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As the oppressive silence in the blizzard rose to its peak, the Duke who had transformed into a radius of several meters of Withered Rose let out a howl, and endless thorny vines grew wildly. The entire area turned into a forest of vines.
The thorny vines around the rose turned exceptionally vivid red, transforming into the lethal scythes of the Death God, launching deadly attacks towards the two emanating hostility.
That was his strongest form, for which he had sacrificed his numerous Life Currencies. Each blood vine could tear through steel and crush rocks. And at that moment, he controlled over five thousand blood vines! And they were still growing!
But this was also his weakest state because having lost all his Life Currency, once killed, he would truly be dead... He knew he would not live to see the day humanity was annihilated.
