Wizard: I crush legends with martial arts.

Chapter 170 Lava Lake

Absorbing the power of Yin energy does not mean that the more you absorb, the more you can refine and strengthen it indefinitely. Its effectiveness will gradually weaken, and in the end, you will only gain a slight increase in true energy.

Even when one reaches a high level of true essence, one still needs to cultivate oneself to remove impurities and refine the true energy.

Therefore, in his previous life, Alphonse was not obsessed with this method.

Having finished his practice, Alphonse stood up and walked out of the cave. With a flick of his hand, he absorbed the serpent's deathly aura.

Then they peeled off the entire snakeskin.

The python's scales are incredibly hard, making them excellent material for leather armor.

Unfortunately, it wasn't comfortable to wear; it was too cold and uncomfortable, not as good as the ape's fur.

But Alphonse felt it would be a waste not to skin the python.

The giant python is a treasure trove; even its venomous fangs can be used to make two bone daggers.

From its head, Alphonse dissected a huge, emerald-green magic crystal.

Alphonse can absorb magic from magic crystals, but the magic cannot remain in his body for too long and will slowly dissipate.

There's really no need to just use magic to cast a magical shield.

Alphonse's current protective aura is far superior to that of a low-level magic shield.

After thinking for a moment, Alphonse dug a large pit in the cave, folded up the python skin covering the giant python's head and the magic crystal, and buried it in the pit.

They refilled the cave with stones and left marks on the cave walls.

We still have to find a way out, but carrying a lot of stuff makes it inconvenient to move around.

Once a way out has been found, it's not too late to come back and retrieve it.

If it's gone, it's gone; it's ultimately just an external thing.

It's just a collecting mentality at play; when you see something good, you can't help but want to collect it.

Most gamers would agree that you have to keep the good stuff.

It's like when Alphonse played The Legend of Sword and Fairy, he collected a whole bunch of the elixir of life-extending dew that could revive and fully restore health, but he didn't use it whenever possible. As a result, after defeating the final boss, he still had a lot of it left, which he could only admire.

Finding a way out is naturally easier by exploring along the cave walls.

Now Alphonse's spiritual awareness has expanded even further.

The faint call seemed to be sensed more clearly now.

But Alphonse still dared not fight the dragon; this strange summons became the reason for him to stay away from the dragon's lair.

As Alphonse explored, he encountered several groups of monsters of different races, including lizards resembling velociraptors, giant boars with six eyes, enormous beetles, and swarms of bees as tall as half a person.

None of them caused too much trouble, they just added some variety to Alphonse's Shadow Army.

And it added some new items to Alphonse's recipes.

There was no honey in the giant bee's nest, but roasted bee pupae were much better than the utterly disgusting monster meat.

I've never seen any monster whose meat is delicious.

Every single one of them was extremely fishy and foul-smelling.

In this cave, besides the giant dragon, the strongest creature seems to be the giant python, which is the second most powerful monster.

In addition, Alphonse also found a water source.

That was water flowing down the stone wall, which accumulated over time to form a small pool.

Although it is not very clear and is extremely cold, it is indeed drinkable and has no poison.

Finally, we no longer have to drink the blood of monsters like water.

Alphonse drank heartily, never imagining that the water could be so sweet and so rare.

After a thorough wash and filling his gallbladder-made water bag, Alphonse continued on his way.

They did try to climb straight to the top of the cave by stepping on the sword light of the toe sword, but there was no way out on the dome. Instead, they were attacked by a large number of giant bats.

Clearly, the exit is not at the top.

As the saying goes, perseverance pays off. After much exploration, Alphonse finally found a wide crack.

Stalactite columns stand tall in the crack, but the passageway inside is a slope that leads upwards.

Alphonse was overjoyed and expanded his spiritual senses to the fullest extent, leaping swiftly on the sword light.

This naturally formed passage is free of monsters, but it is winding and narrow.

After flying for what seemed like more than ten miles, Alphonse finally saw a light ahead.

Not only was there bright light, but also a wave of heat.

It's incredibly hot!

Alphonse felt something was wrong and, controlling his sword light, rushed to the entrance of the passage like a whirlwind, only to freeze in place.

This is not the way out.

It was not a cave, but a vast and magnificent cave.

The light comes entirely from the red, scorching lava lake below.

A violent airflow, carrying hot, steaming rocks, surged up the surrounding mountain ridges.

The barren, dark red lake shore is covered with huge, bizarre black rocks, and highly toxic steam constantly spews out from cracks and holes in the earth.

The molten lava seemed to still be flowing slowly.

Flames occasionally rose from the lava lake, forming clusters of fiery streams that splashed and scattered in all directions.

Just standing at the entrance of the passage, Alphonse was already drenched in sweat, which soaked the fur he was wrapped in.

My mouth suddenly became dry and parched, and my lips even developed white patches.

The scorching air felt like it was burning his fur. Alphonse could feel his fur slowly wrinkling, his fine, needle-like hair curling, and even his protective aura was affected, causing his true energy to be consumed more rapidly.

The road ahead has been completely blocked by the lava lake.

"I could try to fly over there," Alphonse thought. Through the hazy steam, he could already see a dark red rocky area on the other side of the lava lake.

But in an instant, Alphonse dismissed the idea.

Because, in the lava lake, a colossal body had just emerged.

It disappeared too quickly, and I couldn't see what kind of monster it was. I only saw that its body had a reddish-brown carapace.

After just a brief churning, the flames on the lava lake erupted repeatedly, turning into clusters of sparks that splashed onto the lake's surface.

In an instant, Alphonse felt as if his heart was being clenched.

It's easy to imagine that it was an extremely powerful monster!

According to my intuition, there is more than one creature in the lava lake.

If we were to fly over there rashly, we might be intercepted by that monster.

Is this an underground cave?

How can there be magma underground?

No, it's correct that there's magma underground!

But how could there be a vast cave beneath the lava lake?

It was still incredibly cold and damp!

Could I have been teleported to the Earth's core by that demon?

I have learned in geography that magma circulation similar to thermal circulation forms in the asthenosphere, but the cold cave below doesn't seem to be the Earth's core!

Surely the center of this alien planet can't be an empty void, right?

The cave below isn't that big either!

This is ridiculous!

Suddenly, one side of the lava lake churned, with countless bubbles rising from the bottom of the lake.

The viscous magma churned violently for more than ten seconds.

Suddenly, a huge monster stood upright from the scalding lava!

(End of this chapter)