Ryougi Raku's body gradually ignited with purple flames. If his usual blood-red flames were malevolent, then now, the purple inferno was imbued with a profound demonic aura!
Ryougi Raku hadn't expected it to happen so quickly. The moment his power touched the demon, it was analyzed with incredible speed. The "Evil of this World" within him also seemed to be stirred, joining in. What was originally most difficult for Ryougi Raku was how to use the power of the Origin to create a physical entity, but the power of the "Evil of this World" helped him solve this problem!
"The battle has only just begun, Merem Solomon! I must thank you for making me even stronger!" He rapidly constructed the desired life form in his mind, games he had played in his previous life, and anime he had watched flashing through his thoughts.
Suddenly, the image of a deep purple monster appeared in his mind – it was the Bane Elemental from the game Warcraft DOTA!
"!!" Merem suddenly felt a tremor in his soul. He quickly made the King of the Land stand in front of him. The next moment, the hundreds-of-meters-tall demon suddenly let out a heaven-shattering wail… "Awoo—" Merem was greatly alarmed. It was then that he saw Ryougi Raku completely enveloped in purple flames. Within those flames, Merem seemed to see all the sins and evils of the world. A gigantic hand emerged from the flames that Ryougi Raku had become, grabbing the King of the Land!
The emerging claws had only three fingers, but they deeply pierced the King of the Land's body!
Accompanying the King of the Land's miserable cry, streams of blood sprayed out!
Then, the flames around Ryougi Raku surged and rapidly expanded. The flames quickly solidified, using the giant hand as a foundation, gradually transforming into a hundred-meter-tall monster!
The monster's entire body was composed of purple inferno, constantly swirling and burning. It had a massive head, with a skull that soared skyward like a crown. Several huge spikes jutted out from its shoulders. Besides the giant hand gripping the King of the Land, another hand appeared!
Bright purple light gleamed from the monster's eye sockets. If a Warcraft player saw it, they would surely exclaim, "Isn't that Bane Elemental?" But it was even more majestic and imposing than the Bane Elemental in the game! If the Bane Elemental in Warcraft was described as eerie and abnormal, then what Ryougi Raku had materialized was full of deterrence!
Merem Solomon stared at the demon dumbfounded, utterly shocked!
"What… what is this thing?" Yes, according to his intelligence, Ryougi Raku had never summoned such a demon before!
But how could he know that the creation of this demon was entirely thanks to him?
Arcueid rapidly reached Roa's location. Any ghouls that blocked her path were dealt with by a mere flick of her claw.
Roa sat quietly on the ground, surrounded by shattered corpses, as if he had been waiting for Arcueid all along, or perhaps, he was waiting for his next reincarnation.
"Ro! A!" The White Princess, seeing Roa sitting amidst the corpses, roared with an indescribable fury.
"Welcome, Princess!" Roa heard the princess's shout, slowly stood up, and bowed courteously, as if about to step onto a dance floor.
However, using a young girl's appearance always made it feel very eerie.
But to Arcueid, this was nothing. The other party's appearance was meaningless to her. In her eyes, she could only see the other party's inner soul.
"Princess! Do you see? This perfect body, this power that can rival my strongest self?" Roa boasted, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the boast was not born of arrogance, but of a wordless bitterness.
Only Roa knew that no matter how similar the body was to his former self, no matter how peak the power, when facing the White Princess, these were all meaningless. The Princess's power was still so perfect and strong. Even though she had to use most of her power to suppress the urge to drink blood because of him, she was still an existence he could not contend with.
Arcueid said nothing, only stared at him intently. Waves of killing intent, as if solidified, caused the air to tremble. Her eyes turned golden, a characteristic of Arcueid's Mystic Eyes when she was about to fight seriously!
Roa still wanted to say something, but Arcueid gave him no chance. With a casual wave of her slender arm, it was as if a furious gale roared, making the sky tremble. This gentle wave created a wound tens of meters long on the ground!
Of course, Roa would not give up resisting. In order to end his reincarnation, for his own sake, even if hope was minuscule, he would fight back with all his might!
Runes were carved out by his hand, inscribed onto the magical foundation that permeated the entire world. Chanting ancient divine languages, bursts of thunder roared forth!
Roa himself was an outstanding magus. Runes were the wisdom of runes that Odin had exchanged for his right eye. And Roa also attempted to gain infinite power and wisdom through these characters! However, magic was too profound. Roa realized that he could not thoroughly research it in his lifetime, and coupled with his fear of death, he deceived the princess in his attempt to gain eternal life, completing his reincarnation method. However, these centuries of reincarnation had not brought him stronger power. Aside from the occasional strange abilities brought by reincarnation, his overall strength had actually declined compared to his first life… Many magi knew runes, but for most magi, let alone understanding the profound meaning within these characters, merely utilizing a few of them was already quite good. But Roa, as the founder of the Burial Agency, his wisdom and knowledge were as deep as an abyss. He could apply all twenty-four runes, and was even highly proficient in several of them!
