Soul of Burning Steel

In the endless world of the multiverse, there is such a myth circulating.

Legend has it that in the past longer than the ancient times, there was no difference between the sky and the earth, there was no life, no death, no light, no darkness, cold and heat intertwined, order and chaos blended, even existence and nothingness There is no clear boundary between them.

However, there is fire that grows out of nothing, illuminates the void, and distinguishes all things and concepts. So far, life and death, light and darkness are separated for the first time, and the world has its first life. The dead, sinking into the dark river.

If the scorching sun hanging above the sky is the source of life, then the Styx, which runs through the bottomless abyss, is the symbol of death. This dark river without waves symbolizes disappearance and parting, and is the symbol of life and death. To drink from its river is to give up the world of color and choose to fall into eternal sleep.

Of course, this is just an exaggeration. If ordinary people come into contact with the Styx, they will die instantly, but if they are professionals, they will be able to resist the most extreme negative energy river for a while. In fact, both undead and demons can withstand the power of the Styx in a short period of time, and use this river that runs through all the abysses to go to other abysses. It is precisely because of the existence of the Styx that the abyss is a whole. Instead of a myriad of loose world wreckage.

Rivers in the mortal world have a source, and in mythology, the River Styx also has an origin and an end. According to legend, its origin is the first world to die naturally, and its end is the god named "death" , when he was born, it was the time when the multiverse died. Countless people or demons were attracted by this myth, trying to find its origin along the flow of the River Styx. They explored countless levels and provided for each world. Numbering, the number of layers of the abyss is based on this, but for thousands of years, no one has ever succeeded.

The sixth abyss, the molten sea and fire hell, the endless Styx.

The River Styx of the sixth layer of abyss is located in its central area, a vast plain of black volcanic rock. On the map of the demon lords, it looks like a straight line, dividing the black plain into two parts from top to bottom. Such a regular shape can be called a spectacle, but it is not the most dazzling time now ——When the Lord of the Abyss from the expedition to other worlds returns with thousands of troops and uses endless souls as fuel to turn the plain into a boiling molten sea, this river of Styx, which is in the center of endless lava but remains unchanged, is the most magnificent when.

At this time, at the right end of the River Styx, a large army was gathering.

The sharp blade reflected the dim blood light, cutting through the darkness of the Sixth Abyss. On the flat sandy ground on the river plain, scattered and heavy footsteps brought a wind full of sulfur and blood, and the dust flew up. The River Styx flows quietly, but tens of thousands of demons and monster armies gather from all directions. These demons are different from their loose counterparts in the edge areas. Even the little demons used as cannon fodder have the same kind of carapace waste. On the Berserker's body, the solid armor made of black iron absorbed all the light. Under the command of the winged demon officer, they formed uniform legions and gathered under a black banner.

Demons have no loyalty, demons have no organization, demons only know killing and destruction, they are the most unlikely creatures in this world to cooperate, and they are also species that can never form an army. It will self-destroy. Some scholars once suggested that at the speed of demons killing and destroying each other, it only takes six hundred years for the life in the entire abyss to be completely extinct, and become a super-precious species with only one or two in the world. They are the embodiment of chaos. Even if they were purified into ashes by the holy light, they would never be able to gather under the same banner.

The scholar is right that demons are indeed such creatures, but his theory is missing a premise.

That is without a demon overlord or pit lord leading them.

The black flag fluttered in the foul wind, and the [Golden Thousand Eyes] flag stood at the forefront of the demon army. It had only one meaning, and that was to represent the Sixth Abyss, the Molten Sea Inferno, and the four great demon lords. One, the authority of [Helm of the Thousand Eyes].

The little devil engineer team, the berserk demon heavy armor, the beholder phalanx, a terrifying army that can only be trained under the power of the demon lord is gathering, and the long plain on the right side of the Styx River has been covered by black. Covering, accompanied by the heavy breathing of the demons, the already dull and decaying air seemed to be drained, and the low pressure rolled the surrounding air, spreading the heavy breath to the distance

Looking down from the top of the fortress of the devil city [Black Blood City] closest to the River Styx, you can see tens of thousands of demon legions surging like a black ocean, and at the same time, there are many 'rivers' coming in from afar. Among them, it will continue to grow. The acting commander, the great demon, and the leader of the insect demon, Gwagangda, looked down on all this, and it couldn't help being a little dazed.

How long.

How long has it been since the demons of the Sixth Abyss have come together in such seriousness, not for invasion, but for defense?

