Ember Dragon

Chapter 691: The Soulless One Rushing to Hell

Avernus, the first layer of Baator.

It is a charred, rubble-strewn wasteland, with mountains and hills with sloping sides breaking up the monotony of the landscape.

In the distance, you can see a huge pillar more than two kilometers high standing in the wasteland. It is made of twisted demon skulls, symbolizing the evil spoils obtained in the bloody battle.

The air was filled with blood-red light and fireballs were flying in the sky. The ground was covered with deep cracks, and miserable cries could often be heard echoing from them. Those were the painful howls of the petitioners wandering here.

Two rough-looking demons with thorny beards on their chins are guarding a gate made of vertebrae.

They were holding rusty machetes, wearing broken armor, and chatting casually.

"Ah, this guard mission is so boring. I don't even see the shadow of an invader. I really envy those guys who were sent to the material plane."

"Yes, it is said that they can easily plunder the souls of hundreds of mortals in the City of Sunrise. It is exactly the place I have always dreamed of."

"Haha, stop dreaming. For devils like us, it's good enough that we are not sent to the Wanyuan Plain to fight those lunatics. There is always a shortage of cannon fodder on the battlefield of bloody battles."

"Yes, the City of Sunrise, a place once favored by the Sun God. That is a pasture that only Lord Zariel's confidants are qualified to go to."

"Rather than hoping to be transferred to Augusta, I'd rather hope that a few mortals will stray here."

Passages to other planes are common in Hell. These passages are called "Gates of the Damned" by mortals and are usually guarded by devils to prevent the invasion of demons and humans - such as these two bearded demon soldiers.

Just as they were talking about "how to torture the mortals who fell in", a ripple suddenly appeared in the center of the skeleton door, and a human stumbled out.

"W-where is this?"

This human was dressed in tattered clothes, looked extremely thin, pale, and harmless, which immediately brightened the eyes of the two soul-hungry demons.

"According to the rules set by Lord Zariel, if we encounter outsiders, we should report them immediately."

"Report it? You are still too naive! This kind of mortal soul is the sweetest and will definitely be fought over by many great devils. By hiding this news, we can also enjoy the taste of fresh souls."

"Yes, he is just a weak mortal anyway, and he can't escape from our grasp."

Thinking of this, the two bearded demons did not activate the communication array, but walked up step by step, surrounded the mortal, and smiled hideously, as if they had already thought of how to torture him.

The demon smiled grimly and said, "Foolish and ignorant mortal, do you know where you are?"

"Devil! It's actually a devil! Could it be hell? I actually broke into hell?"

The human was so frightened that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground. His face was pale and his speech was incoherent, looking like he had been frightened to insanity.

Another bearded demon held his machete in front of the human, looking extremely excited: "That's right, mortal. Congratulations on coming to hell. This is our devil's paradise!"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that a mortal would appear in such a desolate place. What a surprise!"

The bearded demons stood in front of humans, laughing without any scruples, their thorny beards trembling and wriggling, looking twisted and terrifying.

They thought that this human would be so frightened that he completely lost his mind, or even fainted, emitting an aura of fear that they enjoyed immensely.

But the human didn't think so. He stared at the demon in front of him with wide eyes, but a sly smile appeared on his face: "What do you mean by surprise? Translate for me, what do you mean by surprise?"

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The two bearded demons were stunned where they were, holding their machetes, at a loss for a moment.

what happened?

Is this human being scared mad?
One of the bearded demons scratched his head with his claws and replied in a somewhat strange tone: "No need for translation, you are our surprise."

Another beard demon also echoed, "What a stupid mortal, do you need to translate this? It's clearly said."

That "human" suddenly jumped up from the ground at an unimaginable speed, carrying a gust of bloody wind.

Veins popped out on his forehead, sharp fangs appeared in his mouth, and he roared angrily, "I asked you to translate it for me. What the hell is surprise! Joy!"

"No, it's an enemy attack!"

"Damn it! This guy is definitely not a mortal! We have been deceived!"

The two bearded demons were horrified and quickly ran backwards, shouting loudly, trying to report to the higher-level devil.

But it was too late, the prey and the hunter had exchanged positions in an instant.

"Translate for me - what the fuck is a fucking surprise!"

