Chapter Nine: d*e! Bugs!
2015-12-27
Author: Floating Tower of All Beings
——“Summon Demon!”
——“Protection from Evil!”
Because there were other people around, Soren couldn’t fully reveal his trump card. So when the bugs launched their attack, he instantly cast two spells as a cover. Accompanied by a surge of massive energy, a huge magic circle appeared right in front of the three of them. The reason it was so large was that the demon Soren summoned was also of considerable size. Even before it fully appeared in their line of sight, the temperature within the entire bug nest began to rise sharply, and even the sand and stones showed signs of gradually melting.
“What!!!…”
“Is that the Balroth Fire Demon!?…”
As the most famous high-level demon in the Bottomless Abyss, the Balroth Fire Demon frequently appeared in folklore. In many non-mythical stories, it was inevitable that the legendary protagonist would face this terrifying entity in the end. Over the long years, the Balroth Fire Demon has always been one of the popular big bosses in legendary stories. So, when the intense heat began to manifest, the two women behind Soren quickly guessed what he had summoned.
Fire demons are not among the commonly summoned demons!
Generally speaking, only legendary-level summoning spells could possibly summon a fire demon, and that was only a certain probability. Most often, they would summon lower-tier Balroth Demons, Soul Reaper Demons, Assassins Demons, and so on.
Though the Eastern Dance Maiden was shocked, she didn’t find it too strange.
Soren’s identity was that of a deity, and it wasn’t surprising for a deity to use a summoning spell to bring forth a Balroth Fire Demon. Perhaps for her, the concept of a deity had already surpassed her understanding. However, in reality, even an evil deity wouldn’t find it easy to summon a Balroth Fire Demon. The status of a Fire Demon in the Bottomless Abyss is not at all lower than that of high-level angels in the upper planes. Typically, even average legendary spells would generally just summon a Soul Reaper Demon of around legendary strength.
“Let the flames purify everything!”
“d*e! Bugs!”
The raging flames enveloped this space as the demon—Soren, upon being summoned to the material plane in his true form, immediately flung out a fireball the size of a basin. His figure was completely shrouded in flames, looking like a burning humanoid fire. Although he was still in the form of a fire demon, once he completely merged the abyssal power of the Gurenba Arena, his power was by no means inferior to that of other Balroth Fire Demons.
During this time, the demon—Soren had been in a dormant phase, recruiting more henchmen while also merging with the unique rules of the Bottomless Abyss.
Rumbling!
A violent explosion resounded ahead.
The fireball spell cast by the fire demon was directly linked to biological level, meaning that in casting the fireball spell, Soren’s caster level was above 24, and the resultant damage would not be lower than that of a single Meteor Swarm.
Soren could cast the fireball spell instantaneously five times a day.
At this moment, he unleashed all of them at once, blowing apart the sea of bugs before him, the massive explosion causing a portion of the bug nest to collapse, directly burying some of the d*ath Bell Beetles underground.
In terms of strength, Soren’s true form was naturally stronger.
But when it came to area attack capabilities, the demon form of Soren undoubtedly had a significant advantage. As the barrage of fireball spells concluded, demon—Soren drew out the executioner greatsword with one hand and grabbed the flames to form a flaming whip with the other. The raging flames enveloped an area of more than ten meters; any enemies that got too close would continuously suffer burning damage. In just a few seconds, dozens of bugs had already perished.
“So powerful!…”
“The Balroth Fire Demon is truly terrifying!…”
The two women couldn’t yet distinguish the difference between a fire demon and a Balroth Fire Demon. But that wasn’t really important; what mattered was that they finally witnessed the power of the top-tier demons from the Bottomless Abyss.
Far more frightening than in the stories!
“Fall back.”
“Now let’s leave it to him!”
As the demon avatar was wreaking havoc, Soren had no intention of engaging in the battle himself because when the demon—Soren cast the first fireball, a series of data floated before him:
“Killed a d*ath Bell Beetle!”
“Extracting target’s soul energy!… You gained 3600 points of Killing Experience!…”
“Killed a d*ath Bell Beetle (Mutated)!…”
“Extracting target’s soul energy!… You gained 4500 points of Killing Experience!…”
“Killed a d*ath Bell Beetle (Elite)!…”
“Extracting target’s soul energy!… You gained 5600 points of Killing Experience!…”
………………
An endless stream of Killing Experience was flooding into Soren’s body.
Perhaps because this was not the Bottomless Abyss, or perhaps because the distances between the true form and avatar were very close. This time, the enemies killed by the demon avatar not only provided killing experience to the true form, but also at a significantly large ratio. According to Soren’s own calculations, it should be around 70% of the killing experience earned by his true form. The clearing efficiency of the demon avatar was several times that of Soren’s true form, and over a hundred d*ath Bell Beetles didn’t last long; more than half were already slain by him.
However!
At this moment, due to the Mother Bug facing danger, some of the bugs that were blocking the Golem Puppets had rushed over, and more d*ath Bell Beetles emerged from the passages on all sides.
“If we clear them all? I might be able to gain around 1 million Killing Experience, right?”
There aren’t many places in the material plane to farm for Killing Experience, and such a huge swarm of bugs was especially rare. If they all escaped, destroying a city wouldn’t even be difficult. Soren’s means to gain Killing Experience were dwindling because biological groups have hierarchical levels. It is very hard for mid to high-level biologicals to gather together in the material plane. Killing too many easily disrupts balance and affects his faction. Although Soren was of the evil faction, he couldn’t let himself shift too far into the evil realm.
For instance, when dealing with indigenous people, Soren would try to enslave rather than k*ll; otherwise, his image would suffer in the eyes of the gods.
Since he planned to clear out all these bugs, Soren had to take action himself.
——“Greater Haste!”
Reserving some spell slots for later situations, Soren directly cast Greater Haste and charged forward. The Eastern Dance Maiden and Ti also moved at the same time, intercepting the left passage. Ti’s strength should have recently entered the Legendary Domain, and the Master of Fist’s hidden strength had considerable advantages against these hard-shelled creatures. The main clearing force was still the demon avatar, while Soren’s target was those further mutated elite units.
Zizi!
Massive numbers of bugs fell, and the Killing Experience Soren gained was rapidly increasing. In just a short time, it reached nearly 500,000 points. When the number of bugs became increasingly scarce, suddenly, a mental wave emanated from the rear nest, and all the bugs began retreating like a tide.
“The Mother Bug is right up ahead!”
The remaining bugs retreated into the cave. Soren cautiously observed the surroundings, then let the demon avatar take the lead.
………………(To Be Continued ~^~)
