Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 735  Death Rain Reappears

The Ashen Fiends and Frostclaw demons noticed almost immediately when the Abyssal demons moved.

The Ashen Fiends, after giving the Frostclaw demons a look, also rushed toward Max. Their enmity could wait, but if the howlers killed Max, it would be a pity because they wanted to capture him, as the reward for capturing him was greater.

However, to their and Max's, who was paying them attention too, surprise, the Frostclaw demons didn't move and acted like spectators.

'Are they confident we won't be able to handle him?' The peak Five Star Ashen Fiends thoughts, which increased their wariness by a few levels.

Max also had a similar thought, but when he looked at them, he raised his brows in surprise and confusion because he saw no ill intent in their eyes.

Swoosh!

Right when the two peak Five Star howler demons appeared in front of him, activating their special ability to induce fear and helplessness in him while increasing their strength, ready to attack, he noticed the strongest of the Frostclaw demons mouth a word, and understanding dawned on him.

Swoosh!

His Phoenix Wings flapped, and he disappeared from the place, appearing in front of one of the howler demons and slashed toward his neck, a trace of Death Energy—which his bloodline had just refined for him—coating the edge of the blade.

The howler demon's pupils constricted before it howled and slashed its claws at the incoming sword.

'How courageous and utterly foolish!' Max couldn't help but have this thought when he saw the demon's unhesitant action. Then, Shing! n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The Thunder Sword slashed his claws into two before slashing through his neck.

Swoosh!

Max didn't slow down in the slightest as he flashed over to the other peak Five Star howler demon and slashed. To his astonishment, even after seeing his companion, who was as strong as him, die, the howler demon acted the same as him as he also clawed toward the thunder sword.

Right when the sword was about to slash the claw, a projection of a large, wolfish claw overlapped with it and swiped down.

Clang!

"What!" Max exclaimed in shock when the thunder sword failed to cut all the way through the claw.

Sure, he hadn't used more Death Energy to replace the energy he lost after killing the first howler demon, and the projection of the claw had made it severalfold stronger; he should have been able to achieve the same effect even though with some difficulty for no reason other than it was The Death Energy reinforcing the Thunder Sword. However, it only managed to cut through three of its claws.

The howler demon revealed a victorious, prideful smirk, but in the next instant, he coughed out a mouthful of blood, and his body withered rapidly until he was only a skeleton wearing the skin.

Seeing this, Max realized the claw projection was a sacrificial move, and he wasn't able to comprehend its true power.

Although the demon was almost a skeleton now, he hadn't died, and there was still a prideful look on its face as he croaked out, "No matter how extraordinary your energy is, it isn't undefeatable, human. Cough! If I could use the [Abyssal Claw] a few times more, I would've been able to kill you."

Max nodded, a hint of respect in his eyes, "Thank you. I won't forget this."

Shing!

Saying this, he lopped off his neck with a swing before suddenly retreating at his top speed.

Boom! Boom!

Two Ashen Beads exploded where he was standing, the resulting flames engulfing the howler demons' bodies.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Max had just stopped some distance away when another two beads flew toward him and exploded, prompting him to cast a mana shield to buy a moment before retreating. Even though these beads weren't as powerful as the first bead that high-stage Five Star demon had used to destroy the evidence, they were still quite powerful, and he didn't want to waste his bloodline energy to defend against them since he needed to fight for a long time, so he had no choice but to retreat while trying to find a chance to bridge the gap between them and kill them.

Unfortunately for him, his earlier display of killing the two peak Five Star howler demons had made the Ashen demons scared, even though they wouldn't admit it, and this was why they were maintaining a distance between them while using their stockpiles of Ashen Beads to exhaust him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The explosions were continuous, giving Max no chance to catch his breath, let alone retaliate.

At a glance, it seemed he was helpless and the demons were in an advantageous position, but both parties' expressions said otherwise.

Max, despite being the one in a disadvantageous position, had a calm, almost leisurely expression, whereas the demons, who were dominating him, had ugly looks on their faces.

The Ashen Beads weren't easily made and needed an Ashen demon to invest quite some time and energy to do it. The beads they were using had the lethal power of a high-stage Five Star being, and even though they were peak Five Star demons, they needed two days at the very least to produce one of them, not to mention they needed to exhaust quite a bit of their bloodline energy, which again needed quite some resources to recover.

That was why they weren't comfortable wasting so many of them.

Suddenly, Max's gaze flickered with a grim light, and he stopped retreating.

Shua!

The mixture of his fire elemental mana and bloodline energy erupted out of him and created a defensive barrier around him. He then tightened his grip on the Thunder Sword and rushed toward the Ashen demons.

Swoosh!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Many explosions rocked the barrier, but none managed to shatter it. So, he continued forward.

The two peak Ashen demons' exchanged a glance and started retreating while one of them glanced in the direction of their high-stage Five Star companions, who immediately rushed to where Leo was fighting the early-stage Five Star howler demon.

Max's gaze flickered, and his expression turned colder when he noticed this via his bloodline sense.

"You could have lived a few minutes longer if you didn't force me. So, blame yourselves for your deaths." He said in an indifferent voice before stopping in his tracks and raising his hand in front of him.

The demons' hearts skipped a beat when they heard this, and dread filled their minds. Immediately, they stopped throwing the Ashen Beads, turned around, and fled as fast as they could.

Shua! Shua! Shua!

Max's mana core spun, and his mana burst out of him in waves, rapidly turning into the fire elemental mana. After that, the Nascent Energy covered his mana veins, and some of the Death Energy flowed out, mixing into the fire elemental mana.

He knew if these demons focused on staying away from him, no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn't be able to close in on them. They were, after all, at the peak of the Five Star realm while he was still an early-stage Four Star mage, even though he was way stronger than almost ninety percent of the Five Star beings.

Therefore, if he wanted to kill them, he only had two ways. First, he could use his bloodline ability—The Annihilation Finger, as he named it.

Unfortunately, it took too much of his mana and bloodline energy to activate. Worse, it was a single-target attack, meaning he would need to use it two times in a row to kill both of them, which would definitely drain more than half of his current mana reserves and bloodline energy.

The second way was something he had been thinking about but hadn't tried yet—using Death Energy to enhance his magic spells.

He had done it with his bloodline energy and Nascent Energy, but not with Death Energy for obvious reasons. However, he knew if he used it to enhance his magic spells, especially the attack-type ones, the result would be shocking.

Shua! Shua! Shua!

Under his conscious efforts, the Death Energy merged with the fire elemental mana, changing its color to crimson gray. He then activated the magic spell he hadn't used for a long time now—Death Rain.

The mixture of the energies was divided into several portions and took the shape of foot-long arrows that radiated a fearsome aura. This grade two magic spell had surpassed the limits of grade four magic spells and entered the realm of grade five spells thanks to the Death Energy.

Everyone who sensed the aura radiated by the arrows wore solemn expressions. As for the two peak Five Star Ashen Demons, they cursed in their hearts and increased their speeds while taking out their defensive artifacts or talismans.

After a moment, Max's gaze sharpened, and he snapped his fingers.

Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu!

More than a dozen arrows flew out, four in the direction of the fleeing demons and the rest toward the demons rushing toward Leo.