Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire

The magma attacks along the way grew ever denser. At times, they shot forth as fire snakes; at others, they congealed into walls of flame to block his path. Yet Xiao Ling paid them no heed. His crimson-gold figure streaked through the violent currents of magma like a rainbow, and every attack scattered without a trace the instant it touched the flames around his body.

The deeper he went, the heavier the pressure belonging to a heavenly flame became. Yet it only made Xiao Ling's gaze burn hotter.

He could sense that the target of this journey was drawing ever closer.

As he continued descending into the depths of the volcano, the surrounding magma grew increasingly violent.

Scarlet molten lava surged and roared like an enraged, boiling sea. Several fire dragons, each dozens of feet thick, shot up fiercely from below, charging straight at him with heat fierce enough to scorch apart the air. When their jaws opened, one could even see blazing cores of fire churning within.

Countless tiny firestones also rained down like a storm, each carrying heat sufficient to melt refined iron.

Such dense and tyrannical attacks were far beyond the earlier probing.

Xiao Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. He knew that he could no longer remain as unconcerned as before by relying on nothing but the flames covering his body.

With a thought, Dou Qi surged through his body. Crimson-gold heavenly flames erupted around him, instantly forming a flame barrier half a zhang thick.

Strange patterns flowed across the barrier's surface, as though it had gathered all the Fire Attribute energy between heaven and earth within it. It radiated an imposing yet blazing aura.

Boom—

The magma fire dragons slammed fiercely into the barrier, erupting with deafening roars. Scalding lava splashed everywhere, only to be vaporized into