A Demon's Journey

"You relied on the Great Kun's power too greatly. You thought that the Great Kun would be superior to me in terms of controlling Spiritual Energy."

"Now that the Great Kun had been sealed inside your mindscape where it can't assist you no matter what he tries, your combat power must be affected greatly," Azaroth spoke with a smirk.

"…Do you actually think you can win against a 6 Star Warrior?" Erica spoke with a cold tone.

Fierce intent of water element was released from her body. Clearly, she wasn't like some random 6 Star Warrior. She had already gained insight into the water element and possessed the ability to control its laws.

Azaroth had a smirk on his face as he spoke, "It's not as difficult as you believe."

Erica was instantly enraged to hear those words. She was about to attack him, but Azaroth spoke up at this moment, "However, my motive in calling you out wasn't to fight you. Our fight won't benefit either side."

"Hmph. Weren't you confident in dealing with me?" Erica taunted Azaroth immediately, but she began to recall her aura.

Azaroth shrugged in response, "If the two of us fight, the commotion would soon reach the Night Mountain Sect. That won't be good for either of us."

"I brought my subordinates so that they could gain some combat experience here. If the Night Mountain Sect orders all its disciples to charge in this direction, I would need to flee with my subordinates. That would defeat my purpose of coming here."

He then spoke even more seriously, "Also, the disciples Black Lake Sect will be caught off-guard by this sudden attack. Due to our battle, you will suffer some injuries. And it will affect your ability to protect your sect."

Erica frowned at those words. She felt that since this man was speaking these words so confidently, he must indeed possess some trump card to injure her.

If he could injure her, that would indeed affect her ability to battle against the Night Mountain Sect.

The Night Mountain Sect far surpassed the Black Lake Sect in terms of the number of elder figures.

However, because of Erica's power, they had remained holed up in their sect and were looking for an opportunity to attack the Black Lake Sect's camp.

If Erica was injured, these elder figures of the Night Mountain Sect would essentially be free to attack the disciples of the Black Lake Sect.

If that occurred, it would cause permanent damage to the Black Lake Sect.

This was one reason why Erica hadn't participated in the battle just yet. She wanted the other side to take the initiative and counterattack them and deal with them all in one swoop.

However, this tactic only delayed the inevitable as the final battle didn't seem to be approaching any time soon.

The Night Mountain Sect didn't seem to care about the deaths of its disciples. Not a single elder figure was rushing out to take revenge for the deaths of his disciples.

Azaroth then spoke, "My conditions included that no one would keep an eye on me. But you seem to have ignored my words. Or did you think I couldn't sense you if you suppressed your aura and cultivation base?"

"I will punish you by sealing your Spirit Beast permanently," Azaroth spoke with a decisive look on his face.

Erica was absolutely shocked to hear that statement, "What did you say?! Permanently sealing Marin?!"

"That is correct. The seal I have used absorbs the Spiritual Energy from nature, and its raw power is so great that even if you focus all your energy on a single point, you can't pierce it. Even if you summon another Spirit using that summoning technique, it won't be able to deal with this seal."

"If you do want to undo this seal, you would need someone whose Spiritual Control and Array Control is greater than mine. Well, good luck finding someone like that," Azaroth spoke with a confident look.

Erica now felt just how grave the situation was. It meant she would need to look for an Emperor Ranked Expert to undo this seal.

Moreover, she would need to inform this Emperor Ranked Expert about the Forbidden Summoning Technique she possessed! It would be disastrous if that Emperor Ranked Expert was greedy about this Summoning Technique. All her hard work and persistence would be for nothing.

Erica gritted her teeth and asked him, "What is your demand?!"

She knew Azaroth wouldn't have spoken all this if he didn't have a demand.

"Heh. Are you sure you can fulfill my demand? You aren't bad yourself," Azaroth stared at her as if he was going to eat her whole.

Erica was completely dumbstruck for a few seconds before she started getting angrier. Azaroth's words had completely infuriated her.

"Think about it. If I don't undo that spiritual seal, you can't use the power of your Spirit. And you know that you need this Spirit's power if you want to win against the Night Mountain Sect. So, what will it be? Your dignity or your sect's survival?" Azaroth asked with a devious grin.

Erica trembled due to rage because she knew the answer to these questions. She knew that there would be terrible consequences if she didn't follow what he said.

While gritting her teeth angrily, Erica spat out, "Fine! Make sure it is over quickly!"

Azaroth smirked as he heard that sentence, "Good. Now, kneel in front of me!"

Erica was somewhat confused as she heard that order. She was expecting some other wretched order. But she thought that maybe he had some special hobbies.

"What now?!" She asked while slowly bending her knees in front of Azaroth.

Around this moment, Azaroth closed his eyes and began to murmur something very quickly.

Suddenly, Holy Ardor was released from Azaroth's body and surrounded Erica's body. It began to revolve around her body.

This Holy Ardor's pace of revolution was directly linked to what Azaroth spoke in a low voice.

Azaroth's speaking speed increased with each passing second, and the same was true for the Holy Ardor around Erica's body.

Erica didn't recognize the Holy Ardor since she had rarely contacted the priests and pope. Religion was greatly suppressed within the Glerian Kingdom.

This was all due to the king's policy of keeping strict control over his people and not allowing some sort of religion to gain their followers.

For this reason, the religious organizations never managed to expand beyond a particular point.

Thus, even for someone who had reached Erica's stature, they hadn't come into contact with Holy Ardor.

Erica merely thought that this Holy Ardor was a variant kind of element that only Azaroth possessed. She also thought that this was Azaroth's trump card.

However, what she didn't realize was that she was quickly losing a lot of faith energy.

Azaroth was currently extracting faith energy from Erica and also forming a permanent connection between them.

Any faith energy Erica received would be transferred to Azaroth. Erica's prestige was truly very great as many individuals admired her and believed in her.

Erica had received a steady amount of faith energy from all the disciples of the Black Lake Sect.

Naturally, it was nothing compared to a religious organization that had its extremists. However, this was still very useful to Azaroth.

Azaroth had created this technique after his clone was killed in the Sinyalian Kingdom. He had already tested it on some people, and it had worked perfectly.

This was why he dared to test it on Erica. He knew that this woman would never realize what had occurred to her.

Faith energy was typically useless for humans. It would just boost their luck.