Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

That weapon can sever magic!

The Magic Grid was sliced in two by Ammonval, confirming Bai Jin’s suspicions.

This is trouble.

Ammonval’s blade, which could casually cut through magic, instantly narrowed Bai Jin’s range of magical choices.

Before choosing which magic to cast, Bai Jin must consider whether Ammonval can effortlessly cut through it.

This means she’ll have to spend considerable time devising a new battle strategy.

In such a tense battle, taking time to make decisions without finding a good countermeasure is bound to result in being suppressed, unable to catch a breath.

Bai Jin did not hesitate, nor did she think about relying on Yang Yu.

The grid smashed to the ground, turning into Magic Power, as Ammonval’s long blade struck the ground, the flames sliced through the rocky pillar trapping him, turning into a wall of fire sweeping past Bai Jin.

Ammonval stepped onto the flames, wall climbing, burning fireballs circled behind him like an unmoved king.

The tip of the long blade scraped the ground, fire snakes emerged from the sharp blade tip, leaping like dolphins on the ground, then surging forward like waves, shattering the rock spikes and crashing toward Bai Jin.

Ammonval’s attack was difficult to dodge.

To be prepared, in addition to the [Reverse Wheel], Yang Yu also gave Bai Jin the [Goddess’s Smile].

Now was not the time to use that item; Bai Jin wanted to give it her best shot.

Gripping the Magic Wand tightly, reinforcing the magic protection layer, Bai Jin charged into the thick fire wall, passing through the blazing flames instead of retreating rapidly.

Ammonval’s attack missed again; the charging fire snakes hit the edge of the dueling circle, like waves crashing against cliffs, creating a fiery swell.

Sparks flew everywhere as Bai Jin emerged from the fire wall.

The [Fire-Repelling Robe] protected Bai Jin thoroughly; the flames only lingered momentarily before dispersing with the wind, leaving behind a trail of smoke.

Tightening the bandage wrapped around the Magic Wand Sigh Seed, flames ignited as Bai Jin grasped the Magic Wand and swung it vigorously, extinguishing the flames while unleashing a water attribute magic slash towards the fire wall.

The water magic slash couldn’t penetrate the scorching fire wall, only turning into steam, but if it hit Ammonval chasing through the fire wall, it could buy valuable time.

Bai Jin predicted Ammonval’s movement.

Unfortunately, Ammonval didn’t break through the fire wall as Bai Jin expected, but climbed atop the fire wall, standing mid-air.

The blazing fire wall quickly gathered beneath Ammonval’s feet, forming a fiery platform.

Bai Jin’s water attribute slash hit the platform, instantly evaporating into steam.

From the platform, Ammonval, watching Bai Jin continue to distance herself, showed a smile from under the fiery helmet.

A gust of hot wind rose from the fiery platform, spreading the composing flames across the ground, the deep red flames flickering into an eerie blue color.

The blue flames constructed a massive blue array.

Outside the Flame Circle, Yang Yu, watching closely, saw a blue flame icon appearing on Bai Jin.

With a gentle tap of his finger, the icon’s information displayed before Yang Yu.

This move was indeed the [Ghost Fire Roasting Array] used by the Guardian of the [Will Hall].

As long as one is in this array, they will receive 20 points of sustained damage per second and be considered in a ghost fire burn status, decreasing Strength, Defense, Special Defense, and Speed by 20%.

With the [Fire-Repelling Robe]’s protection, Bai Jin won’t suffer the burn status, only the 20 points of damage per second.

The issue is Bai Jin can’t view her own attribute panel as Yang Yu can; if she could see her status, she should slow down, making sure Ammonval doesn’t notice anything amiss.

Bai Jin behaves as usual, Ammonval will likely soon notice something is off.

Three Demon Clan cadres gathered in front of Yang Yu, attacking from front and rear, as Yang Yu dodged a spear, the shield reflected magic released by one Demon Clan cadre.

The magic accurately hit the third Demon Clan cadre who was casting control on Yang Yu.

Yang Yu deliberately revealed his strength, gathering these not-too-distant Demon Clan cadres together.

Skills have cooldown limitations; when racing through maps, time is often reduced by pulling monsters, getting as many enemies hit by skills as possible.

These three Demon Clan cadres used up most of their control skills to restrict Yang Yu and had no worries left, as Yang Yu also depleted their blood volume, ready for harvesting.

Switching [Broken Cocoon Butterfly] to Larva Form, using active effects to consume his own blood, creating a shield, a blood-red color spread from Yang Yu’s chest, adorning him with a scarlet war garment.

A red flash in his eyes, Yang Yu’s Speed suddenly soared, launching towards the three nearby Demon Clan cadres.

Inside the Flame Circle, as Yang Yu expected, Ammonval noticed the anomaly.

The [Ghost Fire Roasting Array] doesn’t require actual flames to impose the abnormal status on enemies.

Why was that woman able to move freely without restriction during the array’s activation despite not using any magic? Even earlier, the flames exploding on her didn’t seem to affect her much.

Ammonval observed Bai Jin closely, pausing momentarily.

The [Ghost Fire Roasting Array] as an array-type skill requires constant resistance to its effects, continually emitting magic power, yet Bai Jin’s magic power compared to earlier showed no difference.

”I see.

Is it the effect of the equipment she’s wearing?

She specifically picked someone like this knowing I’m the Four Heavenly Kings who uses fire.

Thinking just because she has such equipment, she can stand a chance against me.

It’s truly laughable!”

Ammonval murmured as he stepped forward, from a walk to a jog, accelerating into a sprint.

Bai Jin felt the array seemed familiar, but her focus was entirely on Ammonval; by the time she realized she’d seen the same skill at the [Will Hall], it was already too late.

Bai Jin had no time to feign being affected nor any reason to continue pretending.

Ammonval transformed into a massive fireball resembling a train charging at Bai Jin, while Bai Jin’s gaze wasn’t on the surging flames, she suddenly noticed the ghost fire reappearing near her.

Ammonval switched positions with the ghost fire again, the hand holding the Short Spear separated like shadows, stabbing towards Bai Jin while his long blade whirled, weaving a blazing slash towards Bai Jin.

The fireball contained no Ammonval, yet still followed its trajectory toward Bai Jin.

Bai Jin faced attacks from three directions!

Once again in a desperate situation, Bai Jin remained incredibly calm, the magic array beneath her feet glowed, releasing Wind Magic to propel herself, charging into the blazing flames once more.