Chapter 661: [The True Forstmourne]

Although they have some dissatisfaction with Vergil’s character and method, their hatred for the Celestial Realm bores too deep within them, it hurts!

It’s as if it was just yesterday when the Gods took their master and sent him to Hell…and since then, all had turned out terribly. The original Solomon had disappeared and the happy life they had was broken into million pieces in just an instant. Furthermore, worse was that Vergil was born and became empowered and their nice and gentle master started turning into a brutal monster. However, because Vergil is still their master, they couldn’t fight back, especially those who are weaker than Duke rank. They are eternally submitted to King Solomon. Though, most of the pillars actually prefer Vergil’s attitude and brutal character as it suits Demons like them.

But some of them are just going along because they wanted to take revenge on the Gods who taken away something precious from them—and Crocell is one of them. And there was no going back any longer… although the Demon Duchess hated this, her hatred cannot be appeased by her master, Dante. And she didn’ want to give up on it!

Celestial Realm must pay for their sins!!

Allen saw the hatred flashed on Crocell’s eyes and as her former master, how could he not understand what she was thinking? Demons, although wicked and brutal, are actually so honest to a fault! They are called liars and deceivers but when it comes to hate and love, they are far more stubborn than any creature in the world.

When they love someone, they would love them for eternity and can even give up their lives for them. However, if they hated someone, even if Hell freezes, they would chase you down till the end of the world to kill you and make you suffer!

They are not truly evil… they are just extremists…!

If the Gods behave like corrupt politicians, having quite a narrow-minded mentality, then Demons can be seen as fanatics, or just little girls worshipping an idol. They are sometimes just too scary...that they are always perceived with a terrible impression. Fanaticism and Insanity have quite a blurred and vague line separating them.

“This time, it’s my turn to attack.”

In the second bout of attacks, Allen decided to take the initiative and attack first. However, his attacking style was completely different from that in the first bout of attacks. He held the sword in front of him and slowly walked towards the Demon Duchess. His walking seemed extremely casual as if he was taking a stroll, rather than fighting an extremely important match with an incredibly powerful enemy, much less still within the Ice Arena without even using his Domain.

However, in contrast, Crocell was not at all at ease. Instead, every time Allen took a step closer, the Demon Duchess could feel an invisible pressure becoming stronger, overwhelming her. The Demon Duchess could almost see an incredibly venomous and dangerous snake slowly and stealthily creeping forwards, ready to strike out suddenly at any moment. Such a feeling almost illogical but out of instinct and sense of danger.

But she cannot... she gritted herself. If she was swallowed by the enemy's aura, her defeat would be already set in stone. This is the way demons fight...!

Swallowing each other and overwhelming them using their own aura, and once swallowed, it would be like trapped in a quagmire... no chance but to lose...!

Swoosh!!

Although movement speed depended on aura and level in the Celestial Realm, explosive power and speed were not restricted at all. Just like someone from Lightning God Family, such as the Thor Clan, they can move at lightning speed or the God of Light’s speed boost technique, [Light Speed]. Usually, before most people ran at their full speed or released their full power, their feet would always have a slight preparation movement.

However, Allen didn’t have one-- he was like a gale that burst forth suddenly, charging towards the Demon Duchess. The Frostmourne in Allen’s hand was like the venomous fangs of a snake, piercing towards the Demon Duchess head.

Seeing such an explosive movement, without needing any preparation, Crocell’s wavering gaze stilled and sharpened. With this sort of explosive speed, let alone in close quarters, but even if he was a mid-range distance away, his opponents still wouldn’t be able to easily defend even if they were mentally prepared. Although she had fought him just a while ago in a contest of speed that is even faster than light itself and thought that was his greatest speed but this time…

...It was even faster!

Crocell’s mind was ringing with warning sounds. Allen’s attack actually brought pressure on her, was a shocking thing for her. Crocell, not just a Duke rank Demon but also, her mastery of the sword was at an incredibly high level, to the point that it was unnecessary to actually see the opponent’s attack- after all, just based on the pressure from the opponent’s sword, the Demon Duchess was able to immediately work out the trajectory of the sword. Crocell did not retreat, because, with such explosive speed behind the attack, there was simply not enough time to move backward. Moreover, her body was much slower than the sword, so although retreating was impossible, she could still execute a perfect parry.

