Chapter 469

He stepped back to the side.

"Then, let's begin."

Luo En kicked off the ground with sudden force.

His body shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.

With a hiss, he lunged toward the lantern monster.

The lantern monster sneered coldly.

"I didn't expect you to charge straight in like this."

"Do you really think this is enough to defeat me? How laughable."

He frantically spurred his flames.

Wave after wave of flame curled like fire dragons toward Luo En and the Cloud Paper Crane.

These flames contained an extremely terrifying energy.

And this energy was utterly unbearable for ordinary people.

The blazing fire seemed to scorch the air itself.

Even impurities within the air were utterly incinerated by this terrifying flame.

And under these conditions,

both Luo En and the Cloud Paper Crane found it hard to breathe.

The Cloud Paper Crane's face was grim.

His strength was limited.

Although spurred on by Luo En's encouragement, he now felt his blood boiling.

But in actual combat, his capabilities still mattered greatly.

An A-class hero was no match for a Ghost-class monster.

So the moment the Cloud Paper Crane charged forward,

he was forced back by the ferocious flames.

Luo En said,

"Be careful.

Don't let this monster seize the initiative."

As he spoke, Luo En swung out a punch.

He didn't know how powerful this punch truly was.

He simply swung it out instinctively.

A terrifying energy erupted from Luo En's fist.

In an instant, the fire dragons were shredded by the immense force.

Then, a massive tree behind the lantern monster was effortlessly obliterated by the punch.

The lantern monster stared at Luo En in shock.

He hadn't expected Luo En's punch to possess such power.

The flames' temperature was extremely high, and the energy within them was terrifying.

Any ordinary hero would instantly turn to ash under these flames.

If the Cloud Paper Crane hadn't retreated,

he wouldn't have lasted a single second within the flames.

Yet Luo En had simply smashed through them with brute force.

"Not bad."

"Didn't know you had some skill after all."

The lantern monster chuckled.

He wasn't in a hurry; as a Ghost Mad-level monster,

he stood atop the entire monster hierarchy's Pyramid.

Far too many S-class heroes had fallen to him.

These two fools before him—one A-class, one B-class—

how could they possibly be his match?

Even if Luo En had shattered his fire dragons with one punch,

the fire dragons were merely one of his signature techniques.

He still had many more trump cards up his sleeve.

Luo En himself hadn't expected

that he could destroy these fire dragons.

But now he didn't dwell on it—he charged forward again.

Luo En moved at incredible speed, leaving several afterimages trailing behind him in an instant.

Most people couldn't even trace his movement path.

But the lantern monster could see it clearly.

He noticed Luo En's technique was highly unusual.

Although he was charging forward,

he wasn't moving in a straight line.

Instead, he kept changing direction.

It seemed like he was dodging.

"Heh."

"Showy nonsense."

The lantern monster sneered.

His massive body began lumbering toward Luo En.

The greatest pressure Luo En had faced before was fire.

So when Luo En realized the lantern monster was charging at him,

he was not worried—he was pleased.

Boom.

A deafening crash.

Luo En and the lantern monster collided.

Luo En staggered backward.

He felt as if he had hit a wall.

But the lantern monster was flung straight through the air.

He crashed heavily to the ground.

This left the lantern monster deeply stunned.

His physical strength was also quite formidable.

Throughout the monster system,

his metrics ranked among the very top.

That was why he could be called a Ghost-Class peak.

Of course, this was after he consumed the monster cells.

Before consuming the monster cells, his strength should have been at Tiger-Class peak.

But even then, he was an extremely powerful being.

The collision left the lantern monster dazed and disoriented.

He slowly got to his feet.

His head felt foggy and swollen.

"Damn.

This guy's physical strength is that strong?

Looks like I'll have to use fire attacks now."

The lantern monster swiftly summoned the fire within him.