Demon Emperor Raymond was powerful, but Saine was not the slightest bit inferior to him.
The moment he entered combat mode, Saine swiftly activated his Ash Demon True Body and lunged straight at Demon Emperor Raymond with his incomparably formidable physique!
Demon Emperor Raymond's primary weapon was a Purple Longsword that had reached the level of a Top-Grade World-Class Secret Treasure.
This showed just how highly Demon Emperor Raymond was valued within the Evil Tide Civilization. The weapon he wielded was actually on the same level as those used by ordinary Level-8 Late-Stage Demon Emperors.
If the Evil Tide Civilization did not temporarily lack a Civilization Supreme Treasure better suited to him, the three Supremes would likely have made an exception and bestowed a Civilization Supreme Treasure-level item upon him!
Demon Emperor Raymond, gripping the Purple Longsword, met Saine's sudden assault head-on.
Saine had gathered vast amounts of intelligence on Demon Emperor Raymond, but in truth, the Evil Tide Civilization had nearly dug up all of Saine's secrets as well.
For instance, Demon Emperor Raymond before him understood Saine very well. He knew Saine's general trump cards and knew that he excelled at close combat.
Saine was something of an "odd flower" among Wizard Civilization's many mages—he was actually a close-combat mage!
After Demon Emperor Raymond noticed that the Thunder God Fortress Group and the two Dominator-class Mechanical Angels, Icarus and Fumila, were not at Saine's side, he had even less to fear.
When it came to numbers, the Evil Tide Civilization was not inferior to the Wizard Civilization in the slightest.
Aside from King of Monsters Litra serving as his mount, there were no fewer than three Evil Tide Dominators following Demon Emperor Raymond on the surrounding battlefield!
And Demon Emperor Raymond could summon even more reinforcements.
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