After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 235 - 80: Lava Giant…Dead_2
"Boom!" It was like a blossoming red lotus, its intense heat blowing away the nearby snow, penetrating the cold, hard ground with Dragon Breath as if it were a red-hot steel needle piercing through butter.
"Remember to find reinforcements quickly, otherwise I’ll be beaten to death," Xi Mu leaped into the hole pierced by the Dragon Breath without a moment’s hesitation.
Suna, upon seeing this, opened her mouth to suppress the many things she wanted to say, and instead turned her attention to a dwarf girl tied to a tree trunk.
She pulled a dagger from under her skirt and decisively stabbed, piercing the dwarf girl’s temple.
As the blade was withdrawn, the life of the dwarf girl was extinguished.
"Sorry, I... cannot let you live to return," she whispered an apology to the dwarf girl, having no psychological burden about killing a young girl.
After all, she was only fourteen years old.
Plus, her conversation with Ahtal had revealed too much information that couldn’t be let out, she couldn’t allow the dwarf girl to leave alive.
If the dwarf girl’s luck was good and she had another return from death, Suna might not have killed her, and could have just gone directly to confront the Flame Giant.
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Underground world.
Above the flowing lava river.
"Thud!" Xi Mu landed firmly on the flowing lava river, then surveyed his surroundings and discovered he was surrounded by hundreds of boats filled with followers of the Dusk Cult.
The atmosphere turned silent.
"Unfortunately for you, you’re surrounded by me," Xi Mu drew the Great Sword of Death, smiling at the followers around him before they could react, then forcefully kicked off and charged towards the nearest iron window.
The blade sliced through the hull, and his body followed in rapidly.
"Who are you?" A follower of the Dusk Cult inside the boat froze, and before he could react, his head was chopped off by the Great Sword of Death.
Flipping the sword, Xi Mu turned his gaze to the rest of the followers on the boat, revealing a wicked smile.
"Boom!" The entire boat was engulfed by blazing Dragon Breath, exploding from the inside out like a flaming bomb.
The intense flames carrying debris splashed in all directions, sinking iron boats one after another.
As Xi Mu had said, he had surrounded the followers of the Dusk Cult, slaughtering them single-handedly.
A few minutes later.
"Damn, what kind of monster was that!" A follower of the Dusk Cult scrambled on the banks of the lava river.
"Why do I feel like he’s actually one of the followers of the Dusk Cult!"
"Maybe it’s an illusion?" A malicious male voice came from behind, and the escaping follower felt a kick on his back, and he fell onto the lava river’s stream.
Instinctively, he twisted his head and saw Ahtal holding the Great Sword of Death, walking against a backdrop of sunken ships.
"Where’s the Flame Giant?" Xi Mu stopped walking and inquired of the terrified follower, then suddenly slashed the Dusk Cult follower dead.
"He seems to have come on his own," he cast his gaze toward the end of the lava river channel, spotting a Flame Giant emerging.
Their gazes met.
"Ah, it’s that ant I was too lazy to kill during my retrieval of the Sword of Light at Forge City," the Flame Giant, examining Xi Mu, let out a sneering laugh, recalling the time he saw Ahtal fleeing in a wretched condition.
At that time, he considered Ahtal too insignificant to personally swing a sword to kill and did not bother further.
"But now you’ve grown into... a little hamster, killing you might yield a bite of meat."
"Funnily enough, that’s what I was thinking," Xi Mu grinned, "Now that you’re here, it’s time for killing."
"Hah... a brave little hamster," the Flame Giant chuckled and his Sword of Light descended, instantly splitting the entire lava river channel with fire.
That was just a casual strike.
Compared to the genuine Sword of Light, the Substandard Sword of Radiance didn’t impose many usage demands, merely devotion to the Flame Giant, Surter was sufficient.
Moreover, the Substandard Sword of Radiance didn’t require much Magic Power and could be expended as needed, not resulting in the situation where Magic Power was drained after a single use.
