Wizard: I crush legends with martial arts.

Amidst the rapid claw strikes and bites, Edson sensed Grocchi's weakening, but at the same time, he also perceived Alphonse's life force rapidly diminishing.

Realizing something was wrong, a divine radiance suddenly erupted.

Alphonse, whose body was already half-buried in Grocchi's body, was instantly blasted away along with the mangled Cassobia.

Edson roared, "Falbancus, get them away from here!"

The Demon Sword Falbencus was also ejected, spinning in the air.

Upon hearing this, he dared not delay and teleported to Alphonse's side before he hit the ground, releasing a cloud of black smoke that enveloped Alphonse.

The spatial slash is activated immediately.

In an instant, a large section of space was cut off, and they arrived at a distant place.

It was only because it had secretly absorbed a lot of Groki's power that it had enough energy to unleash the Space Slash again.

Upon seeing Alphonse break free, Edson's entire dragon seemed to transform into light.

"Divine Purification. The Final Revelation!"

A dazzling light shone forth, like a brilliant sun rising from the ground.

Amid Edson's furious roar, Grockey let out a sharp, unwilling scream.

In the blink of an eye, the blazing "sun" transformed into a towering white pillar of light, crackling with wisps of lightning, piercing the sky, tearing through the clouds, and soaring beyond the starry heavens.

Clusters of bright halos exploded out.

The earth trembled violently, and all the land within a radius of several miles cracked open, with fissures appearing on the ground, resembling deep valleys.

The light lasted for more than ten seconds before it slowly began to fade.

Grocchi's body was completely annihilated in the holy light, but Edson was shocked to find that the clown-like mask with its maniacal grin that was originally on Grocchi's human form was thrown into the air by the impact.

The mask seemed to have always been inside Groki's body.

"We'll meet again!"

Leaving behind that lingering echo, the mask suddenly turned into dust with a "poof," scattering everywhere.

"Holy crap! This isn't its true form!"

Edson never expected that the hidden sage Groki, whom he had worked so hard to kill, was just an avatar.

But it doesn't matter. In the end, it stopped his conspiracy. Now that this clone is gone, he probably won't come to Izmir to cause trouble again for a while.

In any case, high-level demons cannot be completely killed; even if they are temporarily eliminated, they will resurrect in the chaos.

All that needs to be done now is to remove the magical devices he has set up throughout Izmer to absorb negative emotions.

"Alphonse, how are you?" Edson turned and ran towards Alphonse's location.

Before he even got close, he noticed that Alphonse, who was standing there with the magic sword in one hand and his hand covering his forehead, seemed to be in bad shape.

The most obvious change was Alphonse's skin tone, which was a deathly gray that didn't look like a living person's, completely devoid of any rosy hue.

There was still some grayish-white smoke around him that had not completely dissipated.

"I'm alright, I won't die!" Alphonse replied weakly, still holding his forehead.

The situation just now was quite dangerous. The speed at which the Innate Formless Divine Art could expel the negative curse was almost outpacing the speed at which it was being eroded. Fortunately, Edson managed to shake it off.

Otherwise, they would be devoured by Groki.

Taking a risky gamble can yield rich rewards.

The deathly energy within the Niwan Palace is now more abundant than ever before.

It has even affected the body.

It made my head feel like it had grown a size larger, with a very tight feeling, as if it were being tightly bound by many rubber bands.

It was also unusually cold all over.

The necromantic energy was too strong, even overpowering the true energy within the body.

But this is not a problem. As long as we make another breakthrough and expand our sea of ​​consciousness, we can solve this problem.

There is another way to solve this, which is to release the necromantic energy as an invisible sword aura that can pierce through the body.

Having obtained so much necromantic energy, Alphonse was unwilling to waste it for no reason; good steel should be used where it's needed most.

Moreover, after absorbing the death energy from Groki, Kasobia also seemed to have been strengthened.

Once his form stabilizes, his combat power may even increase.

This is the first time the Shadow Warrior has received an additional power boost, which is quite unusual.

If we can figure this out, perhaps Kasobia's strength can be restored to its former glory, which would be a good thing.

He glanced at Edson, who was standing in front of him, and said, "You're in a much worse state than I am!"

Edson was covered in tattered clothes, his body was covered in blood that shimmered with golden light, and in many places, flesh and blood were exposed, and in some places, bones and white veins could even be seen.

But it was also clear that he was recovering, his flesh and blood were growing rapidly, and even his three pairs of feathers, which had shed their feathers and were almost like chicken wings, were growing white feathers again.

Edson didn't answer, but waved his paw.

Instantly, golden light swept over Alphonse.

Alphonse immediately felt a warm light envelop him, as if he were soaking in a hot spring. The tightness in his chest also disappeared, but the cold sensation remained. It was an effect from inside his body that was difficult to resolve for the time being.

After Edson released the healing spell, he realized something was wrong. Alphonse possessed dark power, and if he used a holy healing spell on him, Alphonse should have felt like he had been doused with strong acid, but he didn't seem to have suffered any harm.

That's quite strange!

Just as I was about to speak, I saw the surrounding scenery shatter like a mirror.

In the blink of an eye, everything around them was restored, and they returned to the royal palace in the capital of Izmir.

The artifact "Arena of Destiny" fell to the ground, and the cube-shaped object, resembling a Rubik's Cube, had become dim and lifeless.

Edson reached out and caught the artifact.

Before them stood two master-level experts, their eyes fixed on them menacingly.

Edson reacted incredibly quickly, suddenly swinging his claws, and two golden streaks of light flew out like lightning.

Immediately afterwards, he scooped up Alphonse, turned around and took a few running steps, then fled close to the ground, flying and running.

"Beat them up! It's not like we can't beat them!" Alphonse saw two golden beams hit the two men squarely, but it seemed that the magic did not cause any damage. The two men were just startled by the sudden attack and retreated.

Now that there's plenty of necromantic energy, we have to give them a good beating; there's plenty of formless sword energy to break through their bodies!

"There's no need for that!" Edson replied amidst his busy schedule.

As he spoke, he had already taken flight.

Following the magical connection, they flew straight to where Master Godin and Mia were.

They left magical marks on them before they arrived to make it easier for them to meet.

The artifact 'Arena of Destiny' doesn't have the power to slow down the flow of time; after so much time, Master Godin's spatial imprint should have been fully set up long ago. (End of Chapter)