Bloodline, Volume 7

This is Volume 7 of "The Holy Demon Illusion Arc" in cartoonist Ai Ou's Bloodline series, collecting chapters 42–48 of the arc. The story revolves around the struggle among three factions—the Bloodline, the Holy Land, and the Black Tower: on one side, the battle between the battle-hardened Black Tower wizard Destruction Longyin and the Holy Land's Ashen Knights escalates, with magic and combat scenes in abundance; on the other, Nightblade and Lilo Ai, who stumble into the Black Tower's treasure vault, uncover the core secret of the "Holy Demon Illusion Plan" that Destruction Longyin has been secretly plotting while stealing a staff, and come under fierce attack from the vault's guardian, the shadow-steel golem Mountain Crone. The two threads advance in parallel, and the tide of battle turns again and again. This volume continues the series' sharp paneling and dense combat rhythm, further unfolding the magic system and faction settings, and is a crucial linking volume in the main "Holy Demon Illusion Arc" storyline.