Chu Jiang and the others began making their way deeper into the inner region.
But strangely, some people discovered that they could enter the inner region without the God King Secret Key. Although some had already sensed that something was wrong, since they had come this far, no one could resist the temptation of the God King's treasure.
However, only those at the Heaven Piercing Realm or above could enter. Those below the Heaven Piercing Realm were still unable to get in.
Powerhouses from every side entered the inner region through different entrances.
The inner region was even more desolate than the outer region, filled with an air of decay. Chilling winds wailed, and broken walls and ruins lay everywhere.
Quite a few bloody monsters crawled out from the earth and charged at the cultivators entering the inner region. The weakest were at the Heaven Transforming Realm, while many had reached the God Ascension Realm, even the True God Realm.
"What kind of monsters are these?"
"Ah—"
A heavenly prodigy trembled in terror, only to be devoured by a monster the next second, blood splashing everywhere.
Such screams played out across the land.
But this level of danger still posed no pressure whatsoever to Chu Jiang and the others. They plowed through everything in their path, and no one could stop his advance.
As time passed.
A great battle was unfolding in a distant area.
They saw it.
It was a stretch of underground lava. Beneath the molten flow grew a patch of red lotuses, glimmering with light.
Near the red lotuses stood a small tree roughly thirty feet tall, bearing more than a dozen fruits.
Even from over ten miles away, they could still smell the blazing aura around it, along with a faint fragrance.
"Earth Fire Red Lotus!"