The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　The "Monster Angel's" movements slowed down noticeably at that moment.

　But just a second or two later, it suddenly became sober, its face turning even angrier.

　The destructive white light of the "Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon" and the "Dual Dimension Burst Slash" struck it one after the other. However, the former merely coated its skin with destructive power, while the spatial rift created by the latter could not pull it in at all.

　Angewomon, wielding two swords, flew through the air, calmly observing every detail of the battle.

　With its two swords combined, it is both offensive and defensive, capable of protecting itself from being instantly killed and unleashing its strongest attack when most needed.

　But the absolute core of this entire battle is still "Demon King Aldridge".

　At this moment, "Demon King Aldrich" had not yet revealed its true form. Using its unassuming, petite size, it had blended into the group of magical spirits and had already reached the "Monster Angel's" rear, preparing to launch a surprise attack from behind.

　Although there is no "backstab damage bonus" in the real world, ambushing from behind can indeed yield unexpected results.

　After seizing the opportunity, "Demon King Aldridge" suddenly revealed his true form, transforming into the "God-Devouring Beast" in mid-air! The giant black cat that devoured gods was slightly smaller than the [Monster Angel] in size, but not by much.

　However, it did not immediately use "Lightning Burst" or even "Iron Body".

　He simply unleashed "Shadow Tiger Claw" and "Light Chaser" before lunging at "Monster Angel"!

　[Demon King Aldrich] In his "God-Eating Beast" form, his normal attack power can reach 14000 points.

　Even without the "Lightning Burst" bonus, it is already very powerful.

　Simply injuring the "monster angel" is not enough.

　Although the "monster angel" was ugly and terrifying, it was surprisingly a very pure light angel, and the "Light Chaser" could be used to restrain it.

　In addition, the negative ultimate skills such as "Universal Gravity" and "Weakness Curse" used by other magical spirits, as well as the beneficial ultimate skills used on "Demon King Aldrich" - the latter being the most important, made the gap between the two sides narrower and narrower.

　"Demon King Aldrich" has received enhancements in both offense and defense. While not as powerful as "Lightning Burst" and "Iron Body," it's still enough to deal damage to the "Monster Angel" at this moment.

　In particular, the divine pressure generated after it devoured the "mysterious man" made the "monster angel" feel extremely threatened.

　Therefore, when "Demon King Aldrich" pounced, it finally couldn't hold back and unleashed its divine power, its entire body suddenly bursting forth with an extremely dazzling white light.

　The white light contained extremely strong purifying power, which almost instantly cleansed away the negative statuses that were entangled on it.

　Whether it was the hypnotic pollen released by the "Overlord Flower Tree", the "Moon Shadow Bind" of the "Forest Shadow Leopard", or the various curses of other magical spirits, they were all dispelled in an instant.

　The next moment, the "monster angel" suddenly swung its arm, ignoring the surrounding magical spirits, and fiercely grabbed at (Demon King Aldrich).

　"boom!"

　Their claws collided violently.

　"Demon King Aldridge" was grabbed by the "Monster Angel" and hurled violently to the ground.

　"Boom!"

　With a loud bang, the body of "Demon King Aldridge" sank deep into the cracked ground.

　However, the "fairy beast" inside the "fairy barrier" had already recognized...

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　They recognized the "Monster Angel's" purification skill.

　Its eyes narrowed, and it immediately unleashed the "Fairy Seal" that it had prepared beforehand, targeting the "Monster Angel's" purification skill.

　“God’s death!”

　Angewomon, having released her twin swords, drew back the holy bow formed by her left wing and suddenly fired a holy arrow.

　The "Holy Arrow," formed from lightning, can deliver thunderous punishment to evil.

　Caught off guard, the "monster angel" was struck by the arrow, and electric currents surged throughout its body, causing it to fall into a state of paralysis!

　"Aim (good opportunity)!"

　Lying in the pit, "Demon King Aldrich" flashed his eyes, and a golden lightning bolt suddenly lit up on his forehead. The lightning bolt that emerged from the lightning bolt spread throughout his body at an extremely fast speed, and his speed and attack power surged to an unbelievable level in that instant!

　The next second, only a few sparks of electricity remained in the crater. "Demon King Aldrich" transformed into lightning, dragging an extremely long bolt of electricity as he slammed into the "monster angel".

　"Roar--"

　The electric current on the "monster angel" increased even more. It let out a terrifying roar as it endured the damage.

　However, having lost that purification skill, it was no longer able to dispel the paralysis status immediately.

　"Demon King Aldrich" seized the opportunity and dealt it a heavy blow. His "Shadow Tiger Claw," swung out during the spur of the moment, left deep wounds on the "Monster Angel's" body.

