Chapter 412: Chapter 412: Watching the Fire from Across the River
"Bro, I’ll help you!"
Behind the city wall, Fiona let out a sharp cry and raised a crimson forging hammer high above her head.
A strange red halo bloomed beneath her feet and instantly wrapped around Karls.
Secret art of the Red Dwarves—Flame Amplification!
With Aiden’s hidden support and Fiona’s boost, the eerie green ghostfire around Karls suddenly grew ten times stronger, turning into a vast sea of green flames that blotted out the sky.
"Arrogant dwarf! You’re courting death!"
Two Demon lieutenants guarding Ethan’s side, both as strong as level 70, roared and rushed forward. The heavy swords in their hands slashed straight toward Karls’s face.
"You’re the ones who will die!"
Karls’s face twisted with rage. He thrust both hands forward with all his strength.
Boom!
Two pale-green bone-fire dragons roared out, moving as fast as lightning. They slammed hard into the two Demon lieutenants.
Hiss—
Their Demon heavy armor, strong enough to block ordinary divine weapons, melted like snow the moment it touched the ghostfire.
"Ahhh—!!"
Their screams echoed across the battlefield.
Bonerot Ghostflame burned bone marrow and souls. The two Demon lieutenants struggled for only a few seconds before the pale-green flames reduced them to two dry skeletons. Then even the bones crumbled into dust and scattered in the wind.
Two streams of pure Abyss energy rose from the bodies of the lieutenants and poured into Karls in an instant.
Boom!
The bottleneck inside Karls shattered with a roar. A new and violent aura surged wildly from his body.
He had broken through!
Driven by the life-and-death battle and his burning hatred, Karls broke through in the middle of combat and stepped into a whole new level of power.
"Ethan! Pay for the lives of my people!"
After his breakthrough, Karls’s confidence soared. He became one with the Bonerot Ghostflame, turning into a giant green flaming sword that shot straight toward Ethan.
The pale-green ghostfire and the black Abyss demon flames crashed against each other in midair, making a sharp hissing sound. Even the space around them began to twist.
But dreams were beautiful, while reality was cruel.
"You are nothing but an ant. So what if you broke through?"
A cruel grin appeared on Ethan’s half-human, half-bone face.
He was a level 90 Abyss Duke. His power was unfathomable, far beyond that of ordinary Demons.
"Break for me!"
Ethan threw out a punch.
The punch carried a terrifying wave of dark Force of Laws, locking down the space around them.
Before the fist even arrived, the terrible pressure from it had already begun to tear apart the ghostfire around Karls. The bones in his body cracked loudly under the strain.
Karls’s pupils shrank to pinpoints.
Under this punch, every path of escape was sealed.
There was nowhere to run!
...
Before the fist reached him, the terrifying Dark Laws spread out like a swamp, pinning Karls firmly in place.
"Brother!"Below the city wall, Fiona cried out in shock and closed her eyes in despair.
At the same time, several miles away, on a barren hill where not even grass could grow,
Darius stood with his hands behind his back. Under his hood, his eyes glowed like those of a hunting dog as he coldly watched the obsidian city wall in the distance.
Behind him, several Dawn Society members in black robes stood as silent as statues. Their bodies gave off a chilling aura of death.
"Guildmaster, the Demon army and the Red Dwarves are now fully locked in battle," a black-robed man said in a low voice. His tone carried a trace of greed and excitement he could barely hide.
"No rush. Wait a little longer."
A cruel smile curled at the corner of Darius’s mouth. He gently rubbed the Dark Laws fragment between his fingers.
"When both sides are badly wounded, the Red Dwarves’ ores, their souls, and the law fragments from those Demons will all belong to us."
He had already judged that Aiden was too busy to act and could only struggle to hold the battlefield.
As long as Aiden showed even the smallest opening, Darius would strike like a venomous snake and deliver a deadly blow to the Red Dwarves from behind.
However, high above in the sky, Aiden slowly turned his head.
His gaze pierced through the thick Demon energy and the fog of war, locking exactly onto the barren hill several miles away.
"Trying to be the hunter who waits until both sides are weak?"
A mocking sneer appeared on Aiden’s face.
"You think you’re worthy?"
He held two fingers together like a blade and lightly slashed through the air in Darius’s direction.
[Ding! "10,000x critical hit" triggered. Host has released "Divine Golden Sunflame" and formed the "Sun God’s Spear"!]
Boom!
A giant spear, hundreds of feet long and burning with pure golden flames, instantly formed in the sky above Aiden.
The golden fire was blazing hot and holy, as if it could cleanse all filth in the world. Even the void was burned open, leaving countless tiny black holes.
"Go."
Aiden flicked his finger.
Hiss—
The golden divine spear turned into a beam of light that tore through the night sky. Carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth, it shot toward the hill several miles away.
"Not good!"
Darius, who had been calm and confident, suddenly felt every hair on his body stand on end. A deadly sense of danger rushed into his heart.
