Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 756 Fire Demon
There seemed to be sounds of decay and disintegration in the air around him.

Lancelot's corpse was abnormally huge, lying quietly in the ruins of the main hall, the vague humanoid outline shrouded in a suffocating and oppressive atmosphere.

The corpse was about 12.8 meters tall, like a collapsed mountain, and the air around it was distorted and fluctuated slightly by the constant heat it emitted.

A human-like torso can be clearly seen on the corpse, but it is attached to six twisted legs, each of which is like a swollen tree root that is rooted in the ground.

Lancelot's six arms were even more terrifying. Each arm was severely swollen, with a brittle flesh texture on the surface, and rough metal buckles connected at the end of the arm.

The clasps held thick chains that extended around the body like some ancient ritual object of restraint, but their ends were broken.

Even in death, the body still exuded a highly polluted odor, mixed with a pungent stench of hot decay.

The triple halo surrounding Xia Xiu's head emitted a harsh "hissing" overheating sound as it approached the corpse. The closer it got, the stronger the pollution became.

A dense stream of information and data flashed across his retina, and numbers jumped at high speed on the screen:
[Current Ethereum floating point computing efficiency: 7.87×10^10 ( billion)/second]

He frowned slightly. This number was far beyond the normal calculation level. The pollution intensity was enough to make ordinary thaumaturges lose consciousness instantly or even explode on the spot.

The efficiency of the [Ether Floating Point Operation] of Xia Xiu's [Turin Type I] in full mode is 1×10^12 (trillion/second), while the Lancelot in front of him is just a corpse, and a corpse that has been dead for who knows how many centuries.

It still maintains a floating-point computing pollution of 10 billion per second, which is no less than the "Volcano King" taken in during the Iberian War.

“The closer you get, the more pollutants you pollute, and the peak pollution level is 70 billion floating point operations.

The pollution threshold has never been able to break through the 100 billion level, the radiation range is only within a kilometer in diameter, and the pollution value layer shows an exponential decline every 100 meters.

This is good news, at least it is not as polluted as the stars, and the radiation range is a thousand times, or even ten thousand times lower than the stars..."

Xia Xiu observed Lancelot and quickly completed a preliminary abnormality analysis report in his mind.

"Only high-level thaumatologists can observe this kind of thing. Moreover, the entire Sunset Palace is shrouded in this pollution. The original demon... When this thing was alive, its strength was estimated to be infinitely close to that of the stars.

According to Seth, there are three other creatures of the same level as this thing, and there is a high probability that they are still alive.

Even more troubling is the powerful thaumaturgical origin entities that gave rise to these four original demons, and those unknown entities known as 'blasphemy' are also missing..."

Xia Xiu carefully observed Lancelot's body, and after confirming that the other party was indeed in a state of death and would remain in this state for a long time, he moved his eyes away from Lancelot's body.

Xia Xiu was not very interested in this level of anomalies. He had so many things to deal with right now that he could not put them in order. He really did not have much enthusiasm to write a few more thaumaturgical papers around Lancelot.

It would be better to leave these troublesome things to the people in the [Central Confinement Room] later.

After briefly observing some details around the Sunset Palace, his gaze turned to the east of the Sunset Palace, which led to a small town on the sea.

Members of the Kailasel family and the two corrupted vassals were hiding there.

He adjusted the brim of his hat slightly, took a step forward, and walked eastward.

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As Xia Xiu approached the small town east of the Sunset Palace, a burst of hot breath rushed towards him. It felt like standing on the edge of a volcano, and the air was filled with a scorching burning sensation.

The blond young man frowned slightly, but his steps did not stop at all.

[Vassago——]

A huge figure emerged from behind him. The darkness swallowed his shadow, revealing an inverted triangle skull, and his purple eyes flashed with signs of a slowly rotating clock.

The moment Vashak appeared, he raised his hand and pointed his slender index finger at a point in the void.

"Buzz——"

The air vibrated and the space seemed to freeze.

The colors of the Sunset Palace faded in an instant, turning into a grayish-white movie quality, and time stood still at this moment.

Xia Xiu stood in this solidified space, staring coldly at the source of the heat in front of him.

He looked carefully at the attackers who were frozen in time.

1, 2, 3...

In front of him, fifty flaming humanoid creatures, about two meters tall, were in a charging posture.

Their bodies were made entirely of flames, their outlines burning fiercely and violently, and the heat waves distorted the air in the static space.

The face of each "fire man" is blurred, these should be the fire demons mentioned by Set.

“The people in the city are really hospitable.”

