At this moment, the body of the Blood Lake that was being burned by the purplish-black flames was emitting thick smoke.

From afar, the Blood Lake seemed to have met with a huge disaster, and was on the verge of destruction.

But at this moment, the Blood Lake's engulfing skill had finished its cooldown once again.

Hence, it was decisively activated.

Due to the extreme pain, countless small openings appeared in the Blood Lake in an instant.

However, before it was formed, it was completely burnt into charcoal by the purplish-black flames on top of it, losing its effect.

Not only that, because he opened the key to enter his body, the small openings.

The purplish-black flames followed the purplish-black flames that were burnt into charcoal and fell into the body of the Blood Lake.

There was more liquid in its body than outside, and the purplish-black flames that entered its body were even more ferocious.

Instantly, countless flames exploded in the Blood Lake's body.

At that moment, the Blood Lake completely shook.

Its mouth couldn't help but let out a painful and heart-wrenching howl.

However, this didn't stop the flames from spreading.

From afar, Klein looked at the Blood Lake in the sky and couldn't help but reveal a relaxed expression.

He thought to himself, 'From the looks of it, the situation is set. The Blood Lake is already surrounded by countless purplish-black flames. I think I'll only need more than ten minutes to completely destroy it.'

'Even if I can't destroy it, I can still burn it in a large area and find the core of the Blood Lake. When that happens, it'll still die if I attack the Blood Lake.'

At that moment, the Blood Lake in the sky was indeed as Klein had said. It was even more painful.

Its massive body was originally an advantage, but now, it had become a channel for the flames to spread endlessly.

Every inch of the flames was sent back to the core of the Blood Lake in real time.

And the Golden Spiral Shuriken below was also completely destroyed by the purplish-black fire. It then began to cut with all its might.

The Blood Lake, which was dozens of kilometers long, had shrunk by a third in just a few seconds.

Furthermore, it was disappearing at a terrifying speed.

If this continued, Klein estimated that in ten minutes at most, the Blood Lake would be completely cut into pieces of meat.

Just as Klein thought that the situation was set in stone...

The Blood Lake, which was covered in thick smoke, suddenly trembled.

From a distance, it looked like a flash of light!

However, when Klein saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown.

He thought to himself, 'Could it be that the Blood Lake still has a backup plan?'

At that moment, an ominous premonition appeared in his mind.

As the Blood Lake trembled at an increasing speed, his ominous premonition grew stronger.

And at that moment, the light coming from the billowing smoke showed that the Blood Lake inside was undergoing some changes.

Upon seeing this, Klein narrowed his eyes as he thought of an unbelievable possibility.

This was because the Blood Lake had always erupted in different forms at critical moments.

For example, devouring, doppelganger, and so on.

Each form resolved the immense danger of the Blood Lake.

Because of the previous experience, Klein couldn't help but wonder if there would be a third form of the Blood Lake?

With this thought in mind, Klein's expression changed.

If that was the case, under such a serious crisis, devouring and doppelganger wouldn't be able to save the Blood Lake at all. In such a form, it didn't matter even if they came out.

However, the Blood Lake had been activated at this moment. Could it be that the form that came out this time had a great ability to resolve the crisis?

Sensing the ominous feeling in his heart, Klein was even more certain of his guess.

Following that, another roar came from within.

"Roar--"

Upon hearing the sound, Klein's expression changed.

Without any time to think, he hurriedly activated his explosive speed and frantically dodged to the back.

The instant Klein left, a terrifying explosion came from the Blood Lake.

Under the explosion, all the Golden Spiral Shuriken in hand and the purplish-black flames were instantly extinguished.

And the originally massive Blood Lake instantly disappeared into the thick smoke and dust.

"Not good!"

Klein's temples were warning him frantically.

He knew that if such a change happened to his temples, it would definitely be a killing intent that could destroy him.

But it was too late.

That was because his skin could already feel the flow of the wind.

This meant that danger was already in front of him.

Klein definitely wouldn't sit still and wait for his death. He hurriedly raised the Endless Sword and swung it forcefully in front of him. There was a loud bang.

Klein was sent flying by a huge force.

The Endless Sword in his hands cracked open due to the terrifying recoil.

A large amount of blood spewed out.

Klein didn't have time to check his injuries as he hurriedly looked up.

He saw a person covered in blood appear in front of him!

[Mutated Blood Lake, Tier 8 (Peak)]

[Third Form: It has unlimited magic and unlimited vitality. Its close-range attacks are extremely terrifying. The quality of its body is infinitely close to that of Tier 9.]

[Weakness: However, due to its early conversion to the third form, it has lost its devouring, doppelganger, and other skills. It has also lost its potential to continue evolving. As long as you find the blood and gas core, you can kill it in one strike.]

Looking at the system notification, Klein frowned.

'I'm in trouble. I didn't expect the third form to be so powerful.'

'A close-range attack?'

Klein looked at the Endless Sword in his hand. Although it was already broken, it was still a divine artifact. It wasn't impossible for him to have a chance in a close-range battle.

However, Klein nodded in response to its weakness.

If there was still devouring, he wouldn't dare to casually cast his spells.

Furthermore, the most important thing was the Blood Lake doppelganger.

It was modeled after Traitor Zekos. Her magic strength was very high. If the two worked together, he wouldn't stand a chance at all.

But clearly, this wasn't much good news.

Following that, Klein looked at the third key piece of news, the blood essence core.

He didn't expect that the Blood Lake that had transformed into its third form would actually have a blood essence core!

This was troublesome.

It wasn't easy to find such a large Blood Lake, but how could a three-meter-tall Blood Lake be easy to search?

Furthermore, the other party's physical fitness was infinitely close to tier 9. This meant that it would be extremely difficult for him to break through the defenses, let alone find a blood essence core.

Just as Klein was thinking about what to do...

Suddenly, the Blood Lake person disappeared.

Like a bomb, its entire existence completely vanished after the explosion.

Seeing this scene, Klein knew that it wasn't good.

Then, he looked around.

He couldn't help but guess, whether it was speed or invisibility

If it was invisibility, that would be fine, but if it was speed, that would be troublesome.

'Speed comparable to teleportation, coupled with a terrifying close-range ability... Once the opponent catches an opportunity, I'm afraid that I'll lose a layer of skin even if I don't die.'

With this in mind, Klein didn't want to sit around and wait for his death.

However, his spells were all large-scale and powerful magic skills. Klein didn't know how to use subtle spells, such as the spell of blood rain.

As for the stones, Klein definitely wouldn't use them.

That was because the stones were too dense and would become a good cover.

In addition, extracting the stones would create a huge amount of smoke and dust. At that time, it would be even more difficult for him to catch the other party!