Chapter 69 Guess Who I Am
Tomorrow is the launch day, so I'll update an extra chapter today. Thank you for your support all along. Tonight, there will be a single chapter of launch speech, and I'd like to communicate with everyone, please give more support.
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Under the dark night, in the silver-white mansion, the dim moonlight fell like fine rain, illuminating the empty grand hall, presenting an unbelievable strange scene.
In the eerily quiet hall, a white bony skull monster was leaning against a stone pillar, contentedly puffing on a cigar. The grayish-white smoke drifted through its lower jawbone, along the cervical vertebrae slowly downwards, and floated in its breastbone, finally disappearing without a trace... Well, this is simply an anatomy lesson.
And so, seeing such a bizarre scene, the pirates who had just rushed in with killing intent suddenly stood still like wooden chickens. Even the evil fire mage, Shi Yan, was left speechless and stunned.
Alright, they weren't unfamiliar with undead creatures and had long been prepared to fight that undead wizard, but a skull puffing on a cigar... for the love of all gods, who can tell me why a skull would smoke cigars?
"That's because smoking is bad for your health." The skeleton, leaning against the stone pillar, suddenly replied in a serious tone, "So, every time I smoke cigars recently, I turn into a skeleton first, that way I don't have to worry about nicotine poisoning."
Nicotine? What's that?
Dozens of pirates were even more bewildered, but at this moment, Sī Yán suddenly seemed to think of something, and a blood-red flame burst out from his single eye, staring dead at the opponent: "Wait, you're that... that... from the East..."
"Alright." Lin Taiping smiled and waved his hand, his entire jawbone trembling wildly, making him look even more ominous and frightening.
In an instant, a large group of pirates all inhaled cold air, retreated several steps in confusion and noise, and Shi Yan couldn't help but curse in a low voice. That damned Galatea actually provided completely wrong information. The Easterner was not a necromancer at all, he himself was an evil undead creature.
But now, it's pointless to think about that. After the initial shock, Shi Yan quickly recovered and revealed a gloomy smile: "Interesting, really interesting. Come to think of it, I've never tried burning a high-ranking undead creature before. The feeling must be great."
"Want to give it a try?" Lin Taiping clapped his palms in agreement, casually tossing away the cigar, and cracking his joints loudly. "Alright then, let's get started quickly. Even if I'm just a skeleton, I still don't want to sit here blowing cold wind all night..."
Boom! Before the words fell, the hard ground surface suddenly cracked open, and scorching magma spewed out, covering his white skeleton.
Almost at the same time, Shi Yan suddenly raised his fire-elemental staff and slammed it heavily onto the ground, stirring up even more turbulent waves of flame: "Fools, what are you waiting for?"
Like a dream come true, dozens of pirates stared at each other in surprise, and suddenly made a ferocious and violent attack, the dense blood-colored curved knives were like a stormy rain, leaving behind a crimson afterimage in the air.
"Great, I like you guys being so despicable." Lin Taiping looked at them calmly and then raised his hands to give a rhythmic applause.
Crisp applause echoed in the air, and a dark light burst forth suddenly. Dozens of white bony skulls emerged slowly from the hard earth, their eye sockets glowing with a faint green light, as they raised their tattered swords in unison.
In an instant, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, the pirates and skull soldiers collided heavily, several curved knives fell heavily, cutting off the fragile skull bones, but more skull soldiers swarmed up, with the leading one holding high a rusty long spear, eyes glowing green, throwing it out with force, aiming directly at the Dead Flame behind the crowd.
But before the long spear was thrown out, a fierce flame had already spewed out, rapidly engulfing the long spear skull soldier and rapidly expanding in an instant, transforming into a blazing fire wall, covering all the surrounding white bone skulls inside.
In the flickering flames, the eerie and ominous figure slowly emerged, each step heavily treading on the ground, causing it to crack open with a dull thud, as scorching hot magma flowed out: "You foolish guy, has anyone ever told you that fire magic is the best choice for dealing with undead creatures?"
The balance of victory thoroughly tilted, dozens of pirates with red eyes howled loudly, and launched a fierce attack without any scruples. They wielded blood-colored curved knives, surging over the still-burning white skull crowd like a tide, rushing towards Lin Taiping.
The burly man at the front roared with rage, suddenly leaping high into the air, his blood-red curved knife slashing down viciously: "Go die, you thing that crawled out of hell... what?"
At this moment, Lin Taiping, who was still burning fiercely in the sea of fire, gently clapped his hands again.
With a loud rumble, the hard ground suddenly shook violently, and the dark brown mud shot up like a fountain. In this rolling torrent of mud and rocks, a gigantic white skeleton beast slowly crawled out from beneath the earth's surface, its massive body resembling a mountain range.
That was a mammoth fossil bought from the museum, its huge body over twenty meters high, white bony frame emitting green phosphorus fire, sharp elephant tusks like two giant long spears, thick as stone pillar-like bone joints thundering down, just its cast terrifying shadow is enough to make people's hearts tremble.
The gods above! What kind of terrifying monster is this?
