If it were before, Zhang Yanhang might have waited a little for them, waited for these monsters to come a little closer before starting the Death Wave Skill, to prevent scaring them away.
But now things were different, now there were only three thousand monsters left coming from that Fourth Tier Transmission Channel, and as they had all surged forwards, he didn't pretend any longer, and immediately activated the Death Wave Skill.
A circle of transparent, twisted force field rapidly expanded from Zhang Yanhang as the center, the first to bear the brunt were those Molten Flame Toads that teleported directly in front of Zhang Yanhang's face.
Before they could even begin to gather strength to attempt spewing Molten Lava Fireballs, the twisted force field had already preemptively torn through their thick keratin-layer skin, allowing boiling hot blood to flow out uncontrollably.
Whether it was their bones which were somewhat crystallized and pale red, their coarse red muscle fibers, or their internal organs that provided energy supply every moment, all were utterly destroyed by the force field.
And the Molten Lava Fireballs that were brewing in the mouth of the Molten Flame Toads had already shattered inside their mouths; the tremendous weight pressed down on the toads' lower jaws, causing their bodies, or rather their shattered carcasses, to heavily fall into the artificial molten lava pool, splashing large amounts of magma and generating a vast array of steam.
After all the Molten Flame Toads nearest to Zhang Yanhang were annihilated, the next in line were the Fiery Poison Dragons, which despite their capability to fly, held no advantage in front of Zhang Yanhang.
These Fiery Poison Dragons, perhaps more closely resembling birds rather than dragons, possessed a skeletal structure more akin to the unique hollow bones found in birds.
This structural adaptation, normally used to reduce body weight for faster flying speeds, proved even less resistant in the face of the twisted force field; even before their outer muscles and scale armor were fully destroyed, these hollow bones had already prematurely ended their serviceable life, taking their user's remaining life span with them.
The usually thin and smooth wing membranes were now ragged and full of holes thanks to the twisted force field, looking like tattered rags, causing the Fiery Poison Dragons to plummet like a crashing aircraft from thousands of meters in the air and heavily smash onto the ground, with their skulls shattered and brains burst.
Fortunately, they had already entered a dormant state before this, so there was no need to worry about whether they would feel any pain; the pain had already flown away with their souls.
Lastly, there were those Molten Crystal Giants who were charging at full speed towards Zhang Yanhang; they seemingly struggled with flame power which was why they lacked the ability to perform a Fire Jump, leaving them only the most primitive method of advancement, which was running towards Zhang Yanhang.
This resulted in the other monsters already starting their attack, yet this group of Molten Crystal Giants were still focused on moving towards Zhang Yanhang's direction in the front half of the Death Wave's coverage area.
After the death of the Molten Flame Toads and Fiery Poison Dragons in the front, the twisted force field finally covered the area where the Molten Crystal Giants were located.
Then, Zhang Yanhang witnessed a fireworks display, as at the same moment, hundreds of ten meter tall Molten Crystal Giants' bodies uniformly showed extensive crystal cracks, followed immediately by explosions in the next moment.
Due to the instantaneous deaths of too many Molten Crystal Giants, the densely packed Crystal Fragments, like a blizzard, burst forth and formed a crystal storm covering a range of thousands of meters, the high-temperature red bodily fluids splashed out from inside the dead bodies of the crystal giants added into it, tinting the entire Parallel Space in a red hue.
[Successfully killed a Third Tier Three-star Monster 'Molten Crystal Giant (Ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +1100.]
[Successfully killed a Third Tier Three-star Monster 'Molten Crystal Giant (Ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +1100.]
[Successfully killed a Third Tier Three-star Monster 'Molten Crystal Giant (Ordinary)' ×1, Soul points +1100.]
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The simultaneous killing of over three thousand monsters forced Zhang Yanhang to endure the high-frequency intense bombardment of kill notification tones within a second, which inevitably made him slightly stunned.
After all, although he had already barely adapted to the kill notification tone frequency of around two thousand, the intense bombardment approaching or even exceeding three thousand times still somewhat threw Zhang Yanhang off.
