"Wall of Vacuum!"
Facing the sudden attack, the demon showed no panic. He calmly spoke, and a wall of air suddenly appeared both in front and behind him, blocking two azure wind pillars. The fast-moving wind pillars, formed by compressed wind magic, collided with the vacuum wall, scattering sparks.
As the wisps of wind dispersed, the vacuum wall perfectly repelled the energy wind pillars.
It turned its head to look at the human who attacked, declaring its power to him: "It's useless. In the face of my Word Soul Magic, all attacks are meaningless."
"Word Soul Magic?"
"That's quite brutal," Yuno lowered his arm, which was still enveloped in a blue glow from casting the energy wind pillars, and forced a helpless smile. "In that case... it's really hard to deal with it alone."
"I wonder what those two, Bai En and Asta, are up to. They're still not here."
Just as he was complaining, two figures dashed out of the circular passage leading to this place, and shouts rang out: "Ah, ah, ah ~ Yuno, we're falling!"
"Asta?"
Mimosa, who fell with Asta, was much calmer and not flustered by the descent. She observed her surroundings until she glimpsed the completely black monster, her expression changing: "What is that anomalous presence?"
Asta's senses also detected the demon using Word Soul Magic.
"Who is that annoying, completely black guy? He gives me such a disgusting feeling, exuding malice all over!"
Looking at the two who suddenly intruded, the Word Soul Demon murmured: "Two uninvited guests have arrived, but I'll leave them be for now. Compared to them, there are more important things waiting for me."
With that said.
It lowered its head and leaned close to Bartoli's ear, who was in despair, whispering: "Destroy to your heart's content!"
Word Soul Magic, activated.
Bartoli's skin turned dark, and his entire body was enveloped in a strange black magic. Gradually, he released the demon's leg, allowing the demon to fly upwards.
"Don't go!"
Yuno unleashed wind magic towards the Word Soul Demon, and a swirling vortex of wind sped towards it.
A pure black whip suddenly appeared, dispersing the wind vortex Yuno had released.
The Word Soul Demon looked down at the three humans below, a smile on its face: "I am not your opponent. Let him keep you busy for a while!"
"I'll be going now!"
"You bastard, stop right there!" Anti-magic poured out, and Asta entered his demon state, holding his Demon-Slayer Sword, shouting at the departing demon.
But the Word Soul Demon paid him no mind, flying directly to the highest floor of the Shadow Palace.
"Damn it." Asta and Yuno wanted to stop him, but Bartoli, controlled by the demon, blocked them. Mimosa looked at Laiya on the ground, who was using flames to heal his wounds, and assisted him with her healing magic.
'Although he's an Elf, right now... that flying guy is the real enemy, isn't he?'
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The uppermost floor of the Shadow Palace.
Bai En was playing with Xiao Tong. After stating his intentions, Licht, whose memories were not yet awakened, did not stop Bai En. Instead, he stood still like a block of wood, so Bai En simply summoned Xiao Tong to make the final preparations before the battle.
Upon sensing the cold, vast, and infinitely malicious magic, Bai En's smile faded.
Glancing at Licht, who had suddenly looked up, he gently patted Xiao Tong, signaling her to compose herself and get ready. The Wind Elf "Ee-yah" twice and nodded heavily.
The Word Soul Demon leapt out of the passage, its long tail gently swaying. It looked at the closed stone door carved with spiral magic patterns in its sight and smiled: "Very good, that must be it, the door to the outside."
"But there seem to be people here already?"
The Word Soul Demon scrutinized the figures standing to the left and right of the stone door, guarding it like door gods. The golden-glowing Elf... was none other than Licht, the leader of the Elf Tribe who, five hundred years ago, had not hesitated to use forbidden magic to prevent himself from coming into the world.
As for the other one, just an ordinary human.
His magic wasn't inferior to that half-blood child below, who harbored both Elf and human power, but in my eyes, it's still far from enough.
"I won't... let you leave..." Licht took a few steps forward, his magic surging, causing his white hair to flutter.
The Word Soul Demon observed Licht and said: "Although you haven't fully awakened yet, you still can't forgive me? Come to think of it, it's true. Although I didn't get the grimoire from you, I killed the most important person to you."
"Tsk tsk... you really are incredible. Even though your soul is more unstable than that due to giving birth to a demon god, you can still do this."
"Since you've worked so hard, I should give you a reward." The Word Soul Demon tilted its head and smirked at Licht.
But as it laughed... a sharp light appeared in its eyes!
Bai En, holding his Zan Yan, slashed at the Word Soul Demon's neck. The Word Soul Demon suddenly retreated, but a minuscule bloodline was still cut on its neck.
"When did this guy arrive? I couldn't sense his aura..."
"Space-type magic?"
"Wait... more than that, the feeling just now was... pain! His magic can truly hurt me. This is... magic that doesn't belong to this world!"
The Word Soul Demon looked gravely at Bai En, who was swinging his sword, and shouted: "Get lost!"
Magic activated.
Bai En was caught off guard and staggered back a few steps.
"Heal!"
The bloodline cut on its neck quickly recovered.
"Lightning Spear!"
A sharp spear, wreathed in blue lightning, materialized in the air and instantly stabbed towards Bai En. The bursting lightning emitted a surging hum in the air that wouldn't stop.
Bai En swung Zan Yan to defend, and the sharp longblade struck the lightning spear away.
A longsword, intertwined with ice-blue and fiery-red, plunged into the demon's chest from behind. The sword pierced through, coated in dark blood.
The Word Soul Demon looked back in disbelief, and in its vertical pupils appeared a small creature with flapping wings holding a longsword. "This is... of the Fairy Tribe..."
Before it could finish its sentence, an astonishing chill emanated from the sword, and a waterfall-like block of ice burst out from within its body. The glittering blue ice shone brightly in the air!
Blood splattered from various parts of the demon's body!
The Word Soul Demon cried out in pain.
Licht also took the opportunity to act. Hundreds of white slashes instantly struck, shattering the ice into countless flying fragments. The slashes landed on the Word Soul Demon, and blood gushed out frantically.
"Get out!"
"Collapse!"
"Blade Storm!"
"Recover!"
One Word Soul Magic after another was activated with the Word Soul Demon's furious roar!
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