Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Black Diamond Lorne looked up at the cloud-filled sky.

Sure enough, the Magic Array occupying the sky released a strong Magic Fluctuation, dispersing the gathered clouds.

Bright sunlight, accompanied by a unique shade of red, cast down scorching heat.

Black Diamond Lorne could sense Yongfang Chunlan preparing a Super Large Flame Magic.

With a glance towards Lux, Black Diamond Lorne could see that no one could stop Hero Lux.

The sled driven by Hero Lux glided swiftly, skimming over the icy plains with unimaginable Speed, heading towards the sea.

Lux stepped back with his right foot, and the swiftly sliding sled tipped forward, climbing the peaks of the icy plains, soaring high into the air towards the unfrozen sea surface.

The sled transformed quickly in mid-air into a more agile boat, landing steadily into the sea, splashing waves.

Opening the Barrier again, Lux and the boat emerged from beneath the sea surface.

The agile boat pulled a massive white wake from its stern, gradually disappearing beyond the horizon with Lux.

The Demon Clan in the sea once tried to obstruct Lux, but their Speed was painfully slow, and a brief hesitation fearing the Hero’s power was enough for them to lose the best chance to catch up with the Hero.

”The Hero left the icy plain, only then using such a Super Large Magic?”

Black Diamond Lorne did not underestimate Yongfang Chunlan at all.

Even though he used to frequently collaborate with Ammonval and had high flame resistance, he wouldn’t recklessly charge into someone’s flames, crashing into enemies with blazing heat.

Releasing Magic near the Star Sky is far more arduous and dangerous than imagined.

Commanding his clan to gather some Steel Fragments to form Defense, Black Diamond Lorne scanned the thick clouds for Yongfang Chunlan and Agares’s positions.

The sky grew brighter, the crimson of the Magic Array dyeing the clouds, making them emit an eerie glow.

Without warning, a giant pillar of flame cascaded down, engulfing the Steel Clan.

The ice surface formed on the ocean was instantly vaporized under the intense flame, spreading steam across the sea.

The flames did not immediately extinguish upon contacting the sea, but hovered and continued to burn on the sea surface.

The flames penetrated the Steel Clan’s Defense from below like threading a needle, scorching the Steel Clan.

Black Diamond Lorne and his clan became extremely hot, their bodies slightly reddened.

Yet, the extremely high temperature did not cause them too much harm.

”It seems to be a Super Large Flame Magic that raises the temperature to a certain level.”

Black Diamond Lorne judged so, but his intuition told him things were far from simple.

Just then, a massive water column poured down from where the flames had just fallen, directly onto the heads of all the Steel Clan.

Several Steel Clan members who didn’t react were flushed directly into the ocean.

Steel Clan members with more tenacity endured the water’s impact, emerging from the massive water column.

Steam wafted continuously from their bodies, rising to the sky.

Black Diamond Lorne could hardly believe what had just happened.

Clearly, that woman had just released a Super Large Flame Magic...

She couldn’t possibly gather such a large amount of Magic Power so quickly to weave a Super Large Magic with Water attribute!

How did she accomplish this? Did she master some unknown Magic technique?

As Black Diamond Lorne pondered endlessly, he saw several shadows rushing downward amidst the water flow, with some landing on his clansmen’s bodies being bounced out of the water column.

A sea fish, under the impact of the scorching steam, instantly lost its vitality, falling into the ocean, becoming a floating corpse.

Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t just one dead fish.

Countless dead fish floated up on the sea, eyes rolling white!

Black Diamond Lorne instantly realized what had happened, Yongfang Chunlan did not master some technique to consecutively cast two Super Large Magic spells; Agares had set up some device in the distant ocean, transferring water from there to here!

”The Hero’s allies have colluded with the Demon, using every means possible to defeat Lord Demon King.

They are something else.

However, the joint attack just now did not do us much harm.

”

Black Diamond Lorne quickly gathered manpower, separating Steel Fragments from his body in preparation to launch an Attack on the soon-to-descend Agares and Yongfang Chunlan.

However, Black Diamond Lorne and his clansmen quickly found that the Steel extracted from their bodies was more difficult to shape than ever, snapping into pieces with a little force.

Even for a strong member of the Steel Clan like Black Diamond Lorne, there’s no way to mold the separated Steel Fragments exactly as desired.

”Heating via flames, then quickly cooling with cold water...

Quenching?”

Steel quenched this way greatly increases in tenacity and strength but becomes much less malleable.

Yongfang Chunlan and Agares sealed off the endlessly adaptable Steel creations of the Steel Clan.

Though only temporarily, restoring the Steel Clan to their original nature would still require considerable effort, which provides Yongfang Chunlan with enough time to initiate a new offensive.

After being quenched, the Steel Clan’s tenacity and strength significantly increased.

But for Yongfang Chunlan who merely aims to delay, the enhanced attributes matter little.

Yongfang Chunlan intends only for the Steel Clan’s Defense and Attack to have vulnerabilities, allowing herself an opportunity to eventually control them and move them out of this sea area.

By resolving the Steel Clan’s ever-changing Steel Fragments, the plan is already halfway successful!

Without resting much, Yongfang Chunlan and Agares slowly descended from above the clouds.

The Magic Power above the clouds differs somewhat from elsewhere; even extremely close to the Gate of Demon World, the Magic Power above the clouds wouldn’t immediately become full but rather takes time to replenish.

Devoid of usable Magic Power, this means Yongfang Chunlan and Agares must consume more of their own Magic Power to maintain flight.

Though they could take Magic Potions, the potions wouldn’t work instantly, and it’s hard to find time to take them in such a time-sensitive battle.

As expected, as Yongfang Chunlan and Agares descended from the clouds, innumerable quenched steel needles flew towards them.

The Steel Clan wanted Yongfang Chunlan to personally taste the hard weapon she forged for them!

Wielding the Zen Stick, Yongfang Chunlan remained calm, slipping her fingers into the collar of her tight-fitting garment, tracing along a string to activate her Legendary Jewelry.

A blue ring-shaped Shield enveloped her and Agares, leaving all the Steel Clan’s attacks ineffective!

Yongfang Chunlan swung the Zen Stick to unleash new Magic.

Agares sat on that silver throne catching his breath; his ability for rapid teleportation couldn’t be used continuously either.

Only by resting appropriately can subsequent efforts go smoothly, achieving the ultimate goal.