"According to the map, that largest cave halfway up the mountain, with blue cold flames flickering inside, is the entrance to this giant mountain."
Ye Lin raised a hand and pointed in a direction.
The three of them looked up at the same time, following the direction of Ye Lin's finger.
In the distance stood an enormous cave.
Its entrance was hundreds of zhang high. Rather than glowing fiery red within, it faintly gave off a dim blue radiance, utterly at odds with the blazing heat around it and making it seem deeply eerie.
"No time to waste. Let's go."
The four of them hesitated no longer. Braving the heat waves, they shot into the dim-blue cave.
Before long, they entered the cave.
The interior was even more enormous and complicated than they had imagined. Passages branched in every direction, and while the temperature was much lower than outside, that cold, deathly aura that seemed capable of freezing one's Primordial Spirit was even denser.
The walls were not stone, but some kind of semi-glassified material.
Their surfaces shimmered with dim blue or dark purple luster, naturally formed with twisted patterns like ghostly talismans.
Following the map's directions, Ye Lin and the others rapidly descended through the labyrinthine passages inside the volcano.
Along the way, they heard fierce sounds of battle and screams coming from other passages.
Those sounds all came from the natives.
Outside, Ye Lin had hardly encountered any natives. Yet there were an extraordinary number of them here.
Ye Lin could not understand what sort of fortuitous opportunity this place held that could draw so many natives here.
Still, Ye Lin inwardly hoped that these natives were not after those two Origin Crystals. If everyone behaved themselves and lived in peace, that would be best.
"Hahaha! I never