Chapter 389: Hunting the Multi Headed Fire Python

Chapter 389: Chapter 389: Hunting the Multi Headed Fire Python

Chapter 389: Hunting the Multi Headed Fire Python

The group ventured deeper into the Scorched Umbral Zone.

Karsten and the surviving mercenaries trailed behind, their faces ghastly white. Thick beads of sweat poured down their faces, evaporating into steam the moment they appeared.

They were forced to wildly burn massive amounts of their Core Formation essence just to form protective barriers, gasping for air with every step they took.

On the contrary, Rhain and Lyra, walking at the forefront, appeared completely unfazed.

To them, the intense temperature was nothing more than a warm summer breeze.

Rhain stopped in his tracks.

With his soul power now elevated to the peak of the Domain Master Realm, he didn’t even need to strain himself.

His perception expanded like an invisible tidal wave, sweeping across the entirety of the Scorched Umbral Zone in a matter of seconds.

A few seconds later, his dark grey eyes locked onto a specific coordinate miles ahead.

"Found it," Rhain murmured with a sharp glint in his eyes.

A highly turbulent energy signature was lurking deep within a subterranean magma lake.

"Follow me," Rhain commanded calmly, changing his trajectory and heading directly toward a volcanic ridge miles ahead

They soon arrived at the edge of the bubbling magma lake.

RUMBLE—!!!

The moment their boots approached the edge of the lake, the earth shook.

The bubbling surface of the magma lake exploded.

"HISSSSS—!!!"

An ear-piercing shriek tore through the air, carrying a bloodthirsty killing intent.

A colossal beast erupted from the molten lava lake, sending waves of magma crashing against the shores.

It was the multi-headed fire python.

Its massive body towered dozens of feet into the air, radiating the shockingly oppressive aura of a middle-stage Domain Master Realm beast!

But what truly caught Rhain’s attention was the primary head in the center. Etched perfectly upon its thick scales was a mark that shimmered with an eerie red light—exactly the same feature that Aunt Carmilla had described!

Karsten and the mercenaries turned deathly pale.

"M-Middle-stage Domain Master!" Karsten stammered, instinctively backing away from the dangerous heat.

Rhain’s eyes were locked on his target, a vortex of pitch-black essence naturally beginning to gather around his knuckles.

But just as he prepared to step forward—

"Rhain."

A slender arm extended, blocking his path.

Rhain turned his head slightly.

Lyra stepped forward, her hand resting firmly on the hilt of her rapier.

She turned her head slightly, her crimson eyes locking fiercely onto Rhain.

"I will take this one," Lyra declared, her gaze filled with resolve, ""I told you before we entered this wasteland. I will personally take this beast’s core to repay the debt my Emberford family owes Aunt Carmilla. I am doing this alone."

Rhain looked at the fiercely determined girl.

He could clearly see that she was not acting out of foolish haughty pride, but a deeply ingrained sense of familial honor.

With her cultivation at the peak of the Core Formation Realm and the awakening of her supreme physique, she was no longer the vulnerable girl she had been weeks ago.

Rhain just gave a simple nod of approval.

"It is all yours," Rhain replied evenly.

With his hands clasped casually behind his back, he took a few steps backward, standing alongside the terrified mercenaries to give her the entire battlefield.

Seeing Rhain step back, the multi-headed fire python locked its multiple bloodshot eyes onto the arrogant girl.

"HISSSSS—!!!"

All of its heads opened their massive maws simultaneously, unleashing a devastating barrage of corrosive fireballs.

"You ugly beast, you are not worthy of killing me"

A disdainful sneer appeared on Lyra’s stunningly beautiful face.

"Blood Heaven Valkyrie Physique, Awaken!"

BOOM—!!!

Lyra unleashed all her power without reservation.

Her Peak Core Formation cultivation exploded outward with an oppressive majesty that completely transcended her realm.

Behind her, the colossal, ethereal phantom of the blood-red war goddess materialized, looking down upon the mortal realm with ultimate disdain.

Swoosh—!

An orange-crimson True Heavenly Flame erupted with unprecedented ferocity, fusing perfectly with her bloodline aura.

