What a horrible and abominable image.

Huge and large like a giant, its body was covered in raging fire, and dark red scales hidden under the flames were faintly visible, and its limbs were not humanoid, but rather beast-like with sharp claws, and its huge tail and hideous head made it look more like a dragon than a humanoid creature. However, unlike the dragon, its forelimbs are particularly strong and powerful, and instead of wings, it stretches out behind its back, but a pair of large black horns that twist and horn, and from its back to its tail, it is also covered with menacing black bone spikes.

“...... Hey, Io-senpai, are you sure this isn't a demon from hell?"

"Hmph, when this guy was alive, he did the same things as demons......

In Io's memory, the monster in front of him was even crazier than the demon.

"Does this guy look like he's dead!!

Its eyes are still shining, the thing is still panting, the tail of the thing is still twitching, if it's dead...... With Kaede's imagination, I can't imagine what it means to be "alive" for the time being.

"It looks like it can move, but it's definitely dead and not running...... Kaede, do you see a scar on his forehead?" Io pointed to the other man's forehead and explained to Kaede, "As the culprit who once destroyed our home, the Fire King of the Hellfire Lands, there is no doubt that he was indeed killed in the twilight forest of the past. ”

"However, at that time, we didn't have time to dispose of this guy's body, so the whereabouts of the King of Fire after that were unknown, and we didn't expect to meet here today...... Well, it's fate, right?"

“......”

Although it was subtle, Kaede saw a smile on the corner of Io's mouth.

That's definitely not the expression that Io usually shows.

[Io senior, she ...... Seems to have a great reaction to this big guy?Listening to her, did this thing ever destroy her home?The Fire King of the Hellfire Lands......

Just by looking at it, you can feel the scorching heat burning your eyes through your eyes - and this is when the other party is already dead, if they are still alive......

"Woohoo————"

"Uh...... Is it really a dead thing?"

Obviously, the King of Flame, who should have been "confirmed dead", had already begun to let out a low roar at this moment, and the flames all over his body gradually became stronger.

"If it's the living Flame King himself, even if you have the determination to face it, you won't be able to stand up. It was able to burn down the home it relied on in front of the elves in its heyday, and in the end, we paid a heavy price to defeat it - although we were just children at the time, we still remember it very clearly. ”

"Okay...... But we still have a question, the flames on this guy's body are so big, how can I get close?"

Feng looked at the more and more vigorous flames on the other party's body, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat - this momentum, completely close to the battle of oneself is basically useless, right? With the name of the other party's "King of Fire", Feng didn't think that the strength of the flames on the other party's body could be compared to the bonfire he started casually, with his small body, it was very difficult to get close even to him, let alone close to each other, let alone hand-to-hand combat...... Then it is estimated that he has directly vaporized his eight achievements?

"Rest assured, it's a poisonous flame for everyone, and it's not a big problem for you. Io held up Kaede's left hand, "Although it is only a branch of the Tree of Life, I have incorporated part of the concept of the 'Tree of the World' into it—not to mention the flame of the 'King of Fire', even when the flame that destroyed the Tree of the World Realm came, it was in vain in the face of the Tree of the World. Of course, that's an ancient myth, and that's just my meager strength, but it's definitely no problem to deal with the guy in front of me. ”

"The flame of the dead Fire King, without a soul is just a mortal fire, and it cannot break through my blessing...... It's just that, although I can guarantee that you will not be attacked by flames, you can also see that the other party's physique, the physical ability alone is enough for you to drink a pot. ”

Fengxin said that this is "enough to drink a pot", and his small body is a little higher than the other party's front teeth......

"The soul of the current 'King of Fire' is dead, but it seems that because it is used as a container to carry the 'disaster', and the strength of its body itself, it has a certain degree of physical consciousness? Hmph, I have to say, the phase with the 'disaster' that symbolizes 'destruction' is really high......

can use "calamity" to produce a certain degree of physical consciousness, and to some extent, the compatibility between the two is quite weird......

"How? Looking at such a visually striking behemoth, Xiao Feng, can you still go on?"

"Don't underestimate me!

Feng raised his hand and said that he had no problem at all: "However, is there a specific tactic? Otherwise, this is the first time I have faced this kind of super~large monster, and I don't know how to start at all?"

"It's natural......"

At this moment, the flames on the silent King of Flame became more and more vigorous, and the momentum around his body began to rise, and his limbs that could not move were also freed from the shackles of sleep.

Due to the high temperature, the air around the Flame King expands due to heat, and the density becomes smaller, causing the refraction of light, and the Flame King's body begins to blur...... Looking at the past from afar, it seems that the body of the Lord of Fire has also begun to become as erratic as a flame.

“...... Woohoo woo hoo - "

A roar that had been stored for thousands of years burst out of the mouth of the Lord of Fire.

"Hey, I haven't brushed my teeth for so many years, and I'm still yelling so loudly...... Sure enough, it's a fool's dream to expect a guy like you to be a little educated, and it's still this virtue when he's dead. ”

Io took up his bow in disgust, and the seemingly ordinary bow was dyed with a layer of emerald green, and he set up an arrow and shot at the forehead without hesitation—the arrow, also stained with emerald green, was not burned by the flames, but passed through the blockade of the flames and sank into the forehead of the Flame King as if it had entered no man's land.