The "human" laughed teasingly. He floated in the air and stretched out two hands with sharp nails. Two deep whirlpools emitting black mist emerged from his palms.

【Blood Demon Black Hole】

Under the extremely powerful attraction, countless pieces of gravel flew into the air, and the two bearded demons flew backwards. They kept struggling and letting out sharp wails.

"Do not--"

"It's a vampire! Damn, whose minions are these?"

"kill him!"

The two bearded demons were sucked into the palm of the "human". They struggled with all their might and swung their machetes behind them. The sharp blades broke through the air.

But with a sound of "swish", the two strong bearded demons were like punctured balloons, shrunken and dried up. All the blood in their bodies was drained, leaving only two dirty, hideous skins, with the tentacles on their chins still trembling.

"Snapped."

The two drained skins were thrown on the ground casually like two pieces of rags.

The "mortal" was suspended in the air. His face was still pale, and a hint of blood-red light flashed across his dark eyes. His body was surrounded by thick blood mist, and a fluttering scarlet cloak was spread out behind him.

"Tsk, this is called a surprise."

The vampire, or rather the white-striped shark, looked down at the bearded demon on the ground with disdain, and spoke in the lazy tone of an aristocrat with a hint of sarcasm.

However, the next moment, his cloak was tugged hard, causing him to almost fall to the ground, and the temperament of the vampire noble was gone.

"Okay, stop pretending to be so awesome. You're just wasting your time killing two monsters. You're just trying to make yourself more dramatic." The Emperor of Europe scolded in annoyance.

Tiansheng Zhan Kuang had a calm expression and whispered, "Be careful, this is a very difficult dungeon with all kinds of monsters and demons. If we attract those big demons, we will be wiped out."

The Night Wolf echoed in a low voice: "Yeah, Boss, we've already come to hell, so let's not waste time."

"How boring, there is no romance at all." Langli Baitiao cursed with disdain, then landed from mid-air and poured a few drops of potion on the remains of Nasu.

In an instant, the two dried skins turned into fine powder and drifted away with the bloody wind, leaving no trace.

Looking up at the blood-red sky, looking at the huge pillars of bones in the distance, breathing the air mixed with the smell of sulfur and blood, Langli Baitiao sighed: "This is hell, what a rare and good place."

The other three looked at him strangely: "What's so good about this place?"

The White Treasure in the Waves hit the back of the Night Wolf's head heavily and said, "It's fine if they don't understand, but don't you, a vampire, understand it either?
This place has no sunlight, is filled with evil, corrupt forces, and countless enemies. It is simply a holy place for us vampire players to level up!"

The European Emperor complained: "It's good enough that you are not regarded as an experience bag by others."

Langli Baitiao turned around, his face full of anger, and his pale face seemed to turn red: "Who asked you? How dare a mere cross-dressing man shout here?" "Who are you talking about, the cross-dressing man?"

"That's what I'm talking about—"

Suddenly, the emblem on Langli Baitiao's right arm flickered, with fire shining through it, and an angry voice sounded in everyone's mind.

"That's enough, Contractor! I spent my energy to teleport you to hell, not for you to keep talking here!"

A flattering smile immediately appeared on Langli Baitiao's face, and he patted his chest and said, "Of course, of course, Lord Bayer.

We will definitely live up to your high expectations, work hard to complete the task accurately and efficiently, and strive to complete the task with quality and quantity, and fight for your cause of regaining Avernus."

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The white shark talked eloquently until the flame emblem completely dimmed, and then he stopped with a look of unfulfilled desire.

The natural warrior wiped his bald head, his mouth twitched slightly, and finally sighed: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's go and complete the task."

The four of them are players who have signed a contract with the devil. They all have their own strengths and are very powerful. They are exactly the "reinforcements" promised by Cassius.

There are more than a hundred elite teams like this in Hell, appearing in every corner of Avernus, all to support Zariel.

However, the team led by Langli Baitiao and Tiansheng Zhan Kuang had the strongest overall strength, with an average professional level of twelve. Naturally, they received extra care from Bayer, their employer.

"Shh-"

Suddenly, a whistling sound came from the sky, and a powerful evil pressure spread.

I saw a powerful devil holding a steel fork, slowly flapping its pair of broad bat wings that were more than ten meters long, flying through the sky.

