Chapter 132 – Chaos in Hou Fen (1)
Sun Youcai’s body trembled as he fled underground. Fear made him feel like he couldn’t breathe. Just then, he felt the ground in front of him heat up, and he silently groaned. This ground escape technique was a formidable technique anywhere else, but in Hou Fen, where there were many volcanoes, it had some serious limitations.
If he accidentally tunneled into the lava, then he only had himself to blame.
Normally, when Sun Youcai ran, he would recognize the direction and immediately change direction when he felt the heat. But now, he was certain that he was being pursued by a Soul Formation expert. He hadn’t noticed, and it was too late. All he could do was use all his strength to lift himself up.
With a loud bang, his body exploded from the ground into a cave within the volcano. A wave of heat instantly hit him, causing his hair and eyebrows to curl.
He screamed as he quickly threw his flying sword and charged towards a rock. After a few moments in the heat, his skin cracked and his clothes instantly turned to dust.
Even the flying sword beneath his feet turned red, and its temperature continued to rise.
As sweat poured down Sun Youcai’s body, each drop turned into white steam. Looking at him now, his entire body was surrounded by this white steam. Even though he was naked, there was still a hint of a divine presence.
Below it is a large pool of lava. There are many large bubbles in the pool, and every time the bubbles burst, black gas will rise to the top.
Sun Youcai managed to restrain himself and rushed to the other side of the volcano before he stopped in his tracks, staring at the lava below with a terrified expression.
At this moment, Wang Lin had caught up. He didn’t know the Earth Escape technique, but his divine sense had been locked on Sun Youcai the entire time. He suddenly realized that Sun Youcai had stopped, so he took out the metal piece and pointed it at the ground. The metal spun as it hit the ground, digging a tunnel. Wang Lin’s body quickly followed and entered the lava pool where Sun Youcai was.
As he entered the volcano, Wang Lin noticed Sun Youcai staring at the lava below in fear.
Wang Lin followed Sun Youcai’s gaze into the lava and saw a triangular eye. Wang Lin took a deep breath and exited the tunnel. He hid, not moving an inch, and stared at the eye.
According to Ma Liang’s memories from when he was growing up, there were no creatures in Hou Fen that lived within the volcano. If there were, it would be impossible for them to escape the discovery of Hou Fen’s cultivators. It must be said that every few years, the ancestors of the four great sects sealed the volcano for safety.
At the same time, Sun Youcai seemed possessed as he stared into those eyes. He dismounted from the flying sword and stepped onto the rock with his bare feet. As soon as his feet touched the rock, the smell of burning flesh spread.
He only took three steps before his flesh and skin were completely burned away, revealing his charred bones. However, Sun Youcai showed no sign of suffering as he jumped from the edge of the rock into the lava.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up as he reached out. As Sun Youcai began to fall, he grabbed Sun Youcai’s bag and then quickly retreated without looking back toward the lava.
A rumbling sound came from behind Wang Lin, and the heat in the area suddenly increased. As Wang Lin ran, the tunnel around him turned red. If one looked from above, they would see that all the volcanoes, large and small, were spewing black smoke, especially one of the large volcanoes. Around him, a red light visible to the eye spread. Everything that was touched by this red light turned red.
Wang Lin’s face darkened as he walked through the tunnel. He suddenly stopped when he saw a sea of flames gathering in the tunnel ahead. The flames formed into a creature with triangular eyes and a single horn. The creature stared at Wang Lin with killing intent.
Without a word, Wang Lin released his Ji Realm Divine Sense. One could only see a streak of red lightning shoot out from Wang Lin’s eyes and enter the fire beast. The fire beast’s flames dimmed for a moment, but quickly recovered. Then, the fire beast opened its mouth and let out a roar before charging at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin’s face darkened. He turned around, but his pupils suddenly shrank as another fire beast appeared behind him.
At this moment, inside the narrow tunnel, there were two fire beasts blocking both sides. He gritted his teeth as he pulled out the metal piece. The metal began to dig another tunnel, and Wang Lin immediately followed.
But right at this moment, the two fire beasts suddenly roared. Wang Lin’s heart was broken. The ground around Wang Lin suddenly turned red and hardened into a cage. Wang Lin was trapped inside.
The cage closed around him until it completely surrounded him, and finally trapped Wang Lin inside.
