The villainous prince who bullied Feng Aotian was actually myself.

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Since Eric has made his stance clear, the others naturally have no objections.

Without lingering, Eric set off immediately.

Leon felt that Erico was particularly persistent in his pursuit of defeating the Demon King.

The fortress seemed to be some distance from the Abyss Valley. Along the way, Leon witnessed countless destroyed villages and towns, and occasionally a few monsters would appear, but these monsters were easily killed.

The monsters were ugly and extremely deformed. Some had four eyes, and some had two heads, which looked like tumors and were particularly disgusting.

Leon considered himself to have a good mental fortitude, but when he saw these mind-blowing things, he still couldn't help but feel like vomiting.

Helena and the others were in a similar state to Leon. Even the usually calm masked man pursed his lips and showed extreme pain when the monster's viscous fluid got on his blade.

Eric was the only one who remained calm and composed throughout.

She seemed to be used to these monsters, and as always, she led the way with a stern face.

Her confident stride made it seem as if she had walked this road countless times before.

Finally, it got dark.

At night, the monsters become unusually active. They roam around like zombies, and once they detect any sign of life, they swarm towards it like madmen and launch an attack.

Eric led his team to a cellar in the ruins of a city.

The group of people would have to spend the night crammed into the cellar.

The cellar was very cramped. Eric sat alone on one side, while Helena, Hazel, and the other three women squeezed together on the other. The masked man and the seaweed man squeezed together on the other side, while Leon and the cloaked woman were isolated and kept their distance from each other.

No one spoke in the cellar, and since oxygen was scarce, it was impossible to light a fire for illumination.

So the cellar was very dark, but that didn't matter, because although there was no light and you couldn't see anything, you could open your spiritual vision. What you saw was a spiritual vision. Although the other person's body was replaced by a ball of light like a thermal image, you could still tell what the other person was doing.

However, Erik seemed to hate it when people used clairvoyance to see her, so she said, "Clarity is forbidden here."

So Leon discovered that he couldn't open the psychic vision no matter what he tried.

Next, he could only rely on his spiritual intuition to perceive the dark environment. With Leon's spiritual intuition, he could basically visualize what the people around him were doing, as long as they didn't use shielding magic.

At this point, anyone who blocked others would be suspected of having something to hide, so no one took any measures to block others.

And so, sitting in the sweltering, pitch-black cellar, Leon and his companions endured a terrible night.

Leon didn't really sleep all night. As for the others, he didn't know, since he couldn't tell whether they were faking sleep or not.

And so they continued their journey.

Finally, Leon and the others arrived at the "Abyss Valley" where the Demon King was located.

Chapter Fifteen: The Demon King and the Truth (Part One)

Standing at the gaping hole and looking down.

Leon's entire body bristled instantly.

The bottom of this broken valley is pitch black, with no end in sight, which instinctively instills fear in people, as if they might fall in at any moment.

He dared not look directly into the abyss; after only three seconds, Leon quickly moved away from the edge of the crevice and retreated to a safe distance.

He was still feeling a bit shaken and uneasy.

That shouldn't be the case, I'm not afraid of heights!

Leon found it strange.

In his previous life, when he stood on the edge of a skyscraper looking down at the bustling city below, or when he walked on a flimsy iron chain bridge through the mountains while traveling, he had never felt so terrified.

Something's wrong...

Perhaps it's because this abyss is even larger, and the bottom is invisible, so we don't know what's below.

What evokes fear in humans is often the unknown.

People used to be afraid of will-o'-the-wisps because they didn't know what they were. Now that people know what will-o'-the-wisps are, if someone walks alone by a cemetery at night and sees one... well, they might still be afraid.

But that's not the point. The point is, who was so full that they went for a stroll in the mountain tomb complex in the middle of the night? It must have been a tomb raider.

"Macy."

At that moment, Ella suddenly spoke softly, and at the same time, she quickly pulled Maisie, who was suddenly leaning forward and falling, back to a safe distance from the edge of the chasm.

"Ella?"

Maisie looked confused.

"Are you crazy? You looked like you were about to jump!"

Ella released Maisie and explained.

"what!"

Maisie snapped out of her daze, her face turning deathly pale in an instant.

"what happens?"

Helena asked.

"I don't know, I just really wanted to jump."

Maisie replied.

This abyss is indeed very strange.

At this moment, apart from Erik, who was standing at the edge of the rift looking down into the abyss, almost everyone was looking in this direction.

"This is a test of willpower."

At this moment, Eric surprisingly offered an explanation, but he only said one sentence and did not go into further detail.

As everyone's expectant gazes focused on Eric and then shifted away in disappointment, the blonde woman suddenly continued, "Because the abyss contains the aura of the Demon King, which is alluring. If one's willpower isn't too weak, looking down into the abyss, one's instincts will overcome the Demon King's temptation. Then, the body's functions, in order to protect itself, will feel fear and make it flee quickly. If one's willpower is too weak, falling below the temptation, then one will want to jump down. After falling to one's death, the soul will become food for the Demon King, and the body will mutate into a monster, crawling out of the rift at night."

So that's how it is. It seems my willpower isn't weak after all!

Compared to Maisie, Leon suddenly felt like he had regained some confidence.

