Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 179 I'm here to help you!

The moment Lin Ye and the puppet army appeared, Balan's ferocious dragon head slowly turned around, its eyes, made of pure lava, revealing endless anger and hatred.

The next moment, it opened its enormous mouth, big enough to swallow a truck whole.

not good!

A warning bell rang loudly in Lin Ye's mind.

The next moment, a huge fireball, more than ten meters in diameter and so intense that it made the entire lava space pale in comparison, roared toward his location.

Just as Lin Ye was about to dodge, he discovered that the fireball suddenly disintegrated and exploded in mid-air!

Balan's goal from the beginning was not to kill him precisely, but to burn him and all the puppets behind him to death!

boom--!
A terrifying wave of fire swept in with unstoppable force, instantly engulfing the entire platform where Lin Ye was located.

Those puppets that walked in front of Lin Ye to clear the way for him were all melted away before they could even take a single breath in the face of this power.

It turned into puddles of black slime, and then evaporated completely in the next second.

The fire lasted for more than ten seconds before slowly dissipating.

The high platform was a scene of devastation, with only the red-hot rocks remaining.

A hint of human contempt appeared on Balan's ferocious dragon head.

However, in the next moment, its contempt froze.

At the center of the fire wave, a figure slowly emerged.

That tiny human being was completely unharmed!
Balan could clearly see a layer of black scales, shimmering with shadows, covering the human's body and completely shielding it from the intense heat and flames it spewed.

Lin Ye shook off the remaining sparks on his arm, his heart also stirred with emotion.

Shadowscale's fire resistance was previously more of an add-on; he had never counted on it.

He was quite certain that if that exploding fireball had come, even a leader of the Shadow Scale Clan like Garacha would have been roasted into a dried lizard on the spot.

But all I felt was a burning sensation.

"Roar!"

Balan let out an angry roar, seemingly unable to accept that his attack had been so easily neutralized.

Lin Ye didn't waste any more words with him.

With his legs slightly bent, he charged towards Balan in the center of the lava lake like an arrow released from a bow.

Between the high platform beneath our feet and the lava lake lies hundreds of meters of empty space.

Lin Ye was in mid-air when a purple crystal platform materialized beneath his feet. He stepped on the platform with his toes, accelerated his body a second time, and leaped out again.

Using his crystallization ability, he built a high-speed aerial corridor for himself above the lava lake, where it was impossible to stand.

His objective was clear: Balan was sealed by the stone pillars, and there must be blind spots and attack dead zones behind it.

Balan clearly realized his intentions, and eight enormous lava tentacles danced wildly, stirring up the entire lava lake.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Thick pillars of lava fire shot up from the lake surface, accurately predicting Lin Ye's landing point, attempting to blast him into the lava below.

Lin Ye's figure constantly changed direction and twisted in the air, like a dancer twirling swords, managing to avoid fatal attacks at the last second each time.

He quickly managed to get behind Balan.

The Piercing Star Spear shone brightly with golden light, condensing a powerful and fierce strike, and fiercely stabbed towards the back of Balan's head, who was bound.

However, before Lin Ye could achieve his goal, he heard a roar that resounded throughout the heavens and the earth!

boom!
What followed was an overwhelming surge of mental energy!

Lin Ye felt as if his sea of ​​consciousness was a small boat in a raging storm. Only by calming his mind could he avoid being affected and directly stunned!
The next second, the entire lava lake boiled completely.

The lake surface suddenly rose upwards, transforming into a colossal wave of lava that blotted out the sky, crashing down towards Lin Ye's location.

Lin Ye's pupils contracted as massive purple crystal walls rapidly condensed in front of him, attempting to block this devastating attack.

However, the crystal wall began to melt and shatter the moment it came into contact with the giant wave of lava.

However, Lin Ye used the crystal wall as a shield and bought himself some time. He then condensed another layer of crystal wall, pushed off with his right leg, and his figure shot back to the platform beside the lava lake like an arrow.

Lin Ye sighed again, if [Taotie] could be upgraded, allowing him to possess more temporary skills, his combat style would be infinitely more flexible.

He no longer needs to constantly switch between crystallization and shadow scales.

Just as Lin Ye was pondering how to break the deadlock, Balan launched an even more frenzied attack.

His eight tentacles plunged into the lava lake below, and when they withdrew, each held a weapon made of lava.

The giant axe, burning with crimson flames, was incredibly sharp, and its lava spear was in no way inferior to the Star Piercing Spear in his hand...

It can even forge weapons using lava as a material!
Lin Ye instantly recalled what Su Yunjin had taught in class.

The superior race of the Molten Demon Clan is the Star Ember Clan, which stands at the very top of the pyramid throughout the entire Heavenly Abyss.

This race was born from the creation furnace of the second world of Tianyuan. They are natural-born forging masters. To date, they possess a large number of infamous weapons in the hands of alien races, as well as a few divine weapons plundered from human martial saints and martial gods.

They were all made by the Star Ember Clan.

As a secondary, inferior race resulting from the reproduction of the Star Ember Clan and other inferior races, the Molten Demon Clan also inherited a trace of the original ability of forging.

