322: Chapter 322 Searching for Damon Lanick

"This thing actually came out."

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes slightly.

These flaming figures were exactly the creatures the Sailors had seen.

These four-meter-tall black giants had skin surfaces burning with raging flames.

Even though he was in the clouds, Chen Fan could feel the air scorched by the flames to a foul, burnt smell.

"It really is Hellfire. It seems Damon Rannick is inside."

Mercury said coldly.

"Is this Damon very powerful?"

"He's alright. His original form's combat power is quite average. If I can get close, I could even kill him in seconds. But his Hellfire is very troublesome."

Hearing this, Chen Fan looked down at the dozens of four-meter-tall Hellfire figures beside the massive pit in the earth.

He nodded in agreement, "It is indeed quite troublesome."

"Pfft..."

Seeing Chen Fan's expression, Mercury couldn't help but sneer:

"You think the Hellfire I was talking about is these things?"

"Isn't it?" Chen Fan frowned slightly.

"Of course not. These are just small trinkets he refined using the corpses of his enemies after killing them."

Mercury shook her head, a hint of gravity flashing in her eyes:

"True Hellfire is over ten thousand meters tall, its entire body covered in Karma Fire, and no one can get near it. Wherever it goes, nothing grows."

"What!?!"

Chen Fan's eyes widened.

Hellfire that is ten thousand meters tall?

Covered in Karma Fire, unable to get close, nothing grows?

Does such a thing really exist?

Unaccountably, the figure of the Meat Mountain Great Demon King appeared in Chen Fan's mind.

"Doesn't that make it similar to Meat Mountain?"

Chen Fan looked at Mercury.

Hearing this, Mercury shook her head with a smile,

"Meat Mountain is mainly thick-skinned with high health; it can drag you to death, but its attack power isn't very strong. Whereas Damon's Hellfire is top-tier in both attack power and destructive capability. It's just that its survivability is an issue."

"I see. Does the Hellfire have a time limit for its survival?"

"Yes, its survival time is related to Damon's energy value. Hellfire constantly consumes energy value, and once the energy value hits zero, the Hellfire disappears."

Hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Chen Fan's eyes.

His gaze couldn't help but glance at the skill bar.

[Skill Steal: Steal the last skill released by a player. The opponent will briefly lose this skill. Duration: 7 days, Cooldown: 30 minutes. Only the most recently stolen skill can be kept at one time.]

This is the current introduction for Skill Steal.

But there was a plus sign after the introduction.

This plus sign was the upgrade path given after the skill was improved previously.

Path 1: The duration of the stolen skill increases to one month, and three skills can be stolen simultaneously.

Path 2: Still only able to steal one skill, but the duration becomes one year.

Previously, Chen Fan was struggling with which path to choose.

By now, he chose Path 2 without hesitation.

"Mercury, I need you to help me find the Warlock's location, and then I will go and steal his Hellfire skill."

After sharing the introduction of Skill Steal with Mercury, Mercury was silent for a while.

"To steal it, you have to make him release the Hellfire."

"Yes. Is there a way to make him release it?" Chen Fan nodded.

Mercury's voice was low, "Yes. As long as I get close to him, he will be afraid and thus release the Hellfire. But..."

"Don't worry, I won't let you go to your death."

Chen Fan shook his head with a smile and shared Thin Burial with her.

"I will open the Spirit Realm with you and go in. Now that the duration of the Spirit Realm is longer than the cooldown, we can stay in the Spirit Realm the whole time to look for him. Once we find him, I will cast Thin Burial, and you can appear to scare him. Once he releases the Hellfire, I will steal his skill."

"How will we get out then?" Mercury looked at Chen Fan quietly.

"Don't worry."

Chen Fan smiled mysteriously and shared the introductions of Shapeshift Exchange and Bond with her.

"I'll link to you then, and then use Shapeshift Exchange to get out. Or I'll just bring you into the Crew Member space, and I'll use Shapeshift Exchange to get out myself."

Mercury pondered for a moment and finally nodded:

"Good plan."

"Then let's begin."

Chen Fan smiled slightly and summoned a few Crew Members to use for casting Shapeshift Exchange.

"Davian, land on the ground."

"Yes, my master."

Davian received the order and quickly landed the Mechanical Dragon.

Avoiding the four-meter-tall Hellfire, it landed on an open space, only a hundred meters away from the massive pit.

This move by Chen Fan was extremely dangerous, but if successful, the rewards would be extremely generous.

The ten-thousand-meter-tall Hellfire, under the super-fast energy recovery of Arcane Aura, would have almost infinite lifespan.

Just imagine, if he could take dozens of ten-thousand-meter-tall Hellfire figures to clear the map, the scene would be unimaginable.

"Brother, be careful." Jiu Jiu revealed a worried expression.

She couldn't help Chen Fan on this trip and could only pray from the side.

"Don't worry, even if the operation fails, I can still escape. Have you forgotten that I still have two Immortal Shields?"

Chen Fan pinched her cheek and comforted her.

"Mm-hmm." Jiu Jiu nodded repeatedly.

Actually, Chen Fan still had an Indestructible Golden Body that could be used for resurrection.

But he had used it once last time in the underground magma of the City of the Demon Dragon.

With a 365-day cooldown, even with the bonus from Arcane Aura, it would still take nearly 110 days.

Anyway, he couldn't count on it for the time being.

"It's about time, get ready!"

Chen Fan looked at Mercury, and after seeing her nod, he waved his hand:

"Spirit Realm!"

Instantly, the two figures shot out and dashed toward the massive pit.

On the ground.

The Hellfire lined up in a row and chased after the soldiers.

Although those soldiers were running fast, how could the speed of armored vehicles keep up with the four-meter-tall Hellfire?

Very soon, the slower armored vehicles were caught up to.

The Hellfire raised its large foot and stomped fiercely onto the armored vehicle.

Immediately, screams filled the air.

"Hurry up and notify headquarters, call for support!"

"Already notified, support from headquarters is already on the way, Brothers, hold on!"

"Can't hold on! Damn it, the officers are running too fast. What else? Their cars are all specially modified, they're using us as rear guards. Who the hell said there was nothing unusual down there? I'll screw his ancestors!"

"..."

Unlike the rushing and scrambling ground troops.

Chen Fan and Mercury appeared calm and composed.

After all, with the blessing of the Spirit Realm, the two of them would not receive any damage.

Seeing Mercury, who was slightly nervous, Chen Fan smiled and comforted her:

"Don't worry, I will protect you."

Hearing this, Mercury's expression shifted slightly.

Rarely, she didn't say anything, just nodded faintly.

Soon, the two landed at the bottom of the pit.

The raging flames completely swallowed them, and even though they were less than three meters apart, they couldn't see each other's existence.

"Come closer, I'm going to renew the Spirit Realm."

Chen Fan whispered, and Mercury leaned over gently.

"Spirit Realm!"

After renewing it, Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled:

"Let's split up and search. The Spirit Realm duration is five minutes, so let's meet here every four minutes."

"Mm, I'm going."

Mercury nodded, and her figure disappeared.