Chapter 1731: Chapter 1655: The Most Miserable in History! The Fate of the Heavenly Demon and Ling Demon! (Part 2)

"How did you get here?" the Heavenly Demon murmured dumbfoundedly.

"Go!" The Spirit Demon and Miyamoto Musashi decided immediately, their bodies erupting with blinding light, as vast divine power surged forth.

"You can’t leave!" the King of Hell said leisurely, waving a hand.

In an instant, Miyamoto Musashi, the Heavenly Demon, and the Spirit Demon found themselves imprisoned, with all the divine power within them frozen, unable to move.

"Quick, drink the Pact of Water!" The Heavenly Demon’s eyes bulged with effort under the pressure, struggling to unwrap the package.

But his fingers couldn’t move, only trembling violently, with the box right in his hand, yet unable to open it.

"What’s the use of this thing!" The King of Hell casually waved his hand, and the two packages instantly exploded into powder.

The two of them were left empty-handed, the Pact of Water they bought at a huge cost destroyed right before their eyes.

The Heavenly Demon stared blankly at his empty palm, his expression frozen as if he’d lost his mind.

Soon after, his face began to contort visibly, eyes wide with rage, screaming furiously—

"Ahhhh! I, I f*ck you! Motherf*cker ahhhhh!!!" The Heavenly Demon’s voice, shrieking across the starry sky, sounded like a shrew cursing in the street.

This was all bought with real money, and it was destroyed just like that, wasting years of effort!

"The more you struggle, the more excited I become, the more pain you feel, the happier I am." The King of Hell’s voice had a cruel smile, casually extending his hand towards the two.

The next moment, countless demonic qi emanated from the Heavenly Demon and the Spirit Demon. The Demon King’s Power they had accumulated, along with the various treasures previously granted, all left their bodies, flying towards the King of Hell.

Among them was the Spirit Demon’s [Blade of Agony] and the Heavenly Demon’s divine artifact [Bloodstained Elegance].

Deprived of the Demon King’s Power and these powerful treasures, the two were instantly like plucked chickens, their overwhelming presence abruptly diminished, revealing their true forms.

"The achievements you have today are all thanks to me. You got enough benefits, but now you want to betray me, is it that easy?" The King of Hell said, wearing the [Bloodstained Elegance], replacing his once-destroyed black robe. The Blade of Agony fell into his white palm.

He caressed the sharp edge with his slender fingers, murmuring, "How you obtain something is how you will lose it. Things easily gained come at a cost in the future. The Blade of Agony is a good divine artifact, but you didn’t use it well. Next, I will personally demonstrate how to use it."

As he spoke, he flicked his wrist, and the Blade of Agony slowly flew out, its sharp edge glinting coldly, harboring a snake-like terrifying aura, gliding towards the Spirit Demon.

The Spirit Demon stared at it in terror, his entire body trembling and struggling fiercely, wanting to escape.

But he was firmly pinned in place, forced to watch as the Blade of Agony approached.

"Pfff!" Before his very eyes, the Blade of Agony sliced a thin, long wound across his face.

The wound exuded a black aura, resembling the brand of a slave, impossible to heal, impossible to erase.

Meanwhile, the divine power within him frantically leaked from the wound on his face, dissipating into the heavens and earth.

His aura began to weaken continuously, and with the wound unhealed, the divine power inside could only continue leaking away.

At this moment, the Blade of Agony lightly pressed against the Heavenly Demon’s face, slowly carving another cut.

His face split open quickly, revealing the crimson flesh, which turned black and decayed, as the divine power leaked from the wound.

"Puff, puff, puff!" The Blade of Agony repeatedly carved across the faces of the Heavenly Demon and the Spirit Demon, like the lingering death of a thousand cuts.

In no time, their faces were covered with ugly black wounds, the divine power they had painstakingly accumulated rapidly leaking out.

Quickly, their bodies were empty, all divine power fully drained.

"Alright! The interesting part comes now!" The King of Hell’s voice carried a hint of warped excitement, as if he were about to conduct some enjoyable experiment on them.

With that, the Blade of Agony swiftly slashed another cut across their bodies.

In an instant, their bodies trembled violently, their aura plummeting, as if they had fallen from the altar.

The effect of this cut was extremely evident, causing an instant qualitative change.

They lost a level!

From max level 300, they fell to level 299!

From the Divine Domain to the Heavenly Realm!

"Puff!" The Blade of Agony slashed them again, dropping them to level 298.

The Blade of Agony transformed into a phantom, crazily slashing over them, causing them to fall level by level.

The levels they painstakingly grinded over the years slipped away quickly; this wasn’t a drop caused by death, but a drop while alive.

This was worse than reincarnation; in reincarnation, one can recover a level each day, but now they couldn’t recover at all; the lost levels were truly gone.

Falling levels is one effect of the Blade of Agony.

During the national war on Hero’s Continent, Huang Yi was killed down to level 1 by the Blade of Agony from Queen of Agony’s doppelgänger, later recovered to his original level by the Thunder God using the Sea God’s Pillar’s "Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields."

But at this moment, neither the Spirit Demon nor the Heavenly Demon had a "Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields" ability, nor even the ability to move, only able to watch helplessly as their levels fell.

This was truly a fate worse than death; in death, one loses just one level and can break free from the current predicament, but they couldn’t even manage to kill themselves now.

They couldn’t log out either; the combat state prevented logging out, and even if forcibly logged out, the character would still be there, continually attacked by the King of Hell. By the next login, they might be a level 1 novice.

"King of Hell, I f*ck you! You dog-bastard... " The Heavenly Demon continued cursing, thoroughly losing his mind, treating the King of Hell as if he were real, spewing all sorts of filthy words.

Since his future was already ruined, years of effort wasted, he couldn’t even make a new beginning in the Land of Origin, and the hefty deposit paid to Miyamoto Musashi in reality was wasted too.

Meanwhile, regret filled his heart; had he known it would come to this, he might as well have stayed obediently under the King of Hell, without thoughts of betrayal, able to maintain his current state at least, unlike the utter ruin he faced now.

"King of Hell, you are doomed, the God of Slaughter will definitely kill you, you will..." The Heavenly Demon hadn’t finished his curses when the Blade of Agony suddenly pierced through his mouth, slicing off his tongue, rendering him speechless.

Finally, after prolonged torment, with the final slash, both of them were reduced to level 1.

Level 1, the standard level of a novice just entering the Virtual World.

All their equipment had fallen off, leaving them stark naked, except for underwear, as they no longer met the level requirement for any equipment.

Most of their skills were unusable, either due to insufficient level or lack of divine power to sustain them.

All their past honors, everything, was gone.

They were permanently removed from the ranks of Super First-Class masters.

Now, any player worldwide could poke them to death with a finger.

The King of Hell finally retrieved the Blade of Agony, laughing with satisfaction: "That’s better, you can continue level grinding and continue being killed by me, forever my slaves, never able to break free, unable even to be reborn like Unbeaten, unable to live or die."

————

This is 4000 words, posted altogether.