A crimson arc slashed across Rex’s waist.
In an instant, blood appeared.
“Ah!! You…!”
Rex felt a piercing pain assault him.
His legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground.
The intense pain made it impossible for him to control his legs to stand up again.
The lackeys behind Rex had been in a mood to watch the fun, ready to enjoy the sight of Liyakade being subdued, continuing to harass her with filthy words.
But now, seeing this scene, everyone fell silent.
Even the subordinates’ expressions froze on their faces.
In the forest, only Rex’s screams could be heard.
What alarmed these Dark Guards even more was that Liyakade actually stood up from the ground.
Her expression and tone were no longer dazed as before—her eyes were cold, even cruel.
A powerful pressure radiated from her, making the Dark Guards dare not move.
“Scum!”
Liyakade stood up, looking down at Rex writhing on the ground.
Blood soaked his black nightclothes as he clutched his lower body, blood still seeping out.
Not far from where Rex had fallen lay a bloody mass of flesh.
When Rex approached, Liyakade had used Blood Magic to cut off his manhood.
In truth, Liyakade had been acting all along.
No matter what backup plan Rex had, Liyakade felt she could handle it.
She only pretended to be weak to make Rex, who thought he had victory in his grasp, reveal more information and who the true mastermind was.
However, at the moment the purple smoke appeared and the Wind Element was dispelled, Liyakade was indeed somewhat surprised.
She hadn’t expected this group to have a means to counter the Wind Element, nor that the one who poisoned the water source would be so easily discovered by her.
In fact, when Liyakade released the Wind Element earlier, even though she wasn’t using her full power, her level was over LV.60.
Still, the magic array’s turbulent currents managed to break it down.
This clearly showed that these Dark Guards’ strength and the magic array’s effectiveness were not weak.
And now, Liyakade used Blood Magic to attack Rex—not because Rex and his men had pushed her into a corner, but because she no longer wanted to waste time and energy dealing with them.
Rex’s words just now had truly angered her.
She hadn’t expected Rex to have done such things to several women.
A person like that deserved to die.
So Liyakade no longer intended to hide her demon bloodline or spare Rex’s miserable life.
The moment she decided to drop the act, she immediately cut off Rex’s manhood.
“You said you’ve done this to several girls? Then you really are a complete scumbag.”
As she spoke, Liyakade walked over to the lump of flesh she had cut from Rex.
Then she stomped down hard with her heel.
The lump burst under Rex’s gaze and the watchful eyes of his subordinates.
Only then did Rex realize the source of the excruciating pain and what exactly had been cut off.
He looked in disbelief at the crushed mess on the ground.
The other subordinates all felt a chill in their groins.
“You… you!”
Rex stared wide-eyed at Liyakade standing on the crushed flesh.
The hatred in his heart made him want to tear her apart immediately, but his convulsing legs wouldn’t let him stand.
“You want to ask why I’m fine after inhaling that purple smoke? Heh heh heh. Telling you won’t hurt.”
With that, Liyakade stopped hiding.
Her crimson eyes gradually revealed a hint of scarlet.
A bloody light swept over everyone present.
They already wanted to retreat, but the pressure and dangerous aura radiating from Liyakade made them dare not move.
“Tell me, what kind of creature can control blood like this?”
As Liyakade asked Rex, she lifted her foot.
The blood on her sole slowly dripped away, not even a trace staining her shoe—all of it fell onto the pile of crushed flesh.
Then, that mass of flesh began to writhe as if it had gained self-awareness.
Though Rex was a wicked scumbag, he was still a noble’s Dark Guard.
At the very least, he knew about demons.
Seeing this scene, if he still couldn’t identify the person before him, he would truly be an idiot.
“You’re… a de…”
“Correct answer.”
Liyakade didn’t even let Rex finish.
Before he could complete his words, the mass of flesh on the ground twisted and burrowed into Rex’s mouth.
Rex felt a bloody taste and a stench from his own groin flood into his mouth.
The filth and rotten flesh made it hard for him to breathe.
He rolled his eyes and collapsed, dead to the world.
‘Tsk… I forgot to ask him more questions.’
After knocking Rex out, Liyakade remembered there was information she still wanted.
But she hadn’t controlled her strength and had knocked him out.
Now she would have to interrogate the others.
While Liyakade had been stuffing the flesh into Rex’s mouth, the other Dark Guards had started sneaking away.
“Brothers! Split up! She’s only one person—she can’t catch us all!”
Seeing their escape attempt discovered, one shadow gave up all pretense.
He drove the Wind Element to leap into the air while shouting to everyone.
If they all ran in different directions, at least some would get away.
However, they still underestimated Liyakade’s abilities.
With a loud bang, the shadow who had leaped first was immediately knocked out of the air and slammed into the ground, creating a deep crater.
The other shadows who tried to flee barely took a step before a crushing pressure weighed down on them, making it impossible to breathe.
They couldn’t take another step.
This was Liyakade’s Wind Field.
Under the boost of her demon bloodline, the force of this Wind Field was far greater than usual.
These Dark Guards, with an average level of around LV.40, couldn’t resist.
If they had left some people to maintain the magic array instead of all coming down to celebrate, Liyakade would have found it difficult to keep them all with Wind Element.
They could only blame their own overconfidence—now they had lost even the chance to escape.
Liyakade stepped closer to the Dark Guards.
She first approached the shadow who had earlier called her a bitch and said they would teach her a lesson.
“Your leader said your master is Vidar. Tell me, what poison did you use, and what was your purpose in poisoning the water?”
“Gurk… you bitch, I won’t say a single…”
“Then die.”
Before the shadow could finish, a blood-red thorn shot up from the ground, piercing through his body.
The thorn penetrated his lungs and throat, completely silencing him.
He couldn’t speak—only barely breathe.
Liyakade deliberately avoided his vital organs, letting him linger on the thorn for a while to facilitate better interrogation.
The shadow struggled on the thorn, thrashing wildly for a moment before going still.
Seeing this, the other Dark Guards were terrified.
Though they had accepted death from the start as Dark Guards, watching their comrades die so brutally made it impossible for them to face death calmly.
Just then, one of the shadows shimmered with Magic Power.
The instant the power appeared, a blood-red thorn pierced through his abdomen, and his Magic Power dissipated in an instant.
“I almost forgot to tell you—I can sense the flow of Magic Power in your bodies. I know you all have Magic Restrictions implanted. The moment they’re triggered, you’ll die instantly. Any of you who try to kill yourselves will experience a fate worse than death.”
So Liyakade had suddenly pierced that shadow with a blood-red thorn because she saw that he was trying to commit suicide.
She naturally wouldn’t let him succeed—otherwise, how could her interrogation continue?
With that, she snapped her fingers.
The thorn immediately pierced through that shadow’s limbs, hoisting him into the air.