"Uh-huh————"

Under the pain, the instinctive anger from the body made the King of Flame roar angrily.

"Remember what I explained, and leave it to me on the front!"

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"So that's what Io's predecessor meant by 'empty shell', I really didn't expect it to be such a scene inside......

Io's previous arrows were not an active provocation, from the beginning, their purpose was to seal off the core of the "scourge" - if it was otherwise, it would never be possible for Kaede to enter it as a carrier of living creatures, but the Lord of Fire is a special case, and after a thousand years, its flesh still has a majestic vitality, enough to become a carrier of "calamity". But Io clearly understood that the other party was "dead", and without any scruples, he used special means to send Kaede into the interior of the carrier.

Because it is a dead thing, Io does not need to kill the carrier first to separate the core of the "scourge" - in fact, if she really wants to say, Io herself has the ability to enter the body of the Fire King, but due to personal reasons, she chose to defeat the other party from the outside...... In this regard, Kaede can feel a little bit of Io's reason.

"Io's predecessors are rare to play tricks......"

Anyway, from Kaede's point of view, Io is obviously on the same bar as the stupid big guy - what kind of evil fate is between the two, Kaede doesn't bother to speculate.

Her mission is simply to go to the inside of the Fire King and destroy the core of the "scourge". What happened next, Io said she would take care of it.

"The core of the 'woe'...... Is that there?"

The interior of the Fire King's body is completely different from that of a living being, and according to Io, the Overlord of the Hellfire Lands is actually something left over from some ancient greatness...... In short, it is not a living thing in the pure sense, but rather a product of a certain concept.

As Kaede could see, what unfolded before her eyes was nothing more than a void shrouded in lava and flames. And in the very center of this large hollow, a crystal that exudes a dark purple color is emitting an ominous light and aura.

Protected by the concept of the "Tree of the World", Kaede was completely unaffected by the surrounding flames and heat, and jumped directly into the lava.

Kaede stabbed an arrow etched with arcane runes straight into the lava beneath her feet—the arrow that Yurin had processed was not supposed to have such power, but after it pierced, the lava beneath Kaede's feet began to cool almost instantly, and in a matter of seconds, a layer of rock had formed.

"Is this what Io's predecessor said about 'alien'? I see, this is not the power that a mere rune can achieve, is it? In the face of the existence of the 'Fire King' of this scale, it still shows an almost absolute effect...... No wonder, she's noticed......"

After gaining a foothold on the solid rock formation, Kaede was about to walk towards the core of the "disaster" when suddenly there was a tremor under his feet.

"Woo-no, according to Io's predecessors, no matter how much the Flame King of the 'outside' tosses like this, it won't affect the 'inside'......"

Inserting the "Yaksha" into the rock formation to stabilize his body, Kaede looked around cautiously.

Sure enough, in the vicinity of "Calamity", a rock formation began to crack, and at the same time, there was a small hissing sound. Although it is very subtle, it can't hide from Kaede's ears.

Kaede stepped forward without hesitation and stabbed the Yaksha into the cracked rock formation - Kaede felt that the Yaksha had clearly pierced an object of different hardness from the rock formation in the process of stabbing down.

At this time, a violent vibration from under his feet made Kaede's heart freak, and he hurriedly grabbed the hilt of the "Yaksha" with his backhand, kicked his feet, and withdrew in time with the help of this force. The moment the sword body left the ground, Feng could clearly see that his sword blade brought out a touch of "magma". Almost at the same time as Kaede left, the cracked rock layer cracked, and a roar of anger and pain came from it.

Kaede took a few steps back, cautiously watching every move ahead, and glanced at the blade of the Yaksha out of the corner of his eye—there were still a few drops of "magma" on it, but a closer look revealed that it did not have the mass of magma it should have.

"Is it blood?"

Although there was no smell of blood but a smell of sulfur, with the consciousness cultivated by countless "business", Kaede still made the right judgment.

In a few breaths, a hand the color of lava reached out from below and grabbed the edge of the rock formation, and then a hideous figure leaped out of the lava.

If Io had been there, she would have recognized that it was the elite of the Flame King's minions when he invaded the Elves' homeland in the past—like the Flame King, his body was also wrapped in exuberant flames, but the difference was that the other party still retained the human form. And in armor and weapons. Although it didn't have the terrifying face and huge size of the Fire King, the spear overflowing with evil heat still showed the danger of the other party.

This is the most vicious minions of the Fire King of the Hellfire Lands, the Fire King's personal guards.

Right now, the other party was holding a hideous wound on his right shoulder and roaring in pain, which was the blow that Feng Fang had just given the other party.

"Oh yes, yes, I'm still wondering if there are any defensive measures here, so you're in such a hurry?" Kaede looked at the other party's next move, and his eyes couldn't help narrowing, "Ah......h

The wound that the other party was covering actually began to coagulate! Just as lava was condensed when it was cold, the blood flowing out of the wound actually began to coagulate.

"The effect of pure physical attacks is worrying......" Kaede glanced at his left hand without a trace.

The Flame King's guard moved his injured right hand and roared angrily, and just like that, he swung a spear with the power of the flames in his hand and pounced on it.

"There's nothing I can do if it's the big guy out there, but if it's a humanoid monster like you...... It's exactly what I want!~"

Kaede grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, and in a gesture that he had never thought of before, he led the opponent's spear blade head-on.