The pirates who had just rushed up suddenly let out an uncontrollable scream, and the leading pirate, perhaps frightened silly, actually charged forward recklessly, which proved to be extremely foolish.
With a loud crash, the blood-colored curved knife chopped heavily on the front leg of the White Bone Mammoth, leaving only a faint and almost imperceptible shallow mark. The enraged White Bone Mammoth, however, was not polite at all, lifting its right front leg and stomping it down heavily with a furious roar.
Blood splattered everywhere, the poor strong man instantly turned into a meat pie. Before the surrounding pirates could react, this enraged white-boned mammoth had already let out a long howl and charged forward, like a movable mountain peak, ferociously crashing into the crowd.
With one crash, five or six pirates immediately wailed and flew into the air. The large elephant feet trampled heavily, crushing the skulls of several unlucky guys, while the sharp elephant tusks were like sharp blades, directly piercing the chests of those who blocked their way.
It was a one-sided massacre, and in just an instant, the terrified pirates were routed, with several of them dropping their curved knives and fleeing in disarray towards the flames.
"Useless trash!" Shi Yan's face twisted in a roar, his fire-element staff raised high, accompanied by a low, urgent chanting voice, the fire elements in the air rapidly fluctuated, like a turbulent tide surging forward.
In the name of the Fire God, summon the evil spirits from the Inferno of Flames and burn everything in this world!
In an instant, a gigantic ghost face composed entirely of flames suddenly appeared in the void, with its green flames burning fiercely and spewing out scorching magma from its mouth, incinerating several pirates who dared to block its path into ashes.
The next moment, with a pale finger of the dead flame, this flame ghost face wailed miserably, opening its huge mouth with sharp teeth, and pounced directly at the white bone mammoth that was rampaging and colliding.
Flames spewed everywhere, magma churned, the white bones of the mammoth were tightly clutched and fiercely burning, its skeleton was becoming charred and brittle, but its body was too enormous, even in this sea of flames, it still let out a furious roar and lifted its front legs, heavily trampling on the ghost's head.
The ground shook violently, the Flame Devil's face wailed and shrieked in agony, even the flames dimmed significantly. The Dead Flame in the back was as if heavily injured, involuntarily retreating several steps, but he immediately let out a cold hum with a venomous face, biting his tongue tip heavily.
Jet-black blood spurted out, splashing onto the body of the Flame Devil's Face, which had received a soul sacrifice. The Flame Devil's Face once again became extremely ferocious and violently erupted, with the raging flames expanding to over ten meters in length. The Blood Basin's giant mouth, flowing with molten rock, let out a frenzied howl as it swallowed up the White Bone Mammoth whole.
The sea of flames erupted wildly, the white bones of the mammoth turned into burning fragments, crashing to the ground with a loud noise. The fire demon's face, still greedy and ferocious, howled as it dived rapidly into the void, like a meteor falling from the sky.
"Go to death!" Along with the deafening laughter of the dead flame, the entire manor hall within tens of meters was transformed into a sea of raging flames, endless magma erupted wildly, turning into a blood-red rain that covered the sky and earth, burning everything in sight.
When the bloody rain of fire gradually dissipated, the entire hall had turned to ashes, replaced by a huge deep pit. The dark gray smoke lingered above the pit, and Lin Taiping, who should have been standing in his original position, had disappeared without a trace, probably not even leaving behind any skeletal fragments.
The pirates, who were battered and bruised, struggled to get up from the ground. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but be shocked and terrified, yet they all raised their curved knives and cheered in unison. In their awestruck gaze, the dying flame still lingering on his lips, he licked his lips and let out a chilling laugh: "What a pity, I thought that little white face could last a bit longer..."
Crack! A faint, unexpected sound suddenly came from the bottom of the deep pit.
In an instant, the pirates' cheers suddenly stopped, Shi Yan's unbelievable wide-open single eye, full of vigilance, retreated a few steps back, staring dead at the trembling deep pit.
In their astonished line of sight, a blood claw made entirely of flames suddenly shot out from the bottom of the pit like lightning and stabbed firmly into the edge of the deep pit.
Suddenly, the fire element in the air suddenly went berserk, and a raging flame burst out of the deep pit, like a giant pillar of fire that shot straight into the sky, causing the temperature around it to rise sharply, as if a volcano was erupting wildly.
A black gust of wind howled by, and in the soaring pillar of fire, a crimson demon slowly took shape. Its ferocious head slowly rose, letting out a low, soul-shaking wail. The terrifying body, over six meters tall, was entirely composed of raging flames. Endless flames hissed and coiled around its body like venomous snakes.
At this moment, the entire venue was silent, all pirates fell into a deathly silence, even breathing seemed to have stopped in terror. Dead flames' face stiffened as he raised his head, his dry lips trembling violently, feeling like his soul was shattering uncontrollably.
The gods above, this monster... This monster is... is...
In the dead silence, the blood-colored flame demon slowly descended from the air, and with just one light step, the ground around it instantly turned crimson, burning with a turbulent and majestic sea of flames.
Under the pirates' desperate gaze, it slowly opened its bloody mouth, revealing a smile full of evil intentions, although this smile looked so ferocious and sinister.
"Hey, guess who I am?"