Yang Chen looked around and sighed to himself. The entire fire cave seemed as real as reality itself, with fiery red stone steles everywhere, along with some bizarre demonic beasts. Like ornaments, they embellished the entire space.
But these were clearly not the most important things.
The most important thing was the enormous pool ahead.
The entire pool was filled with lava. One could see the lava bubbling and spurting outward; even without approaching it, one could feel the searing heat emanating from the pool.
The pool was at least several dozen zhang long. It looked easy enough to cross, but if one made a single mistake and fell into it, even an Earth Martial Realm martial artist would likely be burned to ashes in an instant.
"This lava should have formed naturally. It's different from my Blazing Heaven Sacred Fire!" Yang Chen murmured.
At this moment, the great host of teams had stopped here.
After Great Emperor Jinluo came to a halt, he turned around and smiled kindly. "Everyone, this pool of lava ahead is the first checkpoint. It is called the Earth Fire Demonic Cave! As long as the geniuses under your command can pass through this Earth Fire Demonic Cave, they will have cleared the first trial."
"What is so unusual about this checkpoint?" a martial artist from a minor faction asked.
"Some of you may not have noticed, but there are many lava demonic beasts within the lava. These lava demonic beasts are demonic slaves raised by our imperial family, and their strength is all within the scope of the half-step Heavenly Martial Realm. It can be said that within this pool of lava, they possess the environment most favorable to them. So long as you attempt to cross this pool of lava, they will more