Xia Xiu muttered something, and just as he finished speaking, a dazzling golden light flashed behind him.

The light quickly condensed into a huge incarnation - [Metatron].

Six pairs of huge wings of light particles spread out behind him, like a golden sun burning brightly in this gray world.

The arrival of Metatron was full of intimidation. His sculpture-like perfect face was cold and indifferent, and he held a burning giant sword in each hand.

The six-winged light angel did not hesitate at all and slowly merged the two flaming swords in his hands, forming a burning giant sword that was forty meters long.

The entire sword was burning with pure flames, a force made entirely of ether, blazing and sharp.

Xia Xiu slightly turned sideways and took a step back to make room for Metatron.

[Remnant Fire Blade——]
Metatron's wings trembled slightly, and he raised the burning giant sword, pointing the tip of the sword directly at the fire demon in front of him.

The next moment, the giant flaming sword slashed down at an astonishing speed, and the sword tip cut through the gray air, bringing up a golden arc of light.

The entire time-stopped world trembled for a moment with this slash.

"Chong-"

The moment the sword flashed, the bodies of the fifty fire demons that were frozen in the charge were cut in half.

"Buzz——"

With a low vibrating sound, time resumed its flow.

Those fire demons that were originally rushing towards Xia Xiu at an extremely fast speed were each broken into two pieces the moment time resumed flowing.

However, this kind of attack did not cause any substantial damage to the Fire Demon.

Those broken "flaming bodies" scattered in all directions like enraged beasts. The broken upper parts seemed to have independent consciousness and struggled to stand up again.

The lower part was not completely still, but squirmed in a strange way, as if trying to put itself back together.

Fifty fire demons suddenly became a hundred.

The hot breath spread quickly, the humidity in the surrounding air seemed to be drained away in an instant, and the temperature rose sharply.

Each newly born fire demon is slightly smaller in size, but moves faster, and makes screaming-like explosions as the flames jump.

Then, Xia Xiu heard these fire demons "talking" using high-temperature, high-pressure air and the sound of exploding flames.

"Thirsty for fuel! Thirsty for air!"

"The desire to burn! The desire to burn!"

"Desire Burns!!!"

Xia Xiu watched this scene calmly.

“I knew it wasn’t that simple.”

call out--

[Metatron] held two flaming swords that had been shortened to normal size and cut a nearby fire demon into pieces.

Note that this means being torn into pieces in the truest sense of the word.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The six-winged angel's hands wielding the hilt of the sword turned into afterimages in the air, and the nearby fire demon was chopped into ten thousand pieces. At the same time, [Sisyphus] appeared behind Xia Xiu again, and he controlled the surrounding vectors to form an air wall with the symbol of [∞], blocking the fire demons' attacks.

Inside the ring, Xia Xiu observed silently.

He observed that the flames of each fire demon did not weaken due to the splitting, but instead appeared to become fuller in the surrounding flames.

Whenever a Balrog is attacked by an external force, especially a fatal blow, it seems to trigger some strange splitting mechanism, individualizing it into multiple smaller new entities that still have independent consciousness.

This split is not a simple physical phenomenon, but an abnormal reaction that seems to be driven by "thaumaturgy".

Moreover, not only will these fire demons not be extinguished due to the split, but even after the split, they will still try to strengthen themselves by burning everything around them.

Xia Xiu noticed that the nearby stones and dust in the air quickly turned into a hot red under the high temperature.

He was keenly aware that these fire demons were not acting solely on instinct - after splitting up, they readjusted their formation and showed a tendency to encircle him, as if they were gradually understanding his tactics.

"A sentient life made of flames, with a split nature. Its specific composition is still unknown. Its true structure should be invisible, not in the form of flames as it appears on the surface."

Xia Xiu quickly summarized the abnormal characteristics of the fire demons. His golden eyes narrowed slightly and he began to assess the real threat of these fire demons.

He waved the [Lever of Heaven] in his hand, projecting several tentative magic waves.

The waves passed through the Balrogs but were unable to weaken their flames, and even triggered some of them to emit sharp explosions.

"It's not just a flame, but a special energy body with a 'self-sustaining' mechanism."

Xia Xiu quickly came to the conclusion that these fire demons might not be completely dependent on external fuel, but draw power from some internal abnormal source.

At the same time, he remembered Set's description of these Balrogs: "They are the products left behind by the 'Spark'."

"We can't simply kill them, otherwise they will continue to split. We must find their core or suppress them with some special means."

Xia Xiu's eyes swept across the surrounding area, and his golden pupils narrowed slightly.

His sight fell on the fragments of the Fire Demon that were cut by Metatron, and he carefully observed their changes.

