Chapter 242 – Intense Battle! Never Back Down!

“Ahhhhhhhhh!”

A scream filled with agony suddenly erupted, lingering without end.

Struck head-on by [Virulent Poison Burst], his entire body enveloped in corrosive deadly poison—even a ruthless superior like Mo Leng couldn’t help but let out a piercing shriek of pain at this moment.

The venom corroded his skin, ate through his clothing, causing him to emit smoke all over as if doused in sulfuric acid. Instantly, his body became tattered and burned in various places.

His robust physique as a Five-Star Hunter provided no meaningful resistance whatsoever.

Because this was no ordinary poison—it was spiritual poison.

Toxins created through Spirit Art could corrode even Phantom Demons possessing regenerative abilities. Though Hunters weren’t Phantom Demons, their shared Fiend Bloodline made them equally vulnerable to this spiritual venom. The strongest resistance or toxicity immunity proved useless against it.

Thus, Mo Leng experienced suffering beyond anything he’d ever known, as if truly scalded by molten lava, his screams unceasing.

Naturally, beyond the physical agony, the psychological impact was equally severe.

“A Dual Professional!? You’re a Dual Professional!”

Mo Leng’s pained shouts echoed through the air.

Su Ming watched the brutal scene before him without an ounce of pity, instead responding with sarcasm.

“Isn’t that obvious, Family Head Mo? Weren’t you quite knowledgeable about me? Why the surprise at this point?”

Mo Leng had indeed investigated Su Ming and knew his information.

Hadn’t he said it himself—that Su Ming was an Academy Sorcerer?

“The fact that I’m a Sorcerer is known to everyone at Demon Hunter Academy. You mentioned it yourself earlier.”

Su Ming grinned widely.

“Given that, isn’t it perfectly natural that I can use Spirit Art?”

This was precisely why Su Ming had so readily revealed his Sorcerer abilities, which he’d always deliberately concealed before.

With his identity already exposed to Mo Leng, there was no need for further concealment.

Once Mo Leng processed the situation, he’d inevitably realize that Su Ming—a Sorcerer at the Academy and a Hunter here—must inherently be a Dual Professional.

This was something impossible to hide.

Therefore, Su Ming chose to fully display his Sorcerer abilities while Mo Leng was still processing the revelation and solely focused on guarding against the [Silver Arm], seizing the opportunity to gain an advantage.

Mo Leng being directly hit by [Virulent Poison Burst] proved Su Ming’s approach correct.

Completely focused on defending against the [Silver Arm]’s power, Mo Leng had no defense against Su Ming’s Spirit Art, resulting in his tragic condition after taking the full force of [Virulent Poison Burst].

“I’ll kill you!The brutality in Mo Leng’s heart was completely ignited.

“Roar!”

With a thunderous roar, Mo Leng finally stopped holding back, unleashing the ultimate and most powerful ability of high-level Hunters—Demonization.

His entire body swelling dramatically, Mo Leng transformed before Su Ming’s eyes into a single-horned Fiend.

The Fiend had a blue face with fierce fangs, a bloated body, thick limbs, and muscles writhing with blue veins throughout—bearing uncanny resemblance to a certain entity: a wrathful deity.

A single-horned wrathful deity—this was Mo Leng’s Demonized form.

“Rooooooaar!”A terrifying roar transformed into a sonic wave that swept outward, dispersing the poisonous gas around Mo Leng and rustling countless corroded, tattered withered trees and grass, making the entire mountain forest tremble and rustle violently.

“Finally going all out, huh?”

The grin on Su Ming’s face gradually faded as he stood straight against the dreadful sonic wave, his expression calm and composed.

The one-horned fiend raged and roared, gripping the broadsword tightly as it strode step by step toward Su Ming.

Its footsteps were like the trampling of a giant beast—each step leaving a crater and causing the ground to tremble, accompanied by thunderous impacts.

“A Dual Professional, so what?”

“A deeply hidden powerhouse, what of it?”

“No one can stop me from leading the Mo Family back to the path of glory!”

“No one can!”

The immense roar echoed like a tiger’s growl and a ghost’s wail, shaking the mountain forest.

To this, Su Ming had only one response.

“Unfortunately, I can.”

Su Ming quietly stated this fact.

“Roarrrr—!”

The one-horned fiend ceased speaking, gripping the broadsword tightly before stomping hard on the ground, launching its massive body into the air.

It soared toward Su Ming with a howling wind, descending like a colossal titan from the heavens, crashing down with such force that the very air trembled.

In the next second, the broadsword in the fiend’s hands cleaved through the sky, compressing and exploding the endless atmosphere.

“Clang!!!”

An unprecedented metallic clash reverberated through the mountain forest, transforming into a shockwave that blasted outward in all directions.

The ground shattered.

The mountain forest caved in.

A shockwave erupted from the colliding duo, plowing through everything around them and leaving destruction in its wake.

Facing the overwhelmingly powerful slash from the one-horned fiend, Su Ming defiantly raised the alchemical saber gripped in his right hand. Power ten times that of a Four-Star Hunter erupted as he met Mo Leng’s aerial strike head-on, blocking the heavy broadsword.

