"Impossible… How could a human possibly…"
Flanmars unconsciously took two steps back. This woman actually possessed magic similar to his curse?
And she even 'absorbed' the Netherworld King Beast!
"Someone's coming, let's finish this quickly!" Rhode flicked his right hand fingers upwards, "Amaterasu Formula 100!"
Layer upon layer of interlocking purple magic arrays lit up, encircling Flanmars completely, leaving neither his head nor feet unguarded.
"Magic Array? When did this happen?!" Flanmars was startled, but the magic array had already been activated.
The sound of explosions echoed, and blinding light filled the entire control room.
"Aaaah… uhahaha…"
The screams suddenly turned into bizarre laughter, as the fiery blaze and smoke vanished in an instant.
The surrounding purple magic array was torn apart by an invisible force, twisting and deforming, finally disappearing between his outstretched hands.
Soon after, Flanmars' size expanded, his body flickering with purple flames.
"Uh hee hee hee…" Flanmars laughed wildly,
"My curse can absorb souls to strengthen myself, even the soul of magic can be absorbed! So... magic is useless against me!"
"So powerful?" Rhode was somewhat surprised. He didn't even know his magic had a soul.
Flanmars boasted, "Of course! I am part of Jellal's Book…"
Before he could finish speaking, Mira had already charged forward, pressing her right hand on Flanmars' face, slamming him into an inverted drop.
The ground shattered with a bang, rubble clattering through the gaps into the lower levels.
The soldiers below looked up at the familiar head, wanting to shout or lend a hand.
But the overwhelming magic power from above suffocated them, almost making them drop their weapons and kneel.
Rhode silently worried if Mira's actions counted as intense exercise, quietly buffing her with numerous enhancements.
Flanmars felt as if his skull was splitting open. That solitary eye hurt so much, he couldn't even open it.
However, he remained calm. After confirming he could not break free, he decisively grabbed Mira's wrist with both hands, "You're finished! I will now take your soul—absorb!"
His body emitted a dazzling white light, which spread along his hands towards Mira's arms.
But… it abruptly stopped.
"Absorb! Absorb! Absorb!" Flanmars shouted several times, collapsing, "Why can't I absorb?!"
"Oh, so that's how it is. Thanks for the demonstration. Then…" Mira smiled sweetly, "Receive!"
"What?! You'll never get…" Flanmars released Mira's wrists, and his arms suddenly elongated, winding like ropes to strangle Mira's neck.
Just as he extended them a bit, they were immediately seized by two strong hands.
"Behave yourself." Rhode swiftly tied Flanmars' flexible arms into a butterfly knot.
"Bastard! You touched my hands too, surrender your soul!"
Yet after shouting this, Flanmars found his power draining even faster.
The absorption curse cast on Rhode failed, his elongated arms returning to their original length, even his consciousness gradually blurred…
"Damn it… The Netherworld, the Netherworld is immortal…"
Muttering this, Flanmars' consciousness completely faded.
Kuanghua and Sella hurriedly arrived, witnessing the moment Flanmars disappeared.
"Flanmars!" Kuanghua's eyes widened, as if realizing how Ethel and Travessa were defeated.
"Command!" Sella pointed at Rhode with her right hand, "Kill the woman beside you!"
Rhode's eyes turned red immediately, while Sella was taken aback.
This feeling was strange. Her targets' eyes should indeed be like this when her curse takes effect, but just now… it didn't feel like the curse worked?
She had no time to ponder this further in the next second.
As suddenly, she felt suffocated, and her body seemed to float…
"Ugh…" Sella struggled to look across, her eyes glancing downward, seeing Rhode's face and a lifted arm.
So fast…
In an instant, he had rushed over, and lifted her by the neck?!
Who was this human?!
Sella belatedly tried to pry Rhode's hand with hers, hoping he would loosen his grip slightly.
But it felt like gripping ironclad tongs, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make him release even a tiny bit.
"Sella!" Kuanghua raised her hand but felt a sudden pain in her abdomen.
A size 44 boot kicked her body into a bow shape, sending her flying backward like a cannonball, crashing through several walls and burying her in the ruins.
Rhode frowned, feeling intense pain in his right foot, like the bones were being crushed by a millstone.
The sharp pain relayed through his nerves to the center, making the muscles on his face twitch slightly.
Yet at the same time, he could clearly feel that his foot wasn't injured at all.
A curse that enhances pain perception?
Rhode finally had some sense of these cheating-style curses.
If this were a duel between evenly matched opponents, just this move alone could significantly affect the opponent's state, leading to finding a flaw and claiming victory.
"Command…"
Sella, whose strength was fading, weakly uttered, "Limit… release…"
Bang!
Rhode's free hand transformed into a Dragon Claw, clenched into a fist, charged with the Crown of Embers and the Broken Ghost Crown.
Just as Sella spoke, he threw the punch, landing squarely on Sella's face.
Rhode didn't know what she wanted to do, but he felt her aura rising sharply.
According to intel, most demons of the Nine Ghosts Sect have their own 'second form'.
Regrettably, Rhode didn't want to know what Sella looked like transformed, so he swiftly threw this punch.
Fiery red light burst forth, completely engulfing Sella's head, and continued pouring backwards, piercing through layers of walls, shooting through the entire castle, and finally into the distant sky.
Sella's head drooped powerlessly, her strong aura vanishing completely.
Mira hurriedly stepped forward to catch Sella, before her soul slipped away to be reborn, she used Receiving Magic.
Rhode asked worriedly, "How are you feeling? Did you overdo it today?"
Mira looked at Rhode helplessly, "No problem, I only made one move from the start until now."
She wanted to help with one of the two just now, but her husband was too competent and settled one in an instant.
Mira recalled Sella's 'command' and Rhode's response, smiling sweetly, "Perfect score."
"What?"
"Both as a husband and as a father, today's performance, perfect score."
Rhode also laughed.
The soldiers sent to aid were all standing at the door, swallowing collectively.
One unlucky soldier dropped his weapon, making a clanging sound that startled himself.
Too terrifying!
—They had just arrived to see Sella being punched by that man, and then that woman easily obliterated her.
But that wasn't the most terrifying part.
The terrifying part was that these two were smiling so happily!
What kind of earthly demons are they?!
No, who is the real demon here?!