Chapter 1021, Area Clear Skill

Translator: Silavin

 

Situ Hengxing’s words reignited a glimmer of hope among the group.

 

Indeed, this Boss was extraordinarily powerful, but not invincible.

 

They simply needed to remain cautious of its Skills and evade them in time. If they could do just that, there would be no mortal danger.

 

With so many people present, if everyone’s Skills landed, even if this Boss was immensely powerful, it would eventually be ground down to death.

 

Moreover, there was Lu Fan, this unfathomably skilled expert. If Lu Fan intervened, this Boss was nothing to be fearful of.

 

The only thing requiring attention was that this battle would inevitably be a precarious process, like dancing on a blade’s edge. They absolutely needed to exercise extreme caution.

 

Situ Hengxing was the first to strike, directly charging toward the Boss once more.

 

At this moment, Situ Hengxing held nothing back. His sword intent was incomparably sharp, with countless sword shadows hovering around him. Each time he attacked, these sword shadows would slash forward alongside him, dealing Additional Damage to the Purgatory Demon King.

 

The Purgatory Demon King wielded a greatsword. Its attack pattern was remarkably simple. It was unlike Situ Hengxing, who was proficient in the Dao of the Sword and could target the opponent’s weak points with each strike to prevent his attacks from being blocked.

 

What the Purgatory Demon King relied upon was its overwhelmingly superior Attributes!

 

With a single sword swing, it could create massive sonic booms in mid-air. Subsequently, even space itself would distort. Anyone caught in that warped spatial field would either die or suffer grievous injury.

 

Furthermore, the Purgatory Demon King’s Attack Speed was not slow, so the sonic booms thundered continuously like rolling thunder. Multiple distorted spatial rifts appeared in succession, making it impossible to approach.

 

Situ Hengxing fought with utmost caution against it, narrowly evading the opponent’s attacks each time while seizing every opportunity to unleash Skills and attack the Purgatory Demon King.

 

Situ Hengxing’s Attack wasn’t low. Each strike dealt considerable damage to the Purgatory Demon King.

 

In contrast, the others’ Damage Output capability was far too inferior.

 

Although their attacks could still inflict some wounds on the Purgatory Demon King, these wounds were not deep. Moreover, whenever wounds appeared, the Purgatory Demon King could quickly regenerate at a visible rate.

 

This made it clear that defeating the Purgatory Demon King would inevitably be a war of attrition.

 

Fortunately, everyone present was a Fifth Profession Player or above. Having consumed the special Potions distributed by the Situ Family, their Stamina Recovery was rapid.

 

Presumably, killing the Purgatory Demon King was not entirely impossible.

 

However, an unexpected development soon occurred.

 

A ring of fire suddenly blazed around the Purgatory Demon King, as if preparing to unleash some Skill.

 

Simultaneously, it gripped the greatsword with both hands, descending from mid-air with the blade pointing downward, seemingly intent on driving the sword into the earth.

 

This motion was familiar to Situ Hengxing.

 

He immediately retreated, loudly warning. “Everyone, quickly fly into the air!”

 

Having already seen the Purgatory Demon King prepare to release a Skill, the others were already on edge. At Situ Hengxing’s reminder, everyone instantly reacted, using various Skills to ascend into the air.

 

Everyone flew to approximately fifty meters up.

 

This altitude would not attract the meteors from the sky while also allowing them to evade most of the Damage from The Purgatory Demon King’s Skill.

 

Lu Fan and Ye Wuxian were also among those evading.

 

From beginning to end, Lu Fan had not rushed in to attack. Instead, he continuously extended his spiritual threads outward, searching for any trace of an Ancient God.

 

Since this the Purgatory Demon King was a Boss of the Flaming Hell Dungeon Instance, if an Ancient God truly existed here, the Purgatory Demon King should be one of the Ancient God’s ‘generals’. Within its body, there should be some detectable presence of Ancient God Power.

 

However, Lu Fan had thoroughly examined the Purgatory Demon King from inside out, yet he had detected no trace of Ancient God Power whatsoever.

 

[Could it be that there really is no Ancient God here? Is this just an ordinary High Level Dungeon Instance!?]

 

While Lu Fan hesitated, the Purgatory Demon King’s Skill descended.

 

It plunged its greatsword viciously into the ground. Instantly, the surface turned crimson red.

 

Then the ground erupted violently upward, exploding with magma that surged skyward, shooting straight up fifty meters before its momentum weakened and it fell back to the surface.

 

One could imagine, had anyone remained on the ground moments ago, they would now be engulfed by magma.

 

The temperature of this magma far exceeded ordinary magma. Anyone truly swallowed by it would likely have even their bones incinerated to ash.

 

Watching the magma less than a few meters below them, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

 

Had the Situ Family not previously used up some of their people’s lives to investigate the Purgatory Demon King’s Skills, this particular Skill would likely have wiped out their entire team.

 

Although they had not been caught in the magma, the searing heatwaves radiating outward from the erupting magma proved unbearable for many. Their bodies were now covered in Burn Debuffs.

 

Thus, while the Purgatory Demon King had not yet emerged from the magma, numerous Players with Low Resistance began consuming more Fire Resistance Potions to bear with the scorching heat.

 

While everyone consumed Potions, Situ Hengxing silently counted time in his mind.

 

Finally, sensing the moment, he commanded everyone. “Move away from your current positions!”

 

The group was prepared, immediately shifting positions in mid-air.

 

Just as everyone began moving, the magma below was indeed seized by some mysterious force and erupted upward. The magma’s trajectory precisely targeted everyone’s previous positions.

 

Had Situ Hengxing not warned them, and everyone not been prepared, those who had just narrowly escaped one calamity would still risk instant death.

 

The magma that missed its targets writhed through the air like a snake, winding and twisting before finally converging at one location.

 

Precisely where the Purgatory Demon King stood on the ground.

 

The magma merged into the Purgatory Demon King’s skin, causing its body to shimmer with flame-like radiance. All the wounds everyone had inflicted vanished completely. Its state returned to peak condition once more.

 

This result did not surprise Situ Hengxing. After all, this was the nature of that Skill. It allowed the Purgatory Demon King to heal its injuries.

 

However, this Skill could not be used frequently. Forcing the Purgatory Demon King to use this Skill now was actually advantageous for them.

 

“Continue the assault!” Situ Ying, who also had experience dealing with the Purgatory Demon King, issued the command this time instead of Situ Hengxing.

 

“While its Skill is on Cooldown, inflict as much Damage as possible! If our Damage Output doesn’t exceed its rate of healing, we’ll never be able to kill it!”