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

　The passive ability of "Dragon of Destruction" grants it extremely high immunity, and it is clear that the arcane effect of "Curse of the Evil Soul" has not yet broken through that immunity limit.

　The black mist that suddenly burst open dissipated like smoke, and the staircase returned to normal. The group of magical elves quickly passed through the staircase and soon arrived at the second floor of the temple.

　The second floor of the temple is significantly smaller than the first. However, the murals on the walls and the carvings on the pillars are far more numerous than on the first floor, creating a dense and visually striking effect.

　A swarm of blood-red bats swept past, having already scanned every room by the time the magical elf reached the second floor. Finding no trace of the "mysterious man," they flew towards the third floor.

　But the magical elves who had just reached the second floor still didn't forget to search again. Under the command of the only intelligent blue-eyed white dragon, the three blue-eyed white dragons dispersed and entered the rooms on the second floor one after another.

　"Bilijion" suddenly accelerated, arriving at the center of the second hall as if it had teleported.

　A beam of light emanating a dark aura was pouring down from above, below which was a six-pointed star altar, upon which floated a writhing mass of flesh!

　"Vilijon" frowned suddenly, sensing an unusual evil within it!

　Almost out of control, it would turn its head and destroy it with the "Holy Sword".

　But HolyAngemon arrived right away and shook its head at it.

　"Bilijion" exhaled a breath, thus restraining his impulse.

　"This mass of flesh and blood is most likely artificially cultivated material."

　"Gatomon" walked over carrying the "Holy Sword" and casually said something.

　"It seems there's nothing to be gained on this second floor either. Let's go up another floor."

　Leomon bypassed the altar, stabbed a dying demon with its sword, and then headed towards the stairs leading to the third floor.

　Judging from the current situation, the "Song of Destruction" has dealt a devastating blow to that "mysterious man".

　It's not impossible that it fled to the top floor in its panic.

　When the magical spirits rushed into the first level of the temple, it didn't have time to react and couldn't recall them.

　But by the time they reached the second level, only one magical sprite remained, clearly left behind to scout ahead.

　If they go any higher, the situation will definitely become much different. Because that "mysterious person" will have had enough time to make new plans, and...

　Or it could trigger a pre-set trap.

　While the "Song of Destruction" spell's effect on paper is that it can instantly deplete a demon's magic power, demons have an extremely fast magic power recovery rate, and it likely also has ways to replenish magic power, so one should never let one's guard down.

　But having said that.

　The magical spirits are highly aware of their own "immortality".

　After confirming that no one was hiding on the second floor, they went straight to the third floor without hesitation.

　It was still the same "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" that cleared the way in the front row, and then the rest of the magical spirits rushed in all at once.

　In short, there is no strategy, and caution is the only measure.

　As soon as the first "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" rushed up to the third floor, it immediately triggered the trap placed at the entrance to the third floor.

　This time, however, it wasn't a purely transformative effect trap, but rather the most direct demonic flame attack!

　The moment the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" poked its head out, it was engulfed by demonic flames and almost roasted into dried squid!

　"Roar--"

　It roared angrily from within the demonic flames, and with a flap of its wings, it burst forth from the flames.

　The magical spirits following behind it all stopped in their tracks, but the other two "Blue-Eyes White Dragons," driven by the one with intelligence, accelerated and rushed forward.

　The raging demonic flames erupted once more, but the two Blue-Eyes White Dragons were prepared, unleashing a powerful sphere of white light that had just coalesced. Their ultimate attack—"Destructive Jet of White Light!"

　Two beams of white light flashed by, and the stone statue spewing demonic flames was blasted to pieces.

　The magical elves immediately rushed out of the stairs, and the entire third floor of the temple came into view.

　The third floor of this temple is half the size of the second floor, and the huge magical elves are crammed into it, creating a very strong sense of crowding.

　However, the dark aura emanating from this layer is even denser than that of the two layers below combined.

　If one has some understanding of divinity, one can also sense an extremely strong divine aura.

　HolyAngemon stepped forward, its divine energy erupting from its body, instantly transforming into battle form.

　In its battle form, "HolyAngemon" wields the "Holy Sword" in its left hand and the "Holy Shield" in its right, becoming the fourth "Holy Sword" user in the team!

　It raised its sword and shield, and looked at the other side with a serious expression.

