The Eternal World

The lava tumbled and turned into a sea of blood.

A billowing cloud of sulfur smoke filled the surroundings.

A huge rock suspended above the lava was stained with blood.

"Big... "Eldest senior brother …" Zhang Chao's entire body was covered in blood as he struggled to get up from the boulder. Looking at the piece of cloth that was not far away, he wanted to crawl over and pick it up, but he was unable to move at all.

And that broken step came from Yuan Zongyi's long robe.

"How... How could this be? " Zhang Chao's entire body trembled, but he still laid on the ground weakly, gasping for air.

Fresh blood constantly gushed out from his seven orifices, and his aura also became increasingly weak.

What happened just now?

Zhang Chao tried his best to think back, but his mind was in a mess.

Just an hour ago, Zhang Chao arrived at this place under Yuan Zongyi's lead.

… ….

"Eldest Brother, where is this?" What are we doing here? " Zhang Chao asked in confusion.

The temperature of the surrounding area was exceptionally high. After all, in a sense, lava was superior to fire.

Even with Zhang Chao's cultivation, when he was being roasted by the scorching lava, he still felt a little uncomfortable. The Elemental Pellet with the fire attribute in his body released a burst of elemental energy to help him neutralize the heat, while the Cold-attribute Yuan Dan released its elemental energy to protect his body.

"This is the deepest place of the Infernal Realm, and it is also under the A Nose of Hell. It is known as the Eternal Melting Furnace!" Yuan Zongyi's body was also covered in a layer of fog, which was used to resist the invasion of the heat wave.

"The deepest parts of the Infernal Realm? What are we doing here? " Zhang Chao wiped off the perspiration that kept on appearing, and asked with a smile: Let alone death spirits, even ordinary cultivators, or even Spirit Kings, would not come here, right?

"Yes, the lava here has accumulated all the dark energy since the prehistoric era when the Underworld was set up. Therefore, even if ancient Supreme Elders were to come into contact with it, it would be very difficult to deal with it!" Yuan Zongyi nodded his head and said, "You must be careful here, don't touch these lava!"

"As for why I am here …" "You'll know soon enough!"

"Damn, are you still so secretive?" Zhang Chao frowned, and continued to follow behind Yuan Zongyi.

The sulfur aura here was too thick, causing the air to become incredibly heavy. Zhang Chao and Luo Hua City Mistress found it inconvenient to keep flying, and they hopped back and forth on the rocks suspended above the lava.

Unless the distance between the two rocks was too great, the two of them would use some of their strength to glide in the air for a distance.

Just like that, after walking for around half an hour in the lava area, Yuan Zongyi suddenly stopped.

"Eh? What happened to Eldest Brother? and stopped all of a sudden? " Seeing that, Zhang Chao immediately stabilised his body, and almost fell into the lava due to the jumping inertia, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

"Looks like those guys have indeed sensed our arrival!" Yuan Zongyi frowned, and said with a serious tone.

"Those guys?" "What is it?" Zhang Chao looked back and forth in confusion, but he did not find anything abnormal!

However, at that moment, the magma below started to churn violently. It was as if there was something roaring underneath the magma.

"Eternal Melting Furnace's guardian, a baleful vicious beast!" As Yuan Zongyi raised his hand, streams of spirit energy undulated outwards from his palm and intertwined with each other, forming a shield formation, protecting the two of them.

"Damn …" Baleful beast? There are actually living things in this magma? " Zhang Chao opened his eyes wide.

"Mm, Lava Beasts are extremely rare and only exist in magma. They consume the magma for a living, and their nature is cruel. They have been extinct for tens of thousands of years, and the last one was caught here, responsible for guarding the secrets of the Netherworld!" Yuan Zongyi nodded his head: "Be prepared, fighting in this kind of place is not good for us!"

"Damn, I still have to fight against it?" Zhang Chao felt his scalp go numb.

"Boom!" At first glance, it looked like a giant alligator tortoise. Its entire body was made of black stone, and its exterior was wrapped in magma. It was around seventy to eighty feet in size. It pounced on the two like a small mountain!

"Good job!" Yuan Zongyi pointed his finger, and the Qi around his fingertips transformed into countless sword qi that rained down on the Lava Beast.

"Bang bang bang!" The Lava Beast was stopped in midair, and its movements were sluggish for a moment before it was able to land on the ground.

"Elder Senior-apprentice Brother is truly amazing!" Seeing that, Zhang Chao who was behind him, could not help but admire him.

It was simply impossible to describe with words. It was at least on the level of the Black and White Impermanence, but when Yuan Zongyi raised his hand, he actually blocked it. If it was him, even if he used all his strength, he would not be able to do it.

"Roar!" Being controlled by Yuan Zongyi, the Lava Beast became extremely furious and roared at the top of its lungs.

The surrounding space began to warp and distort, and the magma below began to boil.

