Balor's Self-Immolation Explosion

"Hahahaha! Red Dragon, I feel it! The Abyss is watching me! My revenge is almost complete!"

"Ascend, sublimate!"

The Fallen Giant laughed wildly, though he looked rather miserable at the moment.

He trembled violently, and a dazzling yellow light burst from his eyes and ears. The cracks in his skin widened, from which a ghostly light from the Abyss emanated and billowing black mist spread.

A chaotic and spectacular force destroys its body and then reshapes it.

Finally, shrouded in black mist, the giant tore off his original skin and flesh, pulled out his complicated internal organs, completely abandoned his original identity as Frost Giant, transformed himself into nourishment for the Abyss, and then used the most chaotic Abyssal Energy to construct a new body—a demon.

That was a pure demon.

The giant, or rather the demon, had fleshy wings spread from its back and horns growing from its head.

His body was a bright red, like exposed flesh.

He gently waved his arms, his right hand drawing a giant whip engulfed in raging flames from the void, while his left hand retrieved a crackling Storm Sword from the chaos.

"Keosius, I will kill you."

The demon grinned maliciously and spoke each word clearly.

His face was filled with boundless hatred and rage.

Just like the infamous "Ship of Theseus" paradox, after replacing all body parts with Abyss matter, the former Koman may have completely disappeared, and the current existence is just a newborn demon that retains Koman's memories.

[The newly born Balor - Koman]

Challenge Rating: 18 (20000xp) Keosius stared at the reborn demon before him.

"Balor?"

Balor are the most powerful demons in the Abyss besides the myriad lords. As ancient and terrifying representatives of evil, they command the demon army and are considered the pinnacle that every demon soldier yearns to reach.

The energy within the Balor in front of me was extremely unstable, like a bomb that could explode at any moment. It was likely a temporary form created by sacrificing lives—not as powerful as the real Balor in the Abyss.

Even so, the existence behind Koman that could grant the Fallen Giant temporary Balor powers is by no means simple.

It could even be a Devil Lord.

This also made Keosius a little wary. He didn't take this newly born Balor seriously, but the Devil Lord controlled everything behind the scenes, the "Revenge Devil," was a mysterious and extremely dangerous existence to him.

What are you waiting for?

"Red Dragon, are you afraid?"

Balor roared and lashed out his flaming whip, attempting to entwine the Red Dragon's neck.

Under normal circumstances, once the Flaming Whip hits an enemy, he can use his powerful physical strength to pull the opponent towards his own flame-covered body and attack at will.

Unfortunately, the enemy he faced was no ordinary person.

Keosius easily grasped the Flame Whip, a look of astonishment on his face.

"Has the Abyss torrent damaged your brain? You actually dared to try and compete with a Red Dragon in fire and strength?"

Balor gripped the long whip tightly, trying to pull it out, but no matter how hard he tried, the flaming whip remained motionless.

The other end was firmly held by the Red Dragon's giant claws.

The scorching flames that were extremely dangerous to mortals were nothing to Keosius, not even as much as the aftershocks of his sleep.

"What a ridiculous tactic."

Instead, it was Keosius who suddenly exerted force.

Caught off guard, Balor was dragged in front of the Red Dragon by that terrifying force.

"Keosius, you're asking for death!"

Balor roared, his left-hand Storm Sword crackling with lightning, and slashed straight at the Red Dragon's neck.

However, the Red Dragon's body was crackling with even denser arcs of electricity, and the lightning from the Storm Sword was completely absorbed by his [Storm Echo Body], which instead allowed him to summon even more powerful lightning.

Suddenly, a thunderbolt struck from the clear sky.

"Boom!"

The Balor trembled violently as it was struck, its body charred black.

Keosius gripped his flaming whip tightly, flung the Balor into the air, and then slammed it hard into the ground.

"Boom!"

"Is this what you call revenge?"

