The hot red lava undulated on the ground, with faint black smoke coming out everywhere. A large amount of black smoke condensed in the sky, covering the sky.
There was a dark underground ahead, with lava being the only source of light.
Before Fang Yun came, he already had some understanding of the War Realm and the Sky-Splitting Palace, but in the first six thousand miles, he felt that the Sky-Splitting Palace was not difficult. After all, it was a place to test the dragon clan. The fact that he, as a human, could easily pass through it was the best proof. However, when he saw the endless lava in front of him, he truly realized the fragility of the human body.
In the first six thousand miles, there was no one in sight, but in the seventh thousand miles of lava land, Fang Yun saw more than thirty water monsters, seven of which were at the edge of the lava, their bodies covered with burns and their blood exhausted.
The Sky-Splitting Palace is the place where the dragon race practices. Even for the Dragon Marquis, a distance of ten thousand miles is just like a warm-up. In history, no dragon race has ever traveled less than ten thousand miles when entering the Sky-Splitting Palace for the first time.
However, not only dragons can enter the Sky-Splitting Palace, but also aquatic creatures and a few monsters and barbarians who are on good terms with the West Sea Dragon Palace can enter.
For most demon kings and barbarian kings, this lava land is only a minor difficulty and they can pass through it quickly, but for water demons, this place is simply hell.
The temperature of the lava exceeds one thousand, which is enough to melt gold and silver!
The demon kings and barbarian kings of other tribes can move quickly forward on the surface of the lava with their agility, but the water demon kings cannot. They have no legs and dare not fly here, so they can only swim in the lava.
Fang Yun silently looked at the demon king swimming in the lava, then looked at his legs, and suddenly felt fortunate.
Fang Yun walked to the edge of the lava land, and the seven-headed water demon king nearby immediately looked at Fang Yun.
These seven water monster kings are like burnt fish and shrimps in a restaurant, except that they are just too big.
These water demon kings all lowered their heads slightly and greeted using the etiquette of the water tribe.
"Greetings to Wen Xing Long Jue." The seven-headed demon king said in unison.
Fang Yun nodded and said in the dragon language: "No need to be polite." Then Fang Yun looked at the lava.
Relying on the power of the state of investigating things and the state of seeking knowledge, Fang Yun continued to observe and analyze, and soon came to understand this lava land.
"Lei Chongmo's body is far inferior to mine, but he can pass through the lava land. It's really amazing. No wonder he is one of the people in the Lei family with the greatest potential for sainthood. Among the human race's university scholars, only one in a hundred can pass through the lava land. The human race is too disadvantaged here. The talent and literary courage of the university scholar level can allow people to walk hundreds of miles in the lava, but it is difficult to walk a thousand miles. Even if they can walk a thousand miles, the gains will be reduced because of the direct use of talent and literary courage."
Fang Yun thought to himself and took a step forward.
The seven water demon kings nearby looked at each other. They were all water demon kings of the West Sea Dragon Clan. They were very clear about the relationship between Fang Yun and the West Sea Dragon Clan. They even heard that it was Fang Yun who forced the West Sea Dragon Palace to vomit blood, and now had to go into seclusion to recuperate.
In front of Fang Yun, the seven water demon kings were respectful, but when Fang Yun turned his back to them, three of them showed contempt in their eyes. The other four water demon kings understood it and also smiled.
The water tribe believes themselves to be the masters of all worlds just like the dragon tribe, and have always looked down on humans or monsters. This is especially true of the dragon tribe in the West Sea.
These water demon kings didn't dare to speak, but they kept communicating with their eyes, as if they wanted to see Fang Yun make a fool of himself.
As a scholar of the Zhizhi realm, Fang Yun had various gifts and abilities, and could see the world in all directions. Even behind him, there was no blind spot, and he could see the expressions of the seven-headed water demon king.
Fang Yun shook his head slightly. Wise people would attack each other, compare each other, and accuse each other, but fools were different.
Fools are best at mocking wise men.
Because fools always think that others are inferior to themselves.
Fang Yun did not say another word to the seven-headed water demon kings. In Fang Yun’s eyes, those water demon kings were nothing more than dust in the wind, not even passers-by.
At this moment, they have gone seven thousand miles deep, and the concentration of dragon energy has increased again. However, in Fang Yun's opinion, this level of dragon energy is far from enough. If the True Dragon Ancient Sword wants to have all ten patterns filled up, it will need to absorb it here for hundreds of millions of years.
Fang Yun wanted to go deeper, because deeper down, there was not only Lei Chongmo and dragon energy, but also greater benefits.
Once one uses one's talent or literary power, one can indeed protect oneself and survive the Sky-Splitting Palace more easily, but the hardships one receives will be reduced and the amount of dragon energy absorbed will also be reduced.
In the world of war, there is always a simple rule: the more hardship you endure, the more you gain.
Fang Yun glanced ahead again, his whole body remained still and his courage calm. He jumped lightly and landed on the lava three feet away.
The seven-headed water demon kings were all waiting to see the joke and were even almost laughing, but soon, they could no longer laugh.
Fang Yun's right foot landed steadily on the dark lava. Just as the Water Demon King had thought, Fang Yun's right foot was burned by the lava, making a sizzling sound and quickly turned red.
However, the next moment, Fang Yun jumped forward on the lava, and after his right foot left the lava, the sole of his foot was only burned but not scorched.
Afterwards, Fang Yun's left foot landed on the next piece of lava. When he lifted it up, it was also only burned but not scorched.
The seven water demon kings looked at each other in bewilderment, their body surfaces were almost all burnt.
"This Fang... Wen Xing Long Jue is obviously a human, how could his body be stronger than our demon king? If we don't use our blood to protect our bodies, we won't be able to get through this lava land at all."
“After all, he has been baptized by heavenly talents many times, and has obtained the power of Wenxing Longjue. His body is beyond ordinary people, but he is definitely not comparable to the demon king! However, his feet are only injured but not burned. Even if his feet were in contact with the lava for a long time, it is impossible. After all, he is only a human!”
"Huh? The lava he stepped on seemed to have a certain pattern. Could it be that he specifically jumped towards the lava with lower temperatures?"
"This... Are humans that smart? Lava does have different temperatures, but he can determine the least hot lava in the air, and make sure that lava can support his body so that he doesn't break and fall into the lava. How powerful is he?"
"As expected, what you hear is not as good as what you hear. Only after seeing it with your own eyes can you understand the gap between yourself and the human race." A more open-minded water demon king sighed softly, already convinced.
However, there were still a few water demon kings who were not convinced.
"This is just the beginning. Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe he has some tricks up his sleeve. But the lava land is a thousand miles long. I don't believe he is more powerful than demon kings like us."
"Although Lei Zhongmo could have passed this place, it took him two full years. Wen Xing Longjue is so young, how could he have passed the lava land?"
"Let's keep watching and see how long it will take him to fall into the lava and how long it will take him to escape back. If he fails to escape and dies in there, then there will be nothing we can do!"
Time passed slowly, and these demon kings kept staring at Fang Yun until their bodies were fully recovered, but they did not see Fang Yun fall into the lava.
In the distance, Fang Yun was running and jumping quickly on piece of lava. His feet were constantly burned, but his powerful self-healing ability continued to repair them, and the injuries remained on the surface.
.(To be continued.)