The Snow Empress snorted coldly and countered with a blast of Absolute Zero Snowfall.
With her level of cultivation, she wouldn't show any signs of panic no matter what kind of attack she faced.
The lava fireball exploded into ice fragments but did not disperse. A figure appeared from within, as fast as lightning, and instantly arrived in front of the Snow Empress, intending to give her a big hug.
The Snow Empress would not let any creature other than Huo Yuhao get close to her. With a wave of the snow sword in her hand, she directly slashed the figure into specks of starlight.
The fiery light flickered and reassembled into its previous form not far in front of her, floating above the lava.
With the help of Huo Yuhao's shared Spiritual Detection, everyone finally got a clear look at the opponent.
The newcomer was about three meters tall, fiery red all over, with a pair of eyes burning with golden flames, looking very strange.
This was clearly an extremely pure fire-elemental creature. The lava world was their home turf. If the Snow Empress were to fight in such a place for a long time, her combat power would inevitably be greatly reduced.
And at this very moment, balls of fire rose from the lava lake, suspended in mid-air before exploding one by one, also revealing figures.
Strangely, among those that appeared from these fireballs, there were not only the previous humanoid shapes but also some in animal forms.
For example, there were fire wolves, fire lions, and so on. But the humanoid ones were the most numerous. Among them, there was a humanoid fireman who was over seven meters tall, and his aura was also extremely powerful. Judging solely from the intensity of his energy, he was probably already close to the level of an Ultimate Douluo.
Everyone was secretly astonished. Good heavens, the things hidden beneath the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace were truly numerous!
How could ordinary people possibly fight against so many strange beings? Moreover, the opponent seemed to possess a near-immortal ability.
However, these beings did not seem to be soul beasts, as their auras were clearly different from those of soul beasts. With so many fire-elemental creatures, it would not be easy for outsiders to charge through.
Huo Yuhao already had a guess in his mind but couldn't confirm it right away.
The fire elementals could continuously revive, and the Snow Empress was restricted everywhere in this place. Rushing in rashly was not a wise move.
"You are a Child of Fortune." Just then, the huge fireman in the lead suddenly spoke in a human voice, addressing Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao's heart skipped a beat. The opponent could actually see the blessing he carried from the Douluo plane.
The leading fireman looked in Huo Yuhao's direction and actually bowed slightly, saluting him. If not for his fiery red body and brilliant golden eyes, he would be very close to a normal human.
These usually incredibly arrogant guys were actually saluting Huo Yuhao? Wei Na's mouth fell open. Even if her father, the emperor, were here, he might not have earned their respect.
"Junior Wei Na pays her respects to the seniors."
However, this group of fire-elemental creatures completely ignored Wei Na, their gazes all focused on Huo Yuhao.
"Are you the Huo Li Clan?" Huo Yuhao asked directly.
"You actually know of our identity?" The leading fireman was clearly stunned for a moment, and something seemed to have been added to his eyes.
Huo Yuhao knew from his god's-eye view that the Huo Li Clan was originally the clan of the God of Fire. However, they had never seen a real deity. Only the Huo Li Clan of the Falan World had felt some divine aura from the Great Fire God's Scepter.
"You have come to the Douluo Continent, so you should know some of the planar laws." Huo Yuhao said, making it up on the spot.
"I see." The leading fireman nodded. "We mean no harm either. It's just that, a moment ago, I sensed the aura of a god, so I came out to see for myself. May I ask, which of you is a true god?"
The aura of a god?
Everyone subconsciously turned their gazes to Huo Yuhao. The divine aura this giant fireman spoke of could only be answered by the unknown secrets on Huo Yuhao himself.
A light flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and he said, "I'm sorry, there are no deities among us. However, what I can tell you is that the Douluo Divine Realm does indeed exist. The divine aura you sensed should have come from this divine tool in my hand."
Saying that, Huo Yuhao raised the Ice Wheel Blade in his hand.
"A divine tool!"
After being reshaped, the Rakshasa Scythe had completely become the companion divine tool of Huo Yuhao's Death God martial soul. Apart from the aura of the Rakshasa God, it also contained a trace of the Death God's aura from Electrolux's original world.
"No, you even have the auras of multiple deities on you." The fireman glanced at the long blade in Huo Yuhao's hand and then continued with inexplicable joy.
The auras of multiple deities? Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's companions all looked at him with shock. They knew very well what it meant for one person to be blessed by multiple deities.
Huo Yuhao was inwardly impressed by the perception of the Huo Li clansman. Indeed, apart from the Rakshasa God and the Death God, he also had the blessing of the Goddess of Life and the pending inheritance left by the God of Destruction.
The fire humanoid leader appeared very excited, even starting to dance with joy. The other fire humanoids around also made a clamor of noise. Some of the sounds were very strange, presumably a language unique to their race.
