Is that a Wisp?

The Cloud Whale continued to move through the battlefield when Krune thought of something, layering it with ice before turning it invisible. By the time it had crossed half the battlefield, the Cloud Whale had vanished from the eyes of everyone.

And right as it had done so, it accelerated, soon reaching the end of the battlefield before taking off to the skies, having crossed the range of the Abyssal Trench. Krune stared down, looking at the demons climbing up the flight of stairs towards the battlefield, focusing at the bottom of the stairs to see a Black Demon sitting there as usual.

Surprisingly, it was there as he had expected. The Black Demon was cultivating. Despite losing the horn in the treasury, it seemed to have created a current of Spiritual Energy towards itself, relying on the stream to siphon out more Spiritual Energy.

It was the reason why it had never moved from the place, despite Krune having blasted off a great segment of the demons on the battlefield. Once he had left, the human army charged through the path he had cleared up, harvesting the Demon Cores of every demon he had shredded into pieces.

It was more than enough to strengthen themselves even further. Soon after, most of the Tier 5 humans in the city had charged out, brimming with energy. A significant portion of them were the retired Warriors, those that had retired from losing a limb and feeling that it was too expensive to treat themselves.

Most of them were at Tier 4 and Tier 5. Now that they had all been treated by Krune, they were itching to battle once again and relive their past glory. With their influx, the human army began to grind through the demon army, killing them in droves.

As for Krune, he thought for a moment, considering the odds, 'Even if there are two Tier 6 humans in the city, they won't be able to kill this Black Demon once a fight erupts. This Black Demon has begun cultivating. With that, it should be capable of using at least one spell. That increases its threat level even further.'

"It seems that it's best to remove all threats," Krune muttered, gazing at Hazak before telling him, "We'll hunt that Black Demon. Its Demon Core should accelerate your evolution further."

"Gladly." Hazak bowed as the two of them jumped out of the Cloud Whale. The Cloud Whale was still invisible, hovering high up in the air. The two of them blazed through the air, dropping down straight towards the Black Demon.

Dreams of the Heart—Ocean Turbulence!

To give it a greeting, Krune condensed a massive boulder of ice, one that resembled a meteor. He then kicked it, causing it to slam faster towards the ground, alerting the Black Demon.

The Black Demon hesitated once, unwilling to leave its place since the stream of Spiritual Energy would be cut off. It didn't have a guarantee of siphoning out another stream later. However, upon sensing that the ice meteor was a threat, it had no other choice but to evade.

Right as its figure flashed away, the ice meteor crashed into the ground, rapidly bringing down the temperature in the area. And right after, Krune and Hazak landed on it, breaking it into tiny pieces, sending the pieces of ice flying everywhere as shrapnel, killing thousands of the demons in the area.

"I always wanted to do that." Krune laughed, dusting his body as he walked out amidst the mist generated by the ice, gazing at the Black Demon as he spoke, "On a scale of one to ten, how high do you rate my greeting?"

"Who…what are you?" The Black Demon frowned, alarmed, "No human can reach Tier 6. Also, you don't exactly seem like a human."

"Then guess?" Krune laughed as he walked forward, condensing a layer of ice on the ground. "If you manage to guess it correctly, I won't attack you."

"An alien." The Black Demon thought of the time when the humans arrived in its world, grumbling, "So, a new race has arrived."

And right as it was about to attack, it noticed the miasma in the region swirl towards the ice. When it looked at the cause, it noticed a Red Demon that was turning black as it absorbed the miasma in massive volumes, blurting out in shock, "How is this possible? Our power is determined at birth!"

"You can cultivate using Spiritual Energy. So, why can't it reach the Black Demon status?" Krune laughed, stomping on the ground once as he accelerated thanks to Moving Ripple, flashing before the Black Demon, sending a punch its way.

The punch sent it flying away for a couple of meters. It weighed 3000 kilograms, after all. With that, his punch wouldn't have sent it flying any further. The Black Demon noticed its chest had caved in a little, realizing that Krune had reached the peak of the world in terms of body toughness. That's why he was able to damage it.

As the miasma gushed into its body, the Black Demon easily regenerated, arriving before Krune to smack him in the chest. Moreover, its fists faintly shone with a layer of fire, resulting in burn marks on his chest as he was sent flying a similar distance.

'That's pretty hot!' Krune was alarmed. The Black Demon didn't have any meridians to cultivate. With that, it seemed to have taken an entirely different direction. The moment it attacked him, he was able to sense Spiritual Energy swirling in its Demon Core.

It was apparent that the Black Demon had been trying to fuse the Spiritual Energy into its Demon Core so that it would be able to produce Spiritual Energy by absorbing the miasma around it. This way, it would be able to absorb the miasma, convert it into Spiritual Energy and cultivate it accordingly.

And surprisingly, it had succeeded!

It was already obvious just from the first punch. Krune understood just why the Black Demons had never attacked the cities, clearly so. 'They were trying to research a way into obtaining Spiritual Energy and cultivate using it. In any case, they have succeeded.'

"This will be troublesome." He sighed, condensing two ice swords as he glared at the Black Demon.