Lu Mingfei, become the King of Elden!

Chapter 168 This is too bizarre

Roar!
A wild roar echoed through the dim cave, followed by a torrent of scalding, crimson water!
Akiel's Flame!

The ferocious dragon head vented its rage without restraint, and the high temperature gathered in its throat instantly scalded the two nearest miners, burning them into charcoal and ash in a mere instant.

The entire cave instantly transformed into a raging inferno. Even Lu Mingfei, the instigator, could feel the scorching heat emanating from the steel.

Dragonfire is one of the most powerful flames in the borderlands. It can burn away all impurities in the world. Even those rotting immortals who cannot die will seek the power of dragonfire, trying to use it to end their lives that should not exist in the world.

The power of high-level dragon offering prayers is remarkable, but the consumption is also enormous.

Lu Mingfei casually beheaded a soldier whose body was already burned beyond recognition, yet who was still trying to attack with his longsword. At the same time, he once again felt admiration for the will of these warriors from Galid.

These low-ranking soldiers held their ground after the outbreak of corruption, built walls of fire, endured the corrosive effects of the crimson decay, and were unafraid of those powerful, mutated creatures. Their strong and heroic spirit is admirable and commands respect from everyone.

If the soldiers are like this, what about their lord?

That legendary figure with lion-like red hair, capable of shattering stars, who fought the Valkyrie Malenia until the Great Dao itself was obliterated, the true demigod powerhouse, General Shattered Star, Ratahn.

He was definitely not like Grek, who needed to rely on limbs to maintain his twisted throne. Moreover, Grek had been defeated by Marlenia and had a humiliating history of "kneeling and licking her feet."

Rataen is a powerful figure capable of fighting Marlenia. Just how powerful are they?
Is it really something that humans can do to defeat demigods?
Forget it, there's no point in thinking about these questions now.
Lu Mingfei let out a long sigh, shook his head, turned around, shouldered his greatsword, and walked towards the other side of the cave.

On a platform not far away, a vertical wooden ladder leads down.

Lu Mingfei climbed down the creaking wooden ladder. Soon, his feet touched solid ground. There, lying quietly, was a long-dehydrated corpse. Above the corpse, an object emitted a flickering, eerie golden light.

At first, he thought he had encountered a wild Blessing, but then he felt that the light was not quite right.

Lu Mingfei reached out and gently touched the object; a passage of text surfaced in his mind:
"A cursed object that imitates the guidance of a blessing. One of the items that can be made. Like a blessing, it emits light to guide the way, but the light is unpredictable."

This is the last straw for those who have lost their way.
Perhaps that unpredictable guidance will, by sheer chance, lead you to the right path.

Mimicry-based blessing?
What the heck? Blessings can even mimic human form?

Lu Mingfei was completely baffled by this enigmatic description, but he still stored the Mimicry Blessing in his own space and continued on his way.

This is a much narrower road.

For some reason, neither miners, soldiers, nor any other monsters appeared on the road after Lu Mingfei until he walked out of the cave.

Two wooden doors, one large and one small, appeared before Lu Mingfei's eyes.

"Tsk, a multiple-choice question..."

He muttered to himself, his gaze shifting back and forth between the two doors:
Which way should we go first?

Pushing open the door rashly would clearly be unwise. His experience in border areas told him that behind the door often lay either battle or a trap.

Or, should we use "sensing" to explore the way first?

With this in mind, Lu Mingfei walked to the larger wooden door.

Om-!
A powerful shock suddenly crashed into his consciousness!

It was a powerful, frenzied, wild, and violent will, like a dormant volcano rolling and roaring behind the door!
Perhaps it was the astonishing pressure emanating unconsciously that caused Lu Mingfei to subconsciously take a step back.

What puzzled him even more was that this wild will resonated strongly with the Dragon's Blessing power flowing within him, as if the dormant dragon blood was responding to some being behind the door, becoming restless, surging and roaring in his veins.

Lu Mingfei suddenly opened his eyes, his face beneath his helmet extremely grave. He instinctively gripped the hilt of the greatsword slung over his shoulder, but even so, he couldn't suppress the throbbing deep within his blood. "What's going on?"

He stared at the massive, tightly closed wooden door, his mind filled with doubt:

"This power...this resonance...could it be..."

An absurd guess came to mind.

"Those Red Lion soldiers...captured a wyvern and locked it up inside?!"

This thought made his palms sweat a little.

Tsk, can't afford to mess with them, can't afford to mess with them..."

Lu Mingfei decisively took two steps back, moving away from the door that exuded an ominous aura.

His gaze shifted to the wooden door next to him, which was noticeably smaller and looked much more plain.

"Isn't it safer here? At least... I haven't sensed anything scary."

He cautiously approached the small door and listened intently.

Inside, all was silent except for the faint sound of wind seeping from the depths of the cave.

He tentatively reached out and gently pushed it.

squeak-

The wooden door groaned oldly as it opened.

Behind the door was a natural cave, dimly lit.

Lu Mingfei slipped inside and closed the door slightly behind him.

He quickly scanned his surroundings.

In the corner were piles of discarded pickaxes and empty wooden barrels, and the air was filled with the smell of dust. At the center of everything was the slightly dim Blessing Point.

Lu Mingfei breathed a slight sigh of relief, hovered his hand over it, and with a thought, a golden ripple rippled through the space.

Just when he thought there was nothing there, something in the corner suddenly moved!
That thing... was round and plump, like a huge, dusty, moss-covered water tank?

It was almost integrated with the rock face, and Lu Mingfei didn't even notice it at first.

"Who?!"

Lu Mingfei's nerves tensed instantly. The heavy greatsword of the Lost Knight was drawn with a clang and he gripped it tightly with both hands, the tip pointing forward, and a murderous aura instantly spread out!
"Wait! Wait! Friend! Don't do it!"

A deep, muffled voice came from the huge object that looked like a pottery jar or an earthenware vat.

The huge pottery jar clumsily turned around, and a round, honest-looking "face" appeared at the mouth of the jar.

It has no eyes or nose, only two holes that look like they were randomly poked out and an arc-shaped slit representing a mouth, which is now opening and closing to make a sound.

This is so weird.

(End of this chapter)