Chapter 201: Fire God's Key, Fire God's Flower

The entire palace seemed to awaken in an instant, and a large number of Palace Guard surged out.

Their target was the same, heading straight for Jiang Chen's Skeleton Warrior.

Jiang Chen was still standing at the palace's main gate, and upon seeing this he immediately ordered the Skeleton Warrior to retreat.

Fighting these Palace Guard would surely put him in danger of being controlled and then surrounded.

Jiang Chen's immunity to control‑type skills is rather weak, which is a major weakness of his.

A new Skeleton Warrior suddenly appeared, seized the remaining Palace Guard corpse, and then hoisted it onto his shoulder.

In the Instance, monster corpses disappear after a short time, and as time passes the life force in the corpse rapidly wanes.

From just having dealt with the two gate‑keeping guards a minute ago to now, only about a minute has passed, yet Jiang Chen can feel that the life force in this corpse has already vanished by more than half.

In a little while longer, this corpse will disappear completely.

The Skeleton Warriors quickly returned, with a large number of pursuers following them.

Jiang Chen ordered, "Throw!"

Guided by his thought, the nearby Skeleton Warrior immediately threw the Palace Guard corpse outward.

Jiang Chen used the Skill: Corpse Explosion!

The corpse leapt over the Skeleton Warrior's head and exploded in midair!

The explosion's shockwave swept through the interior of the palace, causing the entire palace to tremble.

Jiang Chen's pupils narrowed, because not a single Palace Guard was killed by the blast.

The corpse had existed too long, and its life force had already been greatly reduced.

Even after being detonated and amplified by the skill, it still could not completely kill these Palace Guard, only leaving them half‑dead.

These Palace Guard, after being attacked, all locked their target on Jiang Chen, one after another,

rushing toward him.

Jiang Chen reacted quickly and activated the Skill: Slow Curse!

Red chains appeared above all Palace Guard heads, and their running speed immediately slowed.

Jiang Chen locked onto the nearest Palace Guard and then cast the Skill: Soul Burn!

At the same time, Skeleton Mages began releasing flame attacks.

Lightning flashed, thunder roared, gale howled, and Ice Arrows rained down.

Soul Burn directly inflicted severe damage.

Amid the screams, that Palace Guard, still in a forward‑charging stance, fell to the ground.

Boom!

The explosion sound rang through the palace again.

The newly fallen Palace Guard, a fresh corpse with full life force.

The explosion instantly cleared the pursuers.

A long string of information popped up.

Each Palace Guard provided 1.36 million experience.

This wave caused a huge jump in experience.

Now experience has reached 97%, only 3% short of leveling up.

Jiang Chen still stood outside the palace, its interior now empty.

The alarm continued, but no new Palace Guard rushed in.

The Skeleton Warrior, bearing flame, ran toward the palace interior, continuing its final role.

While running, a Skeleton Warrior fell.

It completed its mission and reached the end.

After falling, its bones quickly turned to powder, disappearing without a trace amid a gust of hot wind.

Jiang Chen sighed lightly, noting that Skeleton Warriors are the most loyal and perfect warriors.

Unafraid of pain, meaningless death, never retreating.

Any command will be executed loyally, to be fulfilled.

Beyond the palace's first hall lies a Garden.

Inside there is an artificial mountain, flowing water, and a pond.

Unlike any Garden Jiang Chen has ever seen

The artificial mountain here is Flame Mountain, and flowing through it is scorching magma.

The entire Garden exudes a scorching aura, much hotter than inside the palace.

Heat waves slammed into the face, laden with intense fire elements, activating Bone Armor.

These heat waves are highly aggressive, very terrifying.

"What is this?"

The firelight was dazzling, and Jiang Chen instinctively squinted.

Through a slit in his vision, Jiang Chen saw a flower.

A delicate little flower, its whole body crystal‑clear like a gem, blooming brilliantly in the flame.

It swayed, blooming at the center of the magma, its beauty moving the soul.

A flower so wondrous appearing under these circumstances is certainly unusual.

Another two Skeleton Warriors fell, turning into smoke.

Of the original 16 summoned Skeleton Warriors, four have now died.

The remaining twelve won't hold out much longer.

Jiang Chen let them try to pick the flowers.

But when a Skeleton Warrior approached the magma, the magma roiled violently and its temperature surged severalfold.

Skeleton Warriors fell one after another.

The last few barely touched the magma, and in an instant a massive flaming hand shot out of the magma and slammed onto the Skeleton Warriors.

The Skeleton Warriors were already on the brink of death, their bones riddled with cracks.

Now the flaming giant hand struck them, and the remaining Skeletons shattered and died.

