Arcane Journey

Chapter 282 The King of Baloo Flame Demons
Brian stood up slowly, with severe pain sweeping through his body, especially the injury on the left chest, which seemed to be more serious.

Before, he could barely move with his left hand, but now he couldn't even move. Even if he just moved his fingers, he would feel the pain as if his entire arm was soaked in a sea of ​​fire.

However, this made Brian feel relieved. Feelings meant that his arm was still there. If he didn't feel anything, it would be a tragedy.

He resisted the mental tingling in his mind, shook his head vigorously, felt that the soul tremor brought by the instant legendary spell had gradually subsided, and immediately felt relieved.

He used the Book of the Forgotten to prostitute the legendary spell "Collapse Singularity" from a Mind Flayer Lich of the Shining Society.

Although this spell belongs to the school of necromancy, in the professional field of the arcanist, it also belongs to the destruction branch in the field of creation, so it is easier for him to get started.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to easily use the supermagic specialty "Instant Spell" to release it in an instant, catching Prince Shade by surprise.

Aware of the dangerous environment he was in, he didn't dare to waste time, quickly sacrificed the curse fire in his body, and used its healing ability to quickly recover from his injuries.

Accompanied by the scorching and stinging energy surging from the curse fire, rushing towards all the limbs and veins of the body, Brian suddenly felt a breath representing life energy, which was healing his injury at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Thinking of his next actions, he took advantage of the time to heal his wounds, quickly called up the system bar, and allocated all the experience points gained today to the curse fire to increase the level.

Nearly 15 experience consumption allowed him to raise the curse fire to level 10 in one go.

The reason why he couldn't continue to improve wasn't that he didn't have enough experience points, but mainly because his 16 points of constitution could only raise his curse fire level to level 10.

Next, if you want to continue to upgrade your level, you can only find a way to increase your own physical attributes.

Brian didn't think too much about the physical attributes, but locked his eyes on the attributes of the curse fire, and quickly checked the new abilities obtained after leveling up.

After the curse fire is upgraded to level 6, he can release spell fire bombs and spell fire beams more accurately, and level 7 allows him to use the spell fire to gain a flying ability equal to his own movement speed.

The level 8 curse fire not only allows him to release 5 spell fire bombs at once, but also allows him to absorb the life energy of living creatures by letting the curse fire contact with them, so as to replenish his own life value.

This seems to be a relatively evil ability, but Brian knows that this is the beginning of the Cursed Fire gradually showing its true characteristics.

Because its essence is to absorb life energy from various sources on the main material plane, and then release life energy, or burst out destructive energy that can swallow everything.

When Brian saw the abilities brought by level 9 and level 10 cursefires, a look of joy finally appeared on his face.

This is the other manifestation ability of spellfire besides spellfire bomb and spellfire beam.

They are the Cursed Fire Crown and the Cursed Fire Vortex.

The Cursefire Crown is the most famous manifestation method. In addition to giving the Cursefire Manipulator the ability similar to the anti-magic shield and immunity to physical damage caused by all non-magic weapons, the summoned crown can also absorb living creatures life energy, has been maintained.

The curse fire vortex is to summon a vortex that can be freely controlled and actively absorb any magic and flames that come into contact with it. Once it absorbs enough magic and flames, it will burst out a powerful force because it exceeds the load of the vortex itself. Destructive energy.

After checking the attributes and feeling the gradual recovery of physical strength, Brian immediately began to look at his situation.

Although he possessed the curse fire, which made him immune to the damage caused by the flames, in this spacious underground space, he still felt a scorching breath spreading in the air.

Even the temperature of the ground had risen at some point, if ordinary people were standing here, it would be the same as standing on a red-hot iron plate.

The dark space exuded a strange atmosphere, and a sense of suffocation began to fill the air.

The light of the flame emerges.

A breath full of killing, death and destruction suddenly spread.

Accompanied by the crisp rattling sound of the iron chains colliding deep in the inner space of the floating city, Brian saw the reflection of the fire, as well as a huge and distorted figure.

A hunger for killing from the depths of his soul filled Brian's mind, making his heart tremble, and he suddenly seemed to see the terrifying scene of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

A drop of cold sweat slid down Brian's cheeks flushed by the fire, and was quickly evaporated by the high temperature inside the space.

He looked startled, quickly came back to his senses, raised his guard, and looked at the distorted Hokage that gradually appeared in his sight.

In fact, even if he didn't check it out, he still knew who was being held here.

On the 21st floor of the bottomless abyss, the ruler of the sixth pyre, the demon lord Callum, is also known as: the king of Balor.

In the bottomless abyss, the chaotic power filled with time will gather and condense, and finally form a ruthless and exquisite dark favor.

They are constantly changing and eventually taking shape, giving birth to unique demons with god-like abilities. This is how the demon lord is born.

