Facing the Demon God

Baron hovered in the air, his eyes flashing with a scarlet light, almost like the eyes of those corrupted Beast.

The black-robed figure sitting on the Bone Throne was shrouded in thick black mist, making it impossible for Xiwen and Helena to see his face clearly. However, a sense of contempt and mockery seemed to emanate clearly from his face within that black mist.

The man looked at the Bloody Baron, who was still struggling, with disdain, and was about to completely assimilate him!

Suddenly, a curved blade covered in snake scales pierced through the illusion and flew straight to Baron.

The instant the scimitar flew to his side, Baron's eyes seemed to regain some clarity, causing the crimson light to fade temporarily.

Then, he struggled to grasp the hilt of the scimitar and slashed fiercely at the figure sitting on the throne.

"Hehe."

A cold, indifferent laugh came from the throne.

The man simply raised his withered hand, and the scimitar in Baron's hand trembled violently as if it were about to slip from his grasp.

In such violent trembling, Baron had no way to control it, and therefore could not launch an attack on the figure on the throne.

The withered hand showed no intention of letting Baron off the hook, and gently clenched its fist.

As the hand clenched into a withered fist, the knife in Baron's hand suddenly stopped trembling. It was as if it had been freed, and a soft white light surrounded it, making it even more ethereal and indescribable, just like Helena's soul state at the moment she resolved her obsession.

However, this time, without Xiwen by his side to stop time, the scimitar that had accompanied Baron for thousands of years and was forged by one of the Founders of Hogwarts quickly turned into scattered points of light and disappeared, going to another dimension.

Baron stared in horror as the scimitar in his hand was forcibly dispelled. His fighting spirit was completely gone, and the scarlet light in his pupils became more and more obvious, as if it was about to take over his already little remaining clarity.

Just then, a pure white light shone through the forest, illuminating the dark space—

This is a spell from Kamar-Taj, the Light of Nirvalon! It is a mysterious ray of light that evolved from a sea of light called Nirvalon in a previous universe of Xiwen, and it has the power to dispel darkness and reverse illusions.

Xiwen once used a weakened and simplified version of the Light of Nirvalon in Nagini's Serpent Cave as a simple illumination spell, and even that version produced an extremely bright light.

The current Light of Nirvalon is the complete, unsimplified version. This pure white and bright light dispels the surrounding black mist and dark energy, bringing rare light to the forest.

Taking this opportunity, the red light in Baron's eyes briefly faded again, which allowed him to regain some rationality and turn around to look at the figure that had suddenly appeared behind him.

A transparent figure with black hair and black eyes was seen floating in the dense forest, with two golden, mysterious halos constantly rotating on his wrist.

The figure, dressed in simple white robes, looked less like a wizard and more like a traveler from another land.

Upon seeing this figure, Baron's expression did not relax; instead, he called out with a look of doubt:

"Strange, why was it you who saved me?!"

"You're overthinking it. I didn't do this to save you," Xiwen chuckled, speaking calmly. Then, he looked at the figure on the Bone Throne, his expression turning grave. "I acted for the sake of this Demon God."

Helena also appeared beside Xiwen, coldly saying to Baron, "You can leave now. Don't hold us back."

"I..." Baron's expression turned excited for a moment when he saw Helena, but after hearing her words, it turned dejected, and in the end, he didn't say anything.

But Baron also didn't leave the forest, and it's unclear what he was waiting for.

"This light is quite interesting." Suddenly, the being sitting on the Bone Throne spoke. "It can actually restrain my abilities to some extent."

His voice wasn't as hoarse and gloomy as Xiwen had imagined; instead, it was a very magnetic male voice, with some textured bubbly sounds.

Upon hearing the words from that person, Xiwen solemnly asked, "Are you the Demon God who wants to invade Earth?"

"Oh? You even know that?" the Demon God said with interest. "So you've come to stop me?"

His face was shrouded in a thick black mist, which even the Light of Nirvalon could not dispel. Only his eyes shrouded in the mist emitted a red light that pierced through the black fog, giving off a chilling aura.

Xiwen silently activated his All-Seeing Eye, carefully examining the energy fluctuations throughout his body, ready to fight or flee at any moment.

Immediately, Xiwen breathed a deep sigh of relief.

"You are not the true Demon God, at least not his true form," Xiwen said in a deep voice. "Your aura is far less powerful than that of the Demon God I know. So I guess you are just a projection or incarnation of the Demon God. In that case, you shouldn't have truly broken free from that seal yet, right?"

"You're right! I didn't have time to break free of the seal. I'm just using the negative emotions of this world to project a shadow into it to facilitate my actions." The Demon God didn't refute Xiwen's words, but his tone subtly turned cold as he said in a chilling voice, "But who says a shadow can't deal with a few ants like you?"