　When it forcibly dispersed the current with pure energy in an attempt to use its regenerative abilities to heal its injuries, it suddenly discovered that its invincible super regenerative ability had lost its function!

　In that instant, the "Monster Angel's" mind suddenly cleared. It finally realized that this time, its opponent had come completely prepared!

　From the initial feint, it seemed everything was part of the enemy's plan. Thinking of this, the "Monster Angel's" gaze suddenly fixed on the "Slow Angel," and Emily Grantham's image immediately flashed into its mind. Almost instinctively, it believed that Emily Grantham was the one who orchestrated everything!

　It certainly couldn't attribute everything to Dark, because it had never even seen Dark!

　However it may think, it cannot change its current situation. Having lost its purification and regeneration abilities, it is ultimately just a slightly harder lump of fat.

　Compared to the "mysterious man" and the phantom of the "six-winged angel," it is all show and no substance.

　"Demon King Aldridge" seemed to have finally found an easy target, making the most of those thirty seconds to leave dozens of terrifying, fatal wounds on "Monster Angel".

　During this time, "Monster Angel" stubbornly launched a counterattack despite her injuries.

　However, it activated "Iron Body" at the right time, causing the "Monster Angel's" strongest attacks to hit the iron wall.

　Angewomon, floating in the air, kept a close eye on the battle, extremely cautious.

　But the "monster angel" does seem to be missing something.

　Although it appears to be several times stronger than those "angels" who have lost their sense of self, there seems to be no qualitative difference in its status.

　Furthermore, it does not possess the ability to be completely immune to transformation-type ultimate techniques. Its power is not based on its rank.

　However, the "Monster Angel's" vitality is truly exceptional, making it absolutely impossible to kill it completely within thirty seconds.

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　"Demon King Aldrich" had exhausted all his strength, even using "Flames of Jealousy" during his attack. However, the "Flames of Jealousy" he unleashed was fundamentally different from the "Flames of Jealousy" unleashed by the "Mysterious Man." The "Monster Angel" managed to withstand the damage from the "Flames of Jealousy."

　Thirty seconds later, the lightning mark on "Demon King Aldrich's" forehead suddenly disappeared, and he lost the ability to harm "Monster Angel".

　Even though the surrounding magical spirits immediately restored various buffs to it, the effect was far inferior to "Lightning Burst".

　After losing his ability to deal damage, "Demon King Aldridge" could only activate "Iron Body" to withstand the attacks.

　Even with its "steel body," it can only maintain that for sixty seconds. Once those sixty seconds are up, the entire situation will instantly reverse. Even without its purification and regeneration abilities, the "monster angel" is not something an ordinary magical spirit can face.

　But once "Demon King Aldridge" lost his fighting ability, no one was able to kill "Monster Angel" anymore.

　Angewomon's mind raced.

　Finally, upon seeing the lightning on "Demon King Aldridge" completely disappear, a decision was made.

　Instead of waiting for "Demon King Aldridge" to completely kill the "Monster Angel," it chose to enter the fray when "Demon King Aldridge" was not yet completely ineffective.

　At this point, joining forces with "Demon King Aldridge" to fight the enemy is the wisest choice.

　In short, "Demon King Aldridge" is used to attract attention, while "Angewomon" becomes the sharpest sword.

　Its first sword strike didn't leave any marks on the "Monster Angel," and even the second strike had little effect.

　However, in the "Triple Slash" following the "Double Slash", Angewomon simultaneously activated "Sword Dance".

　A violent gust of wind rose from the ground, completely engulfing the Holy Sword in Angewomon's hand.

　The "Monster Angel" keenly sensed the threat that this seemingly harmless eight-winged angel displayed at that moment.

　In that instant, it raised its head, and the mere 0.5 seconds of charging and aiming time passed in the blink of an eye. It suddenly opened its mouth, and the white beam it emitted swallowed "Angewomon" without warning.

　—But Angewomon did not die.

　At the critical moment, it relied on the "fossil skin" given to it by the "Sword Beast" to withstand the damage from the white beam of light.

　Its "Holy Sword" was not damaged, and even the effects of "Triple Slash" and "Sword Dance" were still guaranteed.

　The "monster angel" only saw a sliver of the sword tip emerge from the white beam of light before a massive sword aura swept across, severing its ugly head from its neck!

　Everything flowed so smoothly.

　The "monster angel" was still alive even after losing its head. However, its overly strong vitality, now that it had lost its regenerative abilities, could only prolong its existence a little longer.

　With the combined efforts of "Demon Lord Aldridge", "Angewomon", and other magical spirits.

　The "monster angel" finally swallowed its last bite—in the mouth of "Demon King Aldrich"!

　"Demon King Aldridge" seized the opportunity and used "Devourer" to end the life of "Monster Angel".

