Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 72 Carbonization! Trust me! Swallow it!
The spiritual link transmits fervent trust and fearless madness, like a flame that can instantly melt rock into liquid—not a grave, but a furnace of transformation!
Lin Xia's struggling movements suddenly froze.

The towering building and the faint roars of beasts coming from outside the cave seemed to be shut out at this moment.

Lin Xia focused all her attention on the incredibly clear will of Young Gilas transmitted through that spiritual link—danger? Perhaps. But death was not the end!

It's inside; it needs him to go in!

"teacher!"

Lin Xia turned around abruptly, her sweat instantly evaporated by the high temperature, her face contorted by the heat, and her voice hoarse but with a resolute tone.

"Let...let me go! Youngkiras is calling me! It says...it's okay!"

"fart!"

Lou Gao's eyes widened in horror, and the saliva that sprayed onto Lin Xia's face dried instantly.

"Look at that, you son of a bitch! It doesn't look like nothing's wrong! That's the essence of the sun! It's burning through that little guy's shell!"

In that stalemate—

"Roar!!!"

“Ouch——!!!”

A deafening roar, filled with destructive intent, surged in from the cave entrance like a tsunami!
The sound, layer upon layer, carrying the tremors of the earth and the pungent smell of sulfur, instantly suppressed the humming of the sun's essence deep within the mine!
The master and his apprentice turned around in shock.

The faint natural light at the cave entrance was now completely blocked by countless pairs of crimson eyes burning with madness!
Lava lizards, lava earth dragons, and even the volcanic rock giant soaking in boiling water... all the originally lazy volcanic soul beasts were now awakened as if by an invisible whip, and went completely berserk!
Their bodies piled up and pressed together at the cave entrance, their rough scales and lava shells rubbing against the rocks, making a teeth-grinding sound.

Its bloodshot eyes were fixed on the two people inside the cave, a low and deadly roar rumbled in its throat, and its saliva, which smelled of sulfur, dripped onto the ground, instantly evaporating into white smoke.

They did not charge immediately, but gathered and brewed briefly at the cave entrance, like volcanic lava about to erupt, the oppressive feeling of their imminent burst was almost suffocating!
"Hold!"

Lou Gao cursed angrily, his concern for his disciple instantly replaced by the more direct threat of death.

He suddenly released Lin Xia, his burly body bursting with a speed beyond his years. In a swift step to the side, the butt of his AK-47 slammed into her shoulder!

Da da da da da—! ! !
The ferocious gunfire instantly tore through the heavy air inside the mine! The tongues of fire from the guns left blinding trails in the dim light!
The bullets, like a storm of metal, crashed into the crowded horde of soul beasts at the cave entrance!

The smaller lava lizards that rushed to the front and tried to squeeze in were the first to be hit!

puff!puff!puff!
The specially designed armor-piercing projectiles easily tore through their proud crimson scales!
The scalding hot beast blood, mixed with bits of flesh and entrails, exploded violently!

The piercing screams, the muffled thuds of bullets hitting armor, and the cracking of rocks all blended together!
A lava dragon's heavy shoulder armor was hit by several bullets in succession, sparks flew everywhere, and a large hole was punched through the tough shell, and hot blood gushed out like a fountain!
It let out a painful roar, its massive body staggering backward, knocking down several of its own kind that were trying to charge forward.

"Xia! Bring that little guy out! Quickly!!!"

Lou Gao roared as he frantically pulled the trigger, the gun thrashing violently in his hand, the hot cartridges clanging as they hit the scorching rocks.

The height of the building is crucial to buying time for the disciples! Even if it's just a few seconds!
The cave entrance was instantly partially blocked by the carcasses of beasts and the stench of blood mist, momentarily halting the frenzied charge of the beast horde.

However, more soul beasts trampled over the corpses and pools of blood of their companions, their crimson eyes burning with an even more frenzied killing intent, and continued to squeeze inward despite the hail of bullets!

