When the cultivators of the Liu Household Battle Team reached the foot of Skylark Mountain, Liu Changxu was standing above the clouds, using the Seven-Colored Glazed Glass to carefully survey the mountain.
Skylark Mountain was an enormous mountain range composed of dozens of peaks of varying heights, spanning several hundred li. Its tallest and largest main peak stood a full five thousand zhang high and was named Fire God Peak.
According to the intelligence he had gathered and his own observations, Fire God Peak was actually an enormous volcano.
Even from more than three hundred li away, he could clearly see the enormous volcanic crater at the summit of Fire God Peak. Wisps of smoke rose from it, and searing, crimson magma churned incessantly, occasionally spewing earthfire and magma dozens of zhang into the air!
This was a pleasant surprise for Liu Changxu, who rarely saw active volcanoes! After all, there was an excellent chance that rare, high-grade spirit gold could be found inside the crater.
Yet beside the seething, scorching magma in the crater, several hundred fiery-red birds, no larger than domestic fowl, were happily foraging.
Their feathers were a brilliant fiery red. They showed no fear of the surging, scorching magma; instead, they were keenly interested in the earthfire that occasionally emerged from it. Whenever earthfire appeared, they swallowed it as though they had found an exquisite delicacy.
Liu Changxu quickly recognized those fiery-red birds. Despite their diminutive size, they were far from ordinary: they were the Firecloud Sparrows that ruled Skylark Mountain.
The Firecloud Sparrow was a fire-attribute demon bird with a small body. First-tier Firecloud Sparrows were only as large as domestic chickens, while second-tier ones were slightly bigger, though only a little larger than domestic geese.
But these Firecloud Sparrows were not to be underestimated.