What could be scarier than death?

It's better to live than to die!

Especially for a creature as an almost immortal creature like a high evil spirit, at this moment, it is a cold air that freezes into the soul for a while, and a golden light that restores everything for a while, and it is really about to cry when it is intertwined back and forth.

In the past, death would have occurred, but it was a matter of moments.

Can now?

Back and forth, over and over again.

"Boss, what are you going to do?"

"Can you hurry up?"

The High Evil Spirit shouted loudly.

Qin Ran looked at the Thorn Lady silently.

The high-level evil spirits were in a hurry.

It knows that its boss is a person who likes to observe and think, but no matter how much it likes to observe and think, it also needs to consider the occasion.

You know, it's suffering like never before!

Suddenly, the high-level evil spirit had a sentence in his heart...... Well, I don't dare to talk about it.

I really don't dare to talk about it!

Under the effect of the contract, if it really dares to say the words in its heart, then it will really have to wait for death.

How to choose between torture and real death?

Choose from the heart.

The High Evil Spirit made a choice without hesitation.

Then, powerless and passively able to bear it, it began to look at their enemies.

"Huh?"

The eyes of the High Evil Spirit widened in astonishment.

Because, it found out that the Thorn Lady only attacked it, ignoring the boss who kept giving it recovery.

What's going on?

Why do you ignore bosses?

Is it because I'm so attractive?

Doubts unconsciously rose from the bottom of the hearts of the higher evil spirits.

"Scold her."

Suddenly, through the power of the contract from the bottom of his heart, Qin Ran's voice sounded.

"What?"

The high-level evil spirit was stunned.

"Scold her!"

"Scold her with your most vicious words."

Qin Ran repeated.

"Understood!"

After the high-level evil spirit gave Qin Ran an affirmative answer, it looked at the thorn lady, it took a deep breath, and shouted in the loudest voice: "Hey, Sun thief~"

Call!

The blizzard was even bigger, drowning the higher evil spirits in an instant.

While waving his hand to envelop the [King's Praise] over the high-level evil spirit, Qin Ran strode towards the Thorn Lady.

He wanted to prove something.

When he was about 10 meters away from the other party, Qin Ran paused.

Because, a blast of frost shot at him.

But when he dispelled the frost and backed away, the Thorn Lady's attention was once again on the High Demon.

And after trying several times in a row, Qin Ran finally came to a conclusion: the thorn lady in front of her had no thinking, and only had a pattern.

A pattern that Qin Ran was very familiar with.

For example: 'Insulters' are weak and unforgivable.

For example, the person who makes the mistake should be given a chance.

For example, thorns are only an obstacle to progress, and frost is a weapon that tears the body apart.

……

These descriptions popped up involuntarily in Qin Ran's mind.

When he became the high priest of the real Lady of Thorns, Qin Ran had flipped through the canons of the Temple of Thorns, and there were too many descriptions in them that matched the Lady of Thorns in front of him.

"Lady Thorn in accordance with the canon?"

"No, it's not conforming, it's what people expect it to be......"

"That's the problem?"

Qin Ran, who had made some guesses in his heart, no longer delayed, and after he gave the order to the high-level evil spirit to continue the abuse, he strode towards the thorn lady in front of him.

Call!

The icy freezing air, wrapped in a blizzard, blew towards Qin Ran, like a knife with a handle, not only to drown Qin Ran's body, but also to envelop all the routes that Qin Ran might retreat and dodge.

Foresee!

This is one of the important things people know about Lady Thorn.

No attack can escape Lady Thorn's eyes, and any whispering will be heard by Lady Thorn.

Such power is enough to make one feel hopeless.

Even, before you make a move, you will be timid.

For quite some time, the word "fearful" was used to describe the Thorn Lady.

This is also an important reason why Lady Thorn is one of the four gods of Navia.

But Qin Ran, who has already walked out of the misunderstanding, doesn't care about fear at all!

Even if you see through the action, what can you do?

Even, what if you can predict a future?

As long as I'm faster than your eyes, your foreknowledge is useless!

My body is strong enough to withstand any of your attacks!

My flame is enough to extinguish you!

Rumble!

The snowflakes blown by the freezing air flew into the sky with a bang, and a lava demon figure with a height of 6 meters, straight and two horns on its head, and flaming wings on its back seemed to have crawled out of the bottomless abyss, and Huo Ran descended on the world.

