"In terms of toughness, you're indeed quite impressive."
Seeing Flame Duke still trying to heal his wounds, Shin said with a smile. His attacks appeared simple, but they were actually the most fundamental form of attack—abandoning every flashy technique and relying purely on superior power to crush his opponent.
It was the most brainless fighting style, but also the most unbeatable method against someone weaker than oneself.
Even by drawing upon the power of the entire layer of hell, Flame Duke could only slow the spread of the silver wounds. The despair of inching bit by bit toward death was something even devils could not endure.
"Damn it, where did a human like you come from?!" Flame Duke roared in fury as a blaze ignited in his hand. It was the condensation of his remaining power, and paired with his enraged expression, he looked as though he were about to make one final desperate stand.
Someone unfamiliar with devilish habits might truly have been deceived by this display. But anyone who knew what devils were like would only sneer at such a desperate act.
Devils would risk mutual destruction to fight you to the death? Don't joke. The moment they knew they could not win, they would first choose an escape route.
Flame Duke was a devil, and a high-ranking one at that. The nature of devils ran even deeper in him. As his eyes shifted, he was already considering what method he could use to hide himself from detection.
In the Abyss, high-ranking devils and demons were extremely difficult to kill. They kept resurrection methods that you could never anticipate in reserve, and combined with the Abyss's own characteristics, even if you killed one on the surface, so long as you did not completely destroy that layer of the