Chapter 424: Teamwork


    Swathed in divine energy, Alex rapidly healed theceration on his torso. The wound closed rtively quickly, but what hade with it coursed through Alex already, weighing him down.


    The abundant negativity…


    It had caused one thought in Alex’s mind, and that was enough to stop him for a few seconds. It was just one image, yet it protracted for so long that Ivonne had to take the battle to her hands.


    She put her skill on ckburn de, slowing him down. Then she let Alex’s neck go and stomped on the ground toward ckburn de. Her mind shed with the loss of Harvey and how ckburn de dominated the scene.


    She trembled but didn’t stop. Atst, Ivonne and ckburn de shed!


    Bang!


    “I remember you… Haha! So that’s why he has a demon… So that’s why I was able toe here so easily!” ckburn deughed madly, then kicked away Ivonne with a powerful kick.


    He spread his arms, arched his head back, then red at the sky with high-pitchedughter escaping his mouth, “Generous Goddess has given me a way to ess the higher floors of Paradise!


    Ah, I am honored! So honored! I want that yground! I want to be part of it, ughter dragons andmias here, and more! Haha! Haha!” he trembled like Luxuria, which was odd, then fixed his eyes on Alex and Ivonne, his lips wide.


    Alex had already mended his consciousness and wounds. He felt warier toward ckburn de, as this man’s negativity was much more intrusive and infectious than Alex’s Wrath…


    And even if ckburn de was full of madness and anger, Alex couldn’t even find a way to use it to his advantage. It was as though ckburn de had a defense against Alex’s sin, or perhaps it was just a level gap.


    Nheless, ckburn de wouldn’t let Alex go… And they still had a lot of minutes before the hour hit…


    “I want your power, son,” ckburn de said calmly after his series of unbearableughter, “I am unable to enter Paradise’s Tower just with the demon and antagonist’s mana… It sucks, but it is what it is, you know?”


    It sucked as ckburn de formed a unique demon, yet he couldn’t enter the tower and go for more challenges in Paradise. Most of his former buddies had already settled for a peaceful life in Paradise, yet ckburn de wanted blood.


    So he needed energy of unique origin, and Alex was the best target for it.


    Alex hadn’t replied. He stood with his swords tense and ready to intercept every move of ckburn de. Of course, he hadn’t pressed forward because Alex needed to buy as much time as possible.


    Still, talking with ckburn de seemed like the worst move, as even his voice wasced with his peculiar mana.


    ckburn de saw through Alex’s intent, so he chuckled and returned to his side with his sword brandished. They exchanged many moves, then, after at least ten of them, Alex called forth Sara’s Ultimate Skill.


    He received characteristics of the duhan race, then mixed their mist with his blue mes, surprising ckburn de.


    Half of the psychopath’s body burned and seared under thebination of sharp mist and blue mes. Yet he hadn’t fallen onto his knee. He stood as if someone had been tickling him, his lips curved into a devilish smile.


    And then, ckburn de revealed more of his perfect and crude swordsmanship. His moves were swift and simple contrary to his personality, which was riddled with many different moods.


    He wanted to bring more of Alex’s cards, for the man surely could summon more, right? He had more arms, after all!


    This agitation and curiosity with abundant interest made ckburn de impatient, and he barely could control his strength. He momentarily forgot that there was a vast gap between him and Alex.


    With one sh, he separated Alex and Ivonne, their bodies screaming with pain. They flew in two directions, and it even seemed as if their link had been broken!


    “Ah… So sorry… Well, maybe you will finally reveal more now?” ckburn utterly ignored Ivonne, for her Asura was solely a strength type. But as her strength was weak, she was non-existent in his eyes.


    He strutted toward Alex with his chin high, eyes glowing red, and the sound of his loud footsteps broke the silence of the break.


    Alex pulled himself to his feet, silently and barely controlling his breathing. His mana was abundant, and he could summon more skills, but he already felt signs of his mana rapidly plummeting, causing his vision to blur.


    After ncing at his stats, Alex bit his lips and readied himself to unleash more. But at that time, the group of ck robbed figures fell from the sky. Their red eyes reflected ckburn de’s face, and their hatred pinned him.


    Many of their skills first reached him, but they all turned into nothingness before touching him as though an invisible beast had devoured them all.


    Atst, a woman with tanned skin dropped her sword at ckburn de.


    “Yumi,” ckburn de innocentlyughed, “It’s been a long, long time. d to see you doing well. Out of three of you, I had the most fun with you.”


    And that was because she hadn’t given up until it was truly over.


    Yumi didn’t reply, following the same train of thoughts as Ivonne. Her sword shed with a blood aura, then she drew a sh and followed it with a thrust. Unfortunately, ckburn de casually fended off her strikes.


    “Teaming up with the person you want to kill… And that’s owing to me… I love it,” ckburn de recalled his time as the antagonist, shaking his head with a faint smile, then locked his piercing eyes on others, “I will share a nice secret with you… If you entertain me enough.”


    “No one will entertain you… We will… kill you,” Yumi hissed, and everyone followed.


    Amidst all antagonists, Alex stepped forward, his sword shing red. And as everyone summoned forth their demons, his weapon reacted, bing stronger as well…


    He hadn’t killed those demons, yet his weapon rose in strength.


    And that was because… the antagonists wanted to work together with him against ckburn de, their killer!


    “Lovely,” ckburn de beamed.