Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 494 Offensive and defensive aliens
"What is this, a flame?"

Mansen, the enchanting purple flame that shot up into the sky almost instantly covered most of the sky above the battlefield, not only dyeing the jade wheel on the dome with a layer of light purple, but even the deep shadows around the battlefield were illuminated one by one by the eye-catching flames.

And just at the border of the flames and shadows, ten tall wolf monsters with human bodies and wolf heads were lined up in a staggered pattern, with pairs of dark green wolf eyes all looking into the distance. Whether it was Cang Jia who was in the lead, or Cang Yi to Cang Kui behind him, their faces looked particularly gloomy when they saw the purple sea of ​​fire that was becoming more and more raging on the battlefield in front of them.

Looking around, the large piles of corpses that were all over the field not long ago have now all turned into giant burning torches, with corpses as firewood and flesh and blood as fuel. Under the boiling purple flames, countless corpses were burned silently, and correspondingly, the monstrous purple flames generated by this were like a surging tide, and soon spread to the sky, covering the sky and the moon!

From burning to expanding, in just a short moment, the rapidly spreading fireworks almost covered the entire battlefield. However, the strange thing was that although the sea of ​​fire was fierce and burned corpses wherever it passed, the temperature around the battlefield did not rise at all. Even the large wolf packs enveloped by the sea of ​​fire, and even the fallen remains of grass and trees along the way, were all safely in the billowing flames and intact.

Therefore, rather than being a flame, this boiling sea of ​​fire was more like an extremely realistic illusion of light and shadow. It looked terrifying, but the inside seemed extremely harmless. The two weird contrasts merged into one at this moment, and successfully caused the wolf guards standing at the edge of the shadow to hesitate for a moment.

"It's similar in shape to fire, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on living things. A, no matter what this thing is, it gives me a very dangerous feeling. If possible, it's best not to touch it rashly, but..."

At this point, Cang Ding paused with a faint light in his eyes, and after hesitating for a few breaths, he continued:

"But from my perception, the human's aura seems to have weakened a lot. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be because of the excessive consumption of energy to create this sea of ​​fire. If we seize the opportunity, we may be able to... Of course, in addition to this possibility, we cannot rule out the possibility that the other party is deliberately using himself as bait to lure the enemy deeper."

A voice mixed with murderous intent and a bit of hesitation came from behind. Cang Jia, the leader of the Wolf Guards at the front of the team, did not respond. His narrow wolf eyes swept over the corpses scattered on the ground in the sea of ​​fire in the distance that were almost completely burned, and the large group of wolves beside the corpses that were also covered in the sea of ​​fire but remained intact. Finally, they locked onto a blurry human figure tightly wrapped in countless flames in the center of the sea of ​​fire.

Cang Ding's reminder was correct. According to common sense, facing this strange and unknown sea of ​​fire, since its true or false is still unclear, no matter how tempting the fighter opportunity in front of you is, the safest way is to stay away from it first, and then calmly try to strangle it together after figuring out its nature.

But unfortunately, all the reasons are worthless in the face of the Wolf King's orders. As the king's pioneer, there is no retreat. In order to present the human's head as soon as possible, Cang Jia will never allow any wolf guard to shrink back.

"Your Majesty Cang Yue has waited long enough. Do you understand? Everyone, we don't have much time."

"Ren, Kui, and Ji, go and test the situation first. If you can do it, bring back his head!"

As soon as the words fell, a low voice of response sounded behind Cang Jia at the same time, and then three blurry wolf shadows jumped out of the team one after another. One was wrapped in the water flow and rushed out one after another, one turned into mist and dissipated, and the last one sank directly into the ground and disappeared.

.........

In the distance, on the battlefield, the raging and spreading sea of ​​fire had turned the originally brutal fight between the two armies into chaos. Although the seemingly dangerous feasting fire could not actually affect living things, all the wolves enveloped in the flames still began to flee in all directions driven by instinctive fear.

At this moment, in the center of the sea of ​​fire, Xu Yue, whose mana was almost exhausted, was drinking the little royal jelly left in the gourd in his hand. As the sweet honey with a strong smell of blood poured into his throat, his originally pale face quickly turned rosy.

