This mysterious creature suddenly emerged from the magma. It was a snake-like magical beast, immensely long, probably at least four or five feet long at a glance, and blazing red all over.
From a distance, it resembled a perfectly round piece of fire jade, its body covered in palm-sized red scales.
This magical beast possessed two heads. At the fork of its slender neck, these two ferocious heads glared with enormous diamond-shaped eyes, filled with rage and bloodlust.
"Fool!"
Xiao Jue sneered, and a burst of golden flame erupted. His soul power was at the late Mortal Realm, comparable to that of a Dou Huang. Against ordinary fourth-tier magical beasts, his soul power was practically overwhelming.
However, Xiao Jue's Phantom Fire Scorpion Dragon bloodline, his foremost skill in illusionary attacks, proved invincible against the two-headed fire spirit snake.
"Phantom Fire Divine Mind!"
Golden flames erupted, immersing the surrounding red magma world in gold and enveloping the two-headed fire spirit snake.
"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"
A flash of fear flashed across the two-headed fire snake's eyes, and then, with a blank look, it dove into the lava. Xiao Jue flapped his wings and leaped up, following it into the lava.
Xiao Jue used Phantom Gold Fire to control the two-headed fire snake. This bloodline gift of the Phantom Fire Scorpion Dragon Beast clan was similar to the Amethyst Seal of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, but even more powerful.
Just before Xiao Jue plunged into the fiery red lava lake, he transformed from Phantom Fire Scorpion Dragon Beast into human form. Black and white flames suddenly surged from his body, completely enveloping him.
"Plop!"
His body plunged into the lava, splashing the fiery red lava in all directions. The lava was a sea of crimson, but protected by the dual yin and yang flames, Xiao Jue could barely see his surroundings.
He scanned the area, then swam swiftly, following closely behind the two-headed fire snake in front of him as it continued to drill deeper into the lava.
Undercurrents surged within the fiery lava world, occasionally erupting with ferocious magma currents from unknown locations. These currents held immense energy.
Fortunately, the two-headed fire snake was incredibly familiar with the area, finding the most suitable routes to sneak before the currents arrived. Xiao Jue, following closely behind it, also took the opportunity to successfully dodge these magma currents.
In this fiery world, there seemed to be no other creatures besides the two-headed fire snakes. This was no surprise, given the harsh living conditions. Without creatures like the two-headed fire snakes,
which thrived on magma, no other magical beast, even a powerful Overlord-level beast like the Amethyst Winged Lion King, could navigate this place with such ease and without any impact.
Xiao Jue's original form, the Phantom Fire Scorpion Dragon Beast, could become a seventh-tier magical beast, almost entirely through bloodline alone, with the potential to reach the eighth tier. However, at this fourth-tier stage, even with the ninth-tier Phantom Gold Flame, it was still no help in infiltrating this place.
As Xiao Jue continued to stalk the bottom of the seemingly endless magma, even with the protection of the Yin-Yang flames, he could vaguely sense the outside temperature rising exponentially.
Xiao Jue's eyes froze on something radiating a brilliant green light not far away.
The green light enveloped the magma. Focusing his gaze, Xiao Jue faintly discerned a gentle green lotus blossom within the cyan light. The
Green Lotus Earth Core Fire, ranked nineteenth on the list of unusual fires, originates from the depths of the earth, undergoing countless tempering, fusion, compression, and carving by the earth's fire... It takes ten years to mature, a hundred years to take shape, and a thousand years to become a lotus. At its peak, its color tinged with green, and a cluster of green flames emanated from its heart. This fire was known as the Green Lotus Fire, also known as the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire. Its power was unpredictable, and near volcanic areas, it could even trigger volcanic eruptions! It was a destructive force of nature!
With a push of his feet in the lava, his body swam rapidly towards the area covered by the cyan light like a small fish in a lake.
As his body got closer and closer to the cyan light, Xiao Jue could clearly feel the temperature around him rising almost suddenly.
Pursing his somewhat dry lips, Xiao Jue gritted his teeth, stepped on the ground again, and finally rushed into the cyan light.
After entering the cyan light, the expected scorching heat did not come as expected. Instead, the temperature around him strangely dropped a lot.
Xiao Jue's eyes swept around the surroundings, finally stopping on the cyan lotus in the center. The
cyan lotus had eight petals, and the eight cyan leaves were as perfect as the most perfect sapphire jade, perfectly formed by nature. At first glance, it was crystal clear, making people feel like they couldn't let it go.
Within the lotus, a small lotus pedestal, approximately two or three feet long, glowed faintly from the holes within. These were likely lotus seeds condensed from the purest fire energy.
Beneath the cyan lotus, an extremely slender stem, over ten meters long, was densely covered with tiny tentacles.
As these tentacles swayed, Xiao Jue could clearly sense them greedily absorbing the violent fire energy from the surrounding magma.
As he drew closer to the cyan lotus, Xiao Jue became more and more captivated by its exquisite beauty. Such near-perfection could only be created through time and the refinement of nature.
Carefully avoiding the swaying tentacles, Xiao Jue slowly approached the lotus. In the center of the small lotus pedestal was a fist-sized hole, but at that moment, it was completely empty!
Xiao Jue waved his hand, and suddenly a colorful light shot out from the lotus seat and finally landed in his hand.
The scales were about half the size of a palm, and the whole was a rainbow color. At first glance, the colorful luster was quite gorgeous.
Xiao Jue took out a dozen high-quality rouge jade bottles from the ring. Black and white flames emerged from his palm, melting these small jade bottles into a ball of light blue liquid. As the liquid rolled, it finally solidified into a slender jade ruler.
Carefully remove the impurities in the jade ruler, making it look crystal clear, as beautiful as the leaves of the blue lotus.
Xiao Jue held the jade ruler tightly, and then carefully swam towards the blue lotus. He gently scratched the part under the lotus seat that was connected to the rhizome, and the blue lotus, as perfect as a work of art, fell off.
(End of this chapter)