Chapter 417: 417 **Chapter 417: Revealing the True Form of the Flame Demon King** Green light exploded like a starburst, dazzling and brilliant. **Toxic Starburst.** Lin Moyu’s ultimate move began with the Toxic Starburst. At level 48, the Toxic Starburst, amplified by his talent, dealt 24,000 damage per second. Now, with the **Strong Soldier** skill’s 500% damage boost, it dealt 144,000 damage per second. Although 144,000 damage per second might not seem significant to the Flame Demon King, Lin Moyu valued another characteristic of the Toxic Starburst. Under the poisoned state, the target’s self-healing ability would be suppressed. This was a feature of poison-type skills. The Flame Demon King’s regenerative ability was strong and could potentially interfere with Lin Moyu’s ultimate move. The first step was to suppress its regenerative ability. At this moment, the corpses were in position, already hovering in the air. The Flame Demon King continued to laugh wildly, "I didn’t expect you to have poison skills, but it’s useless. Such a low attack power can’t harm me." Is it really harmless? Lin Moyu simultaneously activated his skills, detonating the fresh corpses. The explosions roared, instantly drowning out the Flame Demon King’s voice. The skeleton mages and skeleton archers attacked with full force this time. In almost an instant, they shattered the Flame Demon King’s defenses. The next second, the Flame Demon King’s screams echoed through the sky. The skeleton berserkers charged like lightning. The skeleton berserkers had balanced attributes, with their agility matching their strength. With nearly 800,000 agility, they moved at lightning speed. In the blink of an eye, the skeleton berserkers were already in front of the Flame Demon King. Their axes glowed red as they unleashed their skills. **Berserk Strike (Level 1): Deals 500% of the user’s strength as damage to the target. Cooldown: 10 minutes.** With 800,000 strength, the damage multiplied sixfold. The axes, carrying nearly 4.8 million strength, slashed down. The Flame Demon King’s defenses were torn apart like paper, and black blood, engulfed in flames, splattered in the air. The screams grew even more piercing. The skeleton berserkers were the true ultimate move, Lin Moyu’s strongest attack. Far surpassing the elemental explosions of the skeleton mages and the guaranteed hits of the archers. Corpse explosions, elemental explosions, archer arrows, and berserk strikes from the skeleton berserkers. All combined, they severely injured the Flame Demon King in an instant. Amidst the screams, the Flame Demon King frantically tried to escape, roaring, "Lin Moyu, you dare to deceive me!" Only now did it realize that Lin Moyu had been pretending all along. He had been playing the pig to eat the tiger. The Flame Demon King tried to take off, only to find the lich generals firmly gripping its tentacles, preventing it from leaving. Not only them, but the skeleton berserkers also thrust their bony hands into its wounds, holding it tightly. The Flame Demon King struggled madly, unleashing terrifying flames that burned wildly on the lich generals and skeleton berserkers. The Flame Demon King’s power was terrifying. At full strength, it managed to drag the skeleton berserkers and lich generals into the air. At this moment, Lin Moyu’s palm flashed with fire. The Soul Flame, with a 500% damage boost, descended upon the Flame Demon King. The screams echoed through the sky, and just as it was about to take off, it crashed down. The Flame Demon King nearly fainted from the pain. The pain was excruciating. The unprecedented pain left it unable to think. For a moment, its mind went blank. It took half a second to react, screaming, "What kind of skill is this? Why does it hurt so much?" The voice was filled with fear. For the first time, it realized it shouldn’t have come after Lin Moyu. Lin Moyu was not human; he was a monster. How could someone under level 50 beat a Demon King like this? The Flame Demon King felt like crying, sensing it might die here. Lin Moyu’s attacks continued. There were only 30 seconds, not much time. Ten seconds had already passed. Although the Flame Demon King was severely injured, Lin Moyu knew it wasn’t enough to kill it. The Flame Demon King struggled madly, growing more eyes all over its body. The eyes became different, flattening as if squinting. Then, beams of light shot out like sharp swords. **Skill: Death Slice!