122: Banishment to the void

The dust expanded with the wind, quickly transforming into a red fire man.

Just as Xu Le was about to use Divine Eye, he felt the intense fire elements on the ground agitating, followed by a sudden eruption as flames rose from beneath his feet.

Earth Fire Flowing Slurry!

Unlike the skills of the Magic Fire Puppet, this strike sent heart-wrenching pain through his entire body, and two terrifying numbers floated above his head.

-36,890.

-39,680.

This is definitely a Divine-Grade attack!

In just one second, two damage numbers exceeding thirty thousand had floated above his head.

"One Transforms into Myriad!"

After Xu Le cast this skill, he transformed into over a thousand Little Bats and pounced toward the fire man.

But before he could get close, a flash of fiery red brilliance swept past, and he lost dozens of his Clones.

Then, a layer of Flame Shield enveloped the fire man's body. Any Little Bats that rushed forward were instantly vaporized, leaving not even ashes behind.

There was simply no way to rush over and drain blood.

Xu Le gritted his teeth, gathered the Little Bats back into human form, and then directly unleashed Reaper's Scythe.

After suffering such a big loss, he couldn't just let it go.

A pitch-black scythe emerged in the air.

The fire man, who had been wildly throwing skills, froze. He stared at the Reaper's Scythe in shock, his large eyes filled with immense confusion and fear.

Swish!

The scythe lightly fell upon the fire man, giving a gentle hook. A speck of red dust fell and hung on the tip of the blade.

The previously expanded figure of the fire man completely vanished.

"A casual strike took away the Soul of what seemed to be an emissary of the Fire God."

"It seems the Reaper is even stronger than I imagined."

"I must be more restrained in using Reaper's Scythe from now on."

"Otherwise, if I actually run into the Reaper, I might really die."

As before, a speck of light drifted from the fiery red dust and merged into Xu Le's body.

The skill 'The Gift' reached level 6, and the accumulated bonus attributes became:

Strength +500, Physique +400, Agility +400, Spirit +1100.

Using it at most four more times will inevitably draw out the Reaper.

Just as Xu Le was thinking this, he felt a rolling heatwave behind him. Another cluster of sacrificial magic fire was burning.

Perhaps the Fire God hadn't gone far; as soon as it started burning, a speck of red dust drifted out and expanded with the wind.

Fuck!

Seeing the same type of fire man appear, Xu Le didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately wanted to flee.

All his skills were on cooldown; there was no way to fight this thing that was likely an emissary of the Fire God.

But it was already too late!

Although his flying speed was fast, it was still a bit slower than skills like 'Earth Fire Flowing Slurry' and 'Raise Fire to Burn the Heavens'.

Without hesitation, Xu Le cast 'Conceal Aura' and 'Void Evasion' on himself.

The former could reduce the probability of being discovered by the fire man, while the latter allowed his true body to hide directly within the Void Realm.

One thousand mana points vanished. Xu Le felt as if he had passed through a membrane, and a chill ran through his body; he had entered the Void Realm.

Looking down, he found his entire body had faded, somewhat resembling a ghost.

When he looked at the fire man on the ground again, he felt as if there were a thick layer of glass between them; it was no longer very clear.

"Roar!"

Seeing Xu Le's figure disappear and unable to find him after looking around, the fire man angrily unleashed his skills.

A vast sea of fire began to boil.

As if venting its inner rage, the fire man spread the fire from the center outward. Various skills flew everywhere, quickly burning down the relatively intact hilltop by a whole layer.

Even many graves could not escape the burning flames; the tombstones and the bones inside were all reduced to ashes.

Xu Le watched, shaking his head repeatedly.

He had thought that with death, debts are settled, so he had specifically linked with Little Dog and used only physical attacks.

If he had known this graveyard would be destroyed, he would have used Destiny Link earlier to share Nine Phoenix's attributes and skills. Not only would the damage have been higher and more powerful, but the speed of wiping out the Tang Family would have been faster, and he wouldn't have encountered these fire men at all.

It's all because I was too kind!

"Wait, why don't these magical creatures give any experience points?"

Xu Le was suddenly startled. Whether it was the previous Magic Fire Puppet or the current fire man, not a single experience point had dropped.

Things that don't drop experience points upon death are either inanimate objects or humans.

"So, whether it's the Magic Fire Puppet or the fire man, they should be something like contracted beasts or summoned entities. Their master is still hiding behind the scenes."

Mind Link!

Xu Le immediately cast the skill, but as his spirit spread out, he only felt a sense of icy silence.

It turned out that after he evaded into the Void Realm, what his mind sensed was naturally only the world within the Void Realm.

He could only use his eyes to search for the hidden enemies.

Time slowly passed.

Five minutes later.

Xu Le's health and mana had recovered to full, and the skills that could cool down in a short time had all finished their cooldowns.

He flapped his wings, flew into the area covered by the sea of fire, and deactivated the 'Void Evasion' skill.

Then he immediately used the Mind Link skill and sensed two mental connection points.

Crucially, the fire man was not among those two connection points.

Xu Le stealthily used 'Divine Eye,' and the information for the fire man popped up.

[Item] Phantom

[Grade] Legendary

[Item Details] A Phantom created by an illusion master using magic power. It possesses 1% of the attributes of the transformed entity and can be used to deceive enemies.

Fuck!

"So it was a fake!"

Xu Le felt annoyed and used Divine Eye to check the two invisible people.

[Name] Tang Yunjing

[Age] 98

[Class] Fire-Wielding Emissary (SSS-Rank)

[Rank] Rank 99

[Health] 11,800/11,800

[Mana] 79,300/79,300

[Strength] 499

[Agility] 500

[Physique] 995

[Spirit] 7,930

[Talent] Fire Spirit Body

[Skills] Fireball, Fire Missile, Summon Fire Guard, Flame Shield, Repelling Fire Ring, Flame Leap, Summon Fire Dragon, Summon Fire Puppet, Fire God Sacrifice, Void Banishment... "The surname is Tang!"

"This is someone from the Tang Family!"

"The previous magic fire sacrifice was also his doing. Then what he sacrificed was..."

Xu Le was shocked and turned his gaze toward the other person.

[Name] Wu Zheyuan

[Age] 101

[Class] Illusion Saint Master (SSS-Rank)

[Rank] Rank 99

..."Who is spying on this old man!"

Wu Zheyuan turned his head and saw Xu Le. Conceal Aura could hide his breath, but it couldn't hide his figure.

"How did you come out from over there?"

Tang Yunjing also turned his head and couldn't help but cry out in surprise upon seeing Xu Le.

However, he didn't wait for Xu Le's answer and immediately released the skill he had been holding in his hand for a long time.

"Void Banishment!"

Xu Le felt the familiar fluctuations and sensed a warning sign, making his scalp tingle.

He immediately released the contracted beasts from his Contract Space.

Then he quickly threw out the 'Chain Lightning' he had prepared long ago.

Before the golden lightning could strike the two, Xu Le and his contracted beasts simultaneously felt a sudden yet omnipresent repulsive force between heaven and earth.

Giving him no chance to resist, the terrifying force shoved him, and his entire being was stuffed into the Void Realm.