"Evil creature, watch me bring you down today!" Yuan Zongyi growled as the spirit energy in his body started to surge again.

Just at this time, from the lava behind Zhang Chao, something started to surge out again, and a ball of fire shot out!

"What?" Yuan Zongyi was startled and immediately turned his head to look. His pupils immediately dilated, "Dammit, there's not one Lava Beast, but there's two of them?"

"I'll go!" Zhang Chao's hair stood up, seeing the monster that jumped out from the magma, he could not help but swallow his saliva. In a fluster, he immediately used Fa Wei's Divine Sense, and in that instant, hundreds of swords flew out, howling towards the Lava Beast!

Although these swords weren't high-grade magic treasures, most of them were at the Heaven Realm. However, before they could even touch the Lava Beast, they melted and turned into a puddle of molten metal.

When the molten metal came into contact with the Lava Beast's body, it instantly vaporized and disappeared without a trace!

"What?" Zhang Chao cried out in alarm, his entire body trembling.

"Roar!" Just then, the Lava Beast pounced towards Zhang Chao.

"This is bad!" Yuan Zongyi was extremely anxious, he immediately raised his hand and used half of his strength to block the Lava Beast that was pouncing towards Zhang Chao.

However, like this, the Lava Beast suddenly felt the pressure on its body lessened by multiple times, and suddenly increased its strength, charging straight towards Yuan Zongyi once again!

"Crap, I don't have enough strength to stop the two Lava Beasts at the same time!" Yuan Zongyi's pupils dilated, and he no longer resisted against the two enraged monsters. He immediately put on his robe and covered Zhang Chao under his body.

Immediately after, a violent explosion sounded. The scorching heat made Zhang Chao feel dizzy and his entire body was instantly filled with pain.

When he woke up again, he found out that his entire body was covered in wounds and it was extremely severe. Yuan Zongyi and the two Lava Beasts had both disappeared, and the only thing left behind was a tattered, blood-stained cloth not far away. That was on Yuan Zongyi's robe!

"Eldest senior brother …" Zhang Chao's heart hurt so much that it felt like it was about to split.

He knew that the reason why he could survive was because Yuan Zongyi had protected him with his body.

But right now, it was very clear that Yuan Zongyi had probably already fallen into the lava, and his life was in doubt!

However, no matter how sad he felt, it was useless. Right now, his injuries were far more severe than before, as if all the meridians in his body were about to break, his internal organs were in a mess, and even the seven Yuan Dan in his dantian had become very dim, as if they no longer possessed any power.

"This injury …" This is big trouble! " He gritted his teeth and did his best to take out a handful of pills to stuff into his mouth. However, just this small movement caused him to lie flat on the large rock, panting heavily for a long time.

Although the medicinal pill on his body could heal his injuries slightly, it couldn't cure him from his injuries.

"What should we do? Am I going to die here? Eldest senior brother... He didn't know if he was dead or alive, but he estimated that … "The odds are against us..." Zhang Chao was aggrieved, he had followed his eldest senior brother here, and before even knowing why he had come, he had already become like this.

Suddenly, Zhang Chao felt something moving in his chest.

Soon after, a pitch black head peeked out, and after looking around for a long time, it shook and crawled out.

"hair bulb?" Zhang Chao could not help but be taken aback.

This strange thing had been sleeping inside her trochophore ever since it had burdened itself with him. Previously, when he was in the Disenchanting Continent, it had once appeared to fight against the magic seed Seven Killing Strikes.

If not for its sudden appearance today, Zhang Chao would have forgotten that such a thing existed.

Seeing the hair bulb strutting back and forth on the rock, with its big watery eyes thinking about something, it walked back to Zhang Chao's side, tilting its head and looking at Zhang Chao.

"I don't know what you're going to do. However... "I don't have the strength to talk anymore …" Zhang Chao laughed weakly.

The hair bulb did not reply him, but walked back and forth in a circle around Zhang Chao.

"Damn, I'm going to lie here like this. It's circling around me nonstop. Why do I feel like it's bidding farewell to the corpse?" Zhang Chao was depressed in his heart, what was this hair bulb trying to do?

He did not know how many times the hair bulb had circled it, but Zhang Chao no longer had the strength to raise his eyelids to look at it, whatever it wanted to do, it would do.

But suddenly, the hair bulb stopped right above his head.

Following that, the hair bulb suddenly pounced forward, its entire furry body lying on Zhang Chao's face.

"Ah, you …" What are you doing? " Zhang Chao was shocked, what was this hair bulb doing?

But soon after, Zhang Chao was stunned.

The hair bulb's body was actually releasing beams of white light, which were enveloping Zhang Chao within, causing Zhang Chao's body to feel extremely warm and comfortable.

Immediately after, Zhang Chao felt that the injuries on his body were rapidly recovering.

"This... "This is …" He was incomparably shocked. Just as he was about to ask, a voice suddenly resounded within his mind …