They hurried to the Flame Flood Dragon's cave. The cave had collapsed due to the previous collision.
Nie Chengkong took the lead and led the team in. The others followed him.
The cave was dark and deep. Even with their night vision, their vision was a little blurry. There seemed to be some strange energy in the air that affected their vision.
"What?"
Nie Chengkong was on his way. All of a sudden, he felt something was wrong.
There were some traces of crushed stones in the cave. That being said, the crushed area was small. It was not like the Flame Flood Dragon had crushed the stones with its strong body.
Nie Chengkong frowned. The Flame Flood Dragon had just left. Even if there were other beasts trying to take over the cave, the Flame Flood Dragon was too fast.
Nie Chengkong shook his head. He knew that he was overthinking. He sped up.
They walked along the winding cave. Only their footsteps and breathing could be heard. The air was filled with the pungent smell of the Flame Flood Dragon.
As they went deeper into the cave, they felt that the cave was not cold at all. Instead, it was getting hotter.
Seven or eight minutes later.
They stopped. In front of them was a pool of lava. That was where the hot air was coming from. The pool of lava had been opened up. It was a cave of its own. On the other side of the pool of lava was another cave. But the size of the cave was much larger.
Su Ping frowned. He had explored this place in the cultivation sites. There was only a pool of lava and that was where the Flame Flood Dragon lived. There was no cave on the other side!
Where did this huge cave come from?
Was it created by the Flame Flood Dragon over the course of time?
It was strange but Su Ping did not think too much about it. After all, the places where treasures could be found were not the same as the cultivation sites. Time would bring changes.
"That treasure should be in the cave on the other side."
Nie Chengkong's eyes were glowing.
The pool of lava was filled with rich energy of fire. He knew that the Flame Flood Dragon liked to rest in lava. That was probably the Flame Flood Dragon's bathing pool.
Across the cave was the "dormitory". The Astral Spirit Fruit could only be in there!
"Wait for me here. I will be back soon," Nie Chengkong said.
Previously, when his Devil Priest Beast had approached this place, it had alarmed the Flame Scale Flood Dragon that lived in the magma. It had almost been dragged into the magma, but now that the Flame Scale Flood Dragon had left, the place was empty, and only the treasure was left.
"Captain, do you want me to go with you? What if there are still beasts here? It's too dangerous!" Ye Chenshan looked around and was a little worried.
Nie Chengkong smiled. "Don't worry. The Flame Flood Dragon is a loner. It never lives in groups. Even with its own kind, it will fight among itself. The Flame Flood Dragon will not allow other beasts to live in its territory. Wait for me here. I will be back soon."
If it was necessary, he didn't want Ye Chenshan and Old Mo to know about the Star Spirit Fruit. He didn't want them to know about it and bring him a fatal disaster!
Seeing that he insisted, Ye Chenshan had no choice but to say, "Captain, please be careful."
"Alright."
Elder Mo and the brawny man surnamed Chen looked at each other. Their eyes flickered slightly as they came to a tacit understanding.
Nie Chengkong's actions had confused them. They suspected that Nie Chengkong had some secret information that he hadn't shared with them!
That being said, they didn't blame Nie Chengkong. On the contrary, they would find it strange if Nie Chengkong were to share everything with them.
In order to survive in the wilderness, who wouldn't keep an eye on themselves?
Nie Chengkong stared at the tunnel on the other side of the magma pool. He took a deep breath and jumped over.
The magma pool was bubbling as if something was going to come out at any moment.
When his feet touched the ground, Nie Chengkong breathed in relief. Without looking back, he went into the tunnel and disappeared from everyone's sight.
Nie Chengkong's eagerness made Su Ping even more certain that Nie Chengkong knew about the treasure. That was strange. How could anyone know about this place when no one had explored it?
That being said, there was nothing to be envious about. The Star Spirit Fruit wasn't that attractive to him.
"What?"
All of a sudden, Su Ping sensed a warning from the Dark Dragon Hound.
He sent a message to the Dark Dragon Hound at once. Soon, he learned the content of the warning. Was there the smell of something else? The smell of blood?
Su Ping was startled. He looked around with a changed expression.
Boom!!
The tunnel on the other side of the tunnel suddenly trembled.
