Sun Youcai, who was quickly escaping through the earth, suddenly trembled. A strong sense of fear made him feel like he was suffocating. Just at this moment, he suddenly felt the earth in front of him become a bit hot. He secretly complained. This earth escape technique was very useful in other places, but in Hou Fen, there were volcanoes everywhere, so there was a very strict requirement for the earth escape technique.
If he accidentally jumped into the lava, he could only blame it on his bad luck.
In the past, even if Sun Youcai was escaping, he would still know which direction to go. Once the soil was slightly hot, he would immediately turn around. However, he was being chased by a Soul Formation cultivator, so he panicked and didn't choose a good direction. It was too late for him to turn around, so he could only try his best to lift his body up.
With a bang, his body pierced through the soil and appeared inside a huge volcano cave.
A wave of heat hit his face, causing his hair and eyebrows to immediately bend and burn.
With a cry of surprise, Sun Youcai hurriedly threw out his flying sword. It swayed as it landed on a protruding rock. In just a short while, his whole body had already shown signs of cracking. His clothes had even turned into ashes as his body moved.
Even the flying sword under his feet began to turn red and the temperature became higher and higher.
The moment Sun Youcai's sweat appeared, it immediately turned into strands of white gas. At this moment, his entire body was emitting white smoke. Although he was naked, he still had the aura of a celestial.
Below him was a huge pool of lava. Giant bubbles appeared in the pool, and every time one of them popped, a strand of black gas would rise up.
Sun Youcai was about to bite the bullet and escape from the opposite side of the volcano, but at this moment, his body suddenly trembled. He stared at the lava below and revealed a terrified expression.
At this moment, Wang Lin also caught up. He didn't know the earth escape technique, but his divine sense was locked onto Sun Youcai. When he noticed Sun Youcai stop, he immediately pointed at the metal piece. The metal piece smashed into the ground and spun, creating a tunnel. Wang Lin's body quickly followed behind.
Following the tunnel, they arrived at the lava where Sun Youcai was.
The moment they entered the volcano cave, Wang Lin saw Sun Youcai staring down with a terrified expression.
Following his gaze, he saw a pair of triangular eyes floating in the middle of the lava.
Wang Lin sucked in a breath of cold air and retreated to the edge of the tunnel. He stared at the lava motionlessly.
According to Ma Liang's memories from when he was a child in Hou Fen, there were no creatures in the volcanoes of Hou Fen. If there were, it would have been discovered by cultivators over the countless years. It has to be said that every few years, the ancestors of the four great sects would seal the volcanoes of Hou Fen to ensure their safety.
At the same time, Sun Youcai seemed to be possessed. Looking at those eyes, he blankly put away his flying sword and stepped on the scorching rocks with his bare feet. The smell of burnt flesh immediately came from under his feet.
He had only taken three steps forward, but the soles of his feet were already charred black. His skin and flesh had fallen off, revealing his blackened bones. However, there was not a hint of pain on Sun Youcai's face. He stood at the edge of the rock and jumped down without hesitation.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and his hand reached out. The moment Sun Youcai fell into the lava, Wang Lin grabbed his bag of holding. Then he quickly retreated without looking back.
A roar came from behind him and the surrounding heat became even stronger. As Wang Lin ran, the tunnel around him immediately turned red.
At this moment, if one were to look down from the sky, they would discover that the volcanoes of various sizes were suddenly emitting black smoke, especially one of the larger volcanoes. On the ground around it, a circle of red ripples that could be seen with the naked eye spread out. Wherever the ripples spread out, everything turned red.
Wang Lin's expression was gloomy as he rushed down the tunnel. Suddenly, he stopped. He saw that in front of him, countless flames were gathering in all directions, forming a creature with triangular eyes and a single horn on its head. Its entire body emitted a fiery glow as it stared at Wang Lin, its eyes filled with killing intent.
Wang Lin didn't say anything and immediately used his Ji Realm Divine Sense to attack. A red bolt of lightning shot out from Wang Lin's eyes and entered the Fire Beast. The Fire Beast's eyes dimmed and the flames dimmed, but they immediately returned to normal. A long slit appeared below its eyes and it let out a roar as it tried to swallow Wang Lin.
Wang Lin's expression became even more gloomy. He turned around and retreated, but then his pupils shrank. Behind him, another Fire Beast had appeared.
At this time, there were two Fire Beasts in this narrow tunnel. Wang Lin clenched his teeth and the metal plate immediately spun to the side. He followed closely behind, digging another tunnel.
But at this time, the two Fire Beasts suddenly roared in unison. The surrounding soil immediately turned fiery red. Wang Lin's heart skipped a beat. The soil around him began to harden at a speed visible to the naked eye. Finally, it wrapped around him, forming a spherical cage.
This cage continued to tighten, and with a final bang, it completely wrapped around him.
