Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Although dwarves tried to stop him on the road, Liu Nian ignored them completely and did not attack them. He was joking, these were all his property, killing one would be a loss!

They ran wildly, and the dwarf rushed into a strange, dark building that wasn't very big.

There were dwarf guards at the entrance, but Liu Nian easily slapped them away twice and kicked the door open.

The room was pitch black, and Grubba had vanished without a trace.

After searching around, Liu Nian discovered a secret passage leading underground.

He used his max-level lockpicking skill to quickly break through the mechanism and strode inside. He heard many voices loudly reciting something, and at the same time, a strange whistling sound came from inside.

"Oh no! Are they planning to use a teleportation array to escape?!"

Thinking this, Liu Nian quickened his pace.

Just as he rushed to the door of the innermost secret room, the noise reached its peak!

Liu Nian kicked open the secret room, and the place inside was unbelievably large. It seemed to have used some kind of spatial folding technology, and it looked to be at least a hundred square meters in size and more than ten meters in height!

He saw that in the very center of the secret chamber, there were seven dwarfs, including Grubba.

Gruba and five others stood on the six corners of a hexagonal summoning circle on the ground, while a dwarf stood in the center of the summoning circle, floating in mid-air and struggling in pain, constantly spewing out scorching red light like magma from his seven orifices.

A huge demonic phantom overlapped with him, appearing and disappearing within the magic circle.

Liu Nian breathed a sigh of relief; at least it wasn't a teleportation array.

Grubba was extremely anxious. Liu Nian had come too quickly; their summoning ritual was not yet complete!

If it gets interrupted, that's bad!

However, Liu Nian had no intention of interrupting him. If he were interrupted, there would be no BOSS to fight!

Although Grubba didn't know what Liu Nian was thinking, since the other party was so arrogant, he certainly wouldn't be polite. At the end of the ceremony, he suddenly pulled out a jet-black token carved with a painful face from his pocket and crushed it!

"In the name of the contract, your loyal servant calls upon you, you greedy skinner!"

Then, a loud bang was heard, followed by a huge laugh from the secret room.

Space was torn apart, and a temporary portal, reeking of sulfur and blood, leading to unknown depths, suddenly opened! From within the portal came the sickening sounds of chewing and maniacal laughter.

Immediately afterwards, the dwarf in the center of the summoning circle exploded into a shower of flesh and blood, then merged with the phantom and quickly coalesced into a terrifying demon with no skin, exposed muscles and dark red fascia, curved ram horns, and a long flaming whip!

It exudes a strong aura of the abyss, clearly a level 99 legendary BOSS!

[Level 99 Skinner - Ferghana BOSS (Legendary)]

"Gruba, my little miner, what offering has you made this time... Oh? A powerful human soul? Not bad, not bad!" The skinning demon licked his lips, his greedy gaze fixed on Liu Nian.

Liu Nian thought to himself that this dwarf was indeed colluding with the demons of the abyss.

Well, they're called Abyss Dwarves, so it's quite normal for them to collude with demons.

However, judging from the dialogue, it seems that these dwarves are working as miners for others.

If that's the case, then let me dig it for you too!

Liu Nian took out a bottle of medicine that emitted a golden light and tilted his head back to gulp it down.

Gruba pointed excitedly at Liu Nian and said, "Great master, this person is attacking my castle! Show your might and tear this despicable human to pieces!"

Snapped!

The demon flicked his whip, knocking Grubba and the other dwarves to the ground: "A bunch of useless trash, unable to even handle a mere human! Let me show you how I torture this poor little thing to death!! Hehehehe..."

The demon turned around with a smile, and then saw a fist flying towards him.

A deliberate, deliberate punch!

Bang! ! !

-3229 million (true damage)!!

The demon's massive body suddenly froze, then began to disintegrate and become ethereal. The teleportation array on the ground reactivated, sucking his body in like a black hole...

"No! This is impossible! Your power..."

The dwarfs were stunned, and one of them felt the urge to urinate.

None of you family members understand! The eldest brother barely showed his face, hadn't even finished uttering a few harsh words, and was instantly killed with a single punch!!

One punch!