He had never expected that while Aiden was dealing with a level 90 Mythic Boss, he could still notice him—and even launch such a terrifying long-range attack.
"Dark Sky Curtain, rise!"
Darius roared. The Dark Laws inside him surged out wildly, turning into a huge black curtain of light that covered the sky and blocked the attack in front of him.
Boom!!!
The Sun God’s Spear slammed hard into the black curtain, creating a deafening explosion.
Golden and black energy tore at each other over the hill. Within a thousand meters, rocks and stones were instantly crushed into dust by the shockwave.
Pfft!
Several weaker Dawn Society members did not even have time to scream before the holy golden flames burned them into vapor.
Although Darius managed to block the strike, the violent force pinned him firmly in place. He could not move even half a step.
"Damn little beast! He’s so cunning!"
Darius’s face turned dark with anger. Blood rose in his throat, but he forced it back down.
He finally understood. Aiden’s strike was not meant to kill him.
It was meant to pin him here and stop him from interfering with the battlefield.
At the same time, the situation on the main battlefield had become extremely dangerous.
"Die, ant!"
Ethan’s giant bone fist, as huge as a mountain, had already smashed through the last layer of defense in front of Karls.
Violent Dark Laws rushed into Karls’s body like a tide, wildly destroying his life force and energy channels.
Karls coughed up mouthfuls of blood. His body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, then crashed heavily into the obsidian city wall. His aura weakened in an instant.
"Brother!"
Fiona’s eyes went wide with rage and fear. Without caring about her own safety, she rushed forward, trying to shield Karls with her body.
"You overestimate yourself."
Ethan looked down at the two of them lying on the ground. His eyes were filled with the cruel pleasure of a cat playing with mice.
He slowly raised his huge bone claw. Black flames gathered around it wildly, as if he would erase the siblings and the city wall together in the next second.
With a vicious grin, Ethan crushed the last trace of ghostfire left by Karls.
"Game over. Now it’s time to harvest all of you!"
...
"Die, ants!"
Ethan’s giant bone claw, huge as a mountain, came crashing down.
The terrifying Dark Laws tore the space apart inch by inch. In another moment, Fiona and Karls would be completely wiped out.
"Don’t even think about hurting my people!"
A furious shout exploded across the obsidian city wall like thunder.
In the void, a wisp of ghostly green flame suddenly surged and turned into a massive flaming fist. It slammed hard into the giant bone claw.
Boom!
The two terrifying forces collided in midair. The violent shockwave instantly sent the nearby low-level Demons flying.
The one who had attacked was Syed, the strongest Forgemaster of the Red Dwarves Clan.
Ghostly green soul fire flowed around his body, and raging anger burned in his aged eyes.
However, Syed’s soul fire alone was still not enough to fully suppress a level 90 Mythic Rank Demon Duke.
"You old thing, you’re courting death!"
Ethan suddenly put more power into his giant bone claw. The black flames instantly crushed the ghostly green fist, breaking it apart inch by inch.
"What if I join in?"
An extremely cold voice suddenly sounded above Ethan’s head.
The void split open.
Aiden slowly stepped out, dressed in white like snow, his black hair whipping wildly in the wind.
He raised his right hand as if holding something. In an instant, a golden flame so bright it almost blinded the eye swept across half the sky.
Divine Golden Sunflame!
The burning heat and holy law power spread out. The Abyss demon flames inside Ethan’s body began to tremble violently, as if they had met their natural enemy.
"You again, human trash!"
Ethan’s pupils shrank, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
"Master Syed, now."
Aiden’s face was calm, but his words carried an authority that could not be questioned.
"Got it!"
Syed roared. The soul fire inside him burned wildly, turning into countless ghostly green chains that wrapped tightly around Ethan’s huge body.
Sizzle, sizzle—
The soul fire burned Ethan’s soul directly, making him let out a roar of extreme pain.
"Damn it! Get off me!"
Ethan struggled like mad. The Dark Laws inside him erupted like a volcano as he tried to shatter the chains.
But Aiden’s attack had already arrived.
"Great Sun Burns the Heavens!"
Aiden held two fingers together like a sword and pointed down from the air.
The Divine Golden Sunflame filling the sky turned into a golden waterfall of fire, thousands of meters wide. It crashed down from the heavens and completely swallowed Ethan.
Boom!!!
Golden fire and soul fire twisted together, forming a huge two-colored furnace of flames that trapped Ethan firmly at the center.
"Ahhh!"
Ethan roared wildly inside the flame furnace. The armor on his body melted quickly under the terrifying heat.
He felt the threat of death.
"You forced me to do this!"
"Demon Sacrifice! Abyss Descends!"
Ethan’s eyes turned blood-red. He spat out a mouthful of his core demon blood, and his entire body expanded several times in an instant, turning into an ancient demon giant hundreds of feet tall.
