Lu Li thought for hours but could not come up with a solution. It was the same for Lu Hai. Blood Fairy did not send any message. It would be hard for her to crack it as well.
Yin Tianfan sent someone to search along the way back to see if there was another exit. That person ran away and came back in a couple of hours. What he told them made their hearts sink.
They were surrounded by the two rivers of lava. No matter which way they went, they would have to cross the rivers.
The only way was to go back to the valley and cross the river from the cliff.
The cliff was covered with runes. Clearly, it was not possible.
In that case, they had to find a way to cross the rivers. The Cang Family must have crossed the river. If so, there was no reason why they couldn't.
"Let me try!"
Yin Tianfan shouted. Lu Li and the others stopped him at once.
He only had one armor. If he were to act rashly, he would not be able to defend himself without an armor.
"Don't worry!"
Yin Tianfan explained, "The bronze has a special function. It can generate a shield. I want to see if the shield can stand the lava.
If it can, I can take you over one by one. I believe Cang Long and the others went over in the same way. "
"Okay!"
Lu Li nodded. Yin Tianfan walked over to the river slowly. The bronze in his hand glowed.
When he was near the river, the river surged violently. Streams of lava flew over in the form of dragons of fire.
"Hoy ~"
Yin Tianfan activated the bronze. The glow grew and then the glow intertwined, forming a shield that enveloped Yin Tianfan.
Lu Li and the others held their breaths and stared at Yin Tianfan. As the lava rolled down, Lu Li and the others' eyes glowed.
Because the ancient bronze light barrier was blocking the lava, Yin Tianfan did not suffer any damage inside.
"Ha, ha, ha, as I expected!"
Yin Tianfan came back and laughed. "Cang Long must have used his Holy Weapon fragment. I can take you over one by one."
Lu Li turned to Yin Ruolan who shook her head. "My Holy Weapon fragment is not good enough. I cannot create a shield like this."
"Let me try again!"
Yin Tianfan rushed over again. This time, he controlled the magma and held on for a few dozen breaths of time. Then, he flew back with certainty and said, "It's okay, I can bring you over. I'll fly over and take a look first!"
The lava river was only a thousand zhang wide. If they could withstand it, they would be able to cross it in a single breath's worth of time. Thus, there was no problem at all.
"Be careful!"
Lu Li said and let out the Phantom King. If something went wrong, he would have to rely on the Phantom King to save Yin Tianfan.
Yin Ruolan and the others became nervous and prepared to rescue him at any time. Yin Tianfan urged his Ancient Bronze Spear to rush over quickly. When he reached the riverbank, his speed increased and he rushed toward the other side of the river.
"Whoosh ~"
Yin Tianfan's body flashed and arrived there. Then, his body flashed and he rushed back.
Everyone felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders. The following matters were much easier to deal with. Yin Tianfan brought one person each time, and they easily crossed the river, successfully escaping.
"Go!"
Yin Tianfan had been relying on Lu Li all this time. Now that he could finally play a role, he was excited.
His pride and confidence had been crushed by Lu Li. Now, he had regained some confidence.
They pressed on. An hour later, more beasts appeared in the river. They were all in the shape of fish. Yin Tianfan and Yin Ruolan worked together to suppress them.
Half a day later, they encountered another dead end. Another intersection of two lava rivers.
This time, they relied on Yin Tianfan's Holy Weapon fragment to carry them across the lava river.
Ten hours later, they found another kind of beast in the lava river. It was something similar to a snake with horns on its head and spikes on its back.
There were many of these beasts, but their attack power was not particularly strong. Everyone attacked together and easily killed the groups of small snakes.
Along the way, they also found some herbs that grew by the lava river. Only Yin Tianfan could collect such herbs. The others dared not to get close.
They had traveled for five days. They had no idea how far they had traveled. They had killed many beasts and collected more than one hundred herbs.
Yin Tianfan gave some elixirs for body strengthening to Lu Li.
Along the way, they didn't find any trace of Cang Long and the others. They must have taken a different route or else the herbs along the way would have been taken away.
It had been five days. They were neither fast nor slow. They couldn't tell how far they had traveled.
The scenery here was still the same. It was all reddish-brown rocks and soil, as well as rivers of lava.
Lu Li had been observing the surroundings, including the distribution of each lava river. He would note it down in detail.
If they could not find the exit later, they would have to solve the maze based on the distribution of the lava rivers.
Another five days passed. Apart from encountering beasts, they were also collecting herbs.
Lu Li thought about it for a few days and came up with a suggestion. They would look for the largest Lava River and follow it upstream to see if they could find the source of the Lava River.
Lu Li believed that the exit should be at the source. They could find the source by going upstream.
Yin Tianfan and the others followed Lu Li's suggestion. It didn't matter which way they were going.
The group walked along a large lava river. They could find divine medicines along the river, and they could also encounter ferocious beasts.
However, the Ferocious Beasts here weren't too strong, and everyone was able to kill and suppress them.
The higher they went, the wider the river was. Clearly, the lava was coming from the same place.
They were excited. They could find the source of the lava. The exit might be above the source.
Four days later!
They found the source. There was a sea of lava and a huge volcano.
Lava was coming out from the volcano. Black smoke billowed. They could feel the heat and the smell of sulfur from thousands of miles away.
"There are signs of fighting. There are bones of beasts in the sea of lava. Some herbs have been taken away!"
Hu Qing, who was scouting ahead, ran back and said, "This should be the exit. The Cang clan's people have gone in before us again. I can vaguely sense traces of a battle at the crater of the volcano, so the exit is most likely inside the crater."
"Crater?"
Everyone's expressions changed. Lava was coming out from the crater. Did they have to go into the crater?
If the exit was not inside and the bronze could not hold out, wouldn't they be buried in the sea of fire?
"I will go and have a look!"
Yin Tianfan was duty-bound to fly up and circle around the sea. In the end, he immediately attracted dozens of giant beasts and countless small snakes.
"Attack! Kill these berserk beasts first!"
Yin Ruolan ordered. Everyone began to attack. Before all the beasts in the sea were cleared, they could not go in even if they knew where the exit was.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
They used their skills and treasures to kill the beasts. Soon, there were many dead bodies of beasts at the seaside.