Two demons of similar strength often won’t easily engage in a major conflict.
As for those extraordinary demons stronger than it, considering its master, the Green Dragon Queen, they wouldn’t easily become its enemies either, as one must consider the owner when beating a dog.
Having the support of a powerful ogre tribe, this ogre leader did not live luxuriously, but at least had not encountered a worthy opponent for a considerable amount of time.
Originally, in its perception, Gauss was still a significant distance away from being a threat.
But now, after that insignificant human cloaked himself in that familiar yet strange pale energy, he could even injure it through the steel-like skin it was so proud of.
Waves of pain transmitted so clearly to its brain.
It hadn’t felt this sensation in a long time.
"Sizzle!"
The exceptionally tough outer skin was rapidly etched with white marks by water threads, which gradually deepened into intersecting blue scars. Finally, with a dull "puff," those deeper blue marks burst open, revealing the deep blue flesh inside.
"Roar!!!"
In just the blink of an eye, the ogre leader’s body was covered in wounds.
"Courting death!"
A trace of bloodshot veins appeared in the ogre leader’s eyes.
The long-forgotten pain made it more eager to crush this annoying pest into meat paste in a most violent manner.
Its slowness was only relative to Gauss in this ghost-transformed state. Under the lash of pain, its muscles coiled like a giant snake, bursting with even greater strength and speed. The enormous power surged from its feet to its waist and hip, then into the stout arm gripping the handle.
He swung the ten-meter-long machete in his hand with terrifying force.
"Woo!"
The Black Machete was swung upward, tracing a heavy semicircular trajectory slashing towards Gauss.
This slash was extremely heavy.
As the blade passed, the air was momentarily compressed to the extreme, emitting a wailing explosion, ultimately forming a pale airflow encasing the blade, cutting towards Gauss.
Its robust physique allowed enough leeway, letting it withstand Gauss’s attack while prioritizing immediate counterattack rather than evasion!
It couldn’t wait to cut Gauss into meat paste.
Not only because Gauss inflicted the long-forgotten pain on it, making the usually pampered ogre leader feel humiliated, but more importantly, that strange bloodline gradually burning within was urging it to kill the target in front and capture his bloodline.
It was like a devil constantly whispering in its ear, gradually clouding its mind, with nothing but Gauss in its sight.
Desire...
On the other side, Gauss also had to halt his offensive.
The force of that blade was something even he couldn’t easily withstand.
Either death or severe injury.
The pale wings behind Gauss flapped vigorously, urgently retreating to the rear side in a hair’s breadth.
"Bang!"
He narrowly avoided the slash.
The distance was so close that he could still feel a violent tremor in his arms.
The white energy scales covering his arms developed fine cracks.
Had he hesitated even slightly, he would have been cut in half by that strike.
Fortunately, he was currently highly focused, with his mental state reaching a peak.
This was no coincidence but the permanent effect of his strongest talent [Demonic Hour] taking effect.
Exceptional quality talent[Demonic Hour]: When the host faces evil creatures, their [mental] state increases by 20%, making it easier to perform extraordinarily.
Combined with ghost transformation and the dragon-man state, his body also peaked.
One could say that both his physical and mental state and combat stance were at their current apex.
Unless he encountered an enemy that could effortlessly overpower him in strength, even if there was a gap in hard power, he could accurately seize the rare opportunities.
The ogre leader’s powerful slash missed, and blood surged instantly, suffering a dark loss, making it more irritable, with a nameless fire boiling in its heart.
This was already the second time its attack had been dodged. Clearly, in its perception, just one hit!
Just one hit! It could completely crush the enemy!
But that human was like a fly driving it crazy, dodging and twisting, always evading at the last moment before an attack approached.
This feeling of being suffocated drove it insane.
Gauss panted a few breaths.
The energy scales on his arms, which had developed fine cracks, completed their repair in the span of a breath.
It seemed to be in a hurry.
Gauss keenly detected the abnormal mental state of the enemy.
Is it related to you?
Gauss felt the boiling abnormal bloodline within him.
In the close contact just now, a moment of ferocious emotion also surged in his mind.
But he quickly extinguished it.
On one hand, he wasn’t purely ghost-transformed but had a scale-resistant bloodline balancing it, preventing this force from exerting enough influence.
On the other hand, his mental fortitude was strong enough, and he was in a demonic hour, his mind as resolute as steel.
If the ogre leader was in the same state, it surely couldn’t control that ferocious emotion.
Gauss instantly realized this point.
"Die!"
The injuries on the ogre rapidly healed; it ignored the pain sensation coming from its body.
The muscles of its legs swelled to the limit, and with a "boom" underfoot, the ground collapsed downwards into a massive radiating crack. Leveraging this earthquake-like force, its gigantic body leaped high into the air, crashing down towards Gauss like a cannonball.