Blocking the headless body of the Witchheart Demon was a huge, bluish-gray figure.

The faint golden light gave his originally ferocious body a touch of holiness.

Dracula opened his mouth wide and unleashed his innate skill, Soul Devour, at the body of the Witchheart Demon!

As an upgraded and mutated version of a "vampire," Dracula not only inherited Fang Chang's energy attributes but also evolved his own unique ability to devour souls.

Devouring souls and constantly evolving to become stronger—this is the path unique to Dracula.

In previous battles, Dracula had not used this skill because Soul Eater has a considerable pre-cast animation.

To prevent the demons from taking the opportunity to escape, Fang Chang ordered him to prioritize safety.

Dracula's Soul Devouring ability actually has significant limitations, such as a long skill animation and level suppression; the stronger the enemy, the lower the chance of success.

Unlike his master Fang Chang's skills, Fang Zai's skills never depend on level differences, but on fate.

Of course, the Soul Devouring skill still has its great advantages. For example, when the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, even if it cannot be successfully activated, it can still cause a brief soul shock to the enemy!

A brief, soul-controlling skill!

People with low magic resistance are in luck!

Just before the attack, Fang Chang signaled Dracula to start preparing the Soul Devouring skill, in order to prevent the Witchheart Demon from escaping at the crucial moment!

From beginning to end, Fang Chang never thought of defeating Wu Xinmo single-handedly.

This isn't a solo match; to defeat the demon, we should team up and have a righteous gang fight!

So, just as the Demon Warrior of the Witchheart severed his "head" and prepared to move on, he was met with a head-on attack from Dracula.

"Soul Devourer!!"

Dracula opened his mouth wide, and an invisible and intangible energy field pulled at the soul of the Demon Lord, causing him to freeze in place!

During this time, even a few slightly weaker souls were directly ripped from the body of the Witchheart Demon and swallowed whole by Dracula!

"Again! Spirit Contract!!"

Once again, Wu Xinmo's consciousness appeared in the mental space. Unlike last time, this time he was already somewhat unable to fully control his soul body!

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the headless body of the Witch Heart Demon exploded and completely dissipated into the world!

In Fang Chang's hand, a mass of gray matter shimmering with a dense black light appeared. This was the essence condensed from the thousands of dead souls within the San Venganza Contract.

【Source Point+】

"How is it?! Huff~" Johnny, like the police in many stories, arrived late. He was panting heavily as he looked around warily, seemingly on guard against a sudden attack from the Witchheart Demon.

Fang Chang put away the soul essence with a backhand gesture, signaled Dracula to calm Johnny down, and then closed his eyes to start adding points to himself.

It must be said that the Demonic Heart of Witch is indeed a "noble" from hell. Killing him yielded more than three times the Source Points compared to those few damned demons!

Unfortunately, as Fang Chang's level increased, the number of Source Points required for leveling up also increased. After putting all the Source Points into the experience bar, he still had 2000 Source Points left over after leveling up, and Fang Chang officially reached level 30.

[Square and Long]

Level 30 (2000/)

Force: 79 (75+3+1)

Body: 79 (75+3+1)

Intelligence: 78 (74+3+1)

Skills: [Unity Martial Arts], [Firearms Proficiency], [All-Night Stay], [Touch of Magic], [Serious Strike], [Spirit Contract], [Spirit Awakening]

Warehouse: Medical Device Beginner's Gift Pack, Arri Lamp, Dracula, Soul Essence, and various miscellaneous items.

[Plugin Source]: Idle...

Origin point: 0

It's still the same hexagonal point allocation, and the three-dimensional attributes are all approaching the 100 mark. Fang Chang has a feeling that 100 attribute points seems to be a crucial threshold.

After the attribute is destroyed, it seems that some other abilities will emerge.

Suppressing his inner turmoil, Fang Chang glanced at the panel. The [Transmigration] button on the panel was now lit up, indicating that he had completed all the storylines of this world and could return at any time.

This caught Fang Chang, who thought there was still a plot to go, off guard.

"Boom-"

The sound of a wooden stick striking the floor tiles came from in front of them, pulling Fang Chang back to reality.

An old man dressed in a simple black suit and leaning on a cane suddenly appeared before everyone.

The old man's gaze swept around, then passed over Johnny and Dracula's faces, finally settling on Fang Chang.

"An outsider?" The old man stared at Fang Chang for a while, his eyes beginning to turn a pure black, like those of a witch's heart demon. "An outsider."

He seemed to have confirmed something.

“Truly a near-perfect being…” The old man, Mephisto, uttered a near-groan of admiration.

Fang Chang's heart tightened, and he dared not make any rash moves. He simply used the authority over assimilated creatures brought by Qi Ling to inform Dracula, and then transformed him back into a fang and put him into the warehouse.

“Let me guess…” Mephistopheles raised a hand, tapping his brow with his fingers, “It’s not heaven, it can’t be.”

"It's not hell either..."

"Not those arrogant elves..."

"There's no trace of stars either..."

