While My Mage Wife Grinds, I Power Up Idly-Chapter 83: Reaper’s Resolve

"That’s fine. It’s the conservative approach, safer. Even if we encounter the great Demon ’Shava’ returning halfway through, if we escape in time, it will still weaken his forces," Vivita nodded.

"Then let’s move!"

Anna had just said the outer patrol team members were only at Magister level. As Demons, their class might not be Magister, but their combat level was definitely within Magister range. This was information from Anna’s Twelfth Stage of Spiritual Perception, and Ashu trusted it deeply.

Although Ashu was currently at Archmage level, he was confident he could beat Magister-level opponents. After all, Archmage was just his rank level; his real strength came from the super skills returned by the system.

As for Vivita, there was no need to mention—killing Magister-level Demons was like strangling baby chicks for her.

The three quickly sprang into action.

Ashu and Ymir acted as bait, drawing the enemy in deep, then Vivita would strike to kill them in one blow.

The outer ring of 22 Demons was divided into two teams, both dying within moments, not even leaving time to spread the news.

Watching the Demons turn to ashes, Vivita didn’t relax. "Although we can hide using spiritual perception, these outer Demons can’t. The inner ring will soon notice the outer ring going silent."

"Then let’s attack together. I can hold one off, you take the other three. If there’s a chance to see Kakarim, take him out directly!" Ashu said.

The three nodded in unison without hesitation and headed deeper inside.

In this fog with limited visibility, lacking spiritual perception was a serious disadvantage.

So.

Ashu chose a fishing strategy. He looked at Ymir and said, "Run a hundred meters ahead, keep a hundred meters distance from me. Your Scythe is in the hands of one of the Demons. The two of us will hold that one, and the other three will be left to Vivita."

Using the Scythe as bait to fish for Ymir, she agreed one hundred percent.

Using Ymir as bait to lure the inner ring Demons—if they first attacked Ymir, Ashu could use the Holy Shield Knight skill to counterattack first.

Ymir nodded and said carefully, "Big Brother, I might only be able to hold off one attack. The power gap is too big."

As a believer of the "God of Death," she had awakened a skill that allowed her to avoid death once.

This was the only advantage she could use in this battle.

Ashu naturally would not let Ymir’s life be wasted. He still hoped to use her to farm system rewards, so he definitely could not let her really die.

Very soon,

accompanied by the three moving quickly forward, the four Demons patrolling the inner circle discovered them.

Without exchanging any greetings, they immediately charged into battle.

Without caring about the odds, Vivita first shot out a Demon Hunter Arrow, then her figure flickered, and her presence covered three Demons at the Grand Archmage level.

The last remaining Demon was just about to be drawn by the Death aura on Ymir.

She held a Scythe and stepped forward to meet her.

It was a blue-skinned Demon with a graceful figure. Her body resembled a human’s, but she had four arms and a tail.

The right upper hand held a huge Scythe with a black handle and red blade.

"Hehehe, little girl, is this Scythe yours? I feel its aura on you," the four-armed Demon said as she instantly appeared behind Ymir.

But she did not attack immediately; she wanted to uncover Ymir’s secret first.

The ideal plan was to capture Ymir alive, then torture her step by step until she spoke.

However, at this distance, Ashu could clearly see the four-armed Demon.

His gaze hardened instantly. He immediately activated "Summon Holy Shield Knight."

As a dazzling light flared in the Netherrealm, he didn’t wait for the Holy Shield Knight to fully form and immediately used Knight’s Shield Bash again.

The combination of these two skills caused a ball of light to rush rapidly toward the four-armed Demon.

Just before reaching her, the form of a tall Holy Shield Knight appeared.

With a crushing blow, the Knight slammed the holy shield down hard onto the four-armed Demon.

The Demon’s expression changed sharply. She hurriedly stretched out a hand to grab Ymir and quickly retreated.

However,

Ymir decisively charged into the Holy Shield Knight’s shield bash.

Under such an attack, she would have died without a doubt.

But she had prepared a skill containing the "Death" authority beforehand.

At the moment she faced death, she broke free from the four-armed Demon’s grasp and instantly teleported behind Ashu.

"Boom—!"

The dust settled.

Although the four-armed Demon dodged the strike, her eyes clearly showed shock.

She looked far toward Ymir beside Ashu, her gaze full of greed.

"Little girl, is this the power of ’Death’? It’s wonderful. That’s not something you can handle. Just hand it over to me obediently!"

Faced with the four-armed Demon’s greedy expression, Ymir did not respond, and Ashu didn’t bother to say anything either.

He directly commanded the Holy Shield Knight to lock onto the four-armed Demon and attack autonomously.

