The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 711: The Demon Lords’ Little Brother?

“—!?”

Sensing the ever-increasing aura of a Limit Level expert emanating from Parion, Liel, Hart, and Gray’s expressions turned grim. They knew they were no match for this Sun Apostle.

Even Shien, in his normal state, felt a slight threat from Parion, making him frown slightly before relaxing.

Only Shafney, seemingly unconcerned by Parion’s change, or perhaps having noticed his strength from the beginning, suddenly smiled.

“I remember now,” she said playfully.

“You’re that little follower from a thousand years ago, the one who ran faster than anyone on the battlefield, then, after the Demon Race’s defeat, was the first to jump out, claiming to uphold Mother’s will, unable to accept surrender, then secretly taking a group of your supporters and following that person’s every move, right?”

Shafney’s words stunned Shien and the others, while the smile on Parion’s face froze.

Shafney, as if not noticing this, looked at Parion with a smirk.

“You’re here to stop me, is it because you’re still as overconfident as you were back then, or is it Hermis’s order?”

—”Hermis.”

When this name left Shafney’s lips, several people’s expressions changed.

Liel’s expression shifted.

The two Apostles behind Parion were also slightly moved, showing a hint of fear and respect.

And the smile on Parion’s face completely disappeared.

“…It’s that person’s order,” he admitted in a deep voice.

Shafney laughed, a disdainful and mocking laugh.

“I knew it. That guy is always chasing unrealistic dreams, just like in the past. Is he still so obsessed with becoming a Demon Lord?”

Shafney seemed truly disdainful.

“…Your words are a bit too much,” Parion forced a smile, “After all, that person was almost our little brother. If it weren’t for bad luck, being born a few hundred years after Airi, he should have been the sixth Demon Lord.”

“Indeed,” Shafney chuckled, her eyes devoid of mirth, “That’s what he always thought, which is why he’s so unwilling to give up, isn’t it?”

Her sarcastic words made Parion’s face darken, but he couldn’t refute them.

Looking at him like this, Shafney’s gaze became even more contemptuous.

“So? Is he targeting me this time?” she asked, amused, “Instead of pestering my little Airi like before, he’s now after me? I have to say, he’s becoming bolder. Perhaps he’ll even target big sister soon.”

A terrifying aura gradually emanated from Shafney.

If the auras of the others present were like waves, then Shafney’s was a tsunami, making even the blood-red sun in the sky tremble, causing Liel and the others’ hearts to pound.

Parion’s expression became increasingly stiff, a hint of fear in his eyes.

Limit Level?

So what?

Before a Transcendent Level being, it was nothing.

“Before Mother passed away, you were planning to help that Hermis fellow become a Demon Lord, then become his top executive, and gradually have him replace us sisters, becoming Mother’s most favored son, making you the third most powerful being in the Demon Race after Mother and him, right?” Shafney said, her gaze towards Parion chilling.

“Then let me see if you’re truly capable of that.”

Hearing these words, Parion finally couldn’t stand it any longer.

“Attack!” he shouted.

With a wave of his hand, a blood-red, fetid wind swept through the crimson space, distorting it and turning the world upside down. The sky seemed to fall, and the earth rise, only the blood sun remaining in place.

The distorted space turned into a vortex, swallowing Shafney and the others.

“Master Shafney!”

“Damn it!”

“This is bad!”

Liel, Gray, and Hart exclaimed, their magic power surging as they struggled, but they couldn’t escape the spatial distortion and vanished.

“Boom!”

Shafney, however, unleashed her magic power, effortlessly shattering the space and suppressing its distortion, remaining in place, unmoved.

Besides Shafney, only one person was prepared for this sudden attack.

That was Shien, who had been watching from the side.

“[Bestowal: Fixation].”

He chanted softly, his magic power rippling outwards, stabilizing the distorted space around him.

Shien had the Fixation property of Bestowal Magic, capable of fixing even spatial distortions.

“Eh?” Parion, who had turned the entire world upside down, was surprised. He had been paying attention to Shien. Besides Shafney, Shien, the Hero, was his biggest concern. But he had other plans for Shien. Compared to Shafney, a Transcendent Level Demon Lord, Shien wasn’t as much of a threat. He intended to isolate Shafney with spatial distortion, deal with her first, and then slowly deal with those transported outside.

Unexpectedly, Shien resisted the spatial distortion and remained.

“Hee hee.” Shafney, not caring about Liel and the others’ disappearance, was pleased that Shien could stay by her side with his own power.

Shien glanced at the surprised Parion and blinked.

“Don’t look at me like that, I’m just here to watch the show,” he said innocently.

“Hmph,” Parion snorted, ignoring his words.

“Ses, Sheen, that little guy is yours.”

With Parion’s call, two figures, Ses and Sheen, suddenly appeared before and behind Shien, carrying astonishing magic power and attacking him.

