Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 220 Facing the "Great Black Dragon"!
The message from the Eye of the Mortal World contained a wealth of information.

Since entering the volcano, Shi Ming felt the red markings on his right arm begin to burn again, as if he had received some inexplicable summons. Even the cells in his body seemed to be stirring, as if they were all shouting in unison, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

He understood that this was a yearning from the "eye of God," an instinct.

Instinctively absorbing the flesh and blood of the Holy Temple-level sea beasts, it gains the opportunity to evolve, just like the former "Eye of Intelligence," which evolved into the "Eye of the Mortal World" because of the blood of the Abyss Lord.

The Arm of Power and the Brain of Creation also yearn for evolution.

It only takes 1000 grams to evolve?
Satisfied! All satisfied!
1000 grams of wool was too little for Shi Ming to handle! However, during the process, he couldn't let the red stripe on his right arm touch its wound, otherwise something bad might happen, such as losing control of the red stripe's instincts and causing its body to explode due to a crazy surge of power, or even waking up the dragon!
Or perhaps, both things will happen?

……

After exploring for a while at the bottom of the crater, Shi Ming finally found the "passage" mentioned by the Eye of the Mortal World.

It was originally a gap, but when the Black Society's explorers were investigating Mount Fujin, they discovered that it led to an area where energy seemed to be very stagnant. So they followed this natural passage and dug deeper into the volcano, creating a research passage with a diameter of one meter.

High-tech detection devices were installed along the edge of the research tunnel.

But for Shi Ming, these were all child's play!
Mimicry mode activated!
Shi Ming modeled the dugout canoe-like Sun-Shooting Ship as a stream of water, and he, staying in the Sun-Shooting Ship, naturally became a part of the stream.

Having easily fooled the detection devices, Shi Ming piloted the Sun Shooter directly into the passage. The passage was narrow and winding, unsuitable for the drifting ship to navigate. Shi Ming then put away the Sun Shooter and activated the water-repelling function of the Ocean Stabilizing Pearl, slowly moving forward through the passage.

100 meters, 200 meters, 500 meters,
The seawater grew increasingly scalding, giving one the feeling of entering a desolate sea.

Moreover, the scorching heat here is not just a physical sensation; there is also a hidden ferocity within it. Those with weak wills may be swayed by their emotions and have their actions affected.

The winding path leads to a secluded spot, and then, suddenly, a bright and clear view appears.

After passing through a 1000-meter-long excavation tunnel, you enter a spacious magma cavity. The cavity is filled with black and red, the color of scalding magma that has changed due to contact with seawater. It is constantly solidifying and melting, flowing slowly like toothpaste.

The temperature here is approaching the internal temperature of the boiling sea.

This is already very scary.

Without any protective measures, even an A-level Awakened would be reduced to ashes here. Even with protective measures to withstand high temperatures and water pressure, it would be difficult to stay here for more than 30 minutes. This is why no one has dared to explore the depths of the Boiling Sea to this day; people can't hold on before the ship even reaches the center.

But this temperature is nothing to Shi Ming, who possesses the "Third Law".

The human body can resist it alone.

He could even take a bath in lava without having a single hair burned off, if he wanted to.

"This lava is full of treasures too!"

"One drop of ambergris can be extracted from 300 tons of magma."

The Eye of the Mortal Realm didn't explain what ambergris was, but anything it mentioned must be precious. However, since the lava couldn't carry it away and there were no tools to extract it, they had to give up for now. They could try again when the opportunity arose in the future.

Shi Ming blinked.

[Thirty meters to the left front, beneath a pile of obsidian, lies a solidified scale of a Great Black Dragon. Its aura is extremely restrained, yet it is a rare and invaluable treasure.]

[Suspended in the magma 25 meters to the right behind him, floats a piece of ancient remains. This remains are probably an antique from 3000 years ago. Even the Great Black Dragon sheds its skin in its dreams, and this piece has been preserved.]

very good!

He originally thought that he would have to find the location of the dragon scales and molted skin by himself, but unexpectedly, the Eye of the Mortal World cooperated in an extraordinary way, marking the location in order to save him time.

