After the Source of Flame merged into his Heart Aperture, Liu Bai did not feel any obvious changes in himself.
There was only a tiny point of light in his Heart Aperture space, making the fire power there seem a little denser than before.
However, the Fire Thunder within the Heart Aperture space seemed very interested in that point of light. Its massive body, like a python, kept circling the comparatively tiny light, occasionally trying to draw closer...
Yet whenever the thunder python approached, a mysterious aura would emanate from the point of light, making it afraid to come any nearer.
The sight amused Liu Bai. It felt like watching a husky attack a hedgehog covered in spines—unable to get a bite in, yet unwilling to leave.
Still, this proved that although the Source of Flame had yet to reveal its use, it was definitely something good. Otherwise, it could not have fascinated the Fire Thunder so greatly.
Withdrawing his divine sense, Liu Bai prepared to continue onward. But just as he crossed a stretch of igneous rock, he suddenly saw a group of humanoid creatures whose body structure somewhat resembled that of Lava Lions walking toward him.
These "people" stood over two meters tall, their entire bodies covered in armor forged from lava. It seemed to grow directly from their bodies, creating the illusion that they, like Lava Lions, were formed from lava.
Yet judging by how clearly they could speak the human language, these "people" were at least intelligent lifeforms.
"These must be the Flame Demons mentioned by the Fire God Sect..."
Naturally, these Flame Demons had nothing to do with the Flame Demon race among the Outer Realm Evil Race.
According to the Fire God Sect, they were intelligent beings born within magma, possessing forms similar to