“[Bestowal: Explosion].”

Without hesitation, Shien cast his magic, making the surrounding air explode.

A shockwave erupted, bombarding the attacking brothers, trying to force them back.

One level ninety-four, the other ninety-one, logically, they shouldn’t be able to withstand his attack magic.

However, at this moment, the auras emanating from Ses and Sheen easily surpassed level ninety-five, reaching ninety-seven and ninety-six, respectively.

These two brothers had been hiding their true levels and strength.

Moreover, under Parion’s control, the magic power within [Crimson Sun Hell] continuously flowed into them, enhancing their power, allowing them to withstand the shockwave and reach Shien.

“Sorry, Hero,” Ses said, attacking from the front.

“Come with us, brother,” Sheen said, reaching out from behind.

The two top-tier Legendary experts attacked Shien simultaneously.

Unfortunately…

“I’ve been waiting for you,” Shien said, not panicking, but smiling.

At some point, he had drawn his Holy Sword, imbuing it with astonishing magic power, its brilliant light dazzling.

“…!?” Ses and Sheen felt a terrifying holy aura wash over them, their hearts pounding with a sense of danger.

“Clang—!” In the next instant, a dazzling slash, like a flash of light, erupted.

“Slash! Slash!” Two tearing sounds echoed.

“Ugh…!”

“Ah…!”

Ses and Sheen cried out in pain.

Under the brilliant sword light, Ses, unable to dodge in time, was cut across his chest, blood splattering everywhere, and Sheen’s hand, reaching for Shien’s back, was severed, flying into the air.

The Heterogeneous Spirit brothers were both severely injured in a single exchange.

“How…”

“Is this… possible…!?”

They stumbled back in shock, groaning in pain, their eyes wide with disbelief.

Shien smirked.

“Did you really think you hid it well? Seriously?”

His sarcastic words made even Shafney chuckle.

But it was true.

Shien had seen through Sheen’s disguise during their first meeting, using the appraisal ability of [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree] to see his hidden level.

A level ninety-six expert claiming he couldn’t become an executive and was still trying to replace his brother? That was clearly a lie.

Later, when he met Ses, he also saw through his true level, which was why he made those playful remarks.

Shien knew these two brothers were hiding their true strength.

However, he didn’t expect them to be members of the Original Demon, an Old Demon Faction.

These two were traitors.

Chapter 712: “Then I’ll Kill You First.”

Actually, Ses and Sheen couldn’t be considered traitors. They weren’t originally loyal to Shafney. They were apostles cultivated by Parion over hundreds of years, belonging to the Original Demon, an Old Demon Faction. Under Parion’s instructions, they brought their clansmen to infiltrate the Demon Realm, even Succubus City, acting as spies.

Therefore, they weren’t traitors, but spies.

Spies of the Original Demon.

Using special magic tools given by Parion, they concealed their identities and levels for hundreds of years. Ses even became one of Shafney’s executives, showing how deep their infiltration was.

If not for Parion’s order to obtain spots as Shafney’s escorts and act at the opportune moment, these two brothers of the Heterogeneous Spirit Clan might have continued their undercover mission.

This was the moment they were needed.

After this incident, neither Ses nor Sheen could remain in Succubus City, or even the Demon Realm, having to abandon their clansmen.

This was a difficult decision for them. After all, they had seen Shafney’s beauty countless times during their centuries in Succubus City and were captivated by her.

After this, they could only become her enemies.

But now, they couldn’t afford to be sentimental.

“Cough…!”

“Pfft!”

Both brothers, severely injured, coughed up blood. The Holy Sword’s divine power had invaded their bodies, wreaking havoc within.

“This… is this the terror of the Hero’s Holy Sword?” Ses’s face changed drastically.

“Big brother!” Sheen was also terrified.

Only now did they realize the consequences of attacking the Hero and being injured by his Holy Sword.

Like Alid, the Poison Demon executive, who was injured by the Hero’s Holy Sword a thousand years ago, the divine power still lingered within him, weakening him and greatly reducing his strength.

The Heterogeneous Spirit brothers were now experiencing the same fate, their injuries worsening under the Holy Sword’s divine power, making them stagger.

Seeing this, Parion’s expression darkened, and he became uncertain.

“This Hero is truly a variable, his strength is actually this great.”

He finally realized how troublesome Shien was. It wasn’t that he didn’t take the Hero seriously before, but compared to Shafney, a Demon Lord, the threat of a Hero who hadn’t transcended was greatly reduced.

Only now did Parion realize,

“Even immature, he’s still someone who could force Star to retreat.”

Although that young master called Star was talentless, relying on powerful magical beings he created to compensate for his lack of combat ability, he was still recognized by their leader and was considered their equal. Since even he was forced back by this Hero, Parion couldn’t underestimate him.

Realizing this, Parion acted.

