Soon, the Firebird burned the death domain down completely.
The You Zui Hunter Team returned to reality.
When they entered, however, they had still been beneath the crown; when they emerged, they were deep within it. Lush branches and leaves surrounded them, and thick boughs stretched in every direction like a giant's outspread hands. Beneath their feet lay a massive horizontal trunk, while dense leaves filled the space overhead, creating the fleeting illusion that they were deep in a forest.
Thinking it over, that xuanhuang wood tree had already burst the Mystic Realm Eden had specially prepared for it. Even in a different Small World, its eventual size would probably be astonishing.
"Black Tortoise Battle Formation!"
As soon as they left the death domain, Zhang Jixin gave a low shout and directed the hunter team to change the Four Symbols Array again. He did not discard the hellfire from earlier, however, but used magic to gather it into a glass bottle.
As a high-grade magical fire seed, hellfire was quite famous among wizards, with a wide range of applications and considerable value. Every seasoned hunter knew how to collect spoils.
The deployed battle formation came under no attack.
They took a brief rest.
The battle formation changed again. Zhang Jixin and the other two maintained the "tortoise body," while Xiao Xiao and Fatty Xin returned to its back, channeled magic power, and activated the Mystic Serpent's Mana Cocoon.
The Fat Wizard stationed himself on the tortoise's back, maintaining the connection between the Mystic Serpent and the great tortoise.
Xiao Xiao sat cross-legged on the Mystic Serpent's head as its long, thick body carried him along a winding path toward the black branch they had seen through the fissure earlier.
Through the translucent Mana Cocoon, they could clearly see a faint,