The Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils manifest
Qing Lin quickly said, "I... I can sense that aura. I can guide you, which will make things easier!"
Xiao Li hadn't expected this, and immediately looked at Qing Lin apologetically. Qing Lin noticed Xiao Li's gaze and smiled gently.
Finally Xiao Ding said, "Alright, that's settled then. Xiao Li, you take a few brothers and Qing Lin down there first. If nothing serious happens, send someone out to let us know!"
Xiao Li nodded, then selected a few members who volunteered to follow him down, and together with Xiao Li Qing Lin, they leaped into the dark passage.
The group continued to slide down the passage, and with the faint light of the Moonlight Stone, they could still make out the obstacles on the path ahead.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yu, who was in the cave, naturally did not expect that his elder brother and the others would come looking for him. At this moment, he and the Fire Spirit Snake were having a great time playing down there. Of course, whether the Fire Spirit Snake wanted to play with him or not was another matter!
Xiao Yu had already put away the Ink Scale Sword. His fists were hitting the Fire Spirit Snake so hard that it howled. It couldn't take being punched by Xiao Yu like that anymore, so it swam away from the lava.
At this moment, Xiao Li had already led Qing Lin and the others through the long cave and seen the bottom of the cave. He then bent down and easily landed on the ground.
Upon landing, Xiao Li frowned slightly as he looked at the dozen or so dark passages in front of him. After observing for a while and finding nothing wrong, Xiao Li sent someone out to inform Xiao Ding and the others.
Xiao Li looked at the dozen or so passages; searching them one by one would be a real hassle. He turned to Xiao Li Qing Lin and asked, "Qing Lin, can you sense that aura now?"
Qing Lin said timidly, "I'll try!"
In the dim light, no one noticed the subtle changes in Qing Lin's eyes, such as the three extremely tiny dots that had quietly appeared near her emerald green pupils.
Qing Lin immediately closed her eyes and sensed the atmosphere in the cave. The surroundings gradually quieted down. After a moment, some faint muffled sounds came from behind, which should be Xiao Ding arriving with Xiao Yi Xian.
Seeing that Qing Lin was sensing the aura with her eyes closed, Xiao Ding and the others did not make a sound to disturb her. They then cautiously looked around, worried that something might go wrong.
After a few minutes of silence, Qing Lin finally opened her emerald green eyes, pointed her little finger to a passage on the left, and whispered, "Commander Xiao Ding, there are still some traces of aura left in these passages, but the aura in this passage is the strongest, so it should be this passage!"
Xiao Ding had no doubts. He first found a burly man in the team named Hamm and said, "Hamm, could you first probe this passage to see if there's anything unusual?"
"Yes!" Hamm nodded, stepped to the entrance of the passage, lay down, pressed his face against the sand, and plunged his hands into the sand to sense its energy.
After a long while, Hamm stood up and said to Xiao Ding, "I only probed a distance of nearly 500 meters. Beyond that, there was no trace of Earth Attribute energy; it was all Fire Attribute energy!"
"Disappeared? Maybe there really is something strange behind this place. Let's go in and take a look. Even if we don't find Little Yu, we can at least scout the way for him. Maybe we'll even find something unexpected!" Xiao Ding said with a smile.
At this moment Xiao Yi Xian said, "Since there's Fire Attribute energy behind us, could it be that the Heavenly Flames Xiao Yu needs is right down there?"
Xiao Ding paused for a moment, "That's right, how could I not have thought of that! But this kind of thing is too dangerous. If anything goes wrong, we'll retreat immediately!"
The people behind him all nodded, offering no objections.
Upon entering the cave, everyone felt a chill. It was strange, considering that the energy behind them was entirely Fire Attribute, yet it felt icy cold.
But the further they went, the more they could feel a faint heat. Everyone started to sweat, and the temperature gradually rose. They had only walked less than a hundred meters, but Hamm had already detected five hundred meters!
Xiao Ding wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Everyone be careful, it's getting hotter and hotter. If you can't stand it, get out of there!"
The Fire Attribute energy here was becoming increasingly concentrated, and several weaker members of the group had already retreated. In the end, only Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin remained deep inside. Xue Lan did not follow but stayed upstairs to guard the area.
Xiao Yi Xian had some of the Cooling Pill she had refined, and she gave some to Qing Lin. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had relied on their strength to get here. The Fire Attribute here was becoming increasingly violent, and even though Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had the support of the pills, they were still drenched in sweat.
After passing through the passage, they finally arrived at the end and were instantly shocked by the fiery red world before them. They never expected that such a terrifying place would be hidden so close to Shi Mo City!
Xiao Ding and Xiao Li walked slowly along the passageways on either side, while Xiao Yi Xian pulled Qing Lin to look around the lava lake. Suddenly, Qing Lin pointed into the lava and exclaimed in a shrill voice, "Something's about to come out!"
Xiao Yi Xian reacted swiftly, pulling Qing Lin back. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were startled, and then they saw the calm lava lake suddenly explode, and a huge, mysterious monster suddenly soared into the air.
Xiao Li suddenly gripped the Tungsten Steel Spear in his hand. They saw the appearance of the mysterious monster clearly. It was actually a two-headed snake, which was the Fire Spirit Snake that Xiao Yu had been chasing and fighting!
The Fire Spirit Snake had just emerged from the lava when it spotted Qing Lin standing before it. Already enraged by Xiao Yu's attack, the Fire Spirit Snake, seeing an intruder, opened its massive jaws and lunged at Qing Lin!
"Watch out!" In her haste, Xiao Yi Xian lunged at Qing Lin, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li reacted immediately, charging towards the Fire Spirit Snake!
However, the Fire Spirit Snake was too fast, and Qing Lin was closest to it. Qing Lin was terrified when it saw the Fire Spirit Snake Fire Spirit Snake.
"Ah!"
When Qinglin saw the Fire Spirit Snake Serpent's forked Qing Lin, sharp as a sword, stabbing towards her, she let out a high-pitched, piercing scream driven by fear. As the scream rang out, three small green dots suddenly appeared again beside Qing Lin's emerald pupils.
The three green dots that appeared this time were clearer than before, resembling three tiny flower buds.
Amidst this high-pitched scream, the three small green dots suddenly shone with an intense, eerie light, transforming instantly into three extremely tiny green flowers.
As the eerie green flower appeared, a burst of intense, ghostly light suddenly shot out, enveloping the Fire Spirit Snake in front of it. Under the illumination of this light, the Fire Spirit Snake's enormous body suddenly stiffened, and its two huge snake eyes looked at the little girl in front of it with a hint of fear.
Just as everyone was still in a daze, another explosion suddenly came from the lava. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were startled and immediately looked towards the lava, where they saw a figure leap out of it.