It’s over.

That was everyone’s thought when the terrifying flames swallowed Seol Jihu.

“Ah…. Ah…!”

“No…!”

Gasps and lamentations escaped the mouths of the allied force.

[Finally…!]

The Parasite Queen gave a smile of satisfaction.

It was then. Seol Jihu suddenly shot out of the flames, which were seemingly devouring him.

The Parasite Queen snorted. As far as she was concerned, this was only a desperate final struggle. There was no way Seol Jihu would escape after being trapped in that boundless fire.

However, the Queen’s conviction soon turned into disbelief.

Seol Jihu began to shake like a willow branch as he was shooting into the air. The flames that enveloped him from the sides brushed past him without being able to touch his body, and when Seol Jihu swung the Spear of Purity while spinning, the flames vanished into thin air.

When he turned his body halfway in the next moment, a flame that dropped from the sky narrowly grazed past him. With the Spear of Purity already on the right track, the flame was cut in half by the spear blade.

Seol Jihu continued to soar and then changed course right before he clashed with the flames that were swarming in from all sides. It was as if he drifted hard to turn a corner.

Having lost their target, the flames crashed into each other and exploded.

That wasn’t all. An intense heat rushed in from the front.

Seol Jihu did not try to dodge it. In fact, he spun even faster and jumped into the eye of the stor...