After battling for over four hours, Mike finally saw the boss’s health bar hit rock bottom.
“Wind Fury!”
“Void Tremor!”
Both attacks landed almost simultaneously, wiping out the last of the ice dragon’s health.
Boom—
In its death throes, the ice bone dragon smashed the surrounding stone walls, causing the entire cave to shake violently!
Mike leaped up, dodging all the falling rocks and putting distance between himself and the ice bone dragon.
He thought to himself, “Since it can have a dual form, who knows if there isn’t a third form?”
[Yes, there is.]
Before Mike, the ice bone dragon began to change dramatically. The two large eye sockets on its skull, previously glowing with dim soul fires, now blazed with green flames that drifted out, emitting an evil aura and conveying a sense of terror.
Anger, destruction…
Mike raised an eyebrow, watching the scene unfold, as if he had figured something out.
[The fourth demon god: Wrathful God of Extinction]
The totem of the fourth demon cult was the green torch!
“These guys are really insane to stop me,” Mike muttered. He still had the [Guardian Angel] buff, so his life was not in immediate danger.
As for the boss’s third form, he’d consider whether to fight or flee once he’d seen it with his own eyes!
…
Outside the ice bone dragon’s cave, the remaining three members of the demon cult watched the emergence of the boss’s third form through a projection.
One of them finally relaxed a bit and sighed, “Thank goodness we invested a bit more of the demon god’s essence back then, or this defeat would have been too bitter!”
The boss having a third form was an unexpected surprise.
The host, however, was unusually silent, not saying a word.
Michael still maintained an optimistic attitude, even joking, “Brother, why the long face? Be optimistic, this is good for us. What if Thor is defeated by the third form of the Boss?”
“But, I…” the host’s voice trembled slightly, “I didn’t set a third form for the boss…”
“What?!”
“Say that again!”
The host repeated mechanically, “I said, I didn’t set a third form for the boss!”
All three felt a sinking feeling, simultaneously thinking of a possibility.
The boss… had been tampered with!
Someone had managed to meddle with the boss right under the nose of the Battle Lord, and it wasn’t discovered until the very last moment.
There was only one person who could do that—Supreme Being [Apollo]!
“You said he was in seclusion, didn’t you?!” one of them even cracked his voice, revealing his true age.
Michael chuckled, “Old guy ,so it was you!”
“Do you know me?”
“Not personally, but I know you’re already dead, RIP.”
Michael was the only one who could barely keep his composure, “All these are baits and traps set by hunters, aiming to catch such foolish prey as you.”
“How dare you mock me, Terenas, you’re no better, just a waste!”
The old man was very clear in his stance.
If this was a carefully designed trap, then everyone present couldn’t escape!
“Still don’t believe me? Should I spell out the truth for you?”
Michael snorted disdainfully, “When you created the boss, you used the demon god’s essence, right?”
“So what if I did, you contributed too, and you contributed the most!”
“Idiot, times have changed, that thing isn’t a talisman, it’s a death warrant!”
Michael’s words woke the old man up.
If… if the demon god’s essence fell into the hands of the Supreme Being, he could easily locate these traitors using the essence!
“I indeed contributed the most, but I don’t have any left in my hands, how could he find me? It’s you guys who are hiding and still have the essence, aren’t you asking for death?”
Michael even opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate. “I’ve always said, the Goddess of Luck is on my side!”
Sometimes, losing all your chips is also a kind of luck.
The old man was still defiant, “In such a short time, as long as the Supreme Being doesn’t make a move, I can still escape to the Abyssal Plane!”
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These human traitors were always thinking about how to escape if their identities were exposed.
And as one of the top combatants in this world, the Supreme Being would not easily make a move.
This involved some kind of agreement between the Supreme Being and the Abyssal Plane.
As long as they reacted quickly enough, they could still escape!
“Really?”
Michael downed the champagne,
“Have you ever been hunted by the Guardian Shadow?”
“Whoosh—, one strike, not only will you be slain, but even Maxen Stoneheart nearby almost got killed. This power… sizzles, extinguishing the soul as if erasing it from existence.”
Michael recalled his past encounter, his face slightly pale, still with a lingering fear.
“If you don’t believe it, you can contact the one who left earlier, the third demon cult Leader, right? He should be dead by now, sorry I forgot, the strong ones in Guardian Shadow don’t leave bodies.”
When creating the boss, four people contributed, namely:
The first, third, sixth, and fourth Leaders.
Among them, the third demon cult’s Leader was the first to lose his composure, he left here directly.