The next moment, eight lava weapons of different shapes, along with the sky-covering lava wave, formed a deadly combined attack on Lin Ye on the high platform.

Lin Ye had nowhere to hide.

At the critical moment, his body suddenly became ethereal and transparent.

[Phase Transition]!
All the attacks passed through his illusory body and landed in empty space.

Giant waves of lava crashed against the distant rock walls with a deafening roar, and the entire underground space trembled violently.

Lin Ye had already passed through the attack and appeared in front of Balan.

His eyes had turned blood red.

【violent】!
The attribute value instantly doubled!
Lin Ye's figure vanished from his original spot, and in the next instant, he appeared atop Balan's enormous dragon head.

The speed also exceeded Balan's reaction limits.

Golden light burst forth from the Piercing Star Spear, and an extremely dense flow of energy swirled around it. Lin Ye also switched to the Soul Chasing Style.

Unfortunately, in order to resist the high temperature on Balan's body, he could only temporarily switch to Shadowscale.

There's no way to enhance this attack using crystallization.

He thrust his spear down.

puff!
The spearhead pierced Balan's skull.

"Roar--!"

Balan let out a roar of extreme pain, his massive body twisting wildly as he tried to shake off the ant above him.

But Lin Ye's feet seemed to be rooted to its head, and no matter how much it struggled, it did not budge.

Lin Ye was shocked.

His skull was pierced, but he felt no reaction other than pain.
Ultimately, it's because the head isn't the Molten Demon's vital point.

Or was his skull too thick, and he couldn't pierce it at all?
As Lin Ye pondered, he flashed away in an instant.

The Piercing Star Spear in his hand flashed continuously, with golden light suddenly appearing!
Each shot left a bottomless hole in Balan's massive body, and the domineering evil energy raged wildly within it.

After several attempts, Lin Ye also discovered Balan's defensive tendencies.

He was intentionally or unintentionally preventing himself from attacking the core of his chest!

Lin Ye understood.

Since you're afraid, then I'll just attack here!
In the next instant, all his attacks were directed at the same spot.

On Balan's chest, the dark red core of the furnace!
When Lin Ye's spear tip was less than three meters away from the core, all of Balan's lava tentacles suddenly contracted inward, closing up like flower petals to tightly protect the core in front of his chest.

Want to defend against it?

Can you defend against it?
Lin Ye left a lingering shadow on the spot.

[Instantaneous Movement]!
The next moment, he appeared beside Balan like a ghost. All the fierce energy on the Piercing Star Spear converged at one point, and the golden light seemed capable of piercing through everything!

Lin Ye concentrated all his strength into this single shot.

puff--!
The Star Piercing Spear pierced Balan's body with perfect accuracy from the side, and plunged deep into the core of the furnace that was protected by layers of guards!

Crack! The core's hard outer shell shattered.

The Piercing Star Spear swept through the enemy like a whirlwind, completely piercing through them.

A strange, crimson blood essence slowly flowed out from the shaft of the spear.

"Roar--!"

Balan let out a mournful cry that echoed throughout the entire underground world, and all its tentacles, with a resolute determination to perish together, suddenly turned around and slammed down.

Lin Ye felt an irresistible force coming at him, as if he had been hit by a high-speed train, and his body instantly lost control.

Rumble——!
He was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the rock wall behind him. The enormous impact even collapsed half of the underground cave, and countless tons of boulders crashed down, completely burying his figure.

The next moment, the rubble shot out like cannonballs, exploding with a loud bang.

A figure darted out from the crowd and landed steadily on the only remaining high platform; it was Lin Ye.

He was unharmed, except that the shadow scales covering his body had lost some of their luster.

Lin Ye looked at the vast lava lake, but Balan's enormous figure was nowhere to be seen.

In Lin Ye's line of sight, the crimson marker indicating the Balan level [LV.45] was slowly swimming in the depths of the lava sea below.

His gaze fell on the still-standing black stone pillar in the center of the lake, and a thought arose in his mind.

Balan... he might have already escaped.

The vague prompts when the system released the P3 phase tasks earlier seemed to have already hinted at this.

This seal has probably long since become a mere formality.

Its posture just now was probably just for its own benefit.

Or rather, it was made for the humans who had previously sealed it here.

Lin Ye looked at Balan sinking into the lava lake, and things became tricky.

Even though he had previously killed the Molten Demons and gained considerable fire resistance, along with Shadow Scale's fire resistance, there was absolutely no way he could directly burrow into this lava that could melt steel.

Just as Lin Ye was temporarily at a loss, a familiar voice came from the cave entrance behind him, carrying a hint of boldness.

"Brother Lin—!"

"I'm here to help you!"

Lin Ye turned around and saw Dongfang Zhen's figure emerge from the passageway.

He gripped the halberd in his hand and then leaped down.

Rumble...!
A thunderclap sounded, and Lin Ye was overjoyed.

The person he was shaking has arrived.

Dongfang Zhen had only been there a short time. He had also followed the marks that Lin Ye had made on the outside to get into the cave.

