Across the flat, vast expanse of the Tagor Great Desert, the blazing sun hung high in the sky, scorching the sands below. Strong winds swept waves of heat against their faces, making the journey deeply uncomfortable. Even Nalan Yanran, a Da Dou Shi, had to use her Dou Qi to resist the heat pouring down from above.
Looking toward the spot Qing Lin pointed out, Ye Uchiha asked, "Is this where the Heavenly Flame is hidden?"
Qing Lin shook her head and answered uncertainly, "Half a year ago, I did sense a powerful presence here with a bloodline similar to mine. It was probably Queen Medusa. The energy here was extremely violent at the time, and she was injured when she left. From what you just told me, that must have been the Heavenly Flame."
Ye Uchiha nodded slightly and looked at the ground beneath his feet. "Then this should be the place."
Through his chakra, he could indeed sense scorching magma hidden below, along with an unusual life-form, roughly five or six hundred meters beneath the surface.
"That's quite a distance. I don't have time to waste digging through sand."
Ye Uchiha stamped on the thick sand beneath his feet and shook his head. He activated his Rinnegan, then created a pitch-black Truth-Seeking Orb as large as a person and sent it straight into the sand. With its inherent annihilating power, the Truth-Seeking Orb met no resistance, boring a large hole straight through the desert floor.
"All right, let's go."
Taking Nalan Yanran's soft hand in one hand and Qing Lin's in the other, Ye Uchiha jumped straight into the hole.
Nalan Yanran felt a brief, dizzying sensation of weightlessness. When she regained her bearings, she found herself in an enormous underground cavern. Flowing crimson magma bathed the cavern