Chapter 71 - Arrival at the Sea of Flames

“Soul puppet!” Lai Li cried out in a low voice, and a soul shadow suddenly burst forth from her body, colliding fiercely with the giant wolf Hua En that pounced on her.

This collision was evenly matched, and after the impact, the giant wolf Hua En leaped a hundred meters away to get a clear view of the shadow summoned by Lai Li.

It was a giant, over fifty meters tall, with a translucent body resembling an ancient warrior, carrying a massive, purple-transparent longsword on his back.

“Best!” The giant wolf Hua En obviously recognized the translucent giant, a look of shock appearing on his lupine face.

“It seems you know him,” Lai Li said, unsurprised.

To the strongest warriors at the Third Transition Peak, almost everyone had some understanding of Best’s reputation.

“You actually obtained his soul and turned it into your summoning puppet?” the giant wolf Hua En questioned in confusion, “How did you manage that?

Best was the strongest human warrior from two thousand years ago; why would his soul be in your possession after his death?!”

“Take a guess,” Lai Li certainly wouldn’t reveal the truth.

“Damn, how can a girl who’s not even twenty years old possess top-peak combat power?

And how did you collect Best’s soul?

Just how old are you?”

Lai Li laughed, “What if I told you I just turned three thousand, would you believe me?”

“To hell with you!

Once I defeat Best’s soul and capture you alive, I will force your secrets out!” Having planned his course of action, the giant wolf Hua En charged towards his primary target, the soul of Best.

But, to everyone’s surprise, Lai Li suddenly withdrew her soul puppet.

The giant wolf Hua En, with his unstoppable momentum, found himself lunging at empty air, skidding more than three hundred meters across the ground before slowing to a stop.

“What are you doing?” the giant wolf Hua En asked angrily, his target disappearing without warning.

“Aren’t you going after those Third Transition professionals?

If you don’t chase them now, you really won’t catch up,” Lai Li continued, “I’m not stopping you any longer.

Go on, you still have a chance if you hurry now.”

“You could just as well expose our family clan’s secrets,” the giant wolf obviously wasn’t fooled, he wasn’t stupid.

“I’ve known your Silverwhite clan’s secrets for a long time, okay?

Has it spread?

Please think about it, did your intelligence drop after you transformed?”

After listening to Lai Li’s barrage of words, the giant wolf Hua En thought it made sense.

The girl evidently knew about their family clan matters quite early on yet hadn’t spread the secret.

Although the giant wolf Hua En was convinced by Lai Li’s argument, he still felt uneasy, “Just because you haven’t spoken before doesn’t mean you won’t speak out in the future.”

“I said I won’t reveal it, and I won’t.

I swear to the Soul God, okay?”

Seeing Lai Li so sincere, even swearing an oath on the divine being she believed in, the giant wolf Hua En was completely reassured, “Fine, I’ll let you go this time.

But next time, I’ll kill you myself!”

Facing the risk of his family clan secrets being exposed, even though the giant wolf Hua En was reluctant, he had no choice but to abandon his plan to capture Lai Li for now, turning to pursue those humans who could potentially reveal the Silverwhite clan’s secrets.

With that, the giant wolf Hua En didn’t linger any longer.

Sniffing the scent in the air, he locked onto the direction and vanished in the blink of an eye.

“Hey, why didn’t you just kill that Hua En?” Following the departure of the giant wolf Hua En, Lu Hong was also released by Lai Li.

“If you think you can beat him, then go ahead,” Lai Li replied with a sneer, “Don’t you know how strong Hua En becomes after transforming into Sky Wolf?”

“I don’t know, but I do know you are very strong,” Lu Hong shook his head.

“Heh!” Lai Li scoffed, “I am, after all, a Mage-type profession.

Even if I cast my skills quickly, they need casting time, but the Sky Wolf is even faster.

The more we fight, the more passive I will become, and the outcome of a deadlock would surely be my loss.”

“Aren’t you fully refined?” In Lu Hong’s view, being fully refined meant invincibility.

“So what if I’m fully refined?

Does that mean I’m truly invincible?

Is the Lion King of the Beastman Empire not still at the sixth level of bloodline, yet to reach the ultimate seventh level, yet still dominating the whole Continent of God’s Grace?” Lai Li gave an example casually.

This time, Lu Hong fell silent.

Indeed, the Lion King was only at the sixth level of the Lionheart bloodline to this day, but searching the entire Continent of God’s Grace, no one could contend with him.

Lai Li was so powerful, Caesar must be even stronger.

He remembered when talking about the blood of the Lion King, Caesar implied he couldn’t win.

So, just how strong was the Lion King?

“Let’s go, don’t waste time.” Lai Li waved her hand casually, destroying the Array inscribed on the ground, and the skies above Hope Sea City twisted and then cleared up.

“Blame me?

I don’t remember who insisted on having a fight before leaving,” Lu Hong hadn’t finished his sentence when Lai Li grabbed him by the waistband of his pants and dragged him into the air, racing towards the Sea of Flames.

Lai Li didn’t know how fast those Third Transition warriors had run, so it was wiser to leave this place sooner rather than later; otherwise, once the giant wolf Hua En finished hunting them down, he would certainly come back for her.

