This was the terrifying mutant formed by combining a Balor with Demon King Molten Maw.
His body was more than twice the size of an ordinary Balor. Bright golden scales covered him from head to toe, each engraved with intricate demonic runes that radiated scorching light. Two curved horns rose from his forehead, pure white flames gathering at their tips.
His wings spanned over a hundred meters, like two enormous sheets of golden fire. White patterns flowed slowly across their membranes in the light.
His eyes had also changed from dark red to golden white, with white flames burning in his pupils.
The abyssal fire within him had undergone a qualitative transformation.
From an offshoot of Chaos Flame, it had evolved into a more advanced, independent form of energy.
But Zul knew this was not enough.
The abyssal energy supplied by hundreds of thousands of demons far exceeded what his previous advancement had required. The energy from Molten Maw alone equaled the combined total of tens of thousands of mid- and low-level demons.
With the talents of dozens of commander-level demons and thousands of high-level demons collected and fused as well, Zul's strength now far surpassed that of an ordinary Level-Six Demon King.
Zul sank his consciousness into the deepest reaches of his soul.
The Chaos Flame pulsed gently, surrounded by an ocean of condensed abyssal energy.
He began directing the Chaos Flame to refine the remaining abyssal energy a second time. The ocean of energy surged, boiled,
and collapsed inward.
Impurities were stripped away layer by layer, fragments of laws were rearranged, and useful talents were integrated one by one.
Four hours later.
Zul opened his eyes. At the core of his soul, a flame of soulfire containing all the condensed essence shone brilliantly.
The instant it came into