He looked up at the sky. It was already late today, so he should first open up the underground passage.
Liu Bai raised his hand.
The Dou Qi within his body surged through his meridians with a thunderous roar, like a river bursting through a dam—vast and turbulent.
The next instant.
Blue-gold Flame suddenly rose from his palm.
"Go."
Liu Bai fiercely pressed his hand downward.
Boom—!
The blue-gold Flame crashed into the sand like a falling meteor.
In an instant, before the sand and rocks could even scatter, they melted and vaporized under the intense heat, turning into rolling waves of heat that spread in every direction.
The once-solid sandy ground was forcibly burned into a massive pit in the blink of an eye.
Liu Bai did not stop.
Flames continued pouring down like an invisible fiery drill, relentlessly advancing underground.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—
The sand offered almost no resistance beneath the Flame. Within a few short breaths, a vertical passage leading straight underground was forcibly burned out.
Liu Bai withdrew the Flame and leaped into the passage.
Below the passage.
The heat was noticeably stronger.
The sandy layer beneath his feet gradually dwindled, replaced by somewhat harder grayish-brown rocky soil.
Liu Bai landed steadily at the bottom of the passage, which had yet to fully cool, and pressed his hand against the ground again.
Soul Power spread outward.
It was still deeper down.
"Still far from it."
He let out a soft breath and looked ahead.
The sandy layer had ended.
What came next was the real trouble.
The rock layer.
Against rock, simple burning was far less efficient than it had been against sand.
"I can only take it slowly."
He raised his hand and threw a punch.
Boom—!
Dou Qi, carrying the power of Flame, slammed