C348 Nine Dragons Town Fire Lake
C348 Nine Dragons Town Fire Lake
It was one thing for a ownerless Spiritual Soul to suddenly appear in this Seventh Layer of the Punishment Tower, but now, it had revealed a passageway that led downwards.
Chen Yu was sure that the tunnel would lead to an underground fire cave.
Of course, the Earth Fire of the Seventh Layer of the Punishment Tower was not born out of thin air. It had its own source, which was the underground fire spirit vein. It was no different from the volcanic eruptions.
The problem was that such a step was obviously not naturally formed, but it had a very obvious human mark. This confused Chen Yu.
Does the higher ups of the Ruling Spirit Sect know that the Seventh Layer of the Punishment Tower is hiding the entrance to the Earth Fire Spiritual Vein?
Normally, there was no one in the Ruling Spirit Sect that didn't know of this logic, however, if the higher ups of the Ruling Spirit Sect knew of the existence of this entrance, then they shouldn't have used this Seventh Layer of the Punishment Tower to imprison the punished disciple!
There was no need to mention the value of underground fire meridians. For a sect, whether it was refining an Earth Fire or refining a pill, it was extremely convenient and could save a lot of energy. In addition, the underground fire vein was also the place where Spiritual Soul of the fire attribute were nurtured. Chen Yu's Spiritual Soul was the best example.
Without the fire attribute from the fifth floor of the Punishment Tower, it was impossible for the Flamingo to advance to the Earth Stage just by relying on the help of the Star Soul.
Therefore, in Chen Yu's opinion, it was a very strange thing for a passage to suddenly appear here.
In fact, Chen Yu had faintly thought that perhaps due to the magma concealment, no one above or below Ruling Spirit Sect knew that there was actually an underground entrance hidden there.
Also, at this time, Chen Yu clearly felt that the berserk and raging Earth Fire wave had calmed down, and the lava had also calmed down.
At the same time, when the Flamingo returned to his body, Chen Yu clearly felt that there was an additional trace of a strange aura inside the Flamingo.
This trace of aura naturally came from the Earth Fire, and there was nothing much to say about that, but Chen Yu felt that the trace of aura of the Earth Fire was different from before. It was as if the aura came from the source of the Earth Fire and had a feeling that it was above the magma fire.
At this time, the strength of the Flamingo had clearly increased. Chen Yu could feel that its entire body was radiating a brilliant light, and the light had a sense of magnificence that was difficult to achieve in the past.
It was impossible to determine the current Flamingo's rank, but Chen Yu felt that it must have evolved from its original rank.
What was strange was that due to the Flamingo's strange flow of aura which was like the origin of earth fire, Chen Yu's body had completely adapted to the fierce environment here.
Chen Yu, who hadn't gotten used to this extremely fierce environment of fire for nearly a month, didn't feel any discomfort in the Seventh Layer of the Punishment Tower anymore and his body was no longer wet.
"All of this is related to the fire python Spiritual Soul being swallowed by the Flamingo. It's really mysterious!"
After letting out a long breath, Chen Yu was still not in a rush to enter the tunnel. He swallowed the Medicine Pill and drank a few water sacs in one go to replenish the water that was missing from his body before walking towards the underground entrance through the tunnel.
Soon, Chen Yu arrived at the entrance of the passage. He looked down and saw that this passage was a stone staircase that was more than 20 meters long. The black stone steps were made from extremely sturdy materials and were covered by the magma and remained intact for an unknown amount of time.
On the stone steps, there were still remnants of red lava.
Chen Yu activated his Astral Energy and formed a defensive layer at the bottom of his feet.
The boiling heat came from beneath his feet. Even though Chen Yu was extremely light and agile, he still felt a stinging pain from his feet.
It didn't take long, though, for the stone stele to be seven or eight meters down. It was no longer scorching hot. At this moment, Chen Yu saw fiery red lava flowing on the left side of the stairs. There was a tunnel leading to the left side of the stairs. When the lava was overflowing, it rushed up the stone steps and covered them.
Chen Yu looked at it for a while and confirmed that there were some runes that were covered by the lava in the tunnel.
They continued going down and soon reached the bottom of the stairs. At that moment, Chen Yu surprisingly saw a river of fire. The river of fire flowed with magma flames. From where Chen Yu stood, the river of fire snaked into the distance. It was hard to tell how far it went.
The fiery red lava surged. It was exuding an intense high temperature and was full of visual impact. It was grand and magnificent, shocking even Chen Yu.
After observing for a while, Chen Yu let out a long breath and looked to his side.
He only saw a river of lava rise into the air, like a waterfall. However, the direction in which the lava was flowing was from the bottom.
In the magma river of flames, there were flashing runes, causing the river of fire to flow in reverse. Chen Yu was shocked. After thinking carefully, he immediately understood that this was also the reason why the lava in the magma pool drowned the stone steps but didn't spill down.