These demon lords use cunning and brutal means to lead one side, and each plan how to overwhelm the heroes and finally rule the entire Abyss.

Many scholars who have done countless researches on the bottomless abyss believe that the bottomless abyss is not a simple plane, it has a very unique will, but different from the will understood by ordinary people, the will of the abyss does not have the ability to think, it is more It is a collection of pan-consciousness.

For this will acts entirely on instinct, and its instinct is chaos and evil.

The will of the abyss is similar to a god, but the difference is that it does not require belief, and no one will believe in it. It more represents the bottomless abyss itself, representing absolute chaos and destruction.

Therefore, when a demon is promoted to become a demon lord, the will of the abyss will favor the demon, and randomly endow them with a unique form, or some kind of evil and powerful knowledge.

This is also why many demons have been living in killing and destruction since their birth, and they have no time to study at all, but they can acquire a lot of knowledge that even the most knowledgeable wizards are amazed by.

It was in this form that Calum, Lord of Balor, was born.

The Lord of Balor, who once ruled the 21st floor of the Abyss and the sixth pyre, was buried in the deepest part of the Doomsday Volcano for thousands of years, but he was never killed.

During the period of the Netherese Empire, the great arcanist Saurond accidentally discovered the sealed demon lord while exploring the bottomless abyss.

Thousands of years of suppression had greatly reduced the strength of this demon lord, and the great arcanist Saulund brought him to the main material plane by means of soul imprisonment.

Then, when Solend built his own floating city, in order to make his floating city stronger and more solid, he mobilized the power of the earth's veins to seal the Barlow king of fire demons in the center of the overturned mountain. The demon lord's flame combined with the power of the earth's veins, combined with the magical energy of the Mythar core, made the floating city of Sacross comparable to a real floating fortress.

Brian had never witnessed what the floating city looked like at that time, and he probably knew that the flying speed and ultra-long-distance endurance of this floating city were the strongest.

It can be seen from this that this great arcanist regards the Lord of Ballow as a free and recyclable engine system.

It is said that the floating city of Sacross was the last floating city to rise to the sky during the Netheril Empire, and it was also the germination of the grand arcanists who began to build multi-functional floating fortresses.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. The great arcanist who lived here hadn't been fresh for a few years, but because of the collapse of the magic net, he fell into the Sea of ​​Falling Stars.

This is exactly the reason that makes Sacross become the most complete floating city among countless fallen floating cities.

Accompanied by hot flames rising from the dark interior space, the trembling and suffocating figure of the demon lord Karlum clearly appeared in front of Brian.

It was a gigantic monster with raging fire all over its body, with a pair of curved and ferocious demon horns, and wide demon wings slowly unfolding behind it.

Even in the bottomless abyss, Balor is the best among the Tanari demon group, a high-ranking demon who has inherited the power of 'chaos and flames', and an absolute ruling class, standing only in the demon group. Second to the top of the demon lord.

It is still one of the few high-level demons born with divine power, and has always been the main force in the bloody battle of the abyss.

What's more, what appeared in front of him was the demon lord known as the 'Baro Flame Demon King'.

Even if the other party has been sealed for thousands of years, causing his own strength to be greatly weakened, the terrifying coercion brought by him still makes Brian feel a trace of instinctive fear in his heart.

What's more, unlike ordinary Balor, the demon lord's bare dark red skin is covered with scars like spider webs.

The criss-crossing scars follow the demon lord's every breath, and the strong muscles flow back and forth like waves, and it looks like a volcano that is about to erupt hot magma at any time, emitting a hot and bright high temperature.

Although in the bottomless abyss, the strength gap between many demon lords is uneven, there is a demon prince who is as strong as a true god, Demo Gorgon, and Ertu, who is so weak that he was hacked to death by a ranger with two swords.

But the demon lord in front of him allowed Brian to judge just by his aura that his strength was probably at least at the middle level of the demon lord group.

The temperature is gradually rising.

The demon lord's whole body is like a raging flame, and any creature close to him will be continuously hurt by the flame.

A spell flashed.

Rao is Brian, who has the characteristic of being immune to fire damage, and at this time he has to prop up a magic shield that resists energy damage to isolate the scorching flames.

As the flames faded, a pair of heavy manacles appeared in Brian's vision.

He saw the pair of silver-white metallic shackles bound to the demon lord's hands, and on the wide demon wings, barbs connected to dark red iron chains pierced through.

At the feet of the demon lord, Brian also saw an altar engraved with a nine-pointed star magic circle, and a rusty dark red iron sword was stuck upside down on the nine star rays of the magic circle.

Obviously, the demon lord was sealed here by some powerful means. Even after thousands of years had passed, the other party still couldn't break free from the seal here.

"mortal!"

