Chapter 111: Hell Oil

"Me??" Peng Peng turned pale with shock, scared and rushed to run back.

The power of the Transformation struck him; green mist surged and enveloped him.

Roar!!

The mist cleared, and a five‑meter‑tall hulking figure rose, a muscular giant with bluish‑white skin and blue hair—a Cloud Giant.

"Huh? I turned into a human? Boss, why did you turn me into a human?" the giant fumbled his body, a bewildered look on his face.

"You're a Cloud Giant, you fool!" Naimi Xisi muttered.

Cloud Giants are the aristocracy of the giant race, possessing the strongest bodies and innate powerful Spellcasting Ability, but unfortunately the Transformation cannot replicate a Cloud Giant's Spellcasting Ability.

"Go, cooperate with that Sun Elf and deal with these statues!"

Under Naimi Xisi's order, the Cloud Giant and Jiafuna Si set off at once; Jiafuna Si is a level‑12 professional powerhouse and also a physically‑trained Sword Singer, paired with a Cloud Giant comparable to a level‑10 professional, these statues are no problem.

Facing the invaders, each statue sprouted four arms wielding four different weapons—sword, blade, whip, gun—complete set, each weapon ignited with scorching flame.

Obviously, the Golems' supernatural abilities focus on melee and weapon power; confronting stone statues meticulously prepared by elven mages millennia ago, Jiafuna Si cautiously evaded their attacks, seeking a breakthrough.

But Peng Peng paid no mind to being hit; relying on his demon pet's inability to die, the Cloud Giant carelessly swung a mace at a Golem, which instantly raised its sword‑blade hands, the two weapons slipping into the Cloud Giant's palm as smoothly as into ice cream.

"Aaaah!"

Peng Peng screamed in pain, eyes blood‑red, wildly kicked at the Golem; the massive force sent the Golem flying into a wall. Peng Peng then flailed his hand, looking plaintively at his master.

Naimi Xisi, helpless, cast a Divine Spell 【Heal Severe Wounds】; milky energy wrapped Peng Peng's palm, yet it had no effect, blood kept flowing, the surface of the wound bore a glaring scorch‑like mark.

"Hm?" Naimi Xisi frowned, noticing something wrong; those weapons seemed to suppress healing.

Fortunately Peng Peng is a demon pet; even death wouldn't affect him, and the current injury is merely an illusion granted by the Transformation's body.

Peng Peng seemed to realize his wound couldn't be healed, and, fearless of death, went berserk attacking the remaining Golems; the Golems began a methodical counterattack.

Seeing the Cloud Giant and Golems in chaos, Jiafuna Si instantly recognized a good chance; while the Golems were distracted, she seized the moment, slashing a Golem into eight pieces with her longsword. Although the ore used to forge the Golem was evidently very hard, it still fell short compared to a Lesser Artifact.

Watching from the side, Naimi Xisi grew bored; at this pace they'd finish soon. Golems are indeed troublesome for Spellcasters, but not unmanageable—Spellcraft and Evocation‑type Summoning or transformed monsters can handle them, even the Nine‑Ring Spell 【Great Disintegration Technique】 can pulverize them completely.

However, for mid‑low‑level Mages, Golems truly are nightmarish.

Quickly, the four Golems were dealt with by Jiafuna Si in the same way; Peng Peng reverted to his original form, scurrying back into his master's arms, feeling he was almost being torn apart by those stone lumps.

"Let's go"

Just as Ao Duo Li was about to speak, the broken statue fragments on the ground shifted, all being drawn upward into the sky, then swiftly flying toward the furnace in the southeast corner; within seconds, the intact four Golems reappeared before everyone. "Back again?!!"

Thrown again by Naimi Xisi before the Golems, Peng Peng was on the verge of tears; the spell struck him once more, this time turning him into a Fire Giant.

The enlarged Peng Peng sneezed, noticing a spark of flame from his nostrils; just as he intended to examine his new body, the four Golems opposite had already charged.

These four Golems had clearly learned; one broke off toward Naimi Xisi and Ao Duo Li, the two suspected Spellcasters, leaving three to confront Peng Peng, but they no longer attacked at full force, instead consciously guarding the wandering Jiafuna Si.

"Really troublesome," Naimi Xisi said, frowning at the incoming Golems, and extended a finger.

Surging Mana poured from his fingertip, forming a powerful invisible telekinetic force; the two‑meter‑tall Golem was instantly lifted, the massive force flung it, slamming it against a nearby wall.

"That furnace must be dealt with."

The furnace in the southeast corner blazed fiercely; clearly it was a Magic Item forged with superb alchemical art, and if the furnace wasn't destroyed, these Golems would likely keep resurrecting.

Naimi Xisi continuously chanted incantations, Mana and Divine Spell power ignited, and a massive nine‑meter‑tall hand suddenly appeared in the air.

Five‑Ring Evocation Spell—【Biggi Protective Palm】! Compared with the ten‑meter 【Biggi Capture Palm】, the Protective Palm's initial height was only three meters, but under dual enhancement of 【Ao Ling Fusion】 and 【Ao God Fusion】, its size doubled! The huge hand nearly brushed the ceiling edge, racing toward the furnace at breakneck speed; the Golems instantly abandoned their clash with the Fire Giant and Sun Elf, trying to block the hand, but to no avail.

The hand deftly evaded the Golems, avoiding being nullified by anti‑magic fields, then slammed down on the furnace with massive force!

Bang!!

The Protective Palm strike, reinforced, reached at least 40 points of Strength; the seemingly solid furnace was toppled, a pool of black liquid poured out from the flames, and the raging fire instantly extinguished.

The Golems were quickly dealt with by Jiafuna Si; this time, without the furnace's summoning, the Golems honestly turned into fragments lying on the ground.

"Is this... Hell Oil?" Naimi Xisi walked to the furnace, sniffed the black pool, uncertain.

Hell Oil is a regulated resource of the Nine‑Layer Hell plane, refined from souls by the great devils, a precious alchemical material.

It closely matches the Earth legend of the 'Philosopher's Stone', serving almost like a universal solvent in the crafting of Magic Items.

The Golems' rapid regeneration is likely due to the furnace burning Hell Oil.

Tsk tsk, what a waste.

Naimi Xisi produced a bottle, slowly collecting the black liquid from the ground; this thing is extremely valuable—one gram can be exchanged for a magic gem worth five thousand gold coins!

The liquid on the ground is worth at least a hundred‑thousand, even on the low end!

(End of Chapter)