Dekan detested enemies who used cheats the most.
Dekan calmly gazed at the tombstones of the Demon Kings of old, and said:
“I know you all think that laws do not apply to the masses, and if everyone is insulted, then no one is truly insulted…”
Dekan’s tone seemed somewhat helpless.
But he suddenly changed his tone, a smirk of ill intent curling at the corner of his lips as he growled:
“But, I will not treat you all equally. I will merely dig up most of your graves, while for a select few lucky Demon Kings, I will bestow upon them a surprise like the one before! I imagine these Demon Kings will be laughed at by the Demon Realm for generations!”
Upon hearing this, the tombstones of the Demon Kings finally began to emit an unusual and intense light!
Dekan placed his hands on his hips and threw his head back in wild laughter.
It was as if he was taunting the dead Demon Kings for their powerlessness.
Karlst watched this scene, starting to panic slightly.
He knew.
A Demon King was wavering!
If Dekan could obtain the recognition of just one Demon King,
Dekan would be even more unrestrained in his excavation of the rest of the Demon King tombs!
It was even impossible to predict what other disgraceful actions Dekan might take against the Demon Kings!
By then, this Demon King’s Tomb would be thoroughly destroyed by Dekan in every possible way.
And the Demon Kings would become a symbol of ridicule in the Demon Realm!
If this were to happen, the current Demon King would not forgive Karlst either!
What was even more frightening was that,
an ordinary Prison Guard, if granted the Demon King’s power in the Demon King’s Tomb, would not cause a great stir.
But this grave-desecrating scoundrel?
Anything was possible!
Karlst could not imagine what dangerous operations this person would carry out if he managed, even with 100% support, to control the Demon King’s power within the boundary!
Karlst was sure; he had to act now.
He had to stop Dekan at any cost!
Before Dekan’s bracelet could even touch the altar,
Dekan suddenly felt that the surrounding space had been completely sealed off.
The altar, the surrounding tombstones, even the entire cemetery, disappeared in an instant.
The environment where Dekan now found himself seemed to be an endless space shrouded in thin mist.
“You can wait inside here. When the Demon King returns, they will decide your fate.”
From somewhere unknown, Karlst’s cold voice echoed.
Dekan looked around but saw no trace of Karlst.
Dekan did not say much.
He had encountered a user of cheat-like abilities.
This technique, Dekan had instantly comprehended.
Because he knew that in the present world, a person who had a similar spell card existed –
Carlos the Illusory Bishop’s epic eighth-rank spell, “Illusory Void”.
This unreasonable spell could forcibly drag an enemy into a fictional space, ignoring their rank. As long as the caster sustains the spell, the target cannot escape.
And within this fictional space, the caster would be invincible and can use their magic power to create infinitely realistic illusions, dealing massive damage of any suppressive attribute to the imprisoned person.
Carlos the Illusory Bishop already had eerie powers that could obliterate opponents without visible traces.
In one-on-one duels against strong opponents, he was also an all-around suppressor.
The Warden Karlst’s spell was likely to produce a similar effect.
Only due to the rules of this layer, Karlst could only maintain this illusion to prevent Dekan from continuing to destroy the Demon King’s Tomb.
He could not kill Dekan.
Dekan glanced around with a sigh.
“This guy’s single card can counter all of my cards; he’s a super counter.”
Directly encountering this replica of an Illusory Bishop in the Shadow World left Dekan completely trapped.
If one day he encountered Illusory Bishop Carlos alone, Dekan would be basically done for.
However, the present world differed from the Shadow World. Dekan would weave his web of threads and wait for enemies to fall into it.
…
In this void-like realm,
Dekan, after numerous trials, finally confirmed that this spell had no flaws.
“Can this spell be truly unbeatable?”
Master asked in Dekan’s mind.
Though her main consciousness was diligently piecing together memories,
she realized Dekan was in trouble and hence prioritized his situation.
“If this spell is similar to Carlos’ ‘Illusory Void,’ then there is good and bad news. The only weakness of this spell is the great amount of power required to maintain it, and the rate of mana consumption depends on the spiritual and magical attribute gap between the caster and the imprisoned.”
Dekan replied.
Then, under the inquiry of the Master, Dekan continued detailing other intel about Illusory Bishop Carlos.
“…”
Based on the data provided by Dekan, Master calculated that Dekan, who was only at the fourth rank, would likely be controlled for at least four to five days by the almost-ninth-rank Karlst.
In fact, Karlst was gambling with Dekan.
Betting whether his own mana would be exhausted first, or the Demon King would return to deal with Dekan first.
Dekan took out the “Temptation of the Underworld” (a double mana consumption realm) card and looked at it.
If he activated this realm and endured alongside Karlst, it could likely reduce the time Karlst maintained the spell significantly.
But the problem was,
Even if he was trapped for two days, and the Demon King didn’t return,
It would delay their escape from the Demon Realm before the time limit of the Shadow World expired.
Besides, Dekan had doubts.
The harsh time restriction imposed by this Shadow World implied an impending crisis –
That if you couldn’t leave the prison within a day, there would be more serious consequences.
Perhaps this outcome precisely meant the Demon King was about to return.
…
At the Demon King Mausoleum.
Karlst, watching the tranquil altar, finally felt a sense of relief.
This Prison Guard would have no way to leave his illusionary space.
With the connection between the Prison Guard and the Demon King Mausoleum cut off, he would never again have the chance to gain the acknowledgment of any Demon King to boost his attributes.
All he had to do next was maintain the spell until the Demon King returned.
Fortunately, this Prison Guard was only at the fourth rank.
Had Dekan been a seventh-rank Prison Guard, Karlst would have had zero confidence to imprison him until the Demon King’s return.
The Prison Guard in the illusionary space must be anxiously restless, Karlst thought.
Karlst decided to check Dekan’s state one more time.
But when he peeked into the illusion,
he saw Dekan lying down on the ground, exuding an air of casual nonchalance.
Karlst: “？”
Dekan stifled a yawn.
Truthfully, after fighting his way through the previous layers, he had already become a bit tired.
Now, it seemed like regardless of what he did, whether to desecrate graves or not, this layer was like a deadlock.
It appeared to be poorly designed.
Among everyone in the present world, the possibilities of completing this layer might just lie with him and Tarta.
Otherwise, no matter who came, they would be obliterated upon reaching the eighth layer.
But even Dekan noticed that this eighth layer was treating him extremely unfairly.
At this point, Dekan couldn’t help but wonder if he had overlooked the true opportunity for victory, which was why this layer seemed so difficult.
The reason Dekan could even attempt this layer was due to Master.
On his own, Dekan simply could not handle this level.
Thus, the key to overcoming this layer was likely associated with Master.
And what Master was strenuously trying to retrieve—those memories—held the real chance of victory.
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Also, everyone has been waiting for a long time…
This month, we want to see if we can make it back into the top three of the Moon Ticket rankings, allowing the upcoming character Little Succubus Dekan to appear on the start-up page of the Hedgehog Cat App (a reward only available to the top three Moon Ticket winners, it’s extremely difficult, woe!), she really looks so pitiful!
Such an insurmountable task can only be entrusted to all the fathers!
