Chapter 100: Seven-Point Doneness
2015-10-24
Author: Floating Tower of All Beings
How could Soren allow others to control his mind?
One of the things he despised the most was mental control; such behavior could directly provoke Soren, leading him to experience a very strong killing intent. In general, any spell that summons a demon carries an element of luck, as they possess a chaotic nature. First, there is the chance to see if the demon will obey; if not, then mental control is attempted. If luck is still lacking and the caster is not strong enough, the outcome could very well be that the demon attacks the caster instead.
This is exactly the current situation.
The evil entity before him actually wanted to use mental control on Soren, which directly caused his killing intent to surge. In an instant, he activated the ability of the Flame Body, with raging flames appearing around him. The professionals nearby were instantly startled, and amidst a flurry of gasps, they all fled faster than rabbits, quickly increasing their distance from Soren.
“Not good!”
“It’s actually a Flame Demon!”
“Trouble!”
“Everyone, get away from it! The Flame Demon is not an enemy we can fight against!”
Looking over the entire Bottomless Abyss, the combat power of Flame Demons consistently ranks among the top three among high-level demons. This means that an ordinary Flame Demon is equivalent to a small leader among other types of high-level demons. As for Soren, he was at least elite level; even if the projection that arrived in the Material Plane was but a shadow, his power was still enough to crush these individuals.
The flames spread.
Since the Flame Body was upgraded to the Flame Body, the damage caused by Soren’s burning increased. Any mortal who came within ten meters of him would receive at least 10 points of flame damage every second.
Ordinary people would turn to charcoal, and even professionals without fire resistance could only endure for a few seconds at most.
The sand beneath Soren’s feet showed signs of melting.
The entire battle was forced to come to a halt because of his appearance, and no one dared to get close to him, let alone provoke him easily.
The evil entity seemed a little panicked.
At this moment, it realized that it had summoned something truly formidable; such strength was perhaps difficult for it to overcome, and it might even face a backlash from the demon.
The probability of being backlashed when summoning a demon is quite high!
“Die!”
Soren’s cold gaze fixed on the evil entity before him, raising his palm and grabbing at the air. The raging flames surrounding him automatically formed into a whip of fire. He swung the legendary fire whip directly at the opponent, and with the damage from the magical construct combined with the flame effects, the evil entity let out a piercing scream of pain.
A marked black scar appeared.
But soon the wounds began to heal at an astonishing rate; evil entities are often creatures with very strong regeneration abilities, difficult to eliminate through conventional means and thus ended up sealed away.
The evil entity before him should be a variant of the Demon Weed.
Demon Weeds are relatively common evil entities, with power that is not particularly strong, having a minimum challenge level of 12. However, they possess a terrifying characteristic: their numbers are extremely large, and they reproduce at an alarming rate.
Asexual reproduction.
Many evil entities reproduce asexually or through fission, so if they are given a chance to breathe, they can cause extremely terrifying disasters.
There is a lot of information on Demon Weeds, and there are several variants; discussing it in detail would be quite troublesome.
However, it must be mentioned that they have caused great disasters during both the Silver Era and the Arcane Empire period. These creatures are natural enemies of spellcasters because they possess the innate ability to devour arcane energy. A single Demon Weed might not cause a disaster, but if their numbers are substantial, they could potentially destroy an entire arcane civilization. Most Demon Weeds have already been sealed away, with only a very small number escaping to other places. They have even conquered a city belonging to the Eye Demons, seeking to release their sealed kin.
Evil entities have long been guarded by the monasteries of monks. The reason for this is that monks generally do not cast spells and possess inherent magic resistance, which is sufficient to restrain these evil entities in battle. (Note: No profession possesses higher spell resistance than monks.)
Demon Weeds can devour spell energy, and to explain it simply, they inherently possess an ability similar to [Mana Siphon], and when their numbers accumulate to a certain extent, they can directly cause a wizard’s spells to fail, even siphoning the energy from a floating city’s operations.
Such a vast amount of energy leads to rapid reproduction and the birth of even more formidable advanced variants!
The Eastern World has sealed many evil entities.
Among them, Demon Weeds should be relatively common. When the Arcane Empire was destroyed, many floating cities fell from the sky, and the horrifying energy radiation caused the emergence of a vast Death Desert. Many of the ruins from the fallen floating cities contained these kinds of evil entities. Monks are responsible for suppressing these entities to prevent them from causing chaos outside. Two-thirds of the land in the Eastern Kingdom comprises desert regions, and although there are many powerful monasteries here, there are still instances of evil entities escaping.
“Zizi.”
The damage caused by the fire whip seemed astonishing, but the power of the flames, while burning the enemy, was also being gradually absorbed by the Demon Weed before him.
