Chapter 144: Hundred-Man Group, Instantly Evaporated!

The sky was azure, with a few white clouds drifting lazily.

A gentle breeze blew, making a rustling sound.

Lin Mo walked leisurely across the plain.

Behind him, that Demon King Castle had already become a tiny black dot.

If one didn't say this was the "Demon King Castle" trial map, just looking at the scenery, it seemed like a good place for an outing.

"This air is indeed good."

Lin Mo stretched, feeling quite pleased.

As long as he smashed that so-called King Statue, he could clock off and go home to sleep.

This feeling of striving just to sleep filled him with motivation.

【【Fireball】flames roared around him: Hehehe! This feeling! It's perfect!】

【【Fireball】's voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement: This is the journey of a king! Alone, trampling the enemy camp! Let those foolish heroes wail in the flames!】

"..."

Regarding 【Fireball】's remarks, Lin Mo was already used to them.

【【Earth Shield】said with some worry: Um... big brother, master, I feel we might be too impulsive?】

【We are the Demon King, after all! Shouldn't the Demon King sit in the castle and wait for the heroes to challenge us?】

【And that castle is so great; there are others helping to guard it. We also have the terrain advantage. As long as we hold out, we're sure to win...】

【What if we get ambushed if we run out? I still think staying in the city feels safer...】

Hearing this, 【Fireball】instantly had a different opinion.

【【Fireball】scolded: Pfft! I am destined to become a forbidden spell! Facing a challenge, how can I cower in the city?】

【【Fireball】snorted coldly: Offense is the best defense! Burn them all to ash, and there will be no danger, right?】

【【Earth Shield】replied quietly: But there are two thousand people on the other side... It's still safer to defend in the city.】

【【Fireball】was disdainful: Two thousand ants, that's all. I can spray a whole group to death with one mouthful of fire, do you believe it? Third brother, what do you think?】

【【Fireball】looked at 【Lightning Strike】in the neighboring skill bar, hoping to get agreement.】

【【Lightning Strike】pondered for a moment and said calmly: The result is the same. Those who block the way, die.】

【【Fireball】was stunned for a moment:... Third brother, your skill at showing off has improved.】

But shortly after,

【Fireball】became excited.

【【Fireball】straightened his back and said proudly to 【Earth Shield】: Did you hear that? This is called heroes seeing things alike!】

【Upon hearing this, 【Earth Shield】could only sigh helplessly: Alright... since big brother and third brother both say so... I have no objection.】

"Enough, stop arguing."

Lin Mo interrupted the skills' debate.

He looked at the map on the panel.

On both sides of the map, the Demon King Castle marked by a black castle icon and the Hero Main City flashing with golden light were displayed.

"Hmm, the direction is correct."

Lin Mo confirmed the direction and glanced at that distant horizon.

"Walking there on two legs is really a bit slow."

"Better to fly over. Smash that broken statue sooner, go home to sleep sooner."

Thinking this, Lin Mo hesitated no longer.

With a thought.

Boom—!!!

Two crimson flame wings suddenly unfolded behind him!

Flames roared, heat waves rolled.

After the constant increase in skill level, the current 【Flame Wind Wings】 had changed significantly.

The wingspan was fully five meters wide.

Every feather was condensed from fire, lifelike.

"Take off!"

Lin Mo tapped his toe.

His entire body instantly shot into the sky, rushing towards the direction of the Hero Main City.

Moments later,

Lin Mo was hundreds of meters high in the air, with the wild wind howling past his hair.

Looking down from this height, the plain below was laid bare.

"This map is really big enough."

Lin Mo flew in the air for about a minute or two; apart from grass, there was only grass.

Suddenly,

At the end of the vision, a group of tiny black dots finally appeared.

Lin Mo squinted, the corners of his mouth rising slightly.

"Finally seeing people."

But very quickly, he frowned in disappointment.

"Why are there only so few people? This is too disrespectful to me, the Demon King, isn't it?"

"Forget it, since we've met, let's clean them up on the side and test the new skill."

Lin Mo's mind stirred; the blazing wind wings on his back trembled violently as he flew toward that group.

Below, on the plain.

The Ninth Squad, the vanguard scout unit of the Hero Alliance, was advancing at full speed.

This was a hundred-man squad composed of highly mobile assassins and rangers.

Their mission was simple: scout and determine the Demon King's movements.

The squad leader was a boy with a buzz cut.

"Ninth Squad, this is Shen Jun."

"Where are you now? Have you seen Lin Mo?"

Shen Jun's voice came through the communicator.

The buzz-cut squad leader pressed the communicator and replied:

"Brother Jun, we haven't spotted the target yet, but according to the map, the Demon King should be less than five kilometers from us; we expect to encounter him very soon."

Shen Jun on the other end of the communicator responded:

"Good. Figure out exactly how many people Lin Mo and his group have; this is crucial, as it determines our tactical deployment going forward. Understood?"

"Understood!"

The buzz-cut squad leader replied.

Just then,

a sharp-eyed ranger beside him suddenly pointed at the distant sky:

"Squad leader, look over there!"

The buzz-cut man immediately looked in the direction he pointed.

At that glance,

the entire person froze in place.

A figure hovered in the air.

Behind him were massive flame wings, and that overwhelmingly oppressive... Infernal Demon phantom!

The phantom had no facial features, only a pair of flame eyes that disregarded all living beings, staring fixedly at them.

"Holy crap... the Demon King, Lin Mo?"

The buzz-cut squad leader blurted out.

Shen Jun, hearing this through the communicator, shouted loudly:

"Lin Mo? You've met? How many of them are there?"

Before the words had even finished.

Boom—!!!!

The fire element in heaven and earth was drained in an instant, then erupted.

A crimson fire tornado rose from the ground amidst the crowd.

Immediately after, a terrifying wave of fire spreading in a fan shape swept horizontally across the crowd like a tsunami.

With the buff from Han Mengqing and the blessing of the Fire Element Body, Lin Mo's skill power at this moment was completely beyond their ability to resist.

In an instant.

The buzz-cut squad leader's mind went blank; he instinctively blurted out:

"What the hell is this, a fire mage?"

Immediately after,

Clang-clang-clang-clang—!!

waves of white light shot up into the sky.

That was the sign that 【Soul Protection】 had been triggered.

The scene was spectacular and tragic.

The Ninth Squad, annihilated.

Time taken: 2 seconds.

Hero Main City.

Shen Jun gripped the communicator tightly.

"Hello?"

"Ninth Squad? Where are the people? Answer!"

"How many people are with Lin Mo exactly? Damn it, answer!"

Shen Jun roared into the communicator.

However, what responded to him was only the noisy static representing a lost connection.

Shen Jun looked at the panel map, where a hundred names had instantly turned gray.

An entire squad!

A hundred people!

One glance, instantly evaporated?

Not even time to report the number of people?

Shen Jun slammed the communicator onto the table and let out a desperate roar:

"Shit!"