The coastline of the Lava Sea was unusually long, seemingly without end. Unas ran, he suddenly realized that the scenery ahead looked familiar—steep slopes, gray-black beaches, and golden-red raging waves. It was the place where he had first discovered the Lava Sea. After running for so long, he had actually returned!
It turned out that this place was an island, and he had essentially run a complete circle around it.
Suddenly, a group of Flamewaker emerged from the hillside and charged towards him. It seemed that the enemy had deduced from his escape route that he would return here and had set up an ambush in advance.
With an ambush ahead and pursuers behind, and a dead end to his right, Unas had no choice but to turn towards the island's interior. But then another group of Flamewaker appeared in front of him, attacking from three sides and leaving him with nowhere to escape.
Including the two enemy teams that were chasing him, the Flamewaker had deployed a total of four teams to pursue him, almost half their number. Unas didn't know whether to feel honored or saddened.
Nightmoon can at least draw away one team, which will greatly reduce the pressure on Angela and the Dwarf brothers guarding the lava pool. If everything goes smoothly... Unas has been running for about twenty minutes. Assuming one person arrives every two minutes on average, Angela should now have more than a dozen people gathered around her. A counterattack is out of the question, but holding the lava pool should not be a problem.
With this in mind, he decided to go back. Surrounded by enemies on three sides, he had no choice but to fly back. He silently chanted "Wings of Vengeance," and golden Light Wings instantly unfurled behind him. After his previous failed combat flight, he had practiced many times in his spare time and could now fly freely in the air.
Just as he was about to start, the enemy who had rushed close suddenly unleashed a large, shiny black net, instantly covering the entire sky above. Unas did not flinch at this, but instead unleashed his Firekiss and soared into the sky with the grace of a flying sword.
He lifted the large net up with his entire body, but the net was made of some unknown material, and even the Firekiss couldn't pierce it. Man and net intertwined and flew into the air, greatly affecting his flight speed.
Several grappling hooks attached to ropes came flying at Unas. He tried his best to dodge, but the large net covering his entire body was very long and stretched beneath him. A person could dodge, but the black net was impossible to avoid, and he was caught hard by the grappling hooks.
Unas felt his momentum suddenly halt. The grappling hook below tightened, pulled forcefully by the enemy. Clearly, one person had no chance against the strength of many Flamewaker. He made a quick decision and turned to fly downwards.
Just like in a tug-of-war, if one side suddenly lets go, the other side will inevitably lose its balance. The Flamewaker holding the hook were instantly rolling on the ground like gourds. In this chaotic tug-of-war, the black net also opened a gap, Unas found the opening and quickly flapped his wings to escape.
But the crisis was not over. The two Flamewaker Priests beside Lucifron had prepared their spells during this time; they were spellcasters skilled in both healing and offensive magic. The moment Unas escaped the black net, their attacks were unleashed:
Four giant birds made of flames materialized out of thin air and shot swiftly towards the humans who had just escaped the net.
Unas, fearing he would be caught in the net again, frantically flapped his wings to climb upwards. Looking down, he saw that he had created a considerable distance between himself and the firebird, and just as he felt a little relieved, a loud bang suddenly resounded above his head. It felt as if his helmet had been hit by a heavy hammer. The severe concussion caused his vision to go black, and the Light Wings on his back flickered a few times and disappeared as if the power had been cut off. Unas then plummeted headfirst to the ground.
Countless pebbles struck his armor as they fell, the thuds bringing him back to his senses. He suppressed the intense dizziness and glanced up to see what had hit him, only to see countless shattered black stones raining down on him.
It turned out that what was above him wasn't a dark sky, but a dome made of black Rocks. No one had attacked him at all; he had simply been flying too fast and too high and had accidentally crashed into it.
This was a complete joke, but Unas couldn't laugh at all. He had previously speculated that this was the Molten Core, so it was indeed underground. But where was there a sky underground? How could he have forgotten that?
The cooldown time for Wings of Vengeance is a full hour. Falling from that height would result in serious injury or death, not to mention that the enemy's four giant firebirds are already within reach.
"Divine Shield!" Unas activated his Invincible before being devoured by the firebirds. Four firebirds exploded simultaneously near him, their power astonishing. The entire space was shaken by the shockwave, but it couldn't break the silver shield in the slightest.
As the radiant silver Unas fell from the cloud of smoke and dust created by the explosion in the sky, the enemy's cheers of victory came to an abrupt halt. None of the Flamewaker had imagined that the mortal could still survive. Those firebirds were not summoned for no reason; they required priests to carefully nurture them in order to control them at will, which was equivalent to their ultimate move.
With a loud bang, Unas crashed to the ground. He still had half of his Invincible time left, but his landing location was terrible. He was on a cliff jutting out from the island, surrounded by a sea of fire on the left, right, and back. On the other side of the narrow cliff in front of him, Lucifron's furious face was almost clearly visible.
The shockwave from the explosion had blasted him to this spot; his luck was absolutely terrible. With no other choice, he quickly pulled out Du'an's life-saving amulet. He really didn't want to use it unless absolutely necessary, because the amulet would teleport him back to Du'an's study in the Monastery. From there, it would take one to two hours to get to the mine in the Canyon by the fastest horse. In that long, the outcome might already be decided, and he really didn't want to miss it.
Lucifron charged forward, brandishing his twin blades. On this narrow cliff, barely wide enough for two people to walk side by side, Unas had no room to maneuver. He was severely wounded in the head, and his Holy Power had been nearly depleted by his wings. There were dozens of enemies, and he had no chance of winning. Before his Invincible ended and before anyone could interrupt the teleportation, now was the best opportunity to go back.
With a snap, the amulet shattered. Unas finally made up his mind, and green light spread out from it, covering his entire body beneath the silver shield.
At this moment, Lucifron's twin blades had reached Unas. Although the Flamewaker chieftain was arrogant and foolish, his combat power was not to be underestimated. Amidst the flying black light, he slashed out seven or eight times in an instant, but all of them were blocked by the silver shield and could not harm Unas in the slightest. With a roar, the priests among the demons behind him immediately shot out a beam of white light that attached itself to his twin blades.
A sense of danger washed over him, Unas instinctively raised his shield to block. In that instant, his instinct saved his life. The blade, imbued with white light, seemed to possess some kind of magic, shattering the silver shield with a single strike and landing on the massive steel shield.
This once again proves that "Invincible" is not Invincible. Unas was shocked. The green light on his body faded, and his life-saving teleportation was interrupted. He was instantly in a desperate situation!