　The walls of the entire third level of the temple are embedded with numerous shrines, each containing a relief of a deity.

　However, those statues did not convey a sense of solemnity or reverence. Instead, they were all strangely shaped, ugly, and filthy, and the divine aura emanating from them was evil and bizarre.

　HolyAngemon instinctively sensed the threat and continuously transmitted information to Dark outside the temple.

　The third level of the temple contained only this one hall, which was laid out in one glance. Directly opposite was a small table, behind which stood three grotesque statues of gods.

　The three statues are arranged with the central one being the most prominent, the two side statues being smaller, and the central statue being tall and terrifying.

　Their appearance is equally ugly and unsightly, even giving people a very strange sense of deformity.

　Even the central statue, which could barely be considered humanoid, was extremely deformed.

　Its body was obese, seemingly sitting but actually standing, and its surface was covered with huge eyes, which were very similar to the eye carvings on the temple walls.

　Besides the eyes, the statue was also covered with arms of various shapes, especially the arms on its back, which were extremely dense and twisted like spider legs.

　Its flesh was extremely thick, collapsing freely and almost completely covering its long, black-haired legs.

　Its facial features were relatively neat, except for a few extra mouths filled with sharp teeth.

　On the forehead area between the left and right ears, there are also many hideous faces.

　On either side of its head grew two rather familiar demon horns. According to the concepts of this era, it was clearly not a righteous god. And that "mysterious man" was now standing with his back to the magical elves rushing up to the third floor, before the table, bowing and worshipping the statue of the evil god.

　He clasped his hands together, holding two stacked "Demon King" images in his palms. However, no matter how he worshipped, the evil god's statue remained unresponsive. His once handsome face was now twisted into a hideous grimace.

　—Luring Darkdemon to this temple was indeed part of his plan.

　However, this plan was drafted on a temporary basis and was a Plan B outside of Plan A.

　The main reason for devising this plan was after he obtained the two "Demon King" magic cards. Although he further confirmed that the two "Demon Kings" contained power of the same origin as himself, he was unable to extract that power from the magic cards.

　Based on his limited knowledge, he judged that if he wanted to absorb and assimilate the power of those two "Demon Kings", he could only rely on "flesh and blood sacrifice".

　Therefore, he improvised and attempted to lure Darkdemon into the temple. With the help of the temple and the power of the evil god's statue, he planned to plunder some of its flesh and blood to perform a "flesh sacrifice."

　His plan was half successful. Darkimon was indeed lured over.

　But after reaching that point, Dark never took another step forward, not even half a step.

　He never imagined that the ultimate skill of just one Seven-Star Magical Spirit could instantly destroy the demon army he had deployed in advance!

　Once "Song of Destruction" is successfully unleashed, its suppressive effect on archmages is...

　Devastating.

　All the magical spirits within range are brought to the brink of death, and the mage's own magic power will be depleted, making it impossible to replenish magic power immediately.

　Although his magic power wasn't completely wiped out instantly, it was mostly gone, and he still felt a great sense of emptiness throughout his body.

　The only thing they could rely on was this evil god statue in front of them! But for some reason, the evil god statue suddenly stopped responding.

　He had clearly obtained what he wanted. But it was like getting a treasure chest but not having the key; he could only look at the chest helplessly.

　Without plundering Dark's flesh and blood, the "Flesh Sacrifice" cannot be performed. Without performing the "Flesh Sacrifice," the power of the "Demon King" cannot be absorbed.

　—Although this is still just a concept, even this concept cannot be realized now.

　The "mysterious man" bent down and looked up. The "greed" in his eyes had gradually weakened, and the "anger" hidden deep in his heart surged up instead.

　He was only shrouded in a thin layer of black mist, and most of the magic cards in his card pack were useless.

　At this moment, there is no other way but to burn our bridges!

　"Roar--"

　The Blue-Eyes White Dragon, engulfed in demonic flames, roared and pounced. The two Blue-Eyes White Dragons that had stopped at the top of the stairs immediately began to gather white light, preparing to unleash the "Annihilation Burst Gale Bullet".

　The "mysterious man" turned his back to them, then suddenly clapped his hands together, and dark red magic patterns lit up under his feet.

　The patterns formed a magic array, expanding with each flash, until it reached the wall in the blink of an eye.

　In the countless shrines embedded in the walls, the reliefs of the statues of gods all opened their eyes.

