"Cero—"
Terrifying dark green light instantly flooded the sky. Achill gave the broad black wings on his back a gentle beat, and his figure abruptly shot another thousand meters into the air.
"Tch! I got a little carried away! I almost forgot—" His murky eyes coldly watched the bedraggled figure blasted out of the sea of dark green light. A bloodthirsty, icy smile curled his lips as Achill tipped his head back and laughed with savage arrogance. "External magic attacks are practically useless against a Demon Slayer Mage who can devour magic power and make it his own!!! Hahaha! I let my guard down a little too much—"
"Whoom—" In the distance, after being blasted backward a considerable distance, 'Achill' finally gave the black bat wings on his back a fierce beat and barely managed to stop!!
But he looked utterly wretched now. Not only had half his flowing black hair been blasted away, leaving the rest a tangled mess, but the magic power scattered by the explosion had also carved over a hundred hideous slashes across his exposed chest, which was covered in strange black markings!!
Although his demonized body would not shed a single drop of blood no matter how many wounds he suffered unless someone killed him outright, not bleeding did not mean he felt no pain!! The tearing agony throughout his body nearly drove him mad! Yet what truly filled him with resentment and fury was his head!! Of the two curved black demon horns that had once stood proudly atop it, only one and a half remained!! Why one and a half, you ask?? Oh, take a look at Achill's left hand, and you would probably understand~
A pointed piece of black horn was clenched tightly in his left palm, held as casually as a