Chapter 210

Chapter 182: Azure Flames Burn the Moon, Blood Stains the Royal City – Sixteen

The night sky roared above.

Burning houses collapsed, and the fleeing crowd was covered in dirt. They flickered between crimson and blazing white lights, becoming hazy in my gradually clearer vision.

I stepped on the ice platform, swiftly passing over the collapsing buildings, rushing toward the distant towering city walls.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ice platforms continuously formed and shattered underfoot. The distance of several hundred meters didn’t take much time. I ran straight along the edge of the wall, leaping onto its top. My feet suddenly softened, nearly causing me to kneel.

I quickly steadied myself against the green bricks beside me.

“Huff—huff—”

I was so tired.

Why make things so difficult for yourself…

With great difficulty, I lifted my head and looked far away.

Beyond the city was an endless plain, with forests even further out. That place was calm and peaceful, sharply contrasting with the fiery light and black smoke of the city behind me.

Without the shell, leaving the city just required one more leap, simple and straightforward.

Rumbling…

Deafening sounds continued to come from the distance behind. I turned around and saw a tornado of black smoke hundreds of meters away. It spewed flames and lightning, releasing huge shadows in the night sky. It slowly moved away from the city below, rising steadily… and higher.

High enough to obscure the moon.

Grandma Bertha’s anxious shouts came from the golden light illuminating the clouds: “Vicky! What are you doing! Stop now, cough! Are you crazy?!”

In the heart of the storm, eerie howls echoed endlessly, and the monstrous body appeared intermittently in the black smoke.

I knew Victoria was inside.

This woman… truly doesn’t care about her life.

She could have left the city with me just now. There was no need to risk her life to stop the monster from landing. It was just a matter of it eating a few more people. But she chose the worst option… hmph, a smart yet foolish woman.

In my vision, the storm changed direction after reaching high enough, roaring toward this side of the wall with a thunderous sound. Hellfire burst from the storm, roaring past overhead, flying toward the distant plains outside the city—

Boom!

The storm exploded.

Flames tore through the sky, and the injured monster’s body flew out, dragging thick black smoke, falling towards the lush forest in the distance.

…That was food.

Disgusting, but sufficient food.

The moment this thought emerged, dark mist rose from within me, spreading through my vision and merging into the night.

Drip, drip.

Saliva flowed like a waterfall from my lower lip, dripping onto the cold green brick wall.

Boom!

Black flames climbed up my legs, waist, chest, and arms, emitting pale light in the night sky, enveloping my entire body in a fireball. Suddenly, I shot up into the air, trailing white light, drawing a parabola in the darkness, then crashing down with a loud thud. Immediately afterward, I bent my knees, jumped up again, and soared into the air once more.

So hungry, so hungry, so hungry…

The tornado above had dissipated with the explosion. Victoria’s figure burst out from the smoke, chasing after the monster’s fall.

Her condition seemed terrible.

Her slender body swayed under the moonlight, resembling a withered leaf in autumn wind, ready to fall at any moment.

She couldn’t even fly steadily anymore.

…Then you won’t get my food! The monster is mine!

And then I’ll eat you.

Boom!

My body was pulled up by the black smoke, leaping over ten meters high.

The temptation of food seemed to be a stimulant that instantly made my body forget fatigue, becoming energized.

Lustrous and radiant. At this moment, the speed of my charge was incredibly fast. The emerald grass and rocks beneath me blurred in the rapid movement. My body rose, fell, and crashed into the ground before leaping higher into the sky—this time, I did not fall back down.

The black smoke tugged at my body, causing me to stagger as I ascended into the night sky.

This feeling… was like an invisible force supporting my body from below, completely different from the floating experience with Victoria’s wind. The wind didn’t sting my face, nor did my hair dance wildly. The black flames enveloped my body, isolating the surrounding air, warm and comfortable.

“…Hehe!”

Unable to hold back, I laughed out loud. Sparkling saliva dripped from the corners of my mouth and splashed onto my cheek. I quickly covered my mouth with both hands.

“Huhuhu…”

The laughter squeezed through my fingers.

This is… the feeling of being unbound.

It’s really amazing… why did I choose to hide such power before? It’s absurd…

Even when food is right in front of me, I don’t eat it. I don’t understand what I’m thinking… ah, almost at the forest, it’s so fast.

The lush forest was just a short distance away.

I focused my gaze and saw the monster’s flaming body hovering above the edge of the forest. It dodged Victoria’s wind blade and lifted its nauseating claw, slapping Victoria down into the forest.

At the same time, its fierce face turned toward me, letting out a long, defiant howl.

“Grrr—”

But to me, it sounded like the call of delicious food.

I was so excited that I could hardly contain myself; my heart raced, and goosebumps spread across my skin. Manipulating the still-awkward black flames, I circled in the air for half a turn and dived toward the monster.

Bang!

The burning black fireball cut through the air, resembling a violent meteor, directly smashing into the monster’s body, sending it crashing downward.

Crack!

The monster’s body was pressed beneath mine, breaking countless branches and trunks as we plunged to the ground, sliding several meters in the dirt. Its massive body writhed violently, but the raging flames before my eyes were completely unable to break through the black flame’s protection. I felt no heat at all, which only made me more excited.

Eat it… Eat it… Eat it…

Boom!

In an instant, the black flames surged, and smoke clouds rose around me. They engulfed the soil, flowers, and trees beneath my feet, along with the startled birds flying away. Everything within my peripheral vision was swallowed up and turned to ashes in the dead smoke.

“Grrr—”

The monster’s struggle grew fiercer.

It wrapped its entire body in sin flames… this crimson flame seemed to have strong resistance against the abyss. Neither the dead smoke nor the black fire could harm it in the short term.

“Fierce creature…”

The cake that was almost in my mouth wouldn’t go any further, and I started to feel anxious. The dead smoke swirling around me became denser, gradually forming a violent hurricane.

Suddenly, my body was grabbed by the monster.

The terrifying giant claw, burning with flames, clashed repeatedly with the black flames. Sharp nails pierced my lower abdomen, then my chest… blood gushed out.

“Cough—”

It hurt a bit.

In the next moment, a blue giant hand emerged from the dense dead smoke and smashed down on the monster’s head like a hammer.

Boom!

The strike shattered the ground beneath us.

Dirt and stones scattered into the dead smoke and quickly disintegrated. The monster’s body stiffened, and the grip on my hand loosened slightly.

“Merely food…”

My arm raised high, ready to strike again.

Boom!

“Also dare to…”

Boom!!

“Rebel…”

Boom—!!!

“Really infuriating.”

Snap.

The monster’s face cracked.