Chapter 44
At the critical moment, it was the skeleton in the cloak who stopped him and said, "My lord..."
"Hmm?" The black-haired boy still had a smiling expression. He turned his head to look over, and the blue flames surrounding him changed direction, almost burning the skeleton's cloak.
The spiritual fire representing life in the skeleton's brain was almost extinguished as the blue flame approached.
Su Xingyuan, who noticed this scene, had an idea in his mind. It seemed that [Fire Crossing] had a special effect on this kind of undead creature.
After all, the only thing that can restrain an attribute, besides its opposite attribute, is its superior attribute.
He moved his fingertips slightly, and the range of the flame expanded a little bit. Sure enough, the skeletons that were originally standing in a line could not help but step back a little.
Seeing that the Suicidal Cultivator was not impressed, the leading skeleton could only finish his words:
"This human is for the elders to sacrifice. If you eat him, we will have to wait for other humans to come in from outside. And, sir, his magic power has been drained, and he is now dying. His flesh——"
Su Xingyuan didn't listen carefully to what it said, but was observing this sacrificial formation which he saw for the first time.
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【Name: Human bones】
[Description: Pure human bones stored by the undead, after years of contamination, have the ability to conduct magic and special powers]
Su Xingyuan looked at these pop-up windows while casually interrupting the Undead Skeleton: "When you already have me, you still want an elder?"
Skeleton: “…”
Why is this adult so stubborn? How can he grasp the key points?
The skeleton was so anxious that his bones were sweating: "My lord——"
“Pah.”
Suddenly, there was a noise coming from inside the coffin.
Then, the magic circle made of white bones suddenly lit up, and golden life force was continuously drawn from the twelve hunters who were used as sacrifices, and quickly transferred to the center of the altar through the magic circle!
A sound like a shrill scream instantly passed through the ground and air, echoing throughout the entire cave.
"What a bunch of idiots! Can't you test his magic power level?!"
In just a moment, the cold murderous intent locked onto the only human-looking boy among the many snow-white skeletons.
"This is a weak demon king! Trap him at all costs! I will do it myself as a blood sacrifice after he wakes up!"
“Even if the Lord of Hell comes, he will be killed if he is not strong enough!”
The false demon king - the real lord of hell - Su Xingyuan: "..."
You know what, the person who came is indeed the Lord of Hell.
However, whether their strength is insufficient remains to be verified.
After hearing the elder's order, the skeletons around the black-haired boy's originally respectful actions slowly changed, and the passage they came from was also blocked by the group of skeletons. Even if they wanted to fight their way out, they could not escape the elder who was recovering his strength when the time was up.
The skeletons were not afraid that the formation would be destroyed. The formation used for sacrifice was built bit by bit using the human bones they collected.
The special thing about this formation is that once it is formed, it cannot be destroyed. The only thing that can be done is to add human bones and make modifications to the formation.
So when the black-haired boy's eyes fell on the formation, the skeletons were not afraid, but felt that this was a safe bet. As long as his attention was on destroying the formation, they could take advantage of the opportunity -
The black-haired boy slightly turned sideways, and a faint blue light flashed in front of him, easily forcing back the skeletons that pounced on him.
What followed was a natural step back, just one step, but it was just enough to avoid the attack from the right, and by coincidence, left a gap in front of him that was big enough for him to move forward.
At the same time, a fishing rod appeared in his right hand. With just a light sweep, the fishhook at the end of the fishing rod seemed to have eyes and hooked directly into the eye socket of an undead skeleton in the distance!
Then, just pull to the left -
That skeleton was like a meteor hammer, sweeping away all the other skeletons along the way before he could even react!
For a moment, the cave was in chaos.
Even though his vitality was slipping away and he was in great pain, Yu Ying was a little dumbfounded by this scene.
This doesn't look like a scene of being surrounded by horrific undead and trying hard to break through. It's more like playing with them at its own pace, leisurely and calmly, like a cat that catches its prey and lets it go, catches it again and lets it go, but every step is under control.
The elegant sound of cello even rang automatically in Yu Ying's ears.
...What the hell!
Just like that, the black-haired young man came to the formation nonchalantly, and then -
A few human bones were added casually.
When the skeletons that were desperately rushing towards him saw this scene, they all froze for a moment imperceptibly.
Wait, where did these human bones come from? Apart from their own race, don't other races prefer human flesh and blood? ! Why do you carry human bones with you?
But it doesn't matter, the elder has completely awakened, and it is about to leave the coffin -
“Bang!”
Suddenly, the coffin, which had been pushed open with a skeleton arm sticking out, seemed to have encountered tremendous pressure and closed tightly again in the blink of an eye!
