“Enhancement magic?” Ang watched Liana with great interest.

He had never seen such a novel form of enhancement magic. Has times progressed? Or was this magic unique to Liana?

To get an enhancement by shooting a strange stone into someone’s body... it looks quite painful.

No, that’s not right. We demons do not know what pain is. The reason I think this is probably because I’ve fused with this piece of trash.

Ang looked at his own pale hand, which had completely lost its color.

If he hadn’t lost his own body, why would he ever use such garbage?

This body could not support his mana for long, which greatly limited his strength.

Once he used mana exceeding this body’s limit, he would be exposed to the air again. And without any defense, he would be extremely vulnerable.

And the person before him clearly had rich experience in fighting his kind. Ang didn’t want to encounter this kind of trouble again right after being revived in this world.

“You seem to be holding back. So demons are afraid of death too?” Liana asked.

Ang showed a contemptuous smile. “Death? Ridiculous. The demonkind never truly dies. We will exist wherever there is mana. Not to mention, with just the two of you, you are not nearly enough to kill me.”

Although Ang’s body greatly limited the demon’s power, it was still enough. To deal with two mere humans did not require too much mana.

“Hmph.” Erinna flicked her black hair, and a long spear appeared in her hand.

What she was skilled in was slash magic, but slash magic was not very effective against the demon race.

However, the opponent was now in a human form. If her guess was correct, then her attacks should be able to harm Ang.

Ang narrowed his eyes and looked at them. One had powerful and stable mana, the other had weak and fluctuating mana.

From Ang’s memories, he also knew that the little one was her older sister. A very important sister to Erinna?

And, for some reason, although he could feel that Erinna’s mana and physique was far superior to Liana’s, where she would have been the more suitable body, why ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) did his instincts tell him to choose Liana? Was it because of the Tree of Life?

Ang was becoming more and more curious about Liana.

Liana could also clearly feel the other party’s gaze.

The spear danced in Erinna’s hand. A seemingly gentle slash, the moment it touched the wall, cut it cleanly open.

“Can you do that with brute force alone?” Ang was a little surprised.

“You can’t cut so neatly with just brute force, you idiot.”

So Erinna’s mouth is that venomous...

But what she said was also the truth. A slash based on brute force could not be so neat.

The demon struck with his fists, which was defended by Erinna with her magic.

“Weren’t you very arrogant just now? Why are you starting to hide now?” Erinna said as she used slash magic to fight back.

This was the most efficient method at present. But this was a simulated demonified zone, her mana recovery speed simply couldn’t compare to the demon’s, which could recover continuously.

But Erinna could not. Using magic frequently to resist was not a problem in the short term, but once the battle was prolonged, it would not be good news for her.

“I have all the time and mana in the world. Do you?” Ang said with a laugh.

“Who said we don’t?” Erinna knew very well that the other party was just trying to scare her, wanting her to use all her remaining mana for a desperate fight.

But she wasn’t stupid. If it were just her alone, perhaps she would have taken her remaining mana and gone all out against him.

But now, Liana was by her side. Not to mention the teachers of the academy, Princess Mephilia must be worried sick.

They would definitely find a way to deal with this accident. So all she had to do was stall for time, just as Sister Liana had said before.

“I’d rather ask you, do you have time? In your current state, you’re having trouble dealing with just me. Don’t even talk about dealing with the Judges,” Erinna said.

She was right, so Ang also planned to end this quickly. He knew very well that with Erinna’s mana, it was impossible to defeat her in a short time.

So, he could only set his sights on Liana. His initial target was her anyway.

“「Shadow Cage」!”

Ang extended his hand, faced Liana, and gently clenched it.

Large hands formed from black mana appeared around Liana’s feet, about to grab her.

But in the next second, countless slashes directly destroyed those hands.

“Is this all the demon race can do, these little tricks? Doesn’t seem very impressive,” Erinna said lazily.

“...” Ang’s expression was a bit strange. “It seems I’ve been asleep for too long. And this body really is no good.”

His palm had already begun to crumble. And he hadn’t even realized Erinna’s earlier mana manipulation.

