After the Stormflame Dragon left, Lucifer brought out the Abyssal Flame Demon's corpse. All that remained of its humanoid body, more than ten meters tall, was a skeleton. Arcane lava-colored patterns covered its bones, a pair of bull-like demon horns rose from its forehead, and skeletal demon wings spread from its back.
These were the remains of an Abyssal demon with a trace of Balor Flame Demon blood.
"Compared to the Fire Dragon's remains, this is in far worse shape."
Lucifer studied the Abyssal Flame Demon's skeleton. All its flesh was gone, but fortunately, its most precious Balor Flame Demon bloodline still lay deep within its bones.
"Let's see what other suitable materials the Tenth Layer has."
His mental power probed deeper into the Tenth Layer. Far beneath the volcanoes, near the planet's core, Lucifer found vast ore veins of Flamecore Steel, formed over countless years under intense heat and pressure.
Flamecore Steel was exceptionally heat-resistant. It could also store and amplify most fire-elemental energy, so it was commonly used as a primary or supplementary material in weapons and magical items crafted by master smiths or for the Legendary Tier.
As his mental power spread farther, Lucifer found another material in the inner walls of a volcano. It was jet-black and gleamed in the light: Volcanic Obsidian Crystal.
This unusual ore formed when lava from deep within the planet erupted and cooled rapidly, then was tempered by fire and elemental power. Even a small amount could make a weapon razor-sharp, sharp enough to cut through magical steel.
A few minutes later, Lucifer found yet another material beneath the Eternal Ember: ashes left behind after its ceaseless flames had tempered them. He named it Ash Essence. It had powerful energy-absorbing and magic-resistant properties.
One set of Abyssal Flame Demon remains +