NOVPUB"The Young Master has ordered that no one is allowed to enter this courtyard today,"
"If there’s anything, we can discuss it after the Young Master comes out."
Upon hearing Lu Heng’s words, Steward Mo helplessly looked back at Xu Zimei and his companion.
"It’s up to you," Xu Zimei said to Situ Yunfei.
Situ Yunfei nodded slightly.
The might of the Emperor Pulse Realm emanated from around him.
With a "boom," endless radiant luminescence gathered around him.
Dark fog fell from the firmament, enveloping the entire courtyard.
All the guards around began to panic.
As Situ Yunfei kept everyone at the entrance, Xu Zimei and his companion entered the courtyard unobstructed.
Inside the courtyard were several rooms, with Steward Mo confidently walking into one of them.
He twisted a vase to the side.
"Rumble," a sound came from below.
The floor opened, revealing a deep and secluded secret passage.
"The children are imprisoned there," Steward Mo said.
"Let’s check it out," Xu Zimei replied.
Following Steward Mo’s lead, the two of them entered the secret passage.
The temperature inside the passage was extremely high, with faint crackling noises coming from deep within.
Descending the staircase in the passage, they came upon a corridor straight ahead.
On both sides of the corridor were numerous carved animals.
Some of these animals had Luminous Pearls in their mouths, while others held torches.
As the two walked down to the end of the corridor, they were stopped by a large door.
The door was a deep gray, feeling very heavy and cold to the touch.
"I don’t have the key," Steward Mo turned and said to Xu Zimei.
Xu Zimei frowned slightly and his Tyrant Shadow sword slashed down directly.
Endless spiritual energy gathered on the blade.
With a "boom," the door was blasted open with a large hole.
Through the hole, Xu Zimei could finally see the scene inside.
The space within was circular and not very large.
In the center was a pool, which instead of water, contained flame-like magma.
The magma filled more than half the pool, boiling hot and fiery.
It cast a deep red glow over the inside.
Above the surface of the magma hung a cage.
A group of children was imprisoned in the cage.
The cage swung precariously in midair, as if it could fall at any moment.
If it were to fall, it would drop straight into the scorching temperatures of the magma, hot enough to melt bones.
A Pill Furnace was placed beside the pool of magma.
And beside the fiery pit, a young man in a purple robe was seated.
At the moment the stone door shattered, the young man in purple opened his eyes abruptly.
A wicked light flashed across his eyes, and he immediately spotted Xu Zimei and his companion.
He slowly stood up, frowning slightly.
"It really is hard to guard against a thief within the family," the young man in purple, Lu Feiyang, sneered.
"Young City Master, I had no other choice."
Steward Mo’s expression shifted uneasily, trying to explain.
"Who are you?" Lu Feiyang ignored Steward Mo and turned his gaze to Xu Zimei.
"Does a man about to die need to know so much?" Xu Zimei asked indifferently.
He walked step by step toward Lu Feiyang.
"No matter, once I capture you, we can talk about other things," Lu Feiyang also sneered.
He stretched out his right hand.
An Array Seal, pure white, was crushed in his hand.
The moment the Array Seal was crushed, the entire underground passage underwent a heaven-shaking change.
Starting from the corridor they had entered, red light began to shine from the eyes of each Monster Beast on both sides.
Beneath this place, red lines spread out like pentagrams.
Intertwined and fused together.
The magma underground began to churn, and faint roars of monster beasts echoed.
"So, it’s a formation," Xu Zimei chuckled softly.
"Did you think I’d be unprepared?" Lu Feiyang sneered.
"It’s better to rely on oneself than the useless lot from outside."
At that moment, in the dark passage, shadowy figures of monster beasts sprinted from the corridors on either side.
As the magma roiled below, Xu Zimei’s Tyrant Shadow in his hand slashed through.
He cut the iron cage overhead and first moved the children to one side.
Situ Yunfei calmly watched this scene, never attempting to stop it from start to finish.
"Everyone’s going to die anyway, you might as well save yourself first."
As Lu Feiyang’s words fell, the shadowy figures of the monster beasts floated in mid-air.
Another loud "boom" resounded.
The magma below surged up dozens of meters high.
All the shadowy figures of the monster beasts plunged into the magma.
Roars after roars came from within, as so many monster beasts and magma converged together.
It was as if the magma had devoured the shadowy figures of these monster beasts. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
Endless spiritual energy also surged into it simultaneously.
"We should run now, or it’ll be too late," Steward Mo said urgently on the side.
"Shut up," Xu Zimei regarded Steward Mo indifferently.
The latter instantly fell silent and shrank back into the corner.
Once the merging of the magma and the monster beasts’ shadowy figures was complete, there was another "boom."
An earth-shattering beastly roar came from within.
And in the sky above, at the center of the formation, a new creature appeared.
It resembled a Magma Giant.
The creature stood dozens of meters tall, its head nearly reaching the roof of the secret chamber.
Its entire body was within the pool of fiery magma.
Its skin was a combination of the fiery red of lava and shiny black.
The body was made of block-like segments.
It had no mouth or nose.
Both eyes were fiery red and incandescent like molten magma, even emitting whiffs of steam.
When the creature roared, the magma at its feet rolled along.
"Is this your trump card?" Xu Zimei said lightly.
"Hope you like it," Lu Feiyang retreated to the side, saying with a light chuckle.
Xu Zimei shook his head slightly, the Magma Giant was indeed formidable.
Its body, in particular, seemed almost to coexist with the magma below.
As long as the magma and spiritual energy existed, it could revive endlessly.
...…
The monster was roaring, its massive palms descending, carrying scalding magma towards Xu Zimei.
Xu Zimei’s eyes narrowed discerningly as he swiftly retreated to the wall on one side.
A rumbling "boom" followed.
The ground where he had stood now bore a deep five-fingered impression, collapsed into the magma below.
He slowly closed his eyes.
In his past life, he had actually learned many skills.
But along the way, there had been no need to employ many of his Vein Skills.
The Tyrant Shadow in his hand trembled slightly.
Waves of Torrent water spread from the tip of the blade.
The spiritual energy gradually turned into chilling cold, merging with the Torrent waters.
Icicles began to form on the blade, and the temperature around Xu Zimei steadily dropped.
The sound of "crackling" ice breaking resonated from nearby.
Suddenly, Xu Zimei opened his eyes.
Endless spiritual energy surged and echoed in his gaze.
Snowflakes started to drift down from the firmament above.