Sparks scattered wildly, like a cutting machine in operation.

But this time, Su Ming’s hitherto unstoppable strength was finally overwhelmed by his opponent.

Against Mo Leng, whose power had surged at least severalfold—if not tenfold—after Demonization, Su Ming ultimately suffered from being one Rank lower. The broadsword, carrying terrifying force, blasted him into the shattered underground, burying him instantly under countless rubble and debris.

Had neither of them undergone Demonization, Su Ming—with power ten times that of a Four-Star Hunter—could have steadily overpowered Mo Leng, who was only one Rank higher.

But with Mo Leng also Demonized and gaining a boost in strength no less than Su Ming’s right hand, Su Ming’s previously unrivaled power finally met its match.

“Roarrrr!”

Mo Leng seemed to have truly transformed into a mindless fiend. After blasting Su Ming underground, it raised its massive foot and stomped down violently.

“Boom!”

The already shattered ground suffered secondary devastation, exploding once more and completely turning into a collapse site.

Rubble and debris flew everywhere.

Dust storms howled.

Shockwaves permeated every corner.

Under the tyrannical power of the one-horned fiend, the earth seemed to have become extremely fragile, easily crushed.

Suffering such brutal force, even an Upper-Rank Professional would surely be severely affected.

Fortunately, Su Ming was no ordinary Upper-Rank Professional.

“Thirty-Third Form: Stasis Lock.”When such a voice emerged from the underground, a massive circular array suddenly expanded from the shattered ground, enveloping the one-horned demon god.

Invisible chains erupted from the circular array. Before the one-horned demon god could react, they coiled around the hell-escaped deity like instruments of torture emerging from the depths, firmly shackling his thick limbs one by one.

“Roar!”

The one-horned demon god sensed the presence of the invisible chains restraining him and began to struggle.

But by then, the instigator had already burst forth from the shattered ground. Like a meteor, he sent debris flying as he soared into the sky.

“Forty-Seventh Form: Blazing Lotus Scarlet Flame.”

Five circular arrays unfolded around Su Ming’s wrist, while eerie red patterns spread across his forehead, causing Spirit Power to surge forth.

Facing Mo Leng in his Demonization state, Su Ming activated his own Vision Mark, unleashing the full power of his Spirit Art.

Thus, endless flames descended like a fiery rain from mid-air, instantly engulfing the one-horned demon god’s entire body.

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!”

Explosions crackled like firecrackers in an unending cascade, causing the fiery rain to relentlessly bombard the ground and transform it into a sea of flames.

The temperature in the atmosphere began to skyrocket.

Blazing infernos surged like heatwaves, turning into raging fires that scorched everything on the ground.

“Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!”

Trapped within the sea of flames, the one-horned demon god naturally suffered the most intense burns. Like a wicked soul cast into the Crimson Lotus Hell for torment, he emitted frequent roars of agony.

Yet after his roars, the one-horned demon god, in his Rage, forcefully tugged at the invisible chains binding his entire body and hurled his weapon with all his might toward Su Ming in mid-air.

Yes.

Mo Leng threw the broadsword in his hand.

Just as he had done earlier by hurling rocks at Su Ming, this time, Mo Leng repeated the tactic.

However, with the explosively enhanced strength from his Demonization, the broadsword transformed into a soaring missile. Accompanied by a sonic boom, it shot toward Su Ming with overwhelming force.

“Wh-what…!?”

Even Su Ming couldn’t help but be startled by this sudden projectile attack.

Trapped in mid-air with no means of evasion, he could only hurriedly raise his Flaming Tusks in defense.

“Boom!”

Like a missile striking its target, the broadsword slammed fiercely into Su Ming, triggering a deafening blast.

The impact sent Su Ming flying backward, shattering countless rocks and trees in his path before he finally crashed to the ground, pulverizing the earth beneath him.

“Roar!”

Only then did the one-horned demon god tear apart the invisible chains restraining him. Roaring, he leaped high once more, escaping the Crimson Lotus Hell-like sea of flames. He stretched out his hand and caught the broadsword as it flew back to him.

His sinister eyes gleaming with malice, the one-horned demon god scanned the sky, locked onto his enemy’s position, and charged forward with a roar, intent on tearing Su Ming to shreds.

But Su Ming was not one to be trifled with.

“Twenty-Eighth Form: Spiral Fire!”

A spiral of flames abruptly surged from the ground, slicing through the atmosphere as it shot directly toward Mo Leng.

“Boom—!”

The one-horned demon god had no time to react. He was struck head-on by the spiral flames, his entire body set ablaze as he plummeted from the sky.The impact landed just a short distance ahead of where the spiraling flames erupted violently.

In other words, Mo Leng’s landing position was not far in front of Su Ming.

Two deep pits lay before them—one shrouded in dust, the other engulfed in flames.

Before long, both the dust and flames burst apart simultaneously, as two figures shot out from within, charging toward each other at an astonishing speed.

Clang—!

The scorching alchemical saber and the mighty broadsword collided once again.

The sound of their clash soared straight into the heavens.

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(End of Chapter)