On how PhDs become human evil

"Pfft—!"

Before Vereslana could proudly declare his victory, the sword, burning with heavenly fire, suddenly pierced through his chest from behind.

Heavenly Judgment!

"Cough!" Vereslana coughed up a mouthful of divine blood, a bitter expression on his face. "Ahhh~~~ I never expected this....Why?"

Why is this happening? — That's what Vereslana wanted to ask.

Behind Vereslana, Bai Jie, whose body was covered in severe burns, gasped for breath and laughed intermittently, "This body... is... the evil of humanity."

"...So that's how it is. No wonder the white horse possesses such immense power..."

After all, he was a god, and with Bai Jie saying that, Vereslana understood everything.

"It abandoned most of its existence, surviving only with its last remaining strength, and delivered the final blow to me... a beautiful blow."

“State your name, son of the fool.”

"...Bai Jie."

"Very well, Bai Jie, I bestow my blessing upon you, the one who will become the God-Slayer King! You are the first to usurp my power—that of the God of Victory! You are stronger than anyone else! You possess a body that will never be defeated until the day we fight again!"

This is a blessing from the God of War, the God of Martial Arts, the God of Invincibility, and also an eternal covenant and vow.

Forcing a smile, Bai Jie punched him in the back: "No matter how many times you come down, I'll fight you to the end, Vereslana."

P.S.: Two more chapters to go

P.S.: I'm thinking of writing about territories in the next volume.

Chapter 197: Oh my god, the power's out!

I was halfway through writing when the power suddenly went out. I'm so frustrated! Of all days, it had to go on the day I was planning to finish writing this at dawn. Is this some kind of targeted attack on me? I just wanted to give everyone a treat, to write a few more chapters before I went back to school, and what the hell?!

Because of the power outage, there's no internet and no lights. Although I could continue writing using my phone and mobile data, that's bad for my eyes. I'm already severely nearsighted, and I'm not used to typing on a phone at all. So everyone, I'm so sorry I couldn't keep my promise to work the early morning update. I'm truly, ...

Section 198, Chapter 11. Author: Mahjong Girl is so much fun! Let's break the deadlock!

Five days have passed since the battle on Sardinia ended. Due to the recklessness of Bai Jie and Veleslana, 80 percent of Sardinia was flooded. Although the seawater has receded within the past two weeks, most of the buildings were destroyed by the seawater and the aftershocks of their battle. It will take at least several years to rebuild.

Meanwhile, the battle between Tony and Mercato, although Tony, on the advice of Bai Jie, shifted the battlefield to the other side as much as possible, still caused enormous damage to the Italian coast.

Conservative estimates suggest that the damage caused by this battle between the two god-killers and the two disobedient gods will be at least 10 billion euros!

And this is just a simple calculation of the surface value. If the potential value—such as the relics and marine ecology—is taken into account, the loss will definitely exceed 20 billion euros!

Although it was publicly claimed to be caused by a meteorite impact, anyone who knew the inside story knew the truth, and everyone was shocked by the power of the god-killer and the disobedient god.

Meanwhile, the two culprits were lying in their hospital beds playing video games.

"Tony! Left, left, there's a monster over there!"

"No problem, leave it to me, my dear friend!"

Bai Jie, who lost his left arm while summoning Fenrir, was wearing a hospital gown and constantly operating a game controller in his right hand, without any sense of incongruity.

On the hospital bed next to him, Salvatore Tony, whose body was wrapped in bandages, was displaying a vitality that did not belong to a patient. His eyes were fixed on the television screen, and his hands were operating the controller with great skill.

If magicians around the world who fear the god-slayers were to witness this scene, they would surely turn pale with fright. Two of humanity's only seven demon lords are actually playing video games together!

"Oh no, we've let a monster through!"

"Tony, are you an idiot? A huge wave of monsters is coming at you and you're not using any skills, you're just using basic attacks instead?!"

