Hunter’s Blade

C44 – Burning Evil Demon

The Devil Substance was reshaped. Gradiu was able to control the changes in the black sediments. The cracks began to form, and then quickly lengthened. It became solid and sharp, shaped like a sharp blade. This time, Shire knew how to do it. He immediately used the blade of his arm to stab into the chest of the Great Devil and cut open its belly. This time, it was his turn to pour out his soul with all his might.

Gradiu finally felt relieved. He greedily absorbed the soul that flowed out from the devil’s body.

“This guy is really scary.” Shire stood up, “Is this the devil?”

“Devil my unknown * s, this is just a big ghost.”

“Is it a big ghost?” Shire looked at it carefully. This fellow was clearly much bigger than him. “Such a big fellow is only a big ghost?”

“Look at yourself.”

Shire lowered his head and looked at his own body. He was small and skinny, and his limbs were limited in length. He had become a devil ghost! A demon was the lowest level of demons. It was small, but not scary, just like Hoppe who had been found in the dungeon.

“How did I become like this?!”

“Devils are like this. Starting from imps, they slowly devour souls and become bigger and bigger. Our souls are already strong enough. What we lack is the Devil Substance. Eat that big ghost. “

” How can I swallow this? “

“The Devil Substance has no smell. You can’t even eat air?!”

Shire straightened his scalp and realized that he had a mouthful of sharp teeth in his mouth out of nowhere. He grabbed the body of the big ghost. The soul inside was swallowed by Gradiu. The body has become an empty shell. Shire used his great courage and perseverance to eat a few mouthfuls of it. The Devil Substance entered Shire’s body. It gradually became nutrients to nourish his body. He felt that his body was getting bigger and bigger. He also became taller.

“Quack! Quack!”

“Kaka! Kaka!”

“Quack, quack, quack!”

The other ghosts that climbed out of the pool saw Shire, who had become bigger, and hid to the side in fear. They looked at each other with hatred, and fought and bit each other with all their might. They fought madly, and weak ghosts were slaughtered by their own kind, one after another. Some of the little ghosts were able to win through tactics and luck, and soon, there were only a dozen or so larger little demons left by the magma pool. One of them was Shire.

“My vision is very blurry, I can only see those floating souls and blurry figures. Why is that?”

“The little ghosts only have imitation nerves, low-level sensors, blind and noisy voice systems, simple hearing, and basic muscles. We need to eat more before we can slowly evolve more Mechs ” Gradiu helped Shire recover his five senses.

He grew ears and organs to distinguish the smell. He looked around and found that this place was like an underground cave. It was surrounded by rugged rock walls, and above it was the top of the rock. The lava pool burned fiercely and clearly lit up the surroundings. The air was very hot and dry, and it smelled like salt and sulfur.

“Wuuu – Distorted – Caw -” Shire wanted to say something, but his voice became strange in his mouth.

“It allows me to speak a normal sentence.” Shire said in his heart.

“What’s the use? You don’t need to say anything in hell. We need to conserve our souls and use them in more important places.” Gradiu didn’t think it was a big deal.

“Hurry up.” Shire urged.

Gradiu unwillingly reconstructed Shire’s humanoid organs. Now that he had a new tongue, mouth, and vocal cords, he felt much more normal.

“Caw!”

“Wah! Wah!”

“Eat!” The little demons that survived the first round of slaughter were noisy for a while, and then they began to fight each other for the souls under each other’s shells.

“What should I do?” Shire leaned against the stone wall with his back against the wall.

“Be a competent devil and kill them all!” The demon roared, turning his arms into two long and sharp blades. Sharp horns grew out of his head, turning Shire’s devil form into a terrifying executioner.

Had the other hunters ever thought of such an opportunity to hunt devils in hell?

Shire followed his instincts and rushed over, raising his blade and slashing down. The sharp blade slashed at the monsters blocking his path. The little demons were killing with great force. They did not expect Shire to attack from behind. They roared with all their might, but none of them escaped. They charged at Shire fearlessly, but a series of screams followed. They were quickly cut down to the ground by Shire. The blades of slaughter created by the blade devils had absolute destructive power. These low-tier devils could not stop them at all. They were chopped down like melons and vegetables.

The scattered souls floated into the air, and were all swallowed by Gradiu.

“That’s right. That’s right. How could killing mortals be as efficient as killing devils? You should eat as well! Shire, these natural Devil Substance are an important resource! “

Shire was gradually getting used to the activities in hell. He strode to the side of the devil that he had killed. Eating the colorless and odorless soul matter on their bodies, these depraved actions made him feel strange. He was killing devils and eating them. He became the devourer of demons, the destroyer of demons. For a long time, it was Evil Demons that attacked the human world. Killing mortals, this might be the first time in the world that humans have entered hell. They slaughtered demons.

“What do we do next?” After Shire finished eating all the little devils present, his body had grown to two meters tall, and the blades on his arms had become sharper.

“Say hello to the local administrator. Let me see who is managing this incubation pool right now.” Gradiu released his perception in all directions. “Oh, it came a little fast.”

