Before the passage from the fifth to the sixth level of the Divine Graveyard, over thirty strong individuals gathered.
Lin Lei noticed that Olivia's aura seemed to have changed, and his heart couldn't help but startle. "Could it be Olivia has also made a breakthrough?" As a genius Sword Saint, Olivia had spent only twelve years rising from a level below Hedersen to second only to the five peak Saint-level powerhouses.
This speed of progress was terrifying.
Eight years had passed now, and it would be strange if Olivia hadn't improved.
Desly looked at Hayward and the twenty-odd other powerhouses and said aloud, "You all know the situation on the sixth level. The ten of us will deal with the Flame Monarch. As for your task, it's a bit easier. While ensuring your lives, search for the passage to the seventh level."
The twenty-odd powerhouses all nodded.
Their task was much easier. Even without Desly's instructions, they would have been searching for the passage.
"Alright, let's move out," Desly said loudly.
Immediately, the five peak Saint-level powerhouses—Desly, Tulie, Rosalie, Lasseford, and Faun—along with Lin Lei,
Lin Lei and Bei Bei exchanged a glance.
They were both full of confidence. Compared to eight years ago, Lin Lei had not only progressed in the 'Mysteries of Earth,' but his mental power had also increased. He even had a feeling that he might break through at any moment, reaching the realm of a Holy Archmage.
Because training in Dou Qi only required a sliver of mental power for control.
But eight years of cultivation had brought the Dou Qi within Lin Lei's body to the peak state of a Dragon Blood Warrior at the Saint level.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" ...
The ten most peerless powerhouses of the Yulan Continent turned into phantoms one after another, and in an instant, almost simultaneously arrived at this sixth level—the world belonging to the Flame Monarch!
"Heat!" As soon as he arrived at the sixth level, Lin Lei felt an unprecedented scorching heat.
At this moment, Lin Lei and the ten others stood on a crimson, solid rock. The sixth level was a red world of lava and rock.
"Gurgling~~~" Crimson lava rivers flooded the sixth level. Bubbles occasionally surfaced in the lava rivers, and around them were rocks baked red. Ordinary life could not survive in such a place.
The other twenty-odd powerhouses also entered the sixth level.
"Quick, go find the passage," Desly transmitted via soul voice, ordering them. The twenty-odd powerhouses didn't say much and immediately flew up silently.
Then Desly swept his gaze over Lin Lei, Tulie, and the others. Everyone flew up in unison. Tulie, Rosalie, and Lasseford flew at the center, while the other seven powerhouses surrounded them. The three of Tulie, Rosalie, and Lasseford had already begun gathering their strength, ready to strike.
Ready to deal with the Flame Monarch at any moment.
"If we can enter the seventh level without encountering the Flame Monarch, that would be best," Lin Lei thought to himself, while carefully scanning the surroundings for the passage to the seventh level.
Suddenly, from a lava river in the distance, a rock emerged. Strangely... this rock had eyes and a mouth. It flew out of the lava river—it was actually the head of a 'Crimson Lava Demon'.
The Crimson Lava Demon roared, "Humans!"
"Not good." Lin Lei and the others' expressions changed.
"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!" ...
From the lava rivers, one Crimson Lava Demon after another emerged. They were crimson all over, with faint flames flickering on their bodies. They stood nearly two and a half meters tall, wielding stone axes, heavy hammers, and other massive weapons.
In an instant, there were two or three hundred Crimson Lava Demons within Lin Lei's field of vision.
"This sixth level space is so vast; adding up all the Crimson Lava Demons from other areas, there must be over a thousand," Lin Lei thought, while all the powerhouses flew rapidly, cautiously on guard, ready to strike at any moment.
"Oh? Humans have arrived?" A thunderous voice like rolling thunder boomed through the sixth level.
The rocky ground of this sixth level space shook, the lava rivers churned, and a tall figure rose from a lava river. His body was truly immense; when he stood up, even the lava rivers sank significantly.
"Just as big as a mountain," Lin Lei looked at the colossal figure in the distance—the Flame Monarch!
The Flame Monarch's entire body was formed from countless hard boulders, flames burning all over him. With such a massive body, setting aside other factors, the sheer force generated by his weight alone was an extremely terrifying number.
"Everyone, be careful," all ten powerhouses wore serious expressions.
The Flame Monarch glanced at the crowd casually, seemingly looking down on them all, and laughed arrogantly, "With just you lot wanting to go to the seventh level? What a dream. Today, every single one of you will die! Children, kill these outsiders with me!" The Flame Monarch's voice was exceptionally loud, his words crashing like thunder, echoing everywhere.
As he spoke, he flipped his hand, and a dark red giant axe appeared.
The axe blade alone was a hundred meters long. In the Flame Monarch's hand, this bloodthirsty giant axe was merely a small hatchet, wielded with great agility.
"Kill!"
The many Crimson Lava Demons hovering in mid-air received their orders and, almost simultaneously, roared as they charged toward Lin Lei and his group. Even Olivia's group of twenty-odd people were attacked by Crimson Lava Demons.
"Charge through!" Tulie shouted.
The ten powerhouses didn't hesitate and flew directly toward the Flame Monarch. Mid-flight, over a hundred Crimson Lava Demons surrounded them. Back on the fifth level, Desly, Bei Bei, and the others had been the ones to surround and kill a few Crimson Lava Demons.
Now, it was over a hundred Crimson Lava Demons besieging them.
"We must hold them off," the seven powerhouses on the outer perimeter all knew this. Lin Lei faced the surging Crimson Lava Demons empty-handed.
"Scram!" Lin Lei threw a direct punch.
"Haha~~" The Crimson Lava Demon laughed and also smashed its large fist toward Lin Lei. Lin Lei's fist, covered in dragon scales and an outer layer of 'Pulse Defense,' collided heavily with the stone fist of the Crimson Lava Demon.
Lin Lei's body trembled slightly, while the Crimson Lava Demon's body shook once before crumbling into stone powder.
"What incredible strength!" Lin Lei was secretly shocked.
If he had clashed directly with this Crimson Lava Demon, Lin Lei wouldn't have been so relaxed. He had mainly used 'Pulse Defense' to absorb nearly ninety percent of the impact force, with the remaining ten percent directed at his dragon scale armor—how could that hurt Lin Lei?
To deal with that Crimson Lava Demon, Lin Lei had only used the Earth Pulse 256-layer technique.
"Boom!" Every Crimson Lava Demon that attacked Faun was sent flying by Faun's lightning-fast fists. Faun was too fast; those Crimson Lava Demons couldn't touch him at all. However, the Crimson Lava Demons' defense was indeed very strong; Faun's attacks could only severely wound them at most.
It wasn't that Faun wasn't strong, but that he didn't dare to use his full power; he had to conserve his strength.
Every time a Crimson Lava Demon tried to approach Desly, it would inexplicably fall from mid-air.
Desly had originally been a Holy Light Archmage and had now cultivated to the peak Saint level. His soul attacks had reached a terrifying level. Although the Crimson Lava Demons had strong physical defense and attack, Desly's soul attacks precisely targeted their weakness.
"Psst!" The three Six-eyed Golden Lions were decisive. Their claws danced, stone fragments flew everywhere, and those Crimson Lava Demons were all severely wounded; many lost their lives.