Of course, this only applied within the realm of humans. If one were to exceed the limits of this realm, then the fundamental difference between the two swords would become apparent.
But before that.
"The Sword of Light is really annoying," Xi Mu turned into starlight, appearing in front of the Flame Giant, whose sense of foreboding ignited as flames leaked between Xi Mu’s teeth.
Suddenly,
"Boom!" The scorching Dragon Breath pierced the Flame Giant’s head, continuing unabated and slamming into the rock wall.
They had won... no, in the underworld it was impossible to slay a Lava Giant.
Xi Mu fell from the sky, gripping the Great Sword of Death tightly as he severed the Lava Giant’s heel in one swift motion.
However, the severed heel healed in an instant, the flowing magma filling the wound, allowing the Lava Giant’s injuries to mend in the blink of an eye.
Along with the missing head, which also restored itself to its original state.
This was the blessing of the Flame Giant Surter; as long as the Lava Giant stood upon the magma, it would receive the enhancement of magma power, disregarding any fatal injuries and replenishing its magic power.
In theory, one could endlessly unleash the Substandard Sword of Radiance.
That is, if they could actually hit their target.
"Little hamster, you sure can run." the Lava Giant adjusted its body, trying to get Ahtal within the aiming range of the Sword of Light.
However, Ahtal, seemingly predicting the attacks, dodged out of range and still found time to inflict damage on the Lava Giant’s body.
The back of the neck.
The wrists.
The chest,
The abdomen.
A single moment of carelessness would lead to a fierce strike, and though it might not be lethal, it was incredibly painful.
It was their battle that led to...
an earthquake occurring in the world above, with houses in the town starting to collapse as people scrambled frantically to escape.
But soon, they realized in despair that the earthquake never ceased, growing only more intense instead.
The ground cracked.
Magma burst from the fissures, engulfing the snow-covered ground, and the residents who couldn’t escape in time were desperately submerged by the magma.
The once white landscape was now covered in lava.
Absolutely devoid of life.
After a long while,
"Boom!" Accompanied by an eruption of magma, a giant drenched in flowing lava emerged wielding a flaming great sword.
He swung at a man riding an eight-legged horse, a massive sea of fire engulfing the land and sky, the spreading scorching magma and flames seemed intent on burning the entire world to ashes.
"It’s over." the Lava Giant declared victory, channeling all its magic power into the Substandard Sword of Radiance in its hands and slashing at the barrier sealing the source of fear.
Fire collided head-on with the barrier.
Crack~ a soft splintering sound followed as the robust barrier developed small cracks, and immediately a spear thrust through the cracks.
"Bang!" The barrier collapsed.
The source of fear appeared riding the eight-legged horse, wielding the God of Fear in one hand and the spear in the other.
And he looked exactly like Ahtal.
The Lava Giant froze, and before it could react, the source of fear hurled the spear at him.
Consciousness halted abruptly.
The source of fear raised his hand to recall the thrown spear and continued on toward places with life, following his instincts to continue burning the world.
After he left,
The surface lava began to stir, and the supposedly dead Lava Giant reluctantly began to reassemble its body, emitting sounds of unclear meaning.
Originally, the plan was to communicate with the source of fear beforehand, then offer the flames of Surter as a sacrifice to turn the source of fear into kindling, earning the right to be watched by Ragnarok.
However, to escape Ahtal’s entanglement, he broke the barrier sealing the source of fear ahead of schedule, intending to use the source of fear’s power to slay Ahtal.
But why was Ahtal the source of fear? Something was amiss.
And in that moment,
Xi Mu appeared riding a mare, looking at the Lava Giant struggling to reassemble its body, he raised the Great Sword of Death in his hand and emotionlessly cleaved down, forcibly imposing the concept of death onto the Lava Giant.
The Lava Giant... died.
Baiting the Lava Giant to strike early, helping the source of fear to thrust a spear at the Lava Giant, and forcibly putting it in a critical state,
Then finishing it off.
