"Little One, your method would indeed speed things up, but it would put you in danger."
Qin Hao knew nothing of what was happening throughout the Nether Demon World. At that moment, he and the Cloudwing Beast stood below the active volcano, studying it.
The volcano was enormous, several thousand zhang tall!
It also occupied a vast expanse of land. Going around it would require a long detour.
More importantly, faint roars of monsters drifted from the area around the volcano.
There were clearly powerful monsters nearby!
And lava erupted from the volcano from time to time, making it exceedingly dangerous.
"Chirp, chirp."
The Cloudwing Beast chirped twice, seemingly agreeing with Qin Hao.
"The lava erupts from unpredictable locations and at unpredictable times. Most importantly, the height of the eruptions varies as well."
Qin Hao frowned as he observed it. "Even if we fly across, we could still be struck by erupting lava. We might also attract powerful monsters."
The best way to cross the active volcano was to fly straight over it!
Others naturally could not do that, but the Cloudwing Beast could fly, so it intended to carry Qin Hao straight across.
This also appeared to be the most suitable method at present.
The Cloudwing Beast shook its head and chirped twice more, seemingly saying that it was not afraid. To reach the Palace as quickly as possible, they had to cross the active volcano.
"Then let's do that. We... hmm?"
After pondering briefly, Qin Hao agreed to the Cloudwing Beast's plan. Just then, however, his gaze suddenly fell on one of the vents spewing lava at the foot of the volcano.
There lay a dull gray stone, seemingly calcified and roughly half the size of a fist.
Such stones were common elsewhere, but finding one at a