I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

A bright light flashed.

The two demons were thrown backward in the explosion and crashed heavily onto the bluestone ground.

As soon as they got up, they saw another dragon scorpion rushing over from the side, its sharp pincers snapping at them.

Clang!

The two trapped demons used their weapons to block the clamps from closing, producing a sound like metal clashing.

However, the two had just been hit by the [Tail Spike Cannon] and hadn't recovered yet.

His facial expression was somewhat distorted due to excessive force.

However, the distance between the pincers is getting smaller and smaller.

Nearby demons, seeing this, wanted to come to their aid, but were stopped by the Frost Emperor Crocodile.

Boom!

As the pincers closed, a piece of the weapon in the demon's hand shattered.

The demon's expression changed drastically in an instant.

As more cracks began to appear on the surface of the weapon in his hand, the demon raised his head, gathered magic power in his demonic horns, and used a beam of light to bombard the dragon scorpion.

However, once the dragon scorpion had each pincer grasped a demon, it tucked its head behind its armor.

Blanch!

Seeing that its attack was ineffective, the demon let out a furious roar of resentment.

He suddenly released his weapon, trying to use his speed to escape before the pincers closed.

Click!

The moment the demon loosened its grip, the pincers closed, clamping the demon in two.

As a creature primarily focused on the physical body, the demon did not die immediately even after its body was severed in two; its upper body frantically fled.

But he hadn't run far when he suddenly noticed a red figure flash past him.

Then he felt the world spin and saw his headless upper body.

Swish!

The Great Lord of Fiends, who had landed to the side, sheathed his sword and glanced at the demon's corpse.

In a direct confrontation, the newly promoted Seventh-Order Demon Bone Lord was no match for these enemies.

However, Lord Shagu can still contribute to the battlefield cleanup.

Swish~!

The Demon Lord vanished from his spot once more, transforming into a blood-red shadow that traversed the battlefield, arriving beside another demon caught in a dragon scorpion's clutches.

This demon has already foreseen the fate of its companions.

At that moment, he sensed a surge of magical energy approaching from behind, but he was unable to stop it.

"Buried!"

Lord Shagu raised his long sword, about to strike, when suddenly a beam of light pierced through it from behind.

His right hand, which was holding the knife, was smashed to pieces, and the knife fell to the side.

Whoosh!

Another beam of light struck the Great Lord of Fiend Bones in the abdomen, shattering his lower body as well.

This was the demon's other companions supporting him from afar.

"Ah~, open it for me!"

The demon saw a glimmer of hope again, roared, and its muscles bulged.

Because of excessive force, the muscles were even torn, causing blood to flow.

However, the dragon scorpion's pincers did indeed gradually open due to the demon's resistance.

"Hang in there a little longer!"

Just as it was about to escape, the demon suddenly noticed a blood-red skeleton crawling up in front of it.

This is the Demon Bone Lord who was just beaten.

When he crawled to within about three meters of the demon, a white light shone from his body.

Boom!

The dragon scorpion's left pincer was blasted into the sky by the [King's Power].

Having lost its left pincer, the dragon scorpion simply removed its armor and transformed into its second form.

The dragon-shaped dragon scorpion found the demon in the pit, who was barely breathing after being blasted by the [King's Power], and burned it to ashes with a [Dragon Flame Breath].

However, without its armor, the dragon scorpion could no longer perfectly defend against the demon's beam of light.

The second-form dragon scorpion, which had just killed a demon, had its heart pierced by a beam of light from a demon nearby.

Seeing the dragon scorpion fall, the enraged demon flew over, ready to cut off its head.

But the next moment he was also enveloped in a white light!

As Anno watched the number of summoned creatures dwindle, he murmured softly, "These guys are really not to be underestimated in terms of combat power."

Aside from their magic reserves, the shadows are basically the same as the original body.

If they can kill the shadow, it means that the summoned creature itself will also die if it goes out.

Fortunately, these people hadn't figured out any information about Anno, and they didn't know they were fighting a shadow.

Ten minutes later, all of Anno's shadows outside were killed.

And the four factions still have six injured high-ranking officers!

Judging from their bloodied wounds and panting condition, these six men had suffered heavy losses in the battle just now.

"Damn it!"

One of the masked cult members looked at the corpses of his companions around him and couldn't help but curse.

He had a few companions with him just now, but now he's all alone.

These are all high-level items.

The loss of even one person is a huge loss for the church!

How could he not be furious!

The six survivors from the four factions exchanged glances as they looked at Anno, who was hovering low above the mist, and then rushed towards him.

Now that all of Anno's subordinates are dead, there's probably nothing else they can do.

Just be careful of that lingering fog that hasn't dissipated yet.

Anno shifted his gaze from the battlefield in the distance, where he was still locked in combat with the eighth-tier guards, to the scene before him.

He remained expressionless as he watched two demons, two silver skeletons, and two humans rush toward him.

However, the mist beneath Anno began to churn.

Subsequently, more than twenty Tier 7 summons rushed out from inside, led by Sassi and Liz.

They instantly surrounded the charging enemies.

The first wave of summoned creatures that broke through the mist were all shadows of summoned creatures.

Since Sassiel and Liz couldn't summon shadows, Anno had them stay in the mist, waiting with the main bodies of the other summoned creatures.

Now only six wounded enemies remain, no match for the summoned creatures.

Not long after, the remaining guys lay dead on the ground.

And Anno's level reached 37 when the last demon knelt down and died!

In addition to enhancing various physical abilities and increasing health (Anno cannot see his own health) and maximum mana (80 → 105), the upgrade also increases the experience required for Ano's next upgrade from 250 million to 300 million!

However, as a summoner, Anno's leveling up means that the level of all his items will also increase.

Aside from the four Tier 7 summons in Gruul Town, Sassi and Liz, Anno's shadow, along with the 22 Tier 7 summons around him, had all reached level 37!

"The battlefield truly is where summoners grow rapidly. However, although I've collected five more Tier 7 demon souls and five more Tier 7 silver skeleton souls, those peak Tier 7 guys have already noticed me!"

Anno refers to those level 39 or 40 guys who fight against the eighth-tier guards.

He landed on the ground and found sacrificial materials from the still relatively intact demon.

Anno certainly wouldn't summon it now; summoning a seventh-tier being through sacrifice would be too wasteful of magic power.

Upgrading a sixth-tier summon to the seventh tier requires two seventh-tier souls, but does not consume magic power.

This is the most appropriate method at this time.

While Anno was fighting the four factions, the other factions around him had already taken care of the guards they were responsible for—these guards provided Anno with 4 more seventh-tier souls, so Anno still had 14 seventh-tier souls in his possession.

They watched helplessly as Anno's summons and the four factions fought to the point of mutual destruction.

In the end, all summoned creatures were wiped out, and the four factions narrowly won.

I thought Anno would be torn to pieces by the enraged group.

But to everyone's surprise, with a wave of his hand, dozens more summoned creatures rushed out.

This situation instantly changed the expressions of all the onlookers.

They hadn't ruled out the possibility that Anno had hidden something in the fog.

But they really didn't expect that there were so many seventh-tier items hidden inside!

With so many Tier 7 subordinates, why didn't you reveal them sooner!