Fear of Death

"Pfft—!"

Another striking sound rang out abruptly in the night sky.

While Arcueid and Nero were still in shock, Fang Li lowered his eyes and stared at the black mud covering his feet. Suddenly, the Pure Star Imperial Armament in his hand flashed and cut through the incredibly hard black mud as if slicing through paper.

As a result, the black mud that had been flowing like a viscous liquid suddenly seemed to lose its life, bursting into black spray in all directions like exploding black water droplets.

Nero used over two hundred different beast factors to refine the Genesis Soil, which even high-ranking Dead Apostle could bind, and thus it turned into pools of stagnant water.

"Impossible!"

Nero finally couldn't help but cry out.

That was the first time Nero had displayed such a loss of composure.

There are three reasons.

One is the fact that the Demon Beast he controlled were dealt with swiftly and decisively.

That's Demon Beast.

A phylogenetic tree that transcends nature, a synonym for a legendary beast.

Its very existence is equivalent to mystery, a miracle of the magic realm. Faced with this level of mystery, unless it is a great magic second only to Inherent Skill, it is absolutely impossible to surpass the power of Demon Beast.

Fang Li, however, killed the Demon Beast on the spot with pure slashing attacks.

It was like a dream.

The second reason is the disintegration of the Genesis Soil.

The Genesis Soil, refined using over two hundred different beast factors, is of a quality almost comparable to a mountain peak.

In other words, without the power to shatter mountains, one cannot break free from the shackles of the Genesis Soil.

However, Fang Li still relied solely on a pure slash to instantly dismantle such power.

How could Nero possibly believe this?

Of course, there was another fact that Nero found even more unbelievable.

"The beastly essence didn't return to my body?"

Nero cried out in astonishment.

"That's impossible!"

The 666 beast factors that have been integrated into Nero's body have become one with him; each factor is a part of Nero's body.

These factors, even if killed externally, will return to Nero's body unless Nero intentionally controls them.

Therefore, Nero possesses 666 lives, and even if he is killed once, ten times, or even a hundred times, he will immediately revive. Only by instantly killing all 666 of his lives can he be killed.

But at this moment, Nero discovered...

It's as if all the beast factors stored in one's own life force did not return to its body, but instead lost their vitality.

More than two hundred kinds of soil used to refine the Genesis Soil.

Three hundred types used to create Demon Beast.

More than 500 factors and more than 500 lives were completely lost in this moment.

because...

"That person has already been killed."

Fang Li spoke indifferently.

"In front of these eyes, once you've been killed, there's no way you can come back to life."

Upon hearing Fang Li's words, Nero finally realized what was happening.

Not only Nero, but Arcueid also finally discovered it.

I discovered those Ice-Blue Demon Eyes.

The Magic Eye, capable of completely stealing body temperature and directly annihilating life, now stood before the True Ancestor's princess and high-ranking Dead Apostle.

"That is..."

Before Nero could react, Arcueid's crimson eyes suddenly narrowed.

There is no other reason.

It was simply because Arcueid had already seen those eyes once before.

In the very instant he was killed.

From that boy named Tohno Shiki.

Therefore, Arcueid knew this clearly.

Knowing the true nature of those eyes.

"Mystic Eyes of Death Perception..."

Arcueid's dreamlike murmur reached Nero's ears clearly.

"What did you say?"

Nero lost his voice.

"Mystic Eyes of Death Perception?"

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

"How could the Magic Eye of the Age of Gods possibly appear in this world?!"

The Magic Eye isn't such a rare thing in this world.

However, that depends on the level of the Magic Eye.

Ordinary artificial Magic Eye are just Magus ' tricks, and are nothing to Nero, a high-ranking Dead Apostle.

Even the Magic Eye that one is born with, the Magic Eye that are considered Noble Colour cases, cannot be effective against high-ranking Dead Apostle unless it is one of the more powerful parts.

Even those powerful Noble Colour cases are not insurmountable for Dead Apostle like Nero, who ranks tenth among the twenty-seven Ancestors.

Like Arcueid, in fact, this princess of the True Ancestor possessed a pair of powerful Magic Eye that she was born with.

However, it cannot be compared to the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception exist only in the Divine Realm, and Arcueid assessed that, in terms of value alone, they are absolutely no less mysterious than magic.

There are only five such levels of mystery in the entire world, and there are only four users still alive today.

Even the Inherent Skill is merely considered the closest thing to magic; its value cannot compare to that of magic.

However, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception possess that kind of potential.

Such Magic Eye has never been possessed by any extraordinary being, let alone humans.

Even in mythology, the prototype of that prototype was limited to the demon Balor.

Such Magic Eye ...

Such Magic Eye ...

"How could this happen to a human being?"

But...

But...

If it really is the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, wouldn't that explain everything?

Demon Beast?

That's not something that can't be killed.

The Genesis Soil?

That's not something that can't be killed.

666 Beast Factors?

That's not something that can't be killed.

Nero Chaos?

That is not something that cannot be killed either.

Anything that isn't unkillable is as fragile as paper in the face of these Magic Eye.

Just as Fang Li said.

Fang Li merely killed them.

Seeing that Fang Li's Ice-Blue Demon Eyes were still fixed on him, fear finally rose in Nero's heart.

Even Arcueid bit her lip completely.

"There's actually another couple? Are you kidding me?"

Unfortunately, no matter how much you deny it, reality is still reality.

Under the gaze of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, the so-called True Ancestor and Dead Apostle are all things that can be killed.

An immortal life?

It's utterly ridiculous.

"Hateful!"

Nero finally felt the fear of death and growled at Fang Li.

"Humans don't deserve those eyes at all!"

After saying that, Nero immediately prepared to unleash all the remaining beast factors.

In that instant, an accident occurred.

A dark shadow silently approached Nero from behind.

"Pfft—!"

With a tearing sound, crimson blood finally splattered across the sky.