"Black flames?"
Gray stared at the gigantic black flame in front of him in shock.
He had encountered many people and blood fiends with fire abilities. He had also seen flames of various colors, including red, purple, blue, and gold … However, he had never seen black flames.
What shocked him even more was that this black flame was burning on the skeleton of a giant beast. Judging from the environment formed by the long-term exposure to high temperatures, it had been burning for tens of thousands of years.
Black flames that had been burning for tens of thousands of years and the skeleton of a giant beast that had not been damaged after being burned for tens of thousands of years. Both of them were extremely shocking.
"Silver bones, this giant beast is probably …"
Generally speaking, even a disaster-grade blood fiend would only be 40 to 50 meters long. However, this giant beast was more than 100 meters long. It lay there like a continuous mountain range.
If it was just its size, it would not prove anything. It was not that there were no large but weak blood fiends. However, the silver bones undoubtedly revealed the identity of this giant beast.
According to a book he had read, silver bones were a characteristic of the Rule level. Since the bones of this giant beast were silver, it must have been a Rule level blood fiend.
"A Rule level blood fiend actually died here. It must have been killed by the Rule level powerhouse who created this plane!"
Although the species in this plane were extremely high-level and there were even disaster-grade blood fiends, Gray did not think that this plane had the ability to produce a Rule level blood fiend. He was more willing to believe that this Rule level blood fiend had been killed and thrown into this plane by the Rule level powerhouse who had created this plane.
"Even after death, it can still affect an extremely wide area and cause a fundamental change in the climate of this area. Is this a Rule level blood fiend?"
Gray was deeply shocked. The description of the Rule level in the book was extremely vague. It was about controlling and breaking the rules. However, Gray had never understood what it meant to control and break the rules.
Now that he saw the black flames burning on the giant beast's body that would never be extinguished and the vast area that had been completely turned into a barren land, Gray finally understood what it meant to control and break the rules.
Flames needed a burning medium. Even if it was a flame released by a Blood Warrior who possessed the ability of fire, it still needed the Strength of Blood as a burning medium. Once the supply of Strength of Blood was stopped, the flame would be extinguished immediately.
However, this black flame had not been extinguished even after tens of thousands of years. Furthermore, there was no medium for it to burn. It clearly defied common sense and broke the general rules.
Burning for tens of thousands of years without any combustion medium, turning the impossible into the possible and changing the natural environment of a large area. If this wasn't controlling and breaking the rules, what was it?
"Rule-level..."
For some reason, Gray's heart was fascinated. Right now, his level was Annihilation class. He controlled two rules. Compared to rule class elites controlling rules and breaking rules, he could not compare to them. An elite like that could kill him with one finger.
In front of the other party, he was probably just a slightly stronger grasshopper. If the other party wanted to pinch him to death, it could be done easily.
"Since the giant beast skeleton that is emitting this pressure is Rule-level, then the Blood Beast blood I swallowed before is probably Rule-level Blood Beast blood too!"
At this point, Gray was basically certain that the unknown Blood Beast blood he had swallowed was Rule-level Blood Beast blood. The only thing he was not sure about was what kind of Rule-level Blood Beast blood this Blood Beast blood was.
Moving his gaze away from the Rule-level Blood Beast skeleton, Gray looked around the Rule-level Blood Beast skeleton. Suddenly, his eyes shone with joy.
"That is...?"
In the red land, the soil and rocks were accompanied by a high temperature. The terrifying high temperature made it so that not a single blade of grass grew there. After entering the red land, Gray had not seen any plants.
Logically speaking, no plants should be able to survive in such an environment. However, at that moment, Gray saw a plant next to the giant beast skeleton.
It was a plant that was completely red. It was almost the same as the surrounding soil and rocks. It was a few miles away. Before paying close attention, Gray had not seen this plant.
It was a crimson red plant with thick rhizomes. It was more than a meter tall and looked like a short shrub.
Its surface had a jade-like luster and was slightly translucent, as if it was carved out of a huge red jade.
At the top of the red plant was a red fruit the size of a baby's fist. There were many water caltrops on the surface, like a huge polyhedral gem.
Seeing this plant, Gray's heart could only be described as shocked. This was because the value of this plant was too extraordinary.
"It's actually a Scarlet Flame Fruit!"
Gray's voice was tinged with excitement.
The Scarlet Flame Fruit was a rare magic herb that could only be produced in extremely hot environments. It was one of the top magic herbs, and even Saint-level forces would covet and fight over it.
The reason it was so precious was that the effects of this magic herb were too terrifying.
To give a simple example, if what Gray was undergoing right now wasn't a metamorphosis of the metal element, but a metamorphosis of the fire element, then he would only need a single Scarlet Flame Fruit. He wouldn't even need to refine it into a magic potion and directly consume it to complete the metamorphosis of the fire element and raise his realm by one level.
For an Annihilation class, every increase in level would take hundreds of years. If he did not undergo the second metamorphosis, even if Gray practiced the top secret techniques in the Book of Space Rules, it would take him hundreds of years to complete one metamorphosis.
But this fruit was enough to save him hundreds of years. One could only imagine how powerful the effects of this fruit were.
Of course, directly swallowing it was not the best way to use this fruit. The best way to use it was to use other magic herbs to make a magic potion.
The magic potion made with this fruit as the main ingredient would be as high as level six. It was a magic potion that was useful even to rule class elites. From this, it was not difficult to see how precious this fruit was.
Whoosh!
Under the pressure, Gray felt as if he was carrying several mountains on his back, but he still rushed toward the Scarlet Flame Fruit at an extremely fast speed.
After all, it was the skeleton of a dead rule class blood beast. It was far from comparable to a living rule class blood beast. With Gray's current strength, even if he was carrying several mountains on his back, he could still move as fast as flying.
In almost the blink of an eye, Gray had already arrived beside the Scarlet Flame Fruit. He carefully picked the Scarlet Flame Fruit and put it into the wooden box. He then put the wooden box into his space item.
There were no blood beasts blocking him. Earlier, he had already used his earth element ability to check the ground. There were no blood beasts hiding underground.
Logically speaking, such a precious magic herb should be guarded by a powerful blood beast. However, the skeleton of a rule class blood beast, which was constantly emitting pressure, stopped the blood beasts from approaching. This gave Gray the chance to pick the Scarlet Flame Fruit. Otherwise, this Scarlet Flame Fruit would have been in the stomach of some other blood beast.
After doing all this, Gray heaved a sigh of relief. He glanced at the black flames that continued to burn with terrifying power and left the crimson land without hesitation.
If there were no black flames, he would not have minded taking away this rule class beast skeleton. With this rule class beast skeleton, it was completely enough to refine legacy weapons, and there would be more than one.
However, with this black flame that clearly had terrifying power surrounding it, it was obviously impossible to take away this rule class blood beast skeleton to refine a legacy weapon. Thus, he left without hesitation.
"Finally found it!"
Not long after Gray left, five young people appeared at the edge of the crimson land. One of the young people held a huge map in his hand. A part of the terrain on the map was faintly similar to this forest. There was a place marked with a red cross, and this place was the crimson land.