After jumping into the hole, Qin Ze continued to fall rapidly.
There was only endless darkness in my field of vision, without a single ray of light.
As they continued to fall, the surrounding temperature began to rise.
Qin Ze looked down and saw a ball of light, like the sun, in the endless darkness.
Gradually, the surroundings were no longer an endless expanse of darkness.
Red flame patterns appeared all around and continued to spread downwards.
A few breaths later, Qin Ze's feet finally touched the ground.
The space here is so vast that you can't even see the end of it.
There was a high platform directly in front of Qin Ze.
A large, blazing blue flame was burning on the high platform.
The flames were concealed by a transparent barrier.
However, the surface of the barrier is already covered with dense cracks, as if it could fall apart at any moment.
As expected, this was the formation that controlled the subterranean fire.
The intense, ferocious subterranean fire was licking at the control array.
At the current rate, the formation will be destroyed by the ground fire within three months.
The out-of-control subterranean fire will then continue to burn in this world until it is completely consumed.
"Both of my legs are broken, can you help me set them?"
The clone, half-hanging on the high platform, waved to Qin Ze.
Qin Ze glanced at him, then raised his hand and flicked out a flame.
The clone's eyes widened. " Qin Ze, am I pretty?!"
Whew~
The flames instantly engulfed the clone, leaving only a wisp of smoke rising into the sky in the blink of an eye.
The descent was too fast, and I didn't know how deep I was falling. My leg was broken, and I also suffered internal bleeding.
Qin Ze felt he didn't deserve healing medicine, so he just gave him a quick tonic.
Immediately, Qin Ze summoned more than ten clones.
Let's explore this cave.
The clones nodded and immediately scattered.
He felt something was off about this underground space.
There were few signs of human mining on the rock walls and soil.
It doesn't look man-made.
Besides, the array controlling the subterranean fire is only so big, why dig such a large area?
Qin Ze slowly walked up to the platform, and the key immediately provided a clue.
[319 units of Source of the World detected. Reclaim?]
The Great Sage did not lie to him.
Indeed, there is still a lot of the Source of the World remaining.
After deducting the twenty units needed to maintain the formation's operation, Qin Ze would still gain three hundred.
He took out the Great Sage's token and weighed it in his hand.
Repairing the formation is simple.
Just drop the token in and you're done.
The rest of the program runs automatically.
However, Qin Ze did not choose to repair it immediately; he waited for his clones to return.
Swish!
A black claw suddenly emerged from the void behind Qin Ze and slashed fiercely at his head.
Just as he was about to succeed, a phantom image of Xuanwu (a mythical tortoise) condensed around Qin Ze.
With a "bang," the sharp claws struck the back of the Black Tortoise.
The enormous reaction force was fed back to the claws, and a jet-black Hunting Beast was sent flying backward from the void.
"You bastard."
"You're trying to take advantage of me now?"
Qin Ze's body shot up from the ground, instantly Giant Overlord Transformation ".
He drew a rib from his right hand, which transformed into a bone sword, and threw it at the Hunting Beast.
After rolling around on the ground a few times, the Hunting Beast fell into the void.
Qin Ze cautiously surveyed his surroundings while silently counting.
"Five, four, three, two, one!"
As the countdown ended, the Hunting Beast appeared in the distance.
Qin Ze, who was prepared, suddenly fired a beam of light. The Hunting Beast let out a strange cry and quickly rolled to the side.
Qin Ze had previously conducted a series of tests on Big Black.
The Hunting Beast's innate ability is Void Warp, with a three-second cooldown.
That is to say, it can be released once every three seconds on average, with a warp distance of 200 meters.
This Hunting Beast is slightly higher level than Big Black, so it can probably go a little further.
Furthermore, Hunting Beast can also hide in the void.
However, this hiding time only lasted a mere five seconds.
"I was just worried about not having Soul Orb for Hunting Beast, and you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep."
Big Black can't die; we have to save it for the next " Brother Jie ".
Seemingly sensing the killing intent emanating from Qin Ze, the Hunting Beast quickly teleported after its cooldown, appearing at the exit above its head.
The beast glanced back at Qin Ze, and when it met his murderous gaze, all the fur on its body stood on end.
It frantically paddled with its four legs and darted back to the ground in a flash.
Qin Ze deactivated his " Giant Overlord Transformation " and sighed helplessly.
If Hunting Beast is determined to escape, it is very difficult to catch it.
Especially when both sides are of similar level.
A moment later, all the clones returned unharmed.
"This underground space is vast, probably as big as this entire world."
"It's endless, there's no way to explore it all."
"It wasn't mined by humans; there are no traces of human mining."
"The wall was very smooth and rounded, as if it had been cut out with a sharp knife."
"I found some remaining ashes in the corner, similar to the ashes in the stove at home."
"..."
The clones chattered excitedly, reporting their findings to Qin Ze in a flurry of voices.
One of the clones presented Qin Ze with the ash sample it had collected.
Qin Ze picked up a small amount with two fingers.
This is the ash from the fire.
Like blue flames, earth fire has an extremely high temperature, capable of burning anything to ashes.
A bold idea suddenly popped into his head.
Could this underground cave have been created by repeated burning of subterranean fire?
The entire underground of the Blue Flame Realm was burned hollow.
If this continues, the whole world will be burned down.
This is no ordinary subterranean fire; it is subterranean fire empowered by the Source of the World, greatly amplifying its power.
Let alone burning through the earth's crust, even an SSS-level alien beast stuck to you would have a hard time extinguishing it.
No wonder there was a beast tide today.
"The strange beast He Fang discovered that the Blue Flame Realm was about to collapse."
"Forcibly opening the entrance to the Abyss and this world, in a last-ditch effort."
"Using the Blue Flame Realm as a stepping stone, we will conquer the Pan-Continent."
The Gate of the Abyss were never ever opened.
This world was once turned upside down by Level Nine Martial Artist.
If there's Gate of the Abyss, it will surely be discovered.
People had heard the roar of the beast before, including the Giant Overlord.
This demonstrates that the strange beasts can indeed continue to be released into this world, and the Great Sage's concerns and the earth fire safety device are not without reason.
However, mythical beasts cannot be released casually; there must be a price to pay, and a very heavy one at that.
Otherwise, a beast tide would have formed long ago, and the strange beasts wouldn't have dragged on until now.
"Should we repair this formation?" the clone beside him asked.
Qin Ze was also hesitant.
He now has two choices.
Repair it or destroy it.
If you choose the former, the Blue Flame Realm will return to its former state.
For about half the day each day, they release earth fire to eliminate the alien beasts that have sneaked into this world.
The world can exist longer and won't collapse too quickly.
If you choose the latter, at most a year later, the subterranean fire will burn this world to the ground, leaving nothing behind.
When the world collapses, the Gate of the Abyss naturally disappears as well.
The Pan-Continent will no longer be threatened by the beast tide from the Blue Flame Realm.
Qin Ze suddenly sighed, " Great Sage, I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill your last wish."