I Became the Demon King of Lust

There were powerful flames that were in front of me the moment that I walked in.

These flames released a heat that made me feel like I was melting.

Even with the natural defenses that I had as an Awakener, this was still just too much for me.

So I had no choice but to take out the gem that Bing Xin had made for me.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

This gem wasn't just used with the sword, it could also be used to create a chill that would cool me down, which was exactly how I was using it now. It was only because I was using this gem like this that I was able to stand in the face of these flames.

The flames that were in front of me were so hot that they had even turned blue.

These were flames of the highest quality that no other flames could beat.

These were flames that were so powerful that they could even melt down the strongest ice in the frozen arctic.

But what attracted my attention wasn't these flames, but rather the figure that was lying right in the center of these flames. There was a small bundle that was lying right in the center that seemed to release these flames with each breath.

It seemed that this bundle that was sleeping was the one that was releasing these flames the entire time.

For this thing to release these flames while asleep, it really was something else.

This just went to show just how powerful this thing was that it could release this kind of flames.

But this was also a chance for me since this thing was sleeping.

It was just like the Blue Ogre on the fourth floor.

As long as I could kill it in a single strike, then I would be able to clear this floor without any problems.

But would it really be that easy?

That was the doubt that was lingering in my mind.

No matter how I looked at it, it didn't seem like it would be so easy that I would be able to kill it in a single strike. Then once that strike failed, it seemed like it would be very likely that I would be struck down by the awakened enemy…

There was a long moment of hesitation as I deliberated what to do, but then…

I suddenly started walking towards the small bundle in the middle.

Though it was hard with the flames that this thing released, I was able to walk up to it in the end. However, it really felt like I was being cooked alive as I stood there in front of that thing.

Once I was there, I took a deep breath which was painful since the air was burning hot and said, "Hey, wake up."

This might seem crazy, but there was a part of me that felt like this was the right choice.

I didn't know which part of me thought this was the right choice, but there was that part of me that thought that this was the right thing to do.

It mustn't have been a very smart part of me since the moment that I said this, the large bundle in the middle started to stir. After stirring, this thing revealed its true appearance.

It was a bird, but it wasn't just any bird.

It was a phoenix.

It was a beautiful phoenix with blue feathers that seemed to be made of flames.

Even as a human, I couldn't help being surprised by how beautiful this phoenix was.

After waking up, the phoenix looked around itself as if it was confused to be woken up like this and then it turned to look at me.

As it looked at me, I could immediately feel the pressure coming from the phoenix.

This thing was powerful, even more powerful than the dragon that was on the twenty fifth floor.

If I had to qualify this pressure that I felt, it should be in the SS Rank instead of just the S Rank.

This trial really was something else if it even used a SS Rank to guard the final floor…

There was a moment of silence as the two of us looked at each other before the phoenix finally opened its mouth.

I thought that it was going to say something, but it didn't say a single thing.

The only thing that this phoenix did was open its mouth to release flames at me.

With the distance between us, I wasn't able to escape at all as the flames engulfed me.

The moment that the flames did, I learned how it felt to be cooked alive. There was nothing that I could do to resist this as I could feel the flesh sliding off my bones as I was being melted by these flames.

I just looked up at the phoenix with a bitter smile on my face as I asked, "Why?"

The phoenix suddenly stopped breathing the flames on me and said, "If you want to wake a lady up from her sleep, you should do it more gently. Try to do better next time."

I didn't know what to say in response to this, but the bitter smile that was on my face became even more bitter.

This phoenix was calling itself a lady, it really was something else.

Still, at the very least I had confirmed one thing.

This final round could be done without fighting.

That was the most important thing because…I had deeply learned just how powerful this phoenix was. The flames that she shot out were just a simple breath from her, yet the power contained within the flames were enough to melt me.

It didn't just cook the meat of my body, it actually melted my flesh away.

That was enough to show just how powerful the phoenix was and how my instincts had been correct, it would have been impossible to kill this phoenix in a single strike and I would have just wasted my chance.

My vision faded as I died and when I woke up, I found myself in an empty white room.