The next moment, Fajar's eyes darkened, and his right hand gripping the hilt of the knife tightened involuntarily.

Fine, whatever it is, I'll just cut it down.

Immediately, Fagga held his breath, closed his eyes, gripped the hilt of the knife with both hands, and raised it above his head.

At the same time, the Netherflame churned and roared above it, covering the entire blade in no time.

"【Yan Ning Eighteen Passes】!"

With a soft sigh, Fagga slowly opened his eyes and slashed down with his sword.

In an instant, a dark red blade of light shot out, cracking the ground along its path, which was covered with ether crystals in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, ether crystals rose up from the ground and then shattered into fragments in an instant.

As soon as the wind blew, they seemed to have suddenly found their home, all following the dark red blade light. The air screamed sharply, and even the space itself seemed to wail in agony.

It seemed unstoppable, and everything would be annihilated in this destructive aura.

...

[Warning: A high-risk enemy is rapidly approaching.]

[Warning: A high-risk enemy is rapidly approaching.]

The alarm had already sounded in the high-tech race car. Although it was extremely fast, even with Perlman's driving skills, he could catch up with Fire Lake in a very short time and make it to see Lucius one last time.

However, its AI level doesn't seem to be very high, as it actually mistook the approaching dark red blade light for a high-risk monster.

However, this also tells a lot. If he hadn't quickly moved the steering wheel away, Perlman would have ended up in a fatal accident.

However, Perlman remained unfazed!

"For the vampire race!"

Gazing at the ever-approaching beam of the ethereal blade, Perlman roared.

At this moment, he was even more loyal than Fagga, a genuine vampire. Filled with fervent patriotism for the vampire race, Perlman charged toward the dark red blade with a death wish, and simultaneously slammed on the gas pedal!

Buzz!

The engine roared, and the high-tech race car finally collided with the flashing blade.

The bumper was instantly obliterated in a metallic cutting sound the moment it made contact.

Before long, the hood followed suit, just like the bumper.

Soon, it will be the windshield's turn.

Finally, it's over...

Perlman closed his eyes, a look of relief on his face, and his hand slowly slipped off the gear lever.

[I can die now, that's great... huh?]

Perlman was still reveling in the relief of finally being able to die when he suddenly heard a strange noise.

He suddenly opened his eyes and saw that the windshield of the high-tech race car in front of him had suddenly turned green.

"this..."

Perlman murmured, his eyes trembling slightly.

As the former CEO of Vision Industries, how could I have never eaten pork if I've never even seen a pig run?

Although he didn't know the principle behind it, he knew that the windshield in front of him did more than just block the wind.

It also functions as a display screen and has its own emergency trigger mechanism when destroyed!

Thank you for your loyalty, Mr. Perlman. You have earned yourself a chance to live.

A string of green words suddenly appeared on the windshield.

"...Heh, heh heh!"

Perlman grinned foolishly, his brain suddenly going blank.

The next instant, he stood up against the seatbelt and roared, "You bastard, I'm guilty, I want to die, let me die!!!"

Unfortunately, nonsense is useless.

Before Perlman could free himself from the seatbelt and escape, the roof above his head was suddenly lifted off, the seat rose up, and he was thrown out!

Bang!

Before long, the high-tech race car was shredded into metal fragments by the dark red blade, and Perlman was launched into the sky and disappeared without a trace.

However, although the high-tech race car was shattered by the dark red blade, it still flew straight into the sky as a wisp of pale purple smoke drifted down.

"Wow, that ball is flying so high! Should we go chase it? It looks like so much fun!"

Bernice looked into the distance, but because it was so far away, she could only see "a chair with a ball attached to it that bounced out," and she couldn't tell at all that the "ball" was actually a person.

"Bernie, shut up!"

However, Lucy rejected Bernice's suggestion as soon as it was made.

Everyone glanced at Lucy and focused their attention on her, noticing that she suddenly tensed up and looked nervous.

After a while, Lucy gritted her teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "Pale purple...no, the color of ether isn't that pale, that's not ether fuel."

"Oh no, that's the [ether polymerization catalyst], the Lake of Fire!"