The lava dragon, its shoulder armor damaged, went into a frenzy, opening its massive jaws to form a small, blazing white fireball of lava deep within its throat! Now!

Lin Xia took one last look at her teacher's back, his hair and beard bristling as he fought fiercely under the gunfire, and a flame mixed with determination, trust, and madness ignited in her chest.

Without any hesitation, he unleashed all his strength in his legs and, like a moth drawn to a flame, charged headlong into the golden-red light that could instantly vaporize steel!
boom!
The world was completely transformed the moment it entered the range of the flames.

The heat was indescribable!
That was something beyond the concept of "heat." Not a wisp of smoke rose from Lin Xia's clothes. They turned into nothingness particles the instant they came into contact with the edge of the flame!
Lin Xia's exposed skin—cheeks, arms, chest—was like a wax figure thrown into a furnace, instantly carbonized, charred, and cracked!
"Well--!!!"

A horrific scream, inhuman and squeezed from the depths of the soul, was choked in his throat.

Lin Xia felt as if she had been skinned alive, and then every inch of her muscle and every blood vessel had been thrown into boiling molten steel!

My vision was completely filled with crimson gold, and my eyes felt an intense burning pain, as if they were about to melt away!
breathe?

With each inhale, scalding hot air, like molten lava, rushes into the lungs through the carbonized trachea, bringing even more intense internal combustion!

Lin Xia felt like she had become a burning torch, a carbonized substance being burned away bit by bit from the outside in, from flesh to bone!

The chilling sensation of death surged up his spine, almost overwhelming his remaining consciousness.

Just then, a small claw, equally hot and covered in a molten rock shell, gripped Lin Xia's wrist with astonishing strength!

Lin Xia struggled to turn her almost melting eyeballs, and in her blurred vision were Young Gilas's blood-red eyes.

There was no fear or pain in it, only an almost sacred focus and... urging!
The condition of the young Kiras was equally horrifying.

Its hard rocky shell, now like a red-hot iron, was translucent and molten, with crimson-gold patterns flowing like magma beneath it, radiating a scorching aura that was purer and more ancient than the surrounding flames!

Its tiny body seemed to be an extension of this vein of solar essence!
Young Gilas didn't make a sound. It just used all its strength to press Lin Xia's hand, which was deformed by the high temperature, against a fist-sized piece of solar essence ore that was protruding from the rock wall of the mineral vein. The piece was flowing with liquid golden light!

At the same time, it opened its small mouth, revealing sharp teeth, and without hesitation, took a big bite out of the mineral vein that was flowing with eternal radiance!
Click!
The hard crystal, imbued with terrifying solar power, shattered like fragile glass under the sharp teeth of Younggiras that could tear through black rock!
It bit off a small fragment that was shimmering with golden light, and it disappeared instantly into its mouth.

The spiritual message conveyed could be summed up in one word: an explosively strong will.

eat!
The excruciating pain felt like millions of red-hot steel wires were being churned wildly inside my body, and every nerve was screaming in agony.

Lin Xia looked at his right hand, which was charred and carbonized by the high temperature and even began to peel off. The moment his fingertips touched the piece of solar essence ore, he could even hear a faint "sizzling" sound from his finger bones under the high temperature, as if even his bones were about to melt.

eat?
He can feel the muscles in his jaw burning and tearing even when he opens his mouth!

The fear of death coils around the heart like a cold, venomous snake; the feeling of suffocation is worse than the burning sensation.

escape!
This thought has never been stronger.

While I could still move my limbs, I mustered my last strength and rushed out, hoping that the teacher could help me, on my deathbed, escape the encirclement...

However, Young Kiras's crimson eyes, fixed on him like two burning blood moons, held no pleading, no fear, only an unwavering conviction and an unquestionable urging! Those eyes seemed to say...

Trust me! Swallow it!

(End of this chapter)