Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

As his vitality irretrievably returned to zero, the life of the Infernal Demon Hephaestus came to an end.

At the same time, in a corner of the Prison Star World, a sixth-level Fire Demon who was struggling suddenly succeeded in evolving and advanced to become a seventh-level Purgatory Fire Demon respected by thousands of Fire Demons.

At this point, the name "Hephaestus" has been passed down. What kind of life the new generation of Purgatory Flame Demons will lead is another story.

At this moment, a black-haired young man came to the body of the Infernal Demon. He was the "manipulator behind the scenes" who dealt the Infernal Demon a fatal blow: Jiang Ran.

But if the damage caused by the equipment is also counted as the user's achievement, then in fact every bit of damage suffered by the Purgatory Flame Demon is caused by Jiang Ran.

In the "battle" with the Infernal Demon Hephaestus just now, Jiang Ran used three tactics successively.

The first method is to use the "Shadow Behind" skill to summon a dark shadow clone to test the Infernal Demon's strength.

The second method of fighting was to be forced to use the divine weapon: "True Soul Blade Katana: Soul Severance", and through the equipment skill "True Soul Flash", he summoned thirteen soul clones to force back the Purgatory Flame Demon, and took the opportunity to recover the "Yanma Hero Sword: Lanzel" and "Shadow Dragon Boots: Ghost Shadow" equipped on the shadow clones.

At this stage, Jiang Ran's true identity has been exposed, and there is no way for the curse "The Hermit's Crown of Thorns" to continue to take effect.

[Note: The effect of Curse: Hermit's Crown of Thorns is that when Jiang Ran's main body is not discovered by the enemy, his attack damage is increased by 50%]

In order to secure victory, Jiang Ran spent a huge amount of money to use his second magical weapon: "Catastrophe War Horn·Goblin Soul". By activating the equipment skill "War Force", he summoned "Arrow God·Goblin King·Zarexus" and the troops led by it, successfully diverting the attention of the Purgatory Flame Demon.

Before summoning the Arrow God, the Goblin King, Jiang Ran had originally planned to cooperate secretly and join forces to fight against the Infernal Demon. However, after seeing the heroic fighting posture of the Arrow God, the Goblin King, he immediately realized that his idea was unnecessary.

The 7th level, 350 level Arrow God, Goblin King, is already powerful enough to rival the 7th level, 350 level Infernal Demon, Hephaestus.

If Jiang Ran intervened in such a evenly matched battle, it would only be a disgrace to the Arrow God, the Goblin King.

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At the end of this battle, the Arrow God, the Goblin King, was defeated by a hair's breadth.

Jiang Ran respected the outcome of the battle between the two sides, but it was impossible for him to release the low-health Infernal Demon.

Relying on the identification ability of the Super-Dimensional Divine Eye and his own damage value calculations, Jiang Ran used the "Shadow Prison Space" move just in time to finish the battle.

Being a profit-seeking realist in the Prison Star world is Jiang Ran's way of survival.

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In order to win this battle, Jiang Ran lost the "Corrupted Dragon Dust Bow" that he had just rebuilt.

He carefully began to dismantle the remains of the Infernal Demon, hoping to get some compensation from it.

What surprised Jiang Ran was that he got something as soon as he cut open the chest of the Infernal Demon.

A crudely shaped redstone pendant was actually hanging on the collarbone of the Infernal Demon.

With the identification ability of the Super-Dimensional Divine Eye, Jiang Ran immediately knew that this was not an ordinary pendant, but a valuable item called the "Heart of the Flame Demon".

The specific effects of the equipment "Heart of the Flame Demon" are:

50. When the wearer is attacked by fire type (including mixed type), the damage taken is reduced by %;

50. When the wearer releases a fire-type skill (including mixed types), the damage caused is increased by %;

3. Immune to all fire damage caused by equipment;

Just three simple lines of text, they may look ordinary, but the numbers following these effects are not ordinary at all.

Jiang Ran had generally seen equipment effects like this that could directly affect percentages, with values ​​in the single digits being the only ones he had seen. Anything up to 10% was considered extremely rare.

And this Heart of the Flame Demon actually gave a direct 50% increase, which was a huge improvement, comparable to Jiang Ran's level being directly raised by an entire class.

The only thing that Jiang Ran felt was a bit useless was the third effect of "Heart of the Flame Demon".

When Jiang Ran saw this effect, he immediately thought of "Yanma Hero Sword Lanzel".

『Yanma Heroic Sword·Lanzel』, originally named 『Magic Secret Sword·Flame Horse』, is known as a cursed demon sword.

When the wearer's remaining magic power is less than a certain value, this magic sword will attack the wearer with backlash flames, and even if the wearer throws away the equipment, he cannot escape;

Jiang Ran is no longer the same person he was before. His magic power is so great that he doesn't have to worry about being attacked by the Yama Yingqi Sword, so naturally he can't use the third effect of "Heart of the Flame Demon".