Boooom!! countless ice spike suddenly appeared around Crocell, seemingly creating a barrier that strikes every creature that approaches her. However, Allen’s figure was absent. Then, a flickered appeared at the right side not too far from her. Roooooarrr—!! several ice dragons appeared from the icy ground and immediately shot towards the target. Booom! Whenever a flash appeared, dozens of ice dragons shot out.

Booom! Booom! Booom! Booom! a trail of explosions occurred, heading towards Crocell’s direction. Crocell was waving her hand like a conductor on an orchestra as ice dragons started appearing even faster. However—

With his sword pointing towards Crocell, Allen’s ghostly figure appeared just behind her without warning. This kind of ghostly fast attack would cause most ordinary warriors to panic, and swing their weapon randomly in anxiety, hoping for a miraculous effect. Nonetheless, when Allen’s sword was a mere 10cm away from the Demon Duchess head, Crocell already prepared to parry it in the next instant… however, in that last moment, the Demon Duchess suddenly felt that the sword suddenly disappeared…what?!

Crocell’s beastly instinct kicked in and immediately gripped down on the sword.

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Baaaang!! Although Allen’s attack seemed to be aimed at Crocell’s head, it was only a feint- his real target was the left side of the Demon Duchess chest, but his sword was suddenly parried by the latter…?!

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A look of shock flashed past on Allen’s face… she could even parry this? Instead of fear, a look of pleasant surprise and admiration appeared on Allen’s face. Indeed, Crocell had gotten so much stronger and her sword skill had indeed become even more monstrous.

To be able to block it whenever one wanted, that was an incredible skill. As long as one could get the timing right, as well as blocked at the right place, one could block any type of physical attack no matter how fast the enemy is. As they say, a strong offense can be the best defense! And vice versa…a strong defense can be the most powerful attack in the world.

With Allen’s skill, it wouldn’t be too difficult for him to do such a thing. However, Allen knows how difficult this is to do. It would be possible for one to completely parry and block the attack from an opponent whose strength was similar, or weaker. However, if an opponent with a strength much greater than the user attacked, if the user tried to parry, that would be courting death. The opponent’s attack would easily break through or thrust aside the parry, resulting in the attack hitting the user. Much less, when one was caught off guard—however, Allen realized that he couldn’t push any further—Crocell was actually able to contend against his Dragon Strength. Incredible…

“As expected of my child, you really didn’t let me down…”

Allen looked up at the place where his sword and Crocell’s sword were locked together, and smiled.

After hearing Allen’s sudden voice, Crocell was startled, then feeling happy. Allen’s voice held no blame or anger, instead, it was the tone of the voice that was imprinted inside her mind since the long ago. The voice of her most beloved master. She raised her gaze and saw that Allen’s facial expression did not change at all because of her actions or behavior, with no expressions of anger or excitement. It was as calm as a still pond under the moonlight. Crocell’s face beamed slightly and her indifferent face blossomed a smile like a flower blooming after the winter solstice.

“This one had trained tremendously to protect master in the future…” she responded. Then, her smile became somewhat bitter—“Though, never would this one think this blade instead would be pointed against my dearest master…”

“This is how life works…it’s full of unpredictability…” Allen muttered with a helpless smile. Then, his arm suddenly glowed brightly and his strength increased.

With Dragon Strength and Frostmourne, in terms of Strength, the Demon Duchess definitely wasn’t Allen’s match. After talking, Allen’s sword continued to burst forward. Just like he expected, the Demon Duchess body was easily pushed back by him, causing Crocell to stumbles backward. Allen continued to rush forwards, sending several Ice blades towards her.

However, an Ice flower blossomed, encasing Crocell within it like a giant lotus. It had block Allen’s attack and protected Crocell. Allen frown and then several giant Icebirds immediately flew out from beneath his feet and shot towards the pillar, wanting to destroy it. However, instead of breaking them apart, the Icebirds exploded a few inches away from the pillar and then the explosion was immediately sucked out from within it. As expected…it’s indestructible… Allen frowned.