The demon lord also noticed Brian against the flames, watching him with pupils like jumping flames, and the ancient demon language echoed in this sealed space:
"You are the fifth mortal to appear here, and you are also the weakest mortal! Even Lamorak and Matik can't kill me, let alone you!"

"Mortal, don't try to be fearless!"

"Come here, use your wisdom to release me, I will give you everything you want! Including the entire floating city!"

Hearing the demon lord's words, there was no change in Brian's expression.

Because he didn't pay attention to the other party's words at all. After all, demons are untrustworthy existences and will not abide by any contract laws.

Even those legendary spellcasters who chat and laugh happily with the devils will try to avoid any transactions with this group of devils with chaotic nature.

Besides, the purpose of Brian's coming here was to take his life, not to release him.

The moment he releases this capricious existence, he is the first to die, and he still has this self-knowledge.

——"Mayoufu Micro Meteor!"

With a wave of Brian's hand, dozens of fist-sized bolides galloped away.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The fire meteor with extremely strong penetrating power exploded clusters of magical flames on the chest of the demon lord.

A trace of blood oozes from the demon lord's chest that was scratched by the bolide, and then heals at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although this attack was like scratching an itch to the demon lord, his hatred and furious nature made him roar.

He spread his wings angrily, raised his strong right leg like a ram's foot, and took a step forward.

A magic aura exuding a silver-white luster flickered.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling light erupted from the altar of the nine-pointed star, and the nine rusty iron swords inserted upside down on the altar trembled and hummed.

The demon lord grunted in pain, then quickly retreated.

Out of the corner of Brian's eye, he noticed that there were slight cracks on the surface of the altar, which meant that with the passage of time, the demon lord was likely to break through the seal.

"Damn mortal! Damn Solender!!!..."

The demon lord looked up to the sky and let out a roar. Although his huge body was bound by iron chains and barbs, it didn't mean that he really lost all his attack power.

Accompanied by the crisp rattling sound of the chains and shackles, a long whip burning with scorching flames emerged out of thin air, with a high temperature enough to distort the air, and whipped towards Brian.

The Flame Whip was wrapped in a whistling hot wind, nimble and cunning like a dancing fire snake, instantly blocking all of Brian's escape routes.

The Flame Whip, which is more than ten meters long, is as thick as an ordinary human's thigh.

With this level of attack, even with a magic shield that is immune to fire damage, he dare not underestimate the pure and powerful physical attack contained in it.

——"Ice Rage Explodes!"

Brian's gaze was fixed, and a wide ice giant sword was condensed into shape.

"boom!"

The moment the ice and fire collided, the ice giant sword in Brian's hand burst suddenly, ejecting cold blue and white energy.

In an instant, the cold air centered on Brian, freezing everything around him, and then it was melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, and white steam rose up.

Obviously, in the first round of confrontation, both sides looked like they were testing.

As the smoke dissipated, Brian saw that the flame on the Flame Whip in the demon lord's hand seemed to have dimmed a bit.

This made him realize that most of the demon lord's strength was definitely sealed.

Although the demon lord at this moment is like a living target, allowing him to attack at will, Brian has no intention of attacking recklessly.

After all, the sealed demon lord is still a demon lord.

This already belongs to the existence of mastering divine power, no matter how he was sealed here, he is not an existence that he can touch porcelain casually.

What's more, the seal here seems to have begun to loosen.

While guarding against the demon lord, Brian quickly thought about how to kill the demon lord.

In his plan against the floating city of Sacross, he had already put the demon lord on his death list.

Only by killing the demon lord and using the huge energy generated by the "burning body explosion" after the opponent's death to detonate the energy of the earth veins in the entire inner space, the shadow temple above will also be destroyed in this disaster.

Even the true gods dare not underestimate the destructive energy generated by the "burning body explosion" after the death of the demon lord, let alone the temples and floating cities in the material world.

This series of chain reactions will instantly affect the Stone of the Shadow Demon Net, and finally affect the Mither energy core placed in the Shadow Tower, causing the entire floating city to lose power and fall to the ground.

The reason why he knew so clearly was that this incident had actually happened in the game world, and the instigator was the leader of the harpist, Storm Silverhand.

In Brian's original plan, he intended to let the leader of the Harper complete this dangerous task, but after his strength was upgraded to the legendary realm and he obtained the cursed fire, he suddenly changed his mind and decided to do it himself.

"call!"

The Flame Whip turned into a flame again.

Brian did not resist, but with a thought, a flash spell, completely distanced himself from the demon lord.

"Roar!"

The demon lord, who was trapped in place by the chains, saw the enemies who had escaped from his attack range. His chaotic nature made him instantly enraged, and the flames burning around him also suddenly rose in anger.

"Mortal, you can't escape!" A cruel sneer appeared on the ferocious face of the angry demon lord.

——"blasphemy!"