Even so, Heart of the Flame Demon is still a very good piece of equipment. Wearing this piece of equipment will instantly increase the power of "Yanma's Heroic Sword, Lanzel" by 50%, and since it's a passive effect, it doesn't consume any mana.

Why wouldn't Jiang Ran accept this piece of equipment which has no disadvantages and only benefits?

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Let’s get back to the topic of the Infernal Demon Hephaestus. Jiang Ran was still very surprised that he could get the finished equipment directly.

None of the monsters he had encountered before were equipped with equipment - it seemed that seventh-level monsters were indeed different.

Continuing to disintegrate along the chest cavity of the Infernal Demon, Jiang Ran saw a lot of high-quality materials one after another, such as the "Infernal Demon's Hellfire Heart", "The Infernal Demon's Red Flame Tibia", "The Infernal Demon's Lava Skin", etc.

In the past, Jiang Ran could only choose the lightest ones from these precious materials to carry with him, because he really couldn't carry too much weight. But now it's different. He can take as many of these precious materials as he can!

Everyone knows the reason why he can be so carefree - that is the follower who is always lurking underground, Jiang Ran's most loyal porter: Comrade King Viper Gnaku.

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Hearing Jiang Ran's call, the King Viper quickly crawled out from the ground, then opened its bloody mouth, lay on the ground, and let its master throw all kinds of materials in.

At the end of the disintegration, Jiang Ran found the magic core of this seventh-level monster at the core of the Purgatory Flame Demon's body. The sight of it shining with scarlet light was truly mesmerizing.

However, just as Jiang Ran was about to put the magic core into his pocket, something unusual suddenly happened.

The "Yanma Heroic Sword Lanzel", which had never actively swallowed a magic core, actually forcibly sucked the magic core of the Purgatory Flame Demon into the burgundy ruby ​​in the middle of the hilt!

10.114 - Yama Emperor Sword

Things happened too quickly and too unexpectedly, even Jiang Ran couldn't react.

By the time he realized what was happening, the "Purgatory Flame Demon's Demon Core" had already been absorbed by the Enma Yingqi Sword.

Without having time to think too much, Jiang Ran picked up the Yan Mo Yingqi sword and observed it carefully. He thought that this magic sword was finally going to turn into a cute girl. Oh no, he thought that this magic sword was going to become a spirit.

But the reality was not as magical as Jiang Ran imagined. Yan Moyingqijian actually simply absorbed the magic core.

The only thing that seemed unusual was the action of "active absorption".

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Absorbing magic cores to accumulate experience and then evolve is one of the characteristics of Yan Mo Ying Qi Jian. However, "whether to absorb magic cores" and "which magic core to absorb" have always been decided by Jiang Ran, and Yan Mo Ying Qi Jian can only passively accept it.

What just happened made Jiang Ran immediately start to wonder if Yan Mo Yingqi Sword had its own consciousness? Otherwise, why would it only react to the magic core of Purgatory Flame Demon Hephis?

It didn't take long for Jiang Ran's question to be answered, because:

Yanma's Heroic Sword Lanzel has evolved.

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Jiang Ran didn't expect that Yan Moyingqijian would evolve.

According to current experience, it should still be a long way from evolution, but it evolved unreasonably.

When the evolution began, the blue light that was always emitted from Yan Mo Yingqi's sword suddenly became unstable, flickering like breathing, and each flicker was brighter than the previous one.

As a dazzling blue light burst out from the sword, the lavender crystals on the sword began to emit a buzzing resonance sound. These feather-like crystals seemed to come alive, slowly rotating and releasing rays of lavender light. They intertwined with each other to form a light curtain that wrapped the sword.

Under the baptism of this layer of light cocoon, the form of Yan Mo Yingqi Sword gradually changed.

The original double-blade structure has become sharper and the length of the sword has also increased, making the overall look more slender.

After being reshaped by the light, the orchid-colored crystals not only increased in number but also became more transparent, emitting a deeper blue light, just like stars in the night sky.

In addition, the purple crown decoration at the end of the hilt has also changed. It has become more exquisite, and every detail has been enhanced, as if it were made of real gems and precious metals.

At this point, the light cocoon that wrapped around the Yama Heroic Sword finally dissipated, and what appeared before Jiang Ran was a brand new weapon after the transformation, a brand new magic sword named "Yanma Royal Knight Sword·Lanzel".

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The evolution from "Heroic Cavalry Sword" to "Royal Cavalry Sword" is just a difference of one word, but it has extraordinary significance.

Through the ability of identification, Jiang Ran had a clear view of the improvements brought about by the evolution of Yama Huangqi Sword.

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[Note: There is a 1000-word equipment infographic here, please pay attention to it.]