He is covered with iron-like scales, has a pair of huge horns, and a long whip-like tail. He looks extremely hideous and terrifying. He is none other than the high-level devil in hell - the horned devil.

The Horned Demon looked down at the earth with his cloudy eyes. He seemed to have discovered something unusual near the Cursed Gate and roared, "Where are those two lazy guys?

"These beasts are worse than the Lesser Demons! How dare they disobey the order of Master Zariel - desert their post! I will send them to the Abyss to die!"

He circled over the Cursed Gate several times, but found no trace of the beard demon, and then flew away angrily.

"Huh, it's so dangerous."

The Night Wolf finally breathed a sigh of relief. If he was not a vampire, he would probably be sweating and trembling all over by now.

"This Avernus is indeed a high-risk copy. Even a security captain who guards the area is so powerful." The European Emperor couldn't help but sigh.

The natural warrior looked towards the place where the Horned Demon disappeared, clenched his fists, and said softly, "Challenging a Level 15 demon? I wonder how powerful he will be."

Langli Baitiao put away the cloth covering everyone and shouted, "If it weren't for my cloak of concealment, you would have been wiped out at the beginning. Why don't you call me daddy?"

The European Emperor angrily said: "If you hadn't wasted your time here, we would have slipped away long ago!"

Seeing that the mission had not even begun, there were already many conflicts within the team. The Night Wolf could not get a word in and kept stamping his feet in anxiety.

Finally, the natural warrior stepped forward, hugged the two men with his arms, which were thicker than the waists of ordinary people, and said kindly: "Teammate should put aside conflicts, cooperate with each other, and complete the task together.

You say—isn’t that right?”

Under the gentle gaze of the natural warrior and the coercion of tremendous force, Langli Baitiao and Ou Huang shook hands somewhat stiffly.

The Night Wolf took out a map, pointed to the huge and magnificent building in the distance, and whispered, "Look, that should be our mission location."

At the heart of Avernus is a rugged, rigid, and massive city - the Bronze Fortress.

It is famous for its twelve concentric ring walls, each of which has countless war machines erected. The city is filled with thousands of various low-level demons heading for bloody battles, enough to form several bloody battle legions.

And in the center of the twelve concentric rings of walls is the private fortress of Zariel, the lord of hell who controls Avernus.

"Intruder."

“They are right here.”

"I smell the scent of mortals and must not let them go"

The natural warrior felt the chaotic air currents around him, listened to the subtle and noisy sounds, and said in a deep voice: "If we continue to stay here, we will be in danger of being killed by the horned demon at any time.

Moreover, the nearby demons have already noticed the abnormality near the Cursed Gate, and they are consciously surrounding it."

"Where's your cloak, slut? Take it out now!"

"This thing can only be used once a day, and can only be used for three minutes at a time. I just used up all my strength to resist the horned demon's gaze, so."

"Useless things!"

The European Emperor took out the scroll of prophecy spell, his eyes shone with blue light, and then said: "The southwest direction is their weak point. There are only a group of imps and a Spina Demon there."

"That's it."

"Then let's just charge out!" said the natural warrior confidently.

"Roar--"

The natural born warrior roared and transformed into a muscular giant wrapped in the shackles of hell.

"boom!"

He went berserk and was like a moving mountain, crashing through the city wall and turning a dozen little devils lying in ambush behind him into meat patties.

The White Shark was suspended in the air, releasing hundreds of vampire bats from his cloak, which sucked the nearby demons into withered skins.

"Intruder!"

"We must not let them go!"

"kill him!"

The devils roared, but due to the strong natural war maniacs, no one dared to step forward to fight the enemy. In the fortress in the distance, the horned demon flapped its huge wings and soared into the sky.

"Damn it, we really attracted that security captain!"

The European Emperor once again took out a spell scroll from his backpack and chanted an incantation. A complex and constantly rotating magic circle appeared under the four people.

"The wind is tight, pull!"

The space around them twisted and folded, and their figures became flickering, like phantoms - that was a sign of a teleportation spell.

"Shh-"

With just a crisp sound, the four of them disappeared from the spot in unison.

The horned demon arrived late and could only watch them leave.

The horned demon stretched out its claws unwillingly, wielded its steel fork wildly, and let out a heart-wrenching roar: "No——"

(End of this chapter)