Soaring to the Sky

After resting for a day, Zhong Shan's injuries were completely healed, and even the aftereffects of the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique had disappeared.

However, in just this one day, because the cave entrance had been blocked, the internal temperature had risen higher and higher, and the air had become increasingly thin. Tian Ling'er's small face was already flushed red, and she was panting heavily. Perhaps, even with two months of food, they wouldn't be able to last until that day.

"Zhong Shan, is there any way? Hurry!" Tian Ling'er said anxiously.

Looking at Tian Ling'er, Zhong Shan shook his head and smiled, saying, "Do as I say."

"Okay, okay," Tian Ling'er immediately nodded, as if quickly expressing her agreement.

"How long can your Red Silk extend at most?" Zhong Shan asked.

"It's damaged now, so it can only extend a hundred meters at most, and it can't fly," Tian Ling'er shook her head and said.

"A hundred meters? That's enough," Zhong Shan nodded and said.

"Huh?" Tian Ling'er looked at Zhong Shan strangely, not understanding what Zhong Shan's method had to do with her broken Red Silk.

"Tie the Red Silk around my waist. I'll climb up and check the passage entrance. If I fall, quickly pull me back to the shore. Don't let me fall into the magma," Zhong Shan said calmly, staring at Tian Ling'er.

"Zhong Shan, you're not going to make me climb up with you, are you? It's so high. Can this Red Silk handle it?" Tian Ling'er immediately asked.

"Who said I'm making you climb? Listen to me, understand?" Zhong Shan said solemnly again.

Seeing Zhong Shan's serious tone, Tian Ling'er, for some reason, unconsciously nodded.

"Good," Zhong Shan said with satisfaction.

Then, Tian Ling'er took out the Red Silk and tied one end around Zhong Shan's waist, holding the other end in her hand.

Zhong Shan climbed up slowly, clinging to the mountain wall. Gradually, his body was hanging upside down. However, Zhong Shan always dug five holes in the rock with his fingers before daring to use the leverage to continue climbing upwards while hanging upside down.

The interior was arc-shaped, like the inside of a wine bottle. Zhong Shan's body slowly climbed upwards.

When the slope changed from the previous upside-down position to a vertical climb, Zhong Shan let out a long sigh of relief.

Below was the rolling magma. If he accidentally fell, with the current Zhong Shan, not even a speck of dust would be left.

Feeling the scorching heat, Zhong Shan continued to climb vertically upwards, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. The vertical rock wall seemed even harder, and he had to use all his strength to dig holes.

Finally, Zhong Shan climbed another three meters vertically. Zhong Shan saw what he wanted: mist, no, it should be water vapor. A large amount of water vapor was evaporating from that spot, forming steam that rose upwards.

He climbed carefully.

Hiss

His foot slipped, and Zhong Shan lost his balance. His ten fingers desperately clung to the holes. That was close! He almost fell. Although Tian Ling'er was there, if something unexpected happened, it would be terrible. A wave of fear washed over him, and he became even more careful with his footing.

The underground water layer was about ten meters high. After crossing ten meters, he climbed to the dry rock area. There was no underground water here; the underground water layer didn't pass through here.

He held onto the hole in the rock with one hand, and with the other, he took out his Great Saber and started digging there.

He chiseled a deep hole in the rock wall, then went around the rock wall and dug a circular groove on a flat surface. Then, he put away the Great Saber and took out a large number of stone pieces from his Storage Bracelet, slowly inserting them into the groove, leaving more than half exposed.

This reduced the diameter of that area by about half a meter out of nowhere.

Zhong Shan estimated that the diameter was still five meters, a huge passage five meters wide going upwards.

He returned the way he came, carefully. Zhong Shan returned to the previous cave again. Looking at Tian Ling'er, Zhong Shan smiled slightly.

"How is it? What are you doing up there? Building a layer, are you making steps to slowly build your way to the top?" Tian Ling'er asked worriedly.

Shaking his head, Zhong Shan didn't answer, just smiled faintly, and began searching inside the stone cave. Slowly, he found a large stone, a large stone, six meters in diameter. Zhong Shan raised his saber and began to carve the large stone. The method he used before to practice cutting patterns was effective here again. In a moment, the large stone was carved and cut into an oval-shaped disc by Zhong Shan.

"Ling'er, tie this large stone to my back. I'll go up again."

"Huh? You're taking this large stone up?" Tian Ling'er asked strangely.

"Yes," Zhong Shan nodded.

"Then you go up first, and then tie it to the Red Silk. You can just hoist it up, can't you?" Tian Ling'er said smugly, as if she had thought of something that Zhong Shan hadn't.

"What if I fall?" Zhong Shan shook his head and smiled.

After Zhong Shan finished speaking, Tian Ling'er's smile froze. That's right, if he falls while hoisting the large stone, wouldn't that be the end?

Shaking his head, Zhong Shan smiled and used the Red Silk to tie the large stone to his back. Although it made moving a bit difficult, Zhong Shan was strong and naturally not afraid of this weight.

He returned the way he came and arrived at the place where the stone pieces were inserted earlier.

