Chapter 66: Underworld Fire Demon King and the Mysterious Light Orb 【Read On!!!】

The rhombic crystal merged instantly the moment it struck Fulade's palm.

At this moment, Fulade only felt a sharp pain assaulting his palm.

It was also accompanied by an unprecedented, terrifying heat, as if it would melt his body alive.

Only then did Fulade realize how reckless and foolish he was.

A divine artifact is far from simple or easy to take.

As Fulade's eyes reddened, his teeth clenched, and he gathered all his energy to force the crystal out, a faint consciousness began to slowly awaken from his palm.

A horrified glance flashed through Fulade's eyes.

Before he could think, driven by instinct, Fulade gathered his strength and swung his hand like a blade, striking his right hand hard.

Sensing a hint of instinctual danger, the mysterious crystal fused with his palm instantly stripped Fulade of control over his right hand.

A faint yet lofty, godlike will seemed, after being stimulated, to accelerate its own recovery.

Simultaneously, a powerful pressure burst forth from his right palm.

The vast gulf of life levels made Fulade's full‑force left‑hand strike easily repelled by the right‑hand mysterious crystal's power.

Moreover, it further stimulated the awakening progress of that terrifying consciousness within the right‑hand crystal.

But now Fulade had no choice but to frantically swing his left arm, trying to cut off his right hand and escape the crystal's threat.

Yet as time passed, it not only failed to damage his right hand.

It instead helped that terrifying consciousness become more active, and a vague thought began probing Fulade's mind.

"Who... am... I?"

The voice was broken and very weak.

"I am... Underworld Fire..."

"Underworld Fire... who?!"

"Yes... I am Underworld Fire Demon King—Aires!!"

From the initial muddled, fragmented mind to now clear consciousness and smooth thoughts, only a brief time has passed.

As that will in his mind grew clearer, an irresistible spiritual wave continuously battered Fulade's spiritual sea.

A cold sweat instantly dripped from Fulade's forehead.

Even though Fulade had focused all his spiritual intent to resist with full force.

The spiritual barrier, however, was now on the brink of collapse under the increasingly intense mental assault.

"Never expected that after millennia of waiting, this Demon King finally meets the lineage of the Night Witch. Not bad, offer your body to me now."

"I can't wait any longer~!! Haha."

As the voice rang out, Fulade felt a buzzing in his mind; his spiritual barrier instantly shattered into pieces.

He had no time to resist; a massive spiritual pressure spread from his right hand, breaking through the already shattered barrier.

At the same time, the mysterious crystal instantly emitted a powerful law energy, flooding every part of Fulade's body and reshaping his evidently frail form.

Law is a high‑level rule power that only deities can touch; under its transformation,

In but a moment, Fulade's life level instantly broke through its previous peak, advancing to a higher tier.

Visually, at the moment of the breakthrough, two pairs of thick, curved horns burst from his forehead, each wrapped in ghostly blue flames, emitting a scorching yet eerie aura.

Layers resembling bony keratin, solidifying as his body transformed, formed a fierce deep‑red armor bristling with bone spikes.

Simultaneously, his previously sub‑two‑meter normal stature swelled over tenfold, massive bat‑like wings sprouted, covered with fierce bone spikes and scales.

In appearance, he resembled a terrifying demon from hell, suddenly descending upon the world.

"Heh heh heh~"

"Mere second‑tier Blood Race, daring to resist the great Underworld Fire Demon King Lord Aires—how utterly clueless!" A low, cold sneer suddenly issued from Fulade's mouth.

"This body is mine; no matter who you are, get out!"

"Heh heh heh~ It's already too late. Obey and end your fate; becoming the shell of the great Lord Aires is your honor."

As the words fell, his black pupils swiftly turned crimson, eerie dark aura streaming continuously from his eyes.

"I... will not"

"... let you succeed~!!!"

Fulade let out a ferocious roar, and while his mind was still briefly clear, he hurriedly swung his right arm toward the broken sword lodged in the Underworld Fire Demon King's chest.

"Heh heh heh~ You think a mere broken sword..."

"What... what is this!!"

Deep within Fulade's spiritual space, a hundred‑foot tall Underworld Fire Demon King, surrounded by raging flames and exuding terror, suddenly froze his previously smug expression.

"No, impossible—she, how could she be here?"

In front of the Underworld Fire Demon King, a blood‑colored Mysterious Light Orb suddenly materialized, faintly emitting an insatiable, devouring hunger.

It was the system Golden Finger that Fulade had always thought useless.

From the Underworld Fire Demon King's words, it was clear he knew some information about the Mysterious Light Orb, causing an incredulous look to appear.

As soon as the words ended, the blood‑colored orb abruptly transformed into a terrifying spider‑like phantom, instantly enveloping the Underworld Fire Demon King.

"Don't even think so~!!" A hysterical spiritual roar reverberated violently within Fulade's sea of consciousness.

At the same moment the spiritual sea was violently struck, the rhombic crystal in Fulade's palm erupted with a terrifying energy.

The instant the energy burst, the secret realm space was ripped open with a massive black fissure.

Streams of spatial turbulence crazily ripped and destroyed everything around.

The mysterious crystal merged in Fulade's palm abruptly severed its link to his wrist, attempting to flee toward the Space Rift.

Just as the Space Rift was about to heal and the Fulade palm fused with the crystal was about to escape,

A strand of transparent thread instantly struck the mysterious crystal, forcibly pulling it out of his palm.

No~!! Sir, spare me, a chilling, anguished scream came from within the crystal.

But before the words could finish, the voice abruptly stopped.

After a resounding belch, it seemed everything fell quiet again.

All that remained was Fulade, blood streaming from his body, having regained human form, still lying quietly amid the ocean of skeletons, his life or death uncertain.

(End of Chapter)