Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 970 Kill the Greedy Demon!

——The jewels thrown at “Evans” are essentially a kind of “spice”.

Apply it on juicy grilled meat to maximize its appeal.

Originally, these greedy demon servants whose pupils turned into gold coins would spontaneously attack anyone who dared to take away "their treasure". They might even attack each other and kill each other.

However, the actions of the huge greedy demon seemed to have given them a position, allowing everyone's "greed" to condense into one point.

Just as concentrated light can ignite fire, the place where these greedy eyes converged also ignited golden fire -

"--Well!"

"Aisi" groaned and let out a cry of endured pain.

Golden fire ignited on his body, a liquid flame with the color of gold coins. It was as dazzling as the gold rolling in the furnace of a metallurgical plant, and his flesh burst and vaporized in the flames, and all the bones in his body turned into gold.

However, the clothes on Aiwass' body did not burn, which was undoubtedly an illusion, just like the illusion that the greedy demon used to control other people!

At this moment, the bottom of "Evans'" pupils turned into vertical pupils like a giant dragon.

She shouted angrily:

[——That’s enough! Wake up! ]

That was not Aiwass's voice, but it was tender and crisp, just like a child's.

As her words fell, a silver-white light bloomed.

Those who looked at her with greedy eyes instantly turned into fear. People's bodies shook, and more than a third of them woke up, and their pupils with gold coin patterns returned to their original color.

As the wooden red mask fell off, fell to the ground and cracked, the body of "Aivaz" turned into the petite Ligeia in the violent flames.

With her own resistance to illusions, Ligeia saw through the phantom fire. The moment she realized that it was just a false fire, the golden flame disappeared.

[I order——the deceived person to wake up immediately! ]

Ligeia shouted again.

Her majestic voice was like a dragon's roar and a thunderous roar. The huge sound spread for miles, and the violent vibration made the earth hum.

In an instant, the controlled Great Guardian, Master Chongbo, and the two cardinals from the Church were instantly awakened!
"I actually... can also...?"

Cardinal Siegfried muttered in disbelief.

He obviously thought that his noble soul could ignore the temptations of external things. But the result was that he was instantly addicted to it and couldn't even be awakened the first time.

"...Tsk."

Cardinal Galatea standing by also had a gloomy expression and a frown on his face.

She knew what she was greedy for.

The essence of greed is dissatisfaction - dissatisfaction with what you already have, and desire for things that do not belong to you. And she has already fallen too deep in this regard.

The Great Guardian was already used to it. After all, it wasn't the first time he was controlled.

As a transcendent on the path of authority, the willpower of the advanced profession "Sky Cavalry" is relatively the lowest. Whether it is a law mage or an arbitrator, their mental resistance is much stronger than his.

But being controlled more often has its advantages. At least it takes him less time to recover after getting rid of the control.

As a controlled person, he clearly felt that the power was definitely more than the fifth energy level - because less than half a year ago, he was controlled by a fifth energy level succubus. And now the control of the greedy demon over him is obviously much higher than that!

"——It is indeed the sixth energy level!"

The Great Guardian immediately shared the information: "This is not right!"

According to the information Aiwass had told them before, in the "Demon Kingdom" ruled by the Fallen Angels, the sixth energy level is no longer suppressed by the balance power of the Sand Clock. However, they had previously thought that there was only one Fallen Angel at the sixth energy level, but now there are two more out of thin air...

Yes, both.

Although the Mage Tower had no way to deal with the fly demons that could absorb mana, they passed on the information in time and were closely monitoring the movements of the fly swarm. After they regained consciousness, they immediately discovered that the two demons were dispatched at the same time.

But the Mage Tower does more than that!
While the fly demon was flying, they even found a chance to see the lower half of the fly demon's body and the face of the "cicada shell" it was connected to!

These mages all came from the Narcissus Principality, which until recently belonged to Xingtan. Therefore, although most mages were homebodies, some still had a strong control over intelligence. They immediately recognized who the "Cicada Shell" was.

He was a rare artist on the planet, a composer named Adrian Leverkühn!
This composer became famous when he was young and was once a famous child prodigy. Even the "master" of Iris's art school invited him to study, but he proudly refused. On the one hand, he did not want to leave his hometown, and on the other hand, the boy at that time had a very arrogant idea - he wanted to surpass Iris, who was famous for her art!
But he could not go to Iris to study, because then people would attribute his success to "the excellent education level of Iris". If he planned to open an art school in Xingti, people would also think it was "the art style of the Iris school"; even if he took the initiative to cut off the relationship, he would be considered ungrateful.

And this is not just prejudice - it may be true. Because the artistic style acquired through learning will completely change the essence of a person, and it is a creative trace that cannot be dispelled or forgotten.

In this respect, Leverkuhn is right.

But he was wrong... His talent was not as unique as he thought. He didn't even have the talent of the Path of Beauty, which would allow him to embark on the path of the extraordinary.

Without the nourishment of acquired education, his inspiration quickly ran out. Without talent and skills, the former genius eventually became a mediocre person. Eventually, he grew up to become a doctor of mathematics and physics.

