Tempting Fate

143 Chapter 143: The Demon King: Reed

The two people there were surprised when Reed suddenly appeared between them and the demon. Reed grabbed its very tail, and the demon would have attacked the two people. The two humans did not recognize him because he turned his back on them.

“Leave....now!” Reed said.

The two quickly ran out of the tunnel and were surprised when they got out. Devin took a deep breath and lowered his hand after removing the barrier.

Meanwhile, Reed could quickly push the demon’s tail using physical strength and the black smoke to get it away from him. The demon took a step back and was surprised at what he had done. Its head tilted slightly, perhaps thinking about who he was.

The demon quickly moved again and quickly attacked Reed. Its movement was as fast as expected, even the movement of its three tails that alternately attacked him. The demon soon deflected even its arm’s sharp pointed edge from him. He immediately avoided it and quickly struck after avoiding it. He grabbed the sharp and pointy end of its arm that planned to attack his body, but he released black and red smoke wrapped around that arm of the demon. The black power is strong, which pushes the demon away. The monster was thrown but quickly recovered and repositioned itself to attack.

Reed grew his black smoke and whirled it in the wind like a dragon. It attacked the demon, who tried to cut it several times, but his strong arms couldn’t cut it because it was smoke.

The three demon tails began to move again, wanting to hit him. Reed took out the demon dagger floating in the air. The demon avoids that while its two seats are busy attacking Reed while the other is blocking every attack with the demon dagger that Reed’s smoke uses to attack the demon while he is blocking its tails attacking him. Reed backed away several times as the demon continued to approach. The tip of its tail digs into the road.

Reed grabbed his two strong arms again to prevent him from moving forward. It will indeed have many victims when it gets out of the tunnel. Devin released black smoke to create a new barrier for people not to see what was happening inside the tunnel.

Suddenly, the surroundings became dark as the vehicles could no longer enter. People have also started gathering outside of the 300 meters long tunnel.

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“Help Reed...” Emy said. “Help him, Devin.”

“I told you, I can do nothing to help him but to put up a barrier. It’ll kill me if I help him. Scorpion demon, it’s too strong for me.” Devin said.

Reed picked up the demon and tossed it into the middle of the tunnel before rushing off. The demon dagger drifted in the air, which he averted numerous times with his black smoke. The demon avoided that and quickly attacked him, but he didn’t expect the attack that Reed would make on him. Black smoke was coming from beneath the road, rapidly encircling the demon in an unseen trap. Once the monster can stay in one place, it will be easier for Reed to attack it.

A few moments later, Reed succeeded in his plan. The demon has nowhere to go but the trap he made for it. Reed began to manifest more powerful abilities, and within the tunnel, Devin and Emy could sense a strong breeze. Reed’s black force was combined with the air’s small electric voltage. Devin quickly constructed a shield for him and Emy. He hugged one arm around Emy’s body while one hand was the one making the shield.

Pieces of the vehicle that were not melted from the demon’s saliva flew with the wind, and Reed was injured several times. He had cuts on his cheek and neck. A loud and shrill voice can be heard from the demon, who seems angry because of what happened.

Reed attacked with its tail one after the other. Reed avoided that and used the black smoke as a shield for every attack. It can be seen that the poison drips from the end of its tail, and it can dissolve the asphalt on the road. If Reed is stepped on or splashed by him, it will definitely be another wound for him. Every time he avoided three attacks of its tail quickly. Reed had to cut off its tails so its poison wouldn’t fall on him. But how will he do it?”

“Devin, Reed looks like he’s struggling....” Emy said.

“You’re just thinking that,” Devin said. “He’s not struggling. I think he’s thinking about how he can the poison coming from the demon’s tail can be avoided.”

“Poison?”

“You saw how it melted two people’s cars earlier. What do you think will happen to Reed if it gets on his skin?”

“Help him...”

Devin didn’t say anything more. He just watched Reed fight.

“Why don’t you want to help him, Devin? You’re strong. Why can’t you handle that demon’s power?”

“You do not understand.”

“Do you want him dead?” Emy asked seriously. He remembered what Eldron had told him. When Reed dies, Devin will surely be the king.

Devin didn’t expect Emy’s question. He couldn’t answer her question.

“You want to be king, so this is your chance to let him die, right?” Amy asked.

“Stop, Emy, you don’t know anything,” Devin asked seriously.

“If you don’t have a hidden agenda, you’ll help Reed.”

“It’s not because I like you. I’ll just let you decide for me. You don’t know me, and you don’t know anything about Reed and me.”

“If you don’t want to help him, I will help him,” Emy said.

Devin let Emy walk towards Reed. “When Reed dies, you’ll be the reason.”

Emy stopped for a moment and faced Devin again. “You heard what he said before approaching the demon, didn’t you? If you become narrow-minded and insist on helping Reed, go ahead. If I become king, you will be the one who will give me that position. You will also be the cause of Reed’s death.”

Emy didn’t say anything. She just stared at Devin. She turned to hear Reed’s loud shout.

Reed’s whole body seemed to be on fire as the poison from the end of the demon’s tail dripped onto his shoulder. He screamed as he pulled the two tails he was holding. When he pulled the demon’s two tails, he immediately threw them out of the trap he had made. A few moments later, it moved spontaneously as if it were still alive. It stopped moving and gradually dried up.

Reed could see his skin and flesh melting due to the poison, which caused him to fall to his knees in misery. He stirred his black smoke, and it swirled around the demon. Reed was sweating profusely, and his face was red as he endured the pain he was about to feel. The black smoke wrapped around the demon’s body like a snake, and the black separated from the red smoke that also wrapped around the demon’s body. The demon tried to break free from the smoke that bound him, but it was too tight, and he could feel the cutting of its scales. You can hear the scary voice of the demon again that echoed inside the tunnel.

From behind the demon, the demon’s dagger plunged into its head simultaneously as the demon’s body was cut entirely and dried up afterward. The blade fell to the road as Reed’s body fell.

Emy hurriedly ran to approach Reed. Tears flowed when she saw the look on Reed’s shoulder. She can already see its bone and the dissolution of the poison there.

“Devin... Devin...” Emy shouted. “Help Reed.”

Emy doesn’t know how to handle Reed. Reed was panting as he struggled to endure the pain from his wound.

Time suddenly stopped. Reed saw a woman dressed in white and walking towards where he lay. When she approached, she sat in front of him with a smile, but before she helped him, he looked at Emy. She held her chin and raised her head slightly.

“Looks like your salvation is near...”

“Do I have to die for that?”

“Do you want it?”

“My son needs me.”

The woman nodded. “Your child is strong. This woman will not be able to bear the hardships of pregnancy. What can you do to save her life?”

“What do you mean?”

“You have to choose. Your son or this girl?”

“What? Why do I have to choose?”

“Your son is strong, and only one person can give birth to him. What do you think will happen to her body if the baby consumes her spiritual strength?”

“No, I’ll think of a way. I won’t let Emy die.”

“Even if you die?”

“Why should I die? My sacrifice is pointless if I die. I will live, and Emy and I will be together.”

The woman smirked. She raised her hand and applied it to Reed’s wound. Reed screamed as he felt his flesh and bones, even his skin, stretched.

“Shhh, it’s like you’re fresh from the wound.”

Reed fought back the pain as he felt his wound heal. A few moments later, it completely recovered, and he even noticed that the woman touched Emy’s stomach until his vision darkened.