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Chapter 527 First Encounter with the Witch Heart Demon

Erin's hunch was right.

In fact, it was at the very moment that Erin and his group killed the Sand Demon.

The Witchheart Demon was ambushed by Carter Slade's Hellfire, and in a fit of rage, it unleashed a large amount of demonic power to forcibly dispel the holy energy fluctuations in the cemetery, which was detected by the New York Sanctum's detection magic.

"It has appeared."

"It's definitely the demonic power fluctuation of the Witchheart Demon. Quick, lock onto his location."

With the rapid adjustments made by several mages.

The location of the demonic power that triggered the detection magic alarm was quickly magnified.

Texas.

Houston, St. Angels Cemetery.

Once the demonic energy fluctuation was reduced to a very small area, one of the mages guarding the sanctuary's magic array immediately shouted:

"Quickly tell Archmage Gandalf and the King the location of the Witchheart Demon, and have them send men to St. Angels Cemetery in Houston, Texas, as soon as possible to deal with this arrogant bastard."

"There must be something extremely important to the Demonic Heart of Witch in that place, otherwise that guy would never risk exposing his location to unleash such powerful demonic energy."

After hearing the words of the Grand Master residing in the temple.

Following behind him, a relatively young female mage immediately replied in a low voice, "I'll go right away."

After responding, the female mage immediately and skillfully used her ring to quickly open a dimensional portal in front of her.

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"We've dealt with the big fish that took the bait, the Sand Demon. So, what's next with this guy?"

As he spoke, Erin gestured angrily toward the Ghost Rider who had exited his ghost form and was lying unconscious on the sand not far away.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of Johnny."

After glancing at the Ghost Rider in the distance and chuckling, Archmage Gandalf continued, "Although the Ghost Rider bait has been exposed, I think we can try a different guise to lure out another demon lord."

Under Erin's somewhat strange gaze, Archmage Gandalf chuckled and said, "Don't worry, apart from the demons of Mephisto's lineage, the other demon lords, though powerful, are not necessarily intelligent. As long as the bait is big enough, those hot-tempered guys sometimes will still walk into a trap even if they know it's a trap."

"And I believe that the news of the San Venganza Pact is an irresistible temptation for any demon..."

As he spoke, the Archmage Gandalf described to Arryn his past experiences fighting demons.

But just then...

A slightly hurried teleportation portal quickly spun in front of them.

Immediately afterward, a panting female mage rushed to Archmage Gandalf's side and said, "Archmage Gandalf, the Sanctuary has detected the demonic energy of the Witchheart Demon in Houston, Texas, near the Sanctuary of the Holy Angels. Master has asked you and the Witch King to lead men to hunt down the Witchheart Demon and see what that guy is up to when he appears there."

"Houston, St. Angels Cemetery?"

After repeating it to himself in a murmur, the Archmage Gandalf quickly retrieved the information about the Cemetery of Saint Angel from the depths of his memory.

"I remember that the cemetery buried too many believers in God, which caused wisps of divine power to appear there at some point. Over the years, this formed a powerful divine force that protected the cemetery. For so many years, no harmful supernatural events have ever occurred there, and even the souls sleeping there have never been disturbed."

"I never expected the Demonic Heart of Witch would reappear there."

"Wait, the Heavenly Dimension is the mortal enemy of the Hell Dimension. Demonic power and holy power are equally incompatible. To ordinary demons, holy power is no different from sulfuric acid. The fact that the Witchheart Demon was willing to appear in the Holy Angel Cemetery despite the holy power means there must be something extremely important inside..."

"Wait, if that's the case, could the Sand Knight who intercepted Ghost Rider just now be a decoy? Was his purpose to distract us?"

As if he had figured something out, the Archmage Gandalf's expression changed, and he said to the people who were standing in several dense circles around him, "Except for one team to guard the scene, the rest of you prepare for battle immediately, and then come with me to St. Angels Cemetery in Houston."

"Yes, ma'am."

Soon, under the command of the Archmage Gandalf, the New York Sanctum sorcerers who followed behind them quickly began preparations.

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Houston, St. Angels Cemetery.