"Now that you know so many secrets, there's no way I can let you live in this world!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the Demon God on the Bone Throne suddenly moved!

With a sudden wave of his hand, a deep black curtain swept from the throne toward Xiwen. As the curtain drew closer, both Xiwen and Helena felt their magic power becoming uncontrollable.

"Damn it, it's that Dark Barrier that suppresses the flow of magic again!" Xiwen gritted his teeth in frustration, then turned to Helena and shouted, "Helena, use the Mirror Dimension I taught you!"

Ever since obtaining the details of the Demon God's spell from that dim-witted black wizard with dark circles under his eyes, Xiwen had been constantly researching how to deal with it, and the Mirror Dimension was one of the methods Xiwen had envisioned to counter this barrier.

Helena nodded emphatically, and slowly extended her two slender hands forward.

Then, the magnificent blue gem on the Ravenclaw's Diadem she wore on her head shone brightly, channeling a vast and powerful magical force into Helena's hands. This force formed a ripple, like countless shattered mirrors, that surged toward the direction from which the black veil was sweeping.

The black curtains collided silently with the transparent, shattered ripples of the mirror, and the two were instantly locked in a stalemate.

The Demon God on the Bone Throne let out a soft "Eh," seemingly surprised by the power that could rival his barrier.

He then waved his hand again, and more black curtains surged out from behind the throne, joining the barrier power that was confronting the mirror ripples.

The balance of the battle was suddenly broken, and the Mirror Dimension was rapidly retreating back towards Xiwen and Helena!

"Stephen, hurry, I can't hold on much longer!" Helena said urgently to Xiwen.

Meanwhile, Xiwen was not idle either. He had already silently recited a long string of obscure and difficult-to-understand incantations. Then, the Rings of Raggadorr on his right wrist turned into a grayish-black color with an evil aura.

As Helena's voice faded, Xiwen suddenly opened his eyes and pointed to the curtain with his right hand, which was surrounded by a gray-black halo.

The next moment, the large black curtain silently came to a stop, which gave the Mirror Dimension the momentum to move forward once again.

This scene even surprised the Demon God sitting on the Bone Throne, who turned his head for the first time to look at the point where the two barriers collided.

Then, he stood up from his seat and slowly walked towards where Xiwen was.

"I never expected you could affect my Dark Barrier. Could you be a descendant of one of my followers from back then?" The Demon God's face, hidden in the black mist, revealed a hint of curiosity as he silently extended a withered hand towards Xiwen, seemingly trying to draw upon some of the power within him.

Only then was Xiwen able to grasp the full extent of this Demon God's power.

A face shrouded in black mist, clad in a black robe, with countless skulls entangled around the hem of the robe. These skulls howled and rolled, seemingly trying to drag the Demon God into hell, but they had no effect on him whatsoever.

A dark black cloak billowed behind him, and behind the cloak, the faint shadow of a scythe could be seen, exuding a heavy and oppressive aura.

The Demon God walked to the boundary between the Dark Barrier and the power of the Mirror Dimension, and stretched out his withered palm to Xiwen, silently sensing Xiwen's power.

However, he lowered his hand after raising it halfway through the air, and then muttered to himself, "No, no... You are just a soul, you can't possibly have the capacity to contain my power."

"So that means you were able to borrow or imitate this energy similar to mine from somewhere, right?" The Demon God asked with a magnetic laugh, full of curiosity.

Upon hearing the Demon God's speculation, Xiwen fell silent.

The Demon God was right. Although Xiwen had deduced some of the uses of this Dark Barrier through Sukano's notes, he was unable to truly control it due to the lack of a corresponding energy source.

The reason he was able to stop the movement of those black curtains this time was because Xiwen borrowed energy from Dimensional Demon God. The demon Demon God he was connected to had a similar type of ability and energy form to the one in front of him, so he could barely use this energy to influence the movement of the Dark Barrier.

Seeing Xiwen fall silent, the Demon God in front of him chuckled knowingly.

Then, he took the scythe, which exuded a heavy and oppressive aura, from behind his cloak and slashed at Xiwen.

In an instant, a purplish-black blade of light shot out from where the scythe was swung, instantly cleaving the slowly moving ripples of the Mirror Dimension in two, and then continued its momentum towards Xiwen and Helena.

Xiwen felt immense pressure coming from the front. The energy within this blade of light was specifically designed to target the soul, and he deeply felt that if it touched him, his entire Soul Body might be severely injured!

However, it was too fast, and the already not-so-agile soul form could hardly dodge it. Moreover, with Helena by Xiwen side, it was even less likely that he would abandon her and hide to the side.

It seems the only option is to take this Demon God blade of light head-on!