At the same time, driving this scale of fire to generate and evenly spreading it to most of the battlefield, this operation almost drained more than 90% of his mental power in an instant. Therefore, the larger the scale of the sea of ​​fire was, the more painful his brain was now.

Of course, compared with the results achieved, the price paid was only the near exhaustion of mental strength, which can be said to be insignificant.

After a few breaths, feeling the intense pain in his skull gradually subside, Xu Yue, who was still sitting high on the wolf's back, let out a long sigh and put the black gourd in his hand, which had become a little lighter, back into the space. Looking around, he saw that the towering pile of corpses under the wolf riders' feet, which was originally piled up like a mountain, was now only a large piece of black ashes. Looking further out, there was an endless billowing purple flame that covered the sky and the moon.

And right between this sea of ​​fire and scorched earth, the scattered undead were sparsely scattered around, and packs of wolves all over the field were fleeing in panic. The once manic roars were gradually replaced by hurried footsteps. With Xu Yue on the back of the wolf rider as the center, it seemed that all beings except him were struggling to escape from the sea of ​​fire and running away madly.

No! To be precise, not all of them. As he scanned the surroundings, Xu Yue's slender eyebrows slightly raised. Through 360° vibration perception without blind spots, even though they were far apart, he could still clearly distinguish three subtle vibrations going upstream amidst the countless chaotic footsteps running outward.

“Only three of them came…”

The three vibrations that he sensed were still approaching rapidly, but Xu Yue on the wolf's back remained calm, and there was even a hint of regret in his tone.

Even though the previous beast tide seemed to be overwhelming and would not stop until one was dead, in the final analysis they were just cannon fodder and miscellaneous soldiers who won by numbers. He did not think that the wolf pack under the command of the Cang Yue Wolf King was really limited to this level.

Therefore, when the wolf pack that relied on numbers to crush others began to lose strength, it was not surprising that what he would face next was a more targeted second wave of powerful attacks from the wolves. Xu Yue was not surprised at all, or to be more precise, he was already a little impatient.

"Warm-up is complete, let's get ready for the second game..."

The slightly twisted neck made a crisp sound, and as he whispered, Xu Yue easily pulled out the Fang Tian Huaji that was standing on the right side of the wolf rider. At the same time, a tiny spot of light drawn from the fire in his dantian slowly emerged from the tip of his outstretched index finger.

Soon, when the light spot took shape and was flicked out by his finger, the next moment, the belated raging heat wave finally started from him and bared its fangs towards the entire battlefield with a grin.

It was like pouring a handful of thick ink into clear water. It was clearly only a tiny speck of light an inch in size, but when it came into contact with the large fire surrounding the wolf rider, it instantly stirred up waves of heat that were a mixture of scorching heat and chill.

There were no unusual sounds, no roars, only the terrifying high temperature that surged outward silently.

Looking down from the sky, the boiling sea of ​​fire below, which was originally an enchanting purple, was now being rapidly eroded by a glaring dark red. Unlike the gentle and harmless fire of feasting, the flames of hell after the transformation were extremely ferocious. The spreading heat wave was like a surging sea of ​​blood, burning everything wherever it passed, and even the invisible and intangible void began to distort slightly.

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Q: How long does it take to completely transform a seemingly dangerous but actually harmless sea of ​​fire into a true burning purgatory?
Answer: It will come in a moment!

A few breaths ago, above the battlefield, Cang Kui, who had transformed into water mist, was looking down from above and flying straight over the chaotic wolves fleeing on the surface. Thanks to the obvious advantage of flying in the air, although the water mist's speed was slightly slower, he was still the one closest to the front among the three wolf guards.

His sight penetrated the increasingly dense purple flames around him. Now he could even see more clearly the ferocious figure sitting astride a wolf and holding a halberd in the center of the sea of ​​fire, especially the long halberd with a coiled dragon shrouded in black mist in the figure's hand. When his sight touched the halberd, in a trance, Cangkui seemed to see the relief of the coiled dragon perched at the end of the halberd blade opening a pair of greedy scarlet dragon eyes straight towards him.

When their eyes met, an intense feeling of suffocation as if something was gripping their hearts instantly swept over their bodies. The scale of time was infinitely stretched at this moment, as if a long time had passed, and yet it seemed like only a short moment, until a vast wolf howl exploded in their minds, and Cangkui, who was frozen in the air above the battlefield, was able to forcibly break away from the illusion that was almost on the verge of death.

