Obtained: Green Lotus Base + Earth Fire Lotus Seeds

Luo Yang followed behind the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, slowly swimming deeper into the magma.

This transformation really was great. Even in magma with zero visibility, he could actually see far into the distance.

In truth, Luo Yang was not seeing with his naked eyes, but with Mind's Eye.

Mind's Eye was similar to soul perception, but not quite the same. Unlike the naked eye, it was not easily deceived by illusory appearances, nor could it be detected by stronger experts the way soul perception could. It could see directly through to the essence of things; familiar things such as illusions and dreams could not deceive Luo Yang.

So seeing through a little magma was like firing a cannon at a mosquito, or using an ox-cleaving blade to kill a chicken.

Within the fiery-red Magma World, undercurrents surged. Occasionally, an extremely fierce undercurrent of magma would erupt from some unknown place. These undercurrents all contained tremendous amounts of energy. If struck, even a Dou Wang expert could only end up severely injured.

Fortunately, the Fire Spirit Snake was extremely familiar with this place and could always find the most suitable route to swim along before an undercurrent arrived.

In this fiery-red world, Luo Yang saw no living creatures other than the Fire Spirit Snake.

That was hardly surprising. After all, the conditions for survival here were far too harsh. Apart from an exotic beast like the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which lived by devouring magma, other magical beasts-even an overlord-level magical beast as powerful as the Amethyst Winged Lion King-probably could not move freely through a place like this without being affected in the slightest.

As he continued swimming toward the seemingly endless bottom of the magma, even Tiga's body, which was condensed from light, felt the temperature noticeably multiplying.

After swimming downward for another half hour, Luo Yang saw an unidentified object blazing with green light appear not far from the bottom.

Amid the red magma, it was particularly conspicuous.

As he drew closer, Luo Yang saw a green lotus standing gracefully within that green light.

As his body drew closer and closer to the green light, Luo Yang could clearly feel the temperature around him rising almost abruptly.

The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake dared not approach, but Luo Yang plunged straight into the area enveloped by the green light.

After he entered, the temperature around him strangely dropped considerably instead.

Luo Yang hurriedly swept his gaze around before finally fixing it on the green lotus in the center.

The green lotus had eight leaves. Each of those eight green leaves was as flawless as the finest naturally formed green jade, sparkling and translucent.

Within the lotus, there seemed to be a small lotus platform about two or three feet across. Specks of fluorescent light shone from some of the holes in the platform.

Beneath the green lotus, an extremely slender root stem stretched over ten meters long. Tiny tendrils densely covered it. As those tendrils swayed, Luo Yang could clearly sense them frantically absorbing the fire-attribute energy in the surrounding magma with near-greedy intensity.

There seemed to be something else among them, and Luo Yang reached out and grabbed it.

The object in his hand was about half the size of his palm and seven-colored all over. At a glance, its seven-colored luster was dazzlingly vibrant.

"...Seven-Colored Snake Scale..." Luo Yang narrowed his eyes slightly.

Queen Medusa had left it here when she took the Green Lotus Core Flame more than five months ago. Judging by the traces left on it after the blood had evaporated, Queen Medusa must have suffered serious injuries from the Green Lotus Core Flame's torment back then...

Hyah!!!

Putting away the Seven-Colored Snake Scale, Luo Yang delivered a knife-hand chop at the junction between the lotus platform and its root stem. Instantly, a cut as perfect as a work of art appeared, and the green lotus fell away.

This green lotus was a marvel of heaven and earth. Ordinary iron would melt upon contact with it, and cutting it required special tools.

In the original story, Xiao Yan had used a jade basin Yao Lao refined by melting down dozens of jade bottles, while Ultraman Tiga's body was made of neither gold, silver, copper, nor iron, and neither high nor low temperatures could affect it in the slightest.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Luo Yang swiftly caught the Green Lotus Platform with his other hand after severing it.

The Green Lotus Platform floated before him, slowly rotating. As his gaze swept over it, he could not help marveling.

"What a treasure~ Hard as tiger bones, tough as dragon sinews..."

"One... three... seven... nine... eleven..." He counted the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds within the green lotus. There were exactly eleven, no more and no fewer.

Luo Yang used Tiga's Shrinking Ray to shrink the entire Green Lotus Base, then put it away.

With the Green Lotus Base and Earth Fire Lotus Seeds in hand, Luo Yang had no need to remain here any longer. As for the green lotus's root stem...

It was likewise a supreme treasure. Even now, after the Green Lotus Base had been severed, it was still frantically absorbing energy to nourish and strengthen itself. If it grew for another thousand years, it would most likely produce another Green Lotus Core Flame.

But it was of little use to Luo Yang, and he did not like taking things to the absolute extreme. After all, there was no enmity or grievance between them, so he would leave it here.

With the items secured, Luo Yang immediately set off back.

Going up was easier than coming down. In less than two and a half minutes, Luo Yang had already burst out of the magma ahead of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

There was no need to worry about decompression sickness at all.

Splash!

The sound of breaking the surface echoed through the underground cavern as Luo Yang slowly appeared in the sight of the two girls who had been waiting for so long.

Shaking off the viscous magma clinging to him, Luo Yang flew onto the shore. With a flash of light, he returned to human form.

"Did you get it?"

Seeing Luo Yang return, Tushan Rongrong showed not the slightest worry and asked calmly.

She had already known how it would turn out, but she still had to ask what needed asking and go through the motions that needed going through.

"Yes, I got it. It went much more smoothly than I expected." Luo Yang revealed a confident smile.

"Young master~ You're finally out..."

Qing Lin threw herself into his arms, her voice filled with worry.

Although Sister Rongrong had said everything would be fine, Qing Lin still could not help worrying about Luo Yang's safety. After all, that was magma at several thousand degrees. Even staying outside, she and Sister Rongrong found the heat unbearable.

"Why are you being so unreserved, little girl...?"

Luo Yang pinched Qing Lin's little face and teased her.

"While you were down there, Qing Lin asked me twenty-two times. Now that she sees you're back, how could she possibly stay reserved?" Tushan Rongrong also seized the chance to tease her, telling Luo Yang everything that had happened while he was away.

"Sister Rongrong~" Teased by the two of them, Qing Lin's face flushed scarlet with embarrassment.

"All right, all right, we won't tease you anymore."

After fooling around, they prepared to set off back to the surface.

After Qing Lin took the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which emerged afterward, into the contract space of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, the three immediately set off.

It was simply too hot here, wholly unsuitable for staying long.