Angle's Arrogance? My Pact with the Succubus Queen! - Chapter 361: Fighting Side by Side with a Demigod!

Chapter 361: Chapter 361: Fighting Side by Side with a Demigod!

A five-meter-wide devouring vortex burst from the mist, instantly sucking in three withered corpses into its core.

The Apostle’s mist body swelled by a third, and three distorted faces flickered across its surface. The injuries from the ritual backlash vanished in a flash.

“Somehow, someone can master five divine rules,” the soul-devouring Apostle’s cold laugh echoed across the plaza. “Your five-spiral DNA will make perfect fuel for my Lord to break through to True Godhood.”

When Kane saw the Pioneer of the Devourers from Zone 47 appear, he stopped hiding. He stepped completely out of the space cracks above the altar.

A hundred-meter-tall Demigod body materialized, surrounded by golden chains of destruction that clanged sharply as they collided.

Though his old wounds hadn’t fully healed and he could only use 60% of his strength, the sheer pressure of his complete Demigod state still held the entire crowd in awe.

The black volcanic rock beneath his feet cracked into a dense web of spiderweb-like fissures, spreading all the way to the plaza’s edge.

Kane’s gray eyes scanned Logan. Seeing that Logan’s aura of 81 stars was stable and his five rules flowed endlessly around him, a flicker of approval passed through his eyes. “Let’s attack together!”

Logan nodded and immediately turned to stand back-to-back with Kane.

The two locked eyes in their peripheral vision for a split second. No extra words were needed—their understanding had already begun to form.

Logan’s voice was low, audible only to the two of them: “Kill the Apostle first, then take down Iron-Bone.”

At the center of the altar.

Iron-Bone struggled to his feet, the hole in his chest visibly knitting itself back together.

For a moment, Iron-Bone’s eyes burned with pure malice. He glared fiercely at Logan and Violet, his hands weaving secret hand seals behind his back as he prepared to cast a forbidden technique and fight to the death.

Nearby, the soul-devouring Apostle’s mist churned violently, forming a twenty-meter devouring vortex. The chilling aura of the Devouring Rule now engulfed the entire plaza.

With the soul-devouring Apostle on one side and Iron-Bone on the other, a pincer attack was taking shape.

Seeing this, a grin of excitement spread across Kane’s face. “Last time we fought, we had no clear winner. How about we settle this with who scores the most kills this time?”

Logan smirked. “Sounds perfect to me!”

Without another word, Logan manipulated Time power, restoring the flow of time around him and Kane to normal.

The two instantly broke their back-to-back stance.

Logan pushed off the ground with his right foot, carving a half-meter-deep crater into the black volcanic rock. Like an arrow shot from a bow, he launched himself straight at the soul-devouring Apostle.

Noticing Logan’s sudden attack, the soul-devouring Apostle’s gray mist surged violently, expanding its vortex from twenty to thirty meters.

Countless tiny devouring patterns extended from the vortex, aiming to swallow Logan’s body and energy whole.

Instead of retreating, Logan charged forward. The Demigod relic weapon in his hand began to glow.

“Reincarnation Battle Style!”

In an instant, silver chains of time shot from his fingertips, anchoring the edges of the vortex and slowing its rotation by thirty percent.

Golden chains of space followed immediately, slicing toward the core of the mist and tearing a tiny gap in the gray fog.

Emerald-green Creation Rule rushed through the gap, filling the energy void drained by the Devouring Rule, leaving no chance for the enemy to absorb energy and heal.

A black flame of Destruction Rule ignited at the gap, burning the very essence of the mist, causing the gray fog to hiss as it corroded.

Finally, pale gray chains of the Soul pierced into the core of the mist, locking the Apostle’s consciousness in place and preventing him from reshaping the Devouring Rule.

The five rules counteracted and fed into one another, forming a perfect cycle that completely suppressed the soul-devouring Apostle’s devouring ability.

Facing attacks from all five rules at once, the Apostle’s vortex couldn’t keep up with the speed of their rotation.

Soon, fine cracks began to spiderweb across the Apostle’s core.

“Damn it!” he screamed in rage. With a sweep of his mist, he sucked three Ancient Beast Clan warriors—who had been wounded by Nel’s clones—into the vortex.

The three men never even had a chance to scream; they were instantly turned to ash.

Using the life energy of the fallen warriors, the cracks in the Apostle’s core knitted themselves together visibly in seconds.

His power surge returned to peak levels.

Logan’s pupils narrowed instantly. He used his [Predict the Future] ability to assess the situation.

While Logan’s 81-star strength held an advantage over the 48-star Apostle, the Apostle’s Devouring Rule was too efficient at recovery.

A quick kill wasn’t an option. As long as the Apostle could keep swallowing nearby Ancient Beast Clan warriors, he could maintain his peak state forever. That was a losing strategy for Logan.

Over on the other side, Kane had locked onto Iron-Bone.

He gripped the golden chains of destruction and unleashed his “Sky-Rending Strike.”

The chains swung like massive blades, lashing out with a violent, destructive aura.

Iron-Bone had just broken free from the bonds of his totem. He immediately raised his bone shield to block.

That shield was forged from the leg bone of a former High Elder of the Ancient Beast Clan. Its hardness rivaled top-tier Demigod-stage defensive gear.

But against Kane’s Destruction Rule, the shield crumbled like paper.

The golden chains kept their momentum, slamming into Iron-Bone’s chest and carving a deep, bone-exposing gash.