But the study of mathematics and physics was not his passion after all. The further he advanced on the path of wisdom, the more he frantically sought excitement and inspiration.

He began to take forbidden drugs, and did crazy things with many men and women, and even contracted syphilis. The hallucinations gave him some inspiration, but it was not enough - so he stepped into a deeper abyss.

He crossed that line and began to kill people on his own initiative. He performed those ancient forbidden rituals that actually had no effect, and even tried to summon demons - when he had no idea how to summon demons or what demons could do. Eventually, the Rose Cross took notice of him, granted him the corresponding knowledge of demons and rituals, and guided him to become a demonologist.

The demons he summoned failed to give him inspiration, but the opportunity to access this forbidden knowledge brought him into contact with a mysterious night demon in the Rosicrucian. The other party signed a contract with him, bought out his soul after death, and gave him an endless supply of inspiration - but in return, his body would begin to decay and he could not receive any form of treatment.

The more painful he was and the closer he was to death, the more crazily his inspiration flowed; and the more he squandered his inspiration, the dimmer the fire of his life became.

As a result, he soon became so weak that he could not go out, but he continued to publish masterpieces that have been passed down through the ages.

In the end, Dr. Leverkühn, despite his sick body, relied on his strong will of "I don't want to die" to constantly stimulate the desire for transcendence. In just over a decade, he started from scratch, stepped into the fifth energy level, and became one of the high-level members of the Rosicrucian.

——The demon in his body is none other than the “fly demon”!
Now that the body of the sixth-level fly demon is connected to Dr. Levequn, it proves that it is the demon hatched from Dr. Levequn's soul!
"They probably accepted the power injected by the Fallen Angels and forcibly advanced to the sixth energy level!"

The Great Guardian spoke quickly: "But this kind of evolution must have a price or limitation - they are not like normal phantom demons, but have physical entities in the material world, so they are more powerful! The body of the fly demon and Dr. Levequn are connected... This greedy demon should be the same!"

"In that case..."

Hearing this, Cardinal Siegfried, who also had a strong sense of battle, also reacted: "Its right hand!"

If there is any part of Greedy Demon's body that could be connected to others, it is only his right hand!

A long, bright red, translucent umbilical cord extended from his abdomen, spreading outward, with the end of the cord tightly grasped in the right hand of this giant greedy demon.

——The real body of it might be inside there!
The greedy demon also heard their words.

The generous smile on his face darkened, revealing an overwhelming sense of threat: "You really don't want to give me face..."

But before the Greedy Demon could even finish his words, Siegfried simply stretched out his right hand from the void, summoned an invisible holy sword out of thin air, and rushed forward!

The holy sword in his hand shone with a silvery-white glow, with a chilling chill wrapped around it.

But his movements suddenly accelerated - it was not that his movements were more powerful or more agile, but it was as if a videotape was turned up to three times the speed, and all his movements appeared uncoordinatedly "fast"!
Under the triple speed sprint, every time he took a step, an ice staircase condensed out of thin air under his feet. It was an ice staircase that would make an ordinary person slip, but it made Siegfried run faster and faster as if he was skating.

He drew an arc and rushed in front of the Greedy Demon in an instant!

Horizontal Sword——

——Brilliant Slash!
“…I want—ugh!”

The Greedy Demon groaned before he could finish his words.

In an instant, the silver-white sword energy bloomed like a lily, but it was like the breath of a white dragon. When it reached the body, it froze a large part of the greedy demon's body!

It's not the "cold" that freezes the moisture in the air.

It is because of "absolute order" that all components in the atmosphere are solidified into "crystals"!
His right hand was covered by the sword energy and stuck to his waist. But he still kept his fingers close to his abdomen, and even though his fist was frozen directly on his stomach, he did not loosen his right fist.

Although it is only at the fifth energy level, it can cause some effective damage to the sixth energy level with the help of advanced divine arts and equipment!

At this moment, the great guardian jumped high.

Philip let out a clear cry and swooped down to catch the great guardian.

When he and the griffin merged into one, magic power formed a stable circuit between them - the storm and thunder instantly enveloped his whole body, turning into a sharp arrow with leaping lightning, and pierced the greedy demon's chest!

At the same time, Mu started later but arrived first, seemingly slow but actually fast... With just a light jump, he jumped directly to the other direction of the Greedy Demon without even making any sound of breaking through the air.

He glared at the greedy demon, grasped the void with his right hand, and pulled out a long golden stick made up of secret characters.

He held the long stick in both hands, and it grew longer and bigger—and whipped directly at the greedy demon's hind legs!
The greedy demon was severely whipped on the back of his left leg by a long stick, and he couldn't help but half-kneel down.

At this moment, Greedy Demon's left hand subconsciously blocked his face, trying to block the Great Guardian's sudden attack.

And he did just that!
Neither Cardinal Siegfried's sword nor Mu's stick could make the Greedy Demon's flesh and blood fly. Although they could cause damage, they could not instantly cut it in half or tear it into pieces like they did when attacking the same level!
The first sword of the Great Guardian was wrapped in thunder and slashed on the finger of the Greedy Demon, but there was a sound of the sword bouncing off!
It was like a scimitar hitting a stone, leaving only a deep scratch, with blood-like gold coins and pearls leaking out, but failing to cut off the finger!