"I have remembered your soul! I will wait for you in the abyss!! Ah~~~~"

The demon uttered a venomous curse, its physical body could no longer be sustained, and it exploded into a shower of blood before being sent back to the abyss.

"They run fast, huh?" Liu Nian muttered.

These summoned demons are not their true forms and cannot be truly killed, because their true forms reside in the abyss.

However, as the carrier was destroyed, something still broke out.

It is a fist-sized, dark gold, semi-transparent, multifaceted crystal. Occasionally, a phantom image of a demonic face will appear inside, but it will only last for a moment.

This thing has a warm, smooth feel to it, and faintly emits the scent of sulfur and the whispers of the soul.

【Item Name: Abyss Rewind Stone】

[Type: Disposable Consumable]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Item Effect: When used on an undead target (non-player) who is willing to form a servant contract with you, it immediately inflicts a powerful time reversal effect. This effect reverses time on the target, restoring them to their peak condition before they became undead for a very short time.] (Note: A servant is not the same as a pet. A servant has only one life and disappears upon death. Furthermore, servants cannot gain experience points through combat to level up, nor can they equip any pet-specific equipment.)

[Description: An artifact of the Skinner, Fergrass, said to be one of 666 artifacts created to steal the Frost Dragon Legion of the Realm of the Dead for his own use.]

Liu Nian stuffed the item into his backpack and turned to look at the side.

Gruba Yanxu was utterly desperate when he saw his biggest trump card being easily destroyed with a single punch.

The warhammer in his hand clattered to the ground, and Pendra, who had caught up with him, bound him up with spider silk and turned him into a dumpling.

The lord of the castle was captured, the strongest defense was breached, and the demon avatar was driven away... The morale of the dwarves completely collapsed.

The remaining resistance was quickly suppressed by the spider-like elves.

Two hours later, Forgefire Fortress fell completely.

Liu Nian had someone escort Gruba Yanxu directly to the castle's warehouse.

After opening the heavy, runic metal door, the scene inside made Liu Nian beam with joy.

The ore deposits were piled up like mountains, with a wide variety of types, including high-quality Phantom Iron Ore, Shadow Crystal, Stabilized Rock Marrow, Magic Crystal...

The number is indeed quite large.

It seems the dwarves haven't had time to transport all that minerals to the abyss yet, so he's finally gotten a good deal!

Robbery is still the fastest way to make money!

In addition to these minerals, there were also large stockpiles of finely forged equipment and countless crudely refined metal ingots.

"Panderla, have your men arrest every dwarf in the city, regardless of age or gender! Kill any who resist! Inventory all ores, metal ingots, tools, blueprints, books... everything of value, pack them up and take them away!"

Liu Nian had no interest in occupying this place, because it was associated with the Abyss Demons, and there was always a hidden danger here.

As for offending the devil?

Hmph, I'm a transcendent being, why would I be afraid of being burdened by debt?

For the next few hours, Forgefire Castle became a busy moving site.

The dwarves, crying, cursing, and rebelling, were bound by specially made shackles and spider webs used by the spider elves to suppress their power, lined up in long queues, and escorted to the city of exile.

The prison there is still under construction, but it's progressing rapidly. With the materials from the dwarf castle, construction will likely be even faster.

Massive quantities of ore and supplies were also transferred.

Liu Nian even ordered all the hell cannons on the city wall to be dismantled, packed up, and taken away, leaving none behind!

We can communicate with the Upgrade War Command Center about this. They can contribute it first, essentially lending it to them. After the war ends, they will have to pay him a large sum of gold coins or materials so he can use them to repair the floating city.

Otherwise, installing it on the floating city now would be completely useless.

Finally, Liu Nian stood in the summoning array room and glanced at the array that still slowly exuded an abyssal aura.

"I'll keep you for now. When I'm strong enough to explore the Abyss, I'll talk to you again!"

He turned and left the city with the last group of people.

Forgefire Keep, once a glorious underground dwarven castle, has become a desolate shell, with only the demonic portal remaining, like the eye of an abyss, silently watching over the ruins.

In the city of exile, within a brand-new, massive prison district, thousands of dejected dwarves begin their new lives as "skilled laborers."