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Chapter 149 The Mutated Flame Demon (23)

As the originator of Western fantasy, the Lord of the Rings world has given birth to many classic settings.

For example, elves are noble and beautiful creatures, and orcs are evil creations modeled after elves.

Elves are good at bows and arrows, dwarves like to dig and store treasures, elves and dwarves love and hate each other, and so on.

The Moria Tunnel was also dug by the Dwarves, and it runs across the entire Misty Mountains.

The west gate is in Eregion in the region of Ador, and the east gate is near the Forest of Lórien. An ordinary person would need to walk in this tunnel for at least five days and five nights to cross from one end to the other.

The Mines of Moria have a history stretching back to the First Age.

In the era when the elves awakened, the first generation of dwarves also awakened in Mount Gundabad.

Due to frequent attacks by orcs and Morgoth, Durin led his people to migrate from Mount Gundabad to the south of Anduin. After going through numerous hardships, they finally found "a valley between two mountains with three towering white peaks above the valley."

Turin chose to dig caves in the ravine to become his residence, Khazad-dûm, which means "Dwarf Valley".

As the lord of Khazad-dûm, Durin and his people inherited the position of lord, which is also the origin of the Durin dwarves.

During Durin's time, it developed rapidly until it became the largest dwelling of the Dwarves in Middle-earth.

The fame of the place was not due to the sacredness of Durin, but to the precious deposits of Mithril, which was found only here in Middle-earth.

By the Second Age, Eregion was established west of Khazad-dûm.

A friendship between the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm and the Elves began to develop, which prompted the westward expansion of Khazad-dûm's construction. The Dwarves settled in the east, and a western passage was opened.

The elves also intervened in the construction of Khazad-dûm, making it more in line with the mainstream aesthetics of the elves.

Later in the Third Age, the mithril reserves of Khazad-dûm were becoming scarce, and due to excessive mining, the Balrog of Morgoth was awakened, killing Durin VI.

Unable to defeat or even drive away the Balrog, the Dwarves were forced to withdraw from Khazad-dûm and return to the Lonely Mountain.

From that time on Khazad-dûm was called Moria.

The orcs of the Misty Mountains are based in Moria and are dominated by Sauron.

Of course, after arriving at Gushan.

The dwarves did not learn the lesson of Moria, and a similar experience happened again.

After being quiet for less than two years, he started digging again.

This time he dug out the Heart of the Mountain, and in order to keep the treasure for himself he fell out with the elves, but he did not expect to attract the even more terrifying Smaug.

Then, he was driven out by the dragon Smaug like a stray dog.

He began his wandering journey again, this time intending to return to Moria, gather his forces, and charge straight ahead.

Then, the king was killed by the pale orcs entrenched in the area (actually he was not killed, but tortured by Sauron).

The old king died and the new king disappeared. Prince Thorin had no choice but to start the era of wandering dwarves again.

In the movie, Thorin finally returns to Lonely Mountain with the help of Gandalf and Thranduil, King of the Silvan Elves, and defeats the orcs and Smaug.

Of course, he died too.

After the war, Balin of the Lonely Mountain team planned to rebuild Moria.

It was very prosperous at the beginning, but the good times didn't last long. They were destroyed by the orcs again. This time it was even worse. They were wiped out completely without anyone knowing.

It is not difficult to see that dwarves are not a peaceful race.

I only have three hobbies in my life: mining, blacksmithing and wandering. I am either wandering or on my way to wander.

The tunnels of Moria are intricate and complex, and the air inside the tunnels is heavy and turbid.

After thousands of years of continuous exploration, generation after generation of Dwarves continued to dig deeper, and Moria became like the most complex maze, which even the oldest Dwarves could not fully master.

Although this place is called a mine tunnel, the space inside is extremely large, at least tens of meters high.

It also has smelting areas, living areas, entertainment areas and other functions.

It is not difficult to see how prosperous this place was when the Durin dwarves were at their peak.

However, as he went deeper into Moria, he did not find any orcs along the way.

To be precise, there are no living orcs.

Instead, there were piles of black corpses, many of which were the charred bodies of orcs. The piles of corpses were still emitting residual heat, and the charred corpses gave off a foul odor.

At the same time, countless broken leather armors and weapons are scattered throughout the mine, many of which are fine pieces of dwarven craftsmanship.

Apparently, these were weapons that had been abandoned in the mines before and were used by the orcs entrenched there.

But now, under the ravages of high temperature, it has turned into a pile of scrap metal.

It was obvious that the awakened Balrog was still in a bad mood and had just slaughtered all the orcs entrenched in the mines of Moria.

In theory, both orcs and Balrogs belong to the dark forces of Morgoth.

But in reality, when the two sides meet, the demigod Balrog really won't care about these orcs that can be seen everywhere.

Without the interference of these flies like orcs, Zhuang Boshi moved forward very quickly.

As the air in the tunnel grew drier, he knew that he might not be far from the fire demon.

He passed a pass and saw an open area ahead.

A group of orcs, armed with bows and spears, continuously attacked the giant creature that was over five meters tall and covered in flames.

This fire demon was extremely vicious. Whenever it waved its hands, flames appeared all around it, and the area within a hundred square meters became a sea of ​​fire.

