A Warrior Undefeatable

Clutching his bleeding chest, he stared in horror as the flesh around the wound blackened and rotted at an alarming speed-the nether energy was viciously

corrosive.

Impossible. My body's this tough, and I've got the Golem Body on top of it. How can their nether energy still eat through me?

"Jared!"

Anxious cries rang out. Flaxseed rushed over with Jhaelyn, Everett, Jemina, and hundreds of Azurecloud Sect disciples in tow.

They formed a protective ring around him, grimacing at the Nether Duo hanging in midair and the nether energy rolling over the ground.

No one had expected the two old fiends to be this terrifying; in their very first exchange, they had wounded Jared.

"Protect Jared!" Flaxseed bellowed.

A hundred charms flew from his sleeve, flaring gold and fusing into a wall of light before Jared.

Jhaelyn swung her ancient sword, sending arc after arc of sword energy to smash into Granny Deadclaw's soul orbs.

"Hmph, another flock of lambs to the slaughter!"

Lord Drowned Souls whipped his chain; the scythe traced a broad arc overhead, turning netherfire into a rain of black flames that pelted the Azurecloud Sect disciples.

"Don't panic-" Everett roared, trying to steady his people.

But behind the Nether Duo, dozens of black shadows materialized-the

Underworld Shadow Guards they had brought with them.

Clad in tight black garb and ghost masks, the guards moved like wraiths. Their short blades glimmered with eerie blue light as they split into squads and surged toward the Azurecloud Sect disciples like a tide.

"Watch the poisoned blades!"

A sect elder had barely shouted the warning when a disciple's arm was sliced open. Black energy spread instantly; the young man screamed and collapsed.

Chaos exploded across the field.

The golden light from Flaxseed's charms clashed with venom-coated steel; Jhaelyn's ancient sword collided with Lord Drowned Souls' netherfire; Everett's sword light hammered against Granny Deadclaw's ghostly claws; Jemina's aura rose and fell against the sky-filling wails of the damned.

Splurt...

One core disciple of Azurecloud Sect was caught between two Shadow Guards; his longsword was snapped by their short blades, and a gash deep to the bone opened across his chest.noveldrama

Another disciple rushed to help, only to take a poisoned needle in the throat. Eyes wide, he toppled into a pool of his own blood.

"Kill them all!"

Jhaelyn's eyes seemed ready to burst from their sockets, and the sword energy around her suddenly flared like a hurricane. Boosted by the ancient black blade, she charged straight into the thickest knob of Underworld Shadow Guards. Her reckless advance, however, drew Granny Deadclaw's attention. A fist-sized soul orb slammed into Jhaelyn's chest; she had no space to dodge and took the blow head-on. The impact rocked her to the core, and a spray of bright blood arced from her lips.

Everett's sword energy climbed ever higher, the blade light weaving a net that trapped several Underworld Shadow Guards at once. Just as the deadlymesh began to close, Lord Drowned Souls' chain scythe shot out and coiled around the sword's spine, locking it in place. Granny Deadclaw seized the opening and planted a palm squarely between Everett's shoulder blades. He staggered forward and coughed up a mouthful of scarlet that splattered across the rubble.

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Flaxseed pulled his final, long-cherished treasure from his sleeve-a Fivefold Thunder Charm Golden light flashed, and five lightning pillars as thick as water barrels plummeted onto the Nether Duo. Yet the twin elders joined forces, raising a night-colored Nether Shield that took the storm head-on; the thunderbolts hissed, flickered, and died against that impenetrable wall.

Granny Deadclaw let out a low, chilling laugh. Ten knobby fingers danced, and dozens of soul orbs screamed toward the tightest cluster of Azurecloud Sect disciples. Explosions boomed in rapid succession. Blood and torn flesh sprayed in every direction, and agonized shrieks rang through the ruins like a funeral bell.

Jared forced himself upright, swaying where he stood. The massacre unfolding before his eyes stained the shattered landscape crimson, and blood-red veins crawled across the whites of his eyes like cracks in glass.

He endured the turbulent energy raging inside him, drew a long breath, and was about to speak when Vermilion Demon Lord whispered inside his skull, "Want to use me?"

Jared nodded once. "Exactly."

"Heh-heh, that's more like it..."

At that, Vermilion Demon Lord took control of Jared's body.

The Nether Duo noticed the change at once. A savage grin flickered across their gaunt faces as they watched the youth whose eyes now burned with molten fury.

Overhead, ink-black clouds pressed lower and lower, while soul fires flickered like countless vengeful eyes, illuminating the gore-streaked ruins in a hopeless crimson.

The instant Vermilion Demon Lord's consciousness swept through Jared's four limbs like wildfire, the atmosphere itself turned wild and violent.