Third Person's POV
In an instant, the icy crescent dissolved into nothingness.
Ethan's pupils contracted at that sight.
His attack had been devoured.
A heartbeat later, the other skulls swerved mid-flight and adjusted their trajectories with disturbing intelligence.
Their eerie wails intensified and filled the sky with a chorus of spectral tornt as they closed in.
Ethan's instincts scread at him. He twisted in midair and pushed his speed to the limit.
He narrowly avoided one of the flaming skulls as it zipped past his shoulder.
But the residual force burned a hole through his sleeve and its edges curled away as if devoured by invisible teeth.
This is bad, he thought as his mind continuously raced.
I can't keep dodging forever. I need a plan.
Then, as if fate itself had smiled upon him, a golden chart unfurled in his mind space as it glowed with ethereal silver symbols.
The voice of the long-forgotten Auralis Pri, the spirit of the Eterna Nexus, echoed in his consciousness.
[Detected an Extra-Terrestrial Void Nihility Demon.
The entity before you is but a fragnt of its consciousness, having pierced through this Small World's boundary.
While its true form is a Grade Six being, its current manifestation is only equal to a peak Grade Three entity, albeit with so unique abilities like its Netherfla of Eternal Woe which is the most dangerous among them.]
Ethan's eyes widened as the information flooded his mind. A Grade Six being?
The sheer scale of the threat was staggering. He hadn't thought that this evil entity was this strong, even stronger than his Master Nyx.
But he also heaved a sigh of relief as it was currently only equal to a peak Grade Three entity took so of his worries,
But Auralis Pri wasn't done.
[You would have been defenseless against those flas if not for the Astral Purge Essence stored in the washbasin-shaped soul crystal within your soul.
Successor, rember this.
The Astral Realm is both the nourishnt and the absolute bane of these creatures, just as it was for the demon face the Eterna Nexus destroyed eight years ago.
Use it wisely, but only when the demon is off guard. A second attempt will fail if it becos aware of this treasure.
Also, a Sky realm Blood Slave is spying on this battle at this very mont. Judging by its soul waves, the Eterna Nexus can confirm that it is definitely not an enemy.]
[Finally, a warning. The Eterna Nexus will enter a deep slumber.
To awaken even five to ten percent of its core energy, you must nourish it with significant amount of your soul power.
One last piece of advice, feel the Netherfla with your bare hands.
Recall the faint sensation you experienced earlier—the awakening of your Devil Bloodline. Use it.]
Ethan's mind reeled from the influx of information but he quickly categorized his priorities.
First, he had a thod to end this entity.
The purple Astral Purge Essence within his soul was not just so strange liquid housing a lingering curse.
But it was a weapon and a final answer to the existence of this sinister and evil Void Nihility Demon.
Second, he needed to grasp the Netherfla with his bare hands.
What kind of insane idea was that?
Did Auralis Pri expect him to willingly touch a fire that could erase his very being?
Yet… I can rember that feeling I felt earlier just monts ago.
That dreamy and almost intoxicating sensation when I had absorbed the Dark Soul Energy from the undead commander?
Ethan knew that it had been fleeting, but unmistakable.
The third piece of information was the most unexpected.
A Blood Slave was watching this battle from the shadows.
And one at the peak Rank Four existence—Sky Realm. According to Auralis Pri's analysis, this being was not his enemy.
Ethan frowned as nurous thoughts raced in his head while he dodged the crimson skulls.
Who could that be?
Then, his thoughts clicked.
The old carriage driver?
The little duchess had sent them alone on this perilous journey, but had she really left them defenseless?
Normally, people traveled in entire retinues, with warriors, mages, and healers all grouped together for protection when they traveled between the different regions of a continent in this world.
Yet, she had sent the three of them alone in this long and perilous journey.
Was this Blood Slave her hidden safeguard?
Ethan filed the thought away for later. Right now, he had a battle to win.
With newfound resolve, he executed a sharp turn in midair and did the unthinkable as he stopped dodging.
His dark magic surged through his body and pooled in his left hand.
He concentrated and wrapped his arm in his own dark energy like a glove as he suppressed his natural instincts that scread at him to move away.
The skulls with the gray Netherfla of Eternal Woe burning within their hollow eye sockets streaked toward him.
He clenched his jaw and focused on the silver spots in his mind space—the sacred, untainted energy that had always been present but one that he could feel now.
Then, he reached out toward the skull and caught it with one hand.
His left hand t the flas head-on.
Agony.
Pure, searing agony flooded his veins.
His nerves scread and his muscles convulsed, and for a brief mont, his mind teetered on the brink of collapse.
Yet, beneath that pain, sothing else stirred.
A deep pulse emanated from his chest. A sensation unlike anything before.
His dormant Devil Emperor Bloodline roared to life.
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A small silver vortex ford over his palm and spiraled outward in an intricate pattern.
It absorbed the Dark soul energy of the skull as it drank in the corruption like a ravenous beast.
At the sa ti, a silvery sacred, and dreamy fire erupted from his fingertips and clashed against the cursed gray fla.
The pain vanished in an instant. Instead, an insatiable hunger consud him.
The crimson skull flickered as its wretched flas dimd in confusion.
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