The Light Lance tore through the air, piercing directly towards the Darkness Devil's body.
Perhaps because Frieren's sudden attack had made the Darkness Devil wary, the Light Lance Gabriel shot out stopped half a meter from it.
It was as if an invisible hand had grabbed the Light Lance, holding it suspended in mid-air, trembling violently.
"This guy actually blocked my attack!"
Gabriel was very displeased.
It didn't even block Frieren's attack, so why couldn't it block hers?
"Don't underestimate the Darkness Devil; this isn't its full power," Makima warned.
After Gabriel's attack, Fubuki and Rias also took action.
A quiet green glow appeared on the woman's curvaceous body. Although their opponent was a devil, from Makima's explanation, even ordinary physical attacks could harm the Darkness Devil, provided there was sufficient power.
However, this was not an issue for Fubuki, whose psychic abilities had greatly improved.
Her hands intertwined, psychic power quickly activated, and the ground beneath the Darkness Devil began to tremble, then shattered in less than a second.
As the earth's crust flipped over, the Darkness Devil floated into the air before it could sense anything amiss, but an invisible psychic force formed an unseen shroud, dragging the Darkness Devil down.
While she couldn't yet effortlessly capture and drag extraterrestrial meteorites like her sister Tatsumaki, she could now easily hold airborne airplanes.
The Darkness Devil couldn't immediately comprehend the source of this power. Its several heads vibrated continuously, looking extremely terrifying.
However, Fubuki gave it no chance to struggle. She divided the earth's crust into countless pieces, each stained with a quiet green hue, then launched them towards the Darkness Devil at supersonic speed.
Boom—!
A violent roar shook people's eardrums. In just a few seconds, the Darkness Devil was enveloped by countless broken stones, which were then further compressed by Fubuki's psychic power.
Even a main battle tank inside would be twisted into a pretzel.
When Fubuki withdrew her psychic power and the stones, the Darkness Devil's body was incredibly mangled.
Its surface had countless cracks, some areas were even twisted and broken, and blood gushed out from various places like a fountain.
Seeing this, Fubuki's lips curled into a slight smile.
"Watch out!"
Marcille seemed to sense something, waving her staff to construct a magic barrier in front of Fubuki.
Boom—!
A sound like twisting steel rang out, and the defense Marcille had constructed shattered. Even Fubuki's defensive field was distorted and deformed before the invisible power of darkness.
Fubuki sensed the danger approaching and immediately increased her psychic output to resist the Darkness Devil's attack.
At this moment, the Darkness Devil's body rapidly recovered. The blood that had flowed out earlier flowed back into the Darkness Devil's body as if time were reversing.
The four heads on its chest had vacant expressions. The Darkness Devil stood up again, its aura even more terrifying.
"Ahhh..."
A bizarre chant emanated from the Darkness Devil's goat head.
Frieren and Gabriel attacked again. The Darkness Devil raised a finger, and both attacks were frozen in place as if a pause button had been pressed.
Fubuki's unleashed psychic power was also repelled. Several attacks had no effect.
Then, a twisted magical power erupted from the Darkness Devil, simultaneously assaulting Gabriel, Frieren, and Marcille.
Their respective protective barriers sustained varying degrees of damage.
And the Darkness Devil's power continued to press on, seemingly endless.
The attacked girls all felt the pressure.
Is this the power of the Darkness Devil, a Root Demon?
The gap compared to those devil hunters is not just a little bit!
And at this moment.
Makima also joined the battle.
Although she utilized the group members' power, she also wanted to eliminate the Darkness Devil herself.
The power of the Control Devil activated, and an invisible magical force once again shook the atmosphere. However, because the Darkness Devil had already been enraged, this time it did not appear frustrated after being attacked by Makima, as it did in the original manga.
The Darkness Devil is a "transcendent" above all other devils. Even other Root Demons cannot compare to it.
Makima's expression was filled with emotion.
If it were her alone, she would probably have been killed by the Darkness Devil instantly.
But even with stronger helpers than her subordinates in the Public Safety Devil Hunters, they hadn't gained the upper hand.
At the same time, the Darkness Devil looked at Makima.
The goat-headed devil's face seemed to show a human-like mockery.
After its withered finger pointed at Makima, the latter's arm twisted and deformed at a visible speed, revealing the stark white bones and flesh within.
"Ms. Makima!"
Marcille cried out in alarm. She hadn't had time to construct a shield.
"It's alright."
Makima retreated a few steps.
This kind of injury was merely a minor flesh wound for a devil.
And seeing Makima retreat, the Darkness Devil's mocking expression deepened.
The devil's language reached Makima's ears, transforming into contempt and ridicule, meaning "Is this all you've got?"
All devils wanted to kill Makima.
Because they all knew Makima was an anomaly among devils.
She actually wanted to create a devil-free utopia for humans.
Her plan severely hindered all devils.
The Darkness Devil was no exception.
After all, once humans truly entered the utopia, even if it was a "pseudo-utopia," their fear of darkness would greatly decrease, infinitely weakening its power.
So it needed to kill Makima before she could implement her plan.
The darkness beneath the Darkness Devil's feet rapidly spread, instantly leaving only an ink-black void in everyone's sight.
The Darkness Devil clasped its hands together, and an invisible impact tore open Makima's abdomen, leaving a circular wound.
Makima felt drained and knelt on the ground.
Directly confronting the Darkness Devil was not a good idea.
And just as she was about to endure the final blow, a bell suddenly rang throughout the dark world.
Accompanied by the sound of a handgun, Tokisaki Kurumi fired the power of Zafkiel as a bullet.
The Darkness Devil, hit by the bullet, had no visible wound. It was about to mock, but then realized its movements had slowed.
It looked at the twin-tailed girl in the orange and black Spirit Dress. It was about to raise its finger but suddenly felt a crisis approaching.
Rias hovered in mid-air, her magical power condensed and formed in her hand before being unleashed towards the Darkness Devil.
The Power of Destruction inherited from the Great Devil Bael's family possessed the ability to destroy everything.
Although Rias was only an Upper-Class Devil, the power was still there.
The barrier created by the Darkness Devil was eroded, and then one-fifth of its body was destroyed by the Power of Destruction.
"It worked?"
Rias narrowed her eyes.
But Rosen knew the outcome was clearly unlikely.