Inside the crater, Xu Yan had already descended roughly a thousand zhang. At this depth, he found himself in a world of flames.
Sheets of flame wreathed his body, and scorching waves of fire swept over him from time to time. Had he not achieved some success in body tempering, he would never have dared venture so deep with only his magic power to protect him.
Although he had yet to see the Spirit Treasure, excitement had already surfaced on his face. Here, the wood-element fluctuations had grown increasingly distinct.
"With fluctuations like these, that wood-element Spirit Treasure must be at least third tier!" A smile touched the corners of Xu Yan's eyes as he continued deeper into the crater.
Half an hour later, he had descended roughly two thousand zhang into the crater. A powerful surge of wood-element spiritual energy emanated from ahead, lifting his spirits.
He slowly extended his divine sense and soon discovered the Spirit Treasure's true form.
Amid the endless flames lay a fiery-red Spirit Treasure shaped like a flood dragon. It was roughly three zhang long, its body covered in fine, closely packed dragon scales. Rich wood energy mingled with wisps of dragon aura emanated from it, lending it an air of majesty and nobility.
"A tier-four wood-element Spirit Treasure—the Heavenfire Dragon Locust!"
Once Xu Yan saw its true appearance, wild delight spread across his face. It was exactly as described in the Spirit Herb Illustrated Guide: shaped like a flood dragon, yet actually a spiritual tree. Though a wood-element divine object, it was born in a land of flames—a natural anomaly.
Legend had it that in ancient times, a Heavenfire Dragon Puppet had awakened spiritual intelligence and ultimately overcome its tribulation and departed, leaving countless legends behind in the Azure Spirit Realm.
Xu Yan