Published: February 10, 2025
Ye Zhongming jumped lightly. Although it didn’t seem like he exerted much effort, it was already the fastest speed he could currently display.
The meat grinder made of Demon Gold brushed past his ear, and the wind it generated hurt Ye Zhongming's ear a little.
That kind of sharpness was terrifying, even just to hear.
Ye Zhongming guessed that after the Demon Gold had absorbed the demonic mark, all his abilities experienced a qualitative leap. The demonic mark didn't just give him new abilities; it enhanced his previous ones.
For instance, the White Bone Fork, which used to be a skill that only affected his arms, had now transformed into a power that covered most of the Demon Gold's body.
As for the Spirit Keeper, although the Wolf Souls were currently invisible, they had already entered the body of the Demon Gold, attaching themselves to its bone scales and bone blades. This not only rendered dark element energy ineffective against the Demon Gold but also enhanced the power of the White Bone Fork.
Of course, the most significant improvement for the Demon Gold came from human spirit transformation. This ability was originally meant to instantly elevate the user's strength, and under the influence of the demonic mark, human spirit transformation drastically increased the speed, strength, reaction, and defense of the Demon Gold, allowing it to go from being driven away by Ye Zhongming's attack to being able to contend with him.
Yet, Ye Zhongming remained calm.
"Die!"
"Die!"
"Die!"
The Demon Gold continuously shouted these phrases, as if doing so would grant him courage and fighting power. Now, not only were its arms spinning like a meat grinder, but its feet and all its joints had also extended those bone blades, attacking Ye Zhongming from various angles.
However, none of the attacks hit.
This only made the Demon Gold increasingly anxious.
From the Merit Medal, some sounds came through, and Ye Zhongming felt that the Demon Gold wouldn’t have any more tricks up its sleeve, so he decided to counterattack.
At that moment, the situation began to reverse. The Demon Gold, initially confident that it could eliminate Ye Zhongming, was now tasting the full-force attack of the boss of Cloud Summit.
Ye Zhongming first added a layer of black earth armor to his body, specially crafted!
Now that there were plenty of materials at Cloud Summit, replenishing the energy from the Earth Spirit was not an issue, so Ye Zhongming used it without hesitation.
Compared to ordinary black earth armor, this specially crafted armor, which had higher defense the more energy it consumed, was more to Ye Zhongming's taste.
The appearance of the black armor clearly caught the Demon Gold's attention. Its gaze landed solemnly on the Earth Spirit for the first time, especially since the little creature's exaggerated actions while applying the black earth armor made it impossible for anyone to miss that it was its ability.
Next, the sprint skill was activated, and Ye Zhongming's speed doubled instantly as he charged straight at the Demon Gold.
Caught in an offensive state, the Demon Gold didn't think about defending and raised its hands to meet him.
The bone meat grinder collided with the black earth armor, causing dirt and bone debris to fly everywhere, as if black and white rain was falling around them.
Ye Zhongming continued forward while the Demon Gold retreated in fear.
This former Sacred Seat of the Zero Commerce Association realized that its strongest attack couldn't break through Ye Zhongming's layer of black earth armor!
How could this be possible!
The Demon Gold swore, based on its experience, that even attacks of this intensity would struggle against green battle armor, yet this black armor, seemingly applied casually by that little creature, was only disturbed enough to lose a bit of dirt?!
Surprise could only linger in its heart as it had to tilt its head back.
Ye Zhongming's hand had already reached for its throat.
Those hands were adorned with silver boxing gloves.