Yelena’s voice fell, and the canyon was silent for a moment.
Everyone in Aisha’s squad stared at her blankly, looking at this fox tribe girl whose background was still unclear.
Kate, mouth open, pointed at Yelena and couldn’t speak for a long time. “You… you…”
“Curse Mage? Are you kidding me? How could such a legendary class appear here?!”
Sylvia leaned on her staff, her face full of disbelief.
Aisha’s expression was complicated. She looked at Yelena’s Ice Silk Cloak, at her calm and confident demeanor, and felt her heart tighten.
She had also seen Ye Lian show a similar look before—a look of complete trust and willingness to give everything for her.
But now, that trust and strength appeared on another fox tribe girl.
Yelena didn’t look at them again. After saying that, she turned around and looked into the depths of the canyon.
Not far ahead, a scorching sense of pressure washed over her.
At the end of the canyon, a ten-meter-tall behemoth slowly rose from a magma pool.
It had no fixed form; its entire body was flowing dark red magma. Each time it squirmed, hot magma dripped down, burning black pits into the ground.
This was the A-grade Demon Creature, the Lava Colossus.
It had no facial features, only a pair of light points formed by high-heat energy, staring fixedly at the intruders.
“Physical attacks are basically ineffective. The weak point is the abdominal lava core.” Anna’s calm voice sounded beside Yelena, repeating the intelligence. “Head of Household, please be careful.”
“Don’t worry, I understand.”
Yiweite stepped forward, one hand gripping the hilt of the nodachi at her waist, her fiery red hair fluttering in the heat.
She didn’t drink a Fire Resistance Potion yet, wanting to see what this thing looked like first.
A slash burning with black flame flew out!
“Inextinguishable Flame!”
The blade light struck the Lava Colossus’s arm, almost cutting it off.
But nothing flowed out from the cut. Soon, flowing magma filled the wound again, as if the previous slash had never landed.
“Tch, tough.” Yiweite pursed her lips. It seemed physical slashes were useless. “We’ll have to rely on our team soul to spring a surprise.”
The Lava Colossus let out an angry roar—not the sound of a living creature, but like the grinding and breaking of many rocks.
Opening its “mouth,” a fan-shaped stream of lava sprayed toward the three of them!
“Lady Yelena!”
Anna reacted quickly, grabbing Yelena by the waist and retreating to a safe distance in a few swift moves.
Yiweite did not dodge. The little fox girl’s voice came from far away: “Yiweite!!!”
She opened the cap of an Advanced Fire Resistance Potion and drank it.
The golden-red potion formed a very thin film on her skin. The aftermath of the lava stream washed over her, only raising a puff of steam, but didn’t ignite her clothes.
The test was successful; the potion’s effect was excellent.
Yiweite shook the empty bottle in her hand, a relaxed smile on her face.
“You… can you stop showing off…”
Yelena, seeing Yiweite safely shaking the bottle, finally relaxed and shot her a glare: “Madwoman, don’t go all out like this next time…”
At that moment, an unwilling low growl came from behind.
When Yelena turned around, her adventurer squad with its members had already caught up.
“We also want to join the mission!”
Aisha’s tone was stubborn, her ice-blue eyes filled with unwillingness.
Yiweite raised an eyebrow, too lazy to bother with her.
“Kate! Use ice magic for cover!” Aisha gave the order.
“But… my potion…” Kate looked at the flickering blue cold flame on her body, her face full of hesitation. The effect of that thing was about to end.
“Follow orders!”
“Tch… no choice!”
Kate gritted her teeth, forcefully raised her staff, and began chanting a spell.
A mid-tier ice magic “Ring of Frost” was gathering at the tip of her staff.
Just as the magic was about to take shape, the blue cold flame on her body flickered and then collapsed with a “puff”!
“Waaah!!”
The scorching heat surged back, mixed with out-of-control mana, and Kate let out a scream of pain.
She fell straight backwards, and her staff slipped from her hand.
The main damage dealer of the Hero Party was thus disabled in an instant due to the backlash from the conflicting mid-tier magic and potion.
Sylvia frantically ran to Kate’s side, tears in her eyes as she cast Healing Magic.
