Fire-Attribute Earth Spiritual Root, Seizing the Furnace Art Again; Deep into the Core Zone, the Dust-Descending Pill's Main Ingredient (Bonus Update-Please Vote)
This fiery cavern lair lay halfway up an active volcano. Its entrance was hidden behind a boiling waterfall of magma, yet an entirely different world lay within. The cavern was vast, over a hundred feet high, its walls and floor formed of dark-red, glasslike rock scorched by earthfire year after year, radiating searing heat.
Crimson stalactites hung from the ceiling like interlocking fangs, their tips dripping scalding magma from time to time. The air warped in the heat, thick with the mingled stench of sulfur and demon beasts. Deep within the cavern, several tunnels could faintly be seen leading farther down toward the earthfire veins.
What a treacherous place!
Cultivators without sufficient means to protect themselves would not dare enter!
"This way."
Lin Changheng's expression remained unchanged. His nostrils twitched; he had already caught the scent of the [Mystic Fire Rhinoceros] and chose the middle passage.
"Whoosh..."
Wind stirred beneath his feet, combining with Fire Escape to carry him through the tangled cavern passages like a phantom, silent and incredibly swift.
The sentient [Treasure Artifact Sword Embryo] became an azure-purple roaming dragon, whirling swiftly around him. Ahead, the humanoid puppet faithfully performed its duty of "springing traps," though several more deep stress fractures and scorch marks had appeared on its body.
"Roar!"
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Suddenly, bestial roars of fury and pain echoed through the cavern, shaking loose showers of rubble from the walls.
As Lin Changheng ventured deeper into the fiery cavern, he had already killed another four [Mystic Fire Rhinoceroses], including powerful second-tier late-stage males.
The battles were fierce and efficient. Amid the cavern's dense fire spiritual energy, he was like a fish in water. Its narrow terrain also provided the perfect setting for his third-tier body tempering and the true intent of the [Mountain-Bearing Divine Ability].
One ferocious [Mystic