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The dark land was dotted with countless monsters. Wang Zhifan rode on a red deer horse, holding a torch in his hand, and quickly crossed through them, continuing to be the brightest person in the world.

Different from a similar experience not long ago, Wang Zhifan is now very clear about the direction he is going. He follows a straight line, climbs mountains when he encounters one, wades through water when he encounters one, kills monsters when he encounters one, and breaks through secret realms when he encounters one, and he reaches his destination invincible all the way.

At this moment, it was probably the second day since he came to this world. However, this world had been in darkness for a long time, and the conventional way of counting days had lost its meaning.

He was riding on a red deer horse with a torch in his hand. He saw a cliff in front of him and a magnificent rift valley below the cliff. In the rift valley was the location where he was looking for his target.

"I can't sense that person's aura, but there are fluctuations in the laws of space below. It seems to be a secret realm, and an extraordinary one at that... It's quite interesting..."

With Wang Zhifan's strength, generally speaking, he can sense the general situation even in places blocked by the laws of space. But at present, he can only find that there is a special secret realm in the big rift valley ahead, which makes him very interested in exploring.

Considering that this was the first time he encountered such a situation, he decisively dismounted, unsummoned the red deer horse and released it back to its hometown, then jumped off the cliff in front of him and fell into the deep and magnificent Great Rift Valley.

At the same time, deep in the Great Rift Valley, in the secret realm constructed by the laws of space, the scene here is completely different from the vast darkness outside.

I saw that this place was actually a state of red magma rolling around. In the magma with a terrifying temperature, a huge humanoid monster was rolling inside and making earth-shaking roars. Around the monster, three figures kept flashing and changing, cooperating with each other to launch an attack on the humanoid monster in the magma.

"The strange fire is really effective! It's almost useless! Keep attacking!"

The sound came from a woman flying above the magma. Her whole body was bathed in some kind of ice-blue flame. She flew quickly to dodge the attacks, and swung her palms to throw the ice-blue flame at the huge and furious monster below. The monster living in the magma was stained with a little bit of ice-blue color, which looked like scars.

The other two did not respond verbally when they heard her words, but they both supported her with their actions.

One of the guys, who was as fat as a ball, actually jumped into the lava and engaged in close combat with the huge humanoid monster, attracting most of its attention.

The other man relied on his speed advantage to continuously attack the monster's back, using a long sword to poke huge holes in its back one after another. Unfortunately, the holes he made could only last for one or two seconds before automatically healing, making it seem like he was doing useless work.

In comparison, the one that caused the greatest damage was the seemingly inconspicuous ice-blue flame. The power released by the woman flying in the air, as she said, would be difficult for the monster to repair once it took effect, and its injuries would continue to accumulate.

This kind of scene, which was similar to a team battle against a BOSS, happened to be seen by Wang Zhifan who had sneaked into the secret realm. However, he had changed into a hidden state before coming in, so he was not immediately discovered by the people and monsters inside.

"Magazine? Is this a monster that should appear in this world?
The long-haired man who keeps attacking the lava giant's back with his sword is probably the target I'm looking for.

His strength is indeed good, and the other two people with him are not much inferior. It seems that I have indeed found the high-end people in this world."

Thinking this in his mind, Wang Zhifan decided to continue lurking and observing the scene of three powerful natives fighting the BOSS in the lava sea ahead, so as to analyze more information from it.

First of all, he confirmed that the target attacked by the indigenous masters was indeed a magma giant who seemed like an outsider. In his previous journey, the various monsters he encountered were almost all of ancient oriental style, either zombies or evil spirits. Like the appearance of this magma giant, it is more common in the world with a Western magical background. This means that this world may not be a pure single background, but has a more complex background.

Observing the three indigenous masters also confirmed his judgment, because he found that these three people actually had something he did not expect.

For example, the shoes worn by the woman flying over the lava sea actually have the design style of Western elven culture, and the long-haired man who is good at using a sword has a pocket watch hanging around his neck. These are undoubtedly not within the scope of ancient Eastern content.