Even the skeleton arm was cut off and rolled down from the center of the altar and landed at the feet of the black-haired boy.
The black-haired boy bent down and slowly picked up the arm amid the sharp curses in the coffin. Against the backdrop of the pale hand bones, his hand looked even whiter than jade.
The blue fire spread inch by inch, and the temperature inside the cave began to rise. One of his eyes was dyed a dark blue by the flame, and there seemed to be a flame dancing in it.
He just threw his arm upwards and forced a smile, but in such a situation, his smile looked like that of a devil. Even the skeletons that originally wanted to pounce forward subconsciously began to retreat.
"Ding-Dong-," the black-haired boy smiled and blinked, "Your counterattack has arrived."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire formation suddenly reversed, and the magic power and even the life force that had been absorbed into the coffin all rushed back along the bones like a flood!
The efficiency of this reversed formation is even several times higher than the previous one!
In just two short breaths, the existence in the coffin was completely annihilated into ashes, the formation was completed, and the bones that fixed the hunters to the wall began to fall off rapidly.
Yu Ying realized belatedly that he had recovered to his peak state, and the level of magic power in his body was even higher than when he was at his peak state!
He didn't react for a moment, and subconsciously raised his head, and saw the black-haired boy blink his eyes, which were now one blue and one green, and said with a kind smile:
"If you try to take my head, I'll set you on fire, okay?"
There was no time for Yu Ying and other hunters to refuse. The next moment, the blue flame that had already spread instantly occupied every inch of space in the cave.
Any skeleton that came into contact with the flames would be turned into ashes without even being able to scream.
The blue flames swept towards a farther place like a huge wave. When passing by the coffin, it even directly lifted the coffin lid, and rolled up the skeleton elder who had turned to ashes again, and then spread out along the passage.
At this time, Yu Ying also discovered the difference in Lan Huo. He looked at the other hunters and saw the same shock in their eyes:
"These flames... have different temperatures?"
No, it's not just different, it's like heaven and earth!
The temperature of the flames near the hunters was exactly the same as their physical sensations, causing no harm at all, and even deliberately bypassing them. However, he could clearly see that when these flames burned the undead, the extremely high temperature instantly turned the magical bones into ashes.
Wherever it passed, even the air began to twist violently.
What is truly unbelievable is not that these flames can change their temperature at will, but that the black-haired boy can make different positions of the flames have such a big temperature difference when using the flames!
It's just like... using a part of your own body, so naturally and precisely.
Yu Ying had seen hunters with fire abilities before, but none of them could reach this level. Not even Fu Duoxing, the president of the Zhuichuan Guild and the hunter with the strongest fire ability in the country, could do it.
You know, even though Fu Duoxing is an S-level hunter, he cannot control the terrifying high-temperature flames accurately. He even has to wear special gloves and clothes after each large-scale use of his abilities to prevent his body surface and surrounding temperature from being too high and hurting others.
And when he attacks with all his strength, almost all hunters have to retreat and clear the field in advance, leaving space for him to attack without any worries.
The more powerful the flame, the more difficult it is to control. This is Yu Ying's usual thinking. So when he saw that the blue flame was as obedient as a kitten in the hands of the black-haired boy, his understanding of the hunter's ability was shocked.
At this moment, as the number of enemies decreased rapidly, Su Xingyuan's intelligence bar was also declining at a terrifying speed.
The first battle after acquiring a new skill is, of course, to test the new skill, and now, the test results are obvious.
[Crossing the Fire] has a very wide range of applications. It can perform both range attacks and precision attacks, and its damage can be infinitely high. Its only drawback is... it consumes too much mana.
The more extreme the temperature, the more mana it consumes. Precisely controlling its shape and changing the temperature of different areas at the same time will double the mana consumption.
The current length of Su Xingyuan's blue bar is not enough to support him to swim across the world with [Crossing the Fire].
That is, in this battle, the Boss was first killed without bloodshed, so that he could happily and without scruples use the fire to chase the skeletons.
In fact, Su Xingyuan had no idea about the formation. He was not from the undead clan and knew nothing about them.
When the man in the coffin got angry, it caused a slight change in the magic power in the formation. This slight change was instantly noticed by Su Xingyuan who had been staring at the formation. Only then did he realize that the positions of several bones were extremely critical.
So with a trial mentality, he used the human bones in his backpack to add some ingredients to the formation, and reversed the direction in which the bones originally exported magic power.
Anyway, he has already saved the data, so if it doesn't work he can just rush in without considering the consequences of experimental failure.
Then, the experiment was successful.
The hunter who needed his rescue was revived with full health, and he instantly gained a high amount of experience points from a monster that could have been an S-level portal boss.
Directly raised the level from 26 to 28.
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