The heat distorted all around.

The blizzard quickly disappeared.

The freezing gas has disappeared.

The Thorn Lady, who was manipulating all this, snorted coldly again.

"Mole ......"

Rumble!

Before the other party's words were finished, a flame blast wave covering a hundred meters annihilated everything, and then, when the flaming greatsword that was 3 meters long and 1 meter wide, like the door panel of the city gate, fell from the sky, there was another explosion, and when the lava demon picked up the decapitating flame sword and began to swing it, the scorching flame whirlwind began to ravage the surroundings.

The cold is gone.

Along with the figure of the Thorn Lady disappeared.

The winner is decided.

The battle is decided.

Feeling the strength that belongs to him at this moment, the corners of Qin Ran's mouth curled, and his eyes looked at the words that appeared in front of him.

【Transforming into a Demon III.】

[All Attributes + I. Rank]

[Obtain the full Demon Lord's main essence (Demon Lord Armor (automatically determines that the defense is above III., and reduces the damage in the face of energy damage by 35%), the Demon Lord's body (Strength is an additional +6 again; each attack has Level III Incineration, and has a chance to generate Burst Flame and trigger Flame Sputter within a radius of 10 meters, Burst Flame is Fire Damage above III., and the splashed flame is judged to be Level I. Level, when receiving an attack, the attacker will suffer Level II Incineration Retaliation; Elemental Damage Resistance +I.); HP +2000, HP +2000)]

[Obtain Great Flame Impact: Generate a flame shock wave within 150° and 100 meters in front of you by flapping the flame wings, and the flame is judged to be IV., and the impact force is judged to be IV., 3 times/each transformation]

[Obtain the Tyrannical Decapitation Flame Sword: Summons a greatsword composed entirely of flames, judged to be Flame Level III., Sharp Level IV., with a duration of 3 minutes, 1 time/each transformation]

[Gain Vicious Blasphemy: Creatures you kill, you can have them fight for you again, and get a small amplification, and have the ability to use secondary flames, which lasts for 3 minutes, 1 time/transformation]

[Gain Brimstone Fierce: Lord-level flames will not only burn the creatures that are hostile to you, but their breath will also be tested like never before; Any hostile creature will take a Constitution and -3 judgment against you, and if it fails, it will take an additional 500 Toxin damage with each breath, and its strength will be weakened with each breath.

[Obtain the Fear Aura: As a lord, your majesty is inviolable, and any creature that looks at you needs to make a judgment that its spirit is not lower than S-level, otherwise you will fall into fear and deterrence! ）】

[Demon Balance: The official promotion of the bloodline gives you the true talent of the Demon Lord, you can arbitrarily stack a certain attribute on other attributes in a 1:1.5 way (the stacked attribute shall not be lower than A, and the superimposed attribute cannot exceed the upper limit of spiritual attribute +3), the duration is 3 minutes, 1 time/transformation)]

……

Different from the previous Level III, at this moment, after the evolution of the True Fusion Heart, the Demon Bloodline that had reached the Lord level was truly revealed in front of Qin Ran.

Strong!

The increase of all attributes is no longer a small level, but a real leap across a large level, which allows him to have the capital to turn the tables when facing a strong enemy.

And with the bonuses of attributes such as [Flame Brimstone III.] [Sword of Dawn], and after superimposing with the demonic bloodline at this moment, Qin Ran has the capital to face V.-tier enemies head-on.

As for the [Demon Scales]?

The appearance of this bloodline talent belonging to the demon lord gave Qin Ran more choices, and it could even be said that when facing some enemies, he no longer needed any skills, just directly hit the other party, crushing the opponent with the demon's body, pressing the opponent to the ground and rubbing it.

Now that the transformation demon has reached such an extent.

So......

Desire. What will the Beast of Hope look like?

Even with Qin Ran's mind, at this time, he couldn't wait to see the present. Desire. The appearance of the beast of hope, but after all, it is just a thought.

Qin Ran didn't waste resources.

Especially when the situation is unclear.

Call!

With a scorching breath, the demonic Qin Ran looked at the scorched earth in the distance.

That's where Lady Thorn had stood.

And now?