Under Lai Li’s full-speed Dash, in less than half an hour, the two arrived at the edge of the Sea of Flames.

Before even entering the Sea of Flames, the scorching heatwave made Lu Hong quite uncomfortable.

The very air was burning, and every breath he took felt like his lungs were on fire.

“Don’t dawdle; drink your flame-resistant potion,” Lai Li coldly told Lu Hong, seeing him in discomfort.

“I don’t need you to tell me,” Lu Hong quickly pulled out a flame-resistant potion and gulped down a small bottle.

After drinking the potion, it took only three seconds before a refreshing coolness spread from his stomach throughout his body.

“Now, which way should we go?” From here on, almost everything depended on Lu Hong’s arrangements; she was just there to help with miscellaneous tasks.

“Let me see, don’t be impatient.” Lu Hong carefully discerned their location, “First, let’s go inside.

We’ll look for a hill on the perimeter that looks like a human head.”

“A hill that looks like a human head?

Your description makes it difficult for me.” Lai Li expressed her confusion.

Were there really hills that resembled human heads?

Had it become sentient?

“Then don’t worry about it, just carry me as we fly.

Also, don’t grab my belt; it’s too tight.”

“Heh heh!

Men and women shouldn’t touch each other casually.

If you don’t want me to grab your belt, then you might as well walk by yourself.” Lai Li did not want physical contact with Lu Hong at all and looked at him with disdain.

“I––––––” Fine!

When you’re under someone’s roof, you don’t have the choice but to lower your head.

If it’s tight, then it’s tight!

“Then we’ll just stick with the belt.

Actually, I’m mainly worried that the belt isn’t sturdy enough.” Lu Hong conceded with a slight explanation, typical of someone who’s timid but talks tough.

“You’re such a bother.” Lai Li grabbed Lu Hong’s belt and hoisted him back into the air.

Flying high allowed him to see far, and from up above, Lu Hong could see the Sea of Flames with its erupting volcanoes, and the scorching lava flowing incessantly down the slopes.

Occasionally, he could even hear faint dragon roars coming from a distance within.

“Over there!” Lu Hong quickly confirmed the location and flew towards a place he had once been familiar with.

“To the left, then straight ahead, do you see it right there?” Lu Hong pointed excitedly at a hundred-meter tall hill surrounded by Lava Lake.

“How does that look like a human head?” It was clearly just a round hill, Lai Li complained as she took Lu Hong and landed on the hill.

As soon as they landed, Lu Hong frenetically searched around but found nothing: “This isn’t right, there should be a cave here.”

Saying this, Lu Hong stared at Lava Lake: “Could it be that the cave entrance has already been submerged by the lava?” In the game, the cave entrance used to be very easy to find, not covered by anything.

“Lai Li, could you dive into the lava and help me search for a cave entrance?” Lu Hong asked for help.

“No way.”

“Come on, aren’t you immune to fire?

The lava won’t hurt you.”

“I just think it’s dirty, that’s all,” Lai Li said, “If you want to go, then you go.”

Right after she finished speaking, a fish demon beast, seven to eight meters long, leaped out of the water, opening its monstrous mouth filled with a thousand teeth, attempting to swallow Lai Li in one bite.

Lai Li merely looked up and glared at it.

The monster fish’s once bright eyes suddenly dimmed.

Lai Li then stepped aside, and the monster fish fell onto the hill, turning into a dead fish.

“There must be a cave down there; I have to go in.” Lu Hong pleaded with Lai Li, not even glancing at the dead fish.

“If there’s a cave, wouldn’t it be easier for me to just break through from the top rather than diving into the magma?” Lai Li responded with what seemed like a more reasonable suggestion.

“I’m just afraid you won’t be able to break through.” Lu Hong gave a wry smile.

He had thought about this proposal too, but he was worried that Lai Li wouldn’t be able to dig through.

“How’s that possible?

I’m even worried I’d smash this whole small hill.” As she spoke, Lai Li raised her Power of Soul and punched down.

The whole Lava Lake tremored violently with Lai Li’s punch, but just as Lu Hong had said, only a layer of rock on the hill crumbled.

“Huh?” Lai Li put a bit more strength into her next punch, which caused the previously calm Lava Lake to burst open, numerous monster fishes that had just launched an attack now surged from the water, and under Lai Li’s gaze, they fell onto the hill, their bodies quickly covering it.

“Told you, you wouldn’t be able to break it,” he said.

“It doesn’t make sense,” Lai Li wondered, shaking her now slightly numb arm from the recoil: “What’s beneath this hill that’s making it so solid?”

Lu Hong explained, “Didn’t I say we were looking for something that resembled a human head?

This isn’t a hill, it’s actually the head of a fallen lord from the Era of the Gods.”

“A lord of hell?

Are you sure?” Lai Li’s eyes widened.

There was the head of a hell lord inside this hill?

No wonder it was so hard.

“Nonsense, of course, I’m sure.

Otherwise, why would you not be able to smash it,” Lu Hong retorted at Lai Li, “You’d better help me find the passage by going down there.”

“Alright, I’ll reluctantly make a trip.” Lai Li said and then plunged directly into Lava Lake.

Not long after, Lava Lake was dotted with dead fishes, their bellies turned up—apparently, they had all been glared to death.