Keosius's lips twitched slightly. The Balor in front of him wielded fire and lightning, similar to his own abilities, but weaker in each—it was practically a natural punching bag specially made for him.

While talking, Keosius's hands never stopped moving.

The Red Dragon's muscles were taut as it slammed the Balor into the ground repeatedly, creating several human-shaped craters.

"Enough!"

Balor finally freed himself from the long whip that was wrapped around his hand, breaking free from the endless cycle of being smashed.

He struggled to his feet, his eyes blazing with barely contained rage.

This was utter humiliation! His enemy, that Red Dragon, was treating him like a plaything!

Balor, as the highest-ranking demon in the Abyss, has more than just these abilities.

Koman instinctively wanted to utter Blasphemous Words, but considering that the Red Dragon in front of him was most likely Chaotic Evil being, he gritted his teeth and stopped. He didn't want to be easily manipulated by the other party again.

"I will grant you the madness of the Abyss!"

Then, Balor's eyes unleashed a chaotic Abyss light, unleashing its innate Spell-like Abilities.

Soul- Soul Drain

This spell contains the chaotic spirit of the Abyss. Being hit by it will halve one's perception and may even drive one into complete madness. This is a spell that Balor only uses when facing an invincible enemy.

However, before he could unleash his Spell-like Abilities, a glimmer of illusion flashed in Keosius's eyes.

Tiamat's Terrifying Illusion

Suddenly, a terrifying five-colored, five-headed dragon appeared before the Balor, letting out Earth-Shattering roar, with flames, frost, acid, and lightning pouring out from its five heads.

"No, that's impossible."

"You can't summon a real god!"

Balor gritted his teeth. Although he saw through the illusion, those terrifying breaths had already materialized in his mind, causing various wounds to appear on his huge, twisted body.

The moment the illusion dissipates—

Keosius had already appeared before Balor.

The dragon crystal on his chest shimmered with a blinding light, white smoke spewed from its pores, and a blazing white pillar of high-temperature fire shot out from his mouth.

However, this was not the end. The Red Dragon opened its jaws even wider, and two rows of brilliant flames emerged from its neck and tail. The dragon crystal on its chest was filled with the light of the flames, and the blazing white pillar of fire went even further, with its outer flames even tinged with a slight blue.

That's Maximized Flame Breath!

"Boom!"

Within a few breaths, the pillar of fire pierced through the chest of the Balor, instantly vaporizing his beating, evil heart.

Despite having extremely high resistance to fire, the Red Dragon's powerful breath attack far exceeded his limits.

Balor stared at the Red Dragon with resentment, his eyes filled with hatred.

No, no

"It shouldn't be like this."

His body swayed violently, his arms slightly raised, trying to use the last of his strength to entangle the enemy, but his life was like a candle flickering in the wind, his body was almost exhausted.

Keosius simply nimbly retreated a few steps, then directly cast the Dragon Spell [Shelter Egg], creating a Dragon Egg egg-shaped Alternate Dimension, and disappeared from the Prime Material Plane amidst the flickering magical light.

"No--"

"My revenge is not over yet, come back to me!"

The Balor let out a heart-wrenching roar, its eyes filled with despair.

His mouth, nose, and eyes emitted extremely bright flashes of light, which flickered continuously and eventually covered his entire body, making his huge and ferocious body look like a time bomb.

The next moment, the death of Balor triggered an extremely terrifying explosion.

"Boom!"

With a deafening roar, terrifying heat obliterated everything around it. Demons, rocks, trees, and anything else were reduced to ashes in this cataclysmic explosion. Half a hillside was razed to the ground, and the fires of the Abyss burned fiercely on the white earth.

The powerful airflow spread for miles, its force causing the Anstica Mountains to tremble and shake.

This is the [Self-Immolation Explosion], the most spectacular phenomenon caused by the death of Balor, the grandest firework set off by a great demon with his life.

However, this grand fireworks display lacked its most important audience: the one seeking revenge had the foresight to travel to an unreachable Alternate Dimension long ago.