33: Titan Firelord

The surrounding environment reverted to a volcanic landscape, and a scorching heat assailed him.

Su Yi looked down at the Critical Point beneath his feet, and with a raise of his hand, several enormous black fists instantly materialized.

“Boom—”

As he waved his finger, those pitch-black fists slammed fiercely into the Critical Point.

However, after the smoke cleared, the Critical Point remained perfectly intact, without the slightest trace of damage.

Su Yi understood that relying solely on the power of Calamity Crown would not be enough to open this Critical Point.

Taking a deep breath, Su Yi slowly closed his eyes, extending his hands forward, palms facing out.

In an instant, a strange ripple spread through the air, and the Netherworld Codex, as if summoned, appeared out of thin air before him, suspended in mid-air.

As Su Yi's thoughts flowed, the pages of the codex automatically turned, emitting a soft rustling sound, like ancient and mysterious incantations.

Suddenly, a pitch-black aura erupted from the codex, and countless specters swarmed out of it.

These specters circled and wailed in the air; their forms were ethereal and indistinct, yet they exuded a chilling aura.

Gradually, these specters began to converge, eventually merging into a single ghoul with a ferocious face and massive size.

Black mist swirled around this ghoul, its hollow eye sockets gleamed with eerie green light, and its gaping maw seemed capable of devouring everything.

However, the anomaly did not cease.

The moment the ghoul formed, a massive Bone Throne appeared behind Su Yi, seemingly out of nowhere.

This throne was constructed from countless enormous bones, each exuding an ancient and malevolent aura.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Yi's figure flickered, and he directly sat upon this Bone Throne.

In an instant, a surging power erupted from the throne, pouring into Su Yi's body like a raging tide, then continuously flowing through his meridians and into the ghoul's body.

Nourished by this power, the ghoul's body rapidly expanded, and its face became even more hideous and terrifying.

Its body continued to grow, reaching dozens of meters in height in a blink of an eye, appearing exceptionally striking above the volcano.

At the same time, the blood moon on Su Yi's forehead began to glow intensely, emitting a dazzling crimson light.

Countless crimson spectral figures emerged from the blood moon; the moment they appeared, they transformed into blood-red mist under the effect of the blood moon's light.

This blood moon light was like a vortex, frantically drawing in the surrounding life force.

These mists, like a red whirlwind, converged towards Su Yi's forehead, finally forming a strange blood-colored moon wheel there.

The blood-colored moon wheel shone brightly, and Su Yi suddenly opened his eyes, a resolute glint flashing within them.

With a thought, Su Yi sent the blood-colored moon wheel, imbued with terrifying power, hurtling towards the Critical Point like an arrow released from a bow.

Where the moon wheel passed, space itself seemed to twist, and the air emitted a sharp screeching sound.

“Rumble!!!”

Amidst an earth-shattering roar, the Critical Point was finally breached, and a tiny crack appeared before his eyes.

An evil and powerful aura emanated from the crack, as if it connected to another terrifying world.

The ghoul above impatiently rushed up with a “whoosh,” its large hand plunging fiercely into the crack, beginning to tear at it.

Su Yi, naturally, was not idle; he focused his mind, directing the giant black hands to also insert into the crack, exerting force alongside the ghoul.

At the same time, the Bone Throne also began to release mysterious power, which merged into the ghoul and the giant black hands, instantly causing their sizes to swell several times over.

“Crack! Crack!”

The Critical Point emitted a fragile cracking sound, as if it could completely shatter at any moment.

Finally, with a loud “crack,” the Critical Point was completely torn open, and a massive spatial rift appeared before everyone's eyes.

“Roar!!!”

“Roar!!!”

Deafening monster roars came from the rift, and then countless monsters, like a surging flood, swarmed out of the rift.

However, the moment they appeared, they were instantly torn to shreds by an invisible force.

[Killed! Fire Demon Wolf, obtained... Energy Points +300!]

[Energy Points +360... +520...]