　The hidden divinity erupted instantly.

　Countless divine essences converged, piling up like soil to form a mountain, and finally twisted into an exceptionally terrifying divine might, pressing down fiercely like a mountain range.

　He actually managed to firmly pin the charging "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to the ground.

　The "mysterious man" put the "Demon King" from his palm into his card pack and slowly turned to look at the person opposite him.

　The magical spirits suppressed by that divine power were annihilated, along with the [Moon Limit Transformation] and all the other magical spirits that had entered the temple. The two Blue-Eyes White Dragons that were about to unleash "Annihilation Burst Gale Bullet" were also instantly suppressed, and as their mouths closed, the spheres of light elements that had been condensed burst out.

　Even the "Holy Angelmon" in front of it could not resist this terrifying divine power.

　All the magical spirits were suppressed and unable to move.

　The "mysterious man" turned around and sneered, and the three statues behind him finally reacted.

　Suddenly, an even greater divine power erupted from the central statue of the evil god. Countless eyes on its body opened simultaneously, each eye turning a deep crimson.

　The other two statues beside it suddenly trembled, their surfaces cracking as black light gradually shot out from the cracks, radiating an incomparably sharp aura.

　The "mysterious man" suddenly raised his hand, and two beams of black light shot out from the two cracked statues, condensing into a black demonic sword in his palm.

　The demonic sword had a thick blade with two sharpened sides, and eyeballs protruded from the hilt on both sides.

　The mysterious man's five fingers grasped the sword hilt, and an extremely terrifying dark power flowed continuously from the demonic sword into its body.

　The originally tall and slender body suddenly swelled up, and the pale skin surface cracked as a result. Black muscles were squeezed out from the cracked skin, and dense dark power seeped out from the inside, dyeing the remaining skin black as well.

　He raised his hand and touched it, and a hideous mask formed from the condensation of dark power appeared on his face, finally covering the face that belonged to Blackgold.

　The demon horns on either side of its head seemed to have grown longer and thicker. The "mysterious man" grinned maliciously and suddenly slashed the demonic sword forward.

　"Boom!"

　In an instant, the floor cracked and shot out in a straight line toward the stairwell. Terrifying magical flames erupted from the crack, engulfing all the magical spirits in the flames.

　Those magical spirits, suppressed by divine power and then subjected to the demonic flames of the demonic sword, all suffered a sharp drop in magical power.

　The Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which already had very little magic left, perished.

　The "mysterious man" laughed even louder as he watched the white speck of light remain after the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" disappeared.

　Since Plan B failed, Plan C is the only option left! He held the demonic sword horizontally, his body surging with dark power, making it even larger.

　Its body shot out instantly, charging head-on towards the magical spirits who were "struggling painfully" in the demonic flames.

　"Four Holy Swords"

　"So what if there are forty 'Holy Swords'?"

　He was incredibly fast, reaching HolyAngemon in the blink of an eye.

　"Evil Eye Demon Sword Reverse Reincarnation Demon Light Evil Killing Slash!"

　Despite its long name, this ultimate move only shattered the "Holy Shield".

　HolyAngemon suddenly raised its head, its eyes radiating holy light. At this critical moment, it withstood the suppression of divine power, barely raising its left hand and successfully using "Holy Shield" to block the fatal slash!

　The "Holy Shield" may not have a high defense bonus, but it has a very special "meltdown mechanism" that is triggered when it is shattered, protecting its owner from harm.

　HolyAngemon barely managed to hold on and immediately released Heavenly Healing.

　Suddenly, a white light appeared.

　The sea illuminated the palace.

　All the magical spirits within the demonic flames were enveloped in the white light, instantly restoring 30% of their maximum magic power.

　After that, it continued to recover at a rate of fifty points per second.

　The mysterious man's demonic sword strike was blocked, leaving him momentarily stunned. But he quickly recovered and unleashed a second sword strike at HolyAngemon.

　HolyAngemon suddenly raised the Holy Sword to block it.

　In that brief moment, the six-star magical spirit behind them—Gatomon—suddenly regained its mobility and charged forward with its sword drawn. Its ultimate attack—"Sword Dance!"

　The sudden surge in momentum broke through the suppression of divine power.

　"Gatomon" ran around quickly like a dancer, its momentum instantly rising to its peak, and its attack power surged accordingly.