Chapter 1478: Chapter 1472: Defeated Yet Unfinished

The ability to manipulate emotions is indeed useful.

This thought once again surfaced in Ronald’s mind.

After he provoked and subtly incited emotions, the enemy below, who was clearly skilled in combat, completely abandoned rational thought.

The caster raised his hand to his chest and slammed it hard against the iron box in front of him.

Bang—

The iron box, with only a thin layer, shattered instantly under the strike of the caster from the Nine Commandments, and black crystal powder sprayed out from between his fingers.

At the same time, Ronald descended with his sword.

Seizing the moment of the opponent’s extreme rage, the longsword imbued with the flame of Sun’s Power slashed directly, the dazzling firelight seeming to tear a rift in the sky.

An enemy in extreme rage couldn’t possibly dodge this attack.

He almost lost his mind, swinging his bone hammer to collide head-on with the oncoming longsword.

But just a second before the two clashed.

The flames on Ronald’s sword blade suddenly surged, forming a massive fireball in midair!

"What the hell?"

Ronald felt the resistance coming through his hand, twisted the sword blade, and kicked out.

Sure enough, a charred figure was kicked out from the fireball by him.

However, this was not a caster from the Nine Commandments hiding here, but a demon corpse with ram horns on its head and a terrifying visage!

The sword blade that should have struck the caster from the Nine Commandments was instead preemptively blocked by this sudden demon. Meanwhile, the anti-demon nature of the Sun’s Power took effect, immediately burning this thing to charcoal.

As the sword blade cut it in half, Ronald then kicked it through the flames, sending it plummeting downwards, showering the raging caster from the Nine Commandments with charcoal.

Ronald frowned.

In one strike, more demons surged from beside the caster of the Nine Commandments, their numbers seemingly endless, soon enveloping the area along with the hellish black mist dispersed by Ronald.

Something’s off, how did these demons appear?

The enemy, guided by reality and spell-induced emotions, had already gone to extremes, without any previous action.

So...

Ronald’s gaze quickly locked onto the enraged enemy.

The crystal powder sprayed from his chest iron box, upon closer inspection, each grain contained a significant amount of magic power.

And accompanying the appearance of these demons.

This crystal powder was also dissipating at a corresponding speed, the changes of the two completely matched!

"Even in the final moments of losing reason, he remembered this..."

Ronald realized.

A natural respect for the enemy arose in his heart.

The crystal powder in the iron box should be similar in principle to a spell scroll, but it replaced the demon summoning spell with this form of crystal powder, serving as an important trump card in his battles.

In fact, this was also reflected in reality.

If it weren’t for the summoned demon blocking the blade, Ronald could have killed him with one sword strike.

Even in the final moment when anger completely overtook reason, he managed to activate his trump card by sheer will.

Truly, an elite caster skilled in combat.

Refocusing his mindset, Ronald continued to maintain psychological interference on the enemy. The caster, already plunged into the depths of emotion, let out an angry roar, appearing as if he was ready to fight to the death with Ronald.

Yet his figure in the air couldn’t move.

The demons summoned by this crystal powder, although they didn’t speak, were not mindless low-level creatures. Besides many flying around to form an encirclement, there were also demons taking the caster back, and several others guarded against the Ronald above.

They attempted to protect their summoner.

Moreover, they were organized and orderly, resembling a fully functional demon army.

"By starting from our perception of the whole earth and sky, we begin to construct our understanding."

Without a word, Ronald recited the spell.

Previously, he had already used a spell from the Astronomy Master to attack the enemy, at this moment, just activating the spell, "Measure Length," he remotely locked onto the enemy surrounded by layers of demons.

Then he lightly raised his sword, and the Sun’s Power surged once more.

Swoosh—

The pitch-black blade fell from the sky, and on the chest of the caster from the Nine Commandments almost buried by demons in the distance, a deep sword mark appeared in sync.

This sword of Ronald’s seemed simple.

However, the powerful force, sharp blade, and burning Sun’s Power were each deadly attacks in their own right.

The enraged caster from the Nine Commandments had no defense.

Just like that, a sword sliced across his chest, the lethal place of his heart torn open by the blade, followed by flames.

If his reason were intact, he might have dealt with this injury.

But now, the caster from the Nine Commandments was so enraged that the lethal injury couldn’t awaken him. He just glared viciously at Ronald, allowing the fatal wound to claim his life!

"..."

At the moment the caster from the Nine Commandments died.

The canyon fortress below, burning fiercely, returned to calm first, the devouring flames losing color and temperature in an instant.

The battle seemed like it should have ended here.

Although the caster from the Nine Commandments wielded powerful arcana,

Ronald dealt with him far too swiftly, and under the powerful control spells, this enemy presumed powerful, didn’t even get to cast many sophisticated and formidable spells.

However, reality was not as smooth as expected.

The caster from the Nine Commandments indeed was dead, and there was no resurrection backup, but the demons he summoned at the end did not disappear!

Just like his use of spell scrolls.

The pre-stored summon crystal powder, also, at the cost of sacrificing some traits, granted the demons a high level of independence!

So even though the caster was dead.

Yet these demons covering the sky didn’t disappear, there was even a trend of worsening.

"..."

Ronald’s eyes shifted, his keen vision instantly locking onto a fast-flying demon.

This guy was just escorting the caster from the Nine Commandments.

But at the moment the summoner died, it yanked the iron box from his chest and flew in the air carrying it at high speed.

Right now, the unending appearance of demons was due to this creature’s actions.

"By starting from our perception of the whole earth and sky, we begin to construct our understanding."

Ronald didn’t want to waste time chasing it.

He just focused on this demon darting everywhere, trying to hide among its kind, reciting the incantation from the Astronomy Master.

Star Traction took effect instantly.

The bewildered demon flew towards Ronald like a falling meteor, not even having time to throw the iron box in its hand.

Boom—

In the next second, Ronald grabbed the demon by the neck, and the Sun’s Power surged from his hand, turning both the demon and the iron box to ash.

As Ronald looked up again.

He glanced at the panicked group of demons around, his tone revealing a sense of helplessness like facing menial labor:

"Now, I have to consider how to deal with these guys."