Chapter 64_ Demon Slayer (3)

Seeing both the figures of Lexus and Nevartan, Baal— a pinnacle existence, laughed like he saw an absurd situation. As Baal was so focused on Lexus whose harassing him from the back of Nevartan, he didn't noticed or to be exact, he ignored the emergence of the undead summons.

Seeing the desperate situation of his master, Mumud starts conjuring his magic power to blast Baal with a magic spell that could cause significant amount of damage. Ainz also did the same as Mumud while Igris immediately pulled out his sword.

"Tch, small fries."

Baal smirked at the undead trio that attacked him from all direction. The three were so slow in his eyes. In the first place, their level were so low compared to his.

Just with his demonic aura alone, they were knocked back by thousands of kilometers, pulling a far distance away from Baal and they took a large amount of damage. Summoning them again, Igris immediately spun around after being summoned again and fearlessly ran towards Baal.

"Those weak things are starting to annoy me."

Baal grumbled with a grin as he looked at the tenacious undead creatures. Seeing that Baal was distracted even for just a very short moment, Lexus didn't miss the chance.

[Super Sensitivity has been used.]

[100% of your mana has been consumed.]

[For the next 10 seconds, all senses transcend cognition.]

[Agility is increased by 5% in every point of super sensitivity and you can 100% predict the behavior of the target.]

[Duration will end in ten seconds.]

With the activation of the special effect of his super sensitivity, Lexus' speed that was now being boosted to the extreme, was once again enhanced.

Sword rays of sword energy immediately pierced Baal. Noticing the blood and the wounds of Baal, Nevartan spoke as he smashed Baal with his tail at ease, blasting the great demon to a certain distance.

『 Not bad. You should be at least this capable of being my contractor. 』

Lexus remained silent. Although he didn't really knew the exact details, Baal should be above level 900. A level that was untouchable for his current abilities. The only reason why he was able to deal a small amount of scratches to Baal was none other Nevartan.

『He was the one who built up the legends with his own strength.』

Baal, the 1st Great Demon of Hell. Even other great demons were afraid and fearful of him. Even the gods didn't want to be his prey and avoided receiving his attention. Not even the previous generation legends could last more than 10 seconds against him.

Knowing this fact very well, Lexus was quite tense. He was so serious in this battle.

Hell Fire

The symbol of Hell Gao, the enhanced version was fired to Baal. The flames that purifies all evil beings tries to burn a great demon. A massive swirling vortex of fire was released and headed towards Baal.

The one receiving the attacks, Baal, was not even fazed and he even had an annoyed look painted on his face.

"A mere waste of effort." Baal said as he laughed maniacally as he could feel Hell Gao's magic in that attack.

Drop

Lexus showed no change in his expression even seeing that his magic spell didn't produce even the slightest result. Instead, he brandished his sword and a streak of sword energy landed on Baal's rear as Lexus utilized Teleport.

[Drop]

[A sword dance that displays a grudge against the sky. It is a deep and serene sword dance that informs the world of the authority of the fallen sky.

Inflicts 5 times of your physical damage to all enemies within 5 meters of you, and there is a 50% chance of ignoring the enemy's status resistance. Deals an additional 4 times damage to all divine beings.

Enters the 'Transcend' state for three seconds after it is used and doesn't share Transcend's cooldown time.

Skill Resource Consumption: 15,000 mana, 80 sword energy.

Skill Cooldown Time: 5 minutes.

★ Hell Fire will be released when Drop is deployed. Flames that burns and purifies evil beings, deals damage in proportion to 25 times of the caster's magic power. Deals more damage to the demon race.]

[You have dealt 3,000 damage to the target.]

Although his expression didn't change as it was Solomon who was in control of his body, Lexus was actually being annoyed of how his damage was being reduced because of the level difference between them.

But still, he was satisfied even though the damage was so weak. It was because he severed Baal's right arm due to attacking from behind with the ability to cut anything of being a Sword Saint.

『He cuts the arm of the strongest demon that no one could ever do in history.』

『The gods, demons and other transcendents are jealous because a human has accomplished a feat that no one other than him has ever accomplished.』

Seeing that his arm was separated from him, a shock appeared on Baal's face. He had a very durable body that not even the single digit demons could injure and yet, a human who's not even at 1% of his abilities had severed his arm so easily.

"What a tremendous fighting spirit. Amazing aura despite all those injuries. That mental strength!"

Baal maniacally laughed even more. Lexus showed surprises one after another and it was so entertaining for him. Not to mention, the God Hands restricted and diminished the status of Baal with the effect of the Moon Night Iron.

'Is this artifact made from the mineral native in the Giant Kingdom?'

The moment the God Hands grabbed him, Baal had felt a bit strange. No wonder why it felt like something was missing from his body. He wondered what it was. It turned out that the effects of his abilities created by his absolute status had temporarily disappeared.

Moon Night Iron. Items made of this mineral can even penetrate the dragon's magic power and smash their scales. Minerals with the ability to block magic power were rare.

"Interesting!"

Baal exclaimed in ecstasy as his blood boil in excitement. He didn't expected that the mineral which was the cause of the destruction of the Giant Kingdom would be mixed with Pavranium, the mineral that Pagma had created by the hands of his successor.

Weapons appeared in the God Hands which were struck by Baal's attacks, whether they were spears, staffs or a sword. Baal was struck by them but didn't even budge.

He was indeed strong. His skills, amazing swordsmanship, magic, and self-moving artifacts. With delight, Baal raised the pitch black demonic sword high, abruptly slashing down.

'So fast!'

Lexus was extremely surprised. Enhanced Thought Acceleration, super sensitivity and keen intuition wasn't able to see the movements of Baal's sword.

Revolve!

