Chapter 651:[ Cocytus]

This is the real…Sword of Flames!!

This energy was too well-hidden. It could not be seen. It was nearly indistinguishable from a regular, subtle fluctuation in the air.

Like a ripple in space with incredible speed, it shot towards Allen. At the same time, the large group of swords stabbed at himfrom all directions!

The death god’s dagger whistling was hidden within the sonic booms of the flying swords. Its killing intent was also masked by the fire swords! As such, the Flame Emperor’s real killing blow was perfectly immersed within the flying flame swords. Anyone would believe that the flame swords were the killing blow, but in reality, it was the Flame Emperor’s secret force attack!

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Allen waved Rebellion, fending off the flying swords in the air. The razor-sharp flames swords posed no threat under his every counter. With a simple swipe of Rebellion, they were all shot down. They seemed impressive but lacked any substance.

As Allen was fighting the flame swords, the flames on the giant monster’s eye sockets burned excitedly. All his fire energy had been infused into that sure-kill attack, so the energy within the flame swords was, of course, weak, but Allen was already preoccupied with them. That death blow had flown straight towards his heart and was no doubt on target!

Even if it was Flame Dragon Emperor, it would have no doubt be killed by it!

Dieee!! As the [Magma Tyrannous] shouted out in his ‘heart’, just as the strike was hitting Allen’s heart, the latter suddenly grinned. He held his hands together, and due to the extreme speed, his arms formed a series of afterimages. The magic energy within his body exploded. Rebellion suddenly whistled in the air and appeared just across his chest.

BOOOOOOOM!!!

With a loud explosion, the [Magma Tyrannous] attack hit the surface of the sword and although the sound of the explosion was terrifying but the power was actually controlled by Rebellion as she immediately encased the death god’s dagger with a snow-white glow, freezing the entire explosion in the air.

However, the sound of the explosion was still able to cause a huge aftershock from the powerful impact, causing a turbulent airflow. As such, Allen’s body was lifted high up in the air. The impact was so great that even for a Mid God like him, he felt his arms go numb and the magic power within his body was slightly disturbed.

A faint taste of rust surge through his throat when he endured it and swallowed it back.

"Such a great force. The Flame Emperor’s secret technique, the [Sword of Flame] sure isn't bad! Indeed, a true Death God’s invitation…" Allen muttered indifferently as he stabilized his body within the air.

The [Magma Tyrannous] who saw this scene was completely shocked!

How…?!

How did he…!!?

If the [Magma Tyrannous] has a face, his eyes would have popped out by now and even his jaws would have fallen in the ground from shock. When he saw the final scene, he turned dumbfounded.

How did the victory that was almost in hand end in such a result!?

How was this possible?

How could he be so fast as to block all the flame swords and also block his sure-kill attack!?

It's as if he had known of it all along!

The [Sword of Flames] hit at almost the same time as the other flame swords. He was actually fast enough to ward off all of them!? Not only that, he actually discovered the force attack hidden within the countless fire swords attacking him!? How is this possible…?!!

The [Magma Tyrannous] who was the former Flame Emperor could not accept this!

Who was he? He was the Flame Emperor and this skill of his had always, almost 100% sure kill since ancient times. And yet now—it was actually broken just like that…?!!

All his energy had been in that one strike, yet it had been parried away by Allen…just like that. He had not even forced Allen to suffer some amount of damage?! To him, this was an extreme insult and setback!

And at that moment, he suddenly found that the Allen he was looking at had disappeared...

The [Magma Tyrannous] felt like he had been struck by lightning. His limbs turned cold and slow to react. A strong sense of unease surged to his mind!

NOoooooo! The Former Flame Emperor who had caused terror in the Celestial Realm a long time ago cried out in his ‘heart’. At the last moment, he struggled to dive down and covered his body with a barrier, to defend Allen’s attack. But having used the [Sword of Flame] he had expended too much of his magic power in that one move and exerting another large amount of magic power is impossible in just a short amount of time.

The instantaneous burst of speed had already slowed down...

It was too late! Allen appeared behind the giant skeleton like a ghost. His eyes were focused and his body burst out with intense magical power. His body was still in the air when he stretched out his hand. And in his hand was…

Rebellion… which was glowing with a snow-white halo…

“You’re good…that is indeed bad. But did you even think that I wouldn’t know how your secret technique works?” Allen sneered.

“[Cocytus]!!!”

… When Rebellion was slashed down, the entire14th layer was covered by blinding silver light.

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“Master… congratulations!” Dakna happily and excitedly greeted Allen who was slowly descending on the ground.

Behind him was a large block of Ice and when looking closely at it, they would surely see that within it, was a large giant skeleton that seemed to have become a fossil. Even if it has the support of the Fire Seed, it would not be enough to counter the Ice Queen’s power that has the ability to freeze everything on its sight.