　With "Demon King Aldridge" digesting and absorbing it, Dark Dimon finally obtained his eighth gold medal!

Chapter 996 Darkdemon and the Elf Princess (4k)

　Nine people, eight gold medals!

　After receiving the gold medal from "Demon King Aldridge", Dark examined it carefully.

　The front of this gold medal is engraved with Poseidon, the "god of the sea," holding a trident!

　"Hera, Queen of the Gods; Poseidon, God of the Sea; Demeter, Goddess of Agriculture; Athena, Goddess of War and Wisdom; Apollo, God of Light; Aphrodite, Goddess of Love; Hephaestus, God of Fire; Hermes, Messenger of the Gods."

　"Then the remaining possibilities are Zeus, the 'King of the Gods'; Artemis, the 'Goddess of the Hunt'; Ares, the 'God of War'; and Hestia, the 'Goddess of the Hearth'... or perhaps Dionysus, the 'God of Wine'."

　Before actually winning the gold medal, Darke was still unable to confirm whether Hestia, the "Goddess of the Hearth," or Dionysus, the "God of Wine," was one of the existing twelve gods of Mount Polopus.

　Of course, he prefers Hestia, the "Goddess of the Hearth." After all, Hestia, along with Athena and Artemis, is considered one of the "Three Virgin Goddesses."

　Without Hestia, wouldn't there be one less story?

　Even from a game developer's perspective, Hestia would definitely be more popular with players than Dionysus.

　—Although the original game storyline didn't involve gods at all.

　Dark put away the gold medal of "Ocean God" Poseidon and looked at the magic card of "Demon King Aldrich".

　Although the "Monster Angel" is not a god, its abilities are extremely powerful. If "Demon King Aldrich" could obtain its regenerative abilities, it would make up for the greatest weakness of the magical spirits.

　Unfortunately, what it obtained through the "devourer" was a finishing move called "Light Divine Sword".

　Although it is called a "sword", it is actually the white beam of light that it released before.

　However, after being mastered by "Demon King Aldrich", the energy of this ultimate technique changed from light attribute to dark attribute, so it could be renamed "Dark God Sword".

　This special move has almost no cooldown, its charging time is shorter than "Destructive White Light Jet", and it also has more power bonuses.

　However, it consumes more magic power than "Destructive White Beam" if unleashed by "Demon King Aldrich". While not as powerful as the white beam of "Monster Angel", it can still unleash about 60% of its power.

　This shows that there is actually a considerable gap in raw power between "Demon King Aldridge" and that "Monster Angel".

　This victory can only be described as a team victory.

　After celebrating with his companions for a while, Dark and his friends discussed leaving the area and heading to the surface.

　Now that most of the information that could be gathered in this underground city has been collected and many questions have been answered, it's time to return to the surface!

　Having just joined forces to defeat a formidable foe, their morale and atmosphere were excellent, and everyone was eager to press their advantage, find and kill the remaining four creatures.

　Dark didn't spoil the fun and directly commanded "Fairy Tale Animal - Little Rabbit" to drive "Moon Goddess's Chariot" back to the ground.

　There is more than one road connecting this underground city to the surface, but each road is very well hidden.

　However, the Twin Paladins, having followed the "monster angel" all the way, became very familiar with one of the paths.

　Guided by the two, the "Moon Chariot" sped forward and returned to the ground about half an hour later.

　The exit on the ground was hidden inside the mouth of a giant bronze serpent statue.

　After emerging from the snake's mouth, Dak suddenly noticed that the sky above him had darkened.

　The sky above this "Heavenly Court" is covered only with clouds, with no sun or moon in sight, yet it seems to have a distinction between day and night.

　Dark lowered the curtains, turned to the group, and said, “Of the remaining creatures, one can locate Zenny Burns. Although we don’t know why it gave up tracking him before, as long as the will etched into its mind remains, it will definitely come back. What we need to think about now is how to find the other three creatures… or rather, the other three people.”

　Dark then looked at Fred North and said, "The communication methods between Zenny and Lucia and the other two elves don't work at greater distances. We haven't found their method yet. But there's one more person left, Fred's sister. Hmm, do you have a special way of communicating with each other?"

　Fred North reached out and took off the earring from his left ear, saying, "Yes, there is. But it might not be very useful."

　Dak looked over.

　The earring Fred North wore was a small conch-shaped ornament. After everyone looked over, he channeled his magic into it, and the small conch suddenly grew to the size of a palm.

　Fred North said, "These are called Wind-Transmitting Conch Shells, and they come in pairs. If you blow one of them, you can hear the sound from the other, no matter how far away you are. We tested them on Mount Gods, and at least the fog there couldn't stop the sound from traveling."