He actually hadn’t noticed that he couldn’t quite see through this person before him.

“...” Erinna returned to Liana’s side. “Sister Liana, do you feel that...”

“The magic he’s using is a bit too low-level, right?” Liana had also noticed this.

Otherwise, there was no reason he couldn’t even break her shield.

“Yes. Perhaps it’s because Ang’s body is limiting him? Have you seen any similar records, Sister Liana?” Erinna asked.

Hearing her reminder, Liana realized that Ang’s current state was somewhat similar to what was recorded in the books.

Some dying demons were left with only a remnant soul and could not stay in the air for long, otherwise they would dissipate and become mere mana in the air.

So they had no choice but to seize a body to allow themselves to remain in this world.

But the strength of the body and its own strength were seriously mismatched, which resulted in it being unable to exert its original power.

That is to say, he could have originally exerted the strength of a High Executor, but now it might only be that of a senior, or even junior, Executor.

And the magic he had just used was indeed a bit too low-level. With this kind of magic, Liana could have dodged it herself.

So, it was highly likely that when he had first come out, he was still in a chaotic state, which was why the participants in the trial couldn’t fight back.

And now, he had possessed Ang’s body, but Ang’s strength also couldn’t withstand the demon’s mana, which was why it was like this.

The most crucial point was that the techniques he was using now were really old-fashioned, magic that could be said to have been phased out.

The reason he could defeat those people was entirely because of his overwhelming mana. And now, he had lost this advantage.

He was still using obsolete magic. The current Ang could be said to be at his weakest.

“Be careful,” Liana said, also seeing through Erinna’s thoughts. “He is a demon, after all.”

“I know.” Erinna tightened her grip and, brandishing her spear, charged towards him.

“Tsk.” The opponent really does know that I’m at my weakest right now.

Suddenly, the roles of the two began to switch. Erinna was now hunting Ang.

“Damn it,” Ang cursed in his heart. His arm had completely disintegrated, revealing a pitch-black solution that stuck to Erinna’s weapon.

“Now, can you still be so arrogant? You’ve lost your weapon. Come and become my nourishment,” Ang said.

“「Thousand Blade Slash」”

Erinna raised her left hand, and over a thousand blades cut directly into Ang’s body.

“Why did you?!” Ang looked at Erinna, confused.

“I knew it.” Erinna had always had a theory. The creature that was originally a demonic entity had possessed a human body. Since its magic core couldn’t be found, did that mean it had now become a physical human entity?

So magic could cause substantial damage to it. Or rather, his body had become the magic core.

Ang’s body began to disintegrate. One hand, two hands...

A total of six hands stretched out from his back, trembling as they touched the air, letting out a sinister cry.

“Erinna.” Liana’s gun was aimed at her.

The muzzle spat fire, and a bullet quickly hit Erinna’s shoulder. To an outsider, it looked as if a crystal bolt had quickly hit her and should have caused damage. But after the bullet hit, Erinna’s condition became even better, and her body’s mana was enhanced in every aspect.

And the mana in Liana’s own body became weaker, but she still raised her hand and fired another bullet.

Screeech!

In this new form, Ang could absorb magic to strengthen himself, but at this moment, Erinna was no longer using magic. If he didn’t absorb any more magic, he would disappear!

Ang’s crumbling body blocked in front of Erinna, taking the bullet.

The bullet hit him, and Liana revealed a satisfied smile. “Do you like it? My gift to you...”

Golden holy light was left in the wake of the bullet, leaving a hole of burning shadow behind.

“From my lover, her holy magic...”

“「Enchant, Divine Grace’s Blessing.」”

Worried that one wasn’t enough, Liana continued to shoot more holy bullets.

Ang let out a series of roars. The magic core, protected by the black mana, was now exposed.

This was the best opportunity. All Erinna had to do was destroy the magic core.

But she made a decision that even Liana hadn’t expected. She reached out and grabbed the magic core with her bare hand.

“Erinna?!”

The originally dissipating demonic mana now reconverged, trying to devour Erinna to subsume for this new, healthy, and powerful body.