Chapter 192 - 142: The First Clash Between the Firewood Thief and Players

[Firewood Thief: Pottery Man]

[Tier: Scorching Charcoal]

[Explanation: A Firewood Thief of unknown origin. A clay pot has replaced its head, and its strange Abilities may not be measurable by common sense.]

[Touch in the Jar]

[Tier: Molten Slag]

[Level: 21]

[Talent: Tentacles in the Secret Pot (Its tentacles possess many unknown Effects)]

[Skills: None]

[Explanation: A peculiar creature cultivated by the Pottery Man through a special method. Although it possesses almost no Wisdom, its bizarre attack methods are a considerable threat.]

Thanks to the information provided by the Spirit Candle, everyone could see the details of the Pottery Man and the monster it had summoned.

While the information on the summoned monster was crystal clear, the Firewood Thief itself remained a mystery. Only its Tier was revealed. As for the "Heart-digging" Skill it had just used—its name and Effects were completely unknown.

"Don’t make eye contact with it!" Xiaoma’s Wandering Soul quickly warned from the side. He couldn’t get a Resurrection yet, so he was perfectly positioned to act as a "Spring Commander," issuing a warning. "That Heart-digging Skill is a hard CC!"

"...I don’t think this thing has eyes. How are we supposed to make eye contact..." his partner muttered.

"This is bad. Two melee players... this is not going to be an easy fight!" another player worried.

It wasn’t that he doubted the strength of Battle Bliss and Bu Long.

Rather, the terrain was just too disadvantageous for them. Their opponent had summoned an obvious Sea Monster, and even the Frogman players would struggle to gain an advantage.

"This is going to be a tough one."

Black Mountain Little Demon muttered to himself, showing no signs of tension. After a moment of thought, he opened his palms.

Three Magic Pearls and a severed index finger instantly appeared in his hands.

Once the three Magic Pearls moved into their activation positions, Ashes swirled, and in an instant, three ferocious and terrifying subordinate Demons appeared.

SPLASH!

A massive body crashed into the water. Its serpentine form surfaced, its terrifying, four-petaled maw aimed directly at the Pottery Man.

The signature creature of Sea Zone One—the Deep Sea Worm!

SPLASH!

With another spray of water, a monster with an agile, giant tail and tentacles revealed half of its head, lurking in the Shadows.

The Giant-tailed Sea Monster!

The final subordinate Demon was much more common—just an Ordinary Iron-Blade Sea Turtle, a typical Sea Monster.

And then there was the Resentment Ghost Giant Monster, a flying creature that served as a shortcut for novice players.

The series of massive entrances drew everyone’s attention for a moment.

"Holy crap..." The Frogman player was dumbfounded, his eyes suddenly widening. "It’s that Krypton Gold whale who bought the Giant-tailed Sea Monster and the Golden Bull!"

Hearing this, Xiaoma also suddenly put two and two together regarding the player named Black Mountain Little Demon.

Is the Demon Summoner bloodline strong?

The answer is a definite yes. No matter the context, a Demon Summoner’s ability to "call for backup" is overpowered. If they reach the current maximum Tier, "Molten Slag," they can summon three subordinate Demons at once.

Although subsequent player testing revealed that subordinate creatures of the same Level have weaker Attributes than their original counterparts—similar to the difference between players and boss creatures—the Demon Summoner’s strength is still undeniable.

So if they’re that strong, why aren’t there as many people playing Demon Summoner as there are playing the Explosive Bull build?

The reason is simple: it’s hard to get started.

Newbie Demon Summoners quickly discover when they start the game that it’s not just about trying to condense a Magic Pearl from a powerful monster. Even trying to get one from an Ordinary Fish Person takes a ton of effort, and you need good luck on top of that.

This naturally makes most Demon Summoner players feel like they’re serving a prison sentence.

But there’s one type of player who obviously doesn’t have this problem.

The Krypton Gold whales.

Although Spirit Candle doesn’t currently have any official top-up channels, the old saying holds true: where there are people, there are politics, and where there is demand, there is a market. There will always be people willing to throw money around for fun.

Black Mountain Little Demon was one of them.

He was the one who had bought the Primordial Magic Pearls for the Giant-tailed Sea Monster and the Golden Bull Guard.

If you don’t lack Magic Pearls, you naturally don’t lack Wax Oil.

As a result, Black Mountain Little Demon rose through the ranks at lightning speed. Not only did he have a huge number and variety of Magic Pearls, but he also spent his way straight to the current version’s maximum Level.

’No wonder! No wonder he could instantly summon three Sea Demons that perfectly fit the current battlefield.’

’Damn, it must be nice to be rich!’

’I can’t believe we managed to summon a whale like that for backup!’

’We’ve got this in the bag!’

Just as these thoughts flashed through Xiaoma’s mind, the battle between the two sides erupted!

As a Krypton Gold whale, Black Mountain Little Demon didn’t act high and mighty. Instead, he used his subordinate creatures’ massive bodies to create an advantageous battlefield for Battle Bliss and Bu Long, launching an attack on the Pottery Man.

Faced with the ferocious assault from the players, the Pottery Man didn’t seem to panic. In fact, no emotion could be discerned from its movements at all.

It tapped its clay pot again, attempting to repeat its old trick and forcibly draw everyone’s attention to trigger that mysterious hard CC Effect.

But this time, it had clearly miscalculated.

Although the act of tapping its head could forcibly draw everyone’s attention, the heart-ripping Skill had a clear range and only worked on targets in front of it.

Black Mountain Little Demon was not in that area. He immediately ordered the Deep Sea Worm to launch a surprise attack, attempting to kill it outright.

However, the Pottery Man paid no mind to the attack coming from below.

Because a Touch in the Jar had already snuck beneath its small boat.