"But it's easier to use basic attacks; using skills is so annoying."

Bai Jie was so angry he wanted to smash the controller. Normally, when facing a large number of enemies, you would use area-of-effect skills, but Tony didn't use his skills and just activated his enhanced skills and charged in to play with basic attacks!

"Hey you, after we fought, you turned an entire mountain into your sword. Why are you complaining about using skills now?" Bai Jie said, covering his face.

The day after the battle with Veleslana, Tony burst into Bai Jie's room, eager to fight him. Although Andre, Erica, and Liliana tried to stop him, Bai Jie also wanted to test his newly acquired powers. So the two unruly god-killers knocked the three good-hearted people unconscious and then ran to a place near Sardinia to fight.

Sardinia is already dilapidated enough, so it doesn't matter if it gets any more dilapidated.

During that battle, Tony fell into Bai Jie's trap and ended up in a mountain with three hundred magic circles set up. In order to escape, Tony turned the mountain into a sword and cut down all the magic circles on it!

The tearing silver hand—this is Tony's primary power, the so-called King of Swords, which can transform anything his hand touches into a demonic sword that can cut through anything.

Incidentally, Sardinia was completely destroyed after the war, and it would take more than a decade to fully rebuild it.

"Ah, you mean that? I came up with it in a moment of desperation." Tony laughed heartlessly, "This kind of move is the most troublesome for me. If I could, I really wouldn't want to use it."

"Don't talk nonsense. Using the same trick again will save you a lot of trouble."

"No, although Andrei said the same thing, it's much easier for me to swing the sword 1000 times."

Alright, we can confirm it now. Tony and Bai Jie are the complete opposite extremes. This guy is all muscle and will never use his brain if he can use his hands!

With a helpless sigh, Bai Jie put away the controller, closed his eyes, and focused his mind on his body.

He didn't want to play games with Tony anymore. Even if Bai Jie had both hands, he'd still be dragged down by Tony if they teamed up. Tony was the epitome of a terrible teammate.

The power usurped from Veleslana is called the "God of War of the East" by the Council of Sages, and its effects are a manifestation of the Veleslana myth.

Strong wind, bull, goat, ram, phoenix, camel, white horse, wild boar, boy, warrior wielding a golden sword.

During his fight with Tony, Bai Jie used a total of four avatars—Bull, Phoenix, Wild Boar, and Camel—while all other avatars were unusable.

“By the way, my dear friend,” Tony suddenly spoke up, “why is your magic so powerful? It almost broke my [Steel Protection], and even the Godslayer's spell resistance didn't work. How did you do that?”

This is a question Tony has always wanted to ask.

The reason why god-slayers are called demon kings is not only because of the divine power they possess, but also because of their immunity to all spells. This is the most important reason why magicians are helpless against god-slayers.

If magicians are powerful, they have many ways to fight against god-killers: assassination, poisoning, curses... there are countless shady methods. But if they have spell resistance that makes all spells ineffective, then all of the above methods will be useless.

Unable to win in direct combat, and with no other options but to resort to underhanded tactics, the magician, left with no other recourse, could only submit to the god-slayers.

To date, Tony has never experienced being seriously injured by a magic cannon, which is why he is curious as to why Bai Jie can use such powerful magic.

"It's just a difference in quality. The magic I use isn't modern magic, but magic from the Age of Gods," Bai Jie explained. "We Godslayers do have a resistance to overpowered spells, but that's not without limits."

The seemingly boundless ocean has boundaries, the seemingly infinite sky has limits... Everything has its limits, even the universe is hypothetically said to have its own boundaries. Nothing exists without limits, and the same is true of the curse resistance of a god-slayer.

However, even so, Bai Jie's Godhood Magic can only barely break through that limit, and it must be the highest level of Godhood Magic, otherwise it will have no effect at all.

Therefore, god-slayers are all monsters.

