A volcano came into Zhang Nu's sight.
It was an astonishingly large volcano, with a crater several kilometers in diameter. It was in an active state and was constantly spewing smoke and fumes. Every now and then, it erupted, spurting a large amount of lava into the air.
Within the surrounding area of dozens of miles.
Everything was covered by volcanic ashes.
The ground was streaked with flowing lava and scorch marks.
[Calamity Volcano] Level 4 overlord area. High exploration value.
Description: This is a volcano that has been active for tens of thousands of years. From within borned a terrifying Infernal Daemon. It has been entrenched here for thousands of years, incinerating all who are insolent enough to challenge it into ashes and cinders.
"Here it is!"
"The Infernal Daemon is slumbering in the volcano underneath."
Han Kexin hovered in mid-air, "Its strength is on par with a Level 4 Overlord. Kill it and you'll get your daemon heart."
"This one is not easy to deal with. We need to plan ahead, otherwise even with our joined efforts, danger will inevitably befall upon us."
The daemon was no stronger than a Level 4 Overlord.
Zhang Nu's strength had reached Level 4 Monarch.
After obtaining Evil Dragon's Descent and High Anti-Magic.
His strength was much more formidable than those who just entered the Monarch rank.
Nevertheless, this was the Succubus Queen's home turf. Zhang Nu did not intend to steal the show and overtake her. Besides, according to their agreement, Zhang Nu would only take the daemon's heart while the treasure chest belonged to the Queen.
On how they should approach this battle.
She had the final say.
He would just slack off however he could.
Han Kexin continued, "The Infernal Daemon's body temperature is extremely high, anyone within its 10 meter radius will suffer severe burns. Hence, it is almost impossible to defeat it in close combat, attempting so would be the same as suiciding."
"It also has fire magic immunity, so it's useless to attack it with flames. The flames would instead speed up its recovery. Its other types of magic resistance were also very high. Therefore, the best way to counter it is through ice magic."
"In order to challenge this daemon, I've deliberately learned some ice magic spells. So, I'll be handling control as well as damage output later."
Zhang Nu asked, "What about me?"
Han Kexin answered, "There are a large number of Level 3 and Level 4 elite Magma Daemons in the volcanic lake. Among them, there are even two or three Level 4 lord rank Magma Daemon Lords. They are not only capable of long range attacks but also deal tremendous damage."
"My subordinates can only hold back the Level 3 and some Level 4 elites at most. The remaining daemons, especially the several Magma Daemon Lords, will be left for you to deal with."
Zhang Nu nodded, "No problem."
The assault began immediately.
The two took the lead and entered the volcano crater.
[You are under the effect of volcanic toxicity, HP -1!]
[You are under the effect of volcanic toxicity, HP -2!]
[You are under the effect of volcanic toxicity, HP -2!]
[......]
These toxic fumes.
It was naturally produced.
It did not contain any magical elements..
Which was why even Zhang Nu took damage from it.
But Zhang Nu did not concern himself with the toxic fumes due to its slow rate of damage. It even paled in comparison to his own recovery rate, there was no way for the fumes to pose a threat to him.
But that would be another story for ordinary troops.
Such a hazardous environment could prove to be very dangerous for them.
It was no wonder why Han Kexin could not bring too many troops with her. It would be over if the army got trapped here.
Zhang Nu soon saw the volcanic lake. The lake was over ten kilometers in diameter. Its entirety was just a boiling lava lake, with some small black islands scattered in it.
This scene.
It was truly appalling.
It was simply a hellish spectacle.
The lava lake was incredibly volatile.
It was continuously emitting intense heat and spewing toxic fumes.
The closer one got, the more vicious the fumes and flames became.
The lava itself was constantly spewing forth and churning, and there were always waves of fire consisting of magma erupting or molten lava being spurted out.
Ordinary folks would not be able to remain in this environment for even a second.
The troops Han Kexin brought were buffed with fire resistance spells in advance, so they could withstand the heat for a short time. However, they would fall into danger if time went on longer, thus the battle must be resolved as quickly as possible.
"Let me draw it out first."
Han Kexin hovered 500 meters above the lava lake. As soon as she raised her hands, a burst of powerful energy erupted from within her body, turning into hundreds of razor sharp wind blades and rained down the lake.
"RARGHH!"
A harsh and fearsome roar echoed across the crater.
A hundred meters wave of magma instantly surged forth in the lava lake.
"The insolence...how dare you...barge into my domain!"
A muddled and grating voice angrily cried out.
From the volcanic lake stood up a humanoid silhouette, it was a thirty meter tall figure.
At first glance.
It was as if a giant minotaur got magically modified.
The daemon had bull-like horns, his stout body was rugged and covered in gnarly muscles. Scorching magma was flowing all over his being and his eyes were brimming with raging fire.
The daemon was clearly in a state of immense anger right now.
What a powerful creature.
Not even Zhang Nu has ever seen such a monster.
Zhang Nu immediately checked its stats.
[Infernal Daemon] Level 4 overlord
Skills: Rebirth from within the Flames (A rank), Infernal Chains (B rank), Infernal Aura (B rank), Apocalyptic Rain of Fire (B rank), Infernal Scream (B rank), Fire Magic Immunity (B rank), Fire Absorption (B rank), etc.
This series of skills had made even Zhang Nu all astonished.
The Infernal Daemon even had an A rank skill.
This "Rebirth from within the Flames" skill was very powerful. When the Infernal Daemon was defeated, it would temporarily enter a dormant state. As long as there was enough fire attributed matter around him, it could trigger a resurrection effect and restore all HP and MP.
But of course, the skill had a very long cooldown timer.
It could only be used every few months.
"I demand...your...death!"
The Infernal Daemon gripped with both hands, a several hundred meter long magma chain was suddenly summoned into his grasp, and was ruthlessly flung towards Han Kexin in mid air.
"Blink!"
Han Kexin activated a instantaneous teleportation magic to dodge the chain and the rock wall behind her instantly got blown off a large chunk. The might of the magma chain was equivalent to a small meteorite impact. If one was directly hit by that skill, it was certainly an instant death.
However.
This attack from the Infernal Daemon had a long recovery time.
Han Kexin swiftly rushed towards the daemon and unleashed her talent skill "Infinite Phantasm", which was a powerful offensive psychic ability.
The ability itself did not deal any damage, but it could drag the target into a realm of phantasmal, hindering the target's ability to distinguish reality from illusion.
The Infernal Daemon was hit.
Han Kexin's level was similar to the daemon.
Moreover, the daemon has low intellect, once he was caught in this control skill, the threat of his following attacks was greatly reduced.
"Glacier Blade!"
A huge ice cone dozens of meters in size struck the Infernal Daemon with staggering force.
-???!
Even if the Infernal Daemon was a Level 4 overlord monster with superb HP pool and defense, it was severely wounded by this blow.
Han Kexin casted multiple charming type skills in rapid succession, consecutively stacking various psychic and controlling effects on the daemon, making it completely disordered.
"I've got him under control!"
"The Magma Daemons are appearing!"
"You guys go and deal with them!"
"Leave the big guy to me!"
Zhang Nu was quite impressed by Han Kexin. It seemed that it was not a reckless impulse that Han Kexin dared to challenge the Infernal Daemon, the assault was thoroughly thought through and prepared.
Just by the looks of this fight.
She might just triumph over this monster.
