[Second Update]
Salin only had this thought in his mind before he no longer thought about it. Luck was not something Salin relied on. He had relied on his own efforts to reach where he was today.
If he had luck, he could use it. If he didn't, Salin wouldn't blame the heavens.
Salin and the Warden hadn't calculated well. According to the Warden's idea, since he couldn't leave the volcano to fight, he would use the volcano as the main battlefield and let Salin attack. He could support hundreds of thousands of subordinates in the volcano.
Salin's idea was also good. He would arrange large thunder dragon spears around the volcano and block all exits. Once the divine runic arrays were swept away, he would bring the Bode's Gate over. By relying on the power of the six divine weapons, he could attack and defend.
Who knew that at this time, the Warden would lose control of his power and the planar rules of the Myers Continent would loosen. A battle between soldiers would turn into a battle between high level powerhouses.
What was worse was that the two armies had already entered. It was unrealistic to evacuate in a short period of time.
In fact, many soldiers had already fled to the top of the mountain. The Black Prison volcano wasn't the highest point. When it erupted, the higher points were relatively safer. As long as one had the appropriate skills to isolate the high temperature volcanic ash, they wouldn't die.
The soldiers of both sides would inevitably gather together and look at each other with vigilance.
On Salin's side, there were some demons that didn't have the ability to fly. There were also some desolate warriors that could fly but didn't receive Salin's order to fly. Instead, they retreated on the ground.
This was Salin's mistake. He didn't think that these awakened desolate warriors would have such low intelligence.
The demons immediately opened their mouths and discussed with the jailers.
"If the volcano erupts, we won't be able to escape. How about we share the top of the mountain? "
The jailers looked at each other. They were the elites of Black Prison and the lowest was sixth rank. But the enemy was the same. They wore high level armor and their combat strength was higher than theirs. Those foolish people wearing dark red armor seemed to be of a higher rank. This eliminated the advantage of the jailers and the tenth rank powerhouses.
Both sides quickly compromised. If they fought now, only a dozen or so of the thousands of people on the mountain would survive.
It was better to wait until the battle above was over. If Salin died, then his army would retreat. The remaining army wouldn't be a match for the jailers. If the warden were to die, these prison guards were planning to surrender.
The soldiers of the two camps erected stone walls in the middle of the mountains to prevent unnecessary battles from breaking out. Then, the soldiers took out their equipment and set up their shelters.
When the volcano erupted, the air would be unbreathable. Even demons would not be able to survive at such a distance.
Salin and the warden did not take the soldiers' compromise to heart. Salin did not expect the demons to remain loyal after his death. Now that Nelis was not here, if he died, the demons would at most escape back to Metatlin City to take a look. If they could not even defend Metatlin City, even if the Evil Demons did not surrender, they would escape back to the Demonic Plane. They would never avenge Salin.
The Demons that Salin had brought here to carry out the death order were not the most loyal. They were just a group with sufficient combat strength. Most of the most loyal demons were carried by Neris, and some went to the demiplane.
"Warden, since I'm here, I have no intention of escaping. I'll wait for you here. You don't have to shout so loudly," Salin said as he looked at the mouth of the volcano. There was still a certain distance between him and the mouth of the volcano, so he had to fly as high as possible.
The earth was shaking, and rocks rolled down from the mountains. Salin noticed that the forest around the volcano was dense, but there were no magical beasts. There was not a single decent life in the place where the warden lived.
Not long after, a deafening sound came from below. Salin saw a dark red light flash in the mouth of the volcano, followed by an even more intense explosion.
A pillar of fire dozens of meters thick shot into the sky. The height was far beyond Salin's expectations. If he was above the mouth of the volcano, he would have been hit by the pillar of fire.
What happened next made Salin even more dumbfounded.
The volcano erupted wildly, and then the entire volcano shook. The earth was also shaking, and it slowly split open. If it weren't for the soldiers who had built footholds and strengthened the ground with magic or magic, this earthquake would have sent all the soldiers who had taken shelter on the mountain peaks rolling down.
The earth shook more and more violently. The mouth of the volcano spewed flames and magma as it split open. This crack was more than three miles long. From the crack, magma and thick smoke spewed out, and the trees near it spontaneously combusted.
