I can receive unlimited protection; my parents handed me over to the state.

Flame Princess has arrived!

As soon as she stepped onto the battlefield, she was so shocked by the mythical scene before her that she was speechless.

On one side was a colossal demon, like the end of the world, and on the other was Lu Yuan, bathed in golden sunlight, like a creator god.

And she herself...

When she saw the demon's head in the sky, a surge of emotion and a sense of familiarity welled up from the depths of her soul.

Her body began to tremble uncontrollably, and her eyes inexplicably welled up with tears.

"elder brother?"

A strange yet familiar name slipped out of her mouth unconsciously.

The moment Baal, the Fire Demon King in the sky, saw the Flame Princess appear, his earth-shattering rage and killing intent vanished instantly.

Instead, there was boundless excitement and indescribable ecstasy!

Two streams of scalding "tears" even flowed from its enormous lava eyes.

"younger sister……"

"My sister!"

"I've finally found you!"

The massive magic circle that had been pressing down on the world from Barna ceased functioning.

Lu Yuan also dispelled the golden sun.

For a moment, the entire battlefield fell into an eerie silence.

Only the brother and sister, separated for countless millennia, remained, gazing at each other from afar across the vast expanse of heaven and earth.

This unexpected reunion of siblings stunned the entire world.

Just a moment ago they were fighting like the heavens and earth were about to collapse, it looked like they were going to destroy the world, how come in the blink of an eye it has turned into a family drama?

"That... is that the Flame Demon King's sister?"

"My God, she's human too? She looks no different from us!"

"Wait a minute! I recognize her! She's a member of the Chinese 'God's Legion,' codenamed 'Flame Princess'! She's Commander Lu Yuan's top general!"

Online, sharp-eyed military enthusiasts and intelligence analysts quickly uncovered Yan Ji's identity.

This adds even more information.

The sister of the Hell Lord is actually a general under the commander-in-chief of the Earth Defense Alliance?

This relationship... is too complicated, isn't it?

On the battlefield.

Flame Princess hovered blankly in mid-air, her mind a complete mess.

She looked at the enormous demon head in the sky, and the sense of familiarity she felt from the depths of her soul was undeniable. However, her reason and memories told her that she was just an ordinary human who grew up in an orphanage and had only gotten to where she was today because she had awakened an S-class talent.

What exactly is going on?

"Sister! It really is you!"

The voice of Balr, the Balrog King, was filled with the joy of something lost and then regained. Its enormous body even tried to squeeze out of the magic circle, but it seemed to be restricted by some dimensional rule, and could only stick out its head.

"Don't you remember me? I am Baal! Your brother! We were born together from the 'Primordial Flame,' and we were once the most powerful beings in Hell!"

Barr recounted the story with great emotion:

"Later, you were betrayed by those damned angels and traitors, your soul was shattered, and countless fragments scattered throughout the myriad realms! I have searched for you for tens of thousands of years! Tens of thousands of years! Today, I have finally sensed the most crucial fragment of your soul!"

"Come home, sister! Come home with me! Back to Hell, back to our throne! I will use the 'Fire of Original Sin' to rebuild your divine body, restoring all your power and memories! Then, brother and sister together, even Heaven will tremble at our feet!"

Baal's words were like thunderclaps, exploding in Flame Princess's mind.

The Primordial Phoenix, Hell, Throne...

These unfamiliar words, however, gave her a strange sense of familiarity.

Her blood was boiling uncontrollably, and a powerful force, so strong that it terrified even herself, was slowly awakening from the depths of her soul.

She felt that if she simply nodded, she could immediately break free from this mortal body and become the true god who wielded the power of fire.

This temptation is deadly.

However, just as she was in a daze and about to be assimilated by that primordial power.

A lazy voice suddenly rang in her ear.

"Hey, crazy woman, what are you spacing out for? You're practically drooling."

Yan Ji suddenly came to her senses, turned her head and saw that Lu Yuan had come to her side at some point.

He still had that same nonchalant attitude, hands in his pockets, looking at her with disdain.

"You..." Yan Ji opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

"See? What did I tell you?" Lu Yuan didn't give her a chance to speak at all, turning his head directly to the giant head in the sky and shouting, "She hasn't finished paying off her debt to me yet! Look at her stupid state! If I let her go with you now, who am I supposed to collect the debt from?"

"Therefore, I disagree with this."

Lu Yuan spoke with such confidence that he seemed to be a petty creditor.

But Yan Ji understood.

This man was telling her, in his own awkward way—

I'm here.

You are not alone.

A warm current instantly surged into Yan Ji's heart, dispelling all the confusion and chaos in her mind.

