When the area became quiet again, the flame creatures that got in the way could no longer be seen.
The rock python dragged its heavy body to patrol the periphery, while Greem took off his clothes by the pool and walked into the lava pool step by step naked.
The gurgling molten magma quickly submerged his ankles, calves, and thighs. Every time the stirred up bubbles burst, scorching hot airflows up to several hundred degrees would be spewed out from inside. But Greem continued to go deeper without realizing it, letting the viscous hot lava engulf his body and head.
As the terrifying high temperature continued to pour into his body, Greem felt that every cell in his body was jumping for joy. However, while the energy of the fire element continued to soar, he couldn't feel the joy of the last time that his spirit jumped along with his body.
It seems... This lava fire pool lacks a basic element that can allow one's body on fire to continue to evolve.
Greem stood up from the fire pool and looked around the area suspiciously. Finally, he couldn't help asking: "Chip, analyze this situation. What prevents the Body on Fire from evolving?"
In the next second, countless analysis information rolled over in front of his eyes, and finally disappeared one by one, leaving only the final conclusion in front of his eyes. This lava fire pool cannot promote the evolution of the body bathed in fire. The most likely reason is that it cannot go directly to the core depth of the underground volcano. This is just a small area remaining after the retreat of the lava lake, which has lost direct contact with the lava core of the volcano.
It seems that it is meaningless for me to only circle around the periphery. Only by going deep into the ground and finding the lava lake that connects to the core can I make my trip worthwhile.
But taking a bath in this lava fire pool is not without some benefits. Greem's mental power penetrated into the viscous hot magma, and soon discovered some strange things under the pool wall.
Greem walked to the southeast corner of the fire pool, and used the high-temperature force field to push away the nearby magma, exposing the burning red pool wall. Greem handed over the Flame Lord's scepter to his left hand, and his right hand condensed violent fire energy, stabbing into the soft wall of the pool.
When he pulled out his right hand from inside, a rock the size of an egg was tightly held in his palm. With the continuous injection of raging fire energy, the outer layer of the rock began to soften like hot wax, exposing the dazzling red light of the heat wave inside.
An underground fire drill!
The volume is only the size of a finger belly, and the color is not medium. But even such an ordinary fire diamond can be sold at a high price of 120 magic crystals in a secret shop. And the wizard apprentice who went deep into the volcano this time only needs to hand over 5 similar fire diamonds to complete the task quota. As for other gains, they can be used as personal rewards for the apprentice.
Since it didn't help him much here, Greem didn't intend to stay here too much, hurriedly put on his clothes, led the rock python, and went straight to the next fire element dense point.
Half an hour later, although the underground cave was still empty, there was a strange sound of slight footsteps.
Moments later, a vague human figure emerged from the steaming heat at the edge of the pool of fire.
This is a young man with long brown hair in a shawl, with a cold and stern face, and the exposed neck is covered with wonderful and mysterious witchcraft runes, which adds a weird flavor to it.
He was one of the two prospective witches specially marked by Greem.
As soon as he came to this cave, he was slightly stunned. As a quasi-sorcerer, he has always acted alone, and never bothered to associate with those rookies. With his strange invisibility ability, most flame creatures couldn't find his existence, so this also allowed him to avoid most unnecessary battles and come here smoothly.
However, from the burning lava fragments left by the lava dog on the ground, the volcanic ash left after the flame imp's death, and the traces left by large reptiles on the ground, he dared to conclude that someone had already broken into this place.
Tymora stood silently on the edge of the lava fire pool, quickly scanned it with mental power, but found nothing. It seems that even if there is something here, it has already become the spoils of the previous one.
How could someone be faster than yourself? Could it be another quasi-witch
With slight doubts, Tymora could only temporarily change the route. He didn't want to follow another strong man to eat leftovers. Three months is enough for him to dig out enough magic crystals here to support his consumption for two years.
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In the following journey, Greem was no longer as timid as before, but became unrestrained and fanatical.
Sit high on the body of the summoned rock python, letting it break through one lava channel after another like a road roller. The passage is big enough to pass through in one go. The passage wasn't big enough, and it became big enough after the rock python squeezed through.
Anyway, in terms of the frequency with which the rock python repairs itself, a little body wear and tear does not constitute harm to it at all.
