Endless magma, constantly radiating a scorching heat, seemed to render time meaningless within its dark red hue. Aside from the occasional bubbling magma and the bursts of high-temperature lava that sprayed out in all directions, there was only eternal silence.
Even the spraying lava seemed to be infected by the silence, returning to the boundless sea of magma in mere moments, disappearing without a trace.
However, beneath this endless magma, things had recently become unusually lively, with frequent, deafening roars.
"Netherworld Chains—The Source of Ten Thousand Poisons!"
A soft shout rang out from beneath the dark red magma, followed by the emergence of jet-black chains radiating extremely terrifying poisonous gas, piercing through the void. This was the result of Little Fairy Doctor's year-long seclusion, absorbing the Netherworld Poison Fire and combining it with her various combat techniques.
Currently, it's only at the mid-level of the Profound Rank, but don't underestimate these Netherworld Chains. Combined with the Netherworld Poison Fire and the poisonous gas of the Calamity Poison Body, and wielded by the five-star Dou Zong level Little Fairy Doctor, its power is comparable to a low-level Earth Rank Dou Technique.
Furthermore, because this Dou Technique uses the Netherworld Poison Fire and the poisonous gas of the Calamity Poison Body as raw materials, it means that if Little Fairy Doctor and the Netherworld Poison Fire were to advance to the level of Half-Saint or Dou Saint one day, this Dou Technique might even have the potential to advance to the Heaven Rank Dou Technique.
This is the terrifying power of the Netherworld Poison Fire combined with the Calamity Poison Body. It can be said that if the Devouring Python after Cai Lin's evolution wasn't also no pushover, Cai Lin, who is only one star higher than Little Fairy Doctor, would be no match for her.
Within this dark red magma, countless jet-black chains, starting from Little Fairy Doctor, continuously spread and coiled towards a hideous, upright lizard in front of her. It's worth mentioning that after fusing with the Netherworld Poison Fire, Little Fairy Doctor's poison attribute seemed to no longer fear the flames, remaining unaffected even in the extremely hot magma.
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
Seeing the terrifying chains of poison gas approaching, the lizardman let out a strange roar, and the surrounding magma rapidly swirled around it.
If Lin Feng had witnessed this, he would have felt fortunate. He only knew that the lizardman couldn't use spatial power, but he forgot that this magma was its habitat. If it got close, the endless magma alone would have rendered him helpless. The
reason Xiao Yan in the original story was able to escape the lizardman's pursuit was mostly because the magma was restrained by the strange fire.
In the blink of an eye,
within a few breaths, the dark and terrifying chains collided with the swirling magma. Even in the near-vacuum environment, Cai Lin could hear the deafening roar from a short distance away. Of course, her unchanging expression revealed that she had witnessed such collisions many times in recent days. She had even fought this
lizardman several times herself; during Xiao Yi Xian's rest, the clash between the enormous Devouring Python phantom and the endless magma vortex echoed through the area. Soon, the turbulent magma in the distance began to flow backward, and the vacuum created by the blast was filled in just a few breaths. Only the pure white-clad Xiao Yi Xian remained. As for the lizardman, the only evidence of his existence was the energy bead in Xiao Yi Xian's hand. "Guardian's messenger, I wonder if you two will continue the trial today?" Seeing this, a semi-saint lizardman, perhaps the ancestor of lizardmen, spoke haltingly, his face grim. Perhaps due to his limited contact with humans, this semi-saint lizardman's speech was somewhat incoherent.
Of course, what infuriated him most was that ten days ago, he suddenly received a message from the Guardian of the Tomb of the Gods, demanding that he fully cooperate with the orders of the two human female beasts.
He had a bad feeling at the time; what could possibly require the Guardian's intervention? Sure enough, the two human female beasts demanded that he send members of his clan of the same or two levels higher as their trial subjects each day.
After seeing that the two female beasts' levels were only comparable to some seventh-tier magical beasts, he readily agreed. Of course, he had no right to speak before the Guardian's orders.
To avoid offending the Guardian and bringing annihilation upon his entire clan, he even sent some clansmen who had barely reached the seventh tier and had low combat power to fight.
But who knew that the following days would bring such deep regret? If someone could open Little Fairy Doctor and Rainbow Scale's storage rings, they would see a considerable number of energy beads, each representing a seventh-tier clansman.
"Of course, today I will challenge an eight-star Dou Zong level."
*Buzz*
Seeing that Little Fairy Doctor had finished her battle, Cai Lin, who had been eagerly anticipating it, was about to speak when a strange fluctuation suddenly emanated from the space behind them.
"What is this?"
"Brother Lin Feng."
Sensing this fluctuation originating from the soul, Cai Lin and Little Fairy Doctor knew that Lin Feng's soul power had broken through. They exchanged a glance, ignoring the half-saint lizardman waiting for instructions not far away, and quickly flew towards Lin Feng.
Soon, the two saw Lin Feng floating in mid-air. His eyes were half-open, half-closed, and his body emanated a powerful fluctuation, but it wasn't Dou Qi. The two women, who also cultivated the Grinding Wheel Soul Forging Technique, naturally knew that this was a manifestation of soul power so strong that it had left the body.
Zhu Kun, standing to the side, was unsurprised. Although magical beasts were naturally lacking in soul power, his Taixu Ancient Dragon clan was different from other magical beast races. As the supreme being of the magical beasts, his clan possessed a vast amount of soul essence for cultivation. Some elderly dragons, upon their impending death, would leave behind their legacies in the dragon tomb.
This naturally included their soul power; therefore, his soul power had long since reached the Emperor Realm. If Lin Feng knew this, he wouldn't find it strange. Judging from his performance in the original work, this old dragon emperor, Zhu Kun, was the most powerful being besides the Emperor Core.
"Hoo,"
Lin Feng slowly landed on the ground, letting out a soft breath.
"Finally, I've reached the peak of the Mortal Realm. With the Soul Cultivation Technique and the Five Elements Technique automatically absorbing spiritual energy, I only need to continue accumulating soul power step by step to enter the Spirit Realm. It seems I must wait until Zi Yan awakens and then immediately head to the Central Continent. However, I must first go to that place!"
(End of Chapter)