Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Lin Gui's eyes suddenly turned cold.

A blinding light shone from the tip of the staff, and magic surged forth from its shaft.

He pointed to the gaping, blood-red maw in front of him.

In an instant, a black "iron block" of just the right size appeared out of thin air in front of him.

The iron block was completely black, with a rough surface and sharp edges, and was about the size of a person's embrace.

The brain-digger's four fangs snapped shut, biting precisely into the iron block.

Then--

Click.

A crisp sound.

Several broken fangs flew out of the brain-digging demon's mouth.

It traced several arcs in the air before falling to the sand with a thud.

The brain-digging demon's body suddenly stiffened.

It tried to crush the iron block in its mouth, but the iron block didn't budge.

It tried to spit out the iron block, but it got stuck between its fangs, neither going up nor down.

What makes it even more painful is...

The heavy iron block entered its stomach as it swallowed it.

The brain-digging demon's body crashed to the ground with a thud, like a piece of cloth weighed down with lead weights.

The sand was smashed into a shallow pit, and it curled up in the pit, trying to roll over in pain.

But he was pinned to the sand by his own belly.

Several broken teeth fell from its mouthparts and scattered on the sand.

The scene was both terrifying and comical.

Elvia's mouth gaped open, staring blankly at the brain-digging demon struggling on the ground:

"What the hell is this?!"

Lin Gui said solemnly:

"Brain-Digging Demon".

"We saw the traps it left behind in the Whispering Forest."

"no!!"

Elvia pointed to the brain-digger demon whose neck was stuck in an iron block and whose belly was being crushed by a heavy object.

The volume of their voices increased by eight octaves.

"I'm talking about that thing you conjured up!!"

Lin Gui explained quickly.

"It's the wreckage of the drill bit from our transport vehicle."

"I had the dwarves help me melt them down into iron blocks, each cubic meter weighing 49 tons."

Elvia couldn't help but swear.

"Holy crap! It can be used like that?!"

She had never seen anyone deal with the Mind-Digging Demon like this before.

The ant colony sensed the crisis immediately.

Their previously steady crawling suddenly accelerated.

Its six segments move in alternating motions, propelling it rapidly across the sand.

Ants swarm between the entrances of their red sand nests.

Clutching tightly to the edge of the sand wall, trying to avoid further attacks.

But there is more than one brain-digging demon.

The sand and soil exploded again.

The second brain-digging demon burst from the ground from the side and front, its fangs bared, and pounced on the ant swarm.

Lin Gui waved again.

Another piece of iron appeared out of thin air and was precisely stuffed into the mouth of the brain-digging demon.

Click.

Several more broken teeth flew out.

The brain-digging demon was also dragged and slammed to the ground by the heavy iron block, struggling in pain.

The third one.

The fourth one.

One after another, the brain-diggers crashed onto the sand.

Some had iron blocks stuck in their throats, while others were crushed by iron blocks falling into their abdomens and unable to move.

Broken fang fragments were scattered on the sand, like a pile of shattered white stones.

The air was filled with the painful howls of the brain-digging demon.

Elvia gripped the Sun Chaser tightly, her sharp gaze sweeping across her surroundings.

She wanted to jump off the ant's back to finish it off.

But Lin Gui's stern voice boomed behind her:

"Don't go down!!"

"If you step into a trap, you might never get out!"

"This place is all quicksand, filled with secret tunnels dug by these underground sand worms and demons!"

"Don't leave the ant's back!!"

Elvia's movements suddenly stopped.

She crouched down, pressing herself tightly against the ant's carapace.

Lin Gui kept emphasizing this point throughout the journey.

They almost never leave the ant's back.

Physiological problems are addressed through Lin Gui's earth magic.

They forcibly built a temporary toilet on the red sand to solve the problem.

Elvia shouted.

"How can I help you?!"

Lin Gui's voice came from the front:

"Protect Lillian!!"

"Don't let her fall!!"

Upon hearing this, Elvia pinned Lillian down beneath her.

He held the back of her head with his left hand and gripped Zhu Ri tightly with his right.

His eyes scanned the surroundings warily at the constantly leaping brain-digging demons.

The Brain-Digging Demon's body resembled a thick tree trunk.

Its surface is covered with a dark gray carapace, and its mouthparts consist of four curved fangs that open outwards.

The inside of the fangs is covered with fine serrations, each one as sharp as a knife.

All of them are of Hero rank and possess incredible power.

If it weren't for the iron block from the forest ghost, which precisely jammed their fangs...

The force of that single bite was enough to pierce through the ant's carapace, along with the person on its back.

Ironically, those fangs would shatter and fly off the moment they bit into the iron block.

The broken teeth fell onto the sand like white pebbles.

The successive attacks by the brain-digger demons began to trigger a chain reaction.

Some demons who originally had no interest in the ant colony were drawn to the commotion.

They began to approach the ant colony.

A sand lizard emerged from the side opening, its tongue flicking rapidly through the air a few times.

A giant burrowing scorpion stretched its pincers out of the sand and aimed them at the tail of the ant colony.

Several sand centipedes emerged from beneath the sand, wriggling as they approached the ant colony.

The last ant was caught in the trap by a sand scorpion that attacked from the side, which clamped its hind leg.

The ant let out a sharp scream as its body was dragged backward.

Lin Gui's pupils suddenly contracted.

He suddenly leaped off his mount.

The levitation spell supported his body, allowing him to smoothly cross the ant colony.

It landed on the back of the last ant.

The rage that had been gathering on the staff erupted from his hand.

Dozens of jet-black flame blades shot out from the tip of his staff, like a black rainstorm pouring down.

Flame Blade precisely sliced ​​through the sand scorpion's pincers, severing it at the root.

The sand scorpion emitted a piercing hiss.

Dark green liquid spurted from the severed limb, and it retreated hastily into the sand.

Lin Gui looked down at the injured ant at his feet.

Its hind leg had a long gash torn in it.

Dark red blood was seeping from the wound.

Unable to walk, it was about to fall into the devil's mouth.

Lin Gui waved his staff.

The levitation spell lit up again, lifting the injured ant directly into the air.

He raised his hand and flicked the ant toward Elvia:

"Protect it!!"

Elvia looked up blankly.

Then she saw an ant, bigger than herself, fall from the sky.

She instinctively raised her hands high and caught the heavy ant body steadily.

The ants' bodies pressed against her arms, carrying a warm breath and a faint smell of blood.

Elvia stumbled and nearly fell off her mount.

But her feet were firmly planted on the ant's back, and she gritted her teeth to keep her balance.

She looked up at the ant, which was many times larger than herself.

His expression changed from blank to an indescribable breakdown.

"Lin Gui, who the hell did you just tell me to protect?!"

"Protect the ants???!!!"

Elvia probably never imagined this in her life.

There will come a day when I have to protect the demon.