My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

Gu Qing was the first to ascend the crystal altar in the center of the lava sea.

The altar has a nine-tiered trapezoidal structure, each tier is made of crimson crystal, and its surface is engraved with dense spiritual patterns that extend upwards like blood vessels.

At the very top of the altar was a circular pool filled with a crimson-gold liquid of fire, as viscous as honey, radiating a scorching glow.

"Black box?"

"There's another giant egg?"

Two flames burned fiercely in the center of the solution, one on the left and one on the right.

Above the flame on the left, a black box is encased within the flame, and sealing patterns are visible on the surface of the box.

Beneath the flame on the right, a giant egg lay quietly in the elixir of the flame. Its shell was covered with strange patterns and it was slowly absorbing the essence of the flame. The egg glowed faintly, as if life was being nurtured within it.

As Gu Qing rode his sword to the top level of the altar, he was slightly taken aback.

Just now, the Burning Mountain Spirit Ape only saw the black box above the fire on the left, but did not see the mysterious giant egg in the circular pool.

Now it's a choice between two options: the left side, Fire and Black Box, or the right side, Fire and Giant Egg?

"Boss, hurry up and choose!"

"That woman will be here soon; there might be some trouble later."

On Gu Qing's shoulder, the palm-sized Burning Mountain Spirit Ape couldn't help but remind him.

"Um."

"I see."

Gu Qing nodded, his mind racing as he analyzed the pros and cons of both approaches.

finally.

Gu Qing still chose the flame on the left and the mysterious black box.

That giant egg must be the egg of some kind of strange beast. It can absorb wisps of the essence of the fire, showing extraordinary potential. It is undoubtedly something good.

But good things may not be suitable for Gu Qing.

Only family members know their own affairs.

Right now, Gu Qing needs to cultivate his innate spiritual root and the Burning Mountain Spirit Ape pet.

Cultivating them requires a lot of resources.

Resources are precisely Gu Qing's biggest weakness.

therefore.

Gu Qing decisively chose the flame on the left, which could be stored in the flame along with the giant egg. The contents of the black box must be extraordinary.

As for what we can get, we'll study that later.

Thinking of this,

Gu Qing's spiritual power surged wildly into his arms, forming a series of hand seals to collect the flame on his left.

Fortunately, the Nine Transformations of Heavenly Fire passed down by the four elder brothers of the Meng family, as well as the Fire-Containing Pill Technique of the Separation Character inherited by the Heavenly Fire Elder, are both top-level inheritances for controlling spiritual fire.

After Gu Qing mastered the two techniques, his ability to control flames also improved significantly.

Otherwise, even if they encountered a celestial fire like the Li Fire, they would be powerless to do anything about it.

The moment Gu Qing made his move,

Zhong Li's escape light followed closely behind, arriving at the ninth level of the altar.

Looking at the flame Gu Qingxuan chose, Zhong Li immediately noticed the difference between the two flames.

"Gu Qing, why did you choose the left-hand flame directly?"

"You didn't even consult me?"

She didn't know what was inside the black box and thought the flame on the left was much better.

His gaze shifted back and forth between the two flames.

Gu Qing couldn't help but roll her eyes at her, and said irritably, "Do you think I don't want to choose the right side? I already have my own natal artifact. That giant egg is nice, but it's a burden for me."

"I don't have enough money to cultivate two life-sustaining artifacts."

"As for you, you must be a cultivator from a family, right?"

"You have the support of your entire family. This beast egg can absorb the essence of the Blazing Fire, so it must be extraordinary. If you raise this beast, it will be a valuable asset, whether for conquering other planes in the future or for researching bloodlines."

"I didn't ask you for compensation, and you're accusing me of being the guilty party first..."

"this!"

"I was just saying. Since you chose the left-hand fire first, I have no choice but to choose the right one."

After listening to Gu Qing's words, Zhong Li thought about it and agreed that they made sense.

Zhong Li pretended to be reluctant, but secretly glanced at Gu Qing and found that Gu Qing's attention was entirely focused on Li Huo and he didn't look in her direction at all.

This guy—

Spitting inwardly, Zhong Li took out a special jade bottle directly from her storage magic artifact.

The spiritual power activated the jade bottle to contain the departing fire.

A burst of mysterious light emanated from the mouth of the bottle, pulling the flame on the right side into a golden line of fire, which was then quickly drawn into the jade bottle.

"Do you need any help?"

"We don't have much time. Who knows when that poisonous dragon will be back?"

Seeing Gu Qing use a magic seal to subdue the Li Fire, Zhong Li said calmly.

"Okay, I'll be right there."

"You collect that giant egg first."

Seeing that Zhong Li was so well prepared, it was clear that the other party must have been planning the Li Huo here for a long time.

Could it be that Zhong Li's family had already begun to plot against this place and gather various intelligence a long time ago?

Judging from Zhong Li's behavior, she doesn't seem like someone entering this dimension for the first time.

therefore.

Gu Qing was somewhat wary of this woman.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Li pursed her lips and didn't say anything more. She directly reached out her hand towards the giant egg.

however.

Unbeknownst to Gu Qing and Zhong Li, the instant Zhong Li's hand touched the giant egg, an extremely angry dragon roar suddenly resounded from the sky above the Li Huo Xuan Yuan Cave.

"Woman, you're despicable!!"

"You dared to steal my dragon egg! You deserve to die!"

