Chapter 279: Renown Spreads Far and Wide, the Cowardly Flame Demon King

Jiang Chen carefully reviewed the gains from this "Earth Core" Instance.

He completed the Instance three times in total, and the fourth attempt failed to fully clear because the Ancient Earth Dragon itself descended.

Because Qiao Zhixin was present, experience was halved, while other rewards doubled.

Obtained 6 Earth Gems, 6 Earth Crystals, and a total of 14 Heart of Earth.

Jiang Chen and Qiao Zhixin each used one Earth Gem.

Jiang Chen also consumed two Earth Crystals, forging an Elemental Divine Stone composed of fire, poison, and earth elements, and another Elemental Divine Stone composed of earth and fire elements.

Currently there remain 4 Earth Gems and 4 Earth Crystals.

The Heart of Earth has not been used yet and is currently useless to him personally.

Since entering the Ancient Battlefield, Jiang Chen has encountered constant opportunities, and his strength has greatly increased.

Hong Jishi's words were not false; the Ancient Battlefield is dangerous but opportunities are everywhere.

Divine Power has risen to level 34, and each upgrade adds an extra 34% to attributes.

Jiang Chen does not understand why Divine Power increases the probability of Profession Ascension, but the earlier the better.

Qiao Zhixin returned to Huo Yuyao's team, and Jiang Chen has become accustomed to traveling alone.

The experience of speed‑running the Instance together with Jiang Chen intoxicated her; the feeling was so exhilarating and thrilling. She has become addicted to it.

Qiao Zhixin watched Jiang Chen leave with lingering reluctance until he vanished completely from view.

Huo Yuyao suddenly leaned close to Qiao Zhixin's ear, teasing, "What, can't let go?"

Qiao Zhixin jumped in surprise, her face slightly flushed, and said, "No way, Yu Yao Jie, don't talk nonsense."

Huo Yuyao laughed, "Ah, our little Xinxin is blushing."

The sisters of the Yu Yao Knight Order looked at Qiao Zhixin, covering their mouths and giggling.

Qiao Zhixin was being watched

and felt a bit embarrassed, "Really, no, I just think his way of clearing the Instance is very unique, very exciting, and especially fast."

Huo Yuyao's curiosity was piqued, "Come on, tell me, how does he clear the Instance?"

A group of women gathered around, all curious about Jiang Chen's method of clearing the Instance.

How to complete the "Earth Core" Instance within 40 minutes was a mystery to them.

Records show that even the best score takes over six hours, and that was with more than twenty people entering the Instance together.

Qiao Zhixin did not conceal anything, recounting everything in detail to them.

Holding the Positioning Teleport Stone that Jiang Chen gave her, which is bidirectional.

Jiang Chen and she agreed to notify each other when they locate the "Demon Dragon Hall" Instance.

Qiao Zhixin also looks forward to Jiang Chen taking her again to clear the Instance together, to experience the joy of speed‑running.

Jiang Chen departed under the respectful gazes of the crowd.

"Earth Core" Instance has vanished, and the Boss at the center of the Core Area seems to be in a bad mood.

When the "Earth Core" Instance will appear again depends on his mood.

He set out again on the road to find the "Demon Dragon Hall" Instance.

"Demon Dragon Hall" is both the task given by Hong Jishi and his own pursuit.

Talents...

Awakening talents is so difficult.

Jiang Chen is not certain whether the talents granted by the system truly count as talents.

If they count, then awakening talents again at Second Transcendence, even with Hong Jishi's arrangements, the probability is only about thirty percent.

Therefore, going to the "Demon Dragon Hall" Instance to obtain Dragon Crystals becomes extremely important.

Through Dragon Crystals, there is a chance to obtain talents.

At that time, even if talents cannot be awakened at Second Transcendence, it still won't

be a loss.

Jiang Chen hastened the words that Ning Wuxia, Divine Mage, said to him.

He hopes that another Divine-level Strongman with Three Talents will appear among the Human Race.

A Divine-level Strongman with Three Talents is terrifying just to think about.

Such a being could protect the Human Race for centuries, deterring Abyss Demons and Dragon Race from daring any rash moves.

Of course, all three talents must be powerful; they cannot be useless talents.

Jiang Chen walked while summoning and replenishing Skeletons.

Now at level 34, the Undead Legion needs further replenishment.

Fourteen Lich Generals who have reached level 34 can each command 340 Skeletons.

This time they still replenished Skeleton Mages.

When the replenishment is complete, it does not count the reserve Skeletons in his Summon Queue.

The total number of Skeletons across the fourteen Undead Legions will reach 4,760.

That's nearly 500 more than at level 33.

As long as they avoid flying BOSSes with super‑strong attacks like the Ancient Luan Bird.

