I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 359: Chapter 323: Battle with the Silver-winged Demon, Mutation

Deep in the Demon Cave, the Silver-winged Demon was grooming its wings that glowed with a cold light, each metallic feather reflecting the eerie light seeping from the top of the cave.

Suddenly, its feathers exploded outwards as if an invisible hand had grabbed its throat, halting its breath for half a second—

The aura of the Magma Demon had completely vanished just a moment ago.

How is this possible!

The Silver-winged Demon rose abruptly, its metallic wings scraping a piercingly sharp sound against the top of the cave, sparks flying onto the dark green rock walls, its vertical pupils swirling with incredulous anger.

Though the Magma Demon’s defense power was not as impenetrable as the shell of the Dragon Turtle Demon, it was still considered above average among Tier Six demons.

It truly couldn’t comprehend who could annihilate a Tier Six demon in an instant.

Even more bizarre was that it hadn’t sensed any demonic qi fluctuations from a Demon King nearby, nor any Tier Seven human warriors’ spiritual energy eruptions—it was as if an invisible blade silently severed the life force of the Magma Demon.

The Dragon Turtle Demon’s mysterious death had already been baffling, and now the sudden fall of the Magma Demon.

A chill ran down the Silver-winged Demon’s spine, panic creeping into its heart like climbing vines: if it continued to stay here, wouldn’t it be the next to disappear?

Yet, it dared not escape.

This place was personally designated by the Tier Seven Demon King as a guardian area, with demonic qi dense enough to almost materialize, aiding demons in swiftly increasing their power. If the Demon Cave were destroyed, it would surely incur the Demon King’s thunderous rage.

The Silver-winged Demon rushed out of the lair, hovering above the Demon Cave. Its gaze locked onto the direction of the valley, which was where the Magma Demon’s aura had vanished.

To stay or not to stay?

As it hesitated, a violent tremor suddenly came from the valley at the bottom of the Demon Cave.

”Buzz—”

Five silver Gates of Space tore through the rock layers without warning, suspending in mid-air.

Immediately, dozens of massive iron spheres, each over ten meters in diameter, shot out from the gates, their surfaces glowed dark red from high temperatures, like falling meteors, crashing towards the crowd of demons at the valley’s bottom.

”Splurt!”

The iron spheres instantly crushed a dozen claw demons in the front row into pulp, with their dark green blood and fragmented bones splattering across the rock walls. Two Magma Hounds caught beneath the spheres didn’t even have time to scream before they turned into burning meat paste.

At the sight of the iron spheres, the vertical pupils of the Silver-winged Demon constricted sharply—the spiritual energy waves entwining them, though faint, carried an aura capable of annihilating the world!

”Screech!!”

A sharp shriek pierced through every corner of the Demon Cave, the sound waves shattering the passing ghost spirits to some extent; this was the fastest alarm the Silver-winged Demon could give, but it was still a step late.

As the iron spheres hit the ground, their shells turned red hot, like branding irons heated to the extreme. In the next second, they exploded with a loud bang!

”Boom—!!!”

The deafening explosion consolidated into a single sound, terrifying shock waves spreading from the valley’s center in all directions, carving away a layer of the rocky walls nearly a hundred meters high, with debris mixed with flames shooting skyward like fountains.

Scarlet fires devoured the entire valley instantly, the waves of flames rolling and roaring, licking every inch of the ground.

The demons closest to the explosion point didn’t even manage a scream before being vaporized by the high temperatures; those a bit farther were thrown by the shock waves, crashing into the rock walls and turning into smears of blurred flesh, or burning into charcoal mid-air; even demons hiding deep within the cavities were shattered internally, vomiting dark green blood, writhing and wailing on the ground.

The Silver-winged Demon was thrown dozens of meters by the shock waves, its right-wing’s metallic feathers singed black by the flames, several sharp feather tips slightly cracked.

Stabilizing its form, it gazed at the purgatory-like sea of flames below, its vertical pupils filled with deep astonishment, which quickly turned into boundless fury.

”Ahhhhhh.”