Bang! A fist smashed through the rock wall above Shire’s head. An unknown blue light of fire shone into the underground cave. Shire looked up and saw a burning head through the damage. A devil whose head was bigger than Shire’s entire body was staring at this place.

“Little devil…” Its voice rumbled. “Only you are alive?”

“I killed all the others.” Shire shouted.

“You look very strange. Why do you look like a blade devil? This is not natural!” The moment the Burning Evil Devil appeared, Shire could clearly feel the temperature around him suddenly increase. It was many times more terrifying than the heat in the magma pool.

“I don’t know.” Shire looked at the huge Burning Evil Devil and asked, “Who are you?”

“I am the vanguard of the Flame Devil King, the one who broke the formation of hell. Accept Ignitz’s fire. What a great brat champion, you have already devoured all the other weaklings. Prove your strength. Now, burn yourself… Become the most terrifying flame in hell. I will call you a flaming blade, and you will bring destruction to those naive and ignorant combustible objects. Light up hell, and spread light and heat to every dark corner.” The Burning Demon extended his hand. A ball of dazzling flames gradually penetrated deep into the cave, illuminating the surroundings. Gradiu kept adjusting the brightness of the Evil Devil’s vision, in order to prevent Shire from fainting.

Shire could feel the vast power brewing within the flames.

So this was how devils grew? Pursuing the soul, devouring each other, allowing the strong to control the weak. Shire was deep in thought. Every devil had its own concept, and at the same time, there were many similarities. They used the soul as an internal driving force, and at the same time, they could efficiently transform the soul sediments on the surface.

Then, how can we eliminate these supernatural monsters? Hmm…

It was better to cut them open.

“What if I refuse to accept it?” Shire raised his head.

“A proud little devil champion. Well, I am tired of timid little demons. You are lucky that your arrogance attracted my attention. Maybe I can give you some rewards. But before that, I have to confirm one thing. “

“What?”

“[You have the aura of a Blade Demon on you, perhaps because this territory once belonged to it.] But you must believe my words loyally – the Blade Demon is an out-and-out weakling and idiot. Weak and incompetent, stupid and crazy… It was exiled to the outside world by the King of Rites, and no demon thought highly of it. You have to abandon its mark and accept something even more powerful. “

“Alright.” Shire did not hesitate.

“What? You bastard!” Gradiu was furious, “Did you hear how it described me?”

“This is just the right thing to do -“

Shire heard a crackling sound of explosion coming from above, and his fury surged to the heavens.

“Gradiu? I heard your voice, and you still dare to come back!” The Burning Evil Devil was extremely furious. It forcefully smashed down, causing the entire cave to collapse.

“Can’t you just put down your pride a little?” Shire felt the ground shake violently.

“I kept climbing up from hell, pursuing strength, and fighting with Devil God. Was it to endure humiliation?”

In short, I had to escape from here…

“Now I am humiliating you!” The Burning Evil Demon punched out again, “Gradiu, you have been removed from the Demon God position!”

The cave constantly shook, and Shire lost his balance. Huge rocks fell from his head, smashing into the ground. Every time they collided, another earthquake would occur. He tried his best to stabilize his body and run with all his might. Every inch of the black rocks behind him was collapsing. The solid rock cave seemed extremely fragile under the attack of the flame devil.

“The current you is not worth mentioning. Try to cut open the flames, idiot!” The Flame Demon extended its fist into the cave and broke the dazzling flame. It quickly exploded, causing a monstrous flame to rise from the fire pool and spread in all directions, causing the temperature in the cave to rise dramatically.

Shire could clearly feel that he was getting more and more uncomfortable. Heat waves blew towards him from all directions, causing his mind to be in chaos.

The fire was spreading!

His body was unfamiliar, and he tried his best to get used to it. Shire ran frantically towards the surrounding cracks and underground tunnels, fearing that he would be caught by the sea of fire.

“This… this place has no way to go!” Shire ran into a rock wall. He turned around, and behind him, there was a fire spreading around greedily, licking the ground. The rocks were melted into thin lava, and hot air kept surging up.

“I should be able to get out.” Gradiu muttered.

“Should?” Shire scolded, “Why didn’t you make a plan and brought me here?”

“Because I wanted to try, but I found that it was a success.” Gradiu said, “We came in safely, and safely became demons as wandering souls…”

“It’s because you refused to lower your head that we caught you.”

“Bah, since you love to kowtow so much, then go and surrender.”

“The truth is that we’re trapped here, and there’s a flame monster that’s a few times bigger than you waiting for us outside.” Shire watched nervously as the flames flowed towards him. These flames seemed to have a life of their own, and they knew exactly where Shire was.

The raging flames burned the ground. Shire had no choice but to climb back and climb up the airtight rock wall to prevent himself from being engulfed by the boundless flames.

There was no way he could retreat. He stared at the shocking fire. The heat was about to boil the liquid in his body. He felt that he was being cooked. The hot air made Shire feel extremely painful, as if he was in a huge oven.

This was probably what it meant to be buried in a sea of fire.