Three hundred years, four hundred years or five hundred years? Ever since an abyss lord and four demon kings were born in the sixth abyss, the Molten Sea and Fire Hell has never encountered any provocations. Even kings from other worlds came to this realm with great care, lest they attract evil spirits. They pay attention, you must know that the relationship between the ruler and the four kings is different from that of the other kings in the abyss. Although they are at odds, they never fight each other. Compared to killing each other, they are more willing to invade other worlds.

When they unite, all worlds will tremble, and all things will forget to breathe in fear, and the grass and trees will wither in fear.

But now, the Sixth Abyss is at its weakest moment in history.

The master and the four kings have all left the Lava Hell. They either go to a new world of order to plunder souls and lives, or go to another abyss realm to fight fierce bloody battles with other endless demons. This is not an uncommon situation. After all, for the demons in the abyss, as long as they can cope with the sneak attacks from the surrounding abyss, they don't have to worry about the logistics being attacked. There are still many demon lords staying behind, and the rear is not empty.

What's more, no one from the world of order will come to the abyss to kill without any reason-killing demons will not do them any good, but it will arouse the rage of the kings. Except for lunatics, it is impossible for anyone to would do it, and it is absolutely impossible for a madman to become a king.

Therefore, the existence of all the demon lords who destroyed the Great Plains of the Black Sea and the gray salt mountains this time is undoubtedly a king from other abysses. so it is. Gwaganda, the leader of the insect demons, thought so.

And now, he's coming.

On the right bank of the Styx River, there was a sudden loud exclamation from the demon army. The originally uniform team suddenly shook for a moment, and Gwaganda also felt an inexplicable uneasiness reverberating in his heart. The heat brought by it circulated back and forth on its long spine, and the leader of the bug demon knew that it was 'that one' who had come.

'That one' is the name of the unknown demon lord, because no one knows the name of that one, although there are some demons who call him [Destroyer] in private, because no monster survived in the place he passed , even if relying on the communication circle to monitor from afar, the opponent's powerful force will burn his eyes and cause serious injuries, but this name has not been spread, this is what Gwaganda means, it does not want to kill himself before the battle begins. His subordinates touted the enemy as a demon king.

The mouthparts with countless inverted bone spurs opened and sucked in a lot of air. The leader of the worm demon calmed down his anxious heart. It turned its four pairs of compound eyes and stared at the Styx plain ahead. The resulting wind is subsiding, but not far away, another hurricane is flying towards this direction with a long column of smoke and dust.

A Balrog, a Black Dragon...and a Demon Lord.

Here they come!

"Hiss——"

--Prepare!

The sharp chirping of insects resounded across the plain, and at the same time, the powerful spiritual power of the leader of the insect demon enveloped the entire battlefield. It began to issue different orders for each legion one by one, and the ultimate purpose of each order was very clear——

For Lord Helm, who is rushing back from another world, they will use tactics, number of people, their own flesh and life to kill as much as possible, or at least hold back the enemy in front of them!

He must not be allowed to cross this line of defense, and he must not be allowed to destroy the [Black Blood City] fortress! He must not be allowed to threaten the ruler's residence in the center of the Molten Sea and Fire Hell, [Valley of Tears Fortress]! Thinking of this, the bug demon Gwaganda standing at the top of the fortress issued a second command.

"Nah--"

--start!

With the order of the worm demon, the black thousand-eyed banner immediately exuded a powerful coercion. It was the aura left by Lord Helm on the banner. The terrifying army, which is enough to slay a dragon with a small group, started to move. The little devil forwards roared with sharp voices and raised their knives and guns. Although they were afraid of the coercion from the other side, they were even more afraid of the flag behind them. With a breath, they came to the position where the black dragon had to pass by on the other side of the Styx River, and then they were ready to deal with the impact.

And behind them, the berserker army, which was as tall as a half-blood giant, was wearing heavy and sturdy armor, which became the second line of flesh and blood defense. The black armor was connected into one piece, looking down from the sky, as if Block the Great Wall of Steel.

Thousands of beholders and another group of beholders and another group of beholders are behind these two walls, preparing spells and drawing bows. The bows drawn by the beholders with inhuman strength have a destructive power beyond human imagination. The arrowhead made of black iron from the abyss can penetrate the rocky city wall several meters away. If it is hit head-on, even the golden ultimate will, the high-level great demon will be injured.