Although the top of the mountain had been cleared, the temperature began to rise rapidly. In the shelter on the top of the mountain, the faces of the prison guards were ugly. It would be fine if there were mages, but if there were no mages, they would not survive with just a simple shelter.
Salin used his finger to point at the clouds in the sky. The swirling clouds paused for a moment, and a clap of thunder sounded. Rain started to fall, and a white mist appeared within a radius of dozens of miles.
The soldiers all pushed up the masks of their armor. Salin's soldiers had magic equipment that could filter out smoke and dust. Even the lowest level of the prison guards had to dip their towels in water to block the gaps in their armor.
Everyone's armor could withstand the high temperature. The only difference was the details.
Salin casually saved many people, but in the areas closest to the volcano, many people were burned to death by the falling magma. Salin thought for a moment, then released a wide-range Ice Strike. Six huge blocks of ice dozens of meters wide collided with each other, and then fell into the mouth of the volcano.
Salin's calculations were excellent. The eruption of the volcano was also rhythmic. This happened to be a break before the volcano erupted. Ice Strike was not an unpopular spell. These six huge blocks of ice did not immediately melt even in the magma, causing the mouth of the volcano to be blocked.
Boom!
The earth shook violently, and an even larger crack appeared. Salin saw a lake of lava, and in the middle of the lake, there was a small house. The roof of the house had collapsed, and only three walls remained. A middle-aged man sat in the middle.
The man was dressed in black, and his appearance was elegant. He looked like a learned bard.
This image only lasted for a second. Then, the man's clothes tore, revealing the skin underneath. The man's snow-white skin turned red in an instant. His muscles bulged, and his veins popped.
This was the warden. His transformation did not stop, and his height continued to expand. In a few seconds, he was already six meters tall. A pair of long horns grew on his head, and the muscles on his body disappeared, emitting flames. Through the flames, Salin could see that the muscles had turned crystal clear red, like fire elemental crystals.
One of the warden's arms became longer, and a layer of scales grew on it. Behind his back, an eight-meter long tail grew, and every part of him was covered in flames.
The color of the flames was slightly dark, red with a hint of black. The flames danced, and the space they burned turned into nothingness, only to be filled by new flames.
Raphael saw this from the sky, and shouted to Salin, "Sir, this is a creature from the Netherworld Plane!"
"It's the warden," Salin said in a low voice.
The warden looked up at where Salin was, and then looked down at the changes in his body. He did not seem surprised at all. He just said faintly, "You've really fallen."
After saying this, the warden grasped the air with his right hand, and a weapon appeared in his hand. It was a single-edged greatsword. As soon as it appeared, it fused with the scales growing on his right hand, forming a strange weapon.
The side of the sword without a blade was a square sawtooth, with a square grid. In each raised sawtooth, there was a square cavity. Salin saw purple flames burning in those holes.
On one side was a powerful physical attack, and on the other was a powerful elemental attack. This weapon was definitely a divine artifact.
To verify his guess, Salin shot a lightning icicle at the warden's throat.
This was not a killing move, but a test.
The warden swung his greatsword, and the icicle shattered with a pop.
This caused Salin's heart to sink. His lightning icicles had, in essence, evolved. The lightning icicles spat out by the powerful Thunder Dragon were harder than any metal. It had been shattered by the greatsword because the warden had used nomological power when he swung his sword.
The nomological power had no chance of cheating.
Zola and Sue trembled beside Salin at the same time. This was the feeling of not being able to withstand the pressure of a powerhouse.
"It's fine. Just level-14." Salin's thunderous voice calmed the two level-12 True Martial. The warden's power was greater than Salin had imagined, because the nomological power was perfect. Salin's test had a result. If he did not use a level-18 scroll, the warden would not be killed by the family crest with the divine artifact in his hand.
Zola and Sue looked like they could not help. Only his three weapon spirits, Raphael, and Purple Angel were left. It looked like it would be a tough battle.
Although Salin had many people, they were all level-13. Salin was very clear about the difference between level-13 and level-14.
And this warden seemed to have more nomological power than physical power. At least he had fire elemental nomological power.
The warden's expression was blurry. His body was covered in flames. Occasionally, his body would be exposed, but it looked like it was made of red-hot metal.
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