With Strong Soldier skills, Jiang Chen is confident in facing most BOSSes.

"The only trouble now is that we can't fly!"

Inability to fly is also the greatest disadvantage for most Human Race professions before Level 70.

After ten consecutive days of travel, Jiang Chen finally fully replenished the Undead Legion.

When released, the fourteen Undead Legions are massive in force, truly a terrifying army.

He kept moving forward, clearing the monsters along the way.

Approaching the Core Area, the number of monsters was not small.

Although experience does increase, it still can't compare to an Instance, but overall it's acceptable.

If you want to level up, grinding Instances is the way.

After ten days of traveling, he hadn't encountered any Secret Realm, nor any Instance.

He did run into a few waves of Abyss Demons and Dragon Race.

The Dragon Race ones aren't very smart, very

They were quickly deceived by Jiang Chen and were outright eliminated.

Abyss Demons are a bit more troublesome.

A few Abyss Demons that saw the One-star Colonel Rank on Jiang Chen's shoulder fled faster than anything else, daring not to linger.

Jiang Chen was too lazy to chase them.

In the eyes of the few clever Abyss Demons, anyone who can attain a Colonel Rank is basically drenched in the blood of them and the Dragon Race.

He feels both hatred and fear toward such a person.

Gradually, news about Jiang Chen spread across the Ancient Battlefield.

Both Abyss Demons, Dragon Race, and the Human Race learned that a number‑one person like Jiang Chen exists.

Some Abyss Demons even relayed the news back to the Abyss World.

Many demons in the Abyss World learned that an oddity of only level 34, yet having reached One-star Colonel, appeared in the Ancient Battlefield.

If they could kill him, it would be a tremendous merit.

But…

Demons aren't idiots; no one would think of going to their death.

The Abyss World isn't a uniformly black place; green flames burn everywhere.

In the sky, a strange creature called Magic Light Bird also flies.

While flying, they emit light, bringing illumination to the Abyss World.

Magic Light Birds are neither demons nor monsters; they simply live in the Abyss World.

Their numbers are countless, almost covering the entire Abyss World.

No demon bothers them, because there's no benefit.

Outside the splendid palace where the Enchantress Demon King resides, space rippled with distortion, and then a massive flame leapt out of the darkness.

An eye opened within the flame.

The Flame Demon King appeared outside the Enchantress Demon King's palace, his voice angry, "Enchantress Demon King, come out!"

The voice boomed out, the entire

palace trembled.

The Enchantress Demon King's figure appeared in the air, half‑asleep and angry, "Flame, do you know what the consequence of disturbing my sleep is?"

The flame flickered violently, as if it hesitated.

The Flame Demon King still forced a face‑saving tone, "Whatever the consequence, I ask you, do you know that Jiang Chen is in the Ancient Battlefield?"

The Enchantress Demon King yawned, "I know, so what?"

The Flame Demon King said, "I know why you didn't tell me; you clearly know..."

The Enchantress Demon King giggled, "Pathetic, I know he's in the Ancient Battlefield, why should I tell you? What are you to me? Unless you spend a night with me, I won't tell you anything."

The flame's flicker grew even more intense, and the Flame Demon King shot back a hundred meters.

The Enchantress Demon King giggled, "You have such little courage to dare provoke me; this time I'll forgive you, but if it happens again, you won't have that eye any more."

Anger rose in the huge eye, yet it dared not retort.

Although both are Demon King‑level beings, the Flame Demon King knows he is inferior to the Enchantress Demon King.

If they truly fought, his eye wouldn't survive.

Nevertheless, face must be saved.

The Flame Demon King forcefully said, "Since you know Jiang Chen is in the Ancient Battlefield, why didn't you send someone to kill him?"

The Enchantress Demon King giggled, "How do you know I didn't send anyone? I even deployed Crimson Moon Demons and Abyss Fire Spirits, yet none could kill him."

"You're not unaware of the Ancient Battlefield's rules; if you have the skill, do it yourself—why come looking for me?"

The Flame Demon King said in a deep voice, "I want information about Jiang Chen."

The Enchantress Demon King …

…clearly knows what he wants to know.

He wants Jiang Chen's skills, attributes, and such, to find his weak points.

Although the Enchantress Demon King looks down on him, as fellow Demon Kings, basic face‑saving must be given.

The Enchantress Demon King tossed a black stone to him, "The information you want is inside."

"I'm going back to sleep. I warn you not to disturb me again, or else I'll make you regret it."

After saying that, the Enchantress Demon King vanished into the air.

The Flame Demon King, holding the black stone, didn't even dare to fart, and with a pop he vanished.

It seems the Enchantress Demon King is the being in this Abyss he fears the most!