But at this moment.

Saint John's prayers take effect -

The weapons in everyone's hands flashed a rainbow light synchronously.

Although the first knife of the Great Guardian's left hand bounced off, the second knife cut in!

Two fingers fell to the ground with a cry of pain!
The finger fell to the ground, full of gold and jewels inside, with only a thin layer of skin on the outside!
The moment the jewel was seen, all attacks on the Greedy Demon stopped simultaneously.

But at the same time as the finger landed on the ground, Ligeia's "Dragon Blood Law" also fell again at the same time:

【--wake up!】

The time when Ligeia sent out the words was even earlier than the time when they were controlled!
This is exactly what Ligeia predicted!
The control lasted less than half a second before being instantly lifted.

Although this greedy demon is powerful, he is limited - because he is missing a hand, and there are too many of them!
Siegfried swung the sword again, but this time it was like swinging an invisible hammer, smashing the ice along with the "fist" that was wrapped and assimilated by it!
After "order", there comes "violence" that destroys "order"!
Gold coins and gems splashed out like a river, and Siegfried, who had just woken up, fell into a state of confusion and trance again.

He subconsciously raised his sword and was about to chop down the Great Guardian!
But at this moment, Mu pushed the stick in his hand against the ground and jumped into the air.

He hit Siegfried away from the crowd like hitting a golf ball!

He used his skill, and although Siegfried flew out directly, he did not cause any harm to him.

At this moment, the great guardian closed his eyes, turned 90 degrees, and charged straight downwards!
"Ahhh!"

The greedy demon became anxious, roared meaninglessly, and reached out to grab the great guardian!
His palm was as heavy as a mountain, and if it landed on the ground it would cause an earthquake. His speed was so fast that he might be able to catch up with the Great Guardian's dive...

But at this moment, several chains appeared out of thin air and tied his left arm tightly!

As a giant demon, Greedy had the power to shake mountains, but now he actually felt the same power as his own from the chains - he had to wrestle with himself!

However, as a demon who controlled illusions, it only took him a moment to realize that it was an illusion. The chain collapsed and disappeared.

——But it’s too late.

Just this moment of delay was enough for the guardian to completely shatter his fist, which was already broken and leaking with gold and jewels!
The Great Guardian swung both swords at the same time, smashing the fist directly!

Just like the eggshell breaking layer by layer, revealing the contents inside.

——She was an extremely old lady with skin as pale as a stone statue.

She curled up like a baby, but opened her legs slightly. Under the black skirt covering her calves was the still beating bright red umbilical cord!
As the Great Guardian looked directly at those treasures, his will was taken away the moment the attack landed.

He took Philip and crashed directly into Mu in the sky - it was a thunderous charge that was enough to smash the city wall!
At this time, Mu had just knocked Siegfried away and had not yet exhausted his strength, and had nowhere to dodge.

Just as he was about to be smashed to pieces by the Great Guardian, he was suddenly covered with a layer of amber-like lightless shield.

The big guardian who rushed over was not bounced away, but was instantly deprived of kinetic energy. The whole person instantly transformed from extremely fast to extremely quiet.

And at this time.

Ligeia, holding the scepter, jumped high, and her body twisted into a silver-white young dragon while roaring!
She was enveloped in a radiant silver glow, completely ignoring the bewitching power of the treasure, and flew over and bit off the umbilical cord!

Although she was slapped away by the Greedy Demon the next moment, a large amount of purple air continued to leak out from the broken umbilical cord.

"no no!!"

The greedy demon was shocked and angry, and roared hysterically: "You bunch of——"

Before he finished his words, the peacefully sleeping old lady actually turned into a stone statue, then collapsed and shattered silently.

Afterwards, the huge greedy demon shrank rapidly as if it was leaking air, and degenerated to the fifth energy level, which was only two meters tall.

The greedy demon of the fifth energy level naturally cannot control these people anymore.

——Siegfried, who had fully regained consciousness, rushed forward again at three times the speed and cut him in half with one blow!

Those bewitched soldiers originally wanted to "rescue the emperor", but they were too weak - they ran too slowly and were killed before they reached the Greedy Demon.

——All in all, the sixth-level Greedy Demon only lived for one minute from the time of battle to death!

So the general sixth energy level only has this intensity?
They even felt a little dazed... After all, their understanding of the sixth energy level was the Eternal Pope.

But now, they realized that it seemed that it was not the sixth energy level that was stronger, but the Eternal Pope!
"it is as expected!"

After being slapped hard by the giant sixth-level demon, Ligia, who was covered in blood and had many broken bones, laughed happily while receiving treatment from Saint John: "I said, it is impossible for two sixth-level demons to appear out of thin air... They must have weaknesses! The same must be true for the fly demon. Just kill the host!"

Their sixth energy level modes are all false, and can be stripped away by simply killing the host - then only the fifth energy level will remain!

A fifth-level demon couldn’t last more than three moves at the hands of any one of them!

(End of this chapter)