As a well-traveled and knowledgeable young lady, Lucy was the first to react. She quickly hopped on her motorcycle and headed towards the fire lake.

The remaining sons of Calydon looked at each other in bewilderment.

Not long after, the sound of another motorcycle starting up rang out, creating a gust of wind as it sped after Lucy.

"Caesar!" the others exclaimed.

Indeed, Caesar was the second to react.

Although Caesar usually appears simple-minded to others, he is exceptionally clever when it matters.

She may not know what an "ether polymerization catalyst" is, but how could she not know Lucy?

Lucy, who was used to ordering people around, was so anxious that she had to take matters into her own hands. Caesar, of course, knew that the towering purple smoke was definitely not a good thing!

Buzz!

Two motorcycles sped past, and Lucy braked suddenly but failed and fell to the ground.

Before she could cry out in pain, she and Caesar rushed to the edge of the lake of fire and eagerly plunged down.

Sure enough, the lake of fire that had been churning suddenly became much calmer, and one ether crystal after another grew out of it, densely packed, and it wouldn't be long before it sealed off the entire lake of fire!

"How could this be!?"

Caesar was extremely surprised.

Although she had never studied chemistry, from her intuitive perception, wasn't that smoke rising into the sky?

How could it affect the Lake of Fire?

"Most of them just float up into the sky."

Lucy gritted her teeth; having received higher education, she understood immediately.

Ether polymerization catalysts are gaseous catalysts, and when they are aggregated together, they appear pale purple.

The more concentrated portion follows the small droplets and flies into the sky, but gas is diffuse!

Some gases always escape from the main group, but the concentration is so low that they cannot be seen to be colored.

But you can't say that people don't work!

Sure enough, just a portion of the main force has already caused ether crystals to grow inside the lake of fire. Before long, the entire lake of fire will be sealed off.

The very foundation upon which the old oil well area existed will cease to exist!

"It's alright, there's still time. You sons of Kalydon still have some flint on you, quickly throw it into the lake of fire... uh!"

"Yeah, we still have some flint! Lucy, don't be so nervous, it's not over yet... Overlord Uncle? Overlord Uncle!"

Pompey was the first to calm down and quickly came up with his solution, but as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly knelt down on one knee, his face contorted in pain.

Lucy and Caesar looked at each other, completely bewildered.

But in the next moment, Lucy and Caesar immediately understood.

Because etheric crystals began to grow on Pompeii's body.

Symptoms of erosion!

Pompey is turning into a skeleton!

"Uncle Overlord, how could you...?"

Caesar suddenly panicked; she didn't understand.

How could Pompey, who had won the Hellfire Ride multiple times, so easily develop symptoms of erosion?

Logically speaking, Pompey's ether resistance, even if not high, should definitely not be low!

"Hahaha, hahahahaha!"

Suddenly, a burst of almost manic laughter came from the other side.

Lucy, Caesar, and Pompey, who was showing signs of erosion, looked over upon hearing the sound.

It was Lucius laughing loudly. His hip bone shattered by Fagar, he struggled to roll over and shouted mockingly:

"Brother Pompey, you didn't expect this, did you? I've drugged your water. It will turn your health into [Ether Resistance Abnormality]. In an environment where the ether concentration soars, you will be extremely susceptible to erosion symptoms and turn into an Ether Corpse!"

"Hahaha, I never thought that when I, Lucius, am about to die, I would actually have Brother Pompey to accompany me to hell. This is wonderful... uh!"

Lucius clutched his stomach in pain, curled up, and struggled to open his eyes, vaguely seeing a helmet lying not far away.

It was that shot Lucius in the stomach.

"Caesar, don't just throw my things at this jerk! What if I can't even wear them later?!"

Lucy jumped up and down, her expression extremely displeased.

"Hey, sorry, it's just that your height is a bit too convenient for me, Lucy... cough cough!"

Seeing Lucy's increasingly hostile expression, Caesar quickly averted his gaze and angrily rebuked Lucius:

"You bastard, you'd even go so far as to harm yourself just to screw over Uncle Overlord?"

"...Hey, what's the harm...Wait, what did you say?"

Lucius suddenly realized what Caesar was talking about and quickly looked down at himself.

At some point, etheric crystals began to grow on his body.