#34 - Chapter 34: Flame from the Abyss

"God, those demons are back again!"

The dwarf warriors guarding the kingdom passage had rested for less than half a day.

The demon army, which had previously retreated, surged up again from the depths of darkness.

Almost at the same time as these dwarves discovered the demons, the terrible, corrupted whispers of darkness began to echo in the ears of every dwarf.

They were the survivors of the previous tunnel battle, the lucky ones who had lived through the demons' clutches.

But they were also victims of the plague called 'Demon Disaster'.

The impact of demons in battle is not just physical.

Because so far, no creature has been able to maintain a complete and healthy mind after fighting demons.

Their souls, their sanity, and even their will to fight have been largely corrupted by the war with demons.

Regarding this, although Wu Wei could not directly see the corresponding data using the Eye of War, he could confirm it from the expressions of these warriors.

"By the Dwarf Gods!"

"Why are there still so many of them?"

"We've killed enough to build two small mountains..."

At the other end of the passage, the corpses of the demons who died in the previous wave had not yet been buried, but the number of corpses piled up into two small mountains was enough to prove the dwarves' bravery.

But unfortunately, because the cost of the little demons was cheap enough, Wu Wei made full use of this.

With an attached base providing resources, Wu Wei's five abyssal hatching pools were running at almost full capacity.

Every minute and every second, several little demons were born in his territory.

Because of this, the casualties of these little demons really became those insignificant numbers in Wu Wei's eyes.

"Don't be afraid!"

Mace Copper Hammer, who had personally stepped onto the front line, shouted.

Having enough knowledge of the demons, he almost unhesitatingly ordered his attendants to lead more than a dozen earth dragons from the army headquarters.

"This time we have a sufficient number of earth dragons. With them, the demons will not be able to cross our lines."

The existence of earth dragons was the best weapon for the dwarves to deal with demons in this narrow passage.

So, hearing Mace Copper Hammer say this, many dwarves perked up.

This group of dwarves was the previous reserve team, and unlike those pale survivors, they were more easily motivated because they had not seen the horror of the demons.

However, their enthusiasm and excitement would soon be extinguished by the ruthless reality.

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"They're here, they're surging up!"

In the darkness, the dwarves could see countless scarlet eyes rushing towards them madly without the need for torches or lighting.

These scarlet eyes were full of malice, greed, and tyranny, and just seeing them was enough to make people uneasy.

But before these little demons could get close, the earth dragons on the edge of the kingdom passage had already begun to spew dragon flames.

Instantly, streams of fire began to form a dense fire net at the entrance of this huge tunnel.

The demons who were touched by this fire net were almost instantly ignited and died screaming.

"Haha, useless, you damned monsters."

Mace Copper Hammer sneered as he watched the little demons below being ignited.

"In this terrain, as long as there are earth dragons, you can't possibly rush up."

This time, in order to more securely guard this precious kingdom passage, Mace Copper Hammer had specifically requested more precious earth dragons from His Majesty the King.

Although he had lost one in the last battle, the generous king obviously didn't care about a mere earth dragon.

After all, as special creatures raised by the dwarf kingdom, the entire kingdom had more than ten earth dragons.

But Mace Copper Hammer and his soldiers hadn't been happy for long when they vaguely noticed.

In the middle of the passage, there were a few blurry black-red glows shining.

And the next second, flames also began to spew from the middle of the demon army!

However, unlike the scarlet dragon flames spewed by the earth dragons, the flames appearing in the demon army were a purplish-red flame close to black!

Moreover, the composition of these purplish-red flames was not in the shape of dragon flames.

They were more like one fireball after another.

"Danger!"

Although Mace Copper Hammer reacted quickly enough, he tried his best to pull his adjutant and attendants while retreating.

But two attendants and the earth dragons beside them were still hit hard by the purplish-red fireballs.

And what made Mace Copper Hammer not dare to believe his eyes was that these purplish-red flames could actually spread like dragon flames!

However, there was also a difference in the way the two spread.

"Ahhhhh! Fire, the fire is drilling under my skin!"

One of the attendants, with half of his face burned, shouted, and at the same time, he took off his armor and lining to protect himself like a madman.

And when he took off his armor, the other dwarves understood from his exposed wounds how terrifying those strange purplish-red flames were.

"Sizzle!"

"Ahhh, please, dig them out!"

As the flames continued to burn the warrior's skin, the warrior's skin was disappearing at a rate close to 'collapse', and as the skin disappeared, the flames that were burning him were also burning inward.

In less than two seconds, all the dwarves present, including the dwarf general Mace Copper Hammer, clearly saw that countless purplish-red flames devoured the skin of this general's attendant, directly seeped into his body, and burned out the rest of his working organs.

Perhaps it was because of this peculiar feeling that the general's attendant uttered the nonsense that the flames had drilled under his skin before he died.

Unlike ordinary flames, abyssal fire does not directly ignite everything it touches.

Its burning direction is inward!

It has extremely strong corrosiveness!

"Aooo!"

The other earth dragons that were hit by the abyssal fire were also screaming.

Under the corrosion of the abyssal fire, these strange beasts with a trace of true dragon blood began to die violently one after another, and their fragile internal organs and skin would also be severely corroded by the abyssal fire!

Seeing this tragic situation, the dwarf general looked at the entrance of the passage in panic.

There, an abyssal earth dragon, led by the Imp Matriarch with chains, slowly opened its mouth and aimed at itself.

And in the deformed and twisted mouth of this monster, a purplish-red flame was gathering....