Now it seems, he might already be dead.
The sixth demon cult Leader tried to contact the other party, his face darkening again.
Unable to contact, all communications gone!
“It’s over… this time it’s really over…”
“To be honest, the trap set by the Supreme Being this time wasn’t very clever.”
After saying this, Michael glanced at the host, who was the first demon cult’s Leader.
“I guess, you must think you were a favorite of the Supreme Being, hiding your spy identity well over the years, right?”
This statement left the first demon cult Leader in a daze, speechless.
He got it all right.
Michael snorted.
“Idiot, that Supreme Being was a powerful soul mage even before he rose to power. Later, he even became a disciple of the most mysterious Shadow Nine in the Guardian Shadow, whose mastery in the soul arts you can’t even imagine.
The two of them, master and disciple, killed many spies back in the day, there was a time when the demon cult was completely eradicated.
You bunch of stupid idiots, don’t you even bother to find out?”
Michael casually revealed a few past events.
In a few words, he outlined the entire situation clearly.
After the true identity of the first demon cult Leader was exposed, his soul was controlled by Supreme Being [Apollo], he couldn’t distinguish reality from illusion.
What he thought was just what he thought.
Under the soul control of Supreme Being [Apollo], he gathered people from the demon cult, gained trust, collected the demon god’s essence, and created monsters to stop Thor.
Everything seemed smooth and normal.
The real purpose, however, was to flush the enemy out into the open!
Once the demon god’s essence was in hand, tracing back to its source, they could find these traitors!
In the end, Shadow Nine made a move, breaking them one by one, leaving none behind.
After hearing Michael’s analysis, the sixth demon cult Leader’s mentality completely collapsed, he said desperately, “Terenas, don’t be smug, even if we die, you’re no better off!”
“Is the outside world dangerous, is the Tower of Truth safe?”
“Since he wasn’t in seclusion, our every move was under his watch, do you really think you can survive alone?”
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard a timpani sound in his ear.
It was a sound he had never heard before, as if it struck directly on the soul, instantly dispersing the soul.
“This… is…”
The sixth demon cult Leader’s eyes became vacant, his whole body enveloped in a layer of death, starting from his legs, gradually turning into ash and dissipating.
The first demon cult Leader was in the same state.
“This is the sound of the Timpanum.”
Michael, not knowing where he got a box of fireworks, casually scooped up some ashes from the air, stuffed them into the fireworks, and lit them.
“Let you die a bit clearer.”
“Back in the day, Supreme Being [Apollo] took two weapons from the Forest of Truth, namely the Lyre and the Timpanum.
This lifetime, hearing the timpani sound, consider yourself lucky, don’t be so lucky next life.”
Bang—
The fireworks exploded overhead, carrying the ashes of the two demon cult members, flying freely.
Only Michael watched this grand performance, slightly bowing to the sky.
“Thanks to the Supreme Being for sparing my life. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving. I’ll never come to this Tower of Truth again.”
With that, Michael’s figure disappeared from the spot.
Back on Earth, at the training summer camp, Area A, instructor’s dormitory.
Michael poured himself a cup of coffee and walked to the window, a lingering smile still on his lips.
“Supreme Being has an agreement with the Abyss.
The human Supreme Being and the demon god of the Abyss cannot casually strike down Battle Lord tier existences. The various actions of those previous Battle Lords were considered a provocation, so being killed by Apollo’s timpani sound is not unjust.
As for existences below the Battle Chief tier… the top combatants of both sides cannot make a move against them!”
This agreement was originally meant to ensure the smooth growth of talents from all races.
Especially the humans, who were always waiting for a new potential Supreme Being to emerge.
Now, this agreement had become Michael’s lifesaver!
This was also why he had been so reckless before!
Looking at the Forest of Truth immersed in darkness, Michael slowly savored his coffee, his lips curling into a smile.
“I knew it all along, the Goddess of Luck really favors me!”
After saying this, Michael finally couldn’t suppress the fear in his heart, his body began to tremble, and the coffee cup fell from his hand, shattering on the floor.
A faint light emanated from the Forest of Truth, almost unnoticed by anyone.
But Michael’s gaze met that faint light, and then he realized, it was [Apollo]’s gaze!
This was the closest he had ever been to death, but for some reason, Apollo didn’t kill him!
Even just a glance, Michael was enveloped in infinite fear, nearly scared out of his wits!
It took him a full ten minutes to barely recover.
Then, he changed his pants.