Of course, he only found these two inconsistencies from beginning to end. The three natives in front of him were undoubtedly full of the characteristics of this world in other aspects.

Especially the fat guy who fell into the lava to fight, he must have practiced some physical training and is a very resistant fighter, with no uncoordinated parts of his body.

After silently observing the fight between the three of them for a while, Wang Zhifan made a judgment that they would definitely win this battle. They only needed to hold on for another hour, and the furious magma giant would be out of power and destroyed.

Judging from the current state of these three people, they will most likely be able to hold on until that time and reap the fruits of victory, but Wang Zhifan is a little impatient and doesn't want to stay in the dark and watch them perform for a whole hour, so he decides to jump out and offer help.

The purpose of his trip was to get in touch with the high-level forces in this world and obtain intelligence, so there was nothing wrong with deciding to get involved, it was just a matter of time.

Therefore, in order not to cause too much fright to these local masters, Wang Zhifan designed his appearance to be orderly and unobtrusive.

At first, he created a sound of breaking through the air from far away to attract the attention of these people. After laying enough groundwork, he showed up in the distance and shouted:
"Everyone! I'm here to lend you a hand!"

Then, without waiting for the three surprised local masters to respond, he drew the Qingdi Sword from his waist and slashed in the air. A bright arc of sword light pierced through the huge body of the magma giant, breaking it into two halves and quickly sinking into the magma sea.

However, this scene did not achieve the excellent effect that Wang Zhifan had expected. Instead, it attracted hostile looks from the three native masters. In particular, the woman flying in the air bathed in icy flames directly scolded him:

"Look at what you've done! We have to start all over again! If things go wrong, my entire army will be wiped out soon!" She looked viciously at Wang Zhifan who was standing in mid-air, with blazing ice-blue flames condensing in her hands, as if she would throw these horrible things at Wang Zhifan's face in the next second.

Wang Zhifan was stunned for a moment when he saw their reaction, but after a little thought he understood the reason, so he replied:
"You have wrongly blamed me. My power can block the ability of this thing to repair itself. Even if it returns to the magma, it will surely die."

It turned out that the three natives had long known that the magma giant had the ability to quickly repair itself. Once it was submerged in the magma sea, it would be revived with full blood in a short while. That's why they tried to let this low-IQ monster fight them to the death on the surface of the magma. However, Wang Zhifan's attack just now disrupted their plans, causing the magma giant to automatically fall into the magma sea when its structure was destroyed, thus saving it in disguise.

Of course Wang Zhifan knew this characteristic of this monster. It was not because he was knowledgeable, but because his perception and foundation in laws made it easy for him to see this obvious secret. However, the special effect of his sword intent was destruction, which had the ability to block the self-healing and resurrection of relatively weak targets. Therefore, he did not take this characteristic of the monster seriously, which resulted in misunderstanding.

As Wang Zhifan explained, the three indigenous masters did not believe it immediately, but at least their attitudes eased a little.

The woman flying in the sky with blue flames all over her body immediately moved to the place where the magma giant disappeared and observed carefully. The fat warrior standing in the magma sea dived into the magma sea with a half-believing and half-doubting expression. The long-haired man holding a long sword and a pocket watch around his neck flashed and appeared a few meters in front of Wang Zhifan, as if to stop him from getting closer.

Wang Zhifan didn't say much during this process. Any nonsense would only have a counterproductive effect. He quietly waited for the facts to prove what he said and stared at the long-haired man who blocked his way.

About a minute later, there was finally some movement in the lava sea. The fat man poked his head out of the lava and said to his two companions above:
"It's really strange! We didn't find the fire man, nor did we find the fire man's heart!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere, which had just eased slightly, suddenly became tense again. The woman with blue flames all over her body and the long-haired swordsman both focused their unfriendly eyes on Wang Zhifan, hoping that he would give an explanation.

Wang Zhifan immediately showed a speechless expression, and replied to the fat man who was soaking in the magma below:
"What you're looking for is three steps to your left at the bottom! You almost touched it just now!"