"Boom!"

An aura of fear spread, and the dark power of fear transformed into black smoke, constantly moving in and out of Carter Shrewy's head.

The Demon Heart sat enthroned on the dark throne of terror.

Beneath the throne, black cloud locks directly anchored Carter Shire in mid-air, forming a large "X" shape.

The dark power of fear, amplified by the Throne of Fear, relentlessly eroded Carter Shrewy's soul and corrupted his will.

After Carter Shrew's heart was destroyed by his own explosion.

Although the Witchheart was furious, he did not kill Carter Seraphim. Instead, he tried to break the Witchheart's mind with fear and then use that to interrogate him about the true whereabouts of the San Venganza Pact.

But just like before.

Carter Shire was more stubborn than the Witchheart Demon had anticipated. Even after the Witchheart Demon amplified Carter Shire's fear to the maximum, he still couldn't extract the true whereabouts of the San Venganza Contract from him.

Looking at the stubborn Carter Shire, the Witchheart Demon frowned slightly.

In order to break the disgusting divine power binding this cemetery, he had to use demonic power beyond what his secret arts could conceal.

Although it was only once, the Demonic Witch was unsure whether it would reveal her location and be detected by the Ancient One's disciples.

Those mortals were quite powerful, and Wu Xinmo didn't want to confront them head-on before he fully recovered.

After thinking about it for a moment.

Feeling the risks were too great, the Witchheart Demon abandoned his plan to continue interrogating Carter Shire in the cemetery.

With a thought, a pair of seemingly tattered demon wings suddenly appeared behind the Witchheart Demon. After spreading the demon wings, the Witchheart Demon grabbed Carter Slye, who was bound by chains of fear, and shook the demon wings to leave.

but

After hesitating for a moment, he did not continue the attack. Instead, he grabbed the unconscious Carter Slade and prepared to leave with his demon wings flapping.

But just then...

A streak of orange lightning descended from the sky.

With a deafening roar, the Witchheart Demon, which had just taken off, was struck by the orange-red lightning bolt and fell from mid-air. After landing in the cemetery, it was propelled by the immense power of the [Bosat's Lightning], gliding along the ground through the forest of tombstones, carving a long trail in the ground and smashing countless tombstones along the way.

"We've finally made it."

On the other side of the dimensional gate, Archmage Gandalf breathed a slight sigh of relief as he watched the Heart Demon, whom he had struck down with his lightning.

If he hadn't reacted quickly just now...

Having just opened the portal, they might miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and watch helplessly as the Demon Heart of Witches escapes.

"Pooh!"

Just as Gandalf breathed a sigh of relief, the Witchheart, who had smashed through many tombstones along the way, stood up again and spat out the sand and gravel that had splashed into his mouth when he fell.

As Wu Xinmo looked at Archmage Gandalf emerging from the Dimensional Gate, an extremely cold expression appeared on his face.

"You have angered me, mortal."

As he spoke, a flash of black light appeared on the Demonic Heart's body, and he instantly vanished from his spot. In the blink of an eye, he seemed to teleport to the Archmage Gandalf, and then reached out with one hand, instantly piercing the Archmage Gandalf's heart.

"Pfft!"

As the sound of tearing paper rang out, Wu Xinmo, realizing something was wrong, was about to back away.

The Archmage Gandalf before him transformed into a bizarre paper figure with a mocking smile on his face. Then, the paper figure's holey eyes suddenly "came to life," transforming into vertical pupils.

His eyes suddenly lit up.

[A dejected stare]

Buzz!

At this moment, Xiao, the son of Mephistos, felt his vision go black and he could see nothing. Moreover, accompanied by a sudden dragon's roar, Xiao felt his mind buzzing and a nauseating, dizzying discomfort surged into his heart.

Fortunately, this feeling came quickly and went quickly.

However, just as Wu Xinmo came to his senses, a silver-white scepter reflecting a metallic luster swept away a blur and slammed directly into his chest.

[Intimidation: The Angelic Scepter, imbued with the lingering divine light of angels, deals triple damage to demonic creatures.]

