I Became the Demon King of Lust

I tried to hold on for as long as I could, but the heat really was something else.

This kind of heat was not something that a mortal could resist.

This was something that only those immortals that I read about could resist.

Though it was too bad that there were no such immortals in our current world.

Even after the appearance of the dungeons, there were only some cultivators that had appeared. However, these were worldly cultivators that hadn't broken through the shackles of this world and could only be considered powerful Awakeners.

The strongest cultivator was someone who had created his own force called the Mount Hua Sect.

They were a mysterious sect that closed themselves off from the outside world to cultivate according to their techniques. They rarely opened up to the world and rarely came out, so they were a force that was filled with mystery.

But the strength that their members demonstrated made them a place to fear.

Just the ones that had come down to the world to participate in events were already high ranking Awakeners.

So far, there had been two S Ranks, five A Ranks, and dozens of B Ranks that had come from the Mount Hua Sect.

No one knew just how powerful this sect really was.

Perhaps it really was a place where immortals cultivated…

But putting that digression aside…the real problem now was the heat that was around me. It was getting stronger and stronger without a single chance to resist it. The longer that I stayed in this room, the more that I was cooked by this room…

I really couldn't do anything against this heat.

It even started to hurt to breathe.

Was this how it felt to be cooked alive?

I looked at the blue phoenix as if I was hoping that there was something that she could do for me.

But the blue phoenix just looked at me as if she was waiting for me to die.

The only thing I could do was give a bitter laugh as I felt my body functions slowing down.

Eventually, I couldn't feel anything anymore and I fell down on the ground.

With my last bit of strength, I could see the blue phoenix looking down at me with what seemed to be a smile.

That was when I really wanted to punch her in the face.

…

"So you failed again."

When I appeared in the white room, I found the guide standing there waiting for me with a smile on her face.

That also made me want to punch her in the face, but I was able to hold myself back.

Instead, I asked, "Where does that blue phoenix even come from? Why is she so unreasonable?"

The guide stood there with a faint smile on her face without saying a thing.

The way that she looked at me, it was almost as if she was saying that I already had my answer…

What answer?

All that happened was that I got killed again!

But seeing that she wasn't going to say anything, I gave a sigh and said, "Just leave me alone if you don't want anything. I want some time alone to think."

However, the guide didn't disappear after I said this.

She just stood there looking at me with the same smile on her face as she said, "Who says that I don't have anything for you?"

I couldn't help looking at her with a surprised look when I heard this before asking, "What is it?"

The guide raised a hand and tossed something over to me before saying, "Since we won't meet again the next time you die, I figured that I should give this to you now."

I easily caught this thing since it was a simple toss that came my way, but when I saw it, I couldn't help being confused.

That was because the thing that the guide had tossed me was a simple coin.

There wasn't anything special about this coin nor were there any special markings, but this coin was clearly something special. I could tell because of the material that this coin was made of, it was not a material that I was familiar with.

After looking at the coin for a bit, I looked back up to find that the guide…was gone.

After she tossed me the coin, she disappeared without saying a thing while I was distracted by the coin.

As for what this coin was…I still had no idea.

Shaking my head with a bitter smile, I eventually put the coin away.

But at the same time, I couldn't help looking at the timer that was over the door.

I only had ten minutes left.

I had wasted ten minutes trying to figure out what that coin was…

Was it all a ploy by the guide?

No, she wouldn't be that mean, right?

I really had no idea since I didn't know the guide well enough to comment on this.

Still, since she gave this thing to me, there must be a reason for her giving me this coin.

I would just see what I could do with it in the future.

For the rest of the time, I tried to figure out what to do.

It was just too bad that I wasn't able to figure out a single thing.

Though I did remember something from the twenty fifth floor.

The small dragon had told me something about this fiftieth floor.

He had told me that if I wanted to fight the blue phoenix, I needed to make it quick.

He had said that five minutes would be my time limit.

Thinking about it now, I finally realized what he meant by five minutes.

It was the five minute time that I had before the heat suddenly turned up, that was what the small dragon had been warning me about.

Taking a deep breath, I stepped into the portal since there was nothing else that I could do.

Whether I was prepared or not, this was my final attempt.