Chapter 1313 - 628: Soft Rice Hard Eating: Since Things Have Come to This, Let’s Eat First

Clang——!

The long sword at Joan of Arc’s waist fiercely unsheathed, countless crimson flame streams transformed into fire snakes, winding and moving across the entire sky under the twilight. The blazing firelight instantly illuminated the dim sky once more.

Even the blood moon above, bearing Lilith’s face and silently casting its gaze on the Night Demon’s camp, paled in comparison.

"Ah——!"

"Run quickly!"

The surrounding Night Demons of the middle and low sequence seemed to return into the sunlight, couldn’t help but scream miserably, covering their eyes as smoke rose from their bodies, transforming into countless bats that scattered and fled.

Joan paid them no mind, simply lifting her sword and striding towards "Thorny Duke Vlad III" opposite her.

With each step she took, a charred footprint was left on the ground, and her aura and heat increased by a fraction.

In those days, Saint Joan was captured by the Hightins people.

Byron’s granduncle, Richard VII, who had ascended as the King of the Iris Kingdom with Joan’s help, did not spend money to ransom this national hero who possessed great prestige in the country.

The Tribunal, receiving instructions from the Lancaster Royal Family, ultimately sentenced her to be burned at the stake as a heretic and witch, to be executed immediately.

But when everyone abandoned Joan, she did not abandon her faith.

Her final words remained:

"Other than treachery, I fear nothing, for God is with me!

For the Iris, I am prepared to die!"

This was her unyielding obsession until death.

At the moment of her death in the fire, the Holy Light, Blaze, and Spiritual Radiance collectively forged Joan’s unshakeable obsession into her exclusive Strange Arts [Red Lotus Holy Sword].

When she was activated as a legend of knowledge, it materialized along with her into a physical object.

This Holy Sword had no flamboyant effects, only pure like her, steadfast, and capable of purifying all filth and enemies with scorching flames!

It would not be an exaggeration to call it the strongest flame attribute Strange Arts of the Old Continent.

After the Night Demon Nobles flew away, the inflow of flames that painted half the sky a bright red suddenly blossomed, transforming into countless fiery red lotuses that even started bending the air.

In the sky, they turned into bright red streaks of light launching a relentless bombardment towards Byron.

Bella, Selena, and a group of attendants behind Byron sensed the unfavorable situation and had already retreated far away, leaving the battlefield to the two Pseudo-Gods.

"The momentum is not bad, just like the legends describe.

Although both are activated knowledge, Lancelot is a Beastman who steals people’s queens, while Joan is a selfless sun, illuminating others.

Moreover, her obsession is exactly the beloved Iris Kingdom.

As long as I can uphold the righteousness of the Iris and stand on the moral high ground, it won’t be hard to cooperate with such a righteous figure.

I am not as stingy as my granduncle, then I will appoint you as... the Imperial Army Marshal!

I only hope that cousin Louis XI can make himself respectable soon. If he delays my major affairs, I’ll have to personally send him off with dignity."

Byron’s mind raced, but his motions were not slow at all.

A circle of bloodlight around him suddenly exploded, transforming into countless illusory "Vampire’s Touch", waving in the air, absorbing most of the flaming red lotuses crashing towards him.

When the Night Demon was a Fourth Order Mythical Creature, relying on the Blood of Immortality and Panacea within, they could already achieve immortality.

However, unlike the Fifth Order Pseudo-God, they still needed the fresh blood and energy from the outside world to constantly replenish them, to maintain the stability of their system.

And Vlad III’s Immortal Stairway is [Blood Tax], as long as the Blood Tax flows continuously, he will never die.

The authority manifested externally is "Collection".

Incorporating authority into all his attacks, collecting the enemy’s spirituality, moves, and flesh as part of himself, he could even rebound the enemy’s attack on the spot.

Unfortunately, today he encountered the strongest flame attribute Strange Arts of the current era, the Vampire’s Touch had just extracted the scorching spirituality and Holy Light from Joan, and with a "boom," it started burning fiercely.

If not for Byron severing it timely, the flames could have burned all the way to his body.

This indicated a significant power level disparity between Joan and Vlad III.

Byron was well aware, but the time the Vampire’s Touch bought him was more than enough.

Underfoot, the shadow abruptly transformed into a scarlet color, quickly twisting into the appearance of a Night Demon Tax Officer, holding an account book in one hand and a blood bottle in the other.

[Mother of Creation Lilith] is the aggregation of all feminine forces in the world, giving Night Demons a natural advantage when learning Shadow Witchcraft.

The shadow uncorked the bottle, and the rolling blood accumulated for an unknown period swiftly formed a blood lake at the port.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

Countless knives, guns, swords, tridents, and sharp stakes exploded from the blood water, shooting straight at the stride-walking Saint Joan.

The speed of these sharp weapons was incredibly fast, like thousands of crossbows firing, emitting a harsh, scalp-numbing shriek.

Moreover, many figures already impaled on the spear tips extended their arms, lunging towards Joan, wanting to make her like themselves.

——The Divine War Arts [Thorny Execution]!

Vlad III could arbitrarily manipulate the collected Blood Tax, molding it into various weapons to cause penetration injuries to enemies within a large area.

As long as he wanted, he could instantly drain the enemies pierced, turning their flesh, soul, and Extraordinary Power into a part of his Blood Tax.

The blood tax accumulated in this pool was not exhausted, making it difficult for others to kill him.

The reason Byron chose him among the array of Fifth Order Night Demon Pseudo-Gods as a disguise is because the abilities they mastered were the most similar.