At this moment, a wave of cracks appeared on the ground. The ground collapsed inward, forming a depression. A ball of black soil formed with Wang Lin inside.
Surrounding the earthen ball were eight fire beasts, continuously spitting fire at it, causing it to shrink. Soon, the ball grew smaller and smaller, and the beasts finally stopped.
One of the fire beasts grabbed the ball of dirt and jumped to the ground. The other fire beasts quickly followed. They quickly returned to the cave where they had been.
The fire beast threw a ball of dirt into the lava before jumping in with the other fire beasts. They all disappeared into the lava. The lava emitted a few more bubbles before calming down.
The surrounding volcanoes stopped emitting black smoke and the heat wave dissipated. Other than the giant crater formed by the fiery beast, there was no other evidence of what had just happened.
And basins are very common in Hou Fen. Near almost every volcano, there will be large and small basins.
Wang Lin hugged his body as he endured the waves of high temperature. As the soil surrounded him, he covered his body with his Ji Realm Divine Sense. At this moment, his divine sense was slowly dissolving the ball of soil.
He could clearly feel himself trembling. With the trembling, he could feel himself being thrown to the ground. At this moment, his divine sense had penetrated the boundaries of the earthen sphere, allowing him to clearly see everything before him.
In front of him was a bottomless pool of lava. There were countless holes in it. Lava flowed into this bottomless pool from these holes.
The earthen ball trapping him was currently floating in lava. Surrounding it were seven or eight other earthen balls floating. Atop each earthen ball was a fire beast.
Then he looked at the surrounding lava and saw countless triangular eyes. One of the fire beasts jumped out of the lava and sat on Wang Lin’s ball of earth. The fire beast was completely unaware of Wang Lin’s divine sense.
Time passed slowly, and more fire beasts emerged from the tunnel above. Each group also carried a ball of earth.
At this moment, the entire lava pool began to tremble. Each fire beast quickly made a hole, and a giant fire beast emerged. Wang Lin quickly withdrew his divine sense and began to observe carefully.
An ordinary fire beast was only three feet tall, but this huge fire beast’s head alone was over ten feet long. Gradually, most of the huge fire beast’s body emerged. Along with this massive body, a powerful pressure descended, causing all the smaller fire beasts to stop moving.
Wang Lin’s heart was shaken. This large fire beast was at least at the Nascent Soul level. As for how strong it was, Wang Lin couldn’t be sure because he had never encountered a Soul Formation cultivator before.
The large fire beast looked around before moving to the left. Soon, other large fire beasts appeared. One by one, they appeared until the number became 16.
The 16 fire beasts formed a circle. Once the circle was complete, a translucent ring of fire appeared in the center. Rainbow-colored light radiated from it.
Wang Lin watched carefully and saw a figure slowly solidify and form a fireball the size of his fist.
Red streaks adorned the fireball to the ring of fire.
As the fireball appeared, the 16 large fire beasts roared. One by one, their bodies leaped out of the lava pool. They then knelt in the lava. All the smaller fire beasts also leaped out of the lava and knelt.
Wang Lin was observing when he suddenly felt a jolt in his brain as the heaven-defying bead appeared without his consent for the first time. If he didn’t stop it immediately, the bead would pierce the ground.
Just at this moment, a fire beast picked up a ball of dirt beneath it and threw it at the fireball. The ball of dirt suddenly stopped in midair, and the fireball quickly entered the ball of dirt. The sucking sound was exceptionally clear in this silent cave.
A bloodcurdling scream rang out from within the ball of clay. The screams continued, but grew fainter until no sound could be heard. Soon, a cloud of blood mist emerged from the ball of clay, and a ball of fire erupted.
The clay ball fell from the air and sank into the lava. Wang Lin’s heart sank. Now he understood that he wasn’t the only one living inside the clay ball. Even if he didn’t protect himself, the clay ball wouldn’t kill him. At most, he would just fall asleep.
Then, four more clay balls were thrown toward the fireball. Screams rang out as the fireballs entered them. The screams lasted for over half an hour. As the fifth clay ball sank into the lava, the clay ball Wang Lin was in was thrown out.
The sky-defying fireball trembled violently, and with unprecedented momentum, it broke through Wang Lin’s grasp. Just at this moment, it entered the earthen sphere where Wang Lin was.