Even the villains who are destined to die still have better luck than the ordinary passersby!

"That's it."

I don't feel anything at all!

Helena walked up to the abyss, stared at it for a while, and then calmly walked back.

Then, under the questioning gazes of everyone, she paused for a moment, then crossed her arms over her chest, trembled slightly, and exclaimed dramatically, "My God, how terrifying! So this is the abyss!"

"..."

Eric didn't say anything, and it's unclear what she thought, but there was a reason why everyone was silent—most of them were speechless—wasn't your act way too obvious?!

"I...I'm really scared."

Seeing the strange expressions on everyone's faces, Helena explained, her delicate and pretty face evoking a sense of pity.

So the group stopped paying attention to this side and walked one after another to the edge of the rift valley.

Helena is so beautiful that the moment Leon saw her, he felt that she couldn't possibly be wrong, and if she was wrong, it must be because of him.

To Leon's surprise, the masked man, who seemed so arrogant, didn't even make eye contact with the Abyss for three seconds before retreating.

Eric, on the other hand, stood at the edge of the rift, showing no fear whatsoever.

Her gaze was incredibly sharp, as if she were confronting something below.

Leon was certain that the Demon King's aura couldn't affect Helena, but to show that she was afraid, Helena insisted on standing with Leon and Messi, and refused to challenge the Abyss again.

"Are you ready?"

Eric looked down into the abyss and spoke in a calm voice.

Although she spoke casually, everyone seemed to witness a massive tsunami and became serious.

"I am willing to pledge my loyalty to Miss Erik."

As the first masked man to infiltrate Eric's group, he took the lead.

Helena then paused for a moment and said the same thing as the masked man.

Then Leon and the others said in unison.

Kill the Demon King!

Can the story of this book end here?

What kind of being is the Demon King?

Leon held his breath.

It wasn't the tension from the impending battle with the Demon King that made me nervous, but rather the oppressive aura emanating from Erik.

Erik raised her slender, white-gloved hand high above her head. Cracks began to appear in the space around her palm, and a greyish-white mist, symbolizing ancient mythology and profound history, rapidly swirled around her. Then, a silver spear crackling with electricity appeared in Erik's hand. This spear was...

It's Divine Might!

The aura of this mythical weapon had become all too familiar to everyone after Leon's use of it these past few days.

Unexpectedly, Eric is also a holder of divine weapons.

She's already very strong even without the Divine Weapon. With the Divine Weapon equipped, Leon feels that Erik could take on the entire group by herself.

No wonder she was always so disdainful of her companions. Perhaps in her eyes, having one more companion was just another cannon fodder.

"Erico, you're here."

As Erik gripped the spear, the entire rift suddenly began to tremble violently, and a deafening male voice boomed from within the abyss.

The sky, which had just been clear and sunny, suddenly became covered with dark clouds, followed by thunder, hurricanes, and rocks flying through the air.

"This is the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth time, isn't it? Hahaha, stop struggling. Every time I kill you in a different way, it actually hurts me a little. Now that I've caught you, how should I play you to death? My dear Erico, oh! The tonics you brought this time are quite good. There are actually three humans with divine blood flowing through their veins. Hiss, especially that girl. Her appearance reminds me of that hateful woman from a distant past. How many years have passed in the outside world now? Is that woman dead? She should be completely dead by now, hehehehe..."

The being from the depths of the abyss laughed maniacally in an extremely provocative and malicious tone. His words contained a wealth of information that Leon couldn't analyze at a moment's notice.

However, there was one thing Leon wanted to complain about: although he had a male voice, he spoke in a tone that sounded like a nasty, grumbling woman.

"Tsk, noisy."

A flash of thunderous rage crossed Erico's beautiful eyes. With a furious shout, she abruptly hurled her spear into the abyss.

It was as if a thunderbolt pierced through the abyss, and a thunderous roar came from the bottom of the abyss.

"Hepburnmus, come out and face your death!"

Eric roared, his headscarf came loose, and his beautiful long golden hair danced wildly in the hurricane.

P.S.: Should we create a group chat? Would you guys join?

Chapter Sixteen: The Demon King and the Truth (Part Two)

The ground shook violently.

From the depths of the abyss, an eerie aura spread endlessly. Then, the silver spear that Erik had thrown was bounced out, followed by a man dressed in ancient robes.

The man hung in the middle of the chasm of the valley, his hands behind his back, facing away from everyone with the posture of a peerless master.

"Eric, you're still as irritable as ever. But whatever, I'll beat you until you're crying your eyes out."

The man said with a tsk-tsk chuckle.

"It's noisy."

Ignoring the man's provocation, Eric caught the silver spear that fell from the sky and then thrust it at the man.

The surface of the silver spear flashed with intense electric light, which magnified infinitely as it thrust towards the man, resembling a long dragon crackling with lightning.

"Kill her and you can leave here; if you don't kill her, you'll stay here forever."

A second before Erik attacked the man, her emotionless, cold voice rang in the ears of Leon and the others.

Knew it,

We must kill the Demon King.

Leon's heart tightened, and he quickly summoned the holy blade Tirfinger. At the same time, the masked man had already unleashed an extremely domineering slash at the Demon King.