Sequences of ancient and powerful demonic language whispered from the mouth of the demon lord.

These evil words carry some kind of powerful magic power, and the surrounding air is filled with an evil energy, which makes the surrounding darkness boil, and makes the void present different scenes, full of chaos, killing, hatred, pain...

Affected by the blasphemous words, Brian finally couldn't maintain a calm and calm look. His expression was slightly distorted, and his body trembled involuntarily, as if he was enduring great pain.

"Hahaha... Cowardly and ignorant mortals dare to challenge me!"

The demon lord couldn't help but burst out laughing.

However, in the next second, his wild laughter immediately froze on his hideous face.

Shining radiance surrounded Brian's body, pure and holy light erupted from his body, making his black hair faintly glow, and his eyes were as bright as stars.

"The breath of Tianjie Mountain, how is it possible?" The demon lord's eyes widened in surprise, and he muttered to himself in disbelief, "It's such a strong sacred breath."

A trace of fear flickered in his eyes that were like fire.

Brian took a deep breath, calming down the aftereffects of the blasphemous words.

For the demon lord's most adept attack method "blasphemy", he was actually prepared for a long time. Even so, facing the sudden attack still caught him by surprise.

At this moment, he can only be thankful for the powerful ability attached to the blessing of Tianjie Mountain, otherwise, how could he dare to face the demon lord directly.

[Barrier of Goodness (supernatural ability): After activation, a shining light cluster will surround you, protecting yourself and other people within the range of the spell, and resisting attacks from evil creatures.This aura is like a "spell ineffective barrier", which can eliminate any spell effects below the fifth ring.

Additionally, creatures within the aura are protected by a double-strength "magic circle against evil."The warded creature has 50% increased physical resistance against attacks from evil creatures, and a +5 resistance bonus on saving throws.And can protect them from possession, mind control, and physical contact with various summoned creatures.

Remarks: After activating the Barrier of Goodness each time, you must open your mind in a state of fasting, and meditate in Tianjie Mountain for 24 hours before you can release it again. 】

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"Disgusting breath, go to hell!"

The scorching air waves rushed towards the face, and the angry demon lord's eyes were blood red, hissing and roaring, accompanied by the rattling of iron chains, his huge body suddenly burst out with strong and incomparable energy, making the entire underground space shudder. It became a sea of ​​flames.

Brian unhurriedly propped up his magic shield to resist the continuous flames.

Although he has many spells and characteristics that are immune to fire damage, the one who released the flames was a demon lord, the king of Balor's flames, and it was easy for him to burst out flames that ignored immunity.

——"Cursefire Vortex!"

Then, Brian sacrificed his own Austrian fire, and with a thought, a flame vortex about two meters away swirled like a storm, swallowing all the surrounding flames aggressively.

"boom!"

When the energy absorbed by the curse fire vortex exceeded its own load, under Brian's control, it directly hit the bound body of the demon lord, bursting out with sparkling fire.

As a flame representing the essence of primitive energy, the cursed fire is said to be capable of devouring everything, and it can naturally cause damage to demon lords.

"what!!!"

Accompanied by a howl that could pierce the eardrums, the demon lord's body trembled, and there was a hint of fear in the eyes that looked at Brian's curse fire.

"It's really the cursed fire that claims to be able to devour everything?!" The demon lord's expression sank slightly, then as if he had thought of something, a trace of greed appeared in his eyes:
"Unfortunately, your strength seems too weak! You can't control the real curse fire yet."

"Hahaha! Someone sent the cursed fire in front of me! Now, it belongs to Callum, the king of the Barlow flame demon!" Great pain came.

"Mortal, please remember my name! Standing in front of you is the 21st floor of the bottomless abyss, the ruler of the sixth funeral pyre, Karlum, the king of Balor, and the future lord of eternal flames!"

"Let the flames burn your soul! You will be the first sacrifice for Callum to conquer the Abyss!..."

The demon lord let out a low growl like a maniac, and stepped forward suddenly. The barb piercing his back was instantly pulled taut, and then drops of demon blood slid down the chain.

The crazy demon lord howled in pain, but he still didn't retreat, but tightened the shackles of his hands, and took another step forward.

"Chichichi..."

The sound of flesh and blood being torn was heard, and the soaring flames around the demon lord also became weaker. The huge demon wings were torn apart by the chains of imprisonment, and a rather hideous wound was exposed on the back.

But this still didn't stop the demon lord from struggling to move forward.

A magic aura exuding a silver-white luster flickered.

Immediately afterwards, dazzling light erupted from the altar of the nine-pointed star, and the nine rusty iron swords inserted upside down on the altar trembled and hummed.

The invisible sword light flickered.

A stream of fresh blood splattered, and shocking bloodstains appeared out of thin air on the burly and sturdy body of the demon lord.

(End of this chapter)