She took a deep breath, and her eyes hardened again.

Yeah, what does it have to do with her what Hell Lord or Primordial Phoenix are?

All she knew was that her name was Yan Ji.

All she knew was that the man in front of her was someone she desperately wanted to catch up with and stand with.

This is enough.

"Mortal! You have tested my patience time and again!"

Baal, the Balrog King, has been reignited in his fury.

It originally thought that once it found its sister, all its problems would be solved.

Unexpectedly, this damned mortal has jumped out to cause trouble again!

And judging from his younger sister's expression, she actually falls for his act?!

This is simply intolerable!

"My sister is a goddess! A queen destined to reign alongside me in Hell! She is merely temporarily blinded by this lowly mortal body and the filthy memories of humanity!"

Baal roared at Lu Yuan, "You lowly carbon-based being are not worthy to stand beside her! You are not worthy to speak to her!"

"Now, disappear from my sight immediately!"

"Otherwise, I wouldn't mind grinding you to dust first!"

"Oh?" Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow. "Quite the boast."

He took a step forward, directly shielding Yan Ji behind him.

This subconscious action made Yan Ji's heart skip a beat.

This also caused Baal in the sky to go completely berserk.

"You're asking for it!"

"boom--!"

A black flame, more condensed and terrifying than before, spewed out from Baal's mouth!

The flames were no longer a wide-ranging attack, but instead coalesced into a thin, black ray!

Wherever the ray passed, a jet-black crack was burned into the space!

Inside is a chaotic spatial turbulence!

This attack was no longer a simple energy attack, but a dimensional reduction strike that directly affected the laws of space!

Baal is clearly serious!

It aims for a fatal blow!

However, Lu Yuan didn't even lift an eyelid in the face of this attack that was powerful enough to pierce a planet.

He simply extended his right hand and spread his five fingers.

"Buzz—!"

A hexagonal magic circle composed of countless blue runes instantly formed in his palm!

"Absolute zero - space frozen."

Lu Yuan uttered a few words softly.

next second.

Everything within a kilometer radius of him—

Time, space, energy, matter...

Everything was forcibly "frozen" at this moment!

The jet-black flames stopped abruptly less than ten meters from Lu Yuan.

It just hovered there in mid-air, as if sealed inside an invisible, transparent piece of amber.

"Wh...what?!"

Barna’s enormous eyes were filled with incomprehensible horror!

The laws of space... have actually been frozen?!

Use the rules of ice to freeze the rules of space?

What kind of infuriating fighting style is this?!

"You think you're the only one who knows how to play by the rules?"

Lu Yuan curled his lip, looking disdainful.

"You're still too green to try this on me."

He flicked his finger.

With a "snap".

The black flame ray frozen in mid-air shattered instantly like glass, turning into countless black specks of light that dissipated into the air.

After doing all this, Lu Yuan turned around and looked at Yan Ji, who was completely stunned behind him.

"Did you see that clearly?"

"You need to use your brain when you fight in the future."

"Don't just act like a brute all day long, throwing fire out and calling it a day."

"That's not fighting, that's wasting energy."

Lu Yuan began his on-site teaching in a serious manner.

Flame Princess: "..."

Audiences worldwide: "..."

Baal in the sky: "..."

Is this supposed to be a live teaching session?!

Do you think I, the ruler of hell, am dead?!

"Very good...very good!"

Barr was so angry that he laughed.

"It seems that my sister won't come home with me unless I completely crush you, this arrogant mortal."

"Since that's the case..."

Barr's voice became incredibly sinister.

"Then I'll destroy this world you cherish first!"

"Then I'll personally erase all your human memories!"

"Little sister, don't blame your brother for being heartless."

"All of this is for your own good!"

The voice just fell.

"Boom—!!!"

The entire sky darkened!

That enormous crimson magic circle began to spread across the entire planet at an astonishing speed!

A corner of a magic circle appeared in the sky above Tokyo.

The edge of a magic circle appeared in the sky above New York.

London, Paris, Moscow...

At the same time, the skies over all major cities around the world were shrouded in that apocalyptic crimson!

Baal is planning to attack the entire Earth at once!

It will end all of this with a global inferno!

"A madman! This demon is a complete and utter madman!"

In the temporary command center of the "Earth Defense Alliance," which had been established for less than an hour, Oppenheimer watched the apocalyptic scenes broadcast simultaneously from around the world and let out a desperate cry.

The representatives from various countries around him were all ashen-faced and slumped in their chairs.

It’s over.

It's all over.

Such attacks, which cover the entire globe, are simply impossible to defend against or avoid.

At this moment, human civilization seems to have reached its end.

