Grand Bomber Makes an Appearance

Just as Horo and Martha, far from the crowd, were locked in fierce battle, Samael turned his gaze back to the heavily wounded Cain. The torch-like Flame Demon Sword immediately lashed out several waves of red-black fire.

Just as the luckless assassin was about to be struck by the demonic flames, the earth beneath him suddenly churned and split apart. A hundred-meter-tall pillar formed from dark red fleshy tendrils emerged from a completed Magic Formation, blocking Cain's path. Its grape-like eyeballs twisted eerily.

Side Eye! Crimson Eye!

In an instant, the wildly converging Aether Tide surged forward. The Flame Demon Sword's fiery radiance seemed to sink into a swamp, meeting fierce resistance before being ground away completely.

At the same time, dozens of violet-red tentacles came whipping down from above or burrowing through the ground, attacking Samael where he stood with shrill whistles and thunderous roars.

A Demon Pillar! Those freakish things under Marduk's command still weren't all dead!

The Ancient Serpent Cross Star Pupils converged. Gripping his sword with both hands, Samael lunged forward. Laevatein slashed left and right, severing the violet-red fleshy tendrils along his path.

Even though these things possessed formidable regenerative abilities, the tendrils, contaminated by the Flame Demon Sword's fire, writhed and shrieked like worms. They did not last long before all their life force was corroded away, turning them to ash that scattered on the wind.

The violet-red pillar of flesh seemed to have suffered considerable damage. It trembled violently as its blinking eyes glared in unison. Several Magic Formations gathered along Samael's path, and the wildly surging magical energy formed a near-tangible Aether Light Flow.

The time of awakening has come! Incineration Style!

In an instant, thousands of violet-red Magic Beams crossed through the air, sealing off all of Samael's routes of movement,