I Became the Demon King of Lust

The moment that I stepped through the portal, I could feel the waves of energy assaulting me.

The waves of energy that hit me in the face were much stronger than the ones that I felt coming from the Blue Ogre just now.

As I had expected, there was an A Ranked Monster that was waiting for me.

Along with the waves of energy that were hitting me, I also felt the heat that was coming from the center of the room.

Standing in the center of this room was a large mass of flames, but it looked like it had a certain form to it. This large mass of flames looked like it took the form of a shirtless man.

It was hard to make out the features of this thing since it was made completely of flames, but it seemed like some kind of handsome young man that was made of flames.

Ifrit.

The moment that I saw this, I realized what it was.

As a member of Elementia, I had received some teachings of what kinds of powerful monsters were out there.

This Ifrit was one of those that I had been taught about.

Ifrits were spirits of fire that controlled the very essence of fire.

At a minimum, these monsters were at least A Ranked.

Feeling the heat and the aura that was coming from it, I didn't doubt this ranking.

There was no doubt that this thing was very powerful…

Too powerful for me to fight at least.

Even with the buff of the sword and armour, this wasn't a fight that was good for me.

After all, this Ifrit was a fire spirit, a being that was made completely out of energy.

A being made out of energy couldn't be hurt unless it was hit with an energy attack, so the physical attacks that I used were completely useless in the first place.

At most, I would be able to scatter the flames of the Ifrit.

I wouldn't be able to do anything to the Ifrit itself with my physical attacks.

Unlike with the Blue Ogre, this Ifrit immediately noticed me when I appeared in this room.

As expected of a high ranked monster…is what I would have liked to say.

But in reality, what I really said was…

"Damn it! Why did it notice me so fast!"

As soon as the Ifrit noticed me, it didn't waste any time in gathering flames around itself.

The flames swirled around the Ifrit like a tornado of flames that grew stronger and stronger. It seemed that at this rate, the entire room would be engulfed with flames with the way that this tornado grew.

But that tornado of flames soon settled and disappeared, revealing the Ifrit once more.

When I saw the Ifrit, all I could say was…

"Damn! Is this its battle form!?"

The Ifrit had grown to twice the size that it was before, but that wasn't the most shocking thing.

It still had the face of a handsome young man, but the body underneath the face was anything but that. It was the body of a muscular bodybuilder that was on par with Su Chen, while also being covered in armour made of flames and holding a sword of flames.

This Ifrit was clearing gearing up for a fight.

Once its battle form came out, the Ifrit didn't hesitate to charge at me.

With its sword raised and the flames surging around it, the pressure that this Ifrit put on me really was something else.

I knew that I wouldn't be able to beat this Ifrit unless I was willing to show some things that I wasn't willing to show.

So I decided that I wouldn't beat it.

My goal was just to pass this round and rank as high as I could so I could reach the round of the tournament.

So there was no real need for me to fight this Ifrit.

I had an item that would allow me to skip this stage after all.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

After taking out the token, I tried to figure out how to use it.

I looked at it from many different angles and poked at it from all over, but it didn't seem like it would work.

That was until I said, "I want to skip this round."

As soon as I said this, there was a light that came from the token.

This light grew stronger and stronger until it suddenly burst forward from the token, forming a large layer of light that spread across the room.

It hit the Ifrit's sword that was just above me, only a few inches away from my head.

The moment that it hit the Ifrit's sword, the sword suddenly froze in the air.

It was as if there was some kind of battle between this light and the Ifrit's sword, but the sword was dispelled in the end.

The wave of light completely scattered the flames of the Ifrit's sword and then it scattered the flames that made up the Ifrit itself.

As I watched all of this, I couldn't help muttering to myself, "Just what is this light?"

The light continued scattering the flames, even going as far as pushing the Ifrit away and scattering the flames that made up the Ifrit's body.

The Ifrit looked like it wanted to run away, but it couldn't outrun the light as it scattered the Ifrit's flames.

When it was over, the Ifrit disappeared without a trace.

Once the Ifrit was gone, the same door as before appeared in front of me with a timer above it.

It seemed that this token really was useful.

So if there was a S Ranked Monster in the next room like I thought there would be, there would be no hesitation in whipping out this token to skip that room.

As I was about to step into the door, I found that there was something strange around me.

The light had also cleared the ash that had been on the floor, revealing these strange tiles on the ground.

For some reason, I could feel a cold feeling coming from these tiles.