Three days later.
All around them, scorching magma surged under immense heat, swept in every direction by turbulent currents. At last, Green understood that searching for the earth vein from within the magma layer had not been a wise choice.
With a roar, Green and Nine-Headed Wrath, the Stigmata Wizard, both assumed their true forms and elemental bodies to protect themselves from being burned within this magma under such crushing pressure.
"I'm afraid it has already exceeded three hundred times the gravity of the Wizard World."
Green estimated inwardly, yet he did not dare linger. Constantly judging the direction of the magma currents, he controlled his more than two-hundred-meter Crow-Devouring Flame Soul Giant elemental body and swam toward the earth vein.
Though he could not sense them, Green vaguely perceived that those Nether Gods had not let the four of them go. They had actually plunged into the earth-vein lava as well.
"Does this world not have a guardian?"
Suddenly, Green asked Nine-Headed Wrath behind him, seemingly hoping to divert some of their attention from the pain.
"I heard from my mentor that this world's guardian was an Earthwalker Behemoth Giant. Yet, for some reason, the Dragon God faction kept slaughtering them. Earth Vein World guardians are now exceedingly rare."
Nine-Headed Wrath spoke irritably. His nine-headed giant serpent true form was constantly suffering burn damage in this lava environment and likewise could not achieve complete immunity. Green's attempt to distract him had not worked.
They had actually made enemies of the world guardians!?
Upon hearing this answer, Green found it truly unbelievable. This world's historical background, current civilization, and biological levels far surpassed any world Green had explored before. It was indeed worthy of being a great world!
The world guardians had actually been slaughtered to extinction. It seemed this