And so, even with the Fire Seed’s desperation, it wouldn’t be able to save and melt the Ice encasing it for a few years at most.

Allen descended happily. He now reverted to his original appearance and Rebellion had also returned to its usual form.

“Thank you,” Allen replied.

“Master, are you alright?” Dakna worriedly asked.

The battle was indeed thrilling and quite dangerous, since this field was a disadvantage for Allen, even with Fia’s protection. This proven the fact that a Fire Seed is much more valuable and precious than anything in the world. Even those born in flames like the Firebird wouldn’t be able to attain sovereignty with the Fire Seed against it.

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It is the true ruler of Fire!

“I’m okay…though, what the [Magma Tyrannous] used at the last is indeed dangerous.” Allen sighs bitterly.

If he was complacent and didn’t know beforehand, that force of that attack is enough to burst out his heart. Even with a terrifying defense, it was still capable of killing anything in its path.

Under unexpected conditions, the [Sword of Flames] indeed did wonders. But if the other opponent was prepared against it, one can easily dodge and thus, its effectiveness would be greatly reduced. That was why the [Magma Tyrannous] or the Flame Emperor of the Ancient past tried so hard to hide the effects of the true [Sword of Flames] attack by hiding a tree within the forest. Its might would be perfectly displayed only if it was a surprise attack.

The kind of sneak attack was well done in all aspects. Unfortunately, Romeia had already told Allen all she knows about her comrade’s battle patterns, skills, abilities and even habits, so that he can easily triumph over them.

One of them is the dangerous, [Sword of Flames] which was the Flame Emperor’s sure-kill technique. In addition, aside from that, Allen was a true and genuine Monster King as well as a 2nd Grade Mid God. Even if his power and abilities were suppressed in this Dungeon, his perception and senses were not.

And with this, he was extremely sensitive to energy.

The Flame Emperor’s intangible force attack was invisible to the naked eye; but in Allen’s vision, this intangible force attack was practically like a flame in the night sky. How could such an obvious attack catch Allen by surprise?

This was why the [Magma Tyrannous] was doomed to fail.

Allen turned around and his pair of eyes suddenly transformed into [Setsurigan] forming a bottomless dark vortex as he stared at the large block of Ice. At this moment, a powerful soul-sucking force suddenly erupted from the pair of black orbs.

It was as if there was a giant, invisible hand pulling at the Flame Emperor’s soul, dragging him into the whirlpool in an attempt to eat him alive.

In the next moment, a silver purple staggered Soul Phantom was about to leave the giant Skeleton’s body.

The Flame Emperor’s Soul.

Gyaaaaaahhhh!!! A banshee-like a cry resounded in the air and Allen felt a sudden resistance. He frowned. It seems like the Fire Seed was trying to fight him with it. But will it make any difference…? Allen snorted in contempt. The Flame Emperor’s soul wanted to resist the pulling attraction, but his soul had become impossibly heavy.

He felt as if he was caught by countless ropes and chains, and he could even see Allen with a strange and creepy pair of eyes looking at him

“You’re already dead…a long time ago.” Allen’s voice echoed inside his mind's soul. “Even if you don’t want it, the connection between you and your body has already deteriorated significantly. Even with the Fire Seed’s protection, you will only cause your soul to suffer excruciating pain, trying to fight against me. So give it up if you don’t want to feel pain…!”

Gyaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!

A mournful scream resounded in the entire 14th layer.

“This is not your world anymore… you are now just a mere remnant of your soul, an evil spirit that doesn’t want to pass on wanting to cause indiscriminate destruction. You are now not a part of this world—move on, oh once glorious Flame Emperor.”

The whirlpool’s soul-sucking force had already locked onto the Flame Emperor’s Soul, and it shot out from inside the whirlpool. His Soul was slowly pulled from the Fire Seed’s control and flew outside his body. Allen then slowly took out the Soul Orb and the soul of the Flame Emperor shot towards the Soul Orb as if being pulled by an invisible hand.

The Soul Orb shone a bright light.

“That’s the second one…” Allen said with a smile.

[Allen! The Fire Seed! The Fire Seed! The Fire Seed!]

Allen smiled wryly from Fia’s excitement, “I know…” as he was about to fly towards the [Magma Tyrannous] suddenly the Ice Cracked and slowly turned into small particles of light. Then, floating inches away from the surface of the Sea of Magma were several things—a small pitch-black bracelet with a skull and scythe design, a skill book, a bunch of humungous bones, and lastly a glowing little fireball.

[Kama no Shi (Legend-tier)]—Able to summon and control a large dark scythe that can cut everything like a Death God. Can become invisible for sneak and surprise attack.

[Demon God of Fire Manifestation]—gives an ability to summon a demon of fire avatar. Has the possibility to summon the Spirit of Fire; Ifrit!

[Demon of Fire Bones]—bones that were washed and purified by the power of fire for centuries. A good material for creating high-level items or ingredients for cooking.

