Grant Me "Death"!

"Plan?"

When Roa uttered that word, the first to react was Nero, who had been silently standing aside, constantly unleashing his beastly power.

At that moment, Nero turned his head to look at Roa, and as if to confirm, spoke in a cold voice.

"If you do that, the church and even the association will not let you go. They will do everything in their power to eliminate you. Are you prepared for that?"

If someone familiar with Nero saw this, they would surely be astonished.

After all, the Dead Apostle, who regarded life as worthless and carried no human emotions like a machine, and ranked tenth among the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, actually spoke up to warn them because of one thing.

It's easy to imagine how serious the consequences of this incident will be.

However, Roa couldn't care less about that anymore.

"Anyway, once I get Bai Ji, I won't be able to handle either the Church's hounds or the Association's trash!"

Roa clenched his fists, his expression turning terrifying.

"You stay here and buy me some time, don't try anything funny!"

After leaving those words, Roa suddenly turned around and, with astonishing physical abilities, leaped into the air and landed on the roof of the unfinished building.

Fang Li, who was charging through the beast horde, clearly saw this scene.

"You were the one who invited me here, and now you're abandoning the person who invited you and leaving alone. What kind of etiquette is that?"

"You've lived eight hundred years, you've really wasted your life like a dog."

Upon hearing this, Fang Li immediately wanted to chase after him.

However, at that moment, the surrounding herd of beasts suddenly stopped, causing the ferocious beasts that were rushing towards Fang Li to halt their movements.

Immediately afterwards, the ferocious beasts suddenly transformed into clumps of black mud, which gathered together to form a jet-black mudslide that surged toward Fang Li.

The pitch-black mudslide, as it churned and rolled, even obscured the sky above the construction site.

Fang Li's pair of Ice-Blue Demon Eyes flashed suddenly, but without the slightest hesitation, he charged forward to meet the surging mudslide.

The Moon Blade in his hand, following the crack-like Death Lines, transformed once again into a rushing silver light and slashed across.

"Pfft—!"

With a tearing sound like ripping silk, the dark mudslide was like a broken wave, brutally cleaved in two.

The previously obscured sky above the construction site was once again exposed to Fang Li's view.

However, Roa's figure had completely disappeared.

Instead, on the roof of the unfinished building, a high-ranking Dead Apostle dressed in a black coat stood facing the wind, looking down at Fang Li.

His face, as cold as steel, showed only indifference.

Looking at Nero, who was blocking the direction where Roa had disappeared, Fang Li narrowed his eyes and met Nero's gaze.

"Are you planning to stop me?" Fang Li asked. "Can you do it in your current state?"

Nero remained silent.

Because Nero knew very well.

If I were to face what the Fang Li say now, I would only face certain death.

"A portion of my power was taken by Roa, and I killed off a significant amount of the beastly factors within me, so I cannot recover."

"How much fighting strength do you have left now?"

This is Nero's current situation.

If Nero at his peak was a high-ranking Dead Apostle, ranking tenth among the twenty-seven ancestors, then the current Nero could probably defeat even the weakest ancestor.

Although it was still far more powerful than a regular vampire, it no longer posed a threat to Fang Li.

If we categorize by the levels of the Main God Space, Nero was undoubtedly at the Third Level.

However, Nero now probably only has combat power at the limit of the Fourth Level, right?

That's enough to deal with ordinary opponents.

But against Fang Li, who was almost overturned even in his prime, Nero has absolutely no chance of winning now.

But...

What's the point of saying these things now?

Nero said this.

His voice was filled with resentment and humiliation.

"You must have noticed my situation by now, right?" Nero said with a self-deprecating laugh. "It's not just that 'Snake' has taken away a portion of my power; he's also taken control of the Inherent Skill within me."

Nero's Inherent Skill was actually given to him by Professor Roa in the beginning.

Because, like Roa, Nero was a Magus before becoming Dead Apostle.

Hundreds of years ago, Roa and Nero had already met.

At that time, Roa gave Nero the magic closest to magic, namely the Inherent Skill: Beast King's Den, allowing Nero to possess 666 lives, become Chaos, and ultimately become the tenth of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors of the Dead Apostle.

Since this Inherent Skill was given to Nero by Roa, Roa naturally had a way to take control of it.

However, in order to prevent the world from correcting his own Inherent Skill, Nero buried the Beast King's Den inside his body, making it his own.

In other words, by controlling the Inherent Skill, Roa had essentially taken control of Nero's body.

Just like you said, I've had everything taken away from me!

Nero finally let out an angry roar.

"I will never forget this humiliation!"

"You boy who is destined to die! Come and kill me!"

"I, Nero Chaos, am not someone to be manipulated by lowly fraudsters!"

Nero, who had let out such a roar, howled to the sky again.

"Bang—!"

A muffled explosion suddenly rang out from under Nero's coat.

Immediately, countless streams of black mud surged out from under Nero's coat, covering his entire body and causing it to swell up suddenly.

In the next instant, the black mud solidified into shape.

On the roof of that unfinished building, Nero's original form was no longer visible; he had completely transformed into a human-shaped beast.

"————Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch———"

A deafening howl echoed through the sky.

In that instant, Nero transformed all the remaining beastly essence within him into his own body.

"Give me 'death'!"

"Nanaya Fang Li!"

The high-ranking Dead Apostle named Nero let out a final roar, shattering the buildings beneath his feet, and shot out like a meteor, hurtling towards Fang Li.

Seeing this, Fang Li closed his eyes slightly.

When it opened its eyes again, there was no longer a trace of emotion within.

The Ice-Blue Demon Eyes were extremely ruthless.

"As you wish."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Li to meet the oncoming beast.

The blade flashed silently.

"Pfft—!"

A second later, the sound of a sharp blade piercing a human body rang out clearly throughout the construction site.

Then, a deathly silence fell.