Those flame creatures encountered on the road, if they are small, they will be crushed directly, if they are medium-sized, they will be smashed first and then crushed. As for the desperate counterattack of these flame creatures, it can only add one or two insignificant small wounds to the rock python's rock body, and it can't stop its desire and momentum at all.
And Greem didn't bother to pick up the flints or broken cores dropped by these flame creatures, and let the rock python swallow them all, and then slowly screened them when they needed to rest in the future.
And every fire element-intensive point basically has a large or small lava fire pool. The only thing Greem needs to do is to use mental power to find out those underground fire drills hidden deep in the rock formation or wrapped in the rock through the sticky hot magma.
Of course, occasionally other magic gems or special metal ores can be found.
So during the hurricane rush all the way, Greem saw several other common flame creatures.
Fire spirits can be said to be the most numerous natural spirits in the volcano world. They are usually a humanoid flame that is more than one meter tall and can walk freely. They have no eyes, ears, mouths and noses, and no internal body organs. Their bodies are composed entirely of steaming flames, and they cannot be too far away from the lava fire pool.
For this kind of guy who has no entity but is just an aggregate of elements, the rock python can directly crush it with only its heavy and hard body, saving even a fight. From this poor man, Greem couldn't get any spoils at all.
Salamanders are a kind of fire-type monsters. They have flesh and blood, and like ordinary large lizards, they like to lie down in the dark and attack enemies. However, in addition to rough skin and thick flesh, the underground salamanders also have the ability to breathe flames, and they also have excellent fire resistance. They love nothing more than lurking on the edge of lava pools, waiting for fiery creatures to come forward and throw themselves at them.
The high concentration of flint and the core of consciousness in the flame organisms are their favorite food.
Before Greem entered the ground, he already had a preliminary understanding of the volcanic world here. In order to save his time as much as possible, he will not go out until the last time limit for entering this time. Then one of the most urgent problems to be solved is the problem of food and drinking water.
In addition to relying on the water bag carried in the storage belt, Greem can also solve the problem of drinking water by gathering water elements. Although he is friendly with the fire element, and this place is also a lava volcano, it is very difficult to summon the water man, but it is still no problem to solve personal drinking water.
Then the rest is a question of food!
The food that Greem carried was only enough for him to eat for a week. No amount of food could be preserved for a long time in such an extreme environment, and Greem couldn't feed on fire like flame creatures, so it became inevitable to find a new food underground.
And in the volcano world, only this kind of salamander has a flesh and blood body that can be used as food. However, the salamander's meat is tough and rough, and the blood is smelly and hot. If it weren't for the fire energy contained in it that is very beneficial to the body, Greem would not be willing to abuse his stomach like this.
These small and medium-sized flame creatures were basically no threat to Greem, but the stronger lava monsters and flame guards were difficult to deal with.
The lava monster and the lava dog are basically two creatures that come out of the same mold, except that one is human and the other is dog. In the face of the lava dog, the rock python can tear it apart as long as it hits and bites. But in the face of lava monsters, this trick no longer works!
The lava monster is a humanoid fire monster with intermediate intelligence. Its body is covered with large and small underground volcanic rocks. It is difficult for ordinary witchcraft attacks to penetrate that layer of hard rock armor. And it is an extremely cunning guy, and it will never be indistinguishable from the strength of the enemy and the enemy like a lava dog.
Lava monsters like to stick to the lava fire pool that they regard as their home, and never let outsiders step in. And its attack method is similar to that of a fire-type wizard. There are endless spells such as flint throwing, ignition, and flame storm. Use the overwhelming fire spells to turn the entire lava cave into a sea of flames.
Greem could only command the rock python to rush into the lava fire pool to fight hand-to-hand with such a guy who huddled up to play long-distance. Although both the rock python and the lava monster belong to high-level creatures, the rock python has an advantage in size, and its strength is higher than that of the opponent.
The two sides had an earth-shattering close-quarters fight in the lava fire pool, and the final winner would only be the rock python with a larger body, more strength, and a higher physique.
However, after a lot of fighting, the thick and strong body of the rock python has also successfully slimmed down. After all, it is just an earth-type puppet, fighting against opponents of the same level in the opponent's territory, but the immersion in the lava fire pool has brought huge damage to its body.
Therefore, every time a lava monster is killed, the thick ring-shaped body of the rock python will lose at least three rings.
The rock python can still win the battle when it encounters the lava monster, but it becomes unpredictable when it encounters the flame guard.