"..."
The High-ranking Demon's mask had completely shattered. He stared darkly at the flames burning beside Fang Zheng, undisguised killing intent on his face.
"You have done something irreversible, Knight."
The High-ranking Demon's voice still sounded refined and courteous, yet everyone who heard it could not help but shudder.
"So what?"
Yet Fang Zheng paid no heed to the High-ranking Demon's killing intent. He narrowed his eyes and raised his head, staring at the demon before him with a faintly mocking smile on his lips.
"What can you do about it?"
"...Though I would dearly like to avenge her here, regrettably, it seems my condition today no longer permits me to continue fighting."
As he spoke, the High-ranking Demon looked toward his right hand. It was now utterly mangled, hanging at his side like a tattered rag riddled with holes.
"My apologies. It seems we can only end things here for now. But remember this: we will collect this debt in full someday!"
"You think you can get away?"
"Of course."
As he spoke, the High-ranking Demon raised his left hand. A complex Magic Circle swiftly appeared around him.
"Tenth-tier magic: Time Stop!"
"Click."
At that moment, time stopped.
And yet...
"How is this possible?!"
The High-ranking Demon's eyes widened in astonishment as he looked at his own immobile body.
"How could this..."
"This is how true Time Stop is used, demon."
Dragging the Pitch Black Greatsword behind him, Fang Zheng slowly approached.
"You've got quite the nerve, using Time Stop in front of me... You should understand by now that it is meaningless against me... Well, it doesn't really matter. You're about to die anyway."
"Pfft!"
The Pitch Black Greatsword pierced the demon's chest. In the next instant, blazing flames burst forth from within, engulfing the demon in the