Eerie Changes

"What?"

Huang Long lay on the ground, completely bewildered. He stared wide-eyed at the Doom Guard Azzinoth, unable to understand what he meant.

"As a member of the Night Elf faction, you should have known long ago that I, the Doom Guard Azzinoth, died at the hands of the demon hunter Yudian, right?" Azzinoth revealed a cold sneer and looked at Huang Long with venomous hatred, as though Huang Long himself were that utterly evil demon hunter, Yudian.

Yudian's originally refined and handsome face had become incomparably savage, filled with intense hatred.

"Back then, I was just like you. I loved using schemes to toy with my enemies. I believed that brute force alone was worthless, and that only wisdom was the path of a king. But all of that was shattered by Yudian. From the very beginning, I fought him with wits, until that bastard Yudian grew tired of it. In the end, he charged alone into the ranks of my Burning Legion and forcibly beheaded me amid countless soldiers with his own strength. My lifetime's glory was utterly destroyed in that moment."

The Doom Guard Azzinoth strolled toward Huang Long. By then, he had regained his calm.

"And he used that very fact to prove to me that before absolute strength, any scheme or trick is so utterly fragile!" The Doom Guard Azzinoth suddenly burst into laughter, as though he had understood something in that instant.

"So the beliefs I upheld for so many years were all fucking garbage. Those wondrous tactics I spent so long devising were nothing but fleeting smoke. I schemed for an entire lifetime, only for it all to end in emptiness."

Having said that, the Doom Guard Azzinoth looked at Huang Long with bloodshot eyes, the brutality in them flickering without end.

"All of this was bestowed upon me by your Night Elf faction's Yudian. He destroyed my beliefs, so I will take revenge! Revenge on all his people! You will be the first. I will make you understand the terror of having your beliefs shattered. I will make you experience it!"

He was insane. This guy was absolutely insane!

That thought flashed through Huang Long's mind. It was impossible for him not to be nervous, but the pain coursing through his body made his mind increasingly clear.

Huang Long knew perfectly well what would happen once demonic energy entered the body.

Once demonic energy entered the body, either it would spiral out of control and ravage the body freely until it exploded, or one would endure its fusion and ultimately become demonized, losing all reason. From then on, there would be only killing intent and brutality in one's heart, turning one into a demonic monster that knew only slaughter.

Huang Long wanted neither outcome, because once he crossed that line, he would rather die than become a monster that knew nothing but killing.

What do I do? What do I do? Huang Long screamed inwardly, utterly at a loss.

"Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz!"

Several crisp sounds suddenly rang out. Almost instantly, several lights flared from Huang Long's body, which had been shrouded in dense purple demonic energy.

Faintly, several rays of light emerged—blue, green, and red—competing with the purple of the demonic energy as they fought wildly for their own territory within Huang Long's body.

The blue came from the frost energy derived from Huang Long's Frozen Frost Star skill.

The green came from the death energy possessed by Death Coil, that Arrow of Death.

The red came from Pain Arrow, carried by Huang Long's Crown of the Death Lord. The power of pain was one of the seven primordial forces of sin, and its might was terrifying.

"What?" Seeing this, the Doom Guard Azzinoth revealed a shocked expression. He stared in astonishment at Huang Long, whose body was displaying such bizarre phenomena, and for a moment failed to react.

"Strange. How can a single living being possess three powers with different attributes? This is simply unbelievable!"

"Sizzle! Sizzle!" Waves of corrosive sounds immediately rang out from Huang Long's body. The four energies each occupied half of his body. The strongest and most abundant purple demonic energy directly took control of one half, while the other three powers, which had originally belonged to Huang Long, occupied the other half according to their respective strengths. They faced each other in stalemate, neither side able to overcome the other.

"What a strange kid. I knew from the beginning that you were extraordinary. Now it seems you truly have some secrets." The Doom Guard Azzinoth watched the abnormalities on Huang Long's body with a thoughtful look, his eyes narrowing slightly as he muttered.