After being excited for a good while, the fire humanoid leader finally said, "Greetings, respected Child of Fortune. I truly did not expect you to possess a divine tool. And you are a person blessed by the deities. In that case, I have a small request. I wonder if I could ask for your help."
Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment. A request? They had just met, and this guy was already asking him for a favor?
But at this time, considering some things he might need in the future, Huo Yuhao naturally couldn't refuse outright.
The fire humanoid leader was silent for a moment, then said, "Actually, I just hope that in the future when you become a deity and arrive at the Divine Realm, you could help us find the world that originally belonged to us, our original home."
As soon as these words were spoken, although it was a bit confusing, Huo Yuhao still understood his request.
The fire humanoid leader sighed softly, "Our Huo Li Clan does not belong here. We can only hole up in this place for now. We want to go home, we very much want to return to our home. Therefore, we especially hope that you can help us."
The Snow Empress, listening from the side, couldn't help but say, "Can't you speak more clearly? Yuhao doesn't understand your situation at all. How can he help you?"
The fire humanoid leader said, "Of course, of course. I'll say it right away. I was just a little too excited, so I was a bit incoherent. This is the first time we've sensed the aura of a deity since we came to this world, and also the first time we've seen a glimmer of hope. So, I was really too excited."
He kept repeating the word "excited," somewhat incoherently.
It took the fire humanoid leader a good while to calm himself down. He said, "We come from another world. In our world, we were originally living well, but because of a great catastrophe, we were sent here."
"Another world? A main plane?" the Snow Empress asked.
The fire humanoid leader said proudly, "Of course it's a main plane, and a main plane that is even more powerful than your world. Our world is called the Falan World, and our clan is the Huo Li Clan that the Child of Fortune spoke of."
The Huo Li Clan leader continued, "My name is Huotian. I am one of the current leaders of the Huo Li Clan. Above me, there are several even more powerful clan chiefs. In the Falan World where we live, there is also a continent called the Fairy Continent. You might not like to hear this, but on the Fairy Continent over there, it is the Demon race and the Fey race that rule the entire continent. We also have humans there. It's just that the humans there are only vassals of the Demon and Fey races."
Hearing him say this, the members of the Straw Hat Brigade also became very interested. Another world that also had humans. They didn't ask any more questions, patiently listening to this Huotian narrate the story of the Falan World.
Especially when Huo Yuhao heard him mention the words "spatial-temporal turbulence," his eyes suddenly sharpened.
Originally, the spatial-temporal turbulence should have occurred during the Legend of the Divine Realm story, after the protagonist Huo Gua ascended to the Divine Realm. It not only swept away the Douluo Divine Realm after the God of Destruction's rash expansion but also affected the divine realms of many other planes, including the Falan World.
The Huo Li Clan's first appearance in the Douluo story was already during the Legend of the Dragon King era. At that point in time, the Douluo Divine Realm had long been swept into the spatial-temporal turbulence and disappeared without a trace.
But the problem was, the Douluo Divine Realm was still safe and sound in the Douluo star system now, yet the Falan World had already encountered this mishap.
Was there such a large time difference between two planes separated by countless light-years? Huo Yuhao began to ponder this question. Since he had changed the world's timeline, many people and events on the Douluo Continent had already deviated from the original story's development path. His god's-eye view was gradually beginning to lose its meaning.
"...A great catastrophe swept across the entire world, and at that time, many spatial rifts appeared. A large number of creatures in the entire Falan World began to die. It was also at that time that our branch happened to be swallowed by a cracked spatial rift, and thus we came here."
Only then did everyone understand. It turned out that these powerful Huo Li clansmen before them had been teleported from another world.
Although they couldn't judge whether the Falan World that Huotian spoke of was truly more powerful than the Douluo Continent, just from the auras of the Huo Li Clan before them, one could tell that it was at least a main plane no weaker than the Douluo Continent world.
"When we first arrived here, our clan was several times its current size. However, without a suitable environment, our clansmen died in large numbers. It was not until we found this place that we were finally able to survive. However, this place is too small. Compared to our former Magma Crimson Sea, it is simply too small. After our clansmen reach a certain number, we can no longer continue to increase. Because there is not enough energy to support us. We can only settle for a corner and reach an agreement with the human empire's imperial family here to live in this place. They provide us with some supplies. That is our origin."
Hearing Huotian narrate the great catastrophe of that Falan World, Huo Yuhao and the companions of the Straw Hat Brigade couldn't help but feel shocked.
A main plane colliding with another planet, what a terrifying scene that must be! Just imagining it, one could feel a deep sense of fear.
"So you hope that after I become a god, I will help you find a way to go home?" Huo Yuhao smiled. Normally, interstellar travel would have to wait for the Douluo plane's soul tool technology to advance for twenty thousand years, but if a true God King were to assist, perhaps this time could be skipped.