My Mysterious Left Hand

The next moment, the terrifying heat that was about to bake him alive suddenly seemed to become less hot.

"Is this the effect of the Fire Affinity attribute?"

Li Chen was both surprised and delighted, and charged forward at full speed without slowing down.

However, although he was fast, he couldn't outrun the speed of air burning.

The crisis that had just eased quickly reappeared, startling him so much that he instinctively stretched out his left hand and frantically grasped at the air.

[Fire/Poison Attribute +1]

Suddenly, a completely new attribute was extracted.

The intense heat that made clothes almost catch fire immediately subsided considerably, and the crimson air dimmed.

"Fire poison?"

This doesn't seem to be anything good for the body.

Li Chen still dared not be negligent, because there was a limit to how fast he could strip away attributes.

Even integrating attributes into the body takes time.

So he didn't stop at all and continued running forward.

This underground cave is not straight; it is winding and interconnected.

Finally, after running three or four hundred meters in one breath, the temperature dropped to a level of just over one hundred degrees that he could currently tolerate.

Because his body has incorporated the [Fire Affinity Attribute], temperatures of over 100 degrees Celsius can no longer injure him; at most, he will only feel a little hot.

Perhaps because stone life has no vocal cords, no roars came from behind, but the intense heat only intensified.

Clearly, his previous actions must have angered the Crimson Flame Demon.

However, the monster did not seem to catch up, and it is unknown whether it regarded the people of Black Sheep Village as the culprit.

Li Chen continued forward, trying to follow the direction the wind was blowing.

Only in this way can we avoid getting into a dead end and being blocked by the catching-up Crimson Flame Monster.

"Oh right, and there's also the [Origin of Fire], that should be good."

As Li Chen traveled, he integrated this attribute into his body.

As the [Origin of Fire] attribute merged into his body, the intense heat in the air seemed to vanish instantly.

However, to be precise, it didn't disappear, but rather suddenly became very friendly, as if it were the superposition effect of countless [Fire Affinity Attributes].

After his body absorbed this attribute, Li Chen suddenly felt as if he could control flames himself.

With a thought, as if by instinct, the crimson color in the surrounding air, like an obedient puppy, quickly gathered around him and condensed into a ball of flame around his body.

He only needs to expend his energy and spirit to maintain the long-term existence of this flame.

"Fire control ability? But it seems I can only rely on external fire; I don't have my own."

Li Chen was filled with doubt and uncertainty, because he had a premonition that flames should also be able to be generated within his body, but he needed to explore it.

The [Fire Origin Attribute] that just merged into my body is like a seed, waiting to take root and sprout.

Perhaps I will need to wait until my body has completely absorbed and digested that elemental light before I can awaken my fire abilities.

This shouldn't take too long.

To prevent the possibility of other monsters in the underground cavern, he did not maintain the flame and let it dissipate.

Since we have spatial awareness, it doesn't matter if we can't see the environment clearly; it won't affect our journey.

Finally, after more than ten minutes, he was completely away from the area where the Crimson Flame Monster was located and came to a narrow crevice.

This is the end of the underground cave.

The wind he felt earlier was blowing from the narrow gap in front of him.

Li Chen used the same trick again, using the method of stripping away attributes to reduce the hardness of the rock, and then used a long sword to cut off part of the rock so that it could accommodate a person to pass through.

Since there's no rush right now, he's broken down the hardness attribute into its original form.

This time, because there was already a gap, he moved forward at an extremely fast speed.

In just one hour, he had already advanced over a thousand meters and could hear the sound of flowing water in the distance.

"An underground river?"

Li Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he became secretly on guard to avoid encountering monsters again.

Finally, another hour passed, and he emerged from the narrow crevice into a huge underground river.

However, the sound of flowing water did not come from this underground river channel, but from more than ten meters downstream.

There appears to be a huge waterfall outlet there.

The world should be in the dry season now, with only a shallow layer of water in the underground riverbed, which is at least eight meters wide and two or three meters high.

There are many huge stone slabs on the riverbank, which have been shattered by the river.

Li Chen circled the area extensively, using spatial perception to explore the riverbed and overhead, but found no danger.

So he groped his way to a huge stone slab at the edge.

"I'm so sleepy, I'll sleep here tonight."

He placed the long sword within easy reach, then lay down on the stone slab, his mind involuntarily replaying the events of the night.

This night's experience was more bizarre than anything he had experienced in the previous nineteen years.

First, his left hand mutated while tracking down a dog thief, and then he was transported to this world.

Then came the battles with Chen Zhangming and the people of Black Sheep Village, culminating in their final escape.

