Chapter 416: All Set, Commence the One‑Shot Kill

In Human Race books, the Abyss Demon King is renowned for being devious and cunning.

Jiang Chen never underestimates any Demon King, believing they are not foolish.

A Demon King is the ruler of the Abyss and must be smart enough to manage its domain.

Therefore, Jiang Chen constantly remains sufficiently vigilant toward each Demon King.

When the Flame Demon King saw through Jiang Chen's arrangement and blasted the gathered monsters together with their corpses, Jiang Chen was not surprised at all.

On the contrary, this was exactly what he had anticipated.

He swiftly activated two Skills: Aging Curse and Soul Burn.

A small sword with shackles appeared above his head, and as Soul Burn descended, the Flame Demon King let out a sharp Scream.

Having once tasted the pain of Soul Burn, the Flame Demon King harbored hatred toward Jiang Chen, but this pain became even more terrifying after Jiang Chen's upgrade, with the suffering doubling.

Amid the painful Scream, the Flame Demon King unleashed a Death Ray while Flame swept the ground.

Affected by the Curse, its movements became sluggish.

Jiang Chen swiftly dodged at the moment the Death Ray fired, evading the lethal strike.

The Death Ray brushed past him, shattering Bone Armor, and the Undead Legion also sustained damage.

Jiang Chen immediately launched a synchronized counterattack, with Soul Burn continuously falling on the Flame Demon King, causing it to emit repeated Screams.

Even an Abyss Demon King cannot completely avoid the Curse's effect.

It merely possesses the ability to break the Curse, which takes some time.

The time is short; at most half a second can erase the Curse.

Jiang Chen must delay as much as possible, extending the Curse's duration by even a fraction, even if only half a second.

Soul Burn serves this purpose, keeping the Flame Demon King too occupied to erase

the Curse.

The Flame Demon King went mad, sprouting thousands of compound eyes on its body.

The densely packed eyes made Jiang Chen's skin crawl, deeply unsettling him.

Each eye fired Death Rays, raining down from all directions.

"Whoa!"

With no way to evade, he could only stand his ground.

Bone Armor had long been reduced to fragments, with no time to replenish.

While dodging, Jiang Chen poured all his effort into Soul Burn, denying the Flame Demon King any chance to erase the Curse, neglecting his Bone Armor.

"Hey, you really have gotten stronger."

"But how long can you hold out?"

"Don't the Human Race have a story about cats catching mice? I think it's quite like that now."

The Flame Demon King clicked his tongue and laughed, its attacks never pausing.

Jiang Chen kept dodging under the Death Ray attacks, looking rather disheveled.

Fortunately, he is now level 48, far stronger than when he last faced the Flame Demon King.

The journey to the ancestral land greatly boosted his constitution, and his defense rose accordingly.

At this point, at level 48, his constitution reaches 87,616, and he commands 28 Undead Legions.

The total number of Skeletons has reached 23,520, plus 840 Skeletons in reserve within the Summon Queue, and 28 Lich Generals with exceptionally strong vitality.

With these attributes, Jiang Chen is much tougher than before.

As long as he isn't continuously struck by the Flame Demon King's main eyes, he can endure.

While dodging, his plan is already set.

Thousands of Skeleton Berserkers crawled up from the Canyon bottom, each carrying a corpse.

The monsters at the Canyon bottom have been completely cleared by the Undead Legion.

Jiang Chen appears to be grinding monsters on Plateau Three, but in fact a massive Undead Legion has been covertly

entering the Canyon bottom to clear monsters and generate corpses.

Meanwhile, many monsters on Plateau Three have also been cleared, and the ground is littered with corpses.

Plateaus Two and One also have Undead Legions active.

They kill monsters and continuously transport the corpses here.

"Begin!"

The corpses are finally in position.

Jiang Chen suddenly shifted his stance, moving toward the Flame Demon King.

A Lich General suddenly appeared before him and, as soon as it did, went berserk toward the Flame Demon King.

While charging forward, the Lich General continuously used Skills, constantly healing itself and the Undead Legion.

As the strongest Summoned Entity in terms of constitution, the Lich General's constitution, after bonuses, exceeds 460,000.