System notifications continuously echoed in Su Yi's mind.

Looking at these abundant Energy Points, Su Yi secretly nodded, this adventure was indeed not in vain.

Compared to Linyuan City, the Energy Points obtained here were simply a world apart; previously, killing monsters in Linyuan City yielded pitifully few Energy Points, with dozens being considered a lot, and some even only giving a dozen or so points.

However, just as Su Yi was pondering, the surrounding environment suddenly began to change again.

Su Yi's heart tightened; he knew that more Evil Spirits were about to emerge.

At this moment, his energy was already less than half; if he were to fight the Evil Spirits, each one he eliminated would consume ten percent of his energy.

Moreover, he was unsure how many Evil Spirits would appear this time.

Weighing the pros and cons, Su Yi chose not to engage in battle but decisively used his spatial bracelet, instantly teleporting back above the volcano.

Although he had temporarily escaped danger, Su Yi didn't want to waste these monster resources.

With a thought, he opened the fusion panel and selected the blue materials [Giant's Body], [Wild Totem], and the purple material [Flame Demon Heart].

However, at the moment he was about to press the fusion button, Su Yi hesitated.

He couldn't help but wonder if such a fusion would be too powerful, exceeding his control?

Furthermore, Su Yi still had a question: did reputation still count after a person died?

After all, reputation, in a sense, was about increasing fame, but if the person was no longer there, what was the point of that fame?

However, Su Yi quickly thought of Tian Hong and the God-Making Project of Great Xia, as well as the Iron Wall Defense of the Beacon Country.

Su Yi secretly mused, even if the island nation's strength was slightly weaker, they should still be able to withstand these monsters, right?

Thinking this, Su Yi no longer hesitated and resolutely pressed the fusion button.

As he acted, a massive purple energy erupted with dazzling brilliance.

A purple light mass flew like a meteor towards the very center of the volcanic crater.

“Roar—!!!”

A deafening roar sounded, and a lava giant, at least 500 meters tall, rose from the ground.

Titan Flame Demon

[Magma Assimilation: Whenever the Titan Flame Demon stands, the ground beneath its feet automatically transforms into a magma lake!]

[Geomantic Absorption: When standing on magma terrain, it will greatly restore itself!]

[Rampage Totem: When used, it exchanges power by lowering its own sanity, gaining up to 10 times its size and three times its attributes!]

The moment the Titan Flame Demon descended, Su Yi clearly felt the entire volcano tremble.

He glanced at the Titan Flame Demon's ability panel and secretly pondered: The first two skills are more or less complementary, but he felt like this thing wasn't as strong as he imagined.

Compared to the effects of fusing with other purple items, these skills seemed rather ordinary.

However, upon closer thought, Su Yi understood—this guy was a stat monster, primarily relying on basic attributes to overwhelm enemies.

As for the last one, “Rampage Totem,” he looked at the Titan Flame Demon roaring madly there and couldn't help but wonder: Does this thing really have any sanity left to lower?

Isn't it just a simple increase of ten times its size and three times its attributes!

After a moment of thought, Su Yi directly activated his spatial bracelet and teleported in another direction.

After all, this place was no longer suitable for continued stay.

...

At this moment—

In a secret base 50 kilometers away from the volcano, Mr. Yamamoto Kenta, responsible for detecting supernatural energy fluctuations within the country, was staring idly at the instruments.

Suddenly, all the indicator lights on the detectors turned blinding red, and piercing alarm bells instantly blared throughout the entire base.

“Which Critical Point has been opened?”

Mr. Yamamoto Kenta sprang up from his seat, his eyes fixed on the screen.

When he saw the location displayed on the screen, his face instantly turned pale.

On the screen, Mount Fuji was densely covered with red light spots, like a sea of blood.

“A disaster-level Critical Point has opened?”

Mr. Yamamoto Kenta murmured in disbelief, “How is this possible?”

His voice was filled with shock and fear, and fine cold sweat beaded on his forehead.