In the Punishment Tower s, someone had set up a powerful and mysterious formation.
If some of the array formations were set up by Ruling Spirit Sect, Chen Yu had to admit that the strength and background of Ruling Spirit Sect was much stronger than he had imagined. If not, then who knew how many secrets were hidden here.
After observing for a while, although Chen Yu wanted to see the runes in the lava clearly, but even with the Flamingo in his body, it was impossible for Chen Yu to enter the lava. He could only leave after staring for a while.
The underground magma river was quite different from the ordinary underground rivers. At the very least, there were more open banks on both sides of the river of fire, which allowed Chen Yu to move along the magma river with ease.
Although the temperature was still very high and the underground space was filled with blazing fire origin energy, the intensity and Seventh Layer of the Punishment Tower were not the same as it was today. As a result, Chen Yu walked away with ease.
He activated his movement technique and sped along. An hour later, Chen Yu suddenly felt a raging and boundless fire Yuan Qi faintly coming from ahead.
The intensity of this fire origin energy was even stronger than the sealed Seventh Layer of the Punishment Tower by several times, making it difficult for one to breathe.
Chen Yu's mind went cold. He directly let out the Flamingo and let it fly in front while he followed behind.
After turning a corner, Chen Yu's expression suddenly changed.
In the distance, a lake of lava could be seen. It seemed as though the lava was burning the entire space, burning everything in its path, burning everything in its path, burning everything in its path.
As they drew closer, they discovered that this magma lake was extremely wide, and had a circumference of over ten kilometers.
Then, Chen Yu saw nine floating islands in the middle of the lake. On each island, there was a huge fire red copper pillar standing upright.
Only when Chen Yu activated his Bloodfire Eye Technique did he see clearly that the nine huge copper pillars had disappeared into the depths of the island. They were so deep that they seemed like nine mountains, making Chen Yu, who was watching from afar, feel extremely pressured.
Each dragon had an aura that seemed to originate from an ancient and desolate place. Even though Chen Yu knew that this was only an inanimate object, he still felt his soul shaking and felt the urge to prostrate in worship.
The lines of runes that had been coiled around the copper pillar's dragon patterns were flickering with fiery red light, and were abnormally ancient and profound.
Chen Yu was extremely shocked.
"The methods of those Divine level and Saint level powerhouses are completely unimaginable!" After a while, Chen Yu let out a long breath to calm down his agitated heart.
Then, Chen Yu noticed that the Flamingo was excited and was about to fly to the lake of fire with a strong willpower.
Chen Yu pondered for a moment, then waved his hand, allowing the Flamingo to move freely. The Flamingo became larger, flapping its wings and flew into the lake of fire, strolling above the burning lava.
After the Flamingo absorbed a large amount of the Seventh Layer of the Punishment Tower's spirit attribute, its spirit attribute was already the same as the earth fire, so it was naturally as if fish in water here.
Following the Flamingo's gaze, Chen Yu quickly saw it drill into the lava, as if it was taking a bath in an ordinary river. Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh.
Chen Yu looked away and focused his attention on the nine bronze pillars scattered throughout Fire Lake.
Some had coiled tails, as if they wanted to look down from the bronze pillars, while others formed a circle, as if they wanted to break through the air and enter the blue sky, while there were also some that wanted to throw their huge tails out. There was also a roar that made Chen Yu seem as if he could hear the true dragon cry from ancient primal chaos.
Every dragon was vivid and lifelike, each of them had their own posture.
Chen Yu didn't even blink as he carefully observed.
Although these dragon relief carvings were not real dragons, they were still powerful enough to be of great help to Chen Yu when he tried to comprehend the Astral Vapor Dragonform as well as the deeper level of the Howling Dragon Fist.
The more he looked, the more Chen Yu felt that the dragon on these bronze pillars seemed to contain the true meaning of the dragon. It was as if the warriors who left these nine pillars had seen or even fought with a real dragon!
The more he read, the more shocked he became. Chen Yu couldn't help but fall into a state of selflessness as he gained a lot of insights.
"These nine bronze pillars have over a hundred dragon forms. Looking at them together, it's clearly an extremely powerful divine ability!" After staring at the closest copper pillar for nearly two hours, Chen Yu sighed in his heart and used his movement technique to move towards the closest copper pillar.
They had only moved about ten meters when Chen Yu suddenly realized something and stopped. His gaze moved across the surface of the lake as he searched for the location of the Flamingo.
Looking around, they could only see the blazing flames on the surface of the lake of fire. Where was the shadow of the Flamingo?
Through Chen Yu's perception, he clearly could not feel a single connection between him and the Spiritual Soul.
The Flamingo seemed to have disappeared without a trace!
Chen Yu's expression changed drastically as he started to panic.
However, no matter how hard Chen Yu tried to sense, he could not sense where the Flamingo was.
"What is going on?" Chen Yu was extremely upset. He stared at the magma lake and gritted his teeth as he waited.