Killing them is harder than killing Jiang Chen.

The Flame Demon King clicked his tongue and laughed, still thinking Jiang Chen was about to collapse.

"Using Summoned Entities as meat shields, how long can they hold out?"

The Death Ray raked wildly, striking the massive Lich General.

Jiang Chen and the Lich General's presence drew the Flame Demon King's attention.

It failed to notice Skeleton Berserkers approaching from behind, each bearing a monster corpse.

The corpses were thrown over silently.

The flame in Jiang Chen's jade hand suddenly stopped, and his Skill changed.

Skill: Corpse Explosion!

Boom!

The explosion flung the flame, and the Flame Demon King let out a muffled hum.

Although the detonated monster corpse was only Level 52, the Curse and Skill bonuses still allowed it to deal damage to it.

Crowded corpses were tossed over, explosion after explosion.

Skeleton Great Mages and Skeleton Sharpshooters appeared in dense numbers, launching attacks instantly.

Throwing corpses is the work of Skeleton Berserkers.

Attacking is the work of Great Mages and Sharpshooters.

Brilliant light burst from the Flame Demon King's body, and Elemental Explosion erupted violently.

Neither Elemental Explosion nor piercing arrows can pierce its body.

The flames burning all over it serve as natural armor, blocking the arrow attacks.

Attacks of this magnitude are far too weak for a Demon King‑level being.

Only Corpse Explosion can inflict any damage on him, and even then only a tiny bit.

The Demon King's defense is so strong it's terrifying.

"Weak, far too weak!"

"I was too cautious before; turns out your Skill is no better than this!"

The Flame Demon King cackles incessantly, realizing it had been too cautious before.

In the end, Jiang Chen is just a kid under Level 50.

To a Demon King of its Level 90 stature, he's nothing at all.

Soul Burn causes only a slight pain and hardly any damage.

The seemingly terrifying Corpse Explosion deals no more than that, at most causing superficial injuries.

The Skeletons' attacks can't even breach its defense.

The Lich General can only serve as a meat shield.

"So you're this weak."

"Besides giving me a little pain, you're basically useless."

"Even with all those Summoned Entities, you still can't save yourself."

"Tremble, death draws ever nearer to you!"

The Flame Demon King shouts wildly.

More fierce flames rise on its body, linking with the Abyssal Fire that permeates the entire Instance.

The Abyssal Fire begins to surge, granting it greater power.

Its attacks become stronger, while its defense slightly weakens.

Upon realizing Jiang Chen's attacks are weak, it abandons part of its defense and goes all‑out on offense.

Jiang Chen can clearly feel that the Lich General is taking more damage.

Like this

If it continues, the Lich General won't last ten seconds.

But its plan has already been fulfilled.

The earlier explosions were just stale corpses, naturally dealing little damage.

The Skeleton Great Mages and Sharpshooters are indeed like that; after all they're only Level 48, and even with strong attributes their damage is limited.

Being unable to break defense is expected.

Now it's time to execute the finishing kill.

There's only one chance; we must strike in one surge to utterly kill the Flame Demon King.

Primordial Runes appear on the back of the hand.

A beam of light shoots out, landing on all Summoned Entities.

The "Strong Soldier" Skill suddenly activates.

"Strong Soldier: For 30 seconds, self and Summoned Entities gain 200% increase to all base attributes, and all attack damage is further increased by 500%. Cooldown: 1 hour."

At this moment, the Skeletons begin to erupt.

The Skeleton Berserker's Four‑dimensional Attributes are 190,000 after talent bonuses, rising to 570,000 under "Strong Soldier".

Adding the Lich General's 40% boost, the Four‑dimensional Attributes instantly reach 798,000, close to 800,000.

The Skeleton Great Mage's Spirit Attribute soars to 2,300,000, and the Sharpshooter's attributes similarly skyrocket.

Besides the attribute surge, all damage is boosted by 500%, resulting in an overall increase of over tenfold.

The Lich General's defense also rises sharply, with nearly 1,400,000 constitution, making its defense immensely strong.

The minor injuries just sustained are almost instantly healed.

More corpses are tossed over, fresh ones, numbering over several hundred.

Begin the finishing kill!