** No longer Death Rays, but Death Slices. They looked similar but had different effects. Death Rays had strong impact and explosive energy. Death Slices were flatter and incredibly sharp. The terrifying slicing power cut through the skeleton berserkers. The skeleton berserkers were split in two. The skeleton berserkers died, and the overall connection talent failed again! Then, the Death Slices hit the lich generals. Perhaps because the lich generals were too strong, the Death Slices didn’t cut through them. But the lich generals were blasted away by the impact. Lin Moyu’s eyes narrowed. Why did his talent fail again? Why were the Death Rays fine, but the new skill wasn’t? Was it the Flame Demon King’s talent or something else? Lin Moyu couldn’t figure it out. "Die!" The Flame Demon King roared, controlling the Death Slices to sweep towards Lin Moyu. With the skeleton berserkers’ example, Lin Moyu didn’t dare to take it head-on. If his talent failed, he’d have nowhere to cry. He quickly retreated, sending another skeleton berserker to charge fearlessly. They had come this far; they couldn’t give up halfway. With less than 20 seconds left, if they couldn’t kill the Flame Demon King, Lin Moyu would likely die. At this point, there was no turning back. Advancing held a chance of survival; retreating meant certain death. Lin Moyu believed the Flame Demon King’s skill couldn’t be used indefinitely. Otherwise, why didn’t it use it from the start? Under the Death Slices, many skeleton berserkers were cut into pieces and died. But more skeleton berserkers charged forward. It killed many, but more kept coming. The charging skeleton berserkers swung their axes. They unleashed their strongest attacks and then held on, not letting the Flame Demon King escape. The Flame Demon King screamed, continuously sweeping with Death Rays. Skeleton berserkers died in batches. Lin Moyu summoned more skeleton berserkers from his summoning space, adding them to the undead army. The skeleton mages and archers spread out, avoiding any new skills from the Flame Demon King. In just five or six seconds, the Flame Demon King, with over a thousand eyes and a pair of main eyes, fired tens of thousands of Death Slices. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶 At least 3,000 skeleton berserkers were killed. In return, the Flame Demon King was even more severely injured. Its spherical body collapsed like a deflated balloon. The flames on its body were no longer fierce, looking weak. Lin Moyu continued his relentless attacks. Another batch of fresh corpses arrived, becoming Lin Moyu’s weapons. The explosions roared again. With 10 seconds left on the **Strong Soldier** skill, a loud explosion occurred. The Flame Demon King exploded. The explosion’s flames spread across the entire third plateau. The abyssal flames in the sky fell like raindrops, creating a firestorm in the dungeon. Lin Moyu didn’t relax; he became more vigilant. He hadn’t received a notification of the Flame Demon King’s death, meaning it wasn’t dead yet. In the flames, he saw a small figure, a thin demon. The original Flame Demon King was a spherical demon over five meters in diameter. Now, it was a demon less than a meter tall. Lin Moyu instinctively used his detection skill. **Gnome Fire Demon (Demon King Level)** **Level: 90** Lin Moyu immediately understood that this was the true form of the Flame Demon King. The Flame Demon King’s true form was a Gnome Fire Demon. The Gnome Fire Demon was a very lowly and weak race in the abyss. Among the abyssal demons, it was at the bottom, only slightly above mindless monsters. In the abyss, the weak were prey to the strong. Its low status was due to its weak strength. Unexpectedly, the Flame Demon King was a Gnome Fire Demon that became a Demon King. Who knew what great fortune it had obtained. Lin Moyu instantly realized that even as a Demon King, the Flame Demon King was one of the weakest. If others knew its true form was a Gnome Fire Demon, stronger Demon Kings would capture it to find out its secret. After all, the fortune that made a Gnome Fire Demon a Demon King must be incredibly powerful. "I’ll fight you to the death!" The Flame Demon King, revealing its true form, charged at Lin Moyu like lightning. --- ww.researchgate.net/publication/314084415_Teaching_Business_English_through_Translation