Rean cursed inwardly, calling them madmen, as a dense ck mist quickly enveloped him.


    He ignored John entirely, his speed rapidly increasing as he fled into the distance.


    Rean''s thought process was simple.


    If he allowed this Hidden Stars individual to dy him, even if he managed to kill John, he would end up dying here himself.


    Such an oue would be aplete loss, and naturally, Rean wasn''t about to waste any more time on him.


    However, to his surprise, John''s speed was much faster than he had anticipated.


    Seeing Rean, now not far ahead, John clenched the long sword in his hand, and his aura surged dramatically.


    "Blood Rage!"


    In the next moment, his speed increased significantly.


    In the blink of an eye, John positioned himself right behind Rean''s head.


    His eyes filled with lethal intent, John swung his long sword down fiercely!


    Sensing the fierce attack from behind, Rean showed no intention of blocking.


    His eyes even disyed a hint of mockery.


    Even though he was severely wounded at this moment, he wasn''t someone who could be easily harmed.


    It wasn''t just John; even if all the remaining individuals were considered, they couldn''t inflict the slightest damage on him.


    In fact, he could use this opportunity to make a quick escape.


    With this thought, a dense ck mist suddenly appeared around Rean''s head.


    This ck mist formed a sphere,pletely enveloping him.


    Then, Rean no longer paid any attention to John, focusing instead on how he could quickly flee the scene.


    However, in the next moment, his facial expression frozepletely.


    "Pfft!"


    The sound of flesh being pierced echoed.


    A crimson de tip emerged from Rean''s mouth.


    Droplets of ck blood slid off the de tip.


    With his wings pping, John hovered mid-air, surrounded by a thick aura of bloodthirst.


    His eyes blood-red, he gripped his sword with both hands, piercing straight through Rean''s head.


    Everyone watched in shock at this scene! The impact of this moment on them was akin to witnessing a child ying a fierce tiger.


    How did he aplish this??


    Disbelief was stered all over Rean''s face.


    How could this be possible! How could he have prated my defenses! Soon, Rean pinpointed the source of the problem.


    No! It was the sword!


    He sensed an extremely faint yet utterly terrifying aura emanating from John''s de.


    This kind of aura, he had only felt from one kind of being before.


    Gods!


    Rean''s face twisted and contorted, his expression indiscernible.


    It was beyond his imagination.


    This unassuming Hidden Stars neer actually possessed a divine artifact in his hands!


    Moreover, it seemed to be a weapon of the Crimson Demon! Rean could sense the Crimson Demon''s presence from it.


    At this moment, Rean''s heart was nearly exploding with rage.


    He had gone to great lengths to find a suitable body for the Crimson Demon.


    And this was how he was repaid?


    Before Rean could further contemte, he felt a powerful devouring force emanating from the Bloodthirsty de.


    Streams of rich life force flowed into the Bloodthirsty de.


    Rean''s already scarce life force was now being devoured by the Bloodthirsty de at a terrifying rate.


    A look of horror spread across Rean''s face as he desperately struggled to break free from the devouring grasp of the Bloodthirsty de.


    But the seemingly shattered long sword was like a ma, firmly holding him in ce.


    No matter how much he struggled, it was futile.


    Fear finally surfaced on Rean''s face.


    The threat that John posed to him at this moment was even greater than Shadowcloud''s Godyer de! Despite everything, Rean had been confident he could escape with his life from Shadowcloud, but against this de, he had no assurance whatsoever.


    John was profoundly moved.


    A weapon of the gods, even in its damaged state, was beyond the capacity of human power to contend with.


    How powerful then, must the true gods be?


    As these thoughts crossed John''s mind, Rean made his move.


    On the brink of life and death, Rean refused to sumb without a fight, struggling incessantly to free himself from the grip of the Bloodthirsty de.


    John furrowed his brow.


    Even with his skull pierced through, Rean was still alive.


    Such top-tier awakeners were terrifying, almost transcending the realm of humanity.


    However, John was not overly concerned.


    It was toote for Rean to escape now.


    The Bloodthirsty de, despite being damaged, was still a divine artifact, and it would not let its prey escape so easily.


    As John anticipated, streams of rich life force were extracted from Rean''s head.


    The Bloodthirsty de, like a gluttonous monster that could never be satisfied, feasted on Rean''s life.


    Thick ck mist erupted from Rean as he struggled to flee, but in just a moment, the mist waspletely suppressed by the Bloodthirsty de, dissipating without a trace.


    As Rean''s life force was devoured inrge quantities, his already ghastly and terrifying face became even more shriveled and horrifying, nearly transforming into a skeletal head.


