The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 229 Proving Ground

The lava sea is vast and boundless, and its depth is immeasurable.

Richard continued to dive down along the column, trying to find the starting point of the crystal column, but after diving for a week, he finally gave up the idea.

This crystal pillar seemed to lead directly to the deepest part of the lava sea, but Richard could not dive indefinitely.

The magma sea is also a sea. When Richard dives to a certain depth, every movement of his body consumes a lot of energy. Coupled with the viscosity of the magma, Richard feels like a bug trapped in resin, about to become amber at any time.

"Could it be that I have no chance to get these forerunner ruins?" Richard said with some discouragement in his heart.

But Richard soon adjusted his mentality. Now this magma sea is also a good place for him to practice. Even if he can't find the remains of the forerunners, it is also very good to improve his physical fitness.

After thinking about it, Richard began swimming at the maximum depth he could bear.

As we all know, swimming is a very good exercise for the body. The magma sea where Richard was located was not only viscous, but also had considerable pressure. Under such conditions, Richard's physique began to improve slowly after continuous exercise.

And under these extreme conditions, Richard's physical strengthening glands that had been transplanted long ago began to output a large amount of physical strengthening hormones.

With these two factors combined, Richard's physical condition improved rapidly.

Three months, just three months, and Richard's physical condition improved a little in the lava sea.

Richard was ecstatic at this speed of improvement.

But Richard did not exercise without restraint, and the improvement of his physical fitness was not without cost.

Exercising under such extreme conditions for a long time, every organ in Richard's body is working at full capacity, even overloaded, and this operation comes at a price.

Moreover, Richard's body was also struggling against the constant erosion of fire elements in the magma sea.

Although Richard's adaptive body allowed him to resist damage from the 500-level fire element, he was still able to resist, as he did not have the blood of a fire element creature. If he stayed in this environment for a long time, his body would inevitably be corroded by the fire element.

If this kind of erosive damage continues to accumulate, it is likely to cause irreversible crystallization of Richard's body.

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to wizards who are pursuing physical evolution.

Richard pushed open the magic barrier, opened the crack in the secret realm, and dived in.

For Richard, who possesses a secret realm, cultivation can be carried out at any time.

In the secret realm, the sleeping Ulysses has already awakened.

He saw Richard entering the secret realm and asked curiously, "Huh, did you go to take a bath in the lava? Why is there so much fire element in your body?"

Richard entered the secret realm. Green smoke instantly rose from the ground where his feet touched. He took a step forward and a black footprint appeared in the same place.

"Almost. I am now in the underground magma sea of ​​the Red Sun World. I have discovered another Forerunner relic. During this period of time, I have been training and searching for relics at the same time."

After that, Richard shouted to World Mushroom: "World Mushroom, get me a shower."

A fungal tentacle emerged from Richard's feet and turned into a huge mushroom. Warm water kept dripping from under the mushroom's cap.

The clean water dripped onto Richard's body and instantly turned into steam, but it also consumed some of the fire element.

"Huh, lava sea? Why did you go there?" Ulysses said in surprise.

Most worlds with a balanced fire element have magma seas, but these magma seas have basically no other resources except magma. Except for some fire element creatures, no creatures will dive into the magma sea.

"You'll have to ask the crow that went to sleep at a critical moment." Richard glanced at him and said calmly, "I was being chased by hundreds of Salamander Knights outside. If I hadn't escaped into this magma sea, I would have been fed to the dragon beasts by the Salamanders."

Ulises was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "Gah, I'm feeling sleepy, there's nothing I can do."

Ten minutes later, the fire element in Richard's body was completely consumed. He slapped his forehead, and a layer of green stubble grew on his head, which turned into black hair within a few minutes.

Richard turned and looked at Ulises:

"How is your injury now? I haven't found this Forerunner ruins. It should be faster if you go to look for it."

"Gah, not bad, I'm still capable of finding things."

After saying that, Ulysses opened the fissure and dived into the magma sea outside.

Richard found his thrown things under his statue, including his magic pocket, the invisible cloak, several magic shield pendants, and the staff thrown in later.

At this moment, many holy tree elves are praying under the statue.

After being transformed by the World Mushroom, these little guys' lives have been greatly improved and their strength growth is no longer restricted.

After so many years, Richard discovered that there was a first-level creature among these little guys.

Richard put on his cloak and picked up the first-level holy tree elf with some curiosity. The little guy was suddenly caught by Richard, but he was not panicked at all, but very happy.