By then, the intense pain had caused Huang Long to completely lose consciousness. He had fallen asleep. If he had remained awake, he likely would not have been able to endure such agony.

Between heaven and earth, it seemed that only those four energies remained, endlessly twisting and entangling. The red, green, and blue energies faintly formed an alliance, jointly resisting the invasion of the strongest purple demonic energy. For a time, the purple demonic energy could no longer hold out and was forced back step by step. At this rate, the chances of victory for the three energies greatly increased, and the defeat of the purple demonic energy was nearly certain.

Just then, a pained expression appeared on the Doom Guard Azzinoth's face.

"Roar!" A tremendous roar erupted from the depths of his throat, and his face instantly turned pale.

"Yudian, why aren't you dead yet?" The Doom Guard Azzinoth's face filled with horror as he screamed in terror, as though he had sensed some great danger.

After that roar, a dark green flame surged from the Doom Guard Azzinoth's body once more. The demonic markings covering his face completely faded away, revealing the handsome face of the demon hunter Yudian again. His two Demon Eyes, filled with an evil aura, instantly became even brighter.

Yet that refined face now bore an angry expression. A different voice emerged from his mouth, and it was the voice of the original demon hunter Yudian.

"What are you? Why are you occupying my body?"

"Bastard, you should have died without a doubt! How can you still be alive inside this body?" Purple demonic energy surged forth again, instantly obscuring the dark green flames.

"Haha! As the strongest demon hunter, how could I, Yudian, die so easily? Who exactly are you? Why are you inside my body, and why do you dare to try to take it from me?" The demon hunter Yudian took form again. The savagery on his face faded, and he returned to his usual calm demeanor as he spoke disdainfully.

"Haha, Yudian, I never expected you to forget me. I truly never expected it. The peerless god of slaughter, the demon hunter Yudian, so proud of himself, has actually forgotten an old enemy like me. Are you playing with me?" Purple demonic energy spread again, and the vicious voice reappeared.

"Playing with you? Don't think so highly of yourself. I have no time to play with you. You bastard, get out of my body right now, or I will make your soul scatter and vanish!" Yudian's voice rang out. Compared to the vicious voice from before, Yudian's tone was calm, showing not the slightest concern despite someone else trying to seize his body.

"Roar!" "Yudian, I never expected you to still be this arrogant! You want me to leave this body? Fine. As long as you can destroy my soul, you can get rid of me completely! But can you?" The Doom Guard Azzinoth's voice was exceedingly arrogant.

Compared to Yudian, the Doom Guard Azzinoth's soul was far stronger. The demon hunter Yudian had been summoned into this world anew by Huang Long, so his initial strength had been only Level 0. Though his soul power came from an ancient soul, it had long been badly damaged. Even after a long period of leveling up, Yudian's soul had only reached Level 6.

The Doom Guard Azzinoth, however, was different. Although he had died once in that world, his soul had been completely preserved within the Warglaives of Azzinoth, where it fell into a long slumber. Though the passage of time from ancient days to the present had drained away more than half its power, it still possessed Level 7 soul power, making it much stronger than the demon hunter Yudian.

Although the demon hunter Yudian possessed the advantage of being on home ground, that advantage was far from obvious. Forget completely driving the Doom Guard Azzinoth from his body—even seizing control of the body was no easy matter.

"Damn it!" Within the sea of consciousness inside the demon hunter's body, a demon hunter Yudian shrunken countless times over frowned tightly, deeply troubled. The guy occupying his body was simply too shameless, actually resorting to such shameless tactics. After all, the body belonged to Yudian no matter what. If Azzinoth occupied it, he would profit; even if he failed, he would lose nothing.

The most effective method would be to destroy the body, but that was even more impossible.

The demon hunter Yudian was caught in a deep dilemma. In a battle of attrition between souls, he was absolutely no match for the soul before him. Yet he had no other effective means to drive it out, and making it leave on its own was even more impossible.

Thus, trapped in such a dangerous situation, the demon hunter Yudian was truly at his wits' end...