Five Fire Spirit Lotuses floated quietly above the churning magma, their crimson petals unfurling as though carved from the purest crystallized flames.
At the center of each seedpod, lotus seeds the size of longan fruits swayed gently. Round and smooth throughout, they radiated a scorching halo as a rich fragrance immediately spread through the air.
The pure fire-element energy leaking from the Fire Spirit Lotus Seeds alone made the Dragon Elephant Spirit within Lu Changsheng's chest stir faintly. Even his flesh, muscles, and bones trembled with longing.
"Ten Fire Spirit Lotus Seeds!"
A sharp gleam flashed through Lu Changsheng's eyes. Without further hesitation, he became a pale golden bolt of lightning, skimming across the boiling, blistering surface of the magma as he shot toward the five gracefully swaying fire lotuses.
The magma's heat scorched the golden light protecting his body, producing soft sizzling sounds and sending wisps of white smoke curling upward.
The nearest Fire Spirit Lotus was only three zhang away. The plump lotus seeds within its seedpod were practically within reach. Lu Changsheng slowly extended his hand, and his fingertips could already feel that pure, gentle fire-element energy.
Yet just as his fingertips were about to touch the seedpod—
A warning of danger from the depths of his soul abruptly put Lu Changsheng on high alert!
BOOM!!!
The dark-red magma beneath his feet, seemingly calm and merely swelling slowly, suddenly exploded without warning!
ROAR!
A roar rang out as the viscous, searing magma beneath him erupted skyward like an erupting volcanic crater!
A gaping, blood-soaked maw lined with savage fangs—large enough to swallow an elephant whole—burst from the depths of the magma at a speed beyond the eye, carrying a suffocating stench of sulfur and annihilating heat!
Crimson scales gleamed with a metallic sheen within the magma. Its