After a series of misfortunes, he was now completely exhausted and needed to sleep to replenish his physical and mental strength.

"Before, it was nighttime, and I couldn't see very far. I had no idea what kind of world this was. I'll definitely go and see for myself tomorrow."

Li Chen took a deep breath, remaining vigilant as he closed his eyes.

He didn't dare to sleep too soundly, maintaining his spatial awareness to try and wake up as soon as danger appeared.

"what……"

"roar!"

In a daze, the screams of humans and the roars of wild beasts reached my ears through the waterfall.

Li Chen cautiously turned over and continued sleeping.

Anyway, the sound was very far away and wouldn't affect me.

In the middle of the night, as small insects crawled onto his body, Li Chen frowned slightly. A burst of fire emanated from his body, instantly burning the nearby insects to death.

However, all of this was a subconscious action; he himself was not awake.

When I woke up, it was already bright outside, and even in this underground river, light was shining in.

"Comfortable!"

Li Chen stretched and was about to get up when suddenly a thought struck him, and a ball of flame appeared out of thin air in his palm.

"Has my body completely absorbed that [fire elemental attribute]?"

He looked at the flame in his hand with delight: "This will greatly enhance my ability to protect myself!"

He put away the flame and continued to explore his new abilities.

Silently, flames erupted from his body, growing stronger and stronger until they turned into flames that completely ignited him.

But miraculously, the flames did not damage his clothes at all.

Perhaps because of the [Fire Affinity Attribute], Li Chen discovered that he had a very strong ability to control this flame, so that he wouldn't accidentally damage his clothes.

"Similar to controlling external flames before, it requires consuming vital energy to maintain?"

Moreover, the amount of vital energy consumed determines the size and power of the flame.

After playing with the flames for a while and confirming that he could use them in combat, Li Chen put away the flames, picked up his longsword, and stood up.

"Gurgle..."

Suddenly, my stomach rumbled in protest, accompanied by a strong feeling of hunger.

"We need to go find something to eat."

He looked around and, seeing no gems or anything like that in the river, strode downstream.

After descending more than ten meters, a huge waterfall came into view.

The waterfall does not completely block the view.

Through the waterfall, Li Chen saw the scene outside—

Ancient trees reach for the sky, and exotic flowers bloom in profusion!

Giant trees with diameters of two or three meters are everywhere, and further away, there are even giant trees that are hundreds of meters tall.

Above the tree canopy, giant birds with wingspans of seven or eight meters soared through the air.

Li Chen's eyes widened as he stared in shock at the scene.

"Buzz—"

Suddenly, a creature resembling a dragonfly, but measuring a full two meters in length, flew rapidly past outside the waterfall.

Li Chen gasped, "What the hell... what kind of world is this?"

At this point, an even stronger feeling of hunger arises.

He didn't dare waste any time and continued searching for a way out.

Let's go out and find food to fill our stomachs first, lest we become too hungry to hunt.

Jumping directly off the waterfall should be feasible, as there should be a deep pool below, and with the right angle, one shouldn't die from the fall.

But that's other people's choice. Li Chen can open up his own path; there's no need for him to court death.

The rock wall, more than 100 meters away from the waterfall, cracked silently.

Li Chen peeked out cautiously.

Only after confirming that there were no wild beasts or other creatures around did he carefully slip out of the crevice.

However, as soon as he crawled out of the crevice in the rock wall, he saw the grass trembling more than 20 meters away.

Immediately afterwards, several somewhat familiar-looking people stood up from the bushes with tree branches in their hands, staring at him in astonishment.

Li Chen was also somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting that there would be people here, and they all seemed to be from several villages near his hometown on Earth.

But what does it mean that these people are covering their heads with tree branches?

Shade?

The morning sun doesn't seem too hot.

"Watch out from the sky..." one of them suddenly shouted nervously.

"Run!" the others hurriedly reminded him.

As if sensing something, Li Chen suddenly looked up.

Then a giant bird with a wingspan of at least two meters descended from the sky and swooped down toward where he was.

"You think I'm food?!"

Li Chen was shocked and furious. Seeing that it was too late to retreat back to the crevice, he unleashed his full fire power without hesitation.

The next moment, under the shocked gaze of everyone in the distance, a flame swept across the sky and directly met the giant bird that had swooped down to a height of three meters.

"Whoosh!"

The shockwave swept outwards, instantly igniting the unsuspecting giant bird and blasting it away by the force of the flames.

"Holy crap..."

"Holy crap?!"

Several people nearby exclaimed in surprise, staring in disbelief at the scene.