It seems it's getting a little impatient!
obsidian?
Absolute zero is not a good place to waste time in such a cold environment. Moreover, Shi Ming could not be sure whether there would be any accidents when extreme heat meets extreme cold. He could also break these ordinary obsidian stones. He took out the Zhanwang sword that he had not used for a long time and easily broke through the pile of obsidian stones. In just three minutes, he found the scales that were solidified in it.

Resembling jade but not quite, it possesses an understated and profound quality.

These are the scales of a Saint-level sea beast, which, even after thousands of years, remain extraordinary.

He put the scale into his storage and jumped into the lava.

After searching for about ten minutes beneath the scorching lava, I finally found a small section of wrinkled dragon hide. Without hesitation, I stored it in my inventory for later study, and then continued diving deeper. The dark red lava turned crimson.

A temperature close to "absolute zero" is much higher than that of magma, which is only around 900 degrees Celsius.

With its protective shield, Shi Ming can move freely in the magma without needing any equipment.

The Black Society has explored this place many times, using specially developed "Lava Shuttle Capsules". Each capsule can only withstand a high temperature of over 900 degrees Celsius for about 30 minutes. It will be damaged after one use and requires a lot of cost to reconstruct.

There are two lava shuttle capsules, one for entering and one for exiting.

They explored 14 times, and crashed 5 times, each crash resulting in huge losses.

The one who awakened Yu the Great borrowed the wondrous artifact from the Nine Cauldrons, which was named "Azure Sea and Azure Wu."

The name was chosen by them, inspired by the phrase "traveling to the blue sea in the morning and to Cangwu in the evening" from Xu Xiake's Travels. This treasure is suspected to be on the list of rare items, but its ranking is unknown. It is not listed in the "A Complete List of Wonders of the Endless Ocean".

Its function is to make the user immune to environmental damage, and the effect lasts for 20 minutes.

The time was short, but the awakened ones who came here to explore were the elite of the elite of [Da Yu], and they were extremely fast. 20 minutes was barely enough for them to sneak into the deepest part, complete the mission, and then withdraw.

However, there are truly no people like Shi Ming who braved the high temperatures and swam in.

……

The aura of the magma grew increasingly violent, carrying a strong sense of destruction.

Shi Ming frowned and continued to descend.

The atmosphere here made him want to kill, fight, and destroy, inexplicably arousing his destructive desires. However, these destructive desires were quickly suppressed and eliminated. The third law of entropy reduction is its nemesis.

[Be careful, the lair of the Great Black Dragon lies 100 meters below.]

[It is currently in a deep sleep, and even in this state, the pressure it unintentionally releases is 2.1 times greater than that of the S-class sea beast, the Feathered Serpent of the Underworld. You can try to locate its scales and claws and take a small piece of its flesh.]

But remember! Do not let the red stripe on your right arm touch its wound!

Absolutely not!

[Before the main head of the Mahakala Dragon, a peculiar plant, known as the Root of the Rising Cherry Blossom, was growing. Others had already reached it first, but a few small fragments remained in the ravine. These were remnants of haste and chaos.]

Call ~
Shi Ming took a breath and calmed his fluctuating emotions.

A Saint-level sea monster.

We're finally going to meet.

He continued to descend, emerging from the thick underground magma, and poked his head out of a huge, mantle-like cocoon of lava.

Involuntarily, a large amount of fine sweat appeared on his forehead.

The bloodline began to cheer.

But the pressure on his body was extremely real, the destructive intent invading his body from all directions, causing him to pause for a few seconds.

Then, he calmed down and looked around.

Inside the lava cavity was a fiery red space. A multi-headed black dragon, stretching nearly a thousand meters, meandered and coiled within the cavity. Its nine heads were lowered and covered with hard, deep black scales. Its scales, claws, teeth, head, and body, when viewed from afar, possessed a breathtaking beauty that evoked a sense of great destruction.

Its half-open dragon eyes were darker than the night sky, like the eyes of death in magma, looking down on the ants and ants of the world even in its slumber.

Horrifying! Unbridled!

Shi Ming felt that if the word "destruction" could be visualized,
That must be the form of the Great Black Dragon.

(End of this chapter)