The sudden trembling scared Su Ping and the others. They trembled. After all, that was the lair of the Flame Flood Dragon. It was extremely dangerous.
"No. Go and help," Ye Chenshan said in a hurry. Nie Chengkong had done him a great favor. He could not just sit by and watch.
Guo Yuelin was worried as well. She turned to Old Mo and Old Chen and said, "Seniors, let's go and help."
The two of them were stunned by this sudden turn of events. Only when they heard Guo Yuelin's words did they come back to their senses. Chen's expression changed slightly. He had a bad premonition in his heart. However, he couldn't just turn around and run without seeing what was going on.
Old Chen took a deep breath. He told the Earthen Dragon that was crouching in the cave to use the Earthquake Skill to build an earth bridge.
Soon, the Earthen Dragon stirred up the ground. A pillar of earth shot out and landed in front of the cave on the other side.
Ye Chenshan took the lead and ran along the pillar of earth.
Su Ping's eyes glowed as he followed her.
"Captain!"
Ye Chenshan shouted. However, no response came from the cave.
Apart from the trembling noise, the cave was dead silent, which was quite horrifying.
Ye Chenshan was eager to save Nie Chengkong but he knew that he was not strong enough. He didn't rush in recklessly. He waited for Su Ping and Old Mo to come over before he summoned his pet and told it to lead the way.
The cave was spacious and the light was translucent. There seemed to be a blue glow coming out from the cave.
They went in slowly. Ye Chenshan asked in a low voice, "Captain?"
Soon, everyone arrived at the source of the blue light. They saw that it was an extremely wide open space. There was a small tree there that was completely blue. It was four or five meters tall, and its leaves were all blue. There was a halo of light that could be seen with the naked eye from the leaves.
There was a blue fruit on the tree.
Su Ping recognized it right away. It was the Astral Spirit Fruit!
This thing was previously on a protruding rock wall beside the lava pool. Who would have thought that it would be moved to this place at this moment?
No!
Su Ping was alarmed. That thing wouldn't move for no reason. It had to be something else, if not the Flame Flood Dragon.
"Captain!"
Guo Yuelin shouted. She saw Nie Chengkong on the verge of death by the wall. Something seemed to have pierced through his chest. There was a bowl-sized hole where his heart should have been.
Su Ping turned around. His pupils contracted. "Don't go!"
Guo Yuelin was shocked. After all, she was an experienced explorer and reacted quickly. However, the moment she stopped, a few thorns were ejected from the rock wall next to her. They almost reached her in the blink of an eye and penetrated her neck, forehead, chest, shoulders, and other body parts!
Instant kill!
Guo Yuelin was trembling. Her brain was dead but her body was still trembling. It was not hard to imagine how much pain she was in!
Ye Chenshan and Luo Guxue cried out in alarm. Their faces were ghastly pale. Guo Yuelin was their old teammate. How could she be killed so quickly?!
Old Mo and Chen sensed the danger as well. Alarmed, they summoned their pets at once and looked around vigilantly.
Su Ping didn't look at Guo Yuelin's dead body. He called out the Little Skeleton, the Purple Python, and the Dark Dragon Hound to surround him. As for the Inferno Dragon, it was too tall for it to stretch out. It would be a sitting duck even if it was summoned.
"Something is here …"
Old Mo narrowed his eyes. Through the Earth Flame Sound, he was able to sense something. His face turned ghastly pale. "It's, it's around us." He said in a trembling voice.
He heard the sound of blood flowing through his veins, and this sound seemed to be surrounding them, coming from the surrounding rock walls.
Also, he sensed that Nie Chengkong was not dead yet. He was still breathing. It was just that he was exhaling more than he was inhaling. If he didn't get the best treatment right away, he would die.
"Look. What is that?"
Luo Guxue's face turned ghastly pale at once.
In front of the azure tree was a deep pit. The pit was extremely deep, and under the illumination of the Holy Flame Bird's flames, the outline of something was faintly visible.
Everyone looked over and their expressions changed drastically.
Corpses!
Countless corpses!
Most of the corpses were dragon corpses!
Su Ping narrowed his eyes. That was beyond his expectation.
Dragon corpses?
He took a closer look. Those weren't real dragon corpses, but flood dragons. The horns on their heads hadn't taken shape yet. They only had four claws.
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