    Meanwhile, the cracks on the Bloodthirsty de''s body began to repair rapidly.


    The terrifying single eye on the hilt flickered with red light, appearing excited and increasingly sinister.


    Meanwhile, a series of notifications appeared before John''s eyes.


    ["Blood Devourer" activated, Bloodthirsty de upgraded to bronze-tier!]


    ["Blood Devourer" activated, Bloodthirsty de upgraded to silver-tier!]


    ["Blood Devourer" activated, Bloodthirsty de upgraded to gold-tier!]


    ...


    In just a few breaths, the Bloodthirsty de soared across three levels, elevating from iron-tier all the way to gold-tier, and it was still ascending.


    As the Bloodthirsty de leveled up, Rean was driven into a corner.


    He knew that if he didn''t figure out something soon, he might very well die by this young man''s hand in just a moment, with no chance of survival left.


    With this realization, Rean made some decision, his eyes revealing a crazed look.


    A dense ck aura violently surged from his head.


    A ck magic array, tens of meters in diameter, formed in the blink of an eye.


    The array glowed with a dark light, and in the center, Rean''s face began to rapidly melt away, like a candle in the heat.


    Yet, he wasughing maniacally.


    Rean eximed madly, "Hahaha! Even in death, I won''t let you have it easy!"


    Subsequently, the ck magic array seemed to connect to something.


    Suddenly, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and an oppressive force filled with desire and chaos materialized out of nowhere.


    John''s expression changed as he sensed an incredibly terrifying aura.


    He swiftly pulled out the Bloodthirsty de and, without a second thought, quickly retreated.


    Dark Fox and the others also had their expressions change drastically, looking up at the sky in rm.


    They saw an immense, hundreds of metersrge, day-darkening grey-white giant hand emerging from the sky.


    Then, without pause, it ferociously smashed down towards John!


    John was acutely aware of the changes in the sky.


    However, the attacking range of the giant hand was so vast that it nearly obscured his entire field of vision.


    John clenched his teeth in frustration.


    With the attack spanning hundreds of meters, there was no way he could evade it at his current speed.


    This sudden turn of events had cornered himpletely.


    Among the crowd, someone couldn''t help but curse, "That madman Rean! To summon a high-ranking creature from the underworld realm, he even sacrificed himself!"


    No one had anticipated Rean still had such a trick up his sleeve.


    Given the might of this colossal hand, even a cataclysmic-level powerhouse might find it difficult to withstand.


    John gripped the Bloodthirsty de, facing the terrifying giant hand head-on.


    He gritted his teeth, hurling skills towards the giant hand in the sky.


    The skills burst into brilliant light in the air, yet they had no effect whatsoever.


    No matter how John attacked, the giant hand didn''t slow down in the slightest, continuing to plummet towards him like a massive mountain!


    The grey-white giant hand, due to the friction with the air, had mes igniting along its edges and palm.


    The terrifying sound of a sonic boom was even audible to those watching.


    As the giant hand drew closer, some people began to panic and flee, while others closed their eyes in despair.


    The officials were weeping bitterly, cursing why John had to provoke Rean unnecessarily.


    This horrifying attack was not something one could simply escape from by moving out of its coverage area.


    Once the giant hand fell, the powerful shockwave would reduce everyone present to mush.


    In a critical moment, a dazzling sword light suddenly pierced through the darkness.


    Under everyone''s gaze, Victor, enveloped in de aura, soared towards the sky.


    His body swirled with de aura, and a gigantic sword, with him at its center, quickly materialized.


    As everyone watched, the massive hand collided with the towering sword.


    "Boom!!!"


    A blinding sh of sword light vanished as quickly as it appeared in the sky, followed by a deafening explosion that echoed through heaven and earth.


    In the shocked stares of countless onlookers, the hundreds of meters wide hand was cleaved into two by a single strike.


    Immediately after, silver-white sword light exploded within the giant hand.


    Tiny strands of de aura pierced through the skin of the hand, like light piercing through the night,pletely shredding the entire hand from the inside.


    "Roar!!!"


    A terrifying roar, as if prating through heaven and earth, came from the void.


    The pain in that roar was clear to all.


    Magic array-bound Rean witnessed this scene, his eyes splitting with rage.


    He howled incoherently, "No...it''s...impossible..."


    Before he could finish, Rean dissolved into a pool of ck blood,pletely sacrificed by the magic array.


    The crisis was averted, and Rean was in.


    As John breathed a sigh of relief, a wave of intense fatigue and dizziness swept over him.


    Before he could react, the blood-red wings on his back slowly dissipated.


    He plummeted from mid-air.