At this time, on the ground, the soil began to crack and slowly collapse inwards. Soon, a huge basin appeared, and in the center of the basin was a black ball of earth.
Around the ball of earth, there were eight Fire Beasts with triangular eyes that were constantly spitting molten lava at it. Slowly, the fireball became smaller and smaller, and when it was only half a meter tall, the Fire Beasts stopped spitting lava.
One of the Fire Beasts picked up the ball of earth and quickly drilled into the ground. The other Fire Beasts followed closely behind. They moved very quickly underground and in the blink of an eye, they returned to the volcano cave.
The Fire Beast threw the ball of earth down and immediately jumped down. It grabbed the ball of earth and disappeared into the magma pool along with the other Fire Beasts.
After a few bubbles appeared in the magma pool, it slowly calmed down.
The black smoke from the surrounding volcanoes became less and less, and the cracked ground gradually returned to its original state. Aside from the huge basin, there was no other evidence that a Fire Beast had appeared here.
Basins were very common in Hou Fen. Almost every volcano would have basins of various sizes next to them.
Wang Lin hugged his body and resisted the waves of heat. When the ball of earth came, he had used his Ji Realm Divine Sense to cover his body. At this moment, his divine sense was slowly disintegrating the ball of earth.
He could clearly feel himself sinking. After a long time, the ball of earth shook as if it had been thrown to the side. At this moment, his divine sense had broken through the last layer of the ball of earth and he could clearly see what was in front of him.
This was a seemingly boundless magma. Above it were countless densely packed magma tunnels. Molten liquid flowed down from those tunnels and merged with the magma.
The ball of earth he was on was floating on top of the magma. Beside him, there were seven or eight balls of earth that were the same size as him. On top of each ball of earth was a Fire Beast.
Looking at the surrounding lava, there were countless triangular eyes densely packed together.
A Fire Beast jumped out of the magma and landed on top of the ball of earth that Wang Lin was on. It slowly climbed down and didn't notice Wang Lin's divine sense at all.
Time slowly passed and a few more Fire Beasts appeared from the magma above. Without exception, they all carried a ball of earth on their bodies.
At this moment, the entire magma pool began to tremble. The fire beasts quickly moved away, revealing an empty space. A giant fire beast came out of the magma. Wang Lin withdrew his divine sense and began to carefully observe.
Ordinary Fire Beasts were only three feet tall, but this Fire Beast's head was more than five feet tall.
Slowly, more than half of the Fire Beast's body was revealed. Its huge body gave off a powerful pressure. The moment it appeared, all of the surrounding Fire Beasts stopped moving.
Wang Lin was shocked. This Fire Beast's strength was no weaker than a Nascent Soul cultivator. In fact, it was even stronger.
But as for how strong it was, because Wang Lin had never seen a Soul Formation cultivator fight before, he couldn't tell.
The Fire Beast looked around and slowly swam to the left. Shortly after, another Fire Beast of the same size appeared. Finally, there were a total of 16 Fire Beasts.
The sixteen Flame Beasts formed a circle, and in the middle of the circle, a translucent ring of fire slowly emerged from the magma. A seven-colored light flickered within it.
Wang Lin carefully looked at it. Under the ring of fire, there was a vague shadow that slowly condensed into a fist-sized ball of fire.
Thin red lines connected the ring of fire to the ball of fire.
The moment the ball of fire appeared, the 16 Fire Beasts immediately roared. They all jumped out of the magma and knelt down on one knee.
At the same time, all of the surrounding Fire Beasts also roared and knelt down on the magma.
As Wang Lin was observing, his mind suddenly trembled. The heaven defying bead that had fused with his body came out from between his eyebrows for the first time. If it wasn't for Wang Lin stopping it, the heaven defying bead would have already broken out of the ground.
At this moment, one of the Fire Beasts picked up the earth ball and threw it out. It suddenly stopped in midair.
At the same time, the ball of fire rushed into the earth ball. A sucking sound was very clear in this quiet cave.
A mournful cry suddenly rang out from within. The cry continued, but it grew softer and softer. In the end, there was no sound at all. Soon, traces of blood-colored mist floated out from within the earthen ball, and a ball of fire came out from within.
The earth ball fell from the sky and sank into the magma.
Wang Lin's heart sank. He now understood that he wasn't the only one alive inside the earth ball. Presumably, even if he didn't use his Ji Realm Divine Sense to protect himself, he wouldn't die inside the earth ball. At most, he would fall into a deep sleep.
Soon after, another four earth balls were thrown into the air. One by one, the ball of fire drilled into them. The miserable cries continued for nearly an hour. When the fifth earth ball sank into the magma, the earth ball that Wang Lin was in was thrown out.
The heaven defying bead between his eyebrows violently trembled. With an unprecedented momentum, it broke free from Wang Lin's restraints. At this moment, the ball of fire drilled into the earth ball that Wang Lin was in.
(To be continued)