Volume 3, Chapter 98 – The Demon King of Flame

Outer layer of the Sky Dome’s dungeon.

“Clang!!”

Accompanied by a thunderous boom and the frantic venting of dark green magic power, a terrifying magic pulse cannon erupted, instantly swallowing the blue-robed figure ahead. In that moment, the earth shook and the mountains trembled, while the buildings surrounding the dungeon were reduced to fragments by the shockwaves of power.

Seeing the enemy consumed by the magic power, Qiu Mingtong’s pupils constricted. Acting with decisive judgment, she immediately unleashed all the power within her body and swung her giant hammer toward the figure within the sea of fire!

“Boom~”

With a thunderous roar, the giant hammer struck its target. However, Qiu Mingtong’s expression changed abruptly in that instant.

A magnetic yet chillingly deep voice, filled with murderous intent, reached her ears. “Do not be so ungrateful, little girl.”

As the voice fell, an icy blue light flickered within the raging flames. With a flash of blue light, the dense dark green flames and the rampaging magic power were suddenly dispersed by a powerful, freezing wind pressure, turning into endless shards of ice.

As the fire vanished, the majestic middle-aged man dressed in a blue and white military uniform revealed himself before everyone. At this moment, the man in uniform, radiating a dense ice-blue battle aura and a terrifyingly oppressive presence, merely raised his hand slightly to block Qiu Mingtong’s heavy hammer strike. No matter how much strength she exerted, he remained motionless.

Seeing this, Xizhi, who was not far away, quickly waved her hand again. Holding her daggers, she transformed into dozens of black shadows and charged toward the man in uniform!

In response, the man in uniform smiled coldly. “Hmph, unmannerly juniors.”

A cold glint flashed in his eyes as his terrifying battle aura suddenly burst from his body like a beast breaking its chains, whistling forward with an overwhelming momentum. In an instant, under the oppressive impact of the freezing storm, Qiu Mingtong, who was swinging her hammer, and Xizhi, who was launching a surprise attack, were suddenly blown away. Xizhi’s ten clones were instantly annihilated.

A dozen or so knights of the Blackrose Family nearby also fell to their knees uncontrollably under the impact of this overwhelming pressure. Just like that, the combined attack of the Blackrose Family’s two seventh tier experts and several high-rank warriors was easily neutralized by the middle-aged man.

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After being blown away and crashing against a wall, Qiu Mingtong could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood as she stood back up. She looked at the man in uniform before her, whose face was filled with a chilling aura of slaughter, with a sense of indignation. “As expected, the Great Guardian General is not so easy to kill.”

“…”

Hearing these words and sensing the intense fighting spirit in the eyes of Qiu Mingtong and Xizhi, Lockephy, the Great Guardian General of the Snownight Empire, narrowed his eyes slightly. “Wanting to kill me? Such overconfident juniors.”

As he spoke, a trace of killing intent gradually surfaced in Lockephy’s ice-blue eyes.

Not long ago, when Lockephy had first learned of the relationship between the Blackrose Family and the Blood Butterfly from Moxiao’s mouth, he still harbored doubts. After all, it was truly hard to believe that such a massive family in the south would betray humanity to cooperate with the Abyssal Demons.

‘Sky Dome will be destroyed.’ Lockephy’s first reaction upon hearing these words from Moxiao was bewilderment, followed by anger and suspicion.

What kind of joke was this?! It was nothing but alarmist talk!

Regarding the words of this information broker, Lockephy remained unwilling to believe them after hesitating for a moment. After all, Sky Dome was the heart of the Snownight Empire, filled with countless experts and guarded by himself and His Majesty. How could it be destroyed just like that?!

Considering Moxiao’s bizarre mental state when he was captured, Lockephy had treated those words as the ravings of a madman for a period of time, giving them little importance. It was only after the Abyssal Demon invasion that Lockephy gradually changed his mind and felt immense regret.

‘That guy, Moxiao? He wasn’t talking nonsense? It will be destroyed? Did he foresee the Abyssal Demon invasion?’

‘If that’s the case, perhaps he wasn’t speaking gibberish?’

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‘Meaning, the relationship between Blood Butterfly and the Blackrose Family might also be true? Blood Butterfly and Blackrose want to rescue Inferno?’

‘And today? That Miss Yu seems to have disappeared as well?’

Thinking of this, Lockephy felt a sudden sense of impending doom and hurriedly tried to contact Garfield inside the dungeon. Although he successfully reached ‘Garfield’, Lockephy realized through his keen observation that the ‘Garfield’ communicating with him was not the seventh tier scholar he was familiar with.

‘The dungeon has run into trouble.’

Upon realizing this, Lockephy immediately lunged toward the dungeon, enveloped in ice-blue light. He had no energy to deal with the swarming Abyssal Demons. After all, once Inferno was freed, the entire Sky Dome City would be turned into a purgatory of fire. The threat of those thousands of Abyssal Demons outside could never compare to a terrifying existence of the demon king tier!

He had to deal with Inferno first! At the very least, he had to ensure that monster would not regain its freedom.

When he forcefully broke into the dungeon, he was shocked to find Garfield and the others lying unconscious on the ground. The people guarding the interior of the dungeon were not the Royal Knight Corps, but members of the Blackrose Family. At that moment, Lockephy realized that Moxiao’s words were not nonsense.

