“Roar! I’ll fucking kill you all!!”
Seeing there was no hope for mercy, the old Demon Marquis went completely mad.
He sensed that a sealing barrier had been set up in the corridor, making it impossible to call the guards. He immediately fought to the death, unleashing his entire set of Black Bone forbidden spells!
【Bone-Eroding Explosive Flames】!
【Bone Chamber Lock】!
In an instant, pitch-black bone fire filled the entire room!
“Is that all you’ve got?”
Facing this ferocious might, Gaia snorted coldly.
He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly with both hands, the reddish-black fiendish magic power erupting from his entire body. Swinging his greatsword, he charged forward to slash at his opponent head-on!
The two Dominator Rank forces clashed in the luxurious room, the magic torrents tearing through the air and creating bursts of sonic booms.
However, the cost of the forbidden spell was severe.
By forcing himself to cast it once, the old Demon Marquis was burning the non-renewable dark source energy within his body. His skeletal frame was shrinking cycle by cycle.
After several rounds of clashes, his fierce black bones actually shrank to half the size of a human!
Knowing he was trapped in a dead end, the old Demon Marquis released his magic power like a madman, compressing all the remaining dark source energy.
The Black Bone Demon Marquis unleashed a destructive wave of air, crashing into the sealing barrier like a black meteor!
Crack!
A magic rune cracked on the sealing barrier!
“Oh no, this old geezer wants to take us down with him!!”
Baikui hurriedly pressed himself against the corner of the wall along with Elise, one on each side, pouring all their magic power into the barrier to withstand the impact!
Facing the desperately attacking old Demon Marquis, Gaia immediately intercepted him.
With various buffs applied by Elise from behind, Gaia in his prime was like an insurmountable mountain.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Gaea swung his greatsword, shattering all the spells the old Demon Marquis hurled at him!
The heavily injured old Demon Marquis, who had lost his physical body, had less and less magic power to use, and his body grew smaller and smaller. In the end, Gaia stepped on him like a little chick!
“Damn it... Damn it!!”
The Black Bone Demon Marquis, now only the size of a palm under Gaia's foot, let out an unwilling roar.
“I have lived for eight hundred years! I’ve experienced countless life-and-death struggles, and I’m not afraid of death! But I never expected... to die in such a pathetic way, betrayed by my own son! Damn it!”
Boom!
The old Demon Marquis was indeed a ruthless character. Seeing no hope of escape, he actually detonated the remaining dark source energy in his body!
Gaia stood in front, his magic power surging to block the self-destruction's impact.
Once the magical light faded, only a pile of black ashes remained on the ground.
Baikui walked forward, shaking his head and sighing at the pile of ashes, a look of pain on his face.
“Tsk, what a waste... If this Dominator Rank black bone body could have been preserved intact and brought back to present to Master, it would have been a great supplement!”
Gaia sheathed his greatsword and scratched his head, feeling a bit apologetic.
“I'm sorry, Brother Baikui. I couldn't hold back just now.”
“It’s fine, I don't blame you.”
Baikui patted him on the shoulder.
“For both of you to be Dominator Ranks, the fact that you could pin him down and beat him up is already incredible.”
At this moment, Elise, who had been standing at the back, pointed toward the corner.
“Baikui, this person... what should we do with him?”
Following her finger, the servant used as a body double was cowering in the corner. Miraculously, he hadn't been killed by the aftershocks of the battle!
Seeing everyone look at him, the body double shivered as he crawled over.
“M-My lords! This lowly one... is the plan to impersonate the Demon Marquis still on? The Madam... the Madam is dead, and the rewards we agreed on...”
Baikui glanced at him, his eyes cold.
“A body double? We don't need one anymore.”
“That was a lukewarm plan that only a piece of trash like the original Thirteenth Demon Prince would come up with. Encroaching on power through a double? Too slow! How can that compare to the thrill of a direct bloodbath?”
