Chapter 255 Verifying System Experience
The Fire Demons weren't fire giants; their strength was actually quite limited, and they didn't possess the special ice powers of the Frost Giants of Jotunheim.
Aside from their extremely heat-resistant bodies and excellent climbing abilities, they had nothing particularly special.
Of course, their numbers couldn't be ignored; ants can kill an elephant.
But for Phine's enormous 'elephant,' their numbers weren't enough. Besides, if Phine wanted to leave, all it needed to do was fly.
The surging waterfall was rapid and fierce. Although it evaporated quickly under the high temperature of Muspelheim, under the effect of the 'Golden Great Evolution Technique,' even more water continued to gush out.
White mist swirled, and vapor rose.
With so much water evaporating, Phine couldn't see her surroundings clearly, only faintly hearing the screams of the Fire Demons.
At this moment, no Fire Demons dared to approach the water shield; they fled as quickly as they had charged forward.
Phine stopped the waterfall summoned by the 'Golden Grand Evolution Technique' and then created a gust of wind to disperse the sauna-like steam.
His vision returned, and he saw many fire demons lying on the ground, soaking wet, only their slightly heaving chests indicating they weren't dead.
Phine didn't finish them off, but looked around. Apart from the immobile fire demons, all the others had fled back into the volcano.
Checking his experience points, unsurprisingly, he hadn't gained much.
Then Phine looked towards the volcano's entrance, thick black smoke billowing out. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to go in.
Although the fire demons' experience points were low, there were many of them. He had missed the opportunity to verify the system's experience points back in Jotunheim; he couldn't afford to miss it again.
Braving the swirling dust, Finney entered the interior of a volcano for the first time.
His first impression was heat, nothing but heat. Even in his water mode, surrounded by a water shield, he still felt the intense heat. At the bottom
, scorching lava flowed slowly across the ground, radiating temperatures unbearable for ordinary people.
Seeing Finney had chased them into the volcano, the fire demons, still haunted by their previous fear of the waterfall, didn't immediately charge.
"I'm here to spar with you! Come down!"
Finney called out to the fire demons clinging to the volcanic walls. Because of their resistance to 'explosion magic,' he could only use physical attacks this time.
He didn't increase the power of his 'explosion magic' because that would be less effective, and he also worried about collapsing the volcano and being buried underneath.
But hearing his words, the fire demons didn't move, staring at Finney in terror. The previous waterfall had left them with a deep psychological scar.
Finney frowned. Although he could fly up on his own, there were so many around that he couldn't possibly stop them all if they tried to escape.
After thinking for a moment, Finney came up with an idea and decided to give it a try.
Looking around and finding a relatively clean spot, Finney stretched out his hand and began summoning 'Violet Chicken Wraps'.
At a rate of six per second, they quickly covered the entire ground, the rich aroma mixed with the smell of sulfur spreading wildly in the surroundings.
"Come down and fight me, there's food to eat!"
Finney shouted to those around him as he summoned them.
He wasn't sure if the 'Violet Chicken Nuggets Rolls' would suit the Fire Demons' sense of smell and taste, but he couldn't think of a good solution for the time being. If this method didn't work, he would have to take the initiative.
Seeing Finney's actions, the Fire Demons looked at each other, and soon several Fire Demons who were closer to the
'Violet Chicken Nuggets Rolls' began to make their move. They didn't fight Finney, but went straight to the location of the 'Violet Chicken Nuggets Rolls,' grabbed a handful, and quickly ran back.
Finney didn't stop them; he also wanted to see if the Fire Demons could eat this kind of food.
The Fire Demons who stole the chicken nugget rolls only sniffed them a few times before stuffing them into their mouths without thinking. Finney carefully observed their reactions, but because their faces were too strange, he couldn't make out their expressions.
However, while he couldn't tell from their expressions, he could tell from their body language. After finishing, the Fire Demons' eyes immediately turned to the pile of 'Violet Chicken Nuggets Rolls' on the ground.
'Violet Chicken Rolls' never disappoint. Finney's reaction showed they were gluttons, and probably even enjoyed them.
Soon, more fire demons came to steal the 'Violet Chicken Rolls,' but Finney didn't stop them until many had tasted them.
Finney summoned another large pile of 'Violet Chicken Rolls,' then peeled off his water shield, expanding it to cover the rolls as much as possible. He looked at the fire demons and said again,
"Defeat me, and they're all yours!"
Before tasting the 'Violet Chicken Rolls,' the fire demons might have hesitated to fight Finney due to their previous fear of water.
But after eating them, seeing the large pile of 'Violet Chicken Rolls' covered in water shields on the ground, their desire for food clearly outweighed their fear.
The fire demons began charging towards Finney relentlessly, many of them bypassing him to attack the water shield, aiming to seize the 'Violet Chicken Nuggets Roll'.
Finney paid them no heed; the water shield's defenses were too strong even for him to easily breach, let alone the fire demons' power in a short time.
Watching the fire demons charge towards him, Finney focused, gripping the 'Breath of the White Dragon,' aiming at his target, and muttered,
"One!"
before hurling the 'Breath of the White Dragon'.
Because one unlucky soul had been killed earlier, Finney had deliberately held back a lot of power this time. Although these fire demons wanted to devour him, he decided to spare their lives.
It wasn't a sudden act of kindness; he simply wanted to test whether large-scale enemy elimination would reduce experience points.
Finney fought and counted, and when he had defeated a thousand fire demons, his body suddenly paused.
"Just as I thought!"
Finney checked the system's experience bar every hundred enemies he defeated. He noticed that after defeating a thousand fire demons, his already meager experience points had dwindled even further.
"So the threshold is a thousand!"
Finney thought to himself. In truth, he had rarely faced a thousand enemies head-on.
Before the Chitauri he encountered in the Battle of New York, the closest he'd come was probably fighting Ivan's robots outside Stark Tower.
But those robots weren't living beings, and their numbers probably didn't exceed a thousand. Therefore, he only discovered this characteristic of the system's experience bar when he destroyed the Chitauri fleet.
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