Chapter 853 - The Terrifying Eternal Flame
The Teleportation Array was extremely sturdy, but Leon was not without any means.
After sending out the humans and demons, he immediately took out the Quasi Tier-7 Fire Lamp and rubbed it, summoning the powerful White Luminosity Eternal Flame contained within.
Swish!
A small orb of brilliant white flames dripped from the Quasi Tier-7 Fire Lamp before Leon quickly resealed the rest of the eternal flame back inside the lamp and lept away from the Teleportation array.
In that instance, the single small orb of White Luminosity Eternal Flame landed on the Teleportation Array's platform.
Then, it erupted with brilliance, quickly melting away the sturdy alloy layer like it was nothing when Leon could hardly damage it.
The White Luminosity Eternal Flame reduced the remnant earthen layer into ashes and melted the sturdy alloy into liquid, ruining the runic circuits inscribed on it.
It ate away at the Teleportation Array like a corrosive acid.
Gulp!
Leon watched everything unfold attentively without minding his burnt palm from holding the hot lamp.
He knew the White Luminosity Eternal Flame was terrifying, but seeing it in action was even more terrifying!
"So powerful!" he exclaimed.
Within several breaths, the Teleportation Array was no more.
The ashes scattered into the Bone Sea, and the melted alloy rapidly cooled in the seawater, becoming solid again, while the orb of souls slowly sunk.
Leon's eyes flickered before he dived into the Bone Sea to retrieve it.
At the same time, the White Luminosity Eternal Flame continued to burn on top of the sea surface, boiling the Bone Sea with scorching temperatures as countless black steam rose into the skies.
'Truly worthy of being called an eternal flame,' Leon thought.
After retrieving the orb of souls, which felt surprisingly heavy in his hand, Leon returned to the surface and watched the White Luminosity Eternal Flame burn.
It did not show any sign of diminishing in its strength.
The White Luminosity Eternal Flame did not grow in size, but the radius of the boiling water slowly spread without stopping.
Soon, even the weakest kinds of sea monsters, the corpse-eating fish, began to float to the sea surface, dead and cooked while its flesh exuded a pleasant aroma.
Leon decided to pick up one of the Corpse-eating fish and examined it.
The corpse-eating fish's flesh was super tender and succulent, oozing with juicy goodness with just a slight squeeze, while its pleasant aroma made it extremely appetizing.
Leon didn't find harmful properties in its flesh despite its mutation, but the small monster core inside practically made its organs inedible.
"These organs will have side effects due to the artificial spirit energy, but the flesh is free of it, making it completely safe for consumption," Leon determined.
Afterward, he tore off a piece of flesh and ate it before his eyes immediately sparkled with delight.
"This taste is… heavenly!" Leon exclaimed.
It did not cross his mind that fish could taste great without spirit cooking with special herbs and seasoning.
The corpse-eating fish would definitely be a heavenly delicacy that sells like hotcakes once he introduces it in the Crawford Empire.
Nevertheless, Leon did not focus too much on the corpse-eating fish.
The entire Bone Sea would probably reach a boiling point if he just left the White Luminosity Eternal Flame burning in it.
Leon eventually retrieved the orb of White Luminosity Eternal Flame with the Quasi Tier-7 Fire Lamp while suffering burns again in the process.
The Quasi Tier-7 Fire Lamp was simply too hot with every use.
However, Leon did not even bother to treat his burns as his body's natural regeneration restored his hands to perfect states.
Not long after, Leon teleported back to Duna's side.
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Meanwhile, in the heart of the Starfall Dominion, commonly referred to as the demon territory, humans and demons returned after getting booted by Leon.
Demons fell onto their heavenly stairway that floated above the abyss while the humans landed on the edges of it
None of them returned to their exact spot prior to the secret realm's opening, but they weren't far from it either.
"Good job, whoever closed the secret realm. You certainly saved my hide," a Mid-rank Greater Demon sighed with relief.
Just moments ago, he was literally half a breath away from being eaten by a dark wyrm.
"Thank god we finally made it out of that hell. What a terrible experience that was."
"Tell me about it… Our Nine Great Clans' leaders and elders all died to the dark wyrms…"
Most of the demons did not suspect anything despite their evident disappointment in the secret realm's closing.
However, the humans were completely upset by it.
"Ahh, goddammit! Why are we out here?! Did the secret realm close already ?!"
"F*ck! I was so close to becoming a Battle King! Why did it close so soon?!"
"Bloody hell! I was just in the middle of conquering an Arch Demon-level Tomb!"
Angry curses and comments spread throughout the crowd of humans, but it didn't take long before the demons' situation caught their attention.
Rumble…!
Cracks quickly spread across the heavenly stairway before ultimately crumbling altogether, causing the demons to lose their footing and plunge into the abyss with the broken heavenly stairway.
"Ahhh! Nooo!"
Numerous demons cried out of fear as they took their fall while the more quick-witted ones immediately grabbed onto the winged demons.
But alas, too many demons thought the same thing and dragged the winged demons into the abyss with them.
"Y-you f*cking idiots…! Let go of me—Ahhh!" the winged demons cried.
Boom…!
A series of heavy impacts sounded like thunderclaps after everything dropped to the bottom of the abyss.
Some demons died, but many did not.
"It's a bummer that the secret realm closed so soon, but there's an opportunity to wipe out the demons before us completely," a tribal chief uttered.
"Are you insane?" an Extremity-rank Battle Master retorted.
"This is the center of the demon's territory! We should quickly get out of here before they overwhelm us with their numbers and strength!"
"Hah, didn't you hear them talk earlier? I don't know what happened, but all their clan leaders and elders died! They should be extremely weak right now!" the tribal chief argued.