The first thing Jiang Ran noticed was the experience points needed for the next evolution of Yama Emperor Sword. For some reason, they turned into all question marks.

Correspondingly, the original "biological magic sword" characteristics of the Yama Royal Knight Sword were deleted, which means that it will no longer be possible to promote the evolution of the Yama Royal Knight Sword by feeding it magic cores, but instead it is necessary to find a way to solve those question marks.

The second is the basic information such as the conditions for use of the equipment and attribute bonuses. Compared with the previous Yan Mo Yingqi Sword, these are basically doubled, further consolidating Jiang Ran's physical fitness.

Next up were the enhancements to existing skills, which generally meant increased mana consumption and increased power. One thing that made Jiang Ran quite happy was the change in the threshold for "Backlash Flame." Now, as long as Jiang Ran's mana fell below 10,000, this "terrifying" "Backlash Flame" would be triggered.

Jiang Ran felt relieved because he no longer had to worry about the "Backlash Flame". The pendant "Heart of the Flame Demon" he had just acquired could help him be immune to this negative effect in all directions without any blind spots.

The last thing that must be mentioned, and absolutely cannot be ignored, is the new effect under the special skill "Yan Mo Descends" state.

After evolving into the King of Yama Sword, Jiang Ran can actually summon a seventh-level monster: "Purgatory Yama Hephais" when activating "Yama Advent"!

Jiang Ran had just experienced how powerful this guy was!

However, one thing that made Jiang Ran feel strange was that the skill description used the character "Yan" (Yan Wang Ye) instead of the character "Yan" (Yan) for "hot". Could it be that there were typos in the content seen by the identification ability?

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Although "Yan Mo" and "Yan Mo" have the same pronunciation, the characters are different in form.

Jiang Ran didn't quite believe that this was a typo. After all, his identification ability had always been accurate.

Jiang Ran now tends to believe that there is some secret hidden behind this difference.

[Note: Chinese is not spoken in the Prison Star world. The names here are designed to make them easier for everyone to understand, so they are handled this way.]

Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that the "Yanma Heroic Sword" actively absorbed the "Purgatory Flame Demon's Demon Core".

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After reading the identification information of the Yama Emperor's Sword, Jiang Ran turned his attention back to the appearance of the equipment.

The evolved Yama Emperor Sword is longer than before, which will somewhat affect Jiang Ran's feel when wielding it.

However, compared to the traditional longsword used for slashing, the Yama Royal Knight Sword should actually be called a magic sword.

The power of this magic sword does not lie in its swing, but in its ability to activate skills to kill enemies from a distance. Therefore, even if the feel changes, it will not affect Jiang Ran's continued use.

Looking at the mirror-like sword, Jiang Ran noticed that there seemed to be a faint shadow on it.

After adjusting to a specific angle, Jiang Ran could see clearly that the floating shadow that looked like a burnt blade pattern was actually a pattern of extraordinary significance.

In the shadow of the sword, there is a figure engraved, the Hellfire Demon Hephaestus, riding a flaming steed!

Could it be that there is actually some relationship between Yan Mo Yingqi Sword and Purgatory Flame Demon?

Jiang Ran vaguely felt that he had grasped a clue. After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, he remembered the original name of the Yama Emperor Cavalry Sword:

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Magic Secret Sword: Flame Horse

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If it is said that when the "Demon Baron Night Skull" forged this magic sword, he used the mount of the "Purgatory Fire Demon Hephis" as the material, then Jiang Ran could understand why the Yama Yingqi Sword had actively absorbed the magic core just now.

Continuing to think along this line, Jiang Ran also noticed that the appearance of the steed flames released by this magic sword had not changed much, and was very similar to the "Purgatory Flame Demon's Mount" in the shadow floating on the sword.

At this point, Jiang Ran was able to figure out the connection between the Demon Sword and the Infernal Demon. Although most of this came from his imagination and speculation, he was willing to believe that this was the truth.

The only problem left now is those two homophones.

Just when Jiang Ran was about to put this issue aside for the time being, the silly loli spoke up for the first time.

(Stupid Loli: Ahem! Jiang Yan, since you are asking with such sincerity, I will mercifully tell you!)

10.115 - Lava Magic Stone Essence

(Jiang Ran: Uh, I didn’t ask.)

(Stupid Loli: I don’t care, I don’t care! You’re asking me four questions about the general manager!)

Jiang Ran didn't know what was wrong with the stupid loli today. She actually took the initiative to answer the question.

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Ran would have been very happy if she could ask fewer questions.

At this moment, after issuing a rude and unreasonable declaration, the stupid loli chose to ignore Jiang Ran's lack of support and began to answer on her own.

She told Jiang Ran that the reason why there was a difference in the word "Yan/Yan" in "Purgatory Yama Hephaestus" was actually because "the old god retired and the new god took over."