Upon arrival, they witnessed the entire process of Lin Ye piercing Balan's core in the chest and then being sent flying by a single blow.

Before Lin Ye could respond, Dongfang Zhen was already radiating intense lightning, and his majestic and domineering Thunder Lord Dharma form once again materialized.

Without the slightest hesitation, he transformed into a streak of purple lightning and plunged headfirst into the surging sea of ​​lava!

Lin Ye's eyes twitched slightly.

Only magic can fight magic!

One is the elementalization of lava, and the other is the elementalization of lightning.

In this state, Dongfang Zhen was indeed able to ignore the terrifying heat of the lava.

Lin Ye couldn't help but feel a little envious. This ability to transform into elements was indeed convenient. He wondered if he would have the chance to use [饕餮] to get one for free in the future.

Standing on the high platform, he could only see the lava lake below surging wildly like boiling water.

Huge bubbles burst open, and violent lightning and dark red lava collided fiercely in the depths of the lake, creating towering waves.

The entire underground space trembled violently from their battle, the terrifying force of which was truly awe-inspiring.

A moment later, accompanied by a roar of unwilling anger, the lava lake exploded!

Balan's massive body was forcibly pulled from the bottom of the lake by an overwhelming force of thunder, and was once again exposed to the air.

Its body, made of lava, was covered with charred electric shock scars, with purple arcs of electricity constantly leaping at the wounds.

Dongfang Zhen's Thunder Lord Dharma Image followed closely behind, hovering in mid-air, its aura noticeably weaker than before.

Neither side could gain the upper hand in the lava lake, but Dongfang Zhen had no intention of killing the lord-level lava demon directly; his goal was clear.

It's about forcing Balan out from under the lava pool!
Lin Ye glanced at Dongfang Zhen and instantly understood that Dongfang Zhen was expending a great deal of energy maintaining his Dharma form, and his physical strength was rapidly depleting.

He couldn't miss this opportunity that Dongfang Zhen had created for him.

However, Balan, forced out of the lava lake, went mad.

Its eight giant lava arms swung wildly, and the eight enormous weapons of different shapes drew deadly trajectories in the air.

He no longer focused on attacking any specific target, but instead launched an indiscriminate and devastating attack on the entire area!
Sword light, blade wind, axe shadow... violent energy tore through the air, slicing the surrounding rock walls to pieces.

At the same time, the entire lava lake rose like a surging tide, with the water level rising rapidly at a visible speed, instantly submerging the platform beneath Lin Ye's feet!
Lin Ye felt a chill run down his spine and instantly understood.

Just now, Balan went down below not only to hide and repair the core, but also to directly open up the connection between this rock lake and other lava channels!
Magma from other magma chambers began to release pressure, naturally causing the magma in their underground space to rise as well.

Rumble...!
An even more violent tremor followed, the earth shook violently, and a large amount of debris fell down.

Outside, the towering, apocalyptic volcano, whose black plumes of smoke had been steadily rising, momentarily stopped, and the long river of lava flowing along its surface paused as well.

After the deathly silence came an even more terrifying tremor.

Lin Ye's eyelids twitched.

He suddenly realized that the volcano... might really be about to erupt.

This may have been Balan's plan from the very beginning.

"Humans...must...die!!"

Balan's ferocious dragon head let out an indistinct roar. The core that had been pierced through its chest was now forcibly sealed by a mass of molten lava compressed to its limit, and no more essence blood seeped out.

Lin Ye had nowhere to stay.

With a thought, a purple crystal platform instantly materialized beneath his feet.

But without the protection of Shadow Scales, relying solely on the golden aura to withstand the scorching heat that distorted the air in this space made him feel as if he were being roasted on a fire, with waves of stinging pain coming from his skin.

Based on this situation, he definitely won't last thirty seconds!

Just then, several sharp, cold lights pierced through the air.

That is……

Zhang Daoxuan's flying sword!

Lin Ye and Dongfang Zhen felt much more at ease!

Nothing is more reassuring than seeing your comrades arrive again at this moment.

Zhang Daoxuan's clear voice then rang out:

"You all attack with all your might, I'll create a foothold!"

Lin Ye looked in the direction of the sound and saw Zhang Daoxuan's figure flash and appear on the distant mountain wall. He fiercely thrust his main sword, Zhenyue, into the rock wall to stabilize himself.

The other twelve sub-swords, like a swarm of silver bees that had received a command, buzzed and scattered in all directions, hovering in mid-air.

Lin Ye understood instantly.

He immediately switched [Crystallization] back to [Shadow Scale], and the burning and stinging sensation disappeared instantly.

The amethyst platform beneath my feet dissipated, and my body began to fall.

But the next moment, a silver streak appeared precisely beneath his feet.

Lin Ye used the momentum to stomp down, causing the flying sword to sink slightly, but Zhang Daoxuan managed to stabilize it again.

Lin Ye transformed into a golden streak of light, thrusting his spear forward, pointing directly at Balan!

"Time is of the essence, we must act swiftly and decisively, the volcano is really about to erupt!"

Zhang Daoxuan's voice came again, his tone full of solemnity.

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