“Rumble…!”

The crimson world trembled violently.

The blood-red wind howled like a storm.

The inverted sky suddenly transformed into a churning sea of blood.

From the sea of blood, ferocious figures emerged, their forms and limbs irregular, their appearances a patchwork of different monsters, their auras filled with a madness unlike any living being.

Demonized Beings.

“Holy moly, he actually hid an entire army of monsters in this space,” Shien said, impressed.

“Hmph!” Shafney frowned, clearly displeased by the sight of these monstrous Demonized Beings.

To humans like Shien, these were just disgusting monsters. But to demons, these Demonized Beings were more than that. They were created by sacrificing monsters, even fellow demons, and would become sacrifices for the Demon Lord Larvae, helping them grow and eventually becoming part of the so-called seventh Demon Lord’s body.

In the eyes of true demons, especially a Demon Lord like Shafney, these monsters were a blasphemy, a defilement.

Shien, noticing Shafney’s displeasure, couldn’t help but say,

“If you’re so unhappy, then do something about it. Why are you just standing there?”

His blunt words not only startled Parion and the others, but also surprised Shafney.

“You want me to take action?” she asked, pointing at herself.

“What?” Shien asked, “Can’t you?”

“It’s not that I can’t,” Shafney blinked, “It’s just that usually, my subordinates handle such opponents.”

In other words, Shafney rarely fought personally.

She was the Succubus, after all. Even if she wanted to fight, her executives like Liel would immediately take over, saying, “Such weak enemies don’t need Master Shafney to personally deal with,” then eliminate them.

Moreover, there were many like Gray who volunteered to be her protectors, so Shafney rarely had a chance to fight when she had attendants.

Gradually, she developed the habit of not taking action unless angered or absolutely necessary.

Shien immediately condemned this habit.

“Do you know I almost died in the Imperial Capital?” he said bluntly, “At that time, I was relying on Lilith and wasn’t in a hurry to deal with the enemy.”

The implication was that if she didn’t take the current situation seriously, even a Demon Lord could be defeated.

Moreover, this time, the opponent was clearly prepared.

“I don’t believe a group of at most Limit Level Old Demon Faction members, knowing the difference in strength between them and a Transcendent Level Demon Lord, would come here without a plan, just to die.”

Shien expressed his opinion.

Shafney understood.

“In that case, let’s kill them all,” she said.

The world trembled.

“Gah!”

“Roar!”

The Demonized Beings emerging from the sea of blood charged towards Shafney, creating a bloody whirlwind.

Shafney’s eyes gleamed, and she raised a slender hand, pressing down on the incoming monsters.

“Boom!” In the next second, a giant hand formed of pure magic power descended from the sky like a giant palm print, creating a thunderous roar.

Wherever the giant hand passed, the Demonized Beings, like specks of dust, were crushed by its terrifying power.

After all the Demonized Beings were annihilated like insignificant ants, the giant hand landed in the sea of blood, and with an even more terrifying roar, the entire sea of blood was dispersed and evaporated.

“Pfft!” Parion spat out blood.

“Master Parion!”

“Master Parion!”

The two attendants were shocked.

Even the injured Ses and Sheen were terrified by this sudden turn of events.

“Holy shit!” Even Shien couldn’t help but curse.

“Is that the legendary ‘palm strike from heaven’?”

You’re awesome, my Succubus.

But Shafney didn’t seem satisfied with this result.

“I wanted to crush this entire space along with them,” she said, displeased.

“As expected of the Succubus,” Shien rolled his eyes.

Parion, coughing up blood, glared at them and growled,

“Crush this entire space?”

“Not so easy!”

“This is a special space created by my Unique Skill. Unless I die, even a Demon Lord can’t destroy it!”

This was probably true. Few abilities in this world could make even a Transcendent Level Demon Lord helpless, but a Unique Skill was one of them.

As abilities that defied logic, Unique Skills had varying effects, some strong, some weak.

A weak Unique Skill might be inferior to even a basic level one skill.

A strong Unique Skill, however, could even make a Demon Lord helpless.

That’s why Unique Skills were the most unbelievable power in this world. Even transcendent beings, who were no longer bound by the concepts of levels and skills, still couldn’t escape their Unique Skills, still relying on them in battle. A powerful Unique Skill could greatly influence even a Transcendent Level being.

Only the Demon King and the Supreme God could transcend the concept of Unique Skills, possessing unparalleled power solely through themselves. They were beings beyond logic, their power unbound.

Those below this level, even transcendent Demon Lords, had to abide by the rules and limitations of Unique Skills.

Shafney naturally understood this.

“Then I’ll kill you first,” she said, as if stating the most ordinary thing.

Then, she snapped her fingers at Parion.

“Bang!”

Parion, who was still coughing up blood, exploded, turning into a mist of blood and dying instantly.