Demons Beside You

“It’s him! It’s him!”

Jerome Yemen pointed at Chen Zhao who was climbing out of the pool. “He’s the one who killed Addleway.”

Roar! The Grandfather let out a huge roar. He threw Jerome aside and rushed toward Chen Zhao.

“Careful!” Charlotte knew how terrifying the Grandfather was.

Right now, the Grandfather was charging at Chen Zhao.

Charlotte was worried, but she couldn’t do anything.

So it seemed that he would die here.

No one had much hope that Chen Zhao could survive.

That monster was the underground king of New York City.

Seeing the Grandfather rush over, Chen Zhao raised his right arm and swung down.

Boom!

The big and small fists clashed. Chen Zhao took two steps back.

The Grandfather’s right arm shattered.

Everyone stared at Chen Zhao in disbelief.

Not dead?

That guy didn’t die?

He took one of the Grandfather’s hits?

Not only that, he also shattered the Grandfather’s right arm?

Is he a monster too?

The Grandfather was shocked too.

He’d never met anyone who could take one of his punches.

“No wonder you could kill Addleway.” The Grandfather stared at Chen Zhao menacingly. His right arm grew back.

The soul fragments that had been shattered returned to his body.

The injuries meant nothing to him.

“Mr. Chen, you’re not his match,” Charlotte reminded. “He’s the leader of the Evil Spirit Society.”

“I thought the Evil Spirit Society was something impressive, but you end up having this brute as the leader?”

Chen Zhao’s words were the stalk of hay that broke the Grandfather’s back.

“Ah…die! I’m going to kill you…”

No one had ever dared to say such ridiculous words to him.

The Grandfather raised his fist again. This punch contained all his hatred and fury.

Charlotte felt that even the air had turned vicious.

The Mage looked at the Grandfather from before. She’d never seen him like this—so angry and furious.

This strength was completely above a mortal, right?

Chen Zhao was face to face with the Grandfather. He could feel how terrifying that fist was.

He took a deep breath. His clenched fist cracked and popped.

Chen Zhao stepped forward and his right arm started enlarging.

Gasp.

Charlotte inhaled sharply. “What kind of spell is that?”

Chen Zhao’s right arm was now as large as the Grandfather’s arm. It also shone with metallic light.

The two monstrous fists crashed once again.

An explosion sounded in the air. Everyone nearby covered their ears.

The Grandfather’s right side shattered instantly.

Everyone stared at Chen Zhao incredulously.

He was terrifying!

The Mage was especially shocked. It wasn’t her first time against the Grandfather and she’d experienced how horrifying he was.

But today, the Grandfather had actually lost to someone in terms of strength.

“You’re so weak,” Chen Zhao said provocatively. “That’s all you got?”

The Grandfather bared his teeth at Chen Zhao. “You want to see my true power?” he asked with a deep growl.

“Sure. You won’t be all talk and no action, right?”

“Okay. You want to see my true power, then I’ll make it easy for you.”

The Grandfather opened his mouth at the sky.

Exhale—inhale—exhale—inhale—

A very obvious air current was produced in the surroundings.

An evil spirit who was fighting with a witch nearby was sucked uncontrollably into the Grandfather’s mouth.

The evil spirit wailed, but his wails didn’t get him the Grandfather’s sympathy.

Next, another evil spirit…a third…

A fourth…

More and more evil spirits were sucked into the Grandfather’s mouth.

His body started expanding. In an instant, the Grandfather was twice as big.

This wasn’t his limit. He was still wildly swallowing the nearby evil spirits.

The Mage’s expression changed drastically. “Stop him. Hurry and stop him!”

As she spoke, the Mage cast a spell at the Grandfather.

The other witches also started casting spells to stop the Grandfather from swallowing more evil spirits.

But before the spells reached him, they distorted.

Next, the spells were also sucked into the Grandfather’s mouth.

The attacks by the witches and wizards didn’t stop the Grandfather.

Instead, they provided him with more power.

The Grandfather’s body grew bigger and bigger.

He was already more than five meters tall, but this wasn’t his limit.

The bigger he was, the stronger his absorption.

The filth spirits in the hotel were also affected.

They started pouring out of the mouths of their hosts and surging toward the Grandfather from all directions.

“Mr. Chen, only you can stop him now! Hurry and stop him! We can’t let him keep swallowing them!”

Seeing that her companions were powerless, Charlotte could only look to Chen Zhao.

Chen Zhao glanced at the Grandfather before him. “Don’t you think he looks really cool now? I want to see how big he can get.”

“Are you crazy?” Charlotte yelled. “Do you even know what you’re doing?”

“Stop him while there’s still a chance!” the Mage also spoke up.

“Who has a phone? Lend it to me. I want to take a selfie with him.”

“Can you not kid around?”

“No, I’m serious. I really want to take a picture to remember this.”

Chen Zhao looked at Charlotte with a serious and genuine expression.

Hundreds of evil spirits and a large number of filth spirits were gathered.

These distorted souls made the Grandfather’s body expand to ten times the original size.

The bloated ten-meter-tall body shook the ground.

“Are you satisfied with how I am now?”

The Grandfather looked down at Chen Zhao. He was already imagining how he would torment Chen Zhao.

The Mage’s expression was very uncomfortable. She’d never seen the Grandfather use this tactic before. Never.

Evil spirits could swallow each other, but there was a limit to that.

Usually, an evil spirit would be at its limit after swallowing three or four of their own kind.

However, the Grandfather seemed not to have a limit. He’d swallowed so many evil spirits.

He was undefeatable now, right?

Even that man wouldn’t be able to defeat such a monster.

“I’m satisfied, but can I get a picture with you?”

“Do I seem easy to fool?” The Grandfather’s expression was a bit twisted.

Even he was uncomfortable at containing so many evil spirits at once.

He didn’t want to drag this out anymore. He raised his right arm.

“Come, use the power that you’re so proud of to fight with me.”

“Uh…I feel so ashamed now.” Chen Zhao shrugged helplessly.

“It’s useless even if you surrender now. You killed Addleway. You must die.”

“I didn’t surrender. Where did you see me surrender?”

“So, you still want to struggle?”

“It’s really tiring looking up at you like this. Will you take a picture with me or not?”

“Go die!”