Approaching it will cause all of your energy to be sucked up…most especially if it’s Frost-type energy…

This Ice Arena is an advantage for me but also at the same time, disadvantage…how troublesome…

Allen was thinking about how to destroy the pillars without using his domain as he didn’t want to overuse his energy anymore since his body wouldn’t be able to endure it anymore and might crumble from too much pressure. Him fighting with the God Tyr had already surpassed his body’s limitation.

As expected, fighting a High God with this kind of body was too much. If he forcibly activates his domain now…the excessive amount of energy would surely cause his body to cease function for a quite a while, worst-case scenario, explode—the ground suddenly trembled and from beneath the ground, a five-meter tall giant tiger with bat-like wings made up of Ice appeared.

The Ice Winged Tiger immediately pounced upon Allen the moment it appeared.

The Ice Winged Tiger attacked downwards with both claws!

Its eight meters long body possessed claws that were like a row of sharp swords. These swords slashed at him, right at Allen’s head!

At that moment, Allen who was regulating the magical energy within his body could not muster any more at that moment. Facing the Ice Winged Tiger’s attack, Allen could only forcefully twist his body in midair. His body moved to the side and at the same time, he lashed out with his sword!

Baaaang!! The Frostmourne clashed with the tiger’s claws but it was actually not losing in strength against him. Allen’s eyes narrowed as he tasted iron surging on his throat and felt his chest go numb. Having received this strong blow, he retreated backward. With his feet on the ground, he used the Frostmourne to cut through the icy ground. Due to the strong impact, Allen had slid backward a distance of seven meters. The Frostmourne had caused a series of sparks on the icy cold ground!

Before Allen could recover his breath, he suddenly had a change in expression. He realized that he had landed in the middle of the ice columns…and probably the very center of the Ice Arena. Wiiiiz. Allen’s danger sense tingled. When he turned around, he then saw ice columns near him, the inner set of Ice Columns found within the Arena suddenly grew brighter than other ice columns outside the arena. They had gathered a lot of energy and seemed like a volcano about to erupt.

They’re going to explode…? Allen frowned. Then, without any further thought, he leaped upwards. And as expected, just before he leaped up, the six ice columns exploded simultaneously!

What’s worse is that it wasn’t a simple explosion but the ice columns turned into countless ice shards and were shooting at Allen, like thousands of bullets. The flying ice fragments, which were like tiny ice swords, charged towards him as if intending to turn him into a beehive!

“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” Allen grits his teeth as he waved the Frostmourne and covered his entire body with Frost barrier. Each icicle was destroyed by the Frostmourne, but there were still some tiny icicles that pierced Allen’s protective barrier, cutting open his flesh!

Suddenly, blood started to fly everywhere!

Allen had been injured!

Blood was spilled on the ground and the moment it touched the ground, the blood was immediately solidified in ice, then turning into small Ice Scorpions and snakes. However, because of his current body was that of a clone with only a fragment of blood essence, it was not capable of turning into another clone. It can only make small pests and creatures, at most.

At that moment, before Allen could react, at the corner of his eyes, Allen saw Crocell flying through the air like a snow spirit. She was now making her next move!

Without stopping, she sent out an attack after an attack. Even the audience, who were watching the battle from the afar, had no chance to take a break, Allen even less so as he was on the battlefield himself! Crocell was like a storm, her attack was like lightning bolts amidst a thunderstorm.

Baaang! Crocell slashed her sword, making sword ice beams appear like a torrential ocean!

At that moment, the color of Crocell eyes turned icy-blue. It was as if her pupils contained endless glaciers within them!

It’s as if she was now a puppet that only obeys and follows the orders she had gotten. Her heart wouldn’t be moved…no matter what happens!

Her heart had turned into ice…

Allen smiled wryly. Was it that painful for her to attack me to willingly turn into this state…? As Allen repelled and blocked all her attacks, Crocell once again slashed with her sword, behind her, Ice shards appeared behind her. The fragmented ice crystals were then guided by the Demon Duchess sword, flying towards Allen!

At the same time, the Ice Winged Tiger suddenly appeared behind Crocell and roared. Its blood-red eyes were like a pair of red lights tracing an arc in the air. Then, it pounced on Allen along with the sharp shards of Ice.

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