‘Blackrose really is problematic.’

Now, inside the dungeon, looking at the Blackrose Family members who were constantly trying to stop him from entering the prison, Lockephy’s face was gradually covered by a cold, murderous aura. This god of war, already filled with a slaughterous atmosphere, now transformed into an Asura from hell.

A terrifying chill filled the interior of the dungeon. Under the solemn gazes of Qiu Mingtong and the others, Lockephy slowly walked toward them. With every step, the cold air in the dungeon intensified. A thick layer of frost even formed on the path Lockephy walked. The overwhelming pressure continuously pressed down on Qiu Mingtong, Xizhi, and the others, causing these battle-hardened individuals to gasp in shock.

After a moment of silence, Lockephy issued his final ultimatum. “Surrender quietly and do not try to block me again. Otherwise, do not blame me for being merciless.”

However, facing Lockephy’s threat, Xizhi tilted her head with a look of disdain. “Heh, you old fogey, if you want to fight, then fight. Why so much crap?!”

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As she spoke, pitch-black dragon wings suddenly tore through Xizhi’s clothes. The dragon-horned girl did not hesitate to enter her semi-dragon form, causing her strength to take a qualitative leap, even faintly touching the edge of the eighth tier. Qiu Mingtong beside her was not to be outdone, as various ancient red runes began to cover the girl’s delicate body.

Then, in unison, the group launched another attack at Lockephy.

In response, the Great Guardian General sighed helplessly. “It seems your Blackrose Family has truly joined forces with the Abyssal Demons. Since you are traitors to humanity, I can only take you into custody and bring you to the Grand Court.”

Slowly raising his hand, a dense ice-blue light gradually overflowed from Lockephy’s eyes as he slowly drew the blade at his waist.

The opponent’s actions were clearly meant to stall for time. To prevent the residents of Sky Dome from realizing that Inferno was sealed beneath the city and causing panic, Xue Tian’ao had placed numerous barriers around Inferno’s cage and covered the surface with black magic stones to suppress Inferno’s power and prevent others from sensing it.

Although Lockephy was unsure of the specific situation inside the cage, according to his judgment, Blood Butterfly might be inside trying to break the seal set by His Majesty. Although His Majesty’s seal was incredibly powerful, Blood Butterfly was an eighth tier existence. Given enough time, breaking the seal would not be difficult for her.

When that happened, the catastrophe of Sky Dome would become unstoppable. “I have no time to waste on you.”

In the next instant, the blue light intensified.

“Boom~”

Accompanied by an earth-shattering explosion, the combined attack of Qiu Mingtong, Xizhi, and the Blackrose Knight Order was ultimately shattered by a single strike from Lockephy. The rampaging freezing chill swept over every member of the Blackrose Family, and the power fluctuations released from the blade turned the interior of the dungeon upside down.

Had the dungeon not been a specially reinforced structure, it would likely have collapsed by now.

While incapacitating Qiu Mingtong, Xizhi, and the others with a single blow, Lockephy’s strike also smashed the giant stone door leading to Inferno’s massive cell into dust.

“Hmph.”

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With a cold snort, Lockephy kicked off the ground and instantly turned into a streak of blue light, charging into Inferno’s cage. He had to ensure as quickly as possible that Inferno’s seal was not broken and neutralize Blood Butterfly’s combat capability. Only then could the crisis of Sky Dome be averted.

However, Lockephy, who entered the core area of the dungeon with such a mindset, suddenly frowned deeply. Because, contrary to his expectations, the sight of a black-haired girl trying to rescue Inferno did not appear before his eyes. He didn’t even see the black-haired girl or the scorching flame ball! In the vast core area of the dungeon, there was only one enchanting woman with red hair.

With phoenix eyes, long eyelashes, a straight and delicate nose, and rosy lips, complemented by her beautiful crimson hair fluttering in the wind due to his battle aura’s turbulence, along with her perfectly curvaceous and hot figure, the woman was undoubtedly a masterpiece of the human world.

However, such a masterpiece instantly gave Lockephy a suffocating sense of pressure, causing the old general’s expression to change abruptly as an unprecedented solemnity surfaced in his ice-blue eyes.

Although her appearance had changed, her aura would not easily change. This extremely oppressive Shadow Essence and the heat that distorted the very space… With just one look at her, Lockephy realized her identity.

“Inferno…”

However, before Lockephy could say anything more, the red-haired lady dressed in thin white clothes walked toward Lockephy step by step. Her next words made Lockephy feel a sense of creeping horror.

“You must be General Lockephy, right? I am very sorry, but in order to make foolish humans realize the terror of Abyssal Demons once again, could you… the Great Guardian General of the Snownight Empire, please die just a little?”

As soon as her voice fell, under Lockephy’s bewildered gaze, an unprecedentedly terrifying pressure erupted from around the red-haired woman. High temperatures capable of burning the soul instantly roared toward Lockephy along with the crimson Shadow Essence, like a demon from the abyss.

In an instant, it smashed Lockephy’s proud ice aura to pieces, making the old general’s expression grow even more grim.

‘This monster?! Peak of the eighth tier?!’

‘This Abyssal Demon?!’

‘Did she hide her strength when fighting His Majesty?!’