38: Thank you, Demon God, for the experience points.

In the hidden map, Ancient Battlefield of the Elves,

the mist had clearly been purified by Su Yan.

Yet now, for some reason, it was once again shrouded in a strange black Qi.

Su Yan checked the world channel,

and through the conversations between players, he quickly understood what was going on.

"Good grief, it turns out the Demon God responded to my provocation?"

Su Yan raised an eyebrow, his mood somewhat complex.

It was truly hard to imagine

that his repeated provocations of the Demon God had actually drawn the Demon God's wrath!

The black Qi swirling over the Ancient Battlefield was precisely the Demon God's doing!

According to a summary by a War King player,

the Demon God had tampered with this map,

using a mysterious power to replace the BOSSes in the Ancient Battlefield.

This resulted in the BOSSes being incredibly strong, abnormally strong,

and 200 Ranks higher than the players!

Because this map was a solo dungeon mode, the dungeon Rank was supposed to stay consistent with the player's Rank.

Therefore,

a solo player facing a BOSS 200 Ranks higher stood absolutely no chance of winning.

This included Battle Generals, War Kings,

and even War Gods!

Just moments ago, a War King had successfully explored his way to the final BOSS.

He had only intended to give it a try, but unexpectedly, he was insta-killed by the BOSS.

Not only did he lose hundreds of millions of experience points, but he was also hit with a Weakness debuff for 368 hours.

The world channel was entirely focused on discussing this matter.

It was said that the War King was so traumatized that he went offline on the spot.

Su Yan withdrew his gaze from the world channel, and after a 0.5-second moment of silence for that War King, a slight grin appeared on his face.

"It seems my method of provocation works!"

This discovery was enough to make him feel invigorated.

If he might still fear the Demon God a little in reality,

here in Divine Punishment, he feared no one!

"A BOSS 200 Ranks higher than myself? Let's go meet it!"

Under the cover of night, Su Yan raised his staff and entered the black Qi-shrouded Ancient Battlefield... entering the Ancient Battlefield.

A lonely, cold moon hung overhead, illuminating the parched earth as pale as frost flowers.

Corpses were everywhere beneath his feet, now wrapped in black Qi, appearing extremely eerie and terrifying.

Crack!

Walking through, Su Yan suddenly stepped on something, making a piercing sound.

Looking down, he saw it was the hand bone of a Demonic Beast.

Thump, thump, thump!

Simultaneously, an elven skull rolled down from the massive skeleton of the Demonic Beast.

"He-ah!"

But just as Su Yan's attention was focused on the skull, a shrill, mournful shriek suddenly came from behind him.

A skeletal figure with a gaping, ghastly mouth lunged forward!

Su Yan's reaction was lightning-fast; with sub-second timing, he almost instinctively used Blazing Light Flash.

Whoosh!

His figure flickered to the left.

Bang!

The skeletal figure missed its mark and fell to the ground.

Su Yan looked over and saw it was actually the corpse of an elf clan warrior.

However, this skeletal corpse was now emitting black Qi,

and the black Qi in its two hollow eye sockets was like a chimney, puffing out black smoke.

"Is it demonized?"

Su Yan immediately realized this.

Clack, clack, clack—

And right at that moment,

the surrounding corpses—whether scattered on the ground or standing upright—

regardless of whether they were Demonic Beasts, elf clan, or night elves,

all came to life. Their joints made eerie clicking sounds as their entire bodies began to shake.

Boom!

Then, black Qi swirled above, obscuring the moonlight.

In the dark night, countless Skeletal Demon Soldiers emitted ghastly whispers, surrounding Su Yan.

[Demonized Elf Clan Warrior]

Rank: 210

HP: 125,000

Attack: 13,699

Defense: 9,999

Spell Defense: 11,888

Speed: 1,500

Skills: Elven Chant, Chain Arrows

...Su Yan activated his Talent, Eye of the Gods.

Instantly, the attribute information for the densely packed Skeletal Demon Soldiers all around him was displayed.

They were all between Rank 200 and 220.

In other words, the default minimum Rank for this solo dungeon was Rank 200.

Originally, this dungeon,

according to the System announcement, was for players to assist the elf clan and night elves in repelling the Demonic Beast invasion.

But after being tampered with by the Demon God,

it had now become the player being ganged up on by all three parties.

"To dare to seize the will of the elven warriors is unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable!

Then today, I, Demon Slayer, shall correct this error!"

Su Yan raised the staff in his hand and spoke this chuunibyou line with righteous indignation.

His purpose was simple: it was for the Demon God to hear!

He believed

that the Demon God was watching all of this.

Roar, roar, roar!

As the countless Skeletal Demon Soldiers surged toward Su Yan like a tide,

a cold smile curled on Su Yan's lips, and he waved his staff.

Flame Forbidden Curse!

Boom!

Instantly, everything within a 100-meter radius of Su Yan turned into a sea of fire.

Forbidden Curse-level flames erupted from the parched, cracked earth, as explosive fire elements burned and devoured everything frantically.

-448,876!

Critical Hit!

-982,156!

-457,394!

...Countless bright red numbers popped up, filling Su Yan's vision.

The Skeletal Demon Soldiers wailed shrilly, and under the burning of the Flame Forbidden Curse,

they had no power to resist and were turned to ashes in an instant.

[Experience +36,000!]

[Experience +35,800!]

Su Yan's experience bar suddenly jumped by several hundred million!

...Ten minutes later.

With Su Yan's whirlwind-like clearing of the mobs,

there was not a single Skeletal Demon Soldier left alive on the map.

In just this short amount of time, Su Yan had gained a total of over 2 billion experience points!

Furthermore,

his maximum HP had also increased by 55,000+!

His total HP had reached 160,000!

With a smile on his face, Su Yan looked up at the black Qi obscuring the moonlight.

It was as if a pair of eyes were staring down at him with indifference.

"Thanks for the experience, Demon God bro!"

Su Yan thanked him sincerely, giving a thumbs-up toward the night sky.

"You're welcome back anytime!"

Leaving those words behind,

Su Yan ignored whatever the Demon God might be thinking and set off toward the deepest part of the Ancient Battlefield.

"Crap, where's the BOSS?"

However, when Su Yan reached the deepest part of the battlefield, he found nothing there.

The ground was bare; not even a hair was in sight.

Rumble, rumble!

But just as Su Yan was puzzled, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook violently.

A deafening roar came from deep underground.

It seemed like something was about to come out.

Bang!

Just as Su Yan steadied himself, the parched earth suddenly split open with a massive crack.

Magma erupted from within, and the scorching temperature instantly turned the cool night fiery hot.

Su Yan quickly dodged the magma and stood on a safe patch of high ground.

"Demon Slayer, where is Demon Slayer!"

Within that endless magma, a large dark-brown hand reached out.

One hand gripped the edge of the ground fissure,

and then the magma exploded in terrifying waves as the earth shook frantically like an earthquake.

In the next moment,

a Minotaur Demon General, as burly as a mountain and holding a sharp axe, crawled out from the magma!

Su Yan watched this scene quietly.

He had to admit, the Minotaur Demon General's entrance was very cool.

The sense of pressure was also immense.

If it were any other player, their legs would probably be trembling by now,

or they might have even exited the dungeon directly.

But Su Yan was different.

He wasn't someone who could be easily intimidated.

At this moment,

while the Minotaur Demon General was still crawling out, Su Yan cursed under his breath,

"Go to hell!"

Then he waved the staff in his hand.

Judgment + Sanction!

Boom!

-2,315,674!

Critical Hit!

-31,572,846!

Minotaur Demon General: "?"