The fat man couldn't help showing doubt on his face when he heard him say this, but he still replied:

"Then I'll trust you one last time! I'll look for it again after I've rested for a while!"

But someone obviously couldn't wait. When the woman flying in the sky heard Wang Zhifan reporting the location, she immediately stretched out her hand to gather strength towards the magma sea below. An ice-blue palm quickly formed and sank into it in the blink of an eye. Then it flew out at an even faster speed. The ice-blue flaming palm contained something that looked like a lava heart, which was the fire man's heart they had just talked about.

"Finally succeeded! My plan went smoothly! I'll pay you for this burning heart next time at the old place!"

After getting the things, the woman with blue flames all over her body rushed out of the secret realm in a hurry. When she passed by Wang Zhifan, she glared at him unfriendlyly, which made Wang Zhifan a little confused.

"I say, I helped you kill this fire man, didn't I? Is this how you treat the person who helped you? Not even a word of thanks?"

Wang Zhifan was very suspicious whether these people had done something wrong. If he didn't intend to make friends with them, he would probably have to use some tricks.

The long-haired swordsman standing not far in front of him sheathed his weapon smoothly and said to Wang Zhifan:
"Master Guo has always been so impatient. She is in a hurry to go back and improve her strength... As for thanking you... I'm afraid it's not in accordance with the rules.

We did not invite you to come in, why did you follow us secretly? I have reason to suspect that you had bad intentions, but changed your mind when you saw that we were about to put out the fire. "

From what the long-haired man said, we can know that he thought Wang Zhifan had followed them in from the very beginning. After all, this secret realm has a space-sealing effect after it is opened. In his understanding, they can only enter together, and cannot force their way in from the outside after the secret realm is closed.

Wang Zhifan didn't intend to explain to him how he easily broke through the space and rushed in, so he acquiesced to his opinion and nodded helplessly and replied:
"Alright, alright! It was wrong of me to follow you in, but at least the result was good, wasn't it? The Fire Man is dead, and you got what you wanted. Let's not take it too seriously, how about making friends?"

As he was speaking, a fat man jumped up from the lava sea below and stopped beside the long-haired swordsman. Wang Zhifan saw him sitting on a pitifully small magic carpet and staying suspended in the air, which broke Wang Zhifan's perception of him and the picture style also became a bit out of place.

This fat guy obviously cared about Wang Zhifan, and he started talking:
"You can make friends, as long as you tell me how you found the heart of the fire man just now? You are really capable! Old Liu, I envy you so much!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhifan took over the conversation and started talking to the fat man who had a high level of body training. He told him that this was a powerful perception that he had cultivated through a combination of innate ability and acquired training, and it was impossible for him to give it to someone else.

With this beginning, his communication with the long-haired swordsman, the target he was looking for at the beginning, became smooth. After experiencing the initial strangeness and a little hostility, the three grown men quickly became familiar with each other.

From this Wang Zhifan knew that these people belonged to a special class in this world, were part of the natives with high combat power, and were the last hope of this world.

Most of them were of extraordinary birth, and their families were quite powerful long before the darkness came. Later, when darkness came, the world changed drastically. Although most of their families suffered heavy losses, they were much better off than ordinary civilians, and the number of elites they produced was an overwhelming advantage.

Because their survival rate is more than ten times that of ordinary civilians, they have food reserves to rely on for food and clothing, and their cultural heritage is not lost. Generation after generation explored, sacrificed, and moved forward in the darkness, figuring out many survival tips and gradually developing a new system for power growth.

When Wang Zhifan asked them the reason for the darkness, they said that this question was what they and their predecessors had always wanted to figure out, and they had been trying hard to explore and find out the reason, but for now, no one knew the answer to this question.

Long ago, darkness had unreasonably descended upon this world, and it has continued to this day, causing the younger generation to have to listen to the descriptions of their elders before they can know what the blue sky, the sun, and the moon are. (End of this chapter)