And lastly… Allen’s lips curled upwards in glee while Fia was screaming in excitement—it was none other than the Fire Seed!!

A Fire Seed is born from nature itself without any external help. Known as the King of Flame. It is incredibly powerful, much stronger than flames existing in the world. When it is present, all other flames fear and follow it because they are the kings of flames and all other flames naturally serve it. However, these Fire Seeds are extremely wild and explosive, not to mention extremely rare, so even if one encounters one, it is still extremely difficult to absorb and control it.

From what Fia knows about them, they are many variants of Fire Seed tending to have their own unique shapes and color. There were even Fire Seed that has grown sentient, enabling them to shapeshift into any form, including humans.

[Destruction Dragon Fire Seed]—a Flame possessing the power of a True Dragon Emperor. It is said that from hundreds and thousands of Dragons blood mixing together and their wrath and hatred that had never faded over time, caused this flame to be born in the world. Its might was extremely destructive and has the ability to burn everything in this world into ashes. Possessing this Flame can also bestow the host with the might and strength of a true Dragon.

Allen gently opened his palm and the Fire Seed that seemed to be struggling, wanting to run away, slowly flew towards his palm, as if it was being pulled by something. However, Allen was not doing anything nor Fia—it’s probably Dungeon’s force. Since this is a reward of some sort from the Dungeon, it was rightfully bestowed to him.

Wooooosh. At this moment, Allen slowly lifted his head. His crimson eyes were surging with blood-red flame. He slowly opened up his hands and a huge crimson Fire Pillar shot forth from his body to the sky.

High temperature spread over the entire 14th layer, and the ground under Allen’s feet slowly started to melt.

The crimson flame was overbearing.

Now that the Fire Seed’s control over the surrounding had already faded, the Firebird’s power has slowly returned back.

Dakna could feel that the energy fluctuation from Allen’s body was getting more powerful.

Crimson flame swirled out, and there was a pair of huge red wings on Allen’s back. Not a dragon wings but wings made up entirely of flames. He slowly spread out his wings, and his crimson eyes had a small fire dancing around it. A clear chirping sound resounded in the entire 14th layer. A huge, indistinct shadow appeared. It looked like a huge red bird. Its chirping sound shook even space itself.

[Allen…! The Fire Seed is mine!] Fia cried out as the Fire Seed, which was struggling, trying to run away was slowly floating towards Fia’s bird of fire form.

Allen, on the other hand, could only smile wryly. “I know and I’m not going to eat my words. You’re too anxious…I admit that I’m quite tempted but I am a man of my words. The Fire Seed is yours~”

[Hehe, Great! Great! Hahaha!!] Fia laughed happily.

It seems like she was really excited as she even laughed out loud. This was the first time that Allen saw her like this. Obviously, she knows full well about Allen’s character that he would never take back his words. All this time they are together, she had been studying and observing him. However, she was just saying this because she was so excited by obtaining a Fire Seed.

She really never thought that Allen would find it in just less than a year when she had spent countless years to find even one but failed…

Really unfair…!

This one called fate is…really ridiculous!

“So what are you going to do now?” Allen asked bitterly. His expression showed a bit of reluctance…

“Are you going to leave now?” he asked.

He acted indifferently but he was actually quite reluctant. However, he indeed didn’t own the Firebird, and more like a companion.

The Firebird paused for a moment, then she responded. [Not for now…I’m going to stay inside of you for a bit. Of course, not until I completely refined the Fire Seed. I feel that the safest place is inside of you…I won’t need to worry about security for now…]

“So you’re going to turn my body into a hotel?” Allen smiled wryly.

[Don’t have a choice…I haven’t created a physical body yet. I will use the Fire Seed’s power for it…however; I might disturb you and put your life in danger in the process of refining it. I hope you wouldn’t mind, seeing that we have quite a friendly relationship anyway~] The Firebird’s cheerful voice showed no signs of reserve or shame. She seemed to talk about an order, not a request—what shameless bird…

Allen shook his head. “Well, whatever. I had fulfilled my part. This time you will owe me…”

[I know…I owe you big time already…] The Firebird replied.

The Fire Seed was then swallowed by the Firebird before disappeared into Allen’s body.

“Master, are you alright?” Dakna walked over and asked after the Firebird disappeared.

Allen smiled faintly, “I am, don’t worry about it.” though, the fire energy in my body seemed to have gotten stronger in an instant. It’s as if my body is like a bottomless hole that was sucking every fire energy in the air. If not for my physique and Draconic body, I would have been crying in burning pain right now…

I feel as if my belly is burning…

“..Well, whatever,”

Let’s carry on… Allen shrugs his shoulder as the items left floating in the air were sucked into the Summoning Grimoire.

“Let’s go back to Lama’s side first…”

“Yes, master,” Dakna nodded.