Ashen Dragon-Chapter 440 - 362 Mishas Trial (4)
Chapter 440 -362 Misha’s Trial (4) Chapter 440 -362 Misha’s Trial (4) “Huff, huff… Is that it?”
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“This is supposed to be the hardest trial?”
Mantou sat on the back of the Bipedal Wyvern, propping the longsword on his shoulder, panting heavily.
If you ignored the fact that he was charred all over, looking like a piece of burnt meat pie, the pose was still pretty cool.
“You’re almost a burnt Mantou, and you’re still trying to be cool.”
Singo also clung to the wall riding a Bipedal Wyvern, mercilessly mocking him.
“Scars are a man’s badge of honor.”
“But you’re burnt.”
“Flames are the marks of battle.”
“But you’re burnt.”
“I… damn it…”
Around them lay scattered rocks and the remains of Steam Magic Bats.
Thanks to the efforts of dozens of top players, the monsters in the cave had mostly been cleared out.
Summer Night Autumn Rain sighed.
“Don’t rush to celebrate. Even if we bribed someone in the Magic Department, we only got intel on the first stage, the Burning Pathway.”
“Because the rest of the trial… is entirely decided by that ‘Dragon Fire Maiden’ Misha herself. Even they don’t know.”
“Hiss—”
Everyone gasped.
The first trial was already this difficult, with monsters stacked to an absurd degree, eliminating over two hundred players.
The following stages—how twisted would they be?
But they had come this far.
They could only grit their teeth and keep moving forward.
The Mechanical God Cult members charged through, blazing a trail with their Fireproof armors.
Mantou and Singo rode on the wyverns, flanking Summer Night Autumn Rain, keeping an eye out for monster attacks.
The players from Magical Coin advanced with auras of mana flickering around them, empowered by various spells.
They followed the Burning Pathway, exploring as they went. After navigating through various traps and monsters, they finally reached the surface, arriving at the volcano’s summit.
Ahead was the crater’s searing Lava Pool, and in the distance stood the Tower of Everflame.
Mantou turned around, grinning and patting the wyvern’s head.
“Is this the final stage?”
“Is this it? Just a few hundred steam bats flying around and some rock monsters jumping out of the lava?”
“At most, a few self-detonations and toss a couple of Bouncing Bombs—nothing to worry about!”
His words seemed relaxed, but his teeth were gritted.
Mantou’s entire body was now charred, without a single spot of white, seemingly changing his ethnicity.
“No.”
Summer Night Autumn Rain’s expression was exceptionally grave, those golden eyes reflecting the flames.
Singo didn’t hold back either: “Burnt Mantou, look behind you before you talk.”
Mantou turned around, looking up at the sky, muttering.
“Holy… crap…”
The same phrase appeared in the mouths of other professional gamers, though some used a more vulgar variant, “Holy sh*t.”
The lava in the crater moved slowly, the air distorted by the heat, emitting waves of toxic volcanic gas.
Burning flowing flames appeared on the lava’s surface, mixing with thick white and black smoke as they flowed, swirled, and gathered, forming Fire Tornadoes above the Lava Pool.
“Trialists….”
“I….”
“Serve…. Misha…. Master….”
With a howling sound, the flames and smoke gradually took shape.
Standing nearly ten meters tall, an indistinct humanoid figure emerged from the Lava Pool, gazing down upon the group with “eyes” formed of Lava Spheres.
What looked like a giant head made of steam and flame, with a flickering tongue of fire.
The surrounding air constantly twisted and blurred, emitting explosive sounds and the acrid smell of sulfur.
The final roar was produced by the crackling of flames.
“You are—doomed!”
[Elder Fire Element]
Challenge Level: 13 (10000xp)
Mantou, dumbfounded, whispered, “This thing… is your advanced task?”
“You call this an advanced task?”
“Damn, if we could beat this, would we even need to change classes?”
“Trial!”
Elder Fire Element spewed smoke, its arms transforming into Flame Whips, whipping directly at the group.
“Whack!”
The Paladin from the Royalty guild had his expensive shield struck, leaving a charred crack, and the player behind it was split into two burning halves.
“Damn, instant kill?”
“Are you kidding?”
“That was rare quality green gear!”
Elder Fire Element’s whip swung in the air, crackling, gathering strength.
“Test!”
“Whack! Whack! Whack!”
The sound of ripping air was heard again, this time the target being the Fireproof armors.
The powerful Flame Whip struck the armor repeatedly, causing the flame shield to dim.
Finally, with a “crash,”
the flame shield shattered, and the Flame Whip struck the deformed metal shell solidly.
Half of its body, along with the driver inside, was sliced off.
In Erezer, the temperature of flames generally depended on the spellcaster’s level and the type of monster.
Usually, a low-level mage’s Fireball Technique might only reach a few hundred degrees, while a senior mage’s Flamestorm could reach thousands of degrees.
—And Elder Fire Element’s Flame Whip was clearly the latter.
Under this level of suppression, even the specially prepared high-temperature resistant metal was shattered by a few strikes.
“Holy crap, we can’t hold out!”
“No!”
“Everyone! Prepare to initiate the final plan!”
In the cockpit, the player from the Mechanical God Cult raised his arm and pressed the red button beside him.
“Bang!”
The warlock player, ‘Art is Explosion,’ located at the heart of the armor, was ejected from the seat, slicing through a protective membrane around him.
The driver pushed the lever to the bottom and pressed another button marked with a danger symbol, “!”.
The group raised their arms, expressions fanatical.
“Machine God, protect us! From this decaying prison of flesh!”
The Fireproof armor’s thrusters behind it suddenly spewed fire, propelling the Arcane Armor rapidly toward Elder Fire Element.
“Beep, beep, beep.”
The metal sphere at the armor’s core kept flashing red.
“Whack!”
Elder Fire Element glared furiously, another Flame Whip whipping forward.
The armor was smashed to pieces, several drivers killed, but it kept flying—it finally reached Elder Fire Element’s blazing surroundings.
“Sorry, Crazy Brother, initiate the hidden auxiliary power!”
“Beep, beep beep.”
The sound became more rapid.
“Boom!”
The Arcane Armor suddenly exploded, metal fragments, components, and the drivers’ broken limbs flying everywhere.
Taking Elder Fire Element’s flame resistance into account, they poured all the armor’s energy reserves into releasing spherical lightning.
“Weak!”
“Insects!”
Elder Fire Element roared up into the sky, bellowing in rage.
Flashes of blinding electricity encircled its massive elemental body, continually crackling with “zzz” sounds.
—Monthly tickets, please—
