Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 874 - 873: Demon Flame

The sand in the hourglass had almost run out, and time began to flow again.

The remaining flying swords of Dann Chenzi, initially slow, arrived first, dispersing in the air and stabbing towards Zhan Lu from all directions.

Clang clang clang—

Zhan Lu, who was already prepared, swung the Longsword wildly, weaving a tightly woven net of Sword Gang Qi around him,

while simultaneously hurling the briefcase in his left hand towards the Side Truth in the distance.

The Carnivorous Vine Monster under the Side Truth's feet opened its gaping maw, swallowing the briefcase containing Dann Chenzi's Sword Box,

and let out a low roar, extending plant tendrils into the soil below,

springing backward with the Side Truth upon it.

In the time-stopping area of the [Communications Time Management Sandglass], they had already discussed their strategy,

with the Side Truth, Hoenhem, and Tai Hao containing the Desolated Lion as much as possible,

Li Ang and Zhan Lu would deal with Dann Chenzi,

while Raging Fire and Amber were responsible for handling the Closed-eye Monk.

The situation was tense, and there was no telling what the gray-robed figures around the safety gate were planning to do,

or which support would arrive first: the Earth players or the Otherworldly Cultivators was still unknown.

[Cloud Ascending Ladder]

Li Ang activated a skill, stepping on invisible steps, swinging the Long Spear horizontally to smash into a flying sword, while extending a cluster of plant fibers mixed with Divine Power from his hand, attempting to bind the flying sword.

Having witnessed the Disintegration Technique's ability to break through magic, Dann Chenzi wouldn't allow such an opportunity, a thought of Divine Thought made the flying sword vibrate and hum, easily shredding the extending plant fibers, retreating a hundred meters, then circling in mid-air and attacking once more.

On the other side,

the battle between the Desolated Lion and the Side Truth and his companions was much fiercer.

The demonic leader resembling a male lion stomped its front paw heavily,

and a lion's claw, formed by a massive quantity of materialized Demon Qi, descended from above.

The Carnivorous Vine Monster controlled by the Side Truth, like a ballet dancer with countless legs, maneuvered deftly on the ground, narrowly avoiding a direct hit by the lion's claw,

but was still splattered by the Demon Qi when the claw struck the ground,

causing the plant tendrils on one side of its body to wither inexplicably, turning gray-white.

In a precarious situation, the Side Truth released a fourth-level ability from the Mental Ability Creation System, [Ectoplasm Wall], creating a thick wall of Star Realm material to block the spreading, flame-like Demon Qi.

The star substance is impervious to fire and water, seemingly light and soft, but solid and heavy, especially after being compressed and reinforced with Spiritual Energy.

"Sigh..."

As the Demon Qi flames on the Carnivorous Vine Monster and the Ectoplasm Wall gradually extinguished, a sighing sound came from beneath the shadow of the hood of the Side Truth.

"The heavens lose direction, the first moon is unrecorded..."

Tai Hao dashed forward, his Air Dragon suddenly decomposing, transforming into a sky filled with clouds, evolving into visions of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and oceans, suppressing the lion's claw formed by the Desolated Lion's Demon Qi.

Seemingly slow but actually fast, the clouds rotated gently, grinding down the lion's claw, rapidly transforming the contained Demon Qi into the clouds themselves, further expanding and perfecting the cloud world.

"Words desire transformation, all things blend harmoniously."

Tai Hao, pale-faced, caught the Magic Potion thrown over by the Side Truth, drinking it all in one gulp without hindering the cloud world's continuance in extracting and purifying the Demon Qi.

"Your soul is deeply guilty, beyond redemption..."

Hoenhem chanted loudly, holding the seemingly endless Book of Sand, his form continuously merging with the ground, reappearing a hundred meters away somewhere like a groundhog dodging Demon Qi.

The spells he chanted condensed into some kind of ominous and sinister energy,

and from the dome ceiling emerged elongated, reddish eyes, gazing with extreme greed at the Desolated Lion below and the gray-robed figures beside it.

The thirteen gray-robed people seemed focused on guiding the power of a certain "thing" beneath the safety gate, deaf to external happenings,

allowing those elongated, reddish eyes to multiply rapidly, hanging down like ripe grapes.

"Hmph..."

The Desolated Lion snorted coldly from its nose,

the visibly slow-flowing Demon Qi around abruptly solidified, motionless and suspended, as if time had stopped,

then there was... a wild surge.

The Demon Qi churned violently, with the Desolated Lion standing on the ground like the eye of a hurricane, the surrounding storm of Demon Qi turning from black to red, gradually expanding like a Karmic Fire red lotus.

Hoenhem felt his heart sink, his hand quickly turning the pages of the Book of Sand,

as the grape-like eyes hanging from the ceiling turned to gaze at the Desolated Lion, casting various malevolent curses.

Physical resistance weakened, spell resistance weakened, Dizziness Spell, Touch of Fatigue, Corrosion Spell, Bewilderment Spell, Hypnosis Spell, Disruptive Attack, Time Perception Slowdown...

In his hand, the Book of Sand is one of the Bell Tower's highest-grade heirloom relics,

by using this tool, Hoenhem can not only release a vast array of forbidden spells at minimal cost,

but also coordinate with the various equipment and items of the killing field game.

For instance, now he can leverage the one-meter-diameter grape-like eyes to release dozens of low-level spells in one breath,

bypassing casting processes, compressing casting time, even eliminating the spells' flight trajectories,

to directly target the Desolated Lion.

"Your crimes are unforgivable, your soul, filthy and impure..."

Hoenhem employed advanced casting mechanics, growing an extra tongue in his mouth, chanting spells as if in a duet.

The Desolated Lion gazed upward at the dome, its wildly flying mane continuously rippling with various colors.

Hoenhem's negative spells were not without effect,

on the contrary, the Desolated Lion accepted all negative debuff effects,

or rather, it simply didn't care.

"Roar—"

The Desolated Lion raised its head, roaring loudly, and the hurricane of Demon Qi around it suddenly ignited,

the densely hanging eyeballs under the ceiling had no time to struggle before being gently swept up by the Demonflame Hurricane, all bursting.

Hoenhem's face turned pale, his feet merged with the earth, trying to escape through subterranean teleportation.

However, the Demon Qi flames of the Desolated Lion swept over like a wildfire,

instantly igniting the Air Sea created by Tai Hao using the Ten Stems and Twelve Branches.

Boom boom boom boom!

Nothing forged from clouds, sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers, lakes, and seas could withstand the incinerating Demon Qi flames, all turned to fuel.

The Side Truth, instinctively sensing something was amiss, had already preemptively activated Spiritual Energy, driving the Carnivorous Vine Monster to rapidly retreat,

as several small shields made of Star Realm material appeared around its body, slowly rotating to prevent further attacks from the Desolated Lion.

"Get away from the vine monster, the Demon Flame can devour energy—"

Tai Hao, his face pale from the destruction of the Ten Stems and Twelve Branches cloud world, shouted rapidly towards the Side Truth.

Before he finished speaking, wounds burned by Demon Flame on the Carnivorous Vine Monster flared again,

the scarlet flames instantly engulfing the vine monster, and the Side Truth standing above was also swallowed by them.