"Why did that hit hurt me so much?!" Gryphinton stood back up. "You wretched human… That wood… No, impossible! Is it Yggdrasil Wood?! How come you've become Yggdrasil Wood yourself?!"
Yggdrasil Wood was one of the strongest and toughest materials the Elven Continent produced, many Demons knew about this material because of how tough it was, and also, despite being wood, it was not flammable at all.
However, why did a human held such a huge quantity of it?
It was quite obvious, Eric's family had been saving an Yggdrasil wood-made staff for generations, and with Blake's help, they were not only able to multiply it by letting several Lesser Yggdrasil grow in their hometown.
But it also became the materials of Eric's bow, his arrows, and also, his second Spirit, the Lesser Yggdrasil Treant, a special Spirit made up using such wood!
Blake knew that Eric lacked strength even after training so hard, so he needed to give him a powerful second spirit that could allow him to surpass his limits.
And after so much training, the young green-haired boy has managed to master the power of Spirit Fusion enough to do it at long last!
"I won't let you hurt her anymore." Eric said, his eyes glowing with golden light, his body growing larger as he was covered on a powerful armor.
"You cocky bastard, you think that such a wood can stop ME, a future Demon Duke?!" Laughed Gryphinton, rushing towards Eric as his huge fists, wings, and magic all engulfed him on powerful attacks!
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
However, Eric generated a powerful shield made out of his own spirit wood, protecting himself and Alberta, while from a small hole, his bow pointed at Gryphinton's head.
"{Spiritual Yggdrasil Cannon}"
A huge flash of green and golden light surged from his bow, now fused into his body temporarily through his Spirit Fusion form, the hue beam was in fact a gigantic arrow in the shape of a spear!
"UNGH?!" Gryphinton grew fearful right away, quickly evading a fatal attack, but putting one of his wings in the way instead!
The huge arrow pierced his wing, spreading roots and branches and quickly tearing it apart off his body! The Demon screamed in agony, falling to his knees as he saw in horror as blood gushed out of the terrific wound.
"AAARGGH…! M-MY WING…! UNGH…! BASTARD!!!" The Gryphon Demon grew insane in utter anger, quickly attacking Eric, gathering winds and demonic energy, and firing them all at once against him! "{Demonic Storm}!!!"
The tremendous storm in the shape of a spear quickly reached Eric, his entire body shapeshifting into walls and branches growing larger, as his bow constantly fired arrows, exploding in midair and never reaching the damn bird!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"HAHAHAHA! It is useless! You surprised me there, but you won't get the opportunity to hurt me like that again, HUMAN!!!" Gryphinton laughed. "Now… DOUBLE POWER!"
FLUOOOOOOOSSSSHHHH….!
An even bigger storm merged with the first one, as Eric gritted his teeth, his entire body was being constantly destroyed and regenerated thanks to his spirits!
"I can't… lose…! I need to protect Alberta…!" Eric groaned. "Dammit…! ERDRICH! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Right behind him, pal. Well done hanging on there."
Suddenly, the voice of Erdrich emerged from behind Gryphinton, his entire body now covered on a black demonic armor, his second spirit, as his powers constantly grew larger and larger! The reason why he wasn't present the last few seconds was because of preparing his strongest attack.
"{Heavenly Demon Battle Arts}: {Asura's Wrath}"
His aura suddenly transformed, resembling a demonic yet majestic multi-armed red skinned demon, covered on golden accessories and bulging with enormous muscles, his furious demonic eyes glared down at Gryphinton, as dozens of enormous fists pummeled down on him all at once!
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
Each fist was like a tremendously huge explosion, slowly beginning to weaken more and more the powerful wind barrier Gryphinton created, as the last fist finally pierced through it, punching his entire body away like a ragdoll!
Gryphinton fell into the floor, rolling through and crushing everything on the way, vomiting blood, and finding out several of his bones were broken.
"M-Me… A Demon Lord… to be pushed this far…" Gryphinton groaned, furious. "Y-You damn humans…! I WILL BECOME A DEMON DUKE!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!"
With his last fit of rage, Gryphinton unleashed all his demonic power, a gigantic shockwave of pure demonic winds encompassed his surroundings. All the weaker demons were instantly destroyed into pieces, while the wind quickly reached Erdrich, Eric, and Alberta!
Erdrich and Eric unleashed their powers, resisting the enormous shockwave of winds, but it was too powerful! It began to slowly tear apart their armor and even their spiritual powers, it would consume everything! Alberta gritted her teeth, standing back up again and using her huge hammer and her golem to Find your next favorite novel on NovelHub today! Even if it involved sacrificing almost all of his life force and power, he would take them down with himself!
"And this is where I enter." Hendrick spoke, slowly walking in front of the trio. "Thanks for holding on so far. You've smothered him enough." He raised his hand. "{Poison Threads}"
Suddenly, millions of tiny purple jewels spread around Gryphinton's feathers and body shone brightly, suddenly transforming into a liquid state, and becoming threads, wrapping around the demon's body!
"W-WHAT?! WHAT IS THIS?!" Gryphinton screamed in shock, his powers suddenly coming to a halt as he felt his energy being drained by the threads!
"Yeah, I might be a weakling on my own, but that doesn't matter as long as we can accomplish a victory." Hendrick said with a serious tone of voice. "The moment I attacked you with those spears, did you thought that was it?"
"T-Those spears made out of weak poison…?!" Gryphinton suddenly remembered the scene.
He had paid no mind to it, but he did recall that they became countless of tiny crystals covering his body, but because they didn't even affect him, he thought of it as… nothing.
But he was wrong! Hendrick's plan all along was for the trio to weaken him so he could unleash his powers and finish him off when nobody else could.
By using his Poison Manipulation powers, he transformed all of those crystals into threads, made of the same poison that weakened Gryphinton at the beginning, and finally managed to capture him when he was at his weakest point.
"S-Stop…! HENDRICK! STOP! I-I AM… A DEMON DUKE!!!"
"No, you're just my materials. {Abyssal Poison Detonation}"
The threads shone brightly with purple light, as the demon screamed in horror, seconds before they exploded into pieces!
"Hahh…" Eric fell to his knees, undoing his transformation. "Thank you, Hendrick…"
"That bastard…" Erdrich sighed in relief. "He was tougher than he seemed to be…"
"But it was also thanks to everybody's efforts." Alberta said. "Thank you for protecting me, Eric…" Alberta hugged Eric.
"Hahaha, no problem! Anyways- Ah! Oh no!" Hendrick panicked.
"What is it?!" All three of them panicked as well.
"T-The materials… they're now all just a pile of mushy flesh! The horror! I can't do much with this!" Hendrick was dying inside.
"Exaggerated as always…" Eric facepalmed.