In response, Zhang Yanhang hoped to have more opportunities in the future to give himself enough training conditions.
And when Zhang Yanhang came back to his senses, he discovered that the Lord Monster had somehow teleported in front of him, and moreover, it seemed because it had flown high enough earlier, it was not within the range of the Death Wave and did not enjoy the fixed damage of the Death Wave.
But even if it had not dodged, it wouldn't have mattered much, after all, the life value limit of a Fourth Tier Monster was not on the same level as a Third Tier Monster.
His current Death Wave, without triggering kill damage, merely relying on the fixed 1820 points of_damage, might count as a lot if it even took away half the Life Value of this Fourth Tier Lord Monster, it definitely couldn't instantly kill it like a Third Tier Monster.
And moreover, being at half-health doesn't affect combat effectiveness, so in some ways, it was about the same.
Although he didn't know how this Fourth Tier Lord Monster would initiate an attack, Zhang Yanhang chose to first check its attribute list; although he couldn't see other things, he could at least see its name and level, even though he had already known that this Lord Monster was a Fourth Tier One Star.
[Molten Fire Demon · Purgatory Walker (Lord Monster)]
[Level: Fourth Tier One Star]
"Sure enough, it's a Fourth Tier One Star monster, but the name is a bit strange. Is 'Molten Fire Demon' the name, or is 'Purgatory Walker' the name?"
Other monsters generally have the name last, but with this Molten Fire Demon, Zhang Yanhang was somewhat unsure because the latter seemed more like a title than a name.
As Zhang Yanhang was checking the name of this Molten Fire Demon, it took the opportunity to launch an attack on him, smashing a ten-meter long heavy Dual-Handed Greatsword at sound speed towards Zhang Yanhang's Energy Shield.
Compared to the Third Tier Three-star Molten Crystal Giant before, this Molten Fire Demon truly deserved to be a Fourth Tier monster. Without even activating any skills, its normal attacks could directly break the sound barrier and its strength easily reached measures in the hundreds of tons.
However, Zhang Yanhang had just been promoted to Third Tier, and now his Constitution Attribute and defensive power hadn't been increased yet. With one hit, a large ripple emerged on the Energy Shield, and the shockwaves quickly spread from top to bottom across the entire shield.
Of course, the magnitude of the ripples was not that large, and when Zhang Yanhang checked his Shield Value, he found that only about 150 points had been taken off.
However, if before Zhang Yanhang might have dismissed a mere 150 points of Shield Value as nothing, now it really mattered because his 14,000-point Energy Shield could bear up to just under a hundred hits, about ninety-three to be precise.
Ninety-three hits might seem like a lot, but a Fourth Tier monster, ensuring full force in its attacks, could strike 20 to 30 times in one second, hammering away like a piling machine. So theoretically, Zhang Yanhang could handle continuous attacks for only about four seconds.
This consequently caused Zhang Yanhang's Energy Shield to act as if it was in vibration mode, with large, continuous waves and ripples stacking upon one another.
Before one wave of ripples had time to disappear, the next immediately followed right after in the same spot, causing the ripples to begin forming afterimages, making it seem as if they were fixed onto the Energy Shield as a special pattern.
Faced with this, Zhou Muxi, who had been playing with her phone, finally looked up, gazed at the constantly vibrating Energy Shield, and asked with some concern, "Are you really okay? Why do I feel like suddenly you can't withstand it?"
"It's not a big issue."
Although it seemed like the Molten Fire Demon was about to break the Energy Shield soon, in reality, it was just so-so. Zhang Yanhang calmly activated his Indestructible Golden Body, then took out the Six Roots Pure Soul Passage Spear from his Waist Bag.
Accompanied by a gentle golden light covering it, the ripples and waves on the Energy Shield quickly vanished. Even with just the most basic threefold Defense bonus, the Molten Fire Demon's normal attacks already became ineffective against Zhang Yanhang.
