Chapter 123: The Rampage of the Fire Elemental Lord

The fire element truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most ferocious elements. In its berserk state, the Fire Elemental Lord fought with reckless abandon, showing no mercy and no regard for its own survival. Although there was a disparity in rank, elemental beings held a significant advantage when facing enemies that relied primarily on physical attacks.

Moreover, this Fire Elemental Lord was far from unintelligent; it possessed a wide array of skills and understood how to leverage its strengths effectively. Its size was much smaller compared to the Earth Devourer, and upon realizing the limited impact of its attacks, it adopted an unexpected combat strategy.

When the Earth Devourer opened its massive jaws and roared before lunging at the Fire Elemental Lord, intending to crush it entirely into the swamp, the Fire Elemental Lord did the unthinkable—it leapt straight into its mouth. The Earth Devourer tried to shut its jaws, but being so massive, even if it closed its mouth, the Fire Elemental Lord shrank and slipped into its nostrils.

It sought to destroy from within.

For most creatures, such a tactic would be a death sentence, as the immense crushing force inside the Earth Devourer’s body would pulverize them instantly. But the Fire Elemental Lord, being an elemental creature, was unfazed by physical compression.

The cycle of life and death was clear: the Fire Elemental Lord seemed to be the Earth Devourer’s natural nemesis.

Unlike the tough scales and thick skin protecting the exterior, the Earth Devourer’s insides were relatively fragile. The intense heat that had little effect outside now began ravaging its internal flesh mercilessly.

A harrowing roar echoed through the swamp, startling the hidden Toxic Mist Wyvern deep underground. Cautiously, it peered out from the distant swamp floor to observe the battle.

The Earth Devourer clawed at its own mouth, desperately trying to vomit out this malignant invader. But the Fire Elemental Lord had already plunged into madness; freed from Chu Yun’s summoning contract, its emotions were wildly unstable.

Even from afar, Chu Yun could feel the overwhelming elemental power converging uncontrollably.

“Geez, you’re really giving it your all, huh?” Chu Yun hastily ascended with his flying wings, distancing himself from the heart of the battlefield. Now situated within the Mirror World, he had no fear of being discovered by those outside the Toxic Mist Swamp, no matter how high he flew.

The Fire Elemental Lord’s plan was not proceeding smoothly. As the Earth Devourer redirected its earth elemental energy inward, it formed an elemental barrier that hampered the Fire Elemental Lord’s movement and cut it off from external fire energy.

With its strategy thwarted, the Fire Elemental Lord resorted to its signature tactic to end the fight: self-destruction.

It is said that among every ten summoned fire elementals, at least nine would choose self-detonation when overwhelmed.

A muffled boom resounded as the Fire Elemental Lord exploded within the earth elemental barrier it had constructed inside the Earth Devourer. Soon, this barrier became a deadly bomb.

Pressure inside the barrier surged rapidly, followed by a cataclysmic blast that sent scorching heat waves and shockwaves rippling outward across the Toxic Mist Swamp.

Chu Yun, airborne in the sky, momentarily lost control of his flying wings. He quickly retracted them and unleashed every protective spell at his disposal.

“Mage’s Guard!”

“Divine Word: Regeneration Shield!”

“Stone Skin!”

“Divine Word: Shield!”

Fortunately, Chu Yun had acted swiftly, evading the worst of the explosion. The Earth Devourer’s massive, thick body absorbed much of the blast’s force. Though two of his shields were shattered, Chu Yun emerged unscathed.

When the shockwave finally swept him far away and sent him descending, Chu Yun once again summoned his flying wings to ascend into the sky.

By now, the Toxic Mist Swamp was a shadow of its former self; the thick, poisonous fog had dissipated completely. Trees within the swamp caught fire from the flames’ onslaught, and countless monsters fled in agonized screams.

The Blackstone Knights, stationed on the swamp’s outskirts, had sensed the disturbance earlier. Witnessing the devastating explosion and the fleeing monsters, they quickly began retreating and sent urgent calls for reinforcements to Nelson, who had already left some time ago.

During their withdrawal, the Blackstone Knights intercepted some of the smaller monsters heading toward Blackstone City. Yet, compared to these lesser foes, everyone’s attention was fixed on the Earth Devourer and the Toxic Mist Wyvern.

The Earth Devourer lay motionless on the dried swamp floor, seemingly dead beyond doubt, yet no creature dared approach, fearing it might be feigning death.

The Toxic Mist Wyvern was in an even worse state. To escape the explosion, it had burrowed deep underground, and even as Chu Yun lowered his altitude within the Mirror World, the wyvern remained silent, showing no signs of attack.

Unlike the hesitation shown by other monsters, Chu Yun broke through the Mirror World and launched himself toward the Earth Devourer in the real world.

Because his summoning contract with the Fire Elemental Lord had been severed earlier, he gained no professional experience points for the kill.

Fortunately, the Earth Devourer was a legendary creature, and two massive radiant orbs dropped immediately within the Mirror World.

Perhaps due to its weakened state, the experience gained was calibrated as if from a fifth-rank legendary creature.

Over ten thousand experience points—enough for Chu Yun to level up several times. But before that, he wanted to see how much experience was needed to upgrade his relic.

He allocated experience points to the relic, and after consuming a thousand points, its attributes finally changed.

To confirm whether the experience requirement would increase, Chu Yun leveled up once more. Thankfully, the experience cost remained fixed at a thousand points for his current rank.

After advancing to third rank, the quality of experience would improve, meaning although less experience would be gained, the amount required to upgrade the equipment would also decrease.

Thus, artificially capping levels was futile.

Rank: Fourth

Level: 38

Type: Flower of Life

Primary Attribute: +10% Health

Secondary Attribute: +5% Elemental Conversion Efficiency

Relic Will: If justice cannot triumph over evil, then even by becoming evil itself, it will devour it utterly!

This fourth-rank relic increases its primary attribute by 1% and its secondary attribute by 0.5% with each level. While these increments seem modest, they are remarkably practical.

Relics can be equipped in multiple parts, and if all are fully upgraded, the cumulative effect is considerable, as these enhancements scale proportionally rather than by fixed values.

At this stage, Chu Yun planned to reserve the remaining experience to improve his own level, as that provided a greater benefit.

His gaze then shifted to the second radiant orb, whose absorption took considerably longer to complete.

Rank: Sixth-rank transformation

Duration: 30 seconds

Range: 20 meters

Spell Components: Incantation, Gesture

Effect Duration: Instantaneous

Spell Effects:

1. Target a single entity; temporarily transform its body into an earth elemental aggregate, then reconstruct the body based on its life characteristics.

2. When cast without divine power, the casting time increases tenfold.

Spell Description: This divine spell can only be cast on the same target once per day.

The description was tailored to Chu Yun’s situation. In reality, creatures without divine power could also cast this spell. For Chu Yun, the only drawback was the extended casting time, which was negligible since the base cast time was already 30 seconds—too long for combat use anyway.

Though it seemed unremarkable, this divine spell was extraordinarily powerful. It allowed Chu Yun to effectively reset his bodily condition to a certain extent. Whether afflicted by disability or various curses, this spell could reshape his body according to its natural characteristics.