Lyra slashed her star-forged rapier in a sweeping arc.

The blazing heat of her True Heavenly Flame met the descending wave of fireballs head-on.

The True Heavenly Flame, a primal force of nature effortlessly pierced the balls of corrosive magma, splitting the deadly torrent perfectly in half.

"HISS!" The python shrieked in shock, its fire completely extinguished by Lyra’s superior flames.

Infuriated by the suppression of her bloodline aura, the colossal beast thrashed its massive, armored tail, launching its entire coiled body forward with the intent to crush Lyra’s slender figure beneath its sheer physical weight.

Lyra’s crimson eyes flashed with a ruthless light. Her combat instincts and speed had reached an entirely new dimension during their brutal month in the basin.

"Domain of Heavenly Retribution!"

WHOOSH—!!!

A bloody domain of slaughter expanded from her body, instantly locking down the surrounding space above the magma lake.

Buzz—! Buzz—! Buzz—!

Hundreds of glowing crimson rapier shadows materialized in the air, each one radiating a lethal killing intent that caused several eyes of the multi headed python to widen simultaneously.

"Rain of Death! KILL!" Lyra commanded, pointing her rapier directly at the descending behemoth.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The hundreds of blazing crimson rapiers shot upward like a torrential downpour in reverse.

They mercilessly rained down upon the beast’s thick, magma-infused scales.

BANG! CLANG! BOOM—!!!

The indestructible scales of the middle-stage Domain Master beast were punctured and shredded.

The True Heavenly Flame erupted upon impact, searing deep into the python’s flesh and incinerating its internal organs.

Blood mixed with magma sprayed wildly into the air.

Pushed to the brink of death and consumed by excruciating agony, the primary head of the python let out a final, desperate shriek.

The glowing mark on its forehead blazed with a blinding light as the beast resolutely burned its own beast core, gathering every last drop of its life force for a catastrophic, suicidal strike aimed directly at Lyra.

"Lady Lyra, watch out!" Karsten screamed, his heart jumping out of his throat.

Lyra’s expression remained as calm and untouchable as an empress looking down upon a rebellious subject.

She gracefully leaped into the air, her crimson hair fluttering wildly. She forcefully merged the entirety of her True Heavenly Flame with the overwhelming, bloodthirsty might of the Valkyrie phantom behind her.

She gripped her rapier with both hands and thrust forward.

"DIE!"

A beam of crimson-orange light tore through the air.

It bypassed the python’s desperate suicidal breath entirely.

Swoosh—!!!

The blazing thrust sliced horizontally across the beast’s massive necks.

The movement was so impossibly fast and clean that the mid stage Domain Master beast could not even react.

Bood erupted like a volcanic.

All of the python’s massive heads were cleanly decapitated simultaneously, tumbling down into the bubbling magma lake with heavy splashes.

The colossal, headless body swayed for a moment before crashing heavily onto the magma shore, lifeless.

The battle was over.

Lyra landed gracefully upon the cracked earth.

Aside from a few beads of sweat on her snow-white forehead, she was completely unharmed.

Karsten and the mercenaries stared at the girl with wide eyes.

A Peak Core Formation girl... just single-handedly decapitated a middle-stage Domain Master beast in less than one minute!

Lyra casually flicked the blood from her rapier and walked over to the severed primary head resting on the edge of the shore.

With a few precise cuts of her rapier, she extracted the glowing, pristine beast core that carried the distinct mark.

She walked back to Rhain, a proud smile blooming across her face as she handed the glowing core to him.

"Here," Lyra spoke with her chin high, "I told you I’d get it myself."

Rhain accepted the glowing core, his dark grey eyes reflecting genuine approval.

"You did well," Rhain praised, securing the core into his spatial ring. Dean Carmilla’s cure was finally in his hands.

With their primary objective finally complete, Rhain mentally calculated the exact passage of time since they had first stepped foot into this death zone.

He turned his gaze back to Lyra and the awe-struck mercenaries.

"Our three-month banishment is finally over. It is time to leave the Sunless Umbral Basin."