Wizard's Journey

Chapter 212 Lava Core

The temperature seems to be rising?

After walking another hundred meters, Green keenly sensed that the temperature inside the cave was beginning to rise continuously, suggesting that there was an extremely hot place at the end of the cave.

Suddenly, the crystal turtle, which had turned into tiny shimmering dots in Grimm's ears, exclaimed excitedly, "That's right, that's right! Master, this is the aura of an ancient lava giant! This familiar fluctuation, it's definitely him!"

Because the temperature was too high, the Crystal Turtle's soul could not leave Green's ear and could only hide inside.

Lava Giant?

Grimm was taken aback and felt a little incredulous. Wasn't it said that Amonro had already defeated the Lava Giant in ancient times? However, Grimm didn't think too much about it. After all, according to Grimm's aura perception, he really couldn't sense any powerful life fluctuations here.

After a while.

A vast grotto space unfolds before Green's eyes, the surrounding rocks a bluish-red color from years of baking, and several natural stone pillars stand irregularly inside the grotto, thick at the top and bottom and thin in the middle, with a faintly translucent, crystalline appearance.

call……

Suddenly, a flame ignited around Green and quickly went out. Although the temperature was not high, the chaotic state of its rules startled Green, and he couldn't help but cast a fireball spell.

The rolling fireball initially appeared normal, with the condensed, high-pressure flames within flowing according to their own unique rules, which is the foundation of all sorcery's six-star magic circle and the wizard's fundamental ability to manipulate the rules.

However, just moments later, a strange and wondrous rule flashed by like a heartbeat, and with a "poof," the fireball in Green's hand turned into a ball of flame with no discernible rules.

This……

Beneath the mask of truth, a hint of shock appeared on Grimm's face!

The fact that a fireball transformed into a chaotic mass of flames suggests that the wizard's ability to manipulate the rules of the fire element was negated at that moment by some kind of flame-controlling power.

"Master, the scent of the lava giant can be heard in that direction," the crystal turtle whispered.

Taking a deep breath, Grimm glanced at the seemingly bewildered Flame Giant behind him, suppressed his shock, and strode towards the direction the Crystal Turtle had pointed.

Perhaps it's just a localized suppression of low-level fire elemental energy rules.

This is……

As far as the eye can see, a waterfall of lava flows down from a crevice in the top rock wall and falls into a small island in a deep lava pool. The island is covered with bright red berries, which are distributed across the entire lava lake.

These bright red berries, about the size of a baby's head, naturally burned with flames, just like fireballs. Green discovered that the heartbeat of the flame rule that had previously dispelled the low-level fireball lever rule originated from these berries.

Grimm asked in a low voice, "These fruits? Are they from the Lava Giant?"

"They are merely the embryos of the lava giants; the island in the center of the lava lake is the real lava giant!" The crystal turtle, braving the heatwave, briefly left Green's ear, its soul pulse speaking excitedly as it pointed to the island in the center of the lava lake.

Roar!

Suddenly, the giant behind Grimm roared, and the wailing maw on its back turned into a sobbing voice. This was a way for the giant to express its instinctive emotions of attraction, possession, and desire.

Through soul communication, Grimm learned of the inexplicable desire in the heart of the Flame Giant. His expression turned solemn, and after carefully observing the surroundings for a moment, he directly flew down with the Flame Giant, landing on a small island in a deep lava lake. The scorching heat was about to reach Grimm's limit.

The island is over twenty meters long and wide. A layer of golden-yellow flames with a hint of green burns on the angular rocks. A lava waterfall falls directly onto a spherical crystal in a hole in the center of the island, and then flows out of the hole.

The crystal was perfectly smooth, floating silently in the small cave, constantly rotating. Even the cascading lava waterfall couldn't make it fall an inch. Veins resembling blood vessels stood out on its surface, like a heart, gleaming with a faint golden light, and an indescribable aura emanated from it.

"Master, this is a lava core! No wonder there were lava giant embryos here; they were cultivated using lava cores. Apart from a small number of primordial lava giants born from the natural laws of the Fire Crystal World, most ancient lava giants relied on lava cores to reproduce and thrive. I never expected there to be a lava core here."

Roar……

The giant roared and howled even more fiercely, and actually reached into the lava waterfall, attempting to snatch the lava core directly.

With a "whoosh," the lava waterfall not only shattered the water-mine armor on the Greedy Flame Giant's arm, but also dispersed the black flames inside.

Grimm stopped the Gluttonous Giant's unconscious instinctive behavior. The Gluttonous Giant, which had burned one arm, let out a resentful roar and gradually dissipated.

With one hand, Green attempted to use gravity to pull out the lava core, only to be surprised to find that the core seemed to be integrated with the entire lava island, making it impossible to remove. Meanwhile, the fire elemental energy throughout the space was subtly converging towards the lava core.

The fire elemental energy collected by the lava core was absorbed by the bright red fruits, or rather, by the lava giant embryo.

Green picked one of these bright red fruits that looked like burning flames.

The flames burning on the fruit were about 100 degrees Celsius, which was even less than the temperature emanating from the magma layer at that moment. It was nothing, at least not for a formal wizard like Green.

Inside the fruit, a small embryo made of flame-shaped stones was curled up, and the flames were burning from the inside of the embryo to the outside.

These lava giants were likely carefully cultivated high-quality "experiments" by the Amonro clan.

The key question is, why did Amonro cultivate these lava giants?

It's important to know that the Amun-Ro clan and the Lava Giant clan were mortal enemies in this shadowy world of mystery in ancient times!

Could there be some secret behind this?

Or perhaps, in the Shadow Mystery world at this time, the Lava Giant race still possesses considerable strength, making Amonro wary?

After a while of silent speculation, Green stopped his unfounded guesses and continued to solve the problem at hand.

Without a doubt, this lava core is something the Gluttonous Giant desperately needs, most likely a material that could promote its evolution and mutation. Grimm undoubtedly wants to get his hands on it. Even if the Gluttonous Giant doesn't need it, this core still has considerable experimental research value, and it was certainly not a low-level creature in its previous life.

So...

The only solution Green could think of was to blast the lava island apart piece by piece!

Seven days later.

Holding the lava core, Green was filled with joy, but he couldn't help feeling a sense of surprise.

According to Green's estimate, if this lava island were to stand up, it would be large enough to form a living lava giant fifty meters tall, which gives you an idea of ​​the size of the ancient lava giant.

However, this dead lava giant, despite environmental factors and its specialized fire resistance, took Grimm seven days to completely destroy, which shows how sturdy it was and gives a glimpse into how terrifying it was in life.

How could Amonro, who couldn't leave the shadowy clouds, defeat a civilization of such beings?

Now that Green has thought about it carefully, he finds it quite unbelievable. Perhaps there is some unknown mystery involved.

Based on Green's observations of Amonro's combat strength, if the numbers and levels are not too different, it is simply not enough to defeat this legion of lava giants in the Crimson Sun World.

It's unknown what level of creature this lava giant was in life, but it should have been a peak level three creature. As for the true form of a level four creature, even if it's dead, Ge probably couldn't even hurt it now, even if it's just a corpse.

After wandering around the now worthless grotto, Green left.

Ten days later, Green completed his mission of recording the terrain of the volcanic cluster and returned to the Origin Space Fortress.

(End of this chapter)