And the rune representing lightning was the one he was most proficient in!
However, even the lightning was dispelled by the Princess with a casual wave of her hand. With the Princess's thoughts, the air began to flow, and natural lightning, like the punishment of a god-king, struck Roa in concentrated bursts. This natural lightning was far more magnificent and terrifying than what Roa created with magic!
This was Arcueid's ability—Marble Phantasm! One of the highest abilities in this world, as long as it wasn't a human creation, she could materialize it through the simple method of "thinking." In her prime, with her magical power, she could even materialize a small city!
The True Ancestor's court, the Millennium Castle, was a creation of Marble Phantasm!
From the very beginning of the battle, Roa was at a disadvantage, or rather, from the very beginning, he had already walked towards death…
As Ryougi Raku and Arcueid both entered battle.
In the distance from the town, a team from the Holy Church was present.
They were dispatched after the Holy Church learned of Roa's specific resurrection location, following the Princess's awakening… Their primary duty was not to fight, and of course, it was impossible for them to fight. Facing True Ancestors and Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestor level figures, they would only be sending themselves to their deaths. They merely handled some aftermath work.
Each of Roa's resurrections inevitably brought death and some troublesome matters. Just like this town, even though it was remotely located, it still had considerable contact with the outside world. For an entire town to be razed to the ground and all its residents to die overnight was no small matter. If not handled properly, it could cause unnecessary disaster… "It seems the Princess has already begun fighting…" Lightning appeared out of nowhere in the clear night sky. These Holy Church members naturally knew the reason.
"Hmm… Oh, look!" This team was not large. A middle-aged man suddenly pointed in surprise at the distant monster, which was Merem's King of the Land!
"Is that… Merem Solomon's demon beast? Why is it here? The direction indicates it's not fighting Roa. Then who is it fighting?" one of the clearly leading figures spoke.
"How would I know? But who cares who he's fighting, it'd be good if he died in battle… Just like Roa, that traitor. Sure enough, those guys from the Burial Agency are all heretics!" The middle-aged man who had pointed earlier scoffed.
In the eyes of these official Holy Church members, in the eyes of these devout believers, the Burial Agency itself was a great heresy, let alone Merem, an existence as one of the Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors. Roa established the Burial Agency, and Roa himself became a Dead Apostle, which undoubtedly slapped the entire Holy Church in the face. Therefore, for Merem Solomon, they only feared his power and were angry at the heretic, but they would never have emotions like worship.
The leader said no more. For a devout believer, the true enemies of the Holy Church were actually demons—the monsters recorded in the Bible! All other non-human beings were heretics, heretics not tolerated by the Holy Scriptures!
"What… what is that?" Suddenly, a young clergyman exclaimed, but no one answered him, because everyone was staring in shock at the monster burning with purple flames.
"Pe… perhaps that is a demon…" the leader murmured, but after searching through all the knowledge in his mind, he found no record of this demon… "Merem Solomon! Our battle has just begun!" Enveloped by the hundred-meter-tall purple flames, Ryougi Raku's voice came faintly.
Merem had recovered from his shock. Even though he had never seen this monster before, as an enemy, he could not relax.
"This feeling… it's like my demon beast…" Merem frowned, speaking with considerable doubt.
"That's exactly what I have to thank you for… This Bane Elemental was created using your power!"
Upon hearing this, Merem's face darkened… Merem Solomon possessed the number one ranked spirit summoning ability. It was the power of a child of God that could grant others' wishes. The villagers who once imprisoned and worshipped him used this power to materialize various divine beasts to fight against Crimson Moon, but Merem's magical power had limits, and the divine beasts created using his power naturally lost to Crimson Moon.
Ryougi Raku's words about using his power made him involuntarily think of this, but Merem was very puzzled, because Ryougi Raku hadn't made a wish, and he hadn't responded to any wish, so how did this demon beast appear?
Although he couldn't understand it, it made Merem recall the painful past from long ago. Even though centuries had passed, he had come to terms with it, but the childish nature within him still bothered him!
Without a change in expression, his left foot also disappeared, and at the same time, a grotesque, massive monster, like a fortress, that seemed to be an amalgamation of all animals in the world, its bizarre appearance completely defying the truths of nature, suddenly appeared in the sky!
This was the demon of Merem's left foot—the King of the Sky!
From its appearance alone, it resembled a giant butterfly-like creature. Its multi-colored skin looked beautiful, but beneath the skin were the features of various animals. It floated freely in the air without flapping its wings, and a long, insect-like proboscis extended from it, giving a feeling not of disgust, but of strange beauty!