After they entered, the Purgatory creatures hidden beneath the sand began to move, surrounding the two high-ranking demons' hiding place from all directions.
The high-ranking demon had only just reacted when Thomas's Hunter Blade was already before him. He twisted aside, but the blade was too fast and still sliced open his shoulder. He looked down at the wound and saw smoke rising from around it. There was something on that blade.
"Demon hunter..." it gritted out hatefully.
Thomas gave it no chance to speak. His second strike was already upon it.
The other high-ranking demon tried to launch a sneak attack from the side, but the moment it took a step, the sand beneath its feet suddenly collapsed. A massive Abyss Chewer burst from underground and clamped down on its leg.
It screamed. Before it could steady itself, Karim's scorpion tail had already arrived.
Twelve scorpion tails pierced its body at once. Their venomous stingers penetrated its armor and stabbed into its organs, venom flooding in through the wounds.
Its eyes instantly bloodshot, it opened its mouth to scream, but the venom had already corroded its throat.
Three seconds later, it collapsed to the ground, twitched, and fell still.
The other high-ranking demon's expression changed completely at the sight. It turned to flee, but Thomas's Hunter Blade had already pierced into its back and emerged from its chest.
It looked down at the bloodied tip of the blade protruding from its chest and opened its mouth.
Thomas pulled out the blade, and it pitched headfirst onto the ground.
Karim climbed out of the sandpit and brushed the sand from his body.
"Two."
Thomas sheathed his blade.
"Let's go. Next one."
Ice Valley.
Elena stood at the mouth of the valley, looking at the snow-covered gorge ahead.
This was the