"Die, you bug!!"
High in the sky, the air twisted violently.
The Mediterranean old man, with only a ring of red curls left atop his head, had a rugged, savage-looking face. The air around him twisted violently as he raised a blazing, dark-red fireball about ten meters in diameter. With a wild roar, he hurled it at a Destroyer.
The fireball was incredibly fast, and instantly engulfed the Destroyer.
Rumble.
The dark-red fireball exploded a thousand meters above the ground, its flames pure gold. The terrifying heat and pressure made the other human Pioneers and Destroyer chieftains in the distance stare in astonishment.
This man was none other than Flame Demon Roarer Mie.
The Destroyer chieftain he was fighting was named Abomination.
Their battle had already lasted half a sandglass, beginning when the chieftain-level Destroyers appeared after noon.
Compared to other Destroyers, Abomination's fangs jutted out especially far. Even its thick lips couldn't completely cover them, leaving them exposed. Together with its sharply defined, muscular body, they made it look even more savage.
Throughout their battle, Abomination had been in an extremely excited, frenzied state, its mind utterly blank with heightened exhilaration.
In this state, Destroyers continually overtaxed their stamina and life force, unleashing more than 100% of their strength. They also had a high chance of breaking through their physical limits and undergoing an ascension.
But there was no doubt that even in this state, Abomination was still being firmly suppressed by Flame Demon Roarer. It was gradually beginning to falter.
The repeated Doomsday Fireball attacks had not only torn apart its blood-aura shell, but also left its body aging and necrotic from the repeated cycle of scorching and regeneration.
Flame Demon Roarer naturally noticed.
"Roar!!!"
Abomination charged out of the fireball's blast wave once again, roaring.
It had