Volume One: The Nature of the Devil Never Changes
Arc: The Great Guerrilla War
Scarlet King opened his mouth, revealing his sharp, pointed teeth. Then he pushed his face toward Man Hu's neck and sank his fangs into it.
Man Hu screamed with force:
"Arghhhh!!"
He moved his hand and punched Scarlet King in the stomach with tremendous force, blasting him away—but a large chunk of Man Hu's neck had already been torn out.
Scarlet King crashed into a floating piece of land, but quickly emerged, moving his arm and pointing toward Man Hu.
"Hegemon's Touch."
Scarlet King lowered his arm, and the technique forced Man Hu to kneel.
At that moment, Scarlet King moved at terrifying speed, appeared in front of Man Hu, and struck him with a punch of such force that he was violently hurled away until he crashed into a nearby meteor, shattering it to fragments.
The Saintess of Darkness watched calmly, a clear smile on her face.
"Oh… what an entertaining fight."
Suddenly, a red spatial gate opened beside her, and from it emerged… Yu Ru Meng, wearing a veil.
The moment Yu Ru Meng appeared, both Man Hu and Scarlet King felt the powerful demonic aura of seduction. However, Scarlet King was not affected. He only looked coldly and thought:
(Yu Ru Meng? What is she doing here?)
From inside the gate, Mo Sheng appeared, holding Yu Ru Meng's shoulder.
"Little one, why did you suddenly open a gate here? We were supposed to return to the demonic dimensions."
Yu Ru Meng pointed toward Scarlet King and said:
"Look for yourself."
Mo Sheng looked over and was deeply shocked when he saw Scarlet King.
(Scarlet King? The Devil of Rebirth? He developed this much in just a few months? This is terrifying.)
Yu Ru Meng laughed mischievously, placing a hand over her face, which looked far more beautiful than before despite the veil tied from her ears to her nose and chin.
"Hehe… my fiancé is very strong."
Scarlet King ignored Mo Sheng, the Saintess of Darkness, and Yu Ru Meng.
He looked toward Man Hu, who emerged from the ruins of the meteor, his eyes blazing with rage as he moved rapidly toward Scarlet King.
Scarlet King moved at the same speed, until the two stood before each other.
Man Hu was far larger than Scarlet King, while Scarlet King was calmer and colder.
Both released their powerful, beastly auras. Man Hu's aura was a suffocating bloody red, while Scarlet King's aura was black-violet, calm and balanced, clashing against Man Hu's aura.
Man Hu moved his arm and threw a punch toward Scarlet King's neck.
From the force of the blow, space-time itself shattered, and a white page appeared beneath Scarlet King.
But Scarlet King did not move an inch. His eyes shone with a violet aura, and the mark of the strike was clear on the side of his neck as he thought:
(Partial fusion with Titan King will allow me to strengthen my physical body while maintaining my human form.)
Scarlet King moved his arm and said:
"Hegemon's Touch."
A blue aura appeared around Man Hu, and he was hurled away with force, though he managed to stop himself after sliding slightly.
When he raised his face, he noticed Scarlet King speaking:
"Dagger Throwing."
Two small gates opened behind Scarlet King, and the twin daggers Ming Hao appeared.
Then Scarlet King continued:
"Hegemon's Touch."
The two daggers moved at high speed, shooting toward Man Hu.
Because Hegemon's Touch restrained him and also made the daggers move even faster—
one dagger cut through his shoulder, the severed part flying into space, while the second dagger sliced his neck with a deep wound.
Suddenly, the two daggers moved again and returned toward Man Hu, but Man Hu bent down and dodged them.
He raised his head, laughed, and said:
"Hahaha! This technique is no longer useful!"
Man Hu did not notice that Scarlet King had appeared directly in front of his face, throwing a punch with all his strength.
"This will do."
He punched Man Hu with tremendous force, shattering his entire ribcage along with his neck and face.
Man Hu was blasted far away through space, but mist appeared behind him, and Titan King's intact arm emerged, punching Man Hu with great force.
After that, Man Hu shot toward Scarlet King, raising his fist before him.
Scarlet King was surprised and raised his own fist as well.
And when their fists collided…
an impact occurred.
Space-time around them shattered completely, and from the force of the collision, a gigantic black hole formed between them and began pulling both of them inside.