Chapter 132: Third-Order Flame Demon

Boom—

An indescribably terrifying shockwave erupted.

This explosive shockwave felt even more ferocious than the blast from Gunei's twenty-ring spell bombardment concentrated together.

The first to bear the brunt were the entire sofa seating area, the coffee table, and the surrounding desks and counters.

In an instant, they were all swept into the explosive shockwave.

The burning fireplace not far away was also instantly shattered by the shockwave, its flames extinguished.

Then the explosive shockwave swept through the entire hall of Deep Duke Castle.

The long dining table used by everyone, chairs and stools, and even many decorative murals, door curtains, potted plants, and so on.

All were swept into the shockwave and ground to pieces.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

The glass in the castle hall naturally could not escape its fate, exploding in a dense, continuous succession like firecrackers.

And the explosion carried with it a dark red flame, as if it were the hellfire from the deepest depths of hell.

After the explosion, the entire castle hall was a scene of devastation and ruin, like a purgatory.

The dark red flames ignited the castle's debris in clusters, spreading throughout the hall of Deep Duke Castle.

The flames illuminated the ruined hall, giving it a desolate and eerie appearance.

At the epicenter of the explosion, where Dr. Henry had been.

A skull head wreathed in dark red flames and intense, crackling sparks emerged.

As the crackling sparks and flames rapidly swelled, the body beneath the head quickly grew out.

"The power of this explosion is far too weak; it didn't even completely destroy this hall."

As it grew, the flaming skull muttered to itself.

"No wonder this fellow is just an ordinary two-star, second-order transcendent; detonating all his energy to cause such an explosion is not bad."

As it grew, within the flames, the silhouette of a humanoid demonic creature, a full two meters tall, gradually took shape.

Its entire body was covered in fiery red scales, and the flames seemed to naturally emanate from these scales. Each scale, as the flames rose, emitted a faint crackling sound.

Its demonic face was covered in scales, and deep red flames blazed within its eye sockets.

On its head were a pair of curved, sharp demonic goat horns.

Its arms were long, hanging past its knees, and its claws were tough and gleaming.

This was unmistakably a transformed "Flame Demon."

This "Flame Demon" transcendent looked around.

"Is that potion master dead? Reduced to ashes? What a fragile fellow."

At the same time.

At the corner of the passage leading to the underground alchemy chamber.

Gunei stood silently, his blood shield not even broken.

Earlier, Gunei had sensed something wrong with Dr. Henry, even detecting the scent of volcanic lava from him.

Gunei immediately thought that Dr. Henry might have been possessed.

Sure enough.

Dr. Henry was not only possessed but was also a powerful six-star transcendent profession—Flame Demon.

Flame Demon is an ancient transcendent profession.

It is said that its history can be traced back to the Dark Age hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Although nowadays, lord-level powerful creatures like the "Flame Demon Lord" from hell no longer appear on the continent of Oya.

The inheritance token for the transcendent profession "Flame Demon" has been passed down.

"What a pity, Dr. Henry." Gunei rubbed his temples and sighed softly to himself.

When he learned that today was "Winter's End Night" and sensed an inexplicable threat,

Gunei knew that something was likely to happen today.

Sure enough!

Dr. Henry was the first to be hit.

"Are those hidden in the darkness starting to act?" Gunei pondered.

Then, Gunei narrowed his eyes, a sharp glint flickering within.

His mind quickly constructed some transcendent characteristics of the Flame Demon.

As a powerful six-star transcendent profession—Flame Demon,

this transcendent profession possesses the "Flame Demon Form."

In Gunei's perception, this bizarre form, radiating explosive fluctuations and filled with flames, was clearly the "Flame Demon Form."

A Flame Demon transcendent in Flame Demon Form is naturally capable of absorbing and converting explosive energy fluctuations.

That is, the shockwaves from explosive spells can be absorbed and converted into his own explosive energy, then released in the form of an explosion.

Simply put, most explosive attacks are ineffective against him.

At the same time, the Flame Demon naturally manipulates flames and has extremely strong immunity to fire-based damage.

Every powerful transcendent profession at five-star, six-star, or even seven-star has its strengths.

Absorbing explosive energy and being immune to fire damage—that is the strength of this six-star Flame Demon.

Although Gunei was very powerful, he dared not take this third-order, six-star Flame Demon lightly.

"That means my ring spell bombardment is basically useless."

"After the piercing of the Rocket Spell, the flame burning and annihilating properties probably won't cause effective damage to this guy."

"The Arc Spell should be effective."

"Of course, the most effective are my Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Spell and Magic Blade Curse, and the Puppet Secret Thread will also work."

Gunei quickly formulated a battle plan in his mind.

"My Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Spell has already been cast on that guy, and he hasn't noticed; his extrasensory perception isn't strong."

Earlier, when Gunei sensed something wrong, he naturally cast a Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Spell and then quickly retreated using the Blood Escape Technique.

Sure enough, when the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Spell landed on Dr. Henry, Gunei sensed another powerful force hidden deep within Dr. Henry's body, which was also locked onto.

"At the same time, that third-order Flame Demon probably hasn't detected my position; this might be one of my breakthroughs." Gunei waited silently as he pondered.

At the entrance of Deep Duke Castle.

After the earlier explosion, the sturdy and hard door was not shattered but was cracked and deformed by the impact.

As the explosive shock subsided,

Moran, the captain of the guard for Deep Duke Castle, a fourth-order transcendent, pushed open the door with great effort.

The sight of the vast hall in ruins startled Captain Moran.

In the hall, amidst the large swaths of dark red flames, the massive figure bathed in them made Moran feel a threat—a very oppressive threat.

As a possessor of the two-star transcendent profession "Soldier," Moran held a fourth-order rank.

Although the star rating of his transcendent profession was not high, his fourth-order rank and countless life-and-death battles on the battlefield had long given him an iron will and extraordinary combat skills.

As the guardian of Deep Duke Castle, even when facing a powerful enemy, he still needed to be the first to stand at the front.

"Captain, this guy is no ordinary one." Dika, a third-order Soldier beside Moran, gripped his black iron and magic copper alloy battle spear, crouching like a leopard, ready for battle.

Dika, who had been through life-and-death battles with Moran on the battlefield, was also a brave warrior with considerable strength.

"No ordinary one? A six-star, third-order Flame Demon is an extremely terrifying existence."

Captain Moran, well-traveled and knowledgeable, recognized the powerful Flame Demon.

"Six-star."

Hearing this, Dika tightened his grip on the steel spear even more.

"Captain, if you hadn't said that, I wouldn't have known. Now that you mention it, I'm trembling with both fear and excitement."

"It's been a long, long time since I've fought such a powerful transcendent."

Without responding to Dika's words, Moran, clad in battle armor and gripping a magic copper-grade steel spear, strode into the ruined hall.

"Lord Gunei, are you still here?"

Moran's resounding voice swept through the entire hall.

Even the burning flames trembled slightly under the vibration of his voice.

After all, as a seasoned fourth-order warrior who had survived countless battles, his strength was quite formidable.

The echo faded, but there was no response.

"The explosion nearly destroyed the entire hall. Lord Gunei is a researcher; he probably... couldn't have survived." Dika's body trembled with excitement, but he didn't forget to add that remark.

Moran's eyes finally fixed on the Flame Demon bathed in dark red flames.

"Die!" With a roar,

Moran's battle spear instantly thrust forward, covering a distance of over twenty meters in an instant.

This thrust was powerful, the spear like a dragon.

This Flame Demon that had destroyed Deep Duke Castle—even if they died in battle today, they would not let it escape.