Chapter 114: All Is Fair in War (Bonus Chapter 13/13 for Alliance Leader Zhi Bai)

At that moment, Bai Han, Yu Liang, and Mei Renli quickly formed seals, casting golden bells to protect their respective charges.

Meanwhile, the two Ling Yan and two Zi Xia fell silent and immediately turned to flee. With the boss already enraged, why stay to get slaughtered?

“No time to entertain you. Until we meet again.”

In the blink of an eye, they had rushed far ahead. Wei Cheng had initially been willing to cast golden bells on them too, had they come closer, but now they were left far behind. How had they ended up with such foolish companions?

Not daring to delay, Wei Cheng hurriedly scooped up the unconscious Nameless Mountain Mover like a small dog and dashed off. Without hesitation, he cast an additional immovable golden bell each on Liu Sui, Xu Shan, Yu Liang, and Mei Renli.

Almost simultaneously, a terrifying sensation of impending doom rapidly spread—not just near the battlefield but covering a full radius of ten thousand meters.

Damn it, it was a true full-map area-of-effect attack!

The next moment, the third head of the magma giant slowly opened its eyes, as if a switch had been flipped, as if an ancient demon had returned to the mortal realm. A tremor that struck at the very source of its power resonated in that instant!

Wei Cheng couldn’t explain it, couldn’t understand it, but he knew this signified extreme danger, especially for fragile classes—potentially fatal.

The air suddenly heated, and the heavens and earth burst forth in dazzling light so bright that no one could keep their eyes open. Fortunately, the brilliance lasted only a second, but then everyone was horrified to discover that, centered on the magma giant, the air within ten thousand meters was suddenly filled with countless flame crystals.

These crystals were tiny, about the size of grains of rice, yet they shimmered with golden light like flowing sunshine.

Everyone recognized them immediately: this was the magma giant’s mysterious blood—golden flames that could instantly burst into blaze.

Even a sliver exposed to the air would cause a terrifying explosion, burning at temperatures far exceeding ordinary flame or magma.

Now, these were everywhere.

“Damn it!”

The next instant, everyone’s vision was overwhelmed by wildly erupting flames, with nowhere to escape or hide.

The temperature within this area soared uncontrollably. In moments, the golden flames vanished into a blinding white light.

Then came destruction.

For mountain movers like Wei Cheng, Bai Han, Yu Liang, and Mei Renli, it was survivable.

Those like Liu Sui and Xu Shan, protected by multiple immovable golden bells, managed to barely hold on.

Chen Ce was well guarded by Bai Han, and even the unconscious Nameless Mountain Mover benefited from Wei Cheng’s protection.

Only the four who had fled over a thousand meters away suffered. Although they continuously activated their Flame Rings, the protective fire shields lasted only two seconds before shattering. The next moment, they were carbonized on the spot—clothes, hair, skin, even shadows vanished.

If one’s will was strong, one might maintain composure and rapidly circulate internal energy, buying an additional two or three seconds.

If someone could rescue them within that brief window.

But if one’s resolve was weak, the collapse was instantaneous, from the inside out—the mind shattered, and in a blink, they turned to dust, erased from existence.

This was a precise, devastating strike aimed at non-mountain mover classes.

If mountain movers could not effectively shield others, the outcome of the battle was meaningless.

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