Crossing to Douqi Continent and walking sideways

The sun was blazing brightly in the sky, and there were no clouds in the sky. Xiao Muchen stood at the edge of a red land. The soil under his feet had long been crystallized under the high temperature for many years, showing a gorgeous and dangerous dark red luster. He stepped lightly on the ground, and the crisp sound of the crystals breaking was particularly harsh in the silent outer area of the fire.

"This damn place..." Ye Feng's rough voice came from behind him. He was wiping the sweat that kept rolling down his forehead with his sleeves. "I'm going to be roasted before I even officially enter the fire zone."

Xiao Muchen looked back and saw that all his companions had flushed faces. Lin Wan'er was squatting on a raised fire crystal stone. Her slender fingers just touched the surface of the rock and immediately retracted. "The temperature is at least 70 degrees," she frowned, "I'm afraid an ordinary cultivator can't even hold on for half an hour."

A thin layer of ice condensed on Ling Shuang's palm, sticking to Chu Li's burning forehead. The lips of the girl in white were already cracked, but she was still concentrating on studying the ancient map in her hand. "According to the clues provided by Yanshen Sect..." Her voice was a little hoarse, "We should head northeast."

Xiao Muchen took a deep breath, and the hot air made his lungs ache. But at this moment, the Phantom God Dark Flame in his body suddenly trembled slightly. This special existence that combined multiple kinds of strange fire was not only not suppressed, but seemed to have returned to its origin, flowing happily in his meridians.

He raised his right hand, and a wisp of blue flame danced at his fingertips. Surprisingly, the surrounding fire elements actually moved away, forming a cool area with a radius of about two meters around him.

"This is..." Chu Li noticed the change keenly, and a look of surprise appeared on his pale face.

"The characteristics of the Phantom God Dark Flame." Xiao Muchen explained, "It can suppress other flames, and it is like a fish in water here."

Ye Feng laughed when he heard this. The mace on his shoulder was already hot. "It seems that it was right to bring you here! At least we won't be roasted to death!"

Ling Shuang glanced at him coldly: "Save your energy and hurry on your way."

The team continued to move forward, and the crystalline rock under their feet gradually turned into the edge of a flowing magma river. Tiny sparks floated in the air, and from time to time they suddenly burst, making a "crackling" sound. Xiao Muchen walked in the front, using the Phantom God Dark Flame to open up a relatively safe passage for his companions.

Suddenly, the strange fire in his body vibrated violently. Almost as an instinctive reaction, Xiao Muchen suddenly raised his hand, and a dark blue wall of fire instantly rose in front of everyone.

"boom!"

Several hot lava bombs shot out from the ground, hitting the wall of fire fiercely, exploding into sparks all over the sky. The ground began to shake violently, and spider-web-like cracks appeared on the crystallized surface.

"Enemy attack!" Lin Wan'er shouted softly and her figure flashed to Ye Feng's side.

The next second, five giant beasts covered with fiery red scales broke out of the ground. They looked like pangolins, but were as big as adult tigers. Scalding magma flowed through the gaps between the scales on their backs, and red saliva dripped from their ferocious fangs.

"Fire-scaled ground beast!" Chu Li analyzed quickly, "It lives in groups of fire-type beasts. It is good at ambushes. Its weakness is in its abdomen!"

Before he finished speaking, a ground beast had already jumped out from under Ye Feng's feet. Its sharp claws scratched across his right arm, and his sleeve instantly carbonized, leaving a hideous burn mark on his exposed skin.

"Hiss—" Ye Feng took a breath of cold air, "This beast's claws are poisonous!"

Lin Wan'er's body was as fast as lightning, and the moment the short blade was unsheathed, it had already stabbed the eyes of the other ground beast. However, the beast reacted very quickly, and its head turned away, so the blade only left a shallow scar on its cheek.

Ling Shuang formed seals with both hands, and icy spiritual power gushed out. "A thousand miles of ice!" A thick layer of frost instantly condensed on the ground, temporarily slowing down the ground-drilling ability of the ground beast.

A cold light flashed in Xiao Muchen's eyes, and the Phantom God Dark Flame in his body surged wildly. He clasped his hands together, and the dark blue flame condensed into a long whip in his palms. "Phantom God Dark Flame·Soul Burning!"

The flaming whip swept out and hit a ground beast accurately. The horrifying thing was that the beast was not burnt, but burned from the inside. It let out a shrill roar and rolled on the ground madly, but in just a few breaths it turned into a pile of ashes.

Upon seeing this, the other ground animals roared in fear and fled underground.

"You run so fast." Ye Feng covered his injured arm with a grin. Ling Shuang immediately stepped forward and covered the wound with ice spiritual power, temporarily freezing the burning injury.

Chu Li checked Ye Feng's injuries with a frown on her face: "The lava poison of the ground beast will continue to burn, we must act as soon as possible..." She suddenly stopped talking, her eyes attracted by a huge crack on the ground not far away.

When they approached, they found that it was a bottomless lava rift. The rock walls on both sides were a gorgeous red color, engraved with ancient flame runes, which flickered with the flow of underground magma. Even more surprising was that the outline of a ruined building could be vaguely seen at the bottom of the valley. A bridge formed by natural flame crystals spanned the two ends of the rift, flashing a dangerous and charming light under the reflection of the magma.

"These runes..." Chu Li's fingers gently stroked the rock wall, his eyes flashing with excitement, "They are the work of the ancient Yan Xiu! Looking at the patterns, they are at least three thousand years old!"

The Phantom God Dark Flame in Xiao Muchen's body suddenly beat violently, as if responding to something. He stared at the deep rift valley, and a strange feeling arose spontaneously.

"Do you want to go down?" Lin Wan'er asked, with both expectation and worry in her voice.

Ye Feng grinned: "Since we are here, do we want to bask in the sun?"

Ling Shuang didn't say anything, but was ready to descend.

Xiao Muchen took a deep breath, and the Phantom God Dark Flame formed a protective film on his body. "I'll go down and explore the way first." As he said this, he had already stepped onto the crystal clear flame crystal bridge.

Surprisingly, although the crystal bridge exudes a terrifying high temperature, it is extremely stable when stepped on under the protection of the Phantom God's Dark Flame. Xiao Muchen walked forward carefully and found that the bridge surface was not completely still, but slightly undulated with the flow of magma, just like a living thing.

When he reached the middle of the bridge, he suddenly felt a strong sense of calling. Looking down, he saw something glowing in the lava river deep in the rift valley. The light flickered, perfectly matching the fluctuations of the Phantom God's Dark Flame.

"Did you feel it?" Xiao Muchen asked, turning around.

Chu Li was squatting by the bridge studying the runes: "These are not ordinary decorations... but an ancient seal. There may be something suppressed underneath."

At this moment, the entire crystal bridge suddenly shook violently. The runes on the rock wall lit up with dazzling red light one after another, the magma river began to boil, and huge bubbles continued to burst.

"Not good!" Ling Shuang's face suddenly changed, "The seal is loose!"

Before Xiao Muchen could react, a pillar of blazing fire suddenly shot up from the bottom of the rift valley, engulfing the entire crystal bridge. In the last moment before he lost consciousness, he only felt the phantom flames in his body surging wildly, as if cheering, or... resonating?

(End of this chapter)