His dilated pupils solidified again, but soon shrank again. What he saw was no longer the purple sea of ​​fire that he had just confirmed to be harmless. Instead, it was replaced by a scorching crimson that swept over him.

The pungent smell of sulfur first filled his nostrils, and then a large area of ​​distorted red fiercely occupied every inch of space within his sight. The rolling heat waves, and the ensuing terrifying high temperature instantly evaporated the thick mist surrounding the sunflower.

The next second, the mist dissipated, and a tall figure with a wolf head and a human body emerged out of thin air in the sea of ​​fire, but was immediately completely engulfed by the surging dark red flames.

"Do not!!"

There was nowhere to dodge, and Cangkui only had time to let out a shrill wail before endless flames began to pour into his body through every inch of his body. His fur, flesh, and even his ethereal soul all turned into fuel for the massive expansion of the flames of hell at the same time.

When the flames passed, all that was left was a white skeleton that had been completely devoured and chewed up by the flames, falling helplessly from mid-air.

On the other side, Cang Ren, who was also a wolf guard, had just crossed the fleeing wolves when he heard an extremely familiar wailing sound in his ears. His gaze suddenly moved upwards, looking at the wolf-shaped skeleton falling from the sky in the distance, and the dark red flames that were about to approach. His galloping movements suddenly froze, and then his originally cold expression was quickly replaced by an almost uncontrollable deep despair.

Cang Kui's strength is almost the same as his. Since the other party couldn't even hold on for a moment in front of the sweeping flames, the result would be the same if it were him. It's just a matter of who screams more miserably at the moment of death.

As for running? With the speed of the flames spreading and the scale of their coverage, there was no possibility of escape at this distance. He was like a moth that had fallen into a trap. To be more precise, he was going to die anyway!
"Just leave early, human. I will wait for you in hell."

Although exploring the way is a life-threatening job, when facing death, Cang Ren found that he still couldn't remain calm. As he finished speaking, the spiritual energy in his body began to surge out at all costs, and soon condensed the surrounding water into a huge iceberg. However, as the raging flames roared past, in front of the hellfire that could easily burn even steel, the so-called iceberg melted in an instant, and in the end, all that was left was a giant wolf corpse with its skin and flesh gone.

Like a giant wheel crushing insects, the successive burning of the two wolf guards did not affect the spread of the hellfire at all. In just less than a few seconds, the purple sea of ​​fire that covered most of the battlefield completely turned into a terrifying dark red purgatory.

The white corpse, devoid of all flesh and blood, fell heavily to the ground, and behind it, hundreds of densely packed wolves that failed to escape from the sea of ​​fire in time soon met the same fate.

Wherever the flames passed, the originally chaotic and hurried footsteps instantly turned into dead silence. Countless wolves wrapped in flames first stopped moving, and then their skin and flesh all turned into black ash in the unspeakable dead silence. In the end, only a forest of white bones remained standing.

Time passed slowly in this dead silence. The dark red sea of ​​purgatory fire lasted for several long minutes. Until no living creature could be seen within the coverage area, the endless flames that stretched for hundreds of meters finally dissipated.

Looking through the distorted hot air that was scorched by the residual high temperature, the former battlefield has turned into an endless expanse of pitch-black scorched earth. The boundless black cannot even see the slightest ups and downs. Apart from the endless black ash all over the ground, all that can be seen is a large number of white bones scattered on the scorched earth.

The extreme black and striking white are intertwined within the field of vision. Although it is quiet and silent, all those who watch this extremely shocking picture can't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and their ears can faintly echo the shrill wails of countless dying souls as they are burned to death under the scorching flames.

"Kakaka..."

The next moment, as the cold moonlit wind swept across the scorched earth, the originally dead silence was suddenly broken by a sound similar to the friction of bones. Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw that under the cold moonlight, the forest of white bones that should have been dead seemed to be "coming alive" again.

Countless hideous skeleton wolves slowly raised their heads under the moonlight, and in their empty eye sockets, dark red soul fires ignited one after another, with the flames connecting into a continuous piece, as if the previous sea of ​​purgatory fire had not actually dissipated, but had transformed in a more 'lively' way into the hellish death tide that was about to erupt and on a larger scale before their eyes.