The remaining hundreds of orcs either howled in agony as they were turned to charcoal or were devoured by the Balrog. The flames had already turned from fiery red to cyan. Anyone with a little experience would know how powerful this flame was; it would only be a thousand degrees or higher to produce this color.

At this temperature, even steel will turn into molten iron if it comes into contact with it.

Even the strengthened Reincarnators dared not approach.

"It's a bit over the top, right? I remember the battle between Zheng Zha and his five groups against the fire demon who was said to have fought with a saint. It was about the same level." Zhuang Boshi muttered secretly.

Is it true that the side quest boss has been strengthened by the main god?

In the perception of Liuyan, the arrogance of the fire demon in front of him was definitely much stronger than Zheng Zha who used the power of destruction.

But Zhuang Boshi always felt that this breath was a bit strange and spiritual, and the flames were too crazy and disordered.

To be cautious, Zhuang Boshi did not take action immediately.

Instead, he planned to continue searching to find out what caused the Flame Demon to wake up early.

But as soon as he exited the passage, he felt the temperature suddenly rise, so hot that it almost curled his hair.

An extremely violent roar was heard from behind, and a blue-green flame shot out from the wall.

Then the wall suddenly exploded due to the intense heat, even the stone could not withstand it.

The Fire Demon, holding a giant sword made of blue-green flames.

Coming out from the wall.

The fire demon roared madly, and hot air and blue flames kept coming out of its mouth. The flames on the fire demon's body were becoming more and more intense.

Is the Fire Demon's perception so sharp?

In an instant, a powerful, decadent, and hot aura came like a surging wave.

He simply burned off Zhuang Boshi's sunglasses, revealing his deep, blue eyes.

All of a sudden, countless pieces of information rushed into Zhuang Boshi's mind.

--Um? !
——Is it possible!
Zhuang Boshi suddenly found some incredible fragments of information among the chaotic information.

But at this moment, the Fire Demon's huge body, as big as a mountain, was rushing towards them like a runaway train, carrying endless rage.

The mountain rocks along the way were ruthlessly crushed under its impact, and the broken rocks flew like meteors, smashing around and leaving deep marks on the walls of the mine tunnel.

The raging flames swept over, and the scorching heat instantly enveloped Zhuang Boshi.

Even Zhuang Boshi, who had swallowed the medicine and completed the foundation building, felt a burning and suffocating sensation.

The flaming giant sword slashed through and smashed directly through the floor.

But Zhuang Boshi was unharmed, and the giant sword seemed to have penetrated the phantom.

Voiding is a magical skill when facing an enemy without spatial ability.

The simple mind of the Flame Demon probably couldn't understand why he was still unharmed even though he had hit the opponent, and he stood there in a daze for a moment.

Zhuang Boshi didn't give it time to think and teleported behind the fire demon.

Two invisible slashes were launched instantly. The slashes launched at close range pierced through the raging flames on the surface of the Flame Demon and accurately hit the Flame Demon's body.

The Fire Demon also let out a painful howl. What surprised Zhuang Boshi a little was that this powerful blow, which was enough to cut a building in half, only made two cuts on the Fire Demon.

And as the flames on its body began to glow, the two huge gaps actually healed on their own, as if the flames had turned into its body.

"Roar--"

It seemed that being injured made the fire demon even more angry, and the blue-green flames on its body were mixed with deep red sparks.

The sparks grew more and more, until the entire giant body was half red and half green, like a brilliant and deadly firework.

If the blue-green flame is a physical phenomenon caused by the temperature reaching a certain level.

Then the red flame dancing like blood has more mysterious symbolic meaning.

Under the burning flames, the originally turbid air in the mine became even thinner, and even the last bit of oxygen was sucked out.

But even without oxygen, the flames on the Balrog still burned fiercely, as if the flames of the Balrog were the essence of fire, rather than relying on oxygen to burn.

Zhuang Boshi frowned. With his current foundation-building realm, he would be fine even if he didn't breathe for an hour.

The oxygen-free and high-temperature environment will not affect his combat effectiveness.

However, the fire demon in front of him was becoming more and more abnormal.

Bright red flames swept through the entire passage crazily.

Wherever they went, the walls of the mine tunnel were burned and cracked, rocks from the top kept falling, and it looked like a complete collapse was imminent.

If it were an ordinary reincarnation, he would have to withstand the fire attack.

But Zhuang Boshi disappeared by teleportation again and appeared behind the fire demon, easily avoiding the fierce flames.

The next moment, countless tiny slashes burst out from his body, as if countless blades were stuffed into the channel and spinning violently, and the gravel and the flames themselves were all cut into pieces by the crazy slashes.

When this wave of slashing attacks hit the chest of the Flame Demon, the entire chest, along with the flames and the body, collapsed piece by piece, as if countless tiny blades were cutting its flesh.

After all, the Fire Demon is not a pure elemental creature and is still afraid of pure physical damage.

In just a second, this wave of slashing attacks directly penetrated the body of the fire demon.

Just like that, almost half of the Fire Demon's chest was blown away, and flames continued to spew out from the hole.

(End of this chapter)