Before his voice could fade, Baikui flashed forward, grabbed the double's chin, and poured the remaining toxic magic potion down his throat!
“Ugh!”
The double's eyes bulged, and after a few convulsions, he drew his last breath.
Before the three could clean up the battlefield, the old Demon Marquis's desperate final struggle had, after all, alarmed the castle guards.
Boom!
The bedroom door was kicked open, and a heavily armored demon general burst in with a crowd of elite soldiers!
This person was the Dominator Rank commander of the Demon Marquis Mansion, one of the three Black Bone Generals: Bone Blade General Grif!
“What happened?!”
As soon as Grif rushed in, he saw the dead bodies of the beautiful woman and the Demon Marquis's double on the floor. He was instantly dumbfounded.
“Madam?! And... Lord Demon Marquis?! What on earth is going on here?!”
Bang!
Baikui shut the door behind him, a cruel sneer on his face.
In the next second, Elise activated the barrier to seal the room, while Gaia turned into an afterimage and charged out to slaughter!
Before those elite soldiers could react, they were completely wiped out by Baikui and Gaia!
In the blink of an eye, only Grif was left, with Gaia's greatsword resting against his neck!
Baikui smiled warmly as he looked at the sweating general.
“General Grif, here's how it is...”
“His Lordship the Demon Marquis succumbed to his heavy injuries, and his most favored concubine committed suicide in her grief to accompany him in death.”
“What do you think... of this explanation?”
Grif swallowed hard. Feeling the reddish-black fiendish magic power radiating from the greatsword at his neck, he knew he had to take a clear stance.
Seeing him hesitate, Baikui raised his voice.
“By the way... should we add that the loyal Bone Blade General Grif followed his master into death as well?”
Grif looked directly at this ruthless and decisive Thirteenth Demon Prince. He glanced at the corpses on the floor, closed his eyes heavily, and then opened them.
“No, this subordinate chooses to live.”
He decisively knelt on one knee and shouted loudly.
“This subordinate is willing to serve under the Thirteenth Demon Prince! I am ready to devote myself entirely to Your Lordship's service!”
His master was dead and buried. Not only was the Thirteenth Demon Prince before him incredibly ruthless, but he also had such a Dominator Rank monster under his command! A wise man submits to circumstances. Since his life was in their hands, why not surrender instead of waiting to be turned into a desiccated corpse?!
“Very well.”
“You are a smart man who knows how to adapt.”
Baikui smiled very happily.
The next day.
The news of the Black Bone Demon Marquis's death spread across the entire territory like a hurricane!
After receiving confirmation from the Demon Marquis's confidant, Bone Blade General Grif, the First Young Master and the Second Young Master tore off all pretenses of civility!
“Second Brother, you can't handle the position of Lord!”
“Bullshit! Eldest Brother, you colluded with that traitor Longge! Prepare to die!”
Their fully mobilized armies clashed on the plains!
As the general in control of military power, the Second Young Master commanded a massive force consisting of all kinds of miscellaneous magical beasts, a dark mass of heads stretching to the horizon.
Although the First Young Master had fewer troops, his forces consisted entirely of elite vassal races, possessing fierce combat capabilities!
The two armies fought so intensely that the sky darkened and the earth grew dim, blood flowing like rivers. The core strength of the Black Bone Territory was continuously depleted in this battle!
In the end, the First Young Master's high-end combat power proved superior.
In a tragic victory, the First Young Master raised his blade and personally decapitated the Second Young Master on the front lines!
And that Bone Fiend General, Longge, also fought bloodily to slay the Dominator Rank general under the Second Young Master, helping the First Young Master secure victory.
“Hahaha! I am the winner! The Black Bone Territory is mine!!”
Covered in blood, the First Young Master laughed wildly as he led his battered troops, escorting their spoils of war, and stepped into the main castle of Black Bone City.
But the moment he stepped through the castle gates...
A sudden clanking of armor rang out!
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