A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 5205

Without warning, the altar convulsed beneath their boots. From the black demon core burst a blinding jet of light, and every charm carved around the platform melted like frost under dawn. A pressure as vast as a mountain rolled up from deep below, shaking the entire subterranean palace as though something colossal were clawing its way toward daylight.

Jared's breath caught. “Sh*t! The seal is breaking!” His expression shifted drastically. “Lunaria must've foreseen this. She sent us for the demon core precisely so we'd shatter the seal for her.”

A deafening roar erupted from beneath the altar. The ground split open in vast jagged seams. Black demonic aura geysered out, knitting itself into a demon shadow over one hundred meters tall. In its clawed fists lay a monstrous axe; its snarling visage belonged to the ancient demon general they had hoped would never wake.

“Hahaha! At last, I'm free!” The general's voice thundered like a storm cannon, making their eardrums throb. “Two thousand eight hundred years I waited—yet some fool still dared break my seal!”

Flaxseed went ghost-white, the clan leader token trembling between his fingers. “So this... this is an ancient demon general. Its aura is overwhelming.”

Jared shoved Flaxseed behind him. Every drop of spiritual energy he owned blazed outward, and the Dragonslayer Sword vibrated with a hungry hum, rippling with sword energy. “It's fresh from the seal. Its strength hasn't fully returned. We still have a chance.”

The demon general sneered, eyes flicking over Jared with contempt. “A mere human cultivator dares strut before me? Die!” He heaved the colossal axe; a black arc of force carved through the underground air, promising ruin to everything it touched.

He heaved the colossal axe; a black arc of light carved through the underground air, promising ruin to everything it touched.

Jared yanked Flaxseed sideways and vaulted clear, the cleave missing them by inches.

The blow landed with a detonation. Flagstones exploded as a bottomless chasm tore across the chamber.

“Mr. Vermilion, he's loose!” Jared shouted. “Take my body—finish him! He's nothing compared to you!”

He called again and again, but Vermilion Demon Lord remained eerily silent. “What the heck? Playing dead right now?” Jared swore under his breath.

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