Lexus moved the red sword in a half moon and absorbed all the energy of Baal's attack.

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

The energy of the demonic sword that was sucked into the vortex reappeared. At the same time, it reversed course and aimed for Baal. It was a perfect counterattack.

[Revolve]

[ A storm that swallows up everything is contained in the tip of the sword. It seems to conform to the flow, but this is actually a lie.

Reflects 100% of all attacks that hit within 1.2 seconds of being cast. Targets hit by the counterattack will expose their weak points and take more damage the next time they are hit.

Skill Usage Conditions: Have a sword type weapon equipped.

Skill Sword Energy Cost: 50

Skill Cooldown Time: 1 minute and 30 seconds.

★ Fire Wall will wrap around the caster's body when deploying Revolve.]

The demonic blades moved in a zigzag, heading towards Baal in an extreme speed. Baal saw that his skin was peeled off and cut as his attacks returned to him. His eyes burned with a greater fighting spirit as he fought back.

『He has smashed a symbol of hell. The demon who feel amazed by his majesty.』

Although the system message of the epics were still continuing, Lexus did not feel any joy. It was because the Blight of Misery in his hand broke into small fragments. The durability of the sword was destroyed as it wasn't able to endure Baal's attacks.

'I don't have any sword energy left!'

Lexus grimly thought. He had continued to unleash one sword skill after another until his sword energy resource was depleted to zero with the activation of Revolve. Of course, sword energy recovers in every swing of his sword but the problem is, his opponent is an absolute.

Although his attack speed is faster compared to his level, his movement speed was so slow in the eyes of Baal which made it hard to recover the sword energy resource.

Pulling out Brilliance, Lexus wielded the sword.

'Set your heart ablaze. Go beyond your limits.'

Lexus thought in his mind as his sword pierces Baal. As his sword energy was depleted, it was just a basic attack made by Solomon.

'Never lose hope.'

His attack showed no sign of stopping. Even the demonic energy raging around Baal was all slashed by Lexus.

'Fight till the end!'

Lexus screamed in his mind. It was because he saw his Brilliance being destroyed with a single counterattack of Baal. Legendary grade weapons were easily destroyed by the first great demon.

Losing both Blight of Misery and Brilliance, Lexus felt dejected but still, Solomon continued to pull out the swords that he produced in his inventory.

'Let's hope that the odds of victory are sufficient.'

Lexus thought despite the sword he used were being destroyed by Baal one by one. Even the legendary swords were not able to endure the blows from Baal, the unique rated swords broke much faster.

With the last sword in his hand, Lexus chance of winning was slowly disappearing. Baal made a malicious grin as he already broke more than thousands of swords. He could sense that Lexus had now run out of weapon. He wanted to see that emotionless face, distort into despair the moment he ran out of swords but then...

[The passive effect of the skill 'Lexus' Sword Dance' has been activated, instantaneously killing the target.]

With lady luck blessing Lexus, it was Baal who made a distorted expression. He could not explain why but he could feel that his life was fading.

"The next time we meet, I will imprison your soul for eternity."

Baal made a threat as his playful smile disappeared. He couldn't believe that he died in the hands of a human when he wasn't even overwhelmed.

『An unknown person has completed the first page of the epic!]』

『The first page of the epic has been completed.』

『Your status has risen further as a reward for completing the epic.』

Lexus was bewildered as he saw Baal died. He did everything he could to beat Baal but to think that, his luck had triggered that effect which leads to his victory against Baal.

Then, as Baal was beaten by him at the end...

[The legend of Pagma has expanded in the aftermath of an unknown secret story being revealed.]

[All items made by Pagma will have their rating upgraded by one.]

[The Pagma's legend has become part of the narrative of Undefeated King Lexus.]

[You have completed the final class quests of the legendary class "Pagma's Successor". You are now complete and your new legend is engraved in the world.]

[Sword Dances have reached a higher ground.]

[The level of the Sword Dances has increased and reached the maximum.]

[The effect of the epic has changed the Dragon sword dance and is newly interpreted.]

[The Dragon sword dance has evolved into the sword dance of the black dragon.]

[Decreases the target's defense and magic resistance and increases the damage dealt when encountering great demons weaker than the 1st Great Demon Baal.]

[All blacksmith related skill levels have reached the level of Pagma.]

[(Witness of God's Weapon) Legendary Blacksmith's Craftsmanship Skill has evolved into (Seeing the Gods' Techniques) Legendary Blacksmith's Craftsmanship Skill.]

Solomon returned the control of the body to Lexus. Looking at the series of notification windows, he was speechless. No words came out from his mouth as the epic battle ended.

[You have raided the 1st Great Demon, Baal in the 1st Hell.]

[You have obtained 1,000 stamina stat from your opponent.]

[You are the first human in history to kill the 1st Great Demon.]

[You have made an achievement that is not easily accomplished.]

[The sixth legendary class, Demon Slayer has been obtained as an achievement award.]

[Congratulations!]

[You have reached level 300 and achieved the third stats awakening!]

[For every point of stamina, health will increase by 25 and defense will increase by 0.9.]

[For every point of strength, health will increase by 7 and attack will increase by 0.6.]

[For every...]

[All resources will be restored to the maximum in commemoration of reaching level 300.]

It happened at level 100 and level 200. Health, mana and even stamina were completely restored. As he was still in the 1st Hell, the territory of Baal, the new legendary class showed its effect to him.

[Hell is a Demon Slayer's true stage!]

[All stats will increase by 20%.]

[Skill cooldown time will be reduced by 20%.]

[The power of all purification skills will increase by 15%.]

[Health and mana regeneration rate will increase by 50%.]

The legendary class that specialized in demon hunting. It express its true power in Hell, instead receiving debuff penalty of being in Hell.