They are the most elite troops of a demon army. They have destroyed dozens of worlds and survived bloody battles. They are just a demon lord. They have not dealt with them before, even if they cannot beat them , at any rate can stop the opponent.

All of them are now ready to go, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

But at this moment, in the distance, when all the demons are still preparing to deal with the impact, the huge black dragon took a deep breath. The scorching light that can't be seen directly.

squeak------

The next moment, a sharp buzz sounded, and a flying star-like light pierced the atmosphere, shattering the silence!

boom! ! !

The huge flash hit the array of imps on the other side of the River Styx head-on. Accompanied by the deafening explosion and the hiss of high-temperature molten soil, the scattered corpses of dozens of imps were immediately thrown away by the shock wave. Vaporized by high heat, it turns into blood vapor and spreads rapidly toward the periphery.

——It's the dragon's breath!

Seeing this, Gwagangda, who was commanding the army, immediately knew that the black dragon in the distance was probably some kind of abyssal aberration. It was clearly a black dragon that manipulated negative energy, but it was able to emit such scorching long-range dragon breath. Under its command, the blood that fell from the tragic deaths of little demons was absorbed by the ceremony held by the beholders behind, and when the next dragon's breath came, a blood-colored magic shield that suddenly appeared completely wiped them out. Blocked, this scene immediately attracted the cheers of the strikers and demons.

The attack was frustrated, the black dragon and the Balrog did not give up, they continued to launch their attacks, and Gwaganda could see that the pure energy of the Balrog, who did not look like an abyssal creature, began to spread all over his body. Countless golden-red fireballs shot out, these blazing white fireballs the size of a human head rose slowly, and then swept towards the demon army at different angles with the speed of an arrow. At the same time, you can also see that the core of the black dragon's chest is rapidly glowing and brightening. If the brightness before was just that of an ordinary sun, which was dazzling, the brightness is now almost equal to that of a supernova, and it is completely impossible to look directly at it. Even if you close your eyes, there will be light through the eyelids and eyelids, making the eyeballs feel dry and stinging.

And a moment later, an extremely pure stream of flames without any impurities, just like this mixed with fireballs filled with flames, fell towards the place of the demon army like raindrops!

Boom boom boom! ! ! ! !

Successive thunderclaps resounded in mid-air, and the off-white shock waves formed countless rings. The worm watched nervously the every move of the enemies in front of it. Its four compound eyes endowed it with extremely powerful perception, which also made its movements His eyesight was beyond human imagination. Gwaganda hurriedly used his spirit to communicate with every demon in the demon army. Immediately, blood-red energy giant shields appeared in the position of the demon army. Under the control of the worm leader, Now, this huge shield easily blocked all the attacks of the black dragon and the Balrog, and the price was only the lives of hundreds of little demons.

In the distance, seeing the successive missed attacks, both the black dragon and the Balrog seemed to have lost the desire to continue attacking. No demon can stop their approach.

Then, the black dragon and the Balrog stopped by the river Styx.

The Styx River of the Lava Sea and Fire Hell is not wide. On the contrary, compared with the real big river, it is actually very narrow, at most only nearly a thousand meters wide, but this distance of nearly one thousand meters cannot be crossed at will , both the Black Dragon and the Balrog know that without disrupting the opponent's formation, there is no way for him to forcefully cross the Styx under the long-range attack of tens of thousands of demon troops. blow.

——It seems that it is correct to gather the army here. Seeing this scene, the leader of the worm demon felt a little at ease. The power of the Styx River surpassed everyone's imagination. Even the king couldn't fly over it, so he could only cross the river honestly. It is absolutely impossible for the entire demon army to safely cross the river under the full fire attack.

Thinking of this, the worm demon's heart became a little more stable, everything was under its control, it was seamless, His Majesty Helm would be back soon, and this little time in between was enough for it to drag on.

Gwaganda never thought that the maharaja would be defeated. It was so convinced that the insect demon did not realize that the situation on the other side of the river had changed until another winged demon officer beside him reminded him.

it sees.

The king came down from the head of the black dragon. The terrifying king wearing the dragon head armor came to the river Styx and bent down to scoop up some water from the river Styx. Then, he directly reached out his hand to the Balrog by his side, and amidst the other's screams, forcibly turned it into a big sword burning with pure flame.

Joshua raised his head and looked at the dense army of demons and the city behind them on the other side of the river.

He weighed the weight of the sword in his hand.

--enough. The soldier thought so, and then showed a smile.

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