With the death of the bat king, the bat clan that had invaded the Forest of Truth was completely annihilated. His final attempt to trade his life for Mike’s was nothing but an illusion, falling short.
Hiding in the shadows, Mike continued to watch his prey.
“Three ninth-tier Battle Chiefs, six mid-tier Battle Chiefs, fourteen low-tier Battle Chiefs…”
There were still twenty-three Battle Chiefs left on the field.
The shadow fox king’s subordinates, some Battle Chiefs, were still at a distance, not yet engaged in the battle. Even so, dealing with the remaining ones was a daunting task for Mike. The damage from the Battle Lord scrolls had subsided, and the green glow on the demon creatures was slowly fading. However, the slow debuff remained, making the Battle Chiefs move as if in slow motion.
“Stupid bat, thought he was clever!” The minotaur demon king cursed, a hint of schadenfreude in his tone.
The bat king had been killed without achieving anything, meaning he had no chance of being revived. The remaining three demon kings couldn’t help but think of their own fates. If they died like the bat king, their end would be just as grim.
“Enough wasting time. Have you had enough fun?” The minotaur demon king snorted, white steam puffing from his nostrils. “Do you want to be picked off one by one? The longer we delay, the more dangerous it gets! If Shadow Seven returns from the Ebon Abyss, we’re dead!”
Their breakout plan involved a coordinated attack. First, they sent Battle Lord-level demon creatures to feign an attack on the Ebon Abyss Plane, drawing Shadow Seven’s attention. Then, the four demon kings and their subordinates would break through. The only flaw was underestimating the strength of the Guardian Shadow!
An unknown Battle Chief had managed to hold off the four demon kings and even killed one of them!
“I have a question…” The shadow fox king mused aloud. “Is the one stopping us really just a Battle Chief-level enemy?”
Coming from the shadow fox clan, she should have had an advantage against Guardian Shadow members. Yet, they had been on the back foot, only able to take hits!
“It can’t be a Battle Lord,” the white-furred demon king said gravely. “Morpheus’s arrangement of the Forest of Truth restricts us demon creatures and also limits human powerhouses. That’s why Guardian Shadow is best suited to guard the Forest of Truth. Ordinary human Battle Lords would only cause chaos here!”
The shadow fox king shook her head. That wasn’t what she meant. She had a bold idea, but if true, it was too crazy!
“Forget it, let’s take it one step at a time,” she muttered, pushing the thought aside.
Even she found it absurd.
Could humanity’s hope, the potential Supreme Being Thor, really be placed in such a dangerous battlefield? That would be too reckless!
For now, their priority was to break through the Forest of Truth, regardless of who the hidden enemy was. Judging by the revealed abilities, the enemy had extremely high lightning damage, which even ninth-tier Battle Chiefs struggled to withstand.
But most of the demon creatures present had lightning immunity, nullifying the enemy’s strongest attack.
Thinking this, the shadow fox king looked at some of her subordinates who lacked lightning immunity.
“You two, stay here and wait to die,” the white-furred demon king said bluntly. Without lightning immunity, they had no chance of surviving.
As expected, they hadn’t taken many steps before Thunderclap Strike descended again, killing two Battle Chief-tier shadow foxes!
Even with lightning immunity, the remaining demon creatures were still on edge. The damage output was terrifying, and the enemy was hidden, making it impossible to locate them.
“Don’t be afraid. We can ignore lightning damage. There’s nothing to fear!” The minotaur demon king tried to rally his troops. “He only has fire element skills left, and those are nothing to us!”
The demon creatures struggled forward. The good news was that the slow debuff from the Battle Lord scrolls was about to expire, allowing them to speed up soon!
“Huh.” A white-furred Battle Chief looked down, puzzled by what he saw at his feet. “Where did this ant come from?”
The ant was fiery red, resembling a type of fire poison ant from the abyss.
In fact, this was a special breed cultivated by Chicago universities, originally intended to counteract fire poison ants. Instead, it accidentally produced a type of ant demon creature called the Fire Extinguishing Ant.
[Fire Extinguishing Ant] looked similar to the fire poison ant but had only one trait: it took 100% extra fire element damage.
Not only did it fail to counteract the fire poison ant, but it was also completely countered by it! Simply put, the project was a failure. It had no value, and billions in research funding went down the drain.
But just two days ago, the project team, which was about to be disbanded, received an order to purchase one billion ants in batches. The first batch of one million ants included one that was now under the white-furred Battle Chief’s foot.
“An ant nest?”
More and more ants crawled out from the ground, and the three demon kings began to panic, their internal alarms growing stronger! It felt like a great terror, a significant danger was
about to descend!
“What’s wrong?!”
They frantically calculated in their minds, checking their status. Their lightning immunity was still active, which reassured them somewhat.
But this reassurance was clearly misplaced. When they saw the first burning ant, they immediately understood what was happening.
“Run!”
A roar shattered the silence over the Forest of Truth. Too late!
Boom-
Like a miniature volcanic eruption, the ant nest buried underground exploded, sending countless sparks into the sky, resembling a rain of fire. The Fire Extinguishing Ants were marked with [Meteor Mark]!
These millions of ants, with their 100% extra fire element damage, were the perfect fuel for [Meteor Fire Rain]! Like dry grass soaked in gasoline, they ignited instantly, blazing fiercely!
Crackle-
The Fire Extinguishing Ants were roasted continuously, filling the air with a strange aroma, the unique scent of burning protein. This scene became a nightmare for all the demon
creatures present!
These ants were part of Mike’s deadly trap!
Earlier, the demon creatures had already tasted the pain of [Meteor Fire Rain]. They had decisively cut their losses, killing all their Battle General-level subordinates to stop the fire. But the demon creatures hadn’t considered one thing: just because they isolated the fuel didn’t mean Mike hadn’t prepared any!
Mike had long known that the abyssal demon creatures would try everything to boost their lightning resistance. Naturally, he anticipated that the enemies he faced this time would likely be immune to lightning damage.
One must always consider the worst-case scenario! In this situation, Mike checked his methods for killing Battle Chiefs and found only one left-[Meteor Fire Rain]!
Around [Meteor Fire Rain], Mike devised several tactics. The Fire Extinguishing Ants were one
of Mike’s trump cards.
When it came to cremation, Mike was a professional!
[Meteor Mark] spread exponentially among the million Fire Extinguishing Ants. When these
fireballs exploded in front of the demon creatures, they had already stepped into a death trap! Meteor Fire Rain had become an unstoppable blaze!
Boom-
Surrounded by a ring of fire, Battle Chief-level demon creatures began to ignite, their health bars depleting and melting away instantly! From a distance, Mike watched as the demon creatures dissolved in the flames, even the three demon kings’ health rapidly declining. His
pupils reflected the roaring flames.
Jumping, flickering, dancing, bursting, burning, and finally turning to ashes.
“The fire dances.”