Enraged, the venomous dragon no longer wanted to entangle with the woman in red. Its two huge blood-red eyes suddenly blazed with ferocity, and with a single breath, it unleashed the poisonous fire that had been accumulating in the shadows, which just happened to suppress the woman in red's barrage of ten thousand swords.

Taking advantage of this brief moment,

Without looking back, the venomous dragon headed towards the ground. In the blink of an eye, its thousand-meter-long body shrank rapidly to a length of only three or four meters, its speed more than doubling, and it quickly returned to the Li Huo Gui Yuan Cave.

The woman in red was slightly startled upon seeing this.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Li sneaked in to steal the Li Huo and Li Huo Spirit Liquid, but she also stole the Poisonous Flood Dragon's egg.

Seeing the astonishing speed at which the venomous dragon was desperately trying to return, the woman in red frowned, took out a rope from her bosom, and with a wave of her hand, the rope transformed into a streak of black light, quickly catching up with the shrunken venomous dragon.

whoosh-

As soon as Wu Guang touched the venomous dragon's tail, he quickly climbed up and wrapped his arms around it, causing the dragon's speed to drop by 20%, which made the already furious dragon even angrier.

"Woman, if you continue to obstruct me, I will take you down with me even if I die."

The venomous dragon couldn't help but turn around and glare fiercely at the woman in red.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

How could the woman in red not understand that the poisonous dragon was going back to find her little apprentice?

If the poisonous dragon is released, Zhong Li will have no chance of escaping from its clutches.

It was almost certainly a dead end.

"hateful!!"

Seeing the woman in red clinging to him like a leech, the venomous dragon was so angry that it spewed poisonous fire from its mouth and nose. If it weren't a dragon with both fire and poison attributes, it would probably be suffering from poison and fire attacking its heart by now.

The woman in red was unyielding, and the venomous dragon couldn't kill her in a short time, leaving it only in a helpless rage.

The two fought as they moved toward the Li Huo Xuan Yuan Cave.

soon.

The man and the dragon arrived at the entrance of the underground cave.

"You ants, stop!!"

The venomous dragon looked towards the altar and immediately witnessed a scene that made its eyes widen in horror. It saw Zhong Li scooping up the giant egg with strange spiritual patterns from the liquid of detached fire.

The venomous dragon's killing intent swept over them, and Gu Qing and Zhong Li felt as if they had instantly fallen into an ice cave.

"How could it be so fast?"

Gu Qing looked at the venomous dragon blocking the entrance to the cave, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

Even worse, the evil dragon blocked the entrance, leaving them nowhere to escape and turning them into trapped fish in a jar.

The evil dragon was about to attack.

next moment.

A jet-black rope was wrapped around the venomous dragon's tail and waist. Suddenly, a tremendous force came from the other end of the rope, making the jet-black rope crack and pop.

They dragged the venomous dragon more than ten meters down the passage, leaving only its ferocious head blocking the entrance to the lava sea.

"It's that woman in red."

Gu Qing reacted instantly.

Zhong Li, who was standing next to her, put the dragon egg into her storage ring and looked at the passage with concern.

Explosions could be heard continuously coming from the passageway.

After a while.

The black ropes on the venomous dragon's body were tightly locked around its hindquarters, but the struggles and collisions were still fierce.

Even in the passage, where there was no room to maneuver, the venomous dragon, relying on its powerful physique and defense, actually gained the upper hand in the collisions.

If they continue to fight head-on in the passage, the woman in red will most likely lose.

only,

After severely injuring the woman in red, the venomous dragon did not press its advantage. Instead, it broke free from the woman in red, plunged into the lava sea, and sped towards the altar.

Holy crap!!

The situation took a sudden turn for the worse. Before Gu Qing and Zhong Li could react, they saw the venomous dragon riding right up to their faces.

The ferocious dragon's head was less than fifty meters away from the two of them.

But at this crucial moment...

The woman in red also rushed out of the passage, pulling hard on the black rope with both hands, like a lasso, trying her best to subdue the out-of-control venomous dragon.

"Chung Lai, come out quickly."

The woman in red shouted with difficulty.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Li and Gu Qing didn't say a word. They immediately bypassed the ferocious head of the poisonous dragon and quickly flew towards the cave entrance.

"Don't even think about leaving."

Just as it was about to reclaim the dragon egg, the venomous dragon turned around, gathered the last of its poisonous fire, and spewed a venomous fire ray at Gu Qing and Zhong Li's backs, spanning several kilometers, and then charged back towards the entrance.

Feeling the terrifying heat emanating from behind, Gu Qing didn't hesitate and instantly activated his bloodline ability, summoning a bloodline avatar that was a hundred meters tall.

Subsequently, Gu Qing and Zhong Li both chose to break out separately, one on the left and one on the right.

The venomous dragon seemed to sense the scent of dragon eggs on Zhong Li's body. It extended its dragon claws from behind the two of them, which grew larger and larger until they reached a size of three or four hundred meters, and then descended upon Zhong Li's head.

"Master, save me!!"

Feeling the shadow looming over her head, Zhong Li's expression changed drastically, and she couldn't help but shout into the distance.

The woman in red suddenly made a move, unleashing a compressed sword light that slashed towards the dragon's claw joint. The force of the sword light deflected the massive dragon claw, sending it falling to the side.

As luck would have it, the dragon's claw landed right above Gu Qing's head.

"Holy shit—"

Suddenly, a howling wind and a huge shadow appeared overhead, and Gu Qing glared angrily.

Kuojian Tudou presents "Cultivating Immortality with an Equipment Slot: I Started by Slaying Through Small Worlds," exclusively published by Kele Novels!