Lava and Painted Skin (Third Update)

The underground lair was now filled to the brim with searing lava!

But this lava was different from ordinary natural lava. It had been infused with a strange demonic power, and to Reilo's senses, it felt like an extension of the Reisha Evil Eye King's body.

Even the Demon Marshals could only assume their strongest forms in this environment to withstand the terrifying heat radiating from the molten rock.

"Reisha Demon King, why is there a human here with Demon King-level power? You never mentioned anything about this before. I demand an explanation!"

"We came here in response to the summons of the great God of Decay!"

Glug, glug, glug.

A golden Evil Eye slowly rose from the lava pool.

Under the Demon Marshals' watchful gazes, it stretched its perfect body.

"He's merely relying on the power of a magic array. What's there to worry about?"

It didn't care about the Demon Marshals it had lost, and acted as though the matter meant nothing to it.

Under its control, the lava pool seemed to come alive, its surface swelling and rippling. This method of controlling energy was completely different from that of those who studied Natural Law.

"Easy for you to say! That was a Demon King-level being! If the enemy deployed power on that level, what were you doing? I'm withdrawing from this summons!"

Once again, the golden-horned High-Rank Demon openly shouted his challenge.

"Hmph!"

Suddenly, the golden Evil Eye in the lava pool glared at him.

Its single eye was streaked with vicious red veins. Under the terrifying mental shockwave, the golden-horned monster looked horrified and unleashed all its energy to resist. With a boom, the lava pool caved in around it, forming a terrifying trench more than ten meters across.

Unlike the mental shockwaves of ordinary Evil