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Chapter 684  Facing A Demon King

Even as she said this, tears had appeared in her eyes, falling down her long eyelashes and on her cheeks.

Max sighed and pulled her into his embrace, gently stroking her back. "I\'ll be safe, so don\'t worry, okay? You know I\'m strong, right?"

"Mm." Lily sniffled in response, pulled away from him, and wiped her tears.

She then glanced at Sera and Emily, "Let\'s go."

While Sera hugged him and got ready to leave his side, Emily stared at him, her jaws and fists clenched tight. She clearly was very reluctant to leave his side.

Seeing this, Max smiled, took a step toward her, and hugged her. "Listen to me this time, alright?"

Emily wanted to say no, but before she knew it, her mouth opened, and she found herself nodding, "Okay. I\'ll listen to you."

Just when Max wanted to say something, his bloodline sense tingled, and he immediately pushed Emily toward Lily and shouted, "LEAVE!"

Lily didn\'t hesitate. She immediately grabbed dazed Emily and Sera before rushing in Martha\'s direction, followed by Pauline and the rest of the Fullers.

Swoosh!

After shouting, Max had immediately turned on his heels and rushed in a different direction, an incomparably serious look on his face.

As he ran, he rapidly circulated his mana and bloodline energy and got ready to use the Death and Nascent Energy at a moment\'s notice.

Suddenly, his hair stood on end, and he activated Phoenix Wings, increasing his speed several folds and dashing to the side.

Shoo!

BOOM!

It was only after he had dodged to the side that he heard the sharp sound of something piercing the air, which was immediately followed by a loud explosion, the shockwaves of which sent him tumbling away.

Cold sweat running down his back, he stabilized his footing while inwardly feeling lucky for possessing both his bloodline sense and bloodline energy.

If he didn\'t have his bloodline sense, he wouldn\'t have detected the danger, and if he didn\'t have the bloodline energy, which shortened the time needed to cast magic spells significantly, he might have gotten severely injured even if he didn\'t die.

"Keke, they didn\'t lie. You are indeed a troublesome insect that needs to be put down as soon as possible." A sinister chuckle sounded before a scarlet demon appeared before him, hovering in the sky.

Max looked up at the female demon king and tried to sense her cultivation with his bloodline sense. To his surprise and relief, he managed to do it. She was just an early-stage demon king, though the just he subconsciously used made the corner of his lips twitch.

\'I might still die to her if I\'m not careful.\' He thought, again stimulating his sense of danger that had significantly cooled down after noticing her cultivation.

The demon king seemed to have noticed him becoming relaxed, which enraged her.

"You arrogant little shit! Die!" She waved her hand, sending a wave of her demonic energy toward him that turned into a sharp sickle and slashed toward his neck.

\'Fuck!\' Max cursed, realizing he had made a mistake in his judgment. He had thought Oliver shouldn\'t be too much weaker than an early-stage king mage even if he wasn\'t their equal. However, seeing this casual attack of the demon king in front of him, he realized the difference between the Five Star realm and the King realm was more significant than he imagined.

Though he had no doubt she was stronger than an ordinary early-stage king mage, he could also tell that the power behind this sickle attack was only around seventy percent of her maximum, but the threat it posed to him was slightly stronger than Oliver\'s strongest attack.

\'I should stop judging people of higher realms without having a good idea about their strength.\' He thought as his fire elemental mana mixed with his bloodline energy and flowed through his mana veins, where some of the Death Energy mixed into it.

Shua!

The Thunder Sword appeared in the right hand. Almost simultaneously, the mixture of his three types of energies flowed out of his palm and covered it.

Then, under the demon king\'s narrowed gaze, he slashed at the demonic sickle and cut through it.

However…

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Even though he managed to cut it into two pieces and change its trajectory, the cut pieces didn\'t disperse and continued moving forward. Before he could react, they slashed into his shoulders and left more than an inch-deep gashes.

Max winced in pain, but ignoring it, he flashed a few meters back to get ready to face her next attacks. Fortunately for him, though, the demon king didn\'t follow up and instead stared at the Thunder Sword and the mixture of lingering energies on it, her eyes flashing with a hint of greed.

She glanced around, hoping no one had noticed it, but her face fell when she saw a few of the demon kings were trying to ditch the human king mages and rush over.

A sense of urgency filling her, she chose to ignore the orders that directed them to capture him if they could and quickly kill him. She knew she wouldn\'t be able to keep his body or the sword as her superiors wanted them; she would be able to absorb a significant portion of his bloodline and store some of his strange energy, which she was sure would benefit her greatly.

A ruthless and almost manic glint flashed in Max\'s eyes when he felt her intention to kill him skyrocket.

While trying his best to protect his mana veins with the Nascent Energy, he channeled his mana, bloodline energy, and the Death Energy into the activation of his bloodline ability—the Finger—for the second time today.

Shua! Shua! Shua!

Immediately, the mana in the surroundings turned violent as the finger started materializing above his head.

The demon king felt her heart shudder when she felt the aura radiating off the rapidly materialized finger.

\'Shit!\' She cursed and immediately released her demonic energy, creating several layers of shields in front of her before sending several blades of demonic energy toward him, wanting to stop or at least delay the completion of the finger even though she had realized she wouldn\'t succeed.