Mixed Blessing System

As Lothur pierced the Demon Emperor's left chest, causing the level 26 creature to howl in pain, he made way for Death to slash his enemy's back with the Darkness Scythe.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!"

As he struck his enemy's back, Death used the River of Souls to force the Demon Emperor's soul out of his body, making him even more desperate in the face of their attacks.

But when a wheel of darkness formed near the black skeleton, and the Demon Emperor's soul looked like it was about to leave his body, it stood firm while a yellowish glow covered it.

This level 26 demon had the Soul Crystal with him. It wouldn't be easy for his enemies to force him to begin the cycle of reincarnation!

"You wretches! I'm taking your souls with me!" He shouted hatefully as his body lay motionless, his soul half out, half in.

Lothur frowned as he saw the enemy's resistance, no longer patient enough to deal with this being that had been the cause of so much of his suffering.

"Tsk! If you don't want to die forever, then suffer the worst, you bastard!" He reached a hand into the hole in the Demon Emperor's left chest and covered it with the essence of the Black Flames.

As he did so, Lothur grabbed the individual's heart and crushed it in one fell swoop, infusing his darkness into the enemy's body all the way to his soul.

'Damned Soul Crystal, come to me!' He said in his mind as the surrounding space vibrated and dark flames quickly consumed the entire body of the level 26 enemy.

At that moment, all the demons in the area fighting the spectres created by Lothur saw the Demon Emperor reach his end!

As his soul was drawn into the River of Souls, his essence was consumed by Lothur's darkness, which could corrupt even a portion of his essence.

Not only did Lothur's darkness bring the Demon Emperor to his tragic end, but using some of his affinity for light, Lothur transformed his black flames within the black-haired man into white flames, corroding the creature's mental and spiritual structures in a second way.

"The Soul Crystal doesn't care about light and darkness. But you are different, Demon Emperor." Lothur laughed as he used the Space Crystal to attract the Soul Crystal.

The Demon Emperor's soul couldn't stand Lothur's movement and separated from the Immortal Crystal attached to it, leaving the artifact in his body as he was pulled into the River of Souls.

"NOOOOOOOO!"

At that moment, Lothur placed his hands on the Soul Crystal as he watched his enemy's soul being carried away by the wheel of darkness.

"This is the end of you. In fact, this is the end of the demon race!" Lothur muttered as he watched the creature follow a path of no return while the body in the young Ritter's hands trembled and glowed incredibly bright.

"Your Majesty!"

The surrounding demons cried out in despair as they watched all their plans fail, and their great hope of ascension die before their eyes.

But they could do nothing and watched the tragic end of their race as they were brutalized by the spectres Lothur had summoned.

When his work there was done, Death looked at his creator and said goodbye, leaving to fulfill the mission Lothur had given him as protector of death.

Lothur didn't bother to stop the creature from leaving, staying behind to witness the formation of a Platinum-grade Soul Bone, but not only that, the emergence of the Soul Crystal and the Seven Singularities from that body!

Seeing the seven essences solidify in the form of metallic-colored leaves, Lothur stored them in his spatial ring along with the Soul Crystal and the Soul Bone, which happened to be compatible with him.

'If I absorb all of this, I'll probably reach the same level as that senior, but the moment I do, I'll not only become his potential enemy, but I won't be able to do what I want in this place.' Lothur thought, certain that if he advanced to level 27, he would somehow be banished from this world.

At the very least, he would lose his ability to influence things in Concordia, just as the system's creator had done.

So, in order to continue his journey in this place and fulfill all his promises, he decided to be more cautious about absorbing these essences.

First, I have to destroy the demons on this island. After that, I'll deal with the situation in Concordia.' He decided as he looked at the level 25 demons around him.

Now that the Soul Crystal was no longer under the Demon Emperor's control, he no longer had a limited bloodline!

Looking at these demons with a terrifying smile, Lothur didn't hesitate to pull them towards him with Gravity while simultaneously activating his bloodline power.

It was time for him to collect the precious EVF points from these and the other beings still on the island!

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This way, the next three days would pass in the blink of an eye, and Lothur would practically end all life on Demon Island.

The amount of points he had absorbed in those days was enormous, but he hadn't converted most of them because he didn't want to move on until he had completed his goals in this place.

Even after his recent progress and the end of Demon Island, war and chaos still raged around Concordia.

The demons on the continent still didn't know of their leader's demise and continued to fight, kill, and devour the beings of Concordia.

In just three days, more than 10 million lives were lost across the continent, marking one of the worst eras in the history of this world of cultivation.

When Lothur left Demon Island, he found a continent much redder than the one he had left days before and returned to change the course of the war and finally lead Concordia into a new day.

With more than 12 million EVF points, Lothur could increase not only his own forces but also those of his closest companions', which could help him reach enemies more quickly!

So he made his way to Peters City, where he planned to turn the tide of war and bring the conflict to an end!