Below the volcanic crater.
Fire blazed in Jiang Ning's eyes. He could see several rare spiritual plants on the three people above, each dense with energy.
After entering Upper Yang Grotto-Heaven, all spatial items had been sealed and could not be used.
That meant any rare spiritual plants they found along the way had to be refined on the spot or carried on their person.
From what he could see, these three were like Wang Yuan: they carried only a few treasures he considered extremely valuable. The rest had either failed to catch their eye or been refined already.
A thought stirred, and Jiang Ning glanced at the notification.
[Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique experience +15]
The broken jade was being digested in his stomach. Its energy erupted like fire and surged like a ceaseless volcano. His organs absorbed its great-sun essence and underwent tempering, while vigor flooded his body with nowhere to go.
The next moment.
He moved.
Boom!
Stone shattered beneath his feet, and he shot upward like a cannonball, straight toward the three above the crater.
The sheer cliff was level ground to him. He soared up it.
Above the crater.
"Second Senior Brother!" Ge Xian'er called.
"Junior Brother, Junior Sister, Wang Yuan was defeated and eliminated in barely a dozen breaths. This man must be terrifyingly strong. I need to set up the Four Spirits Formation!" Xie Yang said.
"Don't worry, Second Senior Brother. I'll hold him off!" Ge Xian'er said.
The junior brother beside her nodded. "Don't worry, Second Senior Brother! I'm here too!"
As the words left his mouth, he watched Jiang Ning with a grave expression.
The cliff was dozens of yards high, yet Jiang Ning had closed half the distance in mere moments.
Senior Brother Wang Yuan's Martial Dao skills were