"Commander-in-Chief... Commander-in-Chief Lu Yuan..."

Oppenheimer grabbed the communicator and screamed at the top of his lungs, "Please! Think of something! Only you can save us!"

However, there was no response from the communicator.

The Pacific theater.

Faced with Baal's desperate and reckless move, Lu Yuan not only did not panic, but instead smiled.

"Finally stopped pretending?"

"That's more like it, that's what a ruler of hell should look like."

He turned around, looked at Yan Ji behind him whose face was pale, and asked, "Now, it's your turn to choose."

"Go with him, go back to being your so-called 'Primordial Phoenix,' and watch this world be burned to ashes."

"Stay here and come with me to give your disobedient brother a good beating."

Lu Yuan directly posed the question to Yan Ji.

He could intervene and forcibly keep Yan Ji here.

He was even confident that he could defeat Baal along with his global magic circle.

However, he didn't want to do that.

The one who tied the knot must untie it.

This is Yan Ji's own karma.

She has to make the choice herself.

At this moment, the eyes of the whole world were focused on the red-haired woman.

Her decision will determine the fate of the entire planet.

Flame Princess felt unprecedented pressure.

On one side are blood relatives and the temptation of returning to godhood.

On one side was the home she had lived in for over twenty years, and the man she longed for.

She was torn between her inner turmoil and her own conscience.

Baal in the sky was also waiting for her answer.

A barely perceptible hint of tension flickered in its enormous eyes.

It is not as confident as it appears on the surface.

It was afraid too.

He feared that his younger sister might actually choose those lowly mortals.

"I……"

Flame Princess finally spoke.

Her voice was a little hoarse.

She looked up and first glanced at Baal in the sky.

A complex emotion flashed in those fiery eyes.

There was closeness, there was confusion, but more than anything, there was a sense of resolute determination.

Then, she turned her head and looked at Lu Yuan.

Looking into his calm eyes.

Yan Ji suddenly smiled.

That smile was as radiant as a blooming rose.

"Lu Yuan."

For the first time, she didn't call him "boy" or address him by his first name.

Instead, she called his name in an unprecedentedly gentle tone.

"do you remember?"

"On Purgatory Island, I asked you a question."

Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment.

Purgatory Island?

What's the problem?

He thought for a long time before he remembered.

It seems that after she kissed herself, she asked him if he was giving her a buff.

"I remember." Lu Yuan nodded. "What's wrong?"

"At the time, you said with a look of disgust, 'My fire isn't good enough.'"

Yan Ji said with a smile, but there were glistening tears in the corners of her eyes.

"You said my fire was too cold, the energy was mixed, and it tasted just like the smoke from burning firewood, which was awful."

Lu Yuan: "...Is that so? I forgot."

"You haven't forgotten!" Yan Ji glared at him. "You bastard, of course you remember!"

"From that day on, I swore an oath."

"One day, I will cultivate the purest and most powerful flame in the world!"

"Then, I'll let you have a taste!"

"I'll make you admit it yourself!"

"My fire, Flame Princess's fire, is the best in the world!"

She took a deep breath as she said this.

He suddenly turned around!

Facing Baal, the Balrog King in the sky!

He raised the Phoenix Cry Divine Sword in his hand!

"So, I'm sorry!"

"elder brother!"

With all her might, she called out that name that felt both incredibly familiar and utterly foreign to her!

"I can't go with you!"

"Because my dream hasn't come true yet!"

"I still owe that bastard a mountain of debt, and I haven't paid it back!"

"Most importantly..."

Flame Princess's voice was resolute and resounded throughout the entire world!

"I am not some 'Primordial Phoenix'!"

"I am Flame Princess!"

"A human being!"

"This is my home!"

"Anyone who wants to destroy my home will have to step over my dead body first!"

These words resonated deeply!

The live broadcast signal reached the ears of everyone in the world!

At that moment, countless people who had fallen into despair saw a glimmer of light in this woman!

That is the indomitable light of humanity!

"Good... Well done, Flame Princess!"

"Well said! We humans will never be slaves!"

"Damn it! Even if I die, I'll die standing! I'll fight these sons of bitches to the death!"

The morale of the entire world was ignited at this moment!

Meanwhile, Baal in the sky, upon hearing Flame Princess's reply...

Its enormous body shuddered violently.

Its worst fears have come true.

"Why... why..."

Baal's voice was filled with endless pain and confusion.

"Mere mortals... a mere inferior world..."

"What is it that makes you so attached to it?"

"Is it more important than the bond we siblings have shared for tens of thousands of years?"

"No……"

Yan Ji shook her head.

"You don't understand."

You'll never understand.

"Very good... Very good..."