got from the accidental killing of a few human mages a while ago when he destroyed the meteor attack had been used up in this activation.

If he failed to kill the demon in front of him, which he wasn't sure if he could, he would be done for.

Rumble!

The space around the finger seemed to be twisting and turning under the pressure it radiated. Last time he used it, he wasn't able to sense how terrifying this attack was, especially with Death Energy's inclusion, but right now, he could tell it was horrifying to say the least. Still, for some reason, he couldn't tell just how powerful it was, which was the reason why he wasn't confident if it could finish the demon king.

'Since the previous attack that only had the little Death Energy present in my mana veins managed to destroy that meteor spell, it should be enough, right?' He thought but then realized in the last activation, he had instinctively used the Nascent Energy too, which he hadn't this time.

All these thoughts flashed in his mind in a split second after the finger was fully formed. Then, without hesitation, he willed it to move toward the demon king.

The moment he did…

Swoosh!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The finger disappeared, and layers of shields in front of the demoness exploded into pieces, which made her heart skip a beat.

"Ahhhhh!"

With a loud shout, she activated her bloodline ability and released her bloodline energy together with demonic energy, which then enveloped her in a thick cocoon.

The moment she had felt the activation of his finger, she was prepared to use this move. The only reason she deployed those shields was to buy her some time, which they did.

BOOM!

Immediately after she turned herself into the cocoon, the finger destroyed the last shield and struck her, causing a loud explosion that sent shockwaves so powerful rippling outwards that the ground beneath the demoness' sunk by a few meters, and everyone within two hundred meters of the explosion who hadn't managed to escape in time was pulverized, most of whom were peak Three Star and early to mid-stage Four Star mages and demons.

Max, himself, was sent flying back, his newly donned robes disintegrating, leaving him stark naked.

Looking down at himself in shock, he thought, 'Fortunately I have Nascent Energy to counter the Death Energy; otherwise I might've disintegrated too.'

His heart palpitated at the thought, realizing just how destructive the Death Energy was.

'Unless I'm about to die, I can't use it if I don't have the Nascent Energy.' He thought before looking at where the demoness was supposed to be, hoping he would see nothing.

However… As the smog, dust, and lingering energies cleared up, the demoness appeared in front of him, though she was badly battered.

Looking at her, Max didn't know whether he should feel relaxed or tense up.

She had lost her right arm and both of her legs. The rest of her body supported ghastly wounds. In some places, her innards were visible, and she was breathing very weakly.

Anyone could tell she had lost most of her fighting ability, but the fact he couldn't kill her with his strongest attack—well, not strongest since he didn't use the Nascent Energy—slapped him with the harsh reality that no matter how powerful his energies were, if his cultivation was lacking compared to his opponents, the chances were he wouldn't always be able to win in confrontation.

Many people were paying attention to their fight. When they saw the state of the demon king, they couldn't help but become shocked for a moment.

Then, save for a few in the human camp and Ashroth on the demons' side, everyone's eyes narrowed with dense murderous intent. "I'll… kill… you." The demoness muttered before suddenly shrieking, "I WILL KILL YOU!"

BOOM!

A large amount of demonic energy and her bloodline energy gushed out of her as she started to cast her spell, ready to kill him.

"Damn! You've gone mad. You should go and treat your injuries instead of trying to kill me." Max said, cold sweat running down his back.

Having exhausted most of his energies, save the Nascent Energy, he knew he wouldn't be able to defend against her berserk attacks.

Still, he had no choice but to try. So, tightly gripping the Thunder Sword, he pulled on his energies, but just then…

Swoosh! Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Chi!

A figure appeared behind the demon king like a ghost and sliced her neck.

The demon king had a shocked and confused look on her face as her head rolled off her shoulders.

The spell activation was disrupted, and the demonic and bloodline energy slowly dispersed as her head and body fell to the ground.

Thud! Thud!

Max stared wide-eyed at the person who had killed her because…

"Aren't you that boy from the Martell family?" He asked,

"Indeed, I am." The boy introduced himself, "People like to call me Traceless Shadow, but my name is Kriss. I would be happy if Mr. Max called me that."

Max looked at him with interest.

Kriss looked no older than eighteen or nineteen, and he was pretty sure it was his true age. But despite that, he was already a mid-stage Five Star mage, which told him just how extraordinarily talented he was.

However, the thing he was most curious about was…

"Doesn't your Martell family also want to capture me? Why did you help me?"

Kriss opened his mouth to answer, but right then, Max noticed with his bloodline sense that the demoness hadn't completely died yet.

Swoosh!

Puchi!

Immediately, he flashed over and stabbed the thunder sword in her head, killing it.

Kriss had raised his guard up when he noticed Max move but relaxed when he saw what he did, but he also became confused and asked, "She was going to die in a few seconds anyway, Mr. Max. Why did you bother?"

Max sighed in relief and excitement when his vision turned black and white and a large glob of death energy rushed into his body.

Then he looked at Kriss and asked with a smile, "So, you were telling me why you helped me?"

Kriss gave him a dissatisfied look seeing how he ignored his question. But after shaking his head, he said, "It's true my family also wants you, Sir Max, but can you blame them? I mean, who wouldn't want you after seeing how extraordinary your bloodline is?"

"In fact, you are lucky you didn't reveal that strange energy of yours in the capital; otherwise, those old geezers would've come after you. If that happened, let alone the Fuller family, even the Williams family wouldn't have been able to save you without a fight that would've left the capital city in ruins."

"Anyway, coming back to the topic, the reason I helped you is simple... I want to befriend you. I believe your friendship would be far more beneficial to me and even the Martell family in the long run."

Kriss said this while looking in Max's eyes.

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