The air around was filled with a burning smell, and the strong carbonized smell was nauseating.

The broken fire demon scattered into countless tiny flames, which jumped and burned wantonly, competing with each other for all the combustible materials around them.

"The ambient oxygen level is decreasing rapidly."

Xia Xiu's eyes were cold. He gently tapped the [Heavenly Lever] in his hand and continued to observe.

While those flames were consuming the surrounding oxygen, they were also competing frantically for combustible resources.

Some larger flames quickly devoured smaller flames, while those weaker flames gradually dimmed and went out due to lack of fuel, until only a faint spark remained.

"really."

Xia Xiu murmured in a low voice, and came to a conclusion in his mind:

"It has a very high demand for fuel, and its intelligence decreases as the amount of fuel decreases; when there is enough fuel, it can form complex forms.

When the volume and fuel amount reach a certain threshold, it will split into multiple individuals.

If these individuals are running low on fuel, they will become hostile to each other in order to compete for fuel - that is, the split individuals can eventually be eliminated until only a single individual remains, and that single individual is the source of the anomaly."

The blond young man raised his head and looked at the gradually shrinking fire demons.

The faint light reflected in his golden pupils, like some kind of abyss that swallowed everything.

He thought for a moment, and a brilliant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"In that case, we might as well speed up the process." His voice was gentle, even warm, as if the upcoming trial was just a casual conversation.

He slowly raised his right hand, and the [Lever of Heaven] in his hand shook slightly, and a faint buzzing sound was heard in the air.

At the top of the wand, the familiar [∞] symbol gradually appeared, shining brightly with an irresistible power.

[Out of Control World·Out of Control Factor Mark——]

[Heaven's Lever: Factors of Prying——]

In an instant, the entire space was compressed into silent silence.

The air seemed to have lost all its fluidity, and a powerful attraction surged out from the wand, almost making everything around it tremble.

The remaining oxygen and combustible materials began to surge violently, being stripped from the surrounding space as if being swallowed by an invisible vortex.

Those tiny flames shook and struggled, but could not stop themselves from going out.

The scorching breath dissipated in an instant, leaving only dry scorched earth around.

The Balrogs showed some kind of self-awareness in their final burning. They roared with sharp and strange voices, the sounds tearing the eardrums like air currents under high pressure:

"Can't burn. No fuel."

"Growth. Need. Must grow."

"No. No fuel."

"No air. Starving!!!"

Following these twisted shouts, all the fire demons in the field were quickly extinguished, leaving only a few residual sparks, which turned into nothingness in the cold air.

Xia Xiu stood in the silent ruins, holding up his wand, calmly staring at the faint fire in the center of the venue.

There was only a tiny flame, which seemed to be some kind of source. It was not completely extinguished, but twisted violently, as if trying desperately to break free from some kind of restraint.

There was an undeniable sense of uneasiness emanating from the flames, as if they felt an unprecedented threat to their own existence.

Xia Xiu walked towards the flame step by step. His steps were steady, but carried an irresistible pressure.

He stood in front of it, lowered his head slightly, and stared coldly at the small flame with his golden pupils.

"This is the source." Xia Xiu's voice was low and calm. "It really has special abnormal properties and cannot be completely eliminated."

He raised his right hand lightly, and the light at the tip of the wand flickered slightly.

The small flame seemed to be held by some invisible force and slowly floated up from the ground.

The flame twisted violently, as if protesting its fate, but unable to break free from the invisible restraints.

Xia Xiu looked at it, raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and led it to his shoulder.

The little flame finally landed on his shoulder unwillingly, like a creature forced to submit.

Xia Xiu used the [Heavenly Lever] in his hand to pat the top of the small flame on his shoulder, as if he was patting a dog's head.

"Little thing, I'm kindly telling you that you are now officially accepted into the Kingdom of Heaven."

The flame sank a few times where it was hit by the [Lever of Heaven], and it twisted restlessly on the Dark Lord's shoulder. All the combustible conditions near it had been pried away by the lever in the Dark Lord's hand. The lack of fuel caused its IQ to be in arrears.

Fortunately, it is currently in arrears, otherwise it would probably explode with anger upon hearing the next sentence.

"Ah, very good."

The blond young man said to the Flame Demon, whose IQ was low, with a serious expression:
"Remember, you will be famous in the future, so be happy.

How about I give you a new name now, Fire Joy.

what do you think? "

The small flame seemed to be mentally retarded, burning dully and crackling.

Right now, it was too hungry to understand the evil humor in the Dark Lord's words.