Chapter 1143 - Holy Mountain (1/2)
The Horned Demon charged into the monster skull made of sand, but he felt as if he had fallen into a swamp. The large sand wave collapsed and scattered back into sand while wave upon wave of sand shadowed that huge sand wave.
The several-dozen-meter-tall Horned Demon Overlord was slowly covered by the sand. He kept struggling and shouting, but it had no effect. The sand waves kept surging and submerging the Horned Demon Overlord. They could only see the black smoke being continuously covered by the sand waves. The big pile of sand kept changing shape like moldable mud.
As for the other two Horned Demon Overlords, they rushed to help that Horned Demon covered in Endless Sand.
Birbo, who always seemed to be covered in a layer of darkness, silently rushed to meet the two Horned Demon Overlords.
The black shadow centered around Birbo instantly spread to a hundred meters. That monstrous shadow seemed to suddenly awaken just as the two Horned Demons entered the shadow area.
The large shadow was like the shadow of a large tentacle monster cast on the ground, and the tentacles bound the two Horned Demons.
The two Horned Demon Overlords stood there, letting out angry roars. Their four limbs and bodies were restricted as if they were in shackles and they could only struggle within a small area.
Birbo was still calmly standing on the ground, his body was like a pitch-black shadow. A singing voice could faintly be heard, it felt like someone was whispering in their ears during their sleep, and it sounded like an eulogy coming from far far away.
Following Birbo’s chant, the Shadow Binding on one of the Horned Demon Overlords rapidly grew bigger, and that tentacle-like shadow rapidly expanded.
After a few seconds, one of the Horned Demons was completely covered in shadows. That Horned Demon looked just like Birbo, shrouded in pitch-black darkness.
Then, that Horned Demon let out a fearful miserable shriek and his limbs started shivering and twisting.
It was as if a giant was breaking his limbs.
“Snap…”
A loud sound echoed as one of the Horned Demon’s arms was forcibly snapped and then twisted. Even if he was covered in shadows, everyone knew that the Horned Demon’s arm had been twisted into a hempen rope.
Then, the Horned Demon’s other arm and legs kept being twisted into hempen ropes.
A few bone cracking sounds echoed, followed by muscle tearing sounds. The Horned Demon’s limbs were completely snapped by the shadow covering him and the badly mangled limbs fell to the ground, carrying a dense sulfuric bloody smell.
The Horned Demon screamed in alarm after losing his four limbs. His body covered in pitch-black shadows then let out grinding and cracking noises as that Horned Demon’s head was forcibly twisting.
On the other side, Slythrin slowly smoothed the sand. That small mountain of sand turned into a level ground and that submerged Horned Demon Overlord had completely disappeared. Only a faint aura remained.
Ultimately, the last Demon Overlord remaining within the Shadow Binding lost his arrogance and viciousness and was like a terrified pet. He fearfully begged for forgiveness in awkward-sounding Abyssal Language.
But Slythrin controlled his sand and submerged him. After ten seconds, the last Horned Demon was devoured and buried under the Endless Sand.
Slythrin turned around and the sphere of sand under his feet brought him back to the group.
Everyone had solemn expressions.
And on the other side, Birbo was still covered in shadows as he floated back to the group. The silent and ruthless slaughter made the atmosphere strange.
Morgan discreetly cast a glance at Slythrin and Birbo, cold sweat trickling down his back. He then worryingly looked at Lin Yun.
‘This is quite troublesome. Slythrin possesses a cluster of Endless Sand, and he had used his mana to thoroughly merge with it. The Endless Sand is a Magic Tool to him, and a most suitable Magic Tool.
‘He can bury all his enemies under the earth. It’s even rumored that he is most proficient in the Earth Burial Song. Even enemies stronger than him would be torn apart into the depths of the earth once they were covered in sand, before being crushed by the earth’s pressure.
‘Many enemies won’t die from being buried, but from being crushed by the Endless Sand. Only their corpses would be buried.
‘It’s said that Slythrin is Ferton’s maternal uncle… But in reality, there were rumors that Ferton was his son, the fruit of a forbidden love.
‘Sir Merlin got rid of Ferton, so Slythrin would definitely not give up on his revenge. He went to deal with the Horned Demon most likely as a show of force.
‘Slythrin isn’t too bad. After all, he is most proficient in battle, the longer he fights, the more powerful he gets.
‘But that Birbo is very troublesome. Damn, I first thought that he was deliberately mystifying himself. That he always remained covered in shadows to prevent anyone from seeing his appearance.
‘Who would have thought that he was so ruthless. He trained himself into possessing a shadow physique. Half of his body has assimilated into the shadows, and half already dissipated. He would die if he ever exhausted his mana.
‘But because of this, the power of his shadow spells increased by 30% to 40%. Some specific spells even got upgraded by a tier.
‘Damn, a Shadow Binding could actually trap two Horned Demons… Although they are only the lowest rungs among Overlords and their bloodline is at the bottom, they are still Overlords. Yet Birbo actually bound two of them!
‘Moreover, while restricting two Horned Demon Overlords, he still had the strength to release a Shadow Eulogy Song to forcibly tear a Horned Demon to pieces.
‘Damnit, this guy is definitely a lunatic with a twisted mind, he didn’t directly crush the Demon’s head, he instead played with him and slowly tortured him to death.
‘I knew it, the Shadow Tower is full of twisted lunatics…
‘At least that Slythrin exercised restraint. But Birbo showed no fear and dared to expose his killing intent for Sir Merlin in the team.
‘Damn, these smelly rats of the Shadow Tower, those mage assassins are really creepy.
‘No good, I have to find an opportunity to remind Sir Merlin.
‘He definitely can’t have a war of attrition with that Slythrin, he would die if he dragged it for too long. Moreover, that Birbo guy already killed six Heaven Mages of the same rank, and they weren’t from other races…’
Morgan quietly leaned on Lin Yun’s side and prepared to take advantage of them resuming their travel to let Lin Yun know how terrifying the opponents he was facing were.
The team moved forward once again. The two Peak 3rd Rank Heaven powerhouses led the team to rapidly move forward. Unless they met a Demon Overlord of the 2nd Rank or above, Cross and Combton wouldn’t move.
The twenty powerhouses, even if they were facing a large number of Abyssal lifeforms, would easily turn them all into ashes.
The group of Heaven Rank powerhouses crossed a few hundred kilometers in three days. After dealing with a wave of abyssal lifeforms, the entrance of the Raging Flame Beastmen’s sacred place, the Holy Mountain situated in the center of the Raging Flame Plane, was standing before them.
The Holy Mountain was called a mountain, but they couldn’t see how big that mountain was when standing at its base. It was at the very least a few dozen kilometers tall, and the closer to the center, the steeper it was.