404: Chapter 404 The Power of Fusion

The young man pointed his right index finger at Nie Ning, and immediately, countless blood threads shot toward Nie Ning.

Nie Ning used his blade to defend himself; although he blocked most of the blood threads, quite a few still pierced through his body.

Looking at the rapidly healing wounds on his body, Nie Ning thought to himself, "This is way too overpowered. We are completely on different levels."

There was no time to think; the man reached out and gripped the air, and the surrounding blood mist rapidly gathered, turning into blades that slashed toward Nie Ning.

Nie Ning only wanted to stall for time now, so he mainly focused on dodging, relying on the hard blade to block attacks.

But even so, in just a moment, Nie Ning was covered in wounds.

Furthermore, the opponent knew that Nie Ning's recovery ability was very strong, even exceeding the normal range, so the attacks were laced with a special energy.

It was like countless tiny needle fragments, constantly tearing at Nie Ning's wounds, preventing them from healing quickly.

Under these circumstances, Nie Ning could only grit his teeth and endure.

But trouble followed; the young man gradually showed an impatient expression.

Although he was just playing with Nie Ning, in reality, he was also reclaiming his own power.

However, there wasn't much Demon power remaining here, and now that he had absorbed almost all of it, there was no point in continuing to play.

As a wizard, he naturally understood the temperament of his kind.

If he didn't prepare to leave now, once that group of wizards outside was ready, even if he recovered to his Eighth-Rank strength, he might not be able to get away.

After all, he had deep personal experience with such things, so naturally, he wouldn't give others a second chance to seal him.

"Your blade is not bad. I will take good care of it for you. It is time for you to be on your way."

The young man said this as he reached out, condensing a giant blood-colored palm.

The blood palm shrouded the space above Nie Ning, pressing down like a great mountain.

Magic power surged within Nie Ning, and he raised a magic shield to defend, but the gap in strength between the two was simply too great.

'Bang!' A muffled sound echoed.

The entire hill collapsed, and Nie Ning was buried in the rubble.

Seeing this, the young man felt a tinge of regret.

After all, it was rare to encounter a Demon Wizard.

It was a pity that the timing wasn't right. Given his current situation, he couldn't take Nie Ning with him, so it was better to turn him into his own nourishment.

The young man waved his hand, and the gravel on the ground flew up, subsequently being tossed aside one by one.

Very quickly, the stones were mostly cleared away.

But just then, the young man frowned, suddenly sensing a powerful energy fluctuation from the rubble in the pit below.

The young man couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled; surely the opponent was truly only a Fourth-Rank.

Although his strength far exceeded those of the same rank, it certainly hadn't reached this level.

In an instant, the gravel on the ground exploded, and a white beam of light pierced out at extreme speed.

Although the young man's reaction was fast, and he turned his head to dodge this sudden strike, his cheek was still grazed by the light beam.

"Interesting, very interesting. It seems you have quite a few trump cards."

Feeling the blood flowing from his cheek, the young man was not angry; instead, he showed an expression of great interest.

In the pit below, Nie Ning stood tall.

His entire body was wrapped in armor formed from black keratin, and only his left eye was exposed on his entire face.

A look of pain appeared in Nie Ning's eyes.

The keratin layer on his body felt as if it had grown from within, causing his body to suffer the pain of being torn apart at every moment.

However, despite the pain, Nie Ning felt exceptionally powerful, far surpassing his former self.

At Nie Ning's feet lay scattered shards of broken glass; these were the remains of the bottle that had previously contained the Demon Wizard's body tissues.

This was the source of Nie Ning's current power, one of the abilities of the Soul-Eater Demon.

Energy Fusion!

The ability to condense all the energy within his body, including Battle Qi, the Power of Corruption, and magic power.

This was a power different from elemental fusion.

Before, he could at most use Battle Qi in conjunction with elemental attacks, but now he had integrated all his power together to form a brand-new energy.

However, the Power of Corruption was simply too perverse, causing this energy to be dominated by the Power of Corruption, which was why the current situation had arisen.

A very extreme form.

Relying entirely on the Forbidden Domain of Living Beings to exert force, it caused new energy to be constantly absorbed, thereby suppressing the spread rate of the Corruption energy.

Nie Ning looked up at the Demon Wizard, knowing he couldn't wait any longer.

Otherwise, even if the opponent didn't make a move, he would be consumed completely due to the erosive nature of this brand-new energy.

As the light wings behind him spread out, Nie Ning instantly vanished from his spot.

When he reappeared, he had already arrived in front of the Demon Wizard.

The Demon Wizard reacted quickly, and the surrounding blood mist instantly condensed into a shield.

Nie Ning swung his long blade; the white light blade tore directly through the Demon Wizard's shield, leaving a wound on the Demon Wizard's chest.

At this moment, the Demon Wizard looked down at the wound on his chest, a look of astonishment appearing on his face.

Seeing that Nie Ning wanted to continue attacking, the Demon Wizard reached out toward Nie Ning, and a wave of blood-colored energy blasted Nie Ning away.

"You actually have the Soul-Eating Demon Bloodline too!"

The Demon Wizard looked at Nie Ning, unable to believe it.

Although Nie Ning's energy was fundamentally different from his own, he still sensed a familiar aura.

One must know that the Soul-Eater Demon was an extremely rare demon, almost wiped out by the demons themselves, and those that couldn't be killed were all sealed.

His ancestors had created the Soul-Eating Demon Bloodline by finding a sealed Soul-Eater Demon.

But the Soul-Eating Demon Bloodline was not something just anyone could withstand.

If it was just recessive, there would be no issues as long as the bloodline wasn't activated.

But once the Soul-Eating Demon Bloodline was activated, it would indiscriminately absorb all energy, including the energy from the host's body.

This was not a good thing.

On the contrary, it was a very terrible thing.

If the external energy was completely absorbed, the host would enter a self-consuming, self-destructive state, which was 'I ate myself'.

Because of this reason, it was almost impossible for the Soul-Eating Demon Bloodline to appear.

He was at best an accidental product, a Soul-Eater Demon Wizard that should never have existed.

Before this, he had even thought that he was the only person in the world who possessed the Soul-Eating Demon Bloodline.

"I possess far more than you can imagine."

Nie Ning snorted coldly and charged toward the Soul-Eater Demon again.

Hearing this, the Demon Wizard smiled and looked at Nie Ning dismissively.

"It seems that the previous strike gave you the illusion that you could defeat me. Next, I will let you see why I was able to reach the Eighth-Rank."

As his voice fell, a pool of blood condensed in front of the Demon Wizard.

Under the Demon Wizard's control, the blood seemed to come alive, transforming into several blood snakes that lunged at Nie Ning to tear him apart.