Hearing Bai Jie say that, Tony narrowed his eyes and then made a suggestion: "Let's have another match, Fafnir!"

"Huh? Are you out of your mind? If we fight another match, Italy will be torn down."

"What does it matter? If Italy is gone, we'll just go fight in France. Maybe we'll even run into the old man there."

Tony definitely has something wrong with his head.

P.S.: I've finished Arknights and started farming the unlimited lottery, but I don't know how much I can get. I've already pulled over 200 Sugar and Manganese ore, that should be enough, right?

Chapter 199, Section 12: Demon Slayer Complete, Waiting for the Train Arc

"boom--!"

Before Tony could finish speaking, the door to the lounge was rudely pushed open from the outside, and an angry blond man rushed in.

Upon seeing this person, Tony immediately smiled and waved: "Oh, my friend Andrei, it's great that you still look so energetic."

The person who stormed in was none other than Andre, known as the "King's Butler," one of the few people who could openly berate Tony. As soon as he entered, his face darkened, he launched into a tirade against Tony: "Shut up, you piece of trash! You hopeless scum!"

"I just finished dealing with the aftermath of your battle with the Magic King, and you're already trying to add to my workload! I should have stuffed you into cement and sunk you into the sea when you were seriously injured!"

There was a reason why Andrei was so angry.

The battle between two god-killers and two disobedient gods—four monsters—brought indelible damage to Sardinia and Italy. Andrei has been working tirelessly day and night to handle the aftermath.

Before he could finish dealing with the situation, Tony got into another fight with Bai Jie, which almost made him spit out a mouthful of blood. When he came with Erica and Liliana to retrieve the two Godkillers who were both injured, he stomped on Tony's face several times without any mercy.

Now that he has finally managed to sort out the aftermath of what happened before, Tony actually wants to fight Bai Jie again?

"If I could beat you, I would hang you on the electric fan and beat you for three days and three nights right now!"

"How outrageous! Aren't we best friends, Andrei? How could you possibly commit violence against your friend? Is this what you call a knight?"

"You dare call me that, you bastard! All I did was say I wouldn't let you go to Sardinia and you knocked me out, tied me up, and threw me into the inner toilet! You're not even human! You bastard!"

It's clear that Andrei is really worried sick about Tony. Being the butler of such a humanoid troublemaker, Andrei might develop neurasthenia and Alzheimer's in his old age, living a life of depression.

After giving Tony a good scolding, Andrei looked at Bai Jie and said, "Excuse me, but it's more important to greet the Magic King than to be angry at this idiot."

"Your Majesty, please forgive my neglect."

Waving his hand, Bai Jie laughed and said, "There's no need to be so respectful to me. I'm not much better than Tony... By the way, can we please stop calling me 'Magic King'? It sounds kind of embarrassing."

The title "King of Magic" was given to Bai Jie by the Council of Sages and the European magic community because Bai Jie was more skilled in using the magic of the Age of Gods than in using powers, and his magical skills were extremely high. Magicians who were afraid of him then placed the title of King Solomon on him.

"No, your bravery is worthy of this title, Your Majesty, please acknowledge it with pride."

Suddenly, Erica walked in through the door, speaking as she did so, with Liliana beside her.

After a few days apart, both of them looked much more haggard. Erica was alright, as she managed to cover it up with makeup, but Liliana's dark circles were clearly visible to Bai Jie.

Although Bai Jie didn't have much affection for these people he had only known for less than two weeks, for a moment, he saw Chen's shadow in Liliana. Both of them were incredibly hardworking people who would never rest until their work was finished.

"Liliana, come here for a moment."

"Huh?" After a moment of surprise, Liliana approached Bai Jie. "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

"【Go to sleep】"

The simple incantation worked on Liliana, and the dormant magic overwhelmed her fragile spirit. Like a puppet with its strings cut, Liliana immediately collapsed onto Bai Jie's bed.

"Erica, take Liliana back to her room. She's very tired. Let her rest."