Zhong Shan was very careful, bringing the large stone up vertically, and then carefully laying it down flat on the protruding stone pieces from before. It just happened to cover most of the cave entrance.

The large stone slid into the indentation. Zhong Shan climbed into it and felt it carefully. It was just right.

Sitting in the indentation of the large stone, with one hand gripping a hole in the stone wall and the other holding the Red Silk, he called out, "Ling'er, tie the Red Silk around your waist and come up like I did just now."

"Okay, coming." Tian Ling'er called out excitedly. She had been itching to climb after watching Zhong Shan.

Quickly tying the Red Silk around her waist, she imitated Zhong Shan, gripping the stone holes and climbing up. It looked fun, but doing it was incredibly difficult and incredibly stimulating.

Tian Ling'er gritted her teeth and climbed slowly.

Zhong Shan also slowly pulled in the Red Silk.

When she climbed to the underground water source, perhaps the water vapor rising made that spot quite slippery.

"Ow, ah~~~~~"

Tian Ling'er slipped. In her panic, she let out a scream and fell down.

Dead? Below is lava! Tian Ling'er was completely stunned with fear.

Snap! The Red Silk held Tian Ling'er.

Suspended above the lava, Tian Ling'er was so scared that her soul almost scattered. She remained in a daze for a long time.

"Stop swinging, come up quickly." Zhong Shan called from above. Swinging back and forth, is this a swing?

"Oh, oh." Tian Ling'er immediately snapped out of it, grabbed the Red Silk, and quickly climbed up.

After climbing to the large stone indentation, Tian Ling'er lay there with lingering fear.

"You scared me to death, you scared me to death." Tian Ling'er kept patting her small chest, saying in fear. Just now was truly a brush with death. If it weren't for the Red Silk, I would have been finished.

Looking at Tian Ling'er, Zhong Shan smiled slightly.

"Are you ready? We're going out." Zhong Shan said.

"Going out?" Tian Ling'er looked up. Above, it was still three thousand meters high. How could they get out?

"This time, I'll take you flying out," Zhong Shan said confidently.

"Flying?" Tian Ling'er asked in surprise.

"Lie down properly, hold onto the Red Silk tightly, I'll be right up," Zhong Shan said.

"Okay," Although Tian Ling'er didn't know what was happening, she still did as Zhong Shan told her.

Hanging there, Zhong Shan's body lowered slightly. Looking at the magma below, Zhong Shan swallowed. It must succeed.

With a flip of his hand, he took out his Great Saber. Zhong Shan looked at the surrounding mountain walls. Water vapor, it was all water vapor.

Zhong Shan circulated his energy, putting his full strength into it, and slashed towards a section of the mountain wall.

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

With a loud bang, that section of the mountain wall shattered and broke apart.

With a swing, he quickly swung his saber in another direction with a flip of his hand.

Slash, slash, slash.

"Boom, boom, boom~~~~~~~~~~~~" With rapid swings, the rock wall in that underground water layer area quickly shattered, and a large amount of underground water gushed out from where the rock wall had been.

Seeing this scene, Zhong Shan put away his saber and quickly climbed onto the large rock above.

"Zhong Shan, what are you doing?" Tian Ling'er asked in surprise.

Seeing Tian Ling'er sitting up, Zhong Shan's eyes widened. He immediately hugged Tian Ling'er and pressed her into the hollow of the rock.

Holding her tightly, pressing against her fiercely, their bodies were once again without any gaps.

Caught off guard by Zhong Shan's sudden attack, Tian Ling'er's eyes suddenly widened, her face full of disbelief. What is Zhong Shan doing?

Just as Tian Ling'er was about to resist, suddenly:

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Below, a super huge explosion suddenly occurred.

A large amount of underground water, like a tsunami, rushed towards the huge magma pool below. If the amount was small, it could turn into water vapor, but there was too much underground water.

As it roared into the magma pool, only a portion evaporated. However, upon contact with the magma, there was no other possibility; it all evaporated into gas.

One portion of water turned into over a thousand portions of gas.

In that scenario, the area below was a completely sealed cave, and the airflow could only go upwards.

In this instant, a massive amount of underground water turned into gas in the blink of an eye.

A thousand times, more than a thousand times, suddenly, the bottom of this cave seemed to have turned into an air cannon.

A huge air cannon blasted upwards.

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

The large rock where Zhong Shan was located soared to the sky. The large amount of airflow made this extremely heavy rock seem like a cannonball, rushing upwards at a crazy speed.

Tian Ling'er was just about to resist Zhong Shan's 'outrageous behavior' when suddenly, there was a loud bang from below. Then, Tian Ling'er felt the large rock behind her suddenly crash into her. It squeezed her body, which was pressed against Zhong Shan's, even tighter. It was as if this immense force wanted to squeeze her into Zhong Shan's body.

Flying? The large rock is flying? The large rock is taking us flying? Tian Ling'er was stunned by the surprise of this moment. Can Zhong Shan really take me flying out?

Then, Tian Ling'er's face turned red from the position they were in. Because they were pressed chest to chest, it was as if they were about to merge into one.

PS: Second update, asking for recommendation votes.