Mephistopheles' speech grew increasingly rapid, as if he were frustrated by his inability to find an answer.

In the original storyline, Mephistopheles was merely a background character. At the end of the film, he appears in the ruins of San Venganza, demanding to terminate his contract with Johnny.

Take back the seed of hellfire and return Johnny's soul to him, allowing him to live a normal life.

Unexpectedly, Johnny, bursting with a sense of justice, rejected the proposal.

To prevent innocent people from suffering Mephistopheles' persecution any longer, he chose to continue bearing the curse—to be a human by day and a skeleton by night.

He also swore that he would not allow Mephistopheles to continue doing evil on earth—as long as he lived, he would not allow Mephistopheles to come to earth to swindle and deceive!

Otherwise, beat him up every time you see him!

What a young and bold statement!

After learning of Johnny's intentions, Mephisto was unable to forcibly reclaim his own Hellfire Seed!

So, in a fit of anger, Mephistopheles left after uttering a threat that sounded like "I will be back."

They performed terribly, even worse than those few pathetic demons wandering the earth.

It seems he truly has no influence over human affairs...

Is Mephistopheles truly incapable of interfering in human affairs?

Fang Chang couldn't be sure. He preferred to believe that the demon was just acting, or that it was bound by some rule and couldn't openly project its power onto the human world.

Therefore, Fang Chang was prepared to turn against the demon that had appeared before him.

Although, even if you turn against them, you might not necessarily win.

Fang Chang actually has his own speculations about the father and son who were kind and filial in the original story.

Why is this demon, who constantly proclaims "My father is the Lord of Hell," so weak—from his actions to his strength?

First of all, the Demonic Witch's mentality is immature:

In his limited dialogue, aside from the paternalistic banter with Mephisto, he repeatedly mentioned "My father is Mephisto" and emphasized his demonic goal of creating a "new Hell."

He had an extremely strong urge to confide in others, as if no one had ever been willing to listen to him properly before.

He's just like a rebellious American kid who wants to break away from his family and become independent.

Secondly, there is the fate of the Witch Heart Demon:

Upon learning that the Witchheart had escaped to the human world, Mephisto immediately activated his long-neglected trump card—Ghost Rider. His mission for Johnny was to send the rebellious son back to hell.

However, at the end of the movie, Johnny kills the Witchheart Demon by burning him to death with hellfire.

Mephisto seemed to have anticipated the death of the Heart Demon, and calmly prepared to end his contract with Johnny.

She doesn't look like someone who has just lost her son at all.

Furthermore, the Witchheart Demon's unique physique:

The film mentions that the Witchheart is a soulless demon, and its "strength" is just as "powerful" as Mephisto's.

During his second encounter with Johnny, he emerged unscathed from Ghost Rider's Confessional Eye and proudly declared that he had no soul.

What kind of being could exist without a soul?

How could a soulless Witchheart Demon possibly believe that its strength is as great as that of the Hell Lord "Father"?

Finally, there is the special ability of the Witchheart Demon:

The Witchheart can freely travel to the human world, while Mephisto, as the lord of hell, does not have this ability.

Is it that human souls aren't delicious enough, or is this Witch Heart Demon truly gifted?

Based on all the anomalies, Fang Chang had reason to believe that the Witchheart Demon was not Mephisto's son at all, but rather a shell that Mephisto cultivated under the guise of an heir to cover his tracks.

A body that can freely circumvent restrictions and easily descend to earth.

As a prop, the Heart Demon has no soul; its destiny is to become Mephisto's vessel for descending to the mortal realm at some point!

This also explains why Wu Xinmo's mentality is so naive - as something written as "son" and pronounced as "prop", he naturally doesn't need to grow. Even the little bit of intelligence he is currently showing may just be a kind of mimicry and disguise!

Mephistopheles secretly made this prop without telling anyone, hoping to surprise all his friends at the card table one day!

Unexpectedly, before that day even arrived, the props seemed to grow legs and run away on their own...

Since it had run into the human world and caused a commotion, it naturally couldn't be kept secret from other interested parties. Therefore, Mephistopheles had no choice but to painfully destroy the item.

In the film, Carter Slade once mentioned to Johnny that the church he was in was a "holy place," a place that could keep out the evil spirits, and also the safe house where he had been hiding from Mephistopheles for more than a hundred years.

But the Demonic Heart of Witch was able to easily find Carter Slay in the church, and even before finding Carter Slay, he went to another church and killed a priest in front of a statue of Jesus...

Is he stronger than God, scaring everyone in Heaven into silencing themselves?

Why would an being stronger than God need to covet a mere thousand evil souls within the San Venganza Pact?

Who believes it?

So the truth is that the Demon Heart was just a "clothes" that Mephisto tailored for himself. One day, the clothes suddenly grew legs and ran outside, and all the demon gods from Hell, Heaven, and other dimensions, as well as all the big shots in the human world who had eyes and ears, saw it.

Someone tried to stir up trouble secretly, but things went awry.

