Without hesitation, the group of students took out their weapons before jumping down the cliff to meet the young devil.
Merlin, who was on his slaughter rampage, sensed the auras of many strong rankers.
He immediately put down the fresh corpse he was about to devour when a horizontal sword wave brushed past his face.
The sword wave was too fast for him to react so it cleanly cut off his left ear.
"Who's there?!" Surprised, Merlin turned around and gave a loud roar.
He ignored the searing pain where his left ear used to be as he murmured under his breath.
Within the next second, countless magic circles appeared behind the young devil like newly formed stars.
"Truth of the Universe! 5th Truth, The Heavens Are Stars!"
"Boom boom boom!" A string of explosions soon followed as countless beams of light descended upon the group of students mercilessly, kicking up a thick cloud of dust and soot as a result.
'Are they dead? Probably not.'
Merlin watched the cloud of dust carefully.
He didn't believe that the group of strangers who appeared so suddenly would die that easily. Only a fool would believe that.
Likewise, Merlin also didn't believe that one should take their eyes away from the battlefield until the person confirmed that their enemy had truly fallen.
It'd be very embarrassing for the person to die due to carelessness.
So to prevent that from making this mistake, Merlin watched the cloud of dust like a hawk, not daring to take his eyes off nor blink.
Unfortunately, Merlin had the right idea, but his method had a flaw.
Merlin the devil did not expect the group of students to have teleportation skills.
"Heh, with that, it's my kill!" A low shout suddenly appeared near the young devil's right as a bright flash of light zipped past Merlin and was stabbed into the young devil's gut.
"Gah!" Merlin roared in pain but managed to send out a punch of his own to the ambusher.
Sparks flew out as Merlin's punch collided with several ice swords coming at him together.
With a push, the young devil shattered the ice swords easily.
But when that happened, Merlin's vision became blue as countless flowers descended from the sky like snow.
Merlin saw this and became mesmerized. It was his first time seeing something so beautiful.
As a result, the young devil didn't sense anything wrong with the flowery act till one of the flowers touched his left arm.
"Boom!" A violent explosion occurred, forcing the young devil to crash into a ruined house.
When the young devil came to, Merlin couldn't help but reveal a look of incredible shock.
The beautiful flower that had landed on him before turned out to be a dangerous and powerful explosion just waiting to blow him up.
Since when were flower shows so dangerous that he could lose his life??
Unable to come back to his senses, Azure Monarch took this opportunity to form a mudra while muttering something under his breath.
Following that, the world around the young devil became azure.
A river flowed through the azure world and surged towards the dazed young devil.
Within the next second, the surging river had reached the young devil.
Merlin was still in a daze.
With the flip of his palm, Azure Monarch made the river crash into the young devil with incredible force.
Following that, the Witch of the Frozen World appeared in front of the devil with a book in hand.
With a wave, the azure world Merlin was entrapped in became a world of ice snow.
This was the Witch of the Frozen World's most iconic magic spell, Ice World.
With that, the Witch of the Frozen World slammed the book in her hands.
It hadn't been long since the young devil was drowned out by Azure Monarch's Azure River when countless ice spikes protruded out of the ground and pierced into the young devil.
Merlin grimaced in pain but he still couldn't wake up from his stupor.
His shock had already paralyzed his soul, thus he could only become a punching bag for the four SSS rank students.
After the Witch of the Frozen World casted Ice World on the young devil, it was Saint of Dividing Space's time to shine.
With his soulbound treasure, the Space Dividing Sword, in hand, the Saint of Dividing Space walked towards the beaten and battered young devil expressionlessly.
The Saint remained indifferent despite watching his two juniors beat up the young devil without rest.
In his mind, the Saint of Dividing Space had already steeled his heart to slay all demonic beings who treat mortals like dogs.
So when he looked towards the bloodied young devil who laid in front of him like a tree, the Saint of Dividing Space did not feel any pity for Merlin.
He merely thought that the young devil deserved this. This was Merlin's karma.
The Saint of Dividing Space gripped the hilt of his treasured sword while he got into his battle stance.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, the Saint of Dividing Space executed the 13th Transformation of his Myriad Transformation Sword Technique, Space Dividing Slash.
Swish!
A flash of light zipped past everybody's eyes.
Soon, what was originally an ice blue world had become a world devoid of all colors.
As for the young devil Merlin who was leaning against some rubble, the Azure Monarch and the Witch of the Frozen world couldn't help but suck in cold breaths of air.
The young devil who was thought to have SSS rank Tenacity was missing half his body and had died then and there.
Not only had the Saint of Dividing Space slashed through the young devil's body, he had also slashed through all light along with the ice world itself.
Without looking back, the Saint of Dividing Space sheathed his treasured sword before he walked away.
Azure Monarch and the Witch of the Frozen World both looked at each other in shock.
No matter what techniques or spells they unleashed on the young devil, the young devil would survive their attacks thanks to his devilish hard body.
On the contrary, when their senior Saint of Dividing Space executed his famed secret technique at the young devil, the young devil died on the spot without even leaving a full corpse.
"That was...insane!"
"Senior Space Sword God, that was incredible!"
The two juniors sang praises for the next hour.