Soren didn’t remember much information about evil entities, and many of them had undergone mutations, but they share a common trait: they all possess high spell resistance, and attacks below a certain strength would be directly absorbed by them.
Clang!
Dealing with evil entities is more effective with melee combat, and Soren drew his beheading sword, burning with raging flames, leaping into the air with his enormous demon wings to slash at the opponent.
Swoosh!
Tentacles shot out like arrows, desperately retaliation against Soren’s attack.
Its disc-shaped head was embedded with a mouthful of sharp teeth. The sight of those countless serrated teeth was enough to make one’s scalp tingle. Surrounding the head were four spiked appendages, with some variants having four to five arms. The long, serpentine body gradually tapered towards its tail, culminating in a deadly spike.
Poison damage and paralysis effects are their innate abilities; pure-blooded warriors have no advantages against them and can only rely on fortitude saves to resist. Only monks can be completely immune to poison and paralysis effects.
Moreover, the vast majority of Demon Weed variants are innate spellcasters, possessing the spellcasting ability of sorcerers. (Note: Increasing biological level by one is equivalent to raising sorcerer level by one.)
Soren naturally would not give it the chance to cast spells.
——”Bind!”
The fire whip directly bound it in place, and the enormous beheading sword simultaneously struck the opponent, leaving a horrifying wound. However, Soren was also quickly ensnared by the tentacles of the Demon Weed. The spikes hit his body, but unfortunately, the poison and paralysis effects were insufficient to threaten the Flame Demon’s resistance.
Both sides fell into close combat, but in the flames’ embrace, the damage the Demon Weed received was far more severe.
That’s the special tyranny of Flame Demons!
Any enemy unable to immunize against fire damage suffers immensely in close combat with them.
Zizi.
The smell of roasted meat spread, and Soren’s Flame Body had even melted the sands beneath his feet, causing the Demon Weed to continuously lose health while facing him up close.
Demon Weeds are enormous, slow-moving creatures resembling a hybrid of plant and animal.
They possess low-flying abilities akin to the Eye Demons, a natural trait. However, given their mobility, it is utterly impossible for them to distance themselves from Soren, who has demon wings, so they can only passively endure the damage. No matter how powerful their regeneration ability, they cannot withstand burns of over 10 points of flame damage per second, especially as Soren continuously employed dual-wielding combat techniques. Soon, the entire body of the Demon Weed was roasted, nearing seven-point doneness.
Zhi zhi zhi!
As its body approached eight-point doneness, the mutated Demon Weed finally could not bear the damage any longer and used its last resort to unleash a sharp mental attack.
A trickle of blood seeped from Soren’s mouth.
His vision wavered slightly. However, at this moment, he absolutely could not let the enemy escape and boldly embraced it, intending to rely on the ability of the Flame Body to burn it alive.
A stream of data appeared before his eyes:
“Affected by the mental shock effect!… Received 45 points of damage!… Fortitude save triggered!… Fortitude save passed!… ”
“Affected by the poison attack effect!… Received 12 points of damage!… Fortitude save triggered!… Fortitude save passed!… ”
“Affected by the paralysis effect!… This ability has no negative impact on you!…”
………………
The raging flames completely obscured the figures of Soren and the Demon Weed, leaving others to see only a torrent of fire and shadow, unable to discern what was happening inside.
After its final desperate struggle proved powerless against Soren’s control, the Demon Weed before him finally could not withstand the damage from the Flame Body.
It had finally cooked through!
The entire battle lasted only about a minute. The mutated Demon Weed progressed from three-point doneness to seven-point doneness; at eight points, it attempted a dying struggle but still could not change its fate of being fully cooked.
Thud!
A massive chunk, fully charred on the outside but thoroughly cooked on the inside, fell to the ground. At this moment, Soren retracted the fire whip and slowly withdrew the beheading sword.
Demon Weeds are natural sorcerers, and the binding power of the fire whip could not contend against the mighty Flame Demon.
Perhaps within the Bottomless Abyss, Soren was still insufficient to fight those terrifying Demon Lords, but in other planes, few could withstand the Flame Body and stand in front of him.
A stream of data appeared before him:
“Kill the mutated Demon Weed!…”
“The target possesses divine power!… Extract target’s divine ability!… You gained 1 point of divinity!… ”
“Convert soul energy!… ”
“Stop conversion!… Activate [Soul Binding] ability!… You extracted the target’s soul!…”
A glimmer of brilliance appeared.
In Soren’s palm, a legendary-level Soul Crystal emerged. It was only then that he had time to turn around and look at the professionals, who were dumbfounded and at a loss.
They had been prepared to suppress the evil entity with a belief in inevitable death, only to be thoroughly roasted by Soren in mere minutes.
……………… (To be continued ~^~)
