Chapter 1307: Providing Compensation

The six Priests stared at the Demon Lord in disbelief.

They had actually managed to push it back.

For a brief moment, they wanted to celebrate. They had expected the Demon Lord to be powerful, but they hadn’t expected their combined attacks to have such a difficult time suppressing it.

Even after using Holy Water, blessed silver needles, purification techniques, barriers, and Divine Binding together, they had only managed to force it backward.

And yet, they had succeeded.

At least, that was what they thought.

The Demon Lord slowly lowered its head... Then it laughed.

The sound was almost like a growl, but it quickly grew louder until it echoed throughout the entire underground chamber.

Elysara’s expression changed.

"What’s so funny?"

The Demon Lord didn’t answer immediately.

Instead, it looked down at its own body.

The scars covering its body were still clearly visible. Holy energy continued burning several wounds, while the damage to its soul prevented it from recovering completely.

Yet its expression remained calm.

"I haven’t fought like this in a very long time."

Its voice carried a strange sense of excitement.

Caedryn felt something was off as he held his weapon tightly.

"Don’t let your guard down."

The others immediately prepared themselves again.

Asad, however, remained where he was as he also prepared himself to help these priests in case the Demon failed to control itself...

After all, he could tell that something was changing. He could feel it as the master of the Demon Lord.

The demonic energy surrounding the creature was beginning to fluctuate.

At first, the change was subtle.

Then it suddenly exploded.

BOOM!

An enormous wave of demonic energy erupted from the Demon Lord’s body.

The six Priests were forced backward.

"What is happening?!" Orwyn shouted.

The Demon Lord’s body began to change.

Dark energy wrapped around its limbs, covering its enormous frame like a layer of black flames. Its muscles expanded, its bones cracked, and its body rapidly grew larger.

The stone floor beneath its feet shattered.

Its back rose higher and higher until its head nearly reached the ceiling.

The Demon Lord, which had already been enormous, continued growing until it became almost gigantic.

Its arms became thicker, its claws lengthened, and several jagged horns emerged from its head. The wounds covering its body began closing one after another as its demonic energy surged through its flesh.

Even the scars left behind by the Demon Hunters began to disappear.

The six Priests could only stare.

"This..."

Aera’s voice trembled.

The creature standing before them was no longer the same Demon they had been fighting.

It was larger... stronger and far more terrifying.

Asad’s expression became serious.

"So you were still holding back."

The Demon Lord slowly looked toward him.

"Not exactly... I simply couldn’t use this form before."

Asad couldn’t help but feel impressed...

The Demon Lord’s transformation had clearly consumed a tremendous amount of demonic energy, but the result was equally obvious.

Its presence had become far more powerful.

The six Priests immediately felt an overwhelming pressure descend upon them.

Elysara gritted her teeth.

"Everyone, stay together!"

She raised both hands.

"Divine Binding!"

Golden chains immediately appeared around the Demon Lord.

This time, the result was completely different.

The Demon Lord didn’t even stop moving.

It simply reached out and grabbed one of the holy chains.

The chain wrapped around its arm, and while the holy energy burned its flesh, the Demon Lord didn’t even flinch.

It pulled the chains as the entire technique collapsed.

Elysara’s eyes widened.

"What?"

Before she could react, the Demon Lord disappeared.

Its enormous body moved far faster than something of its size should have been capable of moving.

Elysara barely raised her arms before the Demon Lord struck.

BOOM!

A powerful shockwave erupted through the chamber.

Elysara was sent flying across the room.

"Lady Elysara!"

Orwyn immediately created a barrier beneath her.

The golden barrier caught Elysara before she could slam into the wall, but the impact still caused her to cough blood.

The other Priests reacted immediately.

Vaelin released a powerful wave of purification energy while Aera threw several vials of Holy Water toward the Demon Lord.

The bottles shattered against its body.

Holy Water spread across its chest and shoulders, causing smoke to rise from its skin.

The Demon Lord stopped for only a moment.

Then it continued moving.

"It’s not slowing down!" Aera shouted.

Caedryn launched a barrage of blessed silver needles.

The Demon Lord raised its arm and allowed them to strike.

Several needles pierced its flesh.

Holy energy spread through its body.

Yet instead of retreating, the Demon Lord simply grabbed Caedryn by the arm.

Caedryn’s expression turned pale.

"Wait—"

The Demon Lord swung him aside.

Orwyn reacted quickly and created another barrier.

Caedryn crashed into it instead of the stone wall, but the force of the impact still left him injured.

He fell to the ground, coughing heavily.

"Caedryn!"

Miravel immediately rushed toward him.

The Demon Lord turned toward the remaining Priests.

Vaelin’s purification technique intensified as golden light covered the entire chamber, and started pressing against the Demon Lord’s demonic energy.

Meanwhile, Elysara forced herself back onto her feet.

Despite the blood at the corner of her mouth, she raised both hands again.

"Divine Binding!"

More golden chains appeared.

This time, they wrapped around the Demon Lord’s legs, arms, and torso simultaneously.

Aera and Caedryn’s remaining Holy Water was thrown toward it while Miravel focused her holy energy on the creature’s wounds.

For a few seconds, the Demon Lord was completely surrounded.

The six Priests pushed themselves to their limits.

Then the Demon Lord roared.

The sound shook the entire chamber, and the six Priests were sent flying, almost making them pass out!

Still, despite their injuries, none of them had died.

That was because the Demon Lord was still following Asad’s command.

Asad looked around the chamber.

The once orderly training facility had been turned into a battlefield.

The floor was covered in cracks, several defensive formations had been damaged, and the six Priests were scattered across the room, all of them injured.

"Well done... I finally got a good look at its strength. I will reward the six of you! Tell me what you want..."

As he said this, Asad handed them two vials of potions each. Needless to say, they were something they could drink to recover...

As Aera accepted the potions, she looked at Asad carefully and asked once more.

"C-can we really ask for anything?"