[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ember-dragon":3,"chapter-ember-dragon-ember-dragon-chapter-431":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Ember Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1161963,1504,"Chapter 431: Misha’s Trial (Part 3)","ember-dragon-chapter-431",431,"\u003Cp>Chapter 431: Misha’s Trial (Part 3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kekekeke...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A raspy sound echoed from the top of the cave walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pairs of faintly glowing eyes suddenly appeared. Their reddish-brown skin blended seamlessly with the molten surroundings, resembling rocks hanging from the cave ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharp hissing and clicking noises followed as hot steam hissed from the gaps in those \"rocks\"—they were Steam Bats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the Steam Bats!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A player shouted loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the bats hanging from the ceiling flapped their wings, swarming toward the players like a tide, accompanied by waves of scorching steam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, there’s so many of them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The archer player was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could react, dozens of bats swarmed him, wrapping him in their bodies and shredding him to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the bats dispersed, his charred remains had already been cooked by the scalding steam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other isolated players met a similar fate, as the bats concealed themselves within the cave crevices, lurking everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, these Steam Bats had the spell-like ability [Blur Spell], with deadly steam and thick white mist filling the cave, severely obstructing visibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spellcasters! Dispel the fog!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The visibility is getting worse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Singo navigated skillfully along the cave walls, riding his wyvern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew his bow fully while moving, firing a magically imbued arrow that pierced through several Steam Bats in succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When any bat got too close, the wyvern beneath him shredded them with its claws and fangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mantou urged his wyvern, Noodles, to beat its wings and disperse the surrounding mist, charging into the bat swarm while slashing with his longsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar~~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noodles roared, swiping down several bats with a single claw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Steam Bats retaliated by spewing scalding steam, leaving both Mantou and Noodles scorched and blackened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with their high-concentration Red Dragon bloodlines, they couldn’t fully withstand the magical steam’s extreme heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summer Night Autumn Rain weaved through the swarm, floating gracefully as forcefield orbs around her repelled the oncoming bats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wind Magic!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte and the Magic Coin players simultaneously waved their staffs, summoning a gust of wind that blew away the mist, revealing the bats’ monstrous forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A player from the Mechanist Cult shouted, \"Now’s our chance! Charge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Push the levers! Activate the pistons and pumps!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Engage the engine, ignite the turbines, breathe life into it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lever was pushed to its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vroom—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar of air, the boosters at the back spewed flames, propelling the Omega-powered armor forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing nearly five meters tall and weighing dozens of tons, the armor, painted bright red, charged like a battering ram into the swarm of bats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous crash echoed, followed by a series of explosions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire cave trembled, and rocks fell from the ceiling as dozens of Steam Bats were crushed against the armor’s plating, exploding into fragments of fire and molten debris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Steel, protect us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the Fire Protector, we are invincible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players inside the Omega-powered armor cheered as they pushed the levers again, charging into the next wave of combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gurgle, gurgle...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a low rumbling sound echoed as bubbles continuously emerged from the lava.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ongoing battle came to a halt as everyone’s attention shifted to the source of the noise. By this time, most of the Steam Bats had been wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Splash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colossal figure emerged from the lava.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Molten rock splashed in all directions, creating pits in the surrounding stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature was composed of boulders with burning sulfur filling the gaps between its limbs and body. Its chest had web-like cracks with a glowing molten core at the center, and its eyes resembled flowing magma spheres.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It exhaled plumes of white steam, its body surrounded by toxic volcanic gas, and magma dripped from its maw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a Magma Golem, a creature born from molten rock and lava—a pure fire elemental entity capable of surviving only in extreme heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With its roar, more Magma Golems crawled out of the lava, over a dozen in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually indistinguishable from ordinary rocks, they now displayed their most terrifying forms in response to the intruders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Intruders... must die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Magma Golem hurled a burning sulfur chunk at a paladin from [Royal Authority], who barely managed to raise his shield in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang! Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sulfur chunk exploded, shattering the expensive shield and knocking several players to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining Steam Bats seized the opportunity to attack, spraying scalding steam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar scenes played out throughout the cave, even damaging the Mechanist Cult’s Fire Protector, which lost an arm in the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burning sulfur chunks flew wildly, and Mantou narrowly avoided being hit, saved by his wyvern’s quick leap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their cores! Aim for their chests!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summer Night Autumn Rain calmly advised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Magma Golems drew their power from their molten cores, absorbing lava energy over time, making them massive and incredibly strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their weakness was the molten core in their chests—the source of their life force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why Summer Night Autumn Rain hadn’t mentioned this earlier—it was simply to eliminate more competitors and reduce the number of people vying for the class slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The major guild players were also aware of this information and shared her mindset—they wanted to pass while ensuring fewer rivals remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, uninformed solo players became the unfortunate casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strategy proved effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within minutes, over twenty players had turned to ash, leaving only around fifty remaining in the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Born Battle Maniac hurled his giant axe, cleaving through a sulfur chunk before embedding itself into a Magma Golem’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The axe blade sunk deep into the rock, splitting the molten core in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magma Golem roared in agony before collapsing, crumbling into rocks and sulfur chunks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swoosh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Singo released his bowstring, shooting an arrow straight into another Magma Golem’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrow flashed briefly before exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another Magma Golem shattered, its remains falling into the lava like a pile of debris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prepare to clear the trial!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn these rock monsters into rubble!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other players followed suit, targeting the Golems’ cores. The Mechanist Cult’s Fire Protector fired off forcefield rays, destroying multiple Golems in succession.\u003C\u002Fp>",1022,"2026-06-03T12:47:02.951Z","2026-06-03T12:47:07.061Z",1,"novelbin.me","46698149be60bd79a001296634105ca13cc228c9253b38836c4aede8f3224a54","ember-dragon-chapter-317","ember-dragon-chapter-430",603,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fember-dragon-cover.jpg"]