Iron-Bone coughed up blood, flying backward with such force that he crashed into the stone pillar of the altar.

The pillar cracked into several deep fissures.

Kane lunged forward to finish him off, but his old chest wound suddenly flared up.

A single drop of golden divine blood trickled from his lip.

Logan had been monitoring Kane’s condition the whole time.

He could clearly sense that every time Kane went all-out, it cost him 1% of his life force.

Based on the lifespan of a Demigod-stage being, Kane could only strike with full power about 60 more times before his life force ran out and he fell.

Without hesitation, Logan sent a telepathic message to Kane through their soul contract: “Switch targets. You have the advantage against the devouring ability. I’ll take Iron-Bone and end him quickly.”

A flash of light appeared in Kane’s gray eyes. He nodded slightly.

In the next breath, the two men swapped positions instantly.

Logan now faced Iron-Bone, while Kane took on the soul-devouring Apostle.

Logan raised his right hand. Golden space rules coalesced into a blade, and he activated “Space Cut: Severed Dimensions.”

The cut precisely severed the energy link between Iron-Bone’s feet and the Ley Lines of the No. 53 Restricted Zone.

The golden rune-based ley lines beneath Iron-Bone snapped instantly. His power level plummeted from 45 stars down to 42 stars.

At the same time, a spatial barrier sealed off his escape route, cutting off his ability to use the ley lines to heal.

Meanwhile, facing the soul-devouring Apostle, Kane slammed his hands together. Six golden chains of destruction shot out from the void, piercing straight through the core of the gray mist.

The golden runes on the chains burned fiercely inside the Apostle, forcibly locking down the flow of his Devouring Rule.

The Apostle let out a shriek of pain. His mist churned violently, but he couldn’t break free. The Destruction Rule and the Devouring Rule eroded each other inside his body. He was frozen in place for three seconds, completely immobilized.

Seeing his opening, Logan drove the Yepera relic weapon in his left hand straight into the Apostle’s core.

But the Apostle reacted instantly. He whipped his mist forward, swallowing two Ancient Beast Clan warriors who had been knocked unconscious by the spatial shockwaves. His injuries healed instantly, and with a surge of strength, he snapped through two of the destruction chains.

Although they failed to kill Iron-Bone and the soul-devouring Apostle this time, Logan and Kane gained a much deeper understanding of each other’s abilities.

Kane tested out that Logan’s Space Cut ability exceeded all expectations. It could precisely sever energy links, providing support that was far better than he had imagined.

Logan also tested that Kane’s chains of destruction could completely lock down the Devouring Rule for three seconds. This created the perfect opening for Logan to deal massive damage.

With a single glance, they instantly confirmed their fighting strategy.

Kane would take the offensive, using the raw destructive power of the Destruction Rule to cripple their targets.

Logan would handle defense, using the versatility of his five rules to support and finish off any remaining threats.

Their coordination grew seamless. Iron-Bone and the soul-devouring Apostle were pushed back step by step.

Seeing this, Kane praised him: “Your support is more effective than I anticipated.”

Logan gathered his spatial blade once more and said calmly, “Your ability just covers up my lack of burst damage.”

Meanwhile, Violet led Nel and Bobbi to intercept the remaining twenty 32-star Saint remnants.

Violet unleashed her 48-star pressure while activating the suppression power of the Ancient Beast Clan royal bloodline. Half of the Saint fell to their knees, unable to move under the overwhelming pressure of the bloodline.

The few who remained were Iron-Bone’s die-hard loyalists. They tried to charge forward to help Iron-Bone, but they were immediately pinned down by Nel’s twelve physical clones.

Currently, each of Nel’s clones held 80% of the original’s strength. Working in perfect sync, the twelve clones locked down the ten Saints completely, leaving them unable to advance even a single step.

At the edge of the plaza, Bobbi kept setting up three layers of Phase Folding traps. This helped slice the battlefield, gave her teammates the space to fight, and prevented the enemies from escaping.

The three of them worked in perfect harmony, sealing off the perimeter of the main battlefield so tightly that no one could get in or out. This created an ideal environment for Logan and Kane to duel one-on-one.

At that same moment…

Iron-Bone, whose connection to the ley lines had been cut by the spatial seal and who saw the soul-devouring Apostle being suppressed by Kane’s chains, realized the situation was turning against him. A look of madness swept across his face.

He knew there was no way out for him today. Either he killed Logan and Kane, or he died right here.

Iron-Bone crazy burned his life force, forcibly pulling his strength back up from the dropped 42-star level to 45 stars, and then skyrocketed it instantly to the peak of 49-star, just shy of a true Demigod.

Then, his body expanded rapidly from two meters to fifteen meters. Bones grew rapidly, piercing his skin to form a hard, armor-like exoskeleton across his body.

In this moment, his eyes turned blood-red, and he had completely lost his sanity.

“Roar!”

A mindless roar erupted from Iron-Bone’s mouth, shaking the very ground of the altar plaza. “Since you joined forces, die together! I’ll drag the entire No. 53 Restricted Zone down with me as a funeral!”

Seeing this scene, Violet’s eyes nearly burst open. Terror filled her golden vertical pupils.

Through the soul contract, she telepathically cried out to Logan: “Master, this is the Ancient Beast Clan’s ultimate forbidden technique! The caster is guaranteed to die, but they can release combat power that exceeds limits. He is about to destroy all life within ten miles of the altar!”

Hearing this, Logan furrowed his brows tightly. “Stop him!”

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