[Immense Strength: The wielder of the scepter will be imbued with terrifying immense strength.]

"boom!"

Under the combined attack of the [Angel's Scepter], a muffled explosion resounded in the void, followed by a burst of blood mist erupting from the body of the Witchheart Demon.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Xinmo, whose body had been smashed into the shape of a bow, was once again blasted away by that terrifying force capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks.

Watching the Heart Demon plow a deep furrow into the graveyard with its own flesh once again, Gandalf, who had been pulled behind Arryn, glanced at Arryn in surprise.

What a terrifying illusion.

By simply using a crude paper figure as a tool, he actually managed to deceive the senses of the Demon Heart, the son of Mephisto.

What a terrifying illusion this is.

For that brief moment, if it weren't for the veiled demon's rebuttal, even Gandalf himself would have thought that what appeared outside the portal was "Archmage Gandalf," not a paper doll that Arryn had casually tossed aside.

"Great Master Gandalf, please keep this fellow restrained, I'll take care of him."

After glancing at the Witchheart Demon and blasting it away with a single blow of his staff, Erin stepped through the dimensional gate that was constantly bursting with golden and red sparks.

Upon hearing this, the Archmage Gandalf said solemnly, "Don't worry, although we may not be able to kill this guy, we can certainly lend a hand and restrain his movements."

talking.

Archmage Gandalf swiftly inscribed a summoning circle for the Crimson Chains of Cyttorak in the void before him.

Behind Gandalf.

The other two senior mages, who possessed the strength of archmages, also quickly prepared the powerful binding spell, "Crimson Chains of Cytorak."

As for the other ordinary mages, they weren't idle either.

Seize the opportunity to open dimensional portals in different places;

Prepare a Magic Whip that also possesses binding power, but is slightly weaker than the Cube Whip.

Meanwhile, the mages responsible for defense, who were tasked with preventing surprise attacks from the Witchheart Demon, each carried a [Vatum's Wind] ready to be deployed at any time.

Compared to their previous hasty preparations for battle in the New York Temple.

This specially selected combat squad, tasked with hunting demon lords, undoubtedly has a much more complete team configuration.

shhhhhh!

With a series of whooshing sounds, golden-red magic whips emerged from the dimensional gate and shot towards the Witchheart Demon who had been blasted away.

Following those golden magic whips, several slower but more powerful [Cytorak's Crimson Chains] pierced through the air.

Upon seeing this scene, Wu Xinmo's eyelids twitched several times.

But at that moment, the Demon Heart of Witch, who had been blasted away one after another, suddenly let out an extremely angry roar, "You ants, all of you, die!"

next second.

A violent gust of air instantly swept in all directions, knocking away all the magical whips and chains that were rushing towards the Witchheart Demon.

Immediately following, an extremely cold aura spread rapidly from the center of the Witch Heart Demon, extinguishing all life in its path. The lush green grass and flowers instantly turned gray and white, covered by frost.

Even the tombstones beside Wu Xinmo seemed unable to withstand such coldness.

Amidst a series of "crackling" sounds, it was forcibly cracked by the cold.

In the center of that suddenly descending icy world, a figure nearly four meters tall stood silently.

Beneath the bluish-gray skin, thick, dark blue veins twisted and rolled, connecting to powerful muscles that seemed to be cast from steel. The figure's ferocious head was covered with a large amount of bone armor, and a pair of huge horns on top of its head pointed diagonally to the sky, as if they would pierce a hole in the void at any moment.

That mouth with its jagged, interlocking teeth seemed to possess an inherent fear-inducing effect; the two people who looked at it felt a chill run down their spines.

Following that voice, the demon wings, which were only slightly larger than a human body in their human form, became enormous. Although they looked riddled with holes and tattered, they appeared even more eerie and powerful under the influence of a mysterious aura.

With a gentle wave of his hand, a thick layer of frost appeared on the ground around him, and even on the tables in the Cemetery of the Holy Angels.

"Let's do it."

Upon seeing this strange sight through the dimensional gates, Archmage Gandalf immediately roared, and instantly, golden-red magical whips shot out from the dimensional gates.

(End of this chapter)