"Stealing someone's prey is not acceptable behaviour for a queen, you know?" Even though Sylvia could not see Blackheart's mouth, she had a feeling that he was grinning, which made her attack Tang Peng even more. When her king escapes, he would make those arrogant Demon Kings now before him!
"Die and become tribute for the king already!" Sylvia muttered under her breath as she blocked even more blows from Blackheart.
She originally had the confidence to beat his projection, but now that Blackheart had actually descended, she did not have enough power to go on the offensive against him. All her offensive skills would leave an opening up for exploitation.
"You're already starting to falter. Give up now Sylvia, and maybe I will let you live!" Blackheart's attacks became explosive, detonating hearts on Sylvia repeatedly.
"Unholy Demon Barrier!" Sylvia quickly tore a scroll made of human leather, causing a dark runic shield to appear and protect her. However, it could not bear more than a few strikes from Blackheart before losing its effect, which made Sylvia gnash her teeth in anger.
With every explosion that landed on Sylvia, her hair slowly turned white, while her skin wrinkled up a bit. Her body started to lose her attractiveness and was ageing at a rapid pace, causing her hair to become brittle.
"Your heart will become mine!" Blackheart could not help but think that he had achieved much today. The blood sacrifice done by the monsters had allowed him to project his body at no cost at all, and he was going to get a Demon General's heart to add to his power. This feeling was simply too wonderful to describe.
"Why are you people talking like I'm not here? That's not very courteous of all of you, isn't it?" A palm landed on Sylvia's shoulder. She could not help but turn back her head, and was shocked to see that the human was still standing.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm supposed to be dead, huh. In any case, my new stomach needs some sustenance to make up for my organs spilling out." After saying this, Tang Peng gripped Sylvia like a toy doll, before swallowing her whole. Sylvia was so crippled at this point that she offered no resistance.
"You... My Millennium Heart Curse! There's no way you still could remain sane after going through that!" Blackheart's jaw dropped after seeing Tang Peng's calm and collected manner. A deep fear was started to form inside his own heart.
"Who said I was sane in the first place? Can an insane person go insane again?" Tang Peng's smile looked more demonic than some of the real demons that Blackheart had seen in the past. This was the face of someone gone past the brink!
"Die! Die!" Blackheart was desperately trying to kill Tang Peng with all his strength. Since he had descended his consciousness, he would lose at least 50% of his power and be in a weakened state.
"I don't even need to get close to you to finish you off. Do you know what these hands on the whip are? Those are the hands of your victims, who will drag you into death with their own hands!" Tang Peng's horns retreated into his skull, while his hands grew bigger and more menacing. The whip elongated along with it, with the dark flames emitted by the hands growing ever fiery.
"There's no way you could ever beat me. I'm a Demon King, you're a mortal!" Blackheart spoke out these words, but the trembling tone of his betrayed his real emotions. He could feel that the hands on the whips were not normal. Even though he was in his negative form, a great danger would befall him if he got caught by them!
"I'm not a mortal. In fact, I would argue myself as more of a anti-hero in those cultivation legends." Tang Peng did not say anymore as the whip split into multiple whips, as a result of its special ability.
The hands were also present on the other whips, which all similarly grabbed out for Blackheart at the same time. Blackheart tried to use his explosive movement skills, and managed to escape to another part of the Devil Forest.
However, it was all useless. The whips still appeared out of nowhere, binding him tightly, while the hands gripped and pulled his body, slowly tearing it apart.
"What the hell are these hands! There's no way a mortal only at the Lesser Demon Rank can get this sort of powers!" Blackheart was surprised that the hands could manage to actually grab him and damage him while in his negative shadow form.
"It's your own fault for having the blood of so many people in your hands. The flames of hatred seem to burn brighter on you compared to that Lycon." Tang Peng was expressionless now, only looking at Blackheart from afar.
"I didn't want to do this, but this time, you made a BIG mistake, human. You should never ever corner someone as powerful as me!" Blackheart's heart apparitions appeared behind him again. This time, ten of the hearts suddenly burst open, making Blackheart cough out a dark liquid.
However, a powerful blast was released from Blackheart's body, destroying the whips that were bound around his body. It also hit Tang Peng squarely on the chest, which made him fly through a few dead trees. The whips had largely cushioned the blow for him.
"You should have expected your defeat, idiot! Demon Kings are not formed out of nowhere. You think we would just die without fighting back? Fat hope!" An amalgamation formed out of 10 different monsters emerged from the shadowy body of Blackheart.
The faces of 10 different horrific monsters appeared on the monster, with various limbs and wings strewn around the body. All of them screamed in agony, while invisible strings reached far inside the amalgamation's soul.
Although the monster looked heavy, it moved with a surprising quickness towards Tang Peng. As it crashed into Tang Peng, he quickly tried to push it away, but it remained rooted to the ground.
"Ruthless Obliteration!" The Monster lifted one of the limbs out, and turned it into a giant flesh sword. The flesh sword had powerful Yin Qi that was covering it, and was swiped at Tang Peng.
Tang Peng twisted around his body, and managed to dodge most of the damage that would have been done to him. However, he winced a bit when it cut off a piece of flesh.
Taking advantage of the amalgamation's slowdown after it executed its attack, Tang Peng stomped away from it, before trying to pierce it with the claws he had. It was not hurt in any way, as it attacked Tang Peng with another part of its body.
"How could it be? How is this monster invulnerable to attacks?" Tang Peng did not expect this amalgamation to be this strong. He had attacked it at every spot possible, but there were no weak points in its bodies. Even the mouths of the heads had the same defence level.
"Give up already. A combined defence of 10 top Demon Generals is virtually invincible! This is the strength of a Heart Overlord!" Blackheart, who was controlling the amalgamation, could not help but boast about his prowess again.