Therefore, due to certain rules, Mephistopheles had no choice but to destroy this "clothing" with a heavy heart. During this period, all the big shots would selectively turn a blind eye and let this "clothing" wander aimlessly in the human world.

Fang Chang has reason to believe that Mephistopheles paid a considerable price for this.

There's no way around it, you have to stand at attention when you're about to get hit.

Returning to the present moment, Mephistopheles pondered for a long time, and seemed to finally give up guessing.

"Never mind, it's all over now."

“Johnny, let’s end the contract. I’ll take back my power, and you can take back your soul.”

"How about it?"

Mephistopheles looked at Johnny gently, like a kind elder.

“I refuse.” Johnny lowered his head and thought for a moment before answering decisively.

“I don’t want you to continue persecuting others, nor will I allow you to continue committing evil on earth.” Johnny raised a hand, and hellfire suddenly began to burn. “I will use this power to banish you.”

"As long as you are still alive, I will appear before you and punish you!"

Johnny boasted shamelessly.

Once he fully masters this power, Ghost Rider will indeed possess it. But the fact that Johnny can say something like this now only shows that he is truly kind.

And confident.

"Haven't you always wanted a simple life?" Mephistopheles gently persuaded, "Your lover is back, and now you can live the life you've always dreamed of, can't you?"

"This power is nothing but a curse to you right now."

Johnny did not reply to Mephisto, but the determination in his eyes grew even stronger.

“Alright.” Mephistopheles seemed to have completely forgotten about Fang Chang, as if his earlier guesses about him were just a whim.

"Looking forward to your performance from now on, Cavaliers."

Mephistopheles raised his scepter and tapped it lightly on the ground. His figure then transformed into a cloud of black mist and dissipated.

"Just like that, you left?" Johnny was somewhat surprised.

The first rays of morning sunlight fell upon the ruins of San Venganza, as if everything from the previous night had been nothing but a dream.

“I’m going to say goodbye to Rosanne…” Johnny was a little downcast. He looked at Fang Chang and asked, “And you, Mr. Fang, where are you going next?”

"Can we travel together? That way we can look out for each other."

“Next…” Fang Chang looked at the shadow that Mephisto had left in, about to say something, when suddenly he felt a chill down his spine…

A terrifying pressure surged towards him from all directions!

"I'm still a little curious, where exactly do you come from?" A slightly curious voice suddenly rang out from the shadows behind Fang Chang!

Mephistopheles still held the scepter in one hand, but raised the other hand and waved it towards Fang Chang's back.

"You bastard! A dignified Lord of Hell, resorting to sneak attacks!!" Fang Chang felt his hair stand on end and, without thinking, immediately used his trump card—[Serious Strike].

He had made this preparation the moment Mephistopheles appeared!

Unexpectedly, just when he lowered his guard and thought everything was over, Mephistopheles launched a surprise attack!

There wasn't even time to return to the city on the spot!

Fang Chang didn't turn around, but simply made a gesture: he raised his hand and flicked it backward!

His arm moved like a whip, yet it was supple and boneless!

The moment he raised his hand, his whole body burst into golden light, as if he had melted into the golden glow. After he swung his arm out, the golden light immediately receded, as if it had never appeared at all!

It was as if all the energy and spirit in his body had been unleashed with that one punch!

In the panel's three-dimensional attributes, the [Constitution] and [Intelligence] attributes were instantly cleared, while the [Strength] attribute surged to 236 (79+79+78) points!

Don't ask why Fangzai didn't die even though his constitution was reduced to 0. The answer is that the panel gave him a powerful attack!

When his strength attribute reached 236, Fang Chang felt as if he had broken through some kind of shackle, but before he could even savor the feeling, he had already struck Mephisto's waving palm!

Johnny, who was not far from the two, felt himself lose control of his body, and everything around him slowed down!

The moment fists and palms collided, the heavens and earth seemed to freeze for a moment, and the ever-present breeze across the Gobi Desert vanished completely in that instant!

If someone could look down from the sky, they would be astonished to find that, with the ruins of San Venganza as the center, the clouds in the sky had shattered into fragments, and an invisible wave spread outward like a storm for hundreds of miles!

At this moment, Fang Chang felt as if the world had become unreal, and only his fist was real in the entire universe.

Snapped!

A perfectly ordinary, crisp sound rang out, like the noise made by children playing.

In that instant, every living thing within a radius of hundreds of miles could hear that crisp sound!

"What a pity, this is the strongest clone under the rules..." Mephisto muttered with some regret, and then his entire figure exploded and dissipated into the air.

The next second, Fang Chang'an exhaled a breath of turbid air, and under Johnny's shocked gaze, he also turned into a wisp of light and vanished completely.

"return."

"What a pity, I was hoping to have some cultural exchange with Heather before I left..."

"That damn Mephisto, when I'm powerful enough, I'll definitely get my hands on him..."

A gentle breeze began to blow through the ruins of San Venganza once more, and the few unpolished curses were carried away by the wind and disappeared into the morning light.

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