Crimson Mythic: Dungeon Heart
"Explosive Fireball!"
At this moment, Alaites, standing on the opposite side of the lava lake, led the Gloomlamp Mage Corps in Joint Spellcasting. Fireballs rapidly merged in the air and expanded into a huge fireball with a diameter of about ten feet, like a burning Fire Meteor, crashing down towards the stone platform.
"Shuashua~"
He once again swung his sword, shattering the fiery dragon. His Dou Qi transformed into a giant sword, clashing fiercely with the incoming wind blades. With a deafening roar, countless tiny wind blades shattered like glass, raining down upon the giant like a torrential downpour.
"Clang clang clang~"
Sparks shot out from the heavy, enchanted armor. The giant's body remained as immovable as a towering mountain. He swung his greatsword down, and a Battle Qi Slash head-on with the incoming Fire Meteor. Blazing flames, carrying molten lava fragments, shot into the sky, causing the entire stone platform to tremble.
The violent explosion, accompanied by a powerful shockwave, caused the Dungeon Heart on the stone platform to throb violently. Affected by the intense blast, its surface was torn open with spiderweb-like cracks.
Ah~
The giant city lord sensed the rupture of the Dungeon Heart immediately. It was enraged, its fighting Dou Qi surging, and it suddenly strode forward, charging towards the other side of the stone bridge!
"Stop it!" Lin Xu's expression changed drastically.
The bridge was full of Dao soldiers and cultivators, all of whom were beginner-level professionals. If they faced a high-level warrior without any restraint, it would only result in a one-sided massacre!
But it was too late. In the deafening collision, the black tiger demon that had charged forward was once again sent flying, plummeting towards the lava lake, only to be caught by a dozen or so Red-Robed Ghosts.
Just as the giant clashed with the black tiger demon, Jiang Hanyan and Yan Jingshu launched a surprise attack.
The sharp sword light pierced through the protective battle Dou Qi, but the giant neither dodged nor avoided it. Instead, he straightened his chest and charged towards the Green Edge Sword!
"Click~"
The sturdy armor was pierced, and Sword Qi pierced through flesh and blood, emerging from behind the giant amidst splattering blood mist.
Jiang Hanyan's icy expression froze; the giant's response was beyond her expectations!
Ah~
The rampaging Sword Qi churned within the giant's body, and the excruciating pain of his flesh being torn apart inch by inch drove the giant even more insane.
In its rage, it swung its fist and smashed it hard at Jiang Hanyan.
"Not good!" Lin Xu's expression changed drastically. Sword cultivators are unparalleled in attack but slightly weaker in defense. If this punch lands, the person will probably be gone!
"Stop right there!"
In this critical moment, he had no more scruples. With a thought, the dragon of wind and fire coiled and compressed, and in an instant, the immense power condensed into a giant Wind Fire Wheels, which crashed down on the giant on the high platform!
The giant's fist slowed down, and time seemed to slow down at this moment. At the critical moment of life and death, Jiang Hanyan entered the state of Translucent Sword Heart, and her consciousness became more and more calm.
Swordsmen never return!
She did not retreat. Staring at the giant's ferocious expression, she hardened her cold and pretty face, gritted her teeth, and poured all the sword energy in her body into the sword.
Yan Jingshu had suddenly arrived from the other side, felt a tremor in her eyes. At that moment, she recalled the decision she had made in that split second during the battle at Azure Cloud Mountain, and a subtle change occurred in her gaze—
The sword hummed violently, bearing a large amount of sword energy in a short time. It was immediately subjected to a violent impact, so much so that the sword could not withstand the pressure and cracked open with fine cracks.
"Boom~"
Like a powder keg that had been ignited, the sword exploded violently the instant the giant's fist struck.
"Hanyan!" Lin Xu was both shocked and angry, and a trace of regret rose in his heart.
He had promised to forge a sword for her, but due to a shortage of materials, he hadn't had time to do so yet.
"Go to hell!"
Enraged, he no longer held back and suddenly increased the amount of magic he poured in. The Wind Fire Wheels tore through the air with a fierce gale, instantly dispelling the mist.
Lin Xu finally saw the battlefield clearly. Just as the giant city lord swung his fist down, the Ghost Bride switched from offense to defense, her blood-red hairpin transforming into a sharp arrow that pierced the city lord's fist.
The blood-red hairpin, imbued with Yan Jingshu's magical power, collided with the fist of Dou Qi, momentarily halting the giant's fist's momentum.
The next instant, the Ghost Bride swept her red robes around Jiang Hanyan, who was severely injured due to the shattering of the spiritual sword she had been cultivating with her mind, and retreated swiftly.