The giant hand that rose from the magma, after smashing the Skeleton Warriors, swung down toward Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen quickly stepped back to dodge.

The Skeleton Mage launched an attack as Jiang Chen retreated.

Ice Storm! Tornado Storm! Five Thunder Overhead!

Three elemental spells rained down on the giant hand.

Zila!

White smoke billowed from the giant hand.

The giant hand felt pain and shrank back with a whoosh.

Jiang Chen...

Stunned.

Escaped?

A monster that can flee, it's the first time I've seen one.

In the next second, the magma roiled violently and shot upward.

Bang bang bang!

Jiang Chen heard his heartbeat.

A heart made of flame appeared atop the flower.

The heart thumped loudly, emitting a deep sound.

The magma that shot upward turned into a ten‑meter‑tall Lava Giant.

And that flower was clearly visible inside its body.

The flower seed on its heart rose and fell with each beat.

The giant let out a Roar, and the magma churned even more violently.

Fire Pillars rose skyward, and Fire Rain fell across the entire Garden.

Most of the magma merged into the giant's body, making it even stronger.

"Fire God Palace Gardener (Hell-level Boss)"

"Level: 36"

"Strength: 20000"

"Agility: 10000"

"Spirit: 10000"

"Constitution: 20000"

"Skill: None"

"Trait: Fire Elemental Attack Immunity"

Strength and Constitution both reach 20,000, hardly any worse than a Skeleton Warrior.

All attributes combined total a massive 60,000 points!

Although it has no Skill, even its normal attacks are enough to give a headache.

If this were in the outside world, Jiang Chen wouldn't need to fear.

Just push it away with a Skeleton Warrior.

But here you can't do that, or you'd needlessly endure the Instance's Elemental Attack.

However, without summoning many Skeletons, eliminating the boss monster before you would likely take considerable time.

The Skeleton Mage is continuously taking flame damage and won't hold out long.

Jiang Chen felt a stir in his heart and summoned nine Skeleton Warriors.

Including the one that just threw its corpse, that makes ten in total.

1

Zero Skeleton Warriors quickly ran back to the Palace, dragging the corpse of the Palace Guard that had just died.

The Fire God Palace Gardener has already launched an attack at Jiang Chen.

The giant hand slammed down fiercely.

Jiang Chen neither dodged nor evaded, casting Slow Curse to slow its movements.

At the same time, his hand burned with Soul Burn, dealing damage to the Gardener.

Soul Burn damage is not low, hardly less than the Skeleton Mage's Skill.

Especially that pain, it engraves itself deeply.

All its attention is focused on Jiang Chen, continuously attacking him.

Bone Armor glitters, blocking all attacks.

After all, as the Hell Dungeon boss, its life is astonishingly high.

Even with only twenty Skeleton Mages plus Jiang Chen, killing it would take considerable time.

In no time, the Skeleton dragged a corpse and ran back.

Each Skeleton dragged two corpses, a total of twenty.

Although these guard corpses have been dead for a while and their life force has greatly diminished, they are still better than nothing.

The twenty corpses were thrown at the Palace Gardener.

Skill: Corpse Explosion!

The corpse was detonated in midair.

Lava splashed, exposing many gaps.

The Gardener clearly sustained massive damage.

Explosions continued in rapid succession, one after another.

Jiang Chen did not spare any of his Spiritual Power, casting Skills consecutively.

As long as the Necromancer Summoner has enough Spiritual Power, the Skills have no cooldown at all.

At least so far, Jiang Chen has not encountered any Skill that requires cooldown.

The explosions kept going, and after hurling the corpse, the Skeleton Warrior did not stop, charging to the Gardener's front like Lightning.

Facing the ten‑meter‑tall Fire God Palace Gardener, the Skeleton Warrior seemed so tiny.

The Skeleton Warrior swung his Blade, a flash of Red Light appeared, that

was a color even redder than Flame.

Skill: Rage Power!

The Palace Gardener let out a series of horrendous cries instantly.

Corpse Explosion, Soul Burn, the Skeleton Mage's spell attack, plus the Skeleton Warrior's Skill.

Combined, they dealt a fatal blow to it.

From the start of the battle to its end, only five minutes.

"Killed Fire God Palace Gardener, Experience +2,160,000"

"Obtained Fire God Key"

"Obtained Fire God Flower"

"Fire God Key: The key to open the true Fire God Temple"

"Fire God Flower: Using the Fire God Flower can awaken the Fire God"

Boom!

After the Gardener died, the lava boiled again.

Scorching lava surged from all directions, as if to engulf the Garden......