The Crippled Vampire Prince Walks The Heavenly Demon Path Chapter 196: The Unending Crimson Returns

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“Let it all be consumed by flames! Burn! Burn it all! Once everything has become ashes, you will truly understand the truth about the world- no, the universe! Eternal Harmony can only be achieved through Eternal Suffering!”

The giant sandworm-type golem roared, sprouting a pair of long human arms with fingers and hands, rushing towards Vlad and company, as Argentia finished his healing, he quickly stood in front of the monster.

“RAAAAHHH!”

As he roared, his Aura erupted, silver colored Moonlight encompassing all his surroundings, as his body was powered up, growing stronger as he clashed against the monster’s humanoid hands, pushing them back rapidly.

CLAAASH!

“Whoever you are, demon, I will not let you harm my priestess!”

Argentia faced the flames as he knocked the monster with his huge head, giving it the hardest headbutt he had ever done before, shattering the thing’s face and cracking it into pieces.

CRASH!

The monster roared, as its head shattered into pieces again, flames emerged from within its entire body, blasting Argentia with a deadly fiery explosion.

BOOOM!

“Ugh?!”

Argentia was hit at pointblank, falling to the floor and rolling through the battlefield, crushing other golems and insects from Insecta’s army along the way.

“Just what’s going on over there? Can’t they handle that Raid Boss?”

Insecta glanced into the distance, she was fighting another Raid Boss herself alongside her army of Crimson Beetle soldiers, her sharp eyes squinting as she noticed the monstrous creature’s presence, and how alien it felt.

“That thing… is not from our world?! What sort of entity is possessing it?”

“Argentia!”

Chris flew to Argentia’s side, healing him once more, as Vlad stood in front of the wounded and burned dragon with Ermelinda and Gofumina, while the possessed Raid Boss rushed their way, its path set ablaze by its otherworldly flames.

“Chris, heal him up while we take care of this thing!” he said. “I’ll trust your judgement.”

“Ugh, damn it!”

As Chris groaned angrily, Vlad rushed towards the monster, its enormous godly presence pressuring over his body, as his two swords started being pushed back by the sheer strength of the Unending Crimson’s presence.

CLAAASH!

“Nngghh…! Aaagh! What the…?! You weren’t this strong before!”

As Paul wondered what was going on with this damned game’s difficulty, the Unending Crimson laughed, the young vampire prince noticed new messages appearing, omens for what was to come.

[The {Unending Crimson} laughs hysterically, saying that he went easy on you and the rest because it was your first time~]

[However, now that you’ve endured his flames and even made them part of your bodies and souls, he knows he can go a little harder~!]

“Fucking perverted bastard!”

Vlad roared, his body suddenly beginning to transform as his pale white skin turned red, he gained a pair of sharp black and red horns over his forehead, and black fur grew around his arms, legs, chest, and neck, alongside a long tail and bat-like wings.

He had unleashed the power of the [Blood Demon’s Immortal Chimera Body] Skill, forcefully transforming his weak, crippled body, and gaining a massive boost to his physical strength and magical abilities.

Blood Runes also manifested through his body, glowing brightly as Blood Energy started leaking from them and back into his body, giving him a great power up.

“You’re not the only one that has grown stronger, fucker!”

With a furious roar as he let his animalistic side take over, the Vampire Prince’s aura erupted and blazed with immense demonic power, his hands moving faster as his swords slashed through all.

“{Blood Asura’s Rampage}!”

Activating an ability derived from his transformation, Vlad started cleaving through the monster’s body over and over again with his swords, explosions of blood power, shadows, and lightning erupting constantly.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

The monstrous Raid Boss was pushed back, constantly beginning to crumble down as its body started to gain more cracks. At the same time, Ermelinda took out her newly upgraded Bow, blowing brightly with blue and purple jewels, she imbued her Spirits into the bow, firing a single glowing arrow that suddenly divided into hundreds.

“{Spiritual Magic Arrow Creation}: {Multi-Elemental Spirit Arrow Rain}!”

The rain of magical arrows reached the monster, bombarding it with several explosions, spreading more and more cracks throughout its entire body, as its “skin” started to peel off, falling apart over time.

“GRAAAAHHH!”

The Raid Boss roared, its giant arms managing to intercept Vlad at long last, punching him down and then overwhelming him with a barrage of punches, which Vlad could barely protect himself with his armor and transformation.

“Enough!”

However, a brave yet small voice echoed from the sides, as a young and beautiful goblin warrioress stepped forward, swinging her massive Great Sword, now enchanted and reforged with these powerful crystals, releasing blinding blue light as she cut through the Raid Boss’ arms!

SLAAAASH!

The slashing wave cut through the arms but also through the monster, releasing an explosion of blue light and crystal shards upon contacting the main body, pushing the thing back just in time for Vlad to gather his power.

“{Grand Geomancy}: {Scarlet Titan’s Grasp}!”

By using his own Blood Power and the earth and stones beneath him, he combined them through geomancy, forming a gigantic titan made of red crystals that manifested a pair of massive hands, punching the monster back dozens of times before crumbling down to dust.

BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!

As that happened, the Raid Boss “skin” was fully peeled off, as stones fell off, revealing the thing’s interior, a smaller, glowing aberration made of red, yellow, and orange crystals, blazing so strongly it seemed to be melting everything around it.

[The {Unending Crimson} showcases his truest form, as blazing flames encompass everything so intensely that matter begins to rapidly burn and melt before him, a volcanic landscape rapidly expanding around the possessed Raid Boss.]

“GAZE UPON MY BLAZING BEAUTY! THIS IS THE STRENGTH OF AN ASCENDED BEING! TASTE THE POWER OF THE ETERNAL HARMONY BETWEEN PAIN AND DESPAIR! BURN ASUNDER, SOULS OF THE DAMNED!”

TRUUUM!

With blazing speed, the gigantic serpent-like monster made of blazing crystals reached Vlad, smashing his entire body into the ground and releasing its eternal flames, beginning to even melt his own armor.

“BURN! BURN!!!”

“Uuuggh! Uuaaaaggghh!”

“VLAD!”

“NO!”

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