"Great God of Creation! Do you still remember me? I am Fluff Ball! The first holy tree elf you created."

Richard was surprised. It had been hundreds of years since he first encountered the fluff ball. He didn't expect that the little guy was still alive and had become a first-level creature. "I remember you, the first holy tree elf." Richard said pretentiously, "I didn't expect that after so many years, you have broken through the life level and become a first-level creature."

"Great Creator God, in the past we were confused by false memories and could not remember your grace. Even if you asked the great world mushroom to remove some of our shackles, we still could not understand your teachings.

But ever since the great Crow God pointed out the falsehood, we finally realized the truth and remembered your kindness.

In order to live up to your kindness, we are working hard to grow. Please rest assured that it won’t be long before holy tree elves like me will fill the entire world! "

The tone of the ball's voice was extremely fanatical. The nonsense of an old-fashioned charlatan like Ulysses completely fooled these little guys with insufficient brain capacity.

They now completely believe in the myths recorded in the scriptures.

Richard nodded: "Good, very energetic! Keep working hard, I am looking forward to that day!"

……

Two months later, a rift suddenly appeared in the secret realm, and Ulysses flew out of the lava sea with half of his body turned to charcoal.

As soon as he entered the secret realm, Ulises shouted to the World Mushroom: "Gah, old mushroom, please help me, don't let my body be destroyed."

A mycelial tentacle emerged from the ground and penetrated into Ulysses' body. An endless stream of life force flowed into Ulysses' body along the mycelial tentacle.

"Gah, it's not easy to find a relic for you. I almost became a roasted crow."

Richard walked up to Ulises and asked in surprise:

"Were you attacked by a giant fire beast? Is there any creature in this lava sea that can hurt you?"

"Gah, I did it to find ruins for you." Ulises shouted, "Those bug-born pioneers seem to have built what you wizards call it in the lava sea... yes, an ecosystem.

I encountered a very difficult creature there, whose strength was almost at level 4. If I wasn’t the Lord of the World, I would have fallen into its hands.”

As he spoke, Ulysses suddenly coughed, and a blue flame gushed out of his mouth, instantly melting a piece of the ground.

"Such a powerful creature?" Richard asked in amazement.

Fortunately, he didn't find it before. If he had found it, he would probably lose his life.

Thinking of this, Richard felt a little scared.

Soon, Ulises' injuries stabilized and his charred body began to recover rapidly.

"Ha, have you rested enough? Come with me and let's get the body back. When I come back, those giant fire beasts will probably be gnawing on the body."

"OK OK."

Upon hearing this, Richard quickly took off his cloak, took out his staff and opened the crack.

The two men entered the lava sea, and Ulysses fell on Richard to clear the way for him. Richard's current strength did not allow him to reach the location of the ecosphere.

Soon, the two arrived at the ecosystem that Ulysses mentioned.

This so-called ecosystem, in Reason's view, is more like a testing ground.

Various strange-looking fire monsters roam freely in the lava sea, and from time to time they engage in real 1v1 battles, with the loser becoming food for the winner.

Ulysses released some of the pressure of the Lord of the World to drive away the fire beast.
As they went deeper, Richard soon saw a giant beast that looked out of place among the ordinary fire beasts.

The beast was dark blue in color, and looked like a mutated sea lizard. It was nearly 20 meters long, and had blue flames burning on its body. At this moment, the beast was already dead, and the black flames of annihilation indicated who had killed it.

"Gah, this unlucky thing. If it can be given another three or four thousand years, it might really be able to achieve pure physical evolution and break through to become the Lord of the World."

Richard was surprised to hear Ulises' high praise.
Is this the Pioneer’s experimental product back then?

However, Richard soon noticed something was wrong.

He and Ulises worked together to move the body of the giant beast into the secret realm and let the World Mushroom keep it properly. At Richard's request, the two of them wandered around in this ecosystem.

"Huh, what are you looking for?" Ulysses asked a little puzzled.

"This salamander should be the product of mutation. I am looking for the source of his mutation nearby."

"Huh, how can you be sure this thing is a mutant?" Ulysses asked in amazement.

Richard replied calmly: "Nonsense, the dominant species in this world is the Salamanders. If this fire beast is not a mutation, then the Salamanders will never be the masters of the world.

Creatures that can physically break through to level 4 cannot share the world with other races. Salamanders can only serve as slaves or livestock for this race."

"…Gah, that makes sense."

(End of this chapter)