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Chapter 164
Chapter 164: Sudden Changes
Unfortunately, their conversation was short-lived as their legs were quickly frozen in place. It was because of the red patterns that appeared on the floor and ceiling.
“What the heck? Why can’t I move?”
“Who’s responsible for this? What do you want?!”
“Man! If I’d known, I wouldn’t have come. I’m a sword user, I can’t do diddly-squat with a magician’s inheritance! I couldn’t even get through the first floor!” One man scowled miserably.
“Right? My intestines are practically shriveling with regret! I finally get to the second floor and what happens? I nearly get killed by magic beasts! I didn’t even get to the third floor and now this happens. Should have just stayed at headquarters. Now I might end up dead,” said another guy in frustration.
Panic filled the air as more and more people loudly expressed their regrets. Why did they rush inside as soon as they heard the it was a god’s tomb? Now they were probably going to die.
The regrets and tears didn’t last long. Those who moved back earlier couldn’t retreat much farther because they were now frozen by the array. The ones within two meters of the demon started bleeding. The demon sucked their blood into his mouth until they ran dry and were nothing but shriveled corpses. Everyone stared, horror-struck as the bodies collapsed to the floor.
The sharper adventurers noticed the old man sitting by the crystal when they arrived. How was he able to suck blood?! He didn’t look the same after his meal. Now he didn’t look like an old man. In fact he looked like a badass. They didn’t want this badass to suck their blood!
The array was powerful but was fixed in place. The demon had not moved from his seat, but pulled his prey to him.
“What’s the situation?” Tian Ya asked.
Ming Xi told everyone what happened earlier.
It was unbelievable a demon was living in a god’s tomb. Even if he was just a foot soldier in the demon army, he was still of holy rank and from the ancient past. Compared to humans, he was a total boss. Plus he was able to regain strength by consuming blood.
“From the ancient Demon race? How interesting.” Tian Ya’s eyes sparked with enthusiasm as he listened. Far from being afraid, he was actually excited to find a worthy opponent. He was boiling for a good fight.
Feng Wu didn’t speak as she stood to the side. She watched, as one by one, more people were sucked dry and turned into corpses. The Demon race was indeed a brutal race. josei
She wasn’t thinking about jumping in to save the adventurers and being a hero; she was thinking about the book she read on the Demon race. Her master said to always keep her abilities in mind before acting.
Xiao Chun[notes] was asleep after putting the elemental fairy[notes] in his tummy. Feng Wu was certain she couldn’t defeat an ancient demon without her friend’s help.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but the demon’s face appeared more youthful the more blood he consumed. Now he looked like a man in his forties.
They knew they couldn’t let it continue. If allowed to fully heal, there would be no way for them to defeat him. Everyone would die!
Even Jier, who looked down on the demon earlier, changed his attitude. The demon’s strength was laughable in the Demon world, but in the Human world he was a powerhouse. Then there was the large array, which would definitely be troublesome.
No one dared underestimate the demon soldier after seeing his brutality. Just when people were thinking of attacking, the old grandpa moved. He pulled, what looked like an average green staff, from his dimensional space. But even if it was ordinary looking, no one was going to look down on it; it was a holy level weapon after all.
The humble staff would prove its strength shortly.
Grandpa was aware the longer this played out the stronger the demon would get, and the worse their odds of survival would become. He waved his staff and silently mouthed a spell. The staff turned greener as a strong ball of energy gathered above it.
Yifu leaned her upper body close to Zi Cheng and said, “The holy master must be a wood magician.”
No one else spoke, but many were thinking the same thing. Green light was a dead giveaway. It was a reaction that only occurred in the presence of wood magic.
“Not wood,” Feng Wu whispered.
“No? What’s wrong with your eyes that you can’t see it’s green. Green is for wood magic!” Yifu was being contradicted by Feng Wu, the girl she hated most. She was absolutely not going give her any face.
“Xiao Wu, maybe you’re confused? That’s definitely green light.” Rain wanted to help her friend, and she didn’t want to support Yifu, but facts were facts; there was no denying it was green.
Elena and the others didn’t know what to say either. It was fluctuation caused by wood magic. As responsible seniors, they couldn’t distort the truth just to support Feng Wu.
Jier and Ming Xi didn’t join in, but both were smiling mysteriously.
Things aren’t always what they seem and the green staff was not what it appeared.
It glowed green, yes, but don’t look at the glow, look at the staff.
After the last words of the spell fell, Grandpa waved his hand again and a terrible hot flame rushed at the demon.
But the demon was no pushover. He immediately spread his hands and voiced his own spell. Finished, two black spheres full of dark elemental power appeared. He waved his hands and both spheres rushed at the flame head on.