"Boom~"
The giant threw a punch, unleashing a burst of violent Dou Qi that struck the Ghost Bride's soul.
The blood-red wedding dress exploded, offsetting most of the impact.
Impacted by the Dou Qi, the Ghost Bride's soul trembled violently, almost unable to maintain flight, and she fell towards the lava lake while holding Jiang Hanyan.
A dozen or so Red-Robed Ghost swiftly flew over and caught the two who had fallen.
At that moment, the Wind Fire Wheels crashed down and struck the giant city lord!
"Oh no, it's going to explode—forget it, let's just destroy it!" Lin Xu's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and made up his mind. "We already have the Xuanwei Monastery; the Dungeon Heart is just icing on the cake."
The dungeon already has a lord and cannot be occupied by outsiders—at least not at this moment, he has no ability to seize territory from a lord.
The Dungeon Heart is essentially Territory Authority, a convergence of rules and energy.
This involves world rules, and is something only Legendary professionals can access. This level of difference cannot be bridged by wisdom, let alone deciphering anything useful.
On the contrary, keeping it will only cause endless harm. The giant city lord was able to use it to quickly revive the first time, but could he do it a second or third time?
He doesn't dare to gamble, and he doesn't intend to gamble!
Struggling to control the Wind Fire Wheels, this extremely compressed wind and fire energy was like a giant bomb; once detonated, the entire platform, especially the Dungeon Heart, would be affected!
In the previous battles, both our side and the dungeon lord had deliberately avoided the Dungeon Heart, and the giant did so because that was its Achilles' heel.
For Lin Xu, such a highly compressed energy and rule crystal was not only bad if it shattered, but if it were detonated, the power would be terrifying!
But by then it was too late to react. The giant, already severely injured by the Sword Qi, didn't even have time to resist before being struck by the Wind Fire Wheels.
Lin Xu struggled to maintain the spell's structure, preventing the highly compressed Wind Fire Wheels from exploding immediately upon impact. Instead, he knocked the giant up and carried it away from the platform.
The next instant, the spell structure could no longer be maintained, and the power of wind and fire suddenly exploded about tens of meters away from the platform!
"Boom!"
The violent wind and fire exploded, and the giant's shattered body could no longer hold on. It was torn apart and shattered with each breath, and its remains fell into the lava lake.
A violent shockwave spread out, sweeping across the high platform in an instant. The surviving Tiger Sha Demon soldiers were swept up by the shockwave and fell towards the lava lake, only to be rescued at the risk of their lives by the ghosts hovering nearby.
Once the aftershocks subsided, Lin Xu quickly looked at the Dungeon Heart floating on the high platform.
On the pulsating crystalline heart, cracks of all sizes broke open, and a large amount of dark red Spiritual Qi, visible to the naked eye, gushed out, like blood gushing from a wound.
Even more seriously, with the pulse of the Dungeon Heart, the cracks covering the heart are extending, and he can even hear the clear sound of crystals breaking.
"This place is about to explode!"
His heart pounded, and his heightened senses felt like they were being pricked by needles. Lin Xu breathed a sigh of relief; the level of destruction was just right, and they still had time to escape.
He glanced around instinctively and saw a new golden treasure chest floating quietly at the spot where the Wind Fire Wheels had exploded.
On the high platform where the Dungeon Heart is located, a crystal fragment shimmering with the light of a red object fell down. It was the size of a fist and looked like an adult's heart, rising and falling slightly.
It's like a miniature Dungeon Heart!
Name: Dungeon Heart Type: City Core Rank: Crimson Mythic Level: 0 (not expanded)
Effects: Can autonomously absorb the Earth Vein's Spiritual Qi, nurturing the underground city's ecosystem. [Earth Vein Resonance] can draw upon the power of the Earth Vein to nourish the territory, increasing mineral production by 30% and Earth Vein growth by 15%.
Description: "The heart of the dungeon, the authority of the lord, the nexus of the Earth Vein —it actually dropped!"
Lin Xu was startled, but couldn't stop smiling.
Destroying the Dungeon Heart was a last resort, but what he gained has exceeded his expectations.
Red items are also known as divine artifacts, which are treasures that only gods can possess.
After much planning, we finally got our hands on the most core and important thing!
In a flash, he rolled up the treasure chest and crystals, not even bothering to examine them closely. He then swept them over his bewildered allies and shouted, "Retreat! Retreat from the dungeon immediately!"
The earth trembled violently, seemingly due to the continued collapse of the Dungeon Heart. The previously restrained Earth Vein began to riot, and the lava lakes exploded one by one like buried bombs, scattering blazing lava into the air.