A Million Fire Marrow Crystals, Rich Overnight!

In the end, Su Zhe gave up on the idea of acquiring the Fire Marrow Heart.

It was not as if he hadn't tried flying toward the direction of the Fire Marrow Heart to take a look.

But when he had flown halfway there, a Universe Level 9 Lava Monster poked its head out from the depths of the Lava Sea, and Su Zhe silently abandoned the plan.

It wasn't that Su Zhe was afraid of it.

In fact, with his current strength, Su Zhe had a decent chance of attempting to kill that Universe Level 9 Lava Monster.

The problem, however, was that there was more than one Lava Monster here.

Su Zhe could sense the terrifying auras deep within the Lava Sea; it seemed that Lava Monsters of this caliber were quite common here. Su Zhe was confident he could take down one, or even a few, but an entire swarm...

He decided to forget it.

Su Zhe decided to make a tactical retreat for now.

I'll come back to check it out when I'm ready to leave the Lava Secret Realm, Su Zhe thought to himself.

"Since that's the case... my current goal is to go get some Fire Marrow Crystals." Su Zhe mused.

Now that Su Zhe possessed Universe Level strength, ordinary Universe Level ferocious beasts were simply no match for him.

He could easily sneak directly into a Lava Monster's nest and plunder those Fire Marrow Crystals!

He flew toward the outer perimeter of the Lava Sea.

Su Zhe quickly found the tunnel he had used to enter this underground space initially.

Following the tunnel upward, Su Zhe used Camouflage to take on the appearance of a Lava Monster and returned to that specific Lava Monster nest.

"Roar?"

It was the same familiar nest.

Su Zhe looked toward the center of the nest at the massive pile of Fire Marrow Crystals, as well as the three Universe Level Lava Monsters guarding them.

Two were Universe Level 3, and one was Universe Level 4.

They seemed somewhat surprised to see Su Zhe appear. One of the Lava Monsters raised its head and let out a roar at him.

"Roar, roar."

The one calling out was the Universe Level 4 Lava Monster.

Su Zhe understood its meaning.

It was telling Su Zhe to head to the other side of the nest, lead some Star Level Lava Monsters away, and establish a new nest.

The continent within this Lava Secret Realm was about a million kilometers in diameter—it was massive. Many areas didn't even have Lava Monsters yet, remaining in the early reclamation stage since the realm's birth.

Therefore, the expansion method of the Lava Monsters was quite simple.

Whoever reached the Universe Level would lead some Lava Monsters out to establish a new nest and search for new Fire Marrow Crystal veins.

Of course, one could choose not to leave the nest, but the number of Universe Level beings a single nest could accommodate was limited.

There were only these three Universe Level Lava Monsters in this nest.

If other Lava Monsters reached the Universe Level and still wanted to stay, they would likely be driven out by these three, or perhaps even killed outright.

After all, a ferocious beast is still a ferocious beast.

Even relatively mild beasts like the Single-Horned Iron Rhino had their savage sides, let alone the Lava Monsters, who had the word "demon" in their very name.

"Roar!"

Su Zhe nodded, letting out a roar in response, and then approached the large pile of Fire Marrow Crystals.

According to tradition, Su Zhe was allowed to take some Fire Marrow Crystals as "startup capital," or perhaps "rations."

The three Universe Level Lava Monsters stepped aside to make room for Su Zhe. They didn't believe he would dare to pull anything; after all, ferocious beasts had no concept of law comprehension—rank was everything.

The three of them working together were formidable enough that even a Universe Level 5 Lava Monster would find them difficult to handle.

Thus, they were extremely confident.

However...

"ROAR!!!"

The Universe Level 4 Lava Monster let out a furious bellow. The moment Su Zhe got close, the pile of over 800,000 units of Fire Marrow Crystals vanished into thin air!

It stared at Su Zhe with rage. With the limited brain capacity of a ferocious beast, it couldn't conceive of anyone else playing tricks; it locked its target directly onto Su Zhe.

Though, in truth, it really was Su Zhe who had done it.

"Domain!"

Su Zhe did not hesitate. The moment he used his Space Ring to collect the Fire Marrow Crystals, he simultaneously unleashed his Domain of Fire and Domain of Wind.

The Domain of Wind was only at the first level, and while it was starting to fall behind, fire fueled by wind could still be enhanced to a certain degree.

"Bang!"

Su Zhe swiped a claw at the Universe Level 4 Lava Monster. With a single strike, his terrifying strength shattered the rock armor on its body, leaving a deep, jagged gash.

"Roar!"

The other two Lava Monsters had also reacted by this time.

They charged toward Su Zhe, intending to join forces to take him down, but it was already too late; Su Zhe had grasped a sliver of the Origin Law of Fire, and his explosive power was immense!

It happened in the blink of an eye.

The Universe Level 4 Lava Monster had its internal organs shredded by a single claw strike from Su Zhe, and it was instantly devoured!

[Devoured Universe Level 4 ferocious beast, obtained 52,428,800 Devour Points]

[Devour Points conversion: 5,242 Devour Coins]

Over five thousand Devour Coins!

Su Zhe's eyes lit up. After taking down this Lava Monster, the Devour Coins he gained were nearly equal to the total sum of all the Devour Coins he had previously acquired!

Indeed, the decision to break through to the Universe Level was correct.

If he hadn't broken through to the Universe Level and had instead remained at the Star Level to slowly comprehend the Origin Laws and participate in the Genius Tournament, he had no idea how long it would have taken to obtain this many Devour Coins.

Now, Su Zhe had finally confirmed his path forward.

There was no need to participate in the Genius Tournament.

By simply devouring continuously, Su Zhe could achieve the fastest growth possible!

One million Devour Coins?

Su Zhe felt that it was not impossible to achieve.

"Roar!"

The remaining two Lava Monsters charged at Su Zhe, only to be casually swatted to death by him. After devouring them both, another five thousand-plus Devour Coins were added to his account.

The Star Level Lava Monsters within the lair had already fled the moment Su Zhe clashed with those three Lava Monsters; they weren't foolish enough to stay put, which saved Su Zhe quite a bit of trouble.

Soon, Su Zhe collected all the Fire Marrow Crystals within the lair.

"Master, there are a total of 1,125,729 units of Fire Marrow Crystals, with an estimated value of over 168 trillion Black Dragon Coins!"

After Xiao Yu finished tallying the quantity of Fire Marrow Crystals, she spoke to Su Zhe.

"Very good."

Su Zhe revealed a smile.

A single Lava Monster lair could yield nearly two hundred trillion Black Dragon Coins!

And within the Lava Secret Realm, there was no telling how many such lairs existed.

Su Zhe could fully afford to earn enough capital here, fill all his Space Rings, and then leave this secret realm!

However, it was likely that only Su Zhe could pull this off.

Because those who could enter the Lava Secret Realm were at most Star Level 9; not to mention whether they could defeat those Universe Level Lava Monsters, even just finding the lairs of the Lava Monsters was a massive problem.