The Heavenly Martial Empress Returns Chapter 286: Belphegor's Death!

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“Well now! This form fits you much more! Right, Belphegor?!”

Bing Xue mocked the demon’s aberrant form, reaching Belphegor and swinging her sword several times, while her aura expanded into two spinning, blazing rings of white and black colors.

“{Dual Rings of Radiant and Umbral Harmony} + {Divine Yin And Yang Harmonious Soul Blade Arts}!”

FLUOSH!

The two rings came together as she swung her blade against Belphegor’s entire body while spinning in midair at lightning speed!

“{Dual Soul Ring Blades Of Radiant Yin and Umbral Yang}!”

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

“GRYYAAAAAHHHHHH…!”

Belphegor was engulfed in hundreds of slashing attacks, his entire monstrous, gaseous, spiritual, and miasmic body being rapidly reduced into thousands of tiny bits.

And then…

“{Echo}!”

Bing Xue didn’t stop there, rapidly evolving the technique she created on the spot, as crimson flames and azure water from her [Primordial Heaven Soul Blade: Red Heaven Inferno] and [Primordial Heaven Soul Blade: Blue Heaven Tsunami] techniques combined into it.

The might of the Red and Blue Heavens manifested in her techniques, as Bing Xue aimed to completely decimate Belphegor’s soul latched into the avatar he had created.

“S-STOOOOP!”

Belphegor, feeling the threat of death approaching, quickly tried to fight back while escaping; each one of his tiny pieces, in that split second, fired demonic beams at the same time as he tried to bring back his soul where it came from.

And yet…

Bing Xue was simply faster than him.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

As she endured the beams with her immensely tough body, she swung her sword, both blazing and aquatic rings merging into a completely gold, blazing, and flowing ring of both flames and water, combining and spiraling together to create a constant shift in temperature, further compressed into a single point with her blade.

“{Heavenly Golden Azure Crimson Blade Of Demon-Slaying}!”

SLAAAASH!

A technique specifically created to decimate demons!

“GRYYYAAAAEEEGGHHH!”

Belphegor was killed on the spot, his soul bits being destroyed until nothing was left, as a wave of flames and waters from the Red and Blue Heavens consumed his entire demonic soul.

All the way back to his dimension as well!

BOOOMMM!!!

Within the Layer of Sloth of the Dimension of Hell, a giant explosion happened within the Castle of the King of Sloth, his demonic subjects terrified to find the entire castle collapsing!

RUMBLE!

The demons, of all shapes and sizes and wearing masks of all sorts of colors showing their ranks in their hierarchy, gasped in disbelief at the scene!

Even the least loyal of his subjects were utterly shocked over the situation.

“L-Lord Belphegor!”

They ran to see what was happening to him, only to find his body, a corpse, with a giant red, gold, and blue-colored sword piercing his forehead, shattering his black mask, the highest-ranked mask a demon could have.

“G-Graaaggh…! He… Help… Uuggh?! UUAAAAGGGH!”

Belphegor, whose true form resembled a skinny and gigantic purple demon with lanky proportions, a pointy nose and ears, and a bald head, screamed, asking for help, only to cry in agony as his body was consumed by white and golden flames.

FLUOOOSH!

Until, before the eyes filled with disbelief of his subjects, he was reduced to nothing but ashes and a black, shattered mask…

“T-This can’t be happening…!”

“L-Lord Belphegor…!”

“Who killed him?!”

“An attack that came from another dimension?!”

“Who could—ah, the mask!”

“It’s mine!”

“No, it’s mine! I saw it first!”

“Give that to me!”

“Bastard! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill everyone here! It’s mine!”

“No! It’s mine, you fucking…!”

The demons, however, were demons at the end. Even when their leader died, they quickly moved past mourning the bastard and went straight to what was truly important.

Grabbing that Black Mask!

Even if the mask was broken, the demons had the ways to repair it, and whoever secured it could become the new King of Sloth.

Or well, that’s what they thought.

Bing Xue was not aware at all of what she had provoked, as a new war broke out in the Layer of Sloth, for who could become the new King…

“Whew, that’s that… Oh?”

Ding!

[You have accomplished a completely unexpected feat!]

[You have slain the {True Demon King of Sloth: Belphegor} in both Body and Soul!]

[You have defeated one of the Seven Rulers of the Dimension of Hell; you have gained an immense quantity of EXP!]

[Level Up!]

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[Your Level has increased from Level 6.530 to Level 7.830/10.000!]

[All of your Stats have increased.]

[You gained a large quantity of Stat Points and Skill Points.]

[You gained the Title: [Slayer of the Archdemon King of Sloth]!]

[You gained the Title: [Demonic Card Duel Champion]!]

[You learned the Classless Skill: [Authority of Sloth (EX): Lv1]!]

[You learned the Classless Skill: [Demonic Card Duel Mastery (S): Lv1]!]

“Authority of Sloth?”

Bing Xue looked at her pale white hands, noticing a black, dark red, and purple energy flowing from her hands, which sometimes turned pink and yellow for a moment.

It both felt liquid, cloud-like, and ethereal all at the same time…

This power made her feel rather sleepy for some reason, a rather useless ability for someone like her, who usually didn’t even need to sleep.

“Hmm, wait, this might be useful. I usually have to force myself to sleep even when I am not even tired, and it’s annoying because I sometimes stay awake but with my eyes closed… Maybe this could give me a proper sleep, even if I never get tired!”

Bing Xue had thought the Skill’s powers were stupid and useless, but maybe they could finally give her the ability to enjoy being more “human” now.

Things people sometimes complain about, such as needing to sleep, getting tired, and simply having a good night’s sleep and resting, were things that she, with a tireless body, had been missing for thousands of years.

Perhaps never being able to truly sleep was one of the things that made most immortals go mad...

“Well! This annoying charade is finally done, alright! And… Hm! You guys are still around, huh?”

Bing Xue looked around herself, noticing the demons made of flames Belphegor summoned were now stuck here, unable to return where they came from.

“W-We greet the new Queen of Sloth!”

The demon referee was the first to kneel before her, and the other demons quickly followed him…

“Ah…”

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