"We're all civilized people, isn't all this fighting and killing so unnecessary... How about we sit down and talk?"

Gu Mo tugged at the corner of his mouth, a sense of urgency rising in his heart, knowing this was not a viable solution.

The opponent's momentum was not as grand as that of the previous demons yet was immensely more powerful, creating a more terrifying pressure, and his energy was depleting at an alarming rate. At this pace, he wouldn't be able to sustain for long. It wasn't just because of Visakha; it was also because his skill had upgraded.

"Mastery of Ninety-nine Weapons," the Skill Badge showed as LV1, precisely indicating an upgrade by one level.

Perhaps he had used this skill too frequently recently, and the number of enemy units he had slain with it accounted for over ninety-nine percent of his monster farming, and the count kept rising... maybe it was due to a deeper understanding, or perhaps it was the growth in proficiency.

After all, aside from the Skill Badges dropped from monsters, from his current experience, those Skill Badges usually condensed through self-practice, or obtained through the system's lottery method, seemed to start at LV0, being items without inherent levels.

Perhaps in the system's definition, the Skill Badge itself represented a level of stable mastery, but that was the extent, much like when he had just begun learning the Talisman Skill within the Yin Yang Dao. Before proficiency allowed for the condensation of a Skill Badge, it wasn't as though he couldn't produce a Curse Talisman.

The success was sporadic, failures frequent, and most of the time unstable, until proficiency accumulated to a point where a Skill Badge could be condensed, only then could he truly achieve a stable performance, wherein failure of skill usage was unlikely unless intentional.

So—LV0 meant just obtaining the Skill Badge, signifying a fundamental mastery, an introductory level, but what did an LV1 Skill Level indicate?

Proficiency? Mastery? Regardless, it should certainly represent a progressive level above LV0.

Even though there weren't more detailed attributes like attack power shown, the upgraded skill was noticeably more powerful, with the extended light beam being markedly longer than before, almost having the aura of a forty-meter-long blade.

—But, even the consumption had correspondingly increased!

Having just barely upgraded his level earlier, easing some pressure by strengthening his stamina, Gu Mo naturally found himself in a dire situation once more. He indeed felt a bit overwhelmed; if he couldn't conclude the battle swiftly and continued this deadlock, he feared he might reveal himself.

"There's nothing to discuss, that Calamity God must die today! I will slay him and his Divine Artifact here!"

Visakha's response was filled with murderous intent, and looking at the two distant and indecisive figures, her gaze was chillingly cold.

If Ichijima Hiyori was unrelated to this matter, she naturally wouldn't harm the innocent, but since they were Yato's Divine Artifacts, they were naturally within the scope of her revenge... It was an eye for an eye!

Seems there's no room for negotiation...

Gu Mo felt a headache, he actually knew that Visakha was pursuing Yato because the latter had seized the opportunity during her Divine Fall and annihilated all her Divine Artifacts except for Zhao Ma, who wasn't present at that time!

Visakha was the most powerful Martial God, able to adopt a large number of Divine Artifacts, and this very adoption made her the strongest Martial God; the two complemented each other. However, it wasn't a simple utilitarian mindset; she genuinely regarded each adopted Divine Artifact as family... So that incident dealt a severe blow to her.

It had become her Heart Demon.

What should be done now?

The opponent couldn't take him down for now, but neither could he do much to her, and the opponent was very wary, giving him no chance to get close...

Gu Mo felt he was facing the greatest crisis in this instance. It seemed like he had bluffed Visakha, but in reality, the opponent had grasped his greatest weakness, unknowingly forcing him towards a slow demise.

He could only escape quickly while he could still sustain...

A thought flashed through his mind; Gu Mo was about to signal to the two behind him to engage while retreating, finding an opportunity to escape, but at that moment, a familiar broken noise buzzed in his ears, mixed with a sense of static surging through.

The next moment—

The physical attributes, already greatly enhanced by the Nine-tailed's blessing, suddenly soared again, and the vast Demonic Power within him, already enormous, abruptly doubled, with even more Demonic Power continuously flowing through the channel between him and his Guardian Spirit!

A boom resounded in his mind, as if flames were igniting, Gu Mo's eyes unconsciously took on a blood-colored sheen akin to flame light, although under the fiery aura enveloping him, the change wasn't overly obvious.

Oh no...

This feeling...

The last shred of clarity in Gu Mo's mind struggled to persist, unwilling to be overwhelmed by the rampaging instincts that seemed to surge from a bloodline level, sensing the seemingly endless torrent of Demonic Power within, striving hard to control this sudden surge of power.

The Nine-tailed Fox Power was far from limited to this; he always only utilized a small portion, capping the borrowed power within a safe threshold, for it wasn't just a matter of consumption, but the Synchronization Rate of "Possession Fusion" could lead to "Demonized" if it became too high—

Thus, he had always been very cautious, controlling the extent of Possession Fusion, never risking, so why this time...

Wait, wait! It seems that during this period, the power he used most was the Guardian Spirit, and each time both were used simultaneously. Since continually using White Viper upgraded "Mastery of Ninety-nine Weapons," is it possible that the Possession Fusion with the Nine-tailed Fox Power also accumulated enough experience now, during the stalemate with the strongest Martial God, to reach that final part?

"What is this? This, this is... Demon Qi?!"

Upon hearing Zhao Ma's warning, Visakha, who was kiting from a distance, was momentarily stunned. She seemed to sense an extremely terrifying aura slowly rising from the person standing opposite, quietly hanging their head.

Unlike the godly aura exuded from wielding that Divine Artifact, which faintly reflected the silhouette of a massive White Snake...

But rather, it was like a blazing inferno, the burning Demon Qi.

—Is this... Divine Fall?

For a moment, she thought of this issue, as she had also faced such a problem before, instantly filling her with uncertainty and disbelief. What a joke, wasn't the opponent in a perfectly sound condition? How could they suddenly fall from God to a terrifying Demon?!

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