Chapter 212: Fire Until Empty

The moment they faced Kamiyu, the fate of these Ability Users was already sealed: death.

No matter how many humans the Ability Users slaughtered, no matter how many Instance Dungeons they opened, how many Aberrant Beast Demons they sacrificed, or how much Magic Crystal Ore they obtained—it was all useless.

Their hard power was utterly crushed by Kamiyu, and their soft power—their tactics and strategies—was toyed with by her.

When the three saw Brother Baojun charging over like a cockroach, they instinctively felt worry and fear due to their insufficient hard power like Level.

But the next moment, they no longer needed to fear, because Kamiyu aimed at Brother Baojun, immediately pulled the trigger, and a laser energy beam thicker than before blasted out, completely enveloping Brother Baojun and evaporating him at a cellular level.

【Ding, obtained 16 Enhancement Points.】 Kamiyu once again heard the pleasant sound of the Interface Panel hint.

“Wow, is that the Turtle Destruction Wave?” Chu Feng exclaimed in surprise. “That energy beam is thicker than my own Destruction Beam.”

“Pfft, yours isn’t a Destruction Beam; it’s more like a tiny flashlight,” Ji Yue retorted.

Dunzi said with admiration, “Miss Kamiyu is amazing. We definitely followed the right Miss Jia this time.”

Chu Feng looked at Kamiyu with admiration and said loudly, “We really have to thank Miss Jia. Look, we leveled up again.”

“What? We leveled up again?” Ji Yue asked.

Ji Yue wasn’t someone who played games often, so she wasn’t very sensitive to these data changes.

“It’s true, haha! We reached Level 15. Just an hour ago, we were only Level 1. Jumping straight to Level 15 is even faster than riding a roller coaster,” Ji Yue said excitedly.

Dunzi looked gratefully at Kamiyu and said in a muffled voice, “We have to thank Miss Kamiyu for this, thank Miss Jia for leveling us up.”

“Thank you, Miss Jia.”

Kamiyu was a bit overwhelmed by their enthusiasm. For once, she felt unusually flustered, her face turning red from the praise. She wiped her nose and said, “No need to thank me. Just do your best.”

“Got it!”

“Right, next is the last Demon—the Ironhead Red Giant,” Chu Feng said, rubbing his hands together eagerly.

He hadn’t had a chance to perform earlier, but now with only one left, everyone could focus their fire on this Red Giant.

Dunzi and Ji Yue quickly repaired the wall Kamiyu had pierced earlier. Moreover, Dunzi added three more walls behind the earthen one in preparation for the upcoming battle.

Kamiyu prepared to call for artillery fire. She thought for a moment: among the ice, fire, poison, lightning, and dark-element Artillery Shells, ice was useless now—the Ironhead Red Giant would break through it in less than a second.

As for poison, a large-area AoE damage gas shell might even leave her gasping for breath, and the three new Players behind her wouldn’t be able to handle it either.

For lightning, Kamiyu had taken precautions and hadn’t prepared Lightning-Element Shells for the rear.

Dark-Element Shells were used to set the battlefield atmosphere and confuse enemies—support-type shells not very suitable for the current situation.

That left only Fire-Element Shells, so she’d have to put up with inconveniencing Jack a bit.

Kamiyu decided to give Jack a challenge. She made a gesture representing fire to him.

Jack immediately understood, switching his Dark Gold Sword for the Endless Fury Gauntlets and gulping down a few mouthfuls of Intermediate Fire Resistance Potion.

“Xiao Zhong, have the Magic Cannon positions switch to Fire-Element Shells. Fire until empty,” Kamiyu commanded.

“What? Fire until we run out? Shouldn’t we conserve ammunition? I checked the Black Sphere’s database, and it says the raw material for Magic Artillery Shells—Magic Crystal Ore—is extremely precious in the Crimson Earth,” Xiao Zhong asked, puzzled.

Kamiyu let out an “oh,” surprised that the Black Sphere even had a database. This Xiao Zhong was truly impressive, worthy of being called a top-tier specialist.

She replied leisurely, “The Magic Crystal Ore inside those bugs that were just squashed is enough to produce thousands of Magic Artillery Shells. And once we occupy this mine, our daily Magic Crystal Ore output will be sufficient to produce tens of thousands of Magic Artillery Shells.”

“That much?” Not only Xiao Zhong on the phone but also the three people beside her exclaimed in unison.

“Exactly. So, fire away without hesitation. Later, you’ll need to form a leveling team to ensure the safety of mining operations in the Stadium Mine Dungeon and the security of the transport routes,” Kamiyu was already planning ahead.

It seemed she didn’t take the Ironhead Red Giant seriously at all.

What did it matter if it was a level 48 Dungeon Boss? What did it matter if it had +200% Attack Power? In the face of absolute strength and overwhelming firepower, wasn’t it just a source of Enhancement Points?

Jack was already prepared, having equipped the Endless Fury Gauntlets, waiting for Kamiyu’s instructions.

The reason Kamiyu wanted Jack to equip the Endless Fury Gauntlets was because of the Ancestral Legendary Tier equipment’s affix—【Elemental Sprite’s Piggy Bank】—which could accumulate the damage the wearer received.

As artillery fire rained down on the battlefield and Jack was set ablaze, these gauntlets could absorb the fire damage.

Having Jack drink the Fire Resistance Potion was to make him immune to the pain of burns, allowing him to “roam” freely in the fiery battlefield as if nothing were wrong.

All Resistance Potions worked this way—they immunized against pain, enabling free movement, but the actual damage still had to be mitigated by Armor.

Due to the affix on the Endless Fury Gauntlets crafted by Kamiyu, its priority was higher than that of Armor. Therefore, the fire attribute damage Jack received was purely accumulated as numerical values in the 【Elemental Sprite’s Piggy Bank】.

Kamiyu still cared deeply for Jack.

“3, 2, 1, fire,” Kamiyu said into the phone.

Jack positioned himself at a safe distance. After the artillery fire landed, he used the Demon-taunting phrases Mephisto had taught him to draw the Ironhead Red Giant’s aggro.

In less than ten seconds, Magic Artillery Shells arced across the sky, landing on the battlefield in curved trajectories.

With a “whoosh,”

the ground erupted into raging flames.

The fire attribute damage accumulated in the affix 【Elemental Sprite’s Piggy Bank】 of Jack’s Endless Fury Gauntlets was rapidly increasing.

One shell struck the Ironhead Red Giant squarely in the face, turning the entire Demon into a flaming Demon.

Now charred even blacker, the Ironhead Red Giant immediately roared toward the Sanctuary in the south, wanting to charge over and smash the Magic Cannon emplacements.

Jack coughed a few times and loudly shouted the “incantation,”

finally pulling the Ironhead Red Giant back.

“Keep going, don’t stop. Fire until the shells run out,” Kamiyu said with an evil smile.

“Boom, boom, boom, boom.” The Magic Cannon emplacements were bustling with activity.

Everyone, with their necks bared, shouted, “Faster, faster! Did you not eat?”

The heat waves on the field were unbearable for the three Newcomer Players. Dunzi even erected an earthen wall to block the heat, and the three quickly hid behind it.

Kamiyu, however, seemed completely unaffected. She widened her eyes, watching the duel between the human and the Demon in the flames with excitement.

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