A small figure appeared there.

He had flaxen-colored hair, eyes of the same color, a young face no more than 10 years old, a linen shirt on his body, and his feet were bare.

She looks like an ordinary little human girl.

"Terrible guy."

The exclamation that did not match her age sounded from the little girl's mouth, and then, the other party walked in front of the demonic Qin Ran so generously.

Not only did he ignore the scorching air, but he also stretched out his hand to touch the lava body, but he was immediately dodged by Qin Ran.

"Lady Vanessa?"

After demonizing, Qin Ran's voice was rough and heavy, like the hum of an earthquake.

"It's me."

The little girl pretended to be mature and nodded, as if she wanted to maintain the demeanor of the original Thorn Lady, but then the excitement that rose from the bottom of her heart made her raise her hand again, wanting to touch Qin Ran's demonic body, and the curiosity on her face could not be concealed.

"Ahem, ahem."

"I'm sorry."

"I'm still a little unaccustomed to it after I'm freed."

After being dodged by Qin Ran again, Vanessa coughed lightly twice to hide her embarrassment.

"Bondage?"

"You just now?"

Qin Ran ignored such a cover-up, he asked about what he was interested in.

"Hmm."

"An ideal 'me' constructed by all the people of Navia."

"You know how we got here, right?"

Vanessa nodded, then asked rhetorically.

"Yes, through some strange thing."

Qin Ran didn't hide it.

"Yes, through some strange things, we took a shortcut and gained unimaginable power, but in the end, it became our bondage."

"No!"

"It can't be said to be bondage, it should be said to be a prison!"

"Erase the cage of self-consciousness!"

"You would never have imagined how pathetic it would be to be like that."

A look of apprehension appeared in Vanessa's eyes.

"The power of faith?"

Qin Ran didn't ask about the consequences, he cut to the key point again.

"Of course!"

"You have a lot of questions right now, don't you?"

"It's a pity I can't explain it to you."

"I'm here for a limited time, for the rest, you go find that guy!"

After Vanessa nodded again, she was about to leave, but was stopped by Qin Ran.

"How?"

Under Qin Ran's gaze, Vanessa looked at herself a little unnaturally.

Except for the lack of shoes, everything is normal.

"Reward!"

"I helped you!"

"You deserve to be paid!"

Qin Ran said bluntly.

Suddenly, Vanessa was stunned.

She didn't expect Qin Ran to ask her for payment at all.

"Aren't we in one camp?"

Vanessa asked rhetorically.

"Yes."

"But there is no discount."

Qin Ran said with a serious face.

Under the premise of demonization, this serious face is extremely intimidating, or more precisely, extremely hideous and terrifying.

Vanessa was taken aback.

She took two steps back, but felt that it would make her lose her manners, and Vanessa walked back to her original position.

She didn't answer right away.

She thought about it carefully, and she confirmed that she did not have too specific plans for Qin Ran in her agreement with the 'God of the Earth'.

To put it simply, it does not say that it is paid, nor does it say that there is none.

She can give.

It is also possible not to give.

But......

Looking at the demonized Qin Ran and the flaming giant sword in the other party's hand, Vanessa, who had lost most of her strength, thought it was not a good idea.

She had no doubt that if she paid her bills, the flaming greatsword in the other party's hand would be cut down immediately.

"Okay, I'll pay you."

After about ten seconds, Vanessa suddenly thought of something, a happy smile appeared on her immature face, and then, without waiting for Qin Ran to ask, she waved her hand.

The invisible, never-before-felt power touched Qin Ran's right eye, the right eye that was blinded by the Lady of Fortune and thrown into the river of fate by the former Thorn Lady, and regrown.

A tingling sensation permeated the right eye.

Something seems to be going to happen.

But it was as if nothing had happened.

When that feeling was gone, so was Vanessa,

The surroundings have also changed.

Qin Ran appeared in a familiar study, with a burning fireplace, a walnut rocking chair, a knitted blanket, and an old woman sitting on a blanket.

Except for the absence of the yellow and white fat cat, everything was exactly the same as the study at No. 1 Black Street in Qin Ran's memory.

The old woman who sat in a rocking chair and looked through her book put down the book in her hand.

She looked at Qin Ran and smiled.

"Very good."

"2567, you're qualified."