Morax

Along the way.

Relying on the concealment ability granted by the Illusory Radiance Spiritual Furnace, Lin Feng avoided the Demon Race's detection.

More than ten minutes later.

A massive pit caught Lin Feng's attention.

The pit was roughly a hundred meters wide, its surroundings covered in densely packed giant crimson amber stones.

Lin Feng hovered above the pit.

Looking into the bottomless abyss and sensing the Geo Element surging out from within.

He could even sense the spiritual power within his body showing signs of actively condensing into liquid form.

This was the place.

He had not expected such a place to exist within the Demon Race Hinterland.

However, just as Lin Feng considered whether to descend, Supervisor Feng Yangmu's stern voice suddenly came from above him.

"Young man, I advise you to leave this place. The elemental power within carries the risk of tearing apart even a Ninth Rank Expert's body."

"There is no need to throw away your life for a chance encounter."

Whether as an Inspector or for personal reasons, he did not want Lin Feng to risk his life here for an opportunity.

In the past, countless people like Lin Feng had chosen to take risks out of greed for chance encounters.

Yet without exception, none of them had returned.

"Thank you for the warning, Senior. This junior knows when to stop."

After a brief moment of thought, Lin Feng still decided to go down.

It was not that Lin Feng was being rash. He had made the decision only after careful consideration.

He could sense that the Geo Element here could temper the spiritual power within his body.

Perhaps he could use this opportunity to break through to the Fifth Stage.

As long as his spiritual power finished liquefying, with Geo God Morax present, he refused to believe Zhongli could be torn apart by the Geo Element.

Seeing that Lin Feng refused to listen, Feng Yangmu let out a regretful sigh.

Lin Feng's earlier performance had always earned his approval, but this reckless personality inevitably left him somewhat disappointed.

After taking one last look at where Lin Feng had vanished, the old man left as well.

Even with his strength, he could not investigate beneath the surging elemental power.

To him, Lin Feng had already been sentenced to death.

Meanwhile, on Lin Feng's side.

As his body continued descending, the Geo Element within rushed toward him like an erupting volcano.

Because the amber refracted light, the pit was not as dark as he had imagined.

With every hundred meters he fell, the elements grew increasingly violent.

If not for his affinity with the Geo Element, as well as the seven transformations of his spiritual power at Knight Sacred Mountain that had greatly enhanced his physique.

An ordinary person would likely have been torn apart the instant they entered.

Lin Feng found it difficult to imagine what could unleash such terrifying Geo Element.

Fortunately, as he continued deeper, his spiritual power gradually began to liquefy.

However, this intensity was not yet his limit.

Looking into the bottomless pit, Lin Feng gritted his teeth and used the protruding rocks around him to dash downward.

One thousand meters...

One thousand five hundred meters...

...Two thousand meters.

Only when he felt the tearing pain coming from his body did Lin Feng stop descending.

This place was already his limit.

Although his body was enduring the impact of spiritual power, Lin Feng could sense that the spiritual power within him was rapidly liquefying.

More than ten minutes later, a brilliant golden radiance shot skyward from Lin Feng's body.

It worked!

Joy appeared on Lin Feng's face. This breakthrough to the Fifth Stage had gone even more smoothly than he had imagined.

At this moment, he had officially entered the Fifth Stage.

Lin Feng stood up and looked downward, but it was still bottomless.

Feeling the Geo Element whistling past him, Lin Feng could not help but marvel inwardly, What exactly is down there?

Lin Feng frowned slightly. Since he had already unlocked Zhongli's inheritance and had come this far, he might as well go down and see what was really happening.

His spiritual power transformed into armor that covered his entire body, and Lin Feng leaped straight down.

His body plummeted at high speed.

One thousand meters...

Two thousand meters...

After descending another three thousand meters, even liquid spiritual power seemed as flimsy as paper before the violent Geo Element.

His body felt as though it were being torn apart.

Lin Feng bared his teeth. "This damned place really knows how to torture people. Morax, I'll leave the rest to you."

After saying that.

Lin Feng's pupils turned golden.

Around his body, a golden jade barrier formed from the Geo Element enveloped him.

The instant the surging Geo Element came into contact with the jade barrier, it all became nourishment for it.

Making the jade barrier even sturdier.

With the Jade Shield protecting him, the danger from before instantly vanished.

And at this moment, Lin Feng was like a meteor in the universe, streaking toward the depths underground with a brilliant golden tail...

Inside Geo God Morax's space.

Unlike the Thunder God's "Musou Isshin," the environment here was clearly more suitable for human habitation. It was an exquisite estate.

In one area of the estate stood a tea table.

Seated in the place of honor was a handsome man with a calm and imposing air between his brows, deep eyes, black hair that gradually faded into brown, and luxurious robes that displayed an unmistakable kingly bearing.

He was the master of this space, Geo God Morax.

The moment Lin Feng saw him, a sense of familiarity welled up within him. This was also the person he had awaited for a long time.

However, this was their first meeting after all, so Lin Feng suppressed the excitement in his heart and said.

"Morax, thank you for helping me just now."

Morax fiddled with the tea set on the table and gestured for Lin Feng to sit.

After Lin Feng sat down, Morax spoke in his steady voice.

"There is no need for this. Since you and I have entered into a new Contract, while the Contract remains in effect, I will naturally do my utmost to fulfill my duties."

"Then please guide me in the days to come."

"Guidance would be too much to claim. I merely know a little about most things." Morax seemed to recall something and looked at Lin Feng. "Compared to... the name Morax, I prefer the name 'Zhongli.' You may call me 'Zhongli' from now on."

Lin Feng nodded. Compared with Morax, he also preferred the name Zhongli.

At that moment, Lin Feng recalled the strangeness of the cave outside and looked at Zhongli in confusion.

"Zhongli, do you know where the Geo Element outside comes from?"

Lin Feng's body was currently under Morax's control anyway, so he had nothing to worry about.

"Your luck this time is quite good. This journey has not been in vain. This Geo Element is all emitted by an Earth Core Amber Jade. It can be considered an extraordinarily rare strange stone."

"Come. We are almost at the bottom anyway, so let us go out and take a look together."

When Lin Feng opened his eyes again, he had already returned to his own body.

As far as the eye could see, Lin Feng stood within a massive oval-shaped hollow. The ground inside was covered with a layer of blood-red amber stones, which had been polished as smooth as mirrors under the impact of the Geo Element.

However, directly beneath the cave stood a golden oval amber roughly ten meters tall. It stood there like an active volcano, erupting once every few seconds.

At the same time, Zhongli, in his soul form, stood beside Lin Feng and suddenly spoke.

"Your luck is good. This Earth Core Amber Jade has actually given birth to life."

Lin Feng followed Zhongli's gaze and saw a four-winged spirit sleeping within the amber jade's core.