A Demon's Journey

Azaroth constructed this array around William's body to boost the Vitality Sucking Life Binding Parasite. He wanted it to activate the potential within it.

Once the Vitality Sucking Life Binding Parasite's potential was activated, its sucking power was significantly boosted.

Along with that boost, this parasite was also fooled into thinking that William was overflowing with vitality.

The parasite would instinctively only suck the amount of vitality that would weaken William but not kill him.

Right now, it felt that no matter how much vitality it sucked, it wouldn't affect William.

However, this couldn't be any more misleading. William could feel an unreal pain in his heart as even his Spirit was being affected.

This Vitality Sucking Life Binding Parasite's true potential was terrifying. It was even tearing apart William's spirit.

Azaroth had two motives to activate this Vitality Sucking Life Binding Parasite. One was to excavate all the potential of this parasite that it had gained through Willaim.

The other was to make William experience such an unreal amount of pain and test his willpower.

This Spiritual Pain was extremely terrifying. It would take someone with Azaroth or Noah's willpower to endure this Spiritual Pain.

However, William was showing great results to Azaroth. He had clenched his fists and also kept his mouth shut.

There was not a single painful scream out of his mouth. He kept it all to himself.

Azaroth genuinely smiled as he saw this scene. To have not screamed out even after experiencing such pain was impressive.

The physical pain and the mental pressure of getting older would affect even individuals with strong willpower.

Azaroth had endured ten times of this pain when his body bathed in the Hell Flames within the Purgatory. And that was just one of the easiest tests to acquire these Hell Flames. There was even greater pain in the next tests.

However, his cultivation base was at the Demon God Rank at that time. He had amassed tremendous experience and had seen everything in the world.

Meanwhile, William was merely at the 4 Star Rank, and he was enduring such terrifying pressure. It was indeed praiseworthy.

"…Now, it's time to take it to the next step."

The greenish mist immediately began to change color. The mist turned into sky-blue color.

As soon as the parasite was struck with this sky-blue color, it fell into a deep sleep. However, the difference between before and after this was that now the parasite remained in its peak state.

It would remain in that state for some time until it actively decided to stop.

William was relieved as he slowly felt the sensation of pain disappearing. Just as his mind was beginning to relax, Azaroth moved to the next phase.

If the previous process was destruction, then this process was reconstruction.

The array gave off red lights as it lit up William's body. William had no idea what was going on as the vitality from the Parasite returned to his body.

The vitality rushed at such a pace that his shriveled appearance returned to his original appearance in a couple of minutes. Soon, it surpassed his original appearance and physique.

His physique was getting stronger. The muscles that had been deprived of pure energy were now overflowing with vitality.

This surplus of vitality was reinforcing William's muscles. He was getting stronger, and his divine physique was truly activating.

His Gold Element and the Metal Element began to revolve in his mental consciousness. These two elements were also releasing their energy as they strengthened his body even further.

This entire reconstruction of his physique took nearly 3 hours to complete.

Azaroth knew that the process of reconstruction was even more painful than before. This time, William did let out a painful groan.

But this wasn't some loud scream but a soft groan. As if this pain wasn't something he expected after that relief.

Soon, he even got used to that pain and stopped groaning. Azaroth nodded in satisfaction. He was right in saving this guy and turning him into his retainer.

William opened his eyes soon. His silver eyes stared at Azaroth for a few seconds. He then suddenly bowed down to Azaroth by smashing his head against the ground.

"I thank you for treating my body!" He yelled loudly.

Even though he had gotten used to that physique, he had always wished to have a normal physique again.

As a kid, he would be jealous of other warriors who would have the standard physique. Since, even without any effort, they would be as strong or stronger than him.

However, he felt as if the heavens had listened to his wish.

William added, "I had always thought that I would forever serve the individual who could cure me."

Azaroth noticed that William was extremely sincere and then nodded, "Very well."

Azaroth then spoke, "I have activated your Divine Physique of Strength. In fact, I actually haven't purged that parasite from your body."

William raised his brows in question and asked, "Ehh? Why?"

"It doesn't need to be purged. The parasite is so weak that it can no longer suck your vitality. You can kill it with a single thought and a strand of Ardor. However, this parasite does have its uses."

"You can use it to devour a greater amount of Spiritual Energy and Ardor from the surroundings. It won't just be useful for cultivation, but also for the battles."

"You can recover a great deal of Ardor using this Parasite. It would take less time for you to charge your attacks. Thus, the frequency of your attacks would increase. And you should be aware that if two individuals are of similar strength, then the one attacking with greater frequency has more chances of winning," Azaroth explained.

William nodded in affirmation, "That's correct." He trusted Azaroth's judgment on this.

This man wouldn't get anything by harming him.

In reality, Azaroth had also left behind his Spiritual Seed within that parasite. He could use that parasite to destroy William's heart with a single thought.

Azaroth had a conservative nature and was ready to instantly slaughter any warrior under his control who could betray him.

Rarely did he receive this chance because his subordinates weren't foolish in trying to betray him. They knew how dangerous Azaroth was and feared him more than anything.

They were absolutely terrified of him and knew it would be best if they didn't give him a reason to kill them.

This callous guy would kill them without a second thought.

Azaroth then called out for Noah.

Noah arrived at the scene. He immediately kowtowed as he greeted Azaroth and then gazed at William.

Azaroth then ordered Noah, "Fight him. I need to check his skill level."

"As you command, master," Noah spoke devotedly.

The entire area flooded with Noah's battle intent.

When William saw Noah, he remembered that this was the same kid who was the first to charge against the Dragon Tiger Palace's warriors.

He was an absolutely fearless guy who possessed great skill in Sword Techniques!

Noah had actually slaughtered the strongest warrior from the Beast Taming Group! It was said that the man's fists were his weapons.

But in front of Noah's sword, they failed. His body was split into multiple pieces. It would be incredibly hard to gather them now.

William slowly got into his own battle stance. Azaroth threw a spear in his direction and spoke, "Fight with this."

This spear was an enchanted spear, personally created by Azaroth. He knew that William was strong, but Noah was on another level.

Without an enchanted weapon, William wouldn't be able to hold his own against Noah.