"The second round has begun, everyone. Death is never the end, but then again, who can escape death?"

A cold but somewhat teasing voice came from behind the forest of bones that was gradually boiling. As the words fell, a giant, slightly illusory banner automatically appeared above the forest of bones. As the wide, azure blue flag slowly unfolded, countless points of light suddenly fell like drizzle.

Spots of light fell from the sky like rain, and below them flames were spreading ragingly. As the drizzle and the flames intertwined, rapidly expanding skeleton beasts began to roar silently. Their sharp bone claws shattered the dust, and the overflowing flames penetrated the rift valley. The dark red soul fire that rose from their empty eye sockets almost jumped out of their bodies.

Soon, when the illusory banner in the air dissipated, what stood on the scorched earth was a vast death tide composed of nearly a thousand giant wolves of hell. At this point, in just a few minutes, the death tide that was almost destroyed by the endless wolf pack not long ago was completely "reborn from the ashes", and was even far better than before.

In other words, now, it’s the attack and defense of aliens!
"Crush them!"

"boom!!"

The thunderous footsteps shattered the orders from behind, and then hundreds of giant wolves of hell began to charge together. The earth continued to wail in the tremor, and the place where the sword of death tide pointed was exactly the shadow of the dense forest in the distance that had poured out countless wolves.

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In the distance, at the edge of the shadow, the Wolf King Guards led by Cang Jia are still waiting here, but the aura around them has become more stagnant than a few minutes ago.

Looking at the mighty tide of death charging towards him, Cang Jia's eyes were cold, and his wolf mouth with exposed fangs twitched and let out a low sneer.

The Gray Wolf Clan has been rampant in the Savage Forest for hundreds of years. They have always hunted other creatures with their overwhelming absolute numerical advantage. Have they ever been countered by others in the same way?

"So... now we are the ones being bullied by the majority?"

Seemingly self-deprecating words came out of Cang Jia's throat, but no one behind him dared to respond. They could all hear the extreme anger and biting humiliation that was almost insane in this self-deprecating voice.

It was not until the rushing death tide in front of them got closer that Cang Ding, who was the best at sensing and detecting among the Wolf Guards, finally gritted his teeth and asked Cang Jia in front of him.

"A, what should we do next? Should we avoid it first, or..."

"Hide?" The wolf head flashing with lightning suddenly looked back, and its pair of wide-open red wolf eyes instantly silenced the six wolf guards behind Cang Jia.

"That human was able to wipe out most of the wolf pack with just a halberd. Now it's our turn, but you want me to hide?"

The cold gaze slowly swept from Cang Yi to Cang Xin, and finally turned back to look at the vast tide of death that was approaching in front of him. The blood color in Cang Jia's eyes seemed to become more and more red, almost as if blood was about to drip.

"If you avoid fighting, you will die. All Wolf Guards, follow me and prepare to break through the Death Tide, and then... tear that human apart alive!"

"Yes!"

The voice of promise rang out from behind Cang Jia at the same time, and before the wolf guards could take action, countless wolves rushed out from the shadows at the rear and interrupted their frontal charge to their death.

The roaring beast tide passed directly over Cang Jia's two sides. At the same time, a command from Cang Yue Wolf King also sounded quietly in his ears.

"I will handle the death tide. You just need to go around the battlefield and kill the human. Don't let me down, A."

"I guarantee it with my life, Your Majesty."

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A moment later, the opposing death tide and the beast herd collided with each other at the edge of the dense forest. The fight between bones and flesh and blood once again became fierce and became more brutal. On the periphery of the battle line, seven fast-moving blurry black shadows were moving forward towards the position behind the death tide.

"Ren and Kui were engulfed by that human's strange flame. What about Ji? Where is he?"

"He should still be lurking underground. Let me look for him... I see him! He's right below that human. Wait, he's making a move! At this distance, he should be... uh..."

.........

"Go on, what was the result of the attack?"

"Uh... I'm dead too..."

"...As expected... Where is that human? Is he injured?"

"...My attack...seems to have failed to break through the defense."

"……………waste!"

(End of this chapter)