Seeing the golden light that immediately stabilized the Energy Shield, Zhou Muxi speculated that it must be a defensive type of skill, and certainly a very powerful one, although the specific duration was unknown. However, judging by Zhang Yanhang's demeanor, her intuition told her it wasn't some burst skill but a sustained one.
Although she had always known that Zhang Yanhang should be able to fend off the attacks of a Fourth Tier One-star Lord Monster, she felt somewhat melancholic when she saw how easily he did so. She began to feel that there truly was a gap between Awakeners, especially between Ordinary Awakened and Lucky Awakened.
Zhou Muxi now felt that she really didn't need to make a move this time, as Zhang Yanhang indeed seemed completely at ease.
Da da da!
Since the Molten Fire Demon wouldn't Drop a treasure box either, Zhang Yanhang didn't bother to tangle with it any further and immediately pulled the trigger of the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun.
Each arm-thick, jet-black bullet precisely hit the torso of the Molten Fire Demon that was still trying to attack, flying at a speed of Nine Mach.
Benefitting from the massive Attack and Attack Speed bonuses provided by Zhang Yanhang, the cannon bullets effortlessly penetrated the heavy metal armor on the surface of the Molten Fire Demon's body and directly entered the red skin and thick muscle fibers that granted the demon hundred-ton strength.
Unfortunately, although it was a Fourth Tier One-star Monster, the Molten Fire Demon's defensive power was still no match for Zhang Yanhang's cannon bullets. The flesh defense was easily penetrated, and the bullets continued their trajectory through the intestines located behind.
These intestines, filled with undigested hard minerals and magma, resembled a massive sewer system, wide enough for an adult to crawl through even at its narrowest point.
As the intestines ruptured, a large quantity of minerals and magma carried by the impact of the cannon bullets continued to fly backward and eventually, along with the cannon bullets, crashed into the spine of the Molten Fire Demon.
However, due to the bullet being at a slightly skewed angle, it merely grazed the spine, entering the demon's lower back and breaking through this last defense with a mass of flesh and blood, exiting the body.
Although the spine of the Molten Fire Demon was not directly hit, the mere grazing by the bullet caused it to fracture, and the minerals and magma that followed intensified the damage.
Fortunately, the spine of the Molten Fire Demon held up, but at the cost of having its abdomen opened up with a one-meter-wide hole.
However, that was just the first cannon bullet. Zhang Yanhang continued to raise the barrel, blasting a clear row of enormous holes in the body of the Molten Fire Demon.
As Zhang Yanhang continued to shoot upward, exploding the heart and spine of the Molten Iron Demon up to nearly the shoulder, which nearly split the Molten Fire Demon in half, it finally reacted and used Fire Jump just in time to dodge the barrel.
Seeing the Molten Fire Demon's vitality, which still allowed for movement despite having its spine and heart blown apart, Zhang Yanhang wasn't too surprised. After all, it was at least a Fourth Tier Lord Monster and a demon, which did count for something. However, judging by its near-death appearance, it seemed it wouldn't last much longer.
Mainly, Zhang Yanhang was curious to see if it had any unknown burst skills, which is why he spared it. Otherwise, how could he have allowed it to initiate Fire Jump?
But after waiting a few seconds, Zhang Yanhang saw that the Molten Fire Demon didn't seem to respond—just continually roared without advancing to attack.
Thinking it over, Zhang Yanhang slightly shifted the barrel of his Six Roots Pure Soul Gun to one side, intending to shoot it one more time and press it further, but as soon as Zhang Yanhang moved the barrel, the Molten Fire Demon suddenly activated Fire Jump.
Afterward, every time Zhang Yanhang tried to move the barrel, the Molten Fire Demon would instantly initiate Fire Jump for a short-range teleportation; it was quite interesting—probably because it was frightened by the cannon bullets of the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun.
"Is this Molten Fire Demon so hard to kill? Do you need my help?"
Zhou Muxi watched Zhang Yanhang not making a move and thought he was baffled by the teleportation ability of the Molten Fire Demon.
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