1005 The Hopeless Battle

"Why did you stop hiding, you rat?" Demon King stared at Varian with a mocking smile. "Not afraid to die anymore?"

Varian shook his head without any anger and pointed to Evander. "With his strength, I am confident of defeating you."

Evander was pouring a healing potion onto his fists when he shuddered at Varian's words. He felt like a 'tank' in one of those games. Or colloquially, the meat shield.

Once that connection was made, Evander couldn't stop thinking in that direction.

Sarah and Sia were far away and would be fighting using their long-range powers. Varian, while in close combat, wouldn't be the primary force fighting the Demon King. It'd be him—the one to take maximum damage

Evander glanced at earth and then at Varian before shifting to Demon King.

Unlike Varian, he couldn't stand watching Earth get destroyed. So, even though he had no chance of winning, he rushed out.

But with Varian and his small team joining, Evander saw the possibility of a victory.

'For how long can you maintain this power?' Varian's voice sounded in his mind.

'Long enough.' Evander didn't give a direct reply.

Varian wanted to ask if it was a risk to his life but decided not to. Whatever the case, knowing it now wouldn't help.

"Even if there's ten of you, you're going to lose." Demon King sneered and shot toward Varian.

Even with his improved strength, Varian had a hard time even teleporting away.

Thankfully, Evander appeared in middle and engaged the abyssal in battle.

From afar, a curtain of light and a veil of darkness shot out and enveloped the Demon King.

He broke them with a punch and concentrated back on Evander. But they stitched back together and attacked him again.

Not only that, a sudden torrent of attacks flooded him. The gravity on him increased, even though it didn't affect him much. His mind seemed to be poked by needles as two psychic attacks tried to disturb him.

And the biggest attack of them all, two shining swords built of multiple powers attacked him during his battle with Evander.

Evander was wrong.

Even Varian was only fighting from close but wasn't going to physically fight Demon King. It's a very risky move for his current power.

Thankfully, Varian used his plantae powers on Evander continuously and accelerated the man's regeneration to the point he could at least fight Demon King.

As their figures blurred and they engaged in a brutal brawl, it was clear that Evander was clearly losing but at least he was able to engage Demon King now.

The spaceships and space stations in the surrounding thousand miles were ripped apart by the violent shockwaves from the battle.

"You little bastards! Attacking from afar!" Demon King roared and punched at Evander.

The space around his fist tightened and a force literally gripped his fist and slowed him down.

As if that wasn't enough, the space behind his neck fluctuated and an ice sword coiled with lighting arcs, propelled by telekinetic power appeared out of nowhere.

"Fuck!" Demon King forcibly turned slightly and punched the sword with his other hand.

At the same time, his punch with Evander connected and the human general's hand bone cracked.

But using this opportunity, he punched with his other hand.

Demon King couldn't respond in time and took an attack on his gut—on the exact spot he was first attacked.

Staggering back, Demon King clutched his bleeding wound and scowled. As he opened his mouth to curse, darkness enveloped him and blinded his senses.

Exactly at the same time, light arrows rained down while the shining swords created by Varian also attacked Demon King. Evander also took the opportunity to throw another attack.

Demon King channeled his chi and punched out. The darkness surrounding him blew apart like a cloud of smoke, allowing him to clearly sense the attacks that were almost about to strike him.

With insane agility that belied his bulky build, Demon King dodged Varian's swords, slapped away Sarah's light arrows, and blocked Evander's attack to his head.

Except for a couple of minor injuries, Demon King was fine.

They managed to get a couple of hits on him in the beginning, but as he experienced their tactics, he's growing harder and harder to injure.

All the while, Evander's condition, despite healing from potions and Varian, was getting increasingly worse. Even if he could sustain the strength, his body wouldn't be able to fight like this for much longer.

With no other choice, Varian decided to take the risk.

"Die!" Demon King launched a flurry of punches at Evander, aiming for his vitals. Evander responded with counterattacks.

The two figures blurred as they moved at very high speeds. Wherever they went, powerful explosions would rock the space and strong shockwaves would follow.

Right in the middle of the fight after Demon King dealt with the 'surprise' attacks, a fist glowing in a mix of colors punched him from behind.

Demon King turned around fast enough and punched back, sending the attacker flying for hundreds of miles.

As he tried to chase after him, Evander increased the intensity of his attacks, at the expense of himself, and stopped the abyssal.

Far away, Varian's arm hung limp as blood sputtered out from his crushed fist. His finger and palm bones were smashed into pieces and even with his plantae powers, it wasn't easy to heal.

What's worse, Varian felt like his arm would fall off his shoulder at any moment and held it in place.

For the next five minutes, the battle continued as expected.

Even with the three of them giving their best, Evander was suppressed by Demon King and was pushed toward death.

In the sixth minute, Varian attacked the Demon King again.

The abyssal expected the human to learn his lesson after the failed attempt. So, he wasn't able to give special focus to Varian and only responded at the last minute with a casual punch.

Yet, the result was the same. Varian's arm was crushed. The battle seemed hopeless.