"Heh heh heh, such a noble demon, how come you’ve become so timid? Where’s the fierce attitude from before?"

Yin Si chuckled heinously, with no intention of attacking the demon. Instead, he continued to provoke the demon’s nerves.

"Damn it, damn it, all of you shall die!"

The demon’s initial lack of success, compounded by repeated setbacks, fueled an immense rage, especially upon seeing the undead skeleton holding an Air-restriction Stone in the distance. The anger that had built up in his chest finally erupted.

"Hmph!"

The demon huffed angrily, concentrating all his strength on the surface of his right fist. The power of his fist was so strong that the surrounding air became distorted. Yin Si’s expression turned extremely grave upon seeing this, and for the first time, he adopted a defensive stance.

"Despicable undead, you will regret this!!!"

After venting his inner fury, the demon’s right fist thundered onto the ground, causing cracks to splinter open. He then roared, "Summoning from the demon, arise, infernal spirits!"

Su Ran was surprised to find a surge of dark energy emerging from the demon’s body, all of it infusing into the ground beneath his feet. At this moment, he seemed invincible, not even the Drought Fiend’s ghostly weapon, the Hit Dog Whip, could disrupt the demon’s summoning, leaving him no choice but to watch the demon’s Summoning Skill unfold.

However, what surprised Su Ran was that after this move was used, the tattoo on the demon’s heart began to fade significantly, and even the murderous aura emanating from his body began to wane.

This showed the terrible cost of activating such a fearsome skill!

"Hahaha, under the slaughter of my infernal spirit army, let’s see if you can survive!"

After boasting, the demon habitually tried to jump into the air. Upon realizing he couldn’t fly, he tried flapping his wings again, but they were like out of control and unresponsive. Having no other choice, he had to resign himself to standing on the ground.

"Infernal spirits?"

Yin Si’s face paled as he thought of some terrifying creature and he urgently said to Su Ran, "This is bad, little skeleton, you must stop him quickly, otherwise once the infernal spirits are summoned, the village will face an apocalyptic catastrophe!"

Su Ran broke into a cold sweat.

If even you and the Drought Fiend cannot stop it, how am I, a mere skeleton, supposed to? Surely I can’t be expected to tape the ground cracks shut?

As hot breaths began to rise from the cracks at his feet, Su Ran was at a loss for words.

"Lord Yin Si, what’s so special about these infernal spirits? What makes you so concerned?"

While the players were still not launching a full attack, and with the demon restrained by the Drought Fiend, Su Ran quickly inquired about the infernal spirits.

"These spirits are a special kind of creature from hell, rarely seen on the God-Demon Continent. I didn’t expect this boy to possess the ability to summon infernal spirits,"

Seeing that it was too late for action, Yin Si gave up and began explaining to Su Ran as he watched the crack widen, "infernal spirits possess a terrifying self-explosion capability, extremely powerful, and disregarding any defensive state, including that of buildings."

"Ignoring defensive state? This truly is troublesome..."

Su Ran’s gaze turned grave, imagining the horrendous scene of many infernal spirits self-destructing. He reckoned that Skeleton Village would be majorly destroyed! His toil over the past half-year would go down the drain!

"Lord Yin Si, is there a solution?"

Su Ran asked Yin Si urgently. The man had been everywhere in the north and south, having traversed the entire God-Demon Continent, and there was hardly anything he wasn’t aware of.

"There is one, but..."

"My lord, please accept these five Underworld Coins with a smile,"

Su Ran was getting increasingly adept at this businessman’s tricks.

"Hmm, talking to someone who gets it really saves trouble."

Yin Si grinned, clearly very pleased with Su Ran’s performance.

"Little skeleton, let me remind you, only if you wipe out this group of evil spirits within three minutes will you turn danger into safety!"

"Three minutes?"

Su Ran’s eyes sparkled with confidence as he smiled, "That’s plenty of time!"

"That’s what’s great about young people, full of confidence."

The shifty merchant chuckled with delight, extremely satisfied with Su Ran’s performance at the moment.

Seeing the merchant’s smiling face, Su Ran realized that the merchant’s previous anxiety was definitely feigned!!!

Damn, a shifty merchant is a shifty merchant, I nearly fell for his trick!

While Su Ran was pondering, cracks in the ground spewed out large patches of lava, the terrifying heat radiating outwards. Right after, hundreds of blood-colored fireballs burst from the lava, but before they even reached midair, their momentum was lost under the suppression of the Air-restriction Stone, and they fell powerlessly to the ground.

"Little skeleton, it’s a rare opportunity, hurry and finish off this group of evil spirits!"

The ground was covered with scalding lava, and Yin Si couldn’t make a move, so he could only urge Su Ran verbally.

"Roger that!"

Su Ran knew that this was the most critical moment. He saw the group of evil spirits stacking on each other, riding one another, forming a giant blood sphere—it was the perfect time to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

However, most of his Crowd Technique skills were still on cooldown. As for Ice Vortex, it was a skill attached to the scythe, which had become a standard part of his second identity. All the other players were craning their necks to watch this side, and if he used the scythe, his second identity would undoubtedly be revealed, a consequence Su Ran couldn’t afford!

"Hahaha, Underworld evil spirits, kill for me!"

The demon laughed wildly, commanding the hundreds of Underworld evil spirits. The mere thought of the village soon turning into ruins filled him with immense excitement, his body trembling slightly uncontrollably, no longer in the mood to deal with the Ghost King Drought Fiend, only waiting for the doomsday catastrophe to arrive.

"Foolish, so foolish!"

The old beggar in the distance saw the demon summoning the Underworld evil spirits, sorrow clearly visible in his eyes. His strength seemed to drain away, leaving him weakly squatting on the ground, heaving a long sigh of regret.

"Divine Phoenix, it’s time for you to show your prowess!"

Su Ran’s eyes emitted a bloodthirsty gleam, and his killing intent began to rise. He hadn’t used the Divine Phoenix Supreme Card even once since obtaining it, but now, it was time to make his move!

"Divine Phoenix, come forth!"

Su Ran cried out in the language of skeletons, lifting a stone card engraved with a phoenix pattern high into the air, not hesitating to activate it on the spot.

"Bang!"

A crimson flame erupted from the card, and in an instant, it had spread across the entire territory. The flames burned so fiercely that even the sky was dyed a brilliant red.

"How is this possible!"

The demon, being too close, couldn’t withstand the scorching temperature. As he fended off the lashes from the Drought Fiend’s whip, he looked up at the blazing inferno above.

He was shocked to discover that within the vast sea of flames, a terrifying creature was awakening, its dreadful pressure spreading, causing panic in his heart, wishing he could flee far, far away right then and there!