Not far away, Hua Shao stood suspended in the air. A gray wooden box several yards across floated before him as he chanted under his breath. Gray light flickered across the box, and countless Gray Rats surged out of it, forming a tide that rapidly gnawed at the mountain wall in the deepest part of the cavern.
The teeth of these Gray Rats gleamed with golden light, and they bit through the rocks here as easily as chewing flatbread.
Yet aside from their excellent teeth, these Gray Rats were good for nothing else. Nor were they Demon Race creatures that had gained sentience. After devouring the scorching rocks for a while, they were burned to death and turned into wisps of gray smoke.
However, Hua Shao's gray wooden box was some unknown treasure. It seemed to contain an inexhaustible supply of Gray Rats, which poured out endlessly without fear of losses.
Under the relentless gnawing of the Gray Rats, the cavern rapidly extended inward, faster than even some Magic Treasures specially made for excavation.
Shen Luo could not help but marvel inwardly at the sight.
"Brother Shen and I are not from the East Sea, and we know little about Zhurong Basin. Lord Fu seems quite familiar with this place. What lies inside this Ring Mountain Range? The Earthcore Fire Lotus actually grows here?" The Black Bear Spirit was also somewhat surprised by the scene, but he had an innate dislike of rats and quickly looked away as he asked.
Shen Luo also looked over at those words.
"There is actually nothing particularly special inside this mountain either. It is simply a sea of fire. However, the temperature within is extremely high, and flames fill the entire void, forming a fire domain. Most of the Earthcore Fire Lotuses in Zhurong