Online Game: Starting With SSS-Ranked Summons
Chapter 334 - 334: The Final Trial (3)

The mage's restored magical reserves allowed her to launch devastating spells that shattered two more.

Working together. Using each other's strengths.

The archer's energy-formed arrows punched through demonic hide with supernatural force.

His enhanced stamina, a courtesy of Jasmine's earlier healing, let him maintain rapid fire that would normally exhaust him.

The six demons fell in succession like dominoes, their stolen blood flowing toward Jasmine in visible streams. She distributed the converted life force among the archer squad, watching wounds close and exhaustion fade.

Eight, nine, and ten soldiers healed.

A new sensation blazed through her consciousness as a hidden milestone was reached.

Not just knowledge this time, but a skill.

Her Blood Steal ability evolved, gaining depth and complexity that made her previous techniques seem basic.

Dark Blood's Second Art — Blood Ignition

An area of effect skill that allowed healing on multiple targets. It was a massive range enhancement from the previous art, Blood Steal.

Understanding flooded through her brain as she learnt the skill immediately.

Instead of converting stolen blood directly into healing energy, she could ignite it, burning through demonic essence to create healing fields that affected entire areas.

I'm no longer limited to single targets using that skill. I can use blood ignition to maintain one connection whilst also healing everyone else in range...this is amazing.

The timing couldn't have been more perfect.

A new wave of demons poured through the largest portal—fifteen Lesser Demons led by something that made Jasmine's enhanced senses recoil with instinctive dread.

It was a True Demon. Superior Boss rank. Level 19.

Whilst Jasmine was merely at level 13.

The creature stood eight feet tall, its four arms ending in claws that could shear through plate armor like parchment. Sulfurous flames wreathed its form, and its eyes burned with intelligence that spoke of decades spent perfecting the art of slaughter.

This one's different...the aura it gives... It's powerful.

The True Demon surveyed the battlefield with calculation, then pointed directly at Jasmine's position. His voice carried across the combat zone like thunder.

"Kill the blood-witch. She threatens our advance."

The fifteen Lesser Demons changed direction immediately, abandoning their previous targets to converge on Jasmine's hill.

Good. Let them come together. Better targets for my new ability.

Jasmine raised both hands as the demon pack approached. Instead of targeting individuals, she reached out to claim them all simultaneously.

Blood Steal—multiple targets. Drain them all.

Crimson energy erupted from her position like a spider web made of liquid life. Each strand connected to a different demon, beginning the extraction process with violent efficiency.

Fifteen connections. Maximum complexity.

The demons slowed but didn't stop. Their superior numbers meant the drain was distributed, weakening all of them without immediately incapacitating any.

Expected. Now for the real technique.

Blood Ignition

Jasmine ignited the stolen blood while it was still in transit.

The crimson streams exploded into scarlet fire that spread outward in expanding rings. Where the burning blood touched wounded humans, healing occurred instantly. Multiple soldiers. Entire squads. Everyone within the expanding radius.

Twenty soldiers were healed simultaneously. Thirty. Forty.

The effect was spectacular.

Broken formations reformed as wounded fighters regained combat effectiveness. Exhausted mages found their reserves restored. Desperate last stands became confident advances.

This is what area healing should accomplish.

But the Blood Ignition came with a cost, a good one. The demons providing the life force began collapsing as their essence burned away completely. Not drained—consumed entirely.

Lethal extraction. No survivors.

Fifteen Lesser Demons crumbled to ash as their blood ignited, their stolen life force converted into healing fields that swept across the entire human army.

Enemy losses are always acceptable losses

The True Demon's roar of rage shook the battlefield. Its lesser troops had been annihilated in seconds, and the human forces were stronger than ever.

Your turn, big one.

The Superior Boss charged directly at Jasmine, abandoning all pretence of leading. It wanted to rip Jasmine apart.

Its four arms moved in blurred patterns, claws carving through air with enough force to split it.

He is going straight after me. Well, it doesn't matter; he will become a corpse, just like the others.

Jasmine met its charge without retreating. Her Blood Steal ability reached out like grasping hands, seeking purchase on the True Demon's large life force.

Resistance. Significant resistance.

The creature's supernatural constitution fought against her vampiric magic with impressive strength. The blood drain that had devastated Lesser Demons barely slowed its advance.

Stronger enemies require different approaches.

One massive claw swept toward her head. Jasmine ducked under the strike while maintaining her Blood Steal connection.

The True Demon's blood came slowly, but it came.

Persistent pressure. Wear it down gradually.

Her three priority targets moved to support her—the knight engaging the demon's lower arms, the mage launching binding spells at its legs, the archer targeting weak points in its supernatural hide.

Within seconds, the True Demon's blood began flowing in visible streams as it began taking more wounds, increasing the blood that came arcing through the air toward Jasmine's position. She converted the stolen life force immediately, distributing healing energy among her three allies.

The knight's sword strikes came faster, finding gaps in the demon's defences.

The mage's spells hit harder, powered by reserves that should have been exhausted hours ago.

The archer's arrows punched through the demon's armour like armour-piercing rounds.

But the True Demon adapted quickly to their tactics. Its four arms moved in defensive patterns that blocked most attacks while its supernatural flames began spreading across the battlefield.

The fire didn't harm Jasmine directly—her dark healing provided protection against demonic corruption—but it threatened her three priority targets.

Unacceptable. They cannot fall.

Jasmine intensified her Blood Steal to maximum power, accepting the increased mana cost for faster life force extraction. The True Demon stumbled as its supernatural vitality was ripped away in accelerating streams.

Instead of spreading the stolen blood across multiple targets, Jasmine focused it into a single devastating healing wave that swept over her three priority allies.

Maximum enhancement. Temporary invincibility.

The knight's sword began glowing with inner fire, each strike leaving wounds that the True Demon couldn't heal. The mage's binding spells transformed into crushing force that held the creature motionless. The archer's arrows multiplied in mid-flight, creating a storm of projectiles that overwhelmed all defenses.