That way, even if the four-armed Demon dodged and retreated a hundred meters away, the Holy Shield Knight could still hunt her down without Ashu seeing.

After issuing the autonomous attack command, Ashu began to build up Thundering Surge.

The roaring Thunderbolt immediately began to surge within the thick fog of the Netherrealm,

the sound of thunder echoing through the surroundings.

At this very moment, there was no need to hide anymore.

They opened up to a frontal battle, determined to win by any means necessary.

The Holy Shield Knight could hold off a Grand Archmage-level Demon,

but that didn’t mean it could claim victory.

Ashu had to give it his all; after all, he was challenging beyond his level.

As the Holy Shield Knight stalled, the thunderstorm within the mist gradually gathered strength.

Sensing the Holy Shield Knight’s attack direction, Ashu unleashed 99 Thunderbolts in a fierce bombardment.

For a moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared relentlessly.

Meanwhile, on the other side, although Vivita was facing three opponents alone,

her strength surpassed these three Demons by a whole rank.

In actual combat, she dealt with them even faster than Ashu did.

By the time Ashu’s ninety-nine Thunderbolts finished striking, Vivita had already severed the heads of all three Demons.

"You three worthless worms raised on filth!"

The four-armed Demon saw she was isolated and helpless, her panic turning to fury.

"You sneaky humans only dare strike while Lord Shava is away!

Once Lord Shava returns, you will pay!

There will be no place for you in the entire Netherrealm anymore!

Don’t even think about reincarnation!

Prepare for endless torment!"

"Hmph!"

Vivita merely gave a cold smile at the four-armed Demon’s curse.

She was a Demon Huntress Nun.

Before she learned to hunt cultists, she first mastered how to hunt Demons.

At least cultists were still human, making them a bit troublesome to kill.

But when it came to slaughtering Demons, she felt absolutely no psychological pressure; on the contrary, it was exhilarating.

Under the combined exhaustion caused by the Holy Shield Knight and Thundering Surge,

the four-armed Demon was no longer at her peak.

Now facing Vivita one-on-one, she was left with no path but death.

"Wait! I still..."

The four-armed Demon tried to argue, attempting to bargain for her life.

But Vivita gave her no chance whatsoever.

Even if the Demon had decided today to lay down her weapon and become enlightened,

Vivita would have killed her the instant she put down the blade.

A cold and violent Demon Hunter Arrow mercilessly pierced the four-armed Demon’s neck.

Her body began to dissolve from the wound.

In her final moments, she tightly gripped the massive Scythe in her hands,

"Give me strength, give me strength, I don’t want ’Death,’ please..."

However,

one who is not the true master of the Scythe can only wield its form, not its true essence.

The enormous Scythe, infused with the power of "Death," did not respond to the four-armed Demon,

but silently witnessed her fading away.

When her arms completely dissolved, the Scythe toppled toward the ground.

Suddenly, a figure appeared and steadily caught the Scythe—it was Ymir.

Her eyes were full of the joy of something lost and now regained,

and the corners of her mouth involuntarily lifted into a smile.

The moment she touched the massive Scythe,

a surge of utterly dark power suddenly erupted from her body.

That power was like an invisible storm;

anyone caught inside it would uncontrollably have thoughts of self-destruction flood their mind.

As the invisible storm intensified, a streak of red appeared in Ymir’s long black-blue hair.

Her body slowly rose,

and an excessive amount of dark power condensed on her skin into a set of jet-black armor.

The armor accentuated her slender waist,

as well as her long legs, brimming with strength.

That power forced her to close her eyes,

and when she opened them again, her irises were a deep, dark red.

Just looking into those eyes gave a chilling illusion of a soul’s eternal rest.

Ymir lifted the massive Scythe in her hands—this Scythe was taller than she was.

She swung it behind her back and threw it out;

a chain of dark energy formed, linking to the end of the Scythe’s handle.

Then, with a strong pull, the Scythe retracted rapidly, shrinking swiftly,

until when it returned to her hand, it was no longer visible.

She and the Scythe became one—never to lose it again.

[Ymir obtained: Death’s Devotion!]

[Critical Return! Vessel obtained: Reaper’s Resolve!]

Ashu felt the system’s return.

This time, the return was far stronger than before.

The main reason was Ymir’s large leap in progress—

the greater her advancement, the greater the reward returned by the system.

This was a status-type skill.

According to the detailed information from the system,

once this status activated, it would enter a mode monopolized by the power of "Death."

A constant "Deathly Aura" would radiate around her body;

any mortal tainted by it would instantly die.

Even cultivators affected by it would suffer consequences.

Once this mode was activated, she would immediately gain power on par with a Grand Archmage.

The only drawback was that it was an exclusive "Death" mode.