Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 49 Netherworld Python

A day later, after Huo Wu had absorbed the Fire Spider's external soul bone, she said with a radiant smile, "The external soul bone is indeed excellent. I feel that my combat power is much stronger than before, and even battle soul masters of the same level will not be my match in the future."

After speaking, Huo Wu channeled her soul power into her external soul bone, and eight fire spider legs extended from her back, tearing through the fabric of her clothes. When fully extended, each of the eight fiery red spider legs was over two meters long and shimmered with a metallic luster, clearly indicating their extreme sharpness. Furthermore, the sharp points of the legs were tinged with a dark red, a clear indication of the fire spider's potent venom.

Suddenly, Huo Wu screamed and quickly covered her upper body. Huo Wushuang hurriedly used her clothes to cover her. Huo Wu blushed deeply, while Huo Wushuang glared at Xiao Fei. Xiao Fei, on the other hand, looked unsatisfied, clearly having just had a good look. Huo Wu's face instantly turned red with embarrassment and anger. She put her clothes back on and then proceeded to punch and kick Xiao Fei, causing him to scream in pain.

Afterwards, Huo Wu felt a surge of relief, while Xiao Fei was once again bruised and battered. Huo Wu asked domineeringly, "Xiao Fei, how's my figure? Pretty, right?"

Xiao Fei said tremblingly, "It's...beautiful." Huo Wu's expression changed instantly. Xiao Fei immediately said, "It's not beautiful."

Huo Wu: "Huh?" Xiao Fei immediately received another punch to the face.

Xiao Fei and his two companions slowly entered the Fire Spider's lair, where they found countless animal and human corpses, and even several soul tools. The Fire Spider truly lived up to its reputation as a top-tier hunter.

For the next month, Xiao Fei and his companions searched the entire interior of the Undying Volcano, but found no trace of the sect on the map. They did discover many top-tier soul beasts, including two 90,000-year-old soul beasts, which were being hunted down relentlessly. However, they found no trace of the Divine Fire Sect. They also seemed to have missed finding any 100,000-year-old soul beasts.

After searching for a month without success, the three of them simply went to the fire spider's lair and began cultivating inside.

There are hardly any spirit beasts near the fire spider's nest. Those that are there have mostly been eaten by the fire spiders. The nest is underground, with excellent fire element and is very quiet, making it perfect for the three of them to cultivate. Moreover, the three of them have been on edge for quite some time now and should relax a bit.

After three months of continuous training in the Fire Spider's Nest, each of the three advanced one level. They then left the nest to continue their training.

Speaking of soul power levels, Xiao Fei is currently level 65, having not leveled up for almost half a year. Huo Wushuang is level 67, and Huo Wu is level 68. It seems Huo Wushuang is always one level lower than Huo Wu. When Huo Wushuang leveled up due to the Fire Bat head soul bone, Huo Wu immediately absorbed an external soul bone and leveled up as well? This made Huo Wushuang very frustrated, and of course, Xiao Fei was even more frustrated. Everyone else had leveled up twice, while he hadn't even leveled up once. Since absorbing the Acacia Heartbreak Red and the Nine-Rank Dragon Fungus, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang's talents have surpassed the innate full soul power level, probably second only to Qian Renxue, who is at innate level 20.

Since they had gained no information about the Divine Fire Sect so far, the three decided to go to the very center of the Undying Volcano to investigate.

When Xiaofei and his companions reached the very center of the volcano, they were already quite a distance from the ground. The central area was filled with magma, the temperature exceeding a thousand degrees Celsius. The air was thick with the aura of explosions and destruction, making it extremely uncomfortable. A palpable sense of danger permeated the entire area.

Despite immense pressure, the three searched the area around the lava multiple times, but found nothing. However, they did find several extremely old soul beasts.

Because Xiao Fei absorbed the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent as his sixth soul ring, he had a heightened sensitivity to snakes. Suddenly, Xiao Fei sensed the presence of a snake nearby. However, he found nothing around the lava. A terrifying thought suddenly occurred to Xiao Fei: he had been searching around the lava but hadn't properly explored inside it.

Xiao Fei activated his soul bone, carefully sensing the anomalies within the magma. Suddenly, he discovered a surge of soul power within the magma, and this surge was growing stronger. Xiao Fei quickly pulled Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang away from the magma.

However, a sudden burst of magma shot out from the lava and hurtled towards the three of them. Xiao Fei immediately carried the other two away. Suddenly, an enormous surge of soul power appeared in the magma, and a gigantic snake head emerged from it. This snake head was about 10 meters long and had two fleshy growths on it.

Xiao Fei quickly said:

"This is the Netherworld Python. Legend has it that it lives in magma. Due to the high temperature of magma over the years, its entire body has been tempered like iron, and its scales are as hard as steel. Moreover, two horns have appeared on its head. Its strength is estimated to be close to 100,000 years."

"The Netherworld Python contains a trace of dragon blood. This kind of snake takes ten thousand years to become a python, one hundred thousand years to become a jiao (a type of dragon), and one million years to become a dragon. It can be called the ultimate among snake-type soul beasts, and in terms of potential, it is even higher than the Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest."

The three remained silent, for this legendary soul beast was far beyond their capabilities.

The Nether Python seemed to be very hostile to Xiao Fei and the others, especially the faint aura of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent emanating from Xiao Fei.

Xiao Fei dodged the Nether Python's attacks several times. Seeing that its attacks had failed, it returned to the lava and ignored the three of them.

Watching the Nether Python depart, the three breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Fei suddenly felt something was very strange; the three had searched the area around the lava but hadn't found the Nether Python's lair. Two hours later, there was still no trace of the Nether Python.

Xiao Fei said, "No, although the Nether Python can survive in magma, even if it doesn't breathe, it can't stay in magma for a long time. Besides, doesn't the Nether Python go home? Snakes have a strong sense of territory and generally won't leave their nests for a long time."

"Could the snake's lair be beneath the lava?"

Huo Wu and the other two were horrified.

Huo Wu quickly said, "Then what should we do now? We can't just jump into the lava ourselves, can we?"

Xiao Fei thought for a moment and said, "There must be a fault space around the magma, and this space should be somewhere under our feet. Since there is no magma covering it, the temperature of the ground here should be lower than that of places with magma. Let's feel carefully now, where the temperature is relatively low 100 meters underground? That should be the location of the fault space. Once we confirm the location, we can dig directly in."

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang nodded in agreement.

Because all three are fire-attribute soul masters, they have an extremely strong sense of fire and temperature, and they all have head soul bones, giving them a perception far beyond that of ordinary soul masters.

For the next two weeks, the three of them carefully sensed the temperature underground, but they made no discovery for half a month, which frustrated them.

(End of this chapter)