I Became the Demon King of Lust

When the mummy leader fully healed, it didn't attack right away.

Instead, it looked right at me and asked, "Why? Why did you do this?"

I was surprised by this since I thought that it should be clear why I did this, but then I saw Long Shui Ling wave her hand as if she was doing something.

I realized that she hadn't released the illusion until now since I hadn't given the order to do so. She only just released it now because it didn't feel like there was a point in keeping it up anymore.

Once it was released, the mummy leader revealed a shocked look as it saw my transformation.

"You, you, you were a human all along?" The mummy leader said in a shocked voice.

I slowly gave a nod, as if I was stalling for time.

The mummy leader didn't notice at all as it just felt completely shocked by this.

After a moment of silence, it suddenly said, "But I could feel it, the energy of the lord. It's still coming from you even now!"

When my group heard this, they couldn't help looking at me with a strange look.

I just ignored this as I said, "That's why it was so easy to fool you."
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The mummy leader revealed an angry look when it heard this, but it still didn't attack.

It almost seemed like it was stalling for time…

I quickly realized what was happening and didn't wait any longer to give my orders.

Earlier, I had been stalling since I wanted to buy time for Tie Gang and the others to take down the pharaoh mummy while I kept this mummy leader busy.

But when the mummy leader also tried to stall, I knew that this wouldn't work.

That was because I could see that the dark energy around the mummy was getting thicker.

It was stalling to recover its powers.

The more that it stalled, the stronger it would become.

Compared to waiting for Tie Gang and the others to come to help, it was better if we just took down the mummy leader while it was still in a weakened state.

So I decided that it was better to attack the mummy leader while we could.

With a nod, there were black flames that suddenly appeared in the air around the mummy leader.

The mummy leader could feel the heat that came from the black flames.

Perhaps it wouldn't need to be as worried if it was in a normal state, with the black energy to protect it. But now that it was in this weakened state, it wouldn't be able to block these black flames if it were to take a hit head on.

So the only thing that this mummy leader could do was…

Instead of dodging backwards to avoid the flames, the mummy leader actually charged right at the black flames in front of it.

Kaito was caught off guard when he saw this, but he didn't hesitate to bring the flames down on the mummy leader.

The black flames formed a large wall in front of the mummy leader and seemed like they would engulf the mummy leader. But before the black flames could do that, the mummy leader suddenly raised the hand with the black orb in front of it.

That black energy orb seemed to surge for a second before suddenly becoming larger in the mummy leader's hand.

That black energy orb was what met the flames.

Instead of being burnt away by those black flames as one would expect, the black flames were actually pushed back by that black energy orb.

Then all of a sudden, there was a large gap that was formed in the black flame wall as the mummy leader roared, "Get out of my way!"

The black flames were completely scattered and a path was created for the mummy leader right to us.

The mummy leader didn't hesitate to charge right at us after creating that gap in the black flame wall.

As it charged at us, the mummy leader shouted, "You traitor! This is what you'll get!"

But even seeing the mummy leader charging at us, we didn't panic.

That was because there were more flames that appeared around us as Blaze stepped forward.

This time, the flames weren't black flames, but normal orange flames.

But these flames seemed even more intense than the black flames.

With a roar, Blaze swung his sword down at the mummy leader, causing the flames around him to fall down on the mummy leader.

The mummy leader didn't panic as it raised the same hand with the black energy orb towards the flames that fell towards it. The black energy orb surged once more as it gathered the dark energy around the mummy leader.

This was how it had blown a hole in the black flame wall in the first place.

It had gathered all of its dark energy in a single point to push back the black flames in front of it.

It was doing the same thing now to push back Blaze's flames.

As it raised its hand, the mummy leader shouted, "You think that you can stop me with just this?"

But Blaze didn't take a single step back.

That was because there were black flames that also appeared in the center of his flames.

Kaito was standing beside Blaze with a hand up, generating those black flames that appeared.

The two kinds of flames twisted together and formed a single wall of flames that fell down on the mummy leader.

The two sides clashed and there was a moment of equilibrium before the mummy leader was pushed back. However, at the same time, the flame wall that had been gathered also scattered.

It seemed like they had been even.

The mummy leader narrowed its eyes to look at us before saying, "You think that you can stop me with just this?"

I revealed a faint smile and shook my head before turning to look at Long Shui Ling beside me.

She dropped the bottle that she had been holding and said, "I'm ready."

I gave a nod before turning back to look at the mummy leader.