The Lava Colossus didn’t give them a chance. It spotted the opening and slammed a huge magma fist down at the panicked Aisha Squad!
“Oh no, scatter!” Aisha shouted sharply, raising her longsword to block.
But she had already expended much energy earlier and simply couldn’t withstand this blow from an A-grade demon creature.
“Clang!!!”
With a loud crash, although Aisha’s Holy Sword held, she still flew back more than ten meters, hit a distant rock wall, and slid down.
She knelt on one knee, forcing herself up with blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, looking very disheveled.
The new maid, Mi La, was also symbolically thrown by the shockwave, rolled a few times, and lay still on the ground, playing the part of a collateral victim.
[Ding, collected key character emotion: Deep Regret.]
[Ding, collected key character emotion: Self-loathing.]
The system prompt sound rang in Yelena’s mind.
She glanced at Aisha coughing up blood on the ground, her heart stirred, but she didn’t show anything.
It’s fine, they’re the Hero Party, a little setback like this is nothing.
“Alright, warm-up’s over.” Yelena withdrew her gaze, her voice not loud, but Yiweite and Anna perked up. “It’s our turn.”
She activated Phantom Eye. In her vision, the Lava Colossus was composed of countless energy streams. The most dazzling core lay deep in its abdomen.
Yelena’s nine tails gently swayed, and a wave of Charm Power spread out.
The roaring Lava Colossus paused in its movements. Its turbid energy demon eyes showed an unprecedented confusion, and its attack stopped.
A-grade demon creature, Charm successful!
“Anna, pin down its lower body and limit its movement!”
“Yiweite, prepare to break its armor!”
Yelena calmly gave orders. At the same time, she flipped her hands, and four lumps of blue-green Foxfire and two freshly drawn Explosion Talismans appeared in her palms.
“Let me add some spice to it.”
She chuckled softly and sharply merged the Foxfire and the talismans in front of her!
The blue-green Foxfire enveloped the two dark red Explosion Talismans. The symbols spun rapidly within the Foxfire, turning into two Blazing Meteors trailing blue-green flames!
“Go! My strongest attack!”
Yelena pointed her hand, and the two Blazing Meteors arced cunningly. One struck the Colossus’s knee, and the other hit its “face”!
“Boom! Boom!”
Two consecutive magical explosions staggered the Lava Colossus. The chain of explosions caused a crack to appear in its abdominal magma armor!
“Now!” Yelena shouted.
Without needing her reminder, Yiweite had already seized the opportunity!
Her nodachi ignited with deep black flames, and her entire body turned into a black-red streak, appearing before the Colossus.
“Break!”
With one slash, the black flame blade cut into the crack, tearing open a larger gap, revealing the pulsating Molten Core inside!
The Lava Colossus seemed to sense the threat and began to struggle, but Yelena’s Charm effect was still active, slowing its movements.
Yiweite pressed her advantage, not giving it a chance to recover, and continuously used the Astley family’s sword techniques.
Reverse Kasaya, Horizontal Cut, Kneeling Low Stance Rising Slash, Straight Slash!
Good grief, the Lava Colossus couldn’t react at all; every slash struck the Molten Core!
“Crack…”
A crisp cracking sound rang out amidst the roar.
The Lava Colossus’s Molten Core shattered!
It let out a silent wail. Energy light burst from within its body, and its massive frame began to cool and petrify.
A few seconds later, it crashed down with a thud, turning into a field of steaming obsidian.
[Ding! A-grade Timed Subjugation Quest completed!]
The system prompt sound rang.
Yelena let out a sigh of relief, looked at the fallen Colossus, and smiled.
“We won!” Yelena looked at Yiweite.
Yiweite sheathed her sword and gave her a thumbs up: “Well done, Captain.”
Yelena and Yiweite were about to go clean up the battlefield when a weak, trembling voice came from behind.
“Wait…”
It was Aisha. She propped herself up with her injured body, stood up with difficulty. Her lips were covered in blood and dust, looking very disheveled.
“That kitchen utensil… the Golden Lion Holy Alliance is willing to pay any price…”
Aisha’s voice was very hoarse. She reached out a hand.
“…Please, sell it to us…”