On the boiling magma sea, the hurricane in the abyss was still raging. At this moment, it was already January, the 903rd year of Black Iron Calendar...
Since the troop of human knights left two years ago, this place had become an uninhabited area once again. Every year, except for a certain period of time, no one could be seen in this place. Most of the time, no one could be seen in this place.
An iron-skinned salamander drilled out of a dark cave and meticulously sought for food. Finally, after groping in the dark for about 1 hour, this iron-skinned salamander found some rare tasty food near the magma sea based on its special sense of smell.
Those tasty food were dried meat jerky and watermelon. Beside these food, there was a bottle of liquor. Although the liquor in the bottle had been dried up, those dried meat jerky and watermelon which commoners couldn't swallow could still be eaten by iron-skinned salamander.
All living beings in the underground world had their own abilities. Powerful living beings could capture enough prey using their claws and fangs; weak living beings could develop more complex food chains and corresponding digestive abilities. Undoubtedly, iron-skinned salamander belonged to the latter.
After swallowing the stone-hard jerky, it entered the stomach of iron-skinned salamander which was full of stomach acid. The stomach acid of iron-skinned salamander had super corrosive and decomposing properties. After being soaked in the stomach acid of iron-skinned salamander, the jerky started to decompose into nutrients and energy that iron-skinned salamander which could not be decomposed by stones.
When the iron-skinned salamander was eating, it raised its head and glanced around vigilantly. As long as it sensed any danger, it would immediately hide in the shadow of rocks and mountain walls at the fastest speed.
In the impression of iron-skinned salamander, the magma sea and the abyss hurricane were barriers that all living beings could barely pass. It only needed to pay attention to the other side of the abyss hurricane and the magma sea.
Because of this whim, when a battle boot stepped out of the magma sea and walked towards the seaside step by step, this iron-skinned salamander reacted a bit slower. When it caught sight of the person walking out of the magma sea, it instantly sprung up like a startled cat. Closely after that, it bounced up like a bow and darted into the shadow of the crevice while being scared sh * tless.
Perhaps, when this iron-skinned salamander escaped away, it was still thinking about such a question — — what kind of living being could live in the boiling magma sea? Needless to say, such a living being must be extremely dangerous...
Zhang Tie saw the iron-skinned salamander escaping away in a flurry.
It was an underground living being which looked like a four-legged snake or a giant salamander. Its skin was highly toxic.
Of course, Zhang Tie didn't have time to care about such a small thing in the underground world.
When he walked out of the magma sea, Zhang Tie had already put away the silver secret shield into his portable space-teleportation equipment.
It was a bit amazing that after plundering the Weapons Mountain over the past 2 years, Zhang Tie found a shield which was as same as the one that he gained from the demon general. The two shields were both silver secret items in the same size and style. Zhang Tie understood it at once — — perhaps, in the far-ancient age when silver secret items could be made, many of these so-called silver secret items were universal standard equipment in that age. Like the weapons in the army of Taixia Country, the same item was produced in batches instead of one or two.
Because of this discovery, Zhang Tie mocked himself that he was too careful before. After gaining a silver secret item, he dared not take it out. If he had known that there were so many similar shields, even if he took it out, nobody would know that he gained it from the demon general.
This was the so-called "having a guilty conscience".
With this silver secret item shield, his protective battle qi as an earth knight and his super high heat-resistance after eating so many fiery lotus roots over the past month, Zhang Tie accomplished something that he could not even dream about before — — he swam to the bank of the magma sea rapidly from the underground world.
When Zhang Tie saw Zhao Yuan's ability for the first time, Zhang Tie was really shocked by what Zhao Yuan did. Unexpectedly, after so many years, Zhang Tie could also barely do it.
This was progress. A few years ago, even Zhang Tie could not imagine that he could swim in magma one day.
At this moment, Zhang Tie had already changed into Cui LI's look once again. With disheveled hair and unshaven beard, he looked pretty scary and ferocious with his tower-like look.
The iron-skinned salamander ran into the dark. Zhang Tie walked to the place where the iron-skinned salamander was just now and stopped at once.
The bottle on the ground attracted Zhang Tie's attention.
There were some dried food pieces on the ground beside the bottle. There were some ashes in the crevices of stones on the ground. Zhang Tie squatted down and took a careful look at them. After rubbing the ashes by hand, Zhang Tie's face turned weird.
The remaining ashes should be the paper money that had been burned. As the paper money was covered with gold powder, it was different than that of ordinary paper money. When in Blackhot City, Zhang Tie had also burned these things with his parents. Given the current situation, it seemed that someone had made a sacrifice here not long ago.
'Here? ' 'Sacrificed? '
'What's there to sacrifice here? ' Who would eat too much and come here to sacrifice? '
Zhang Tie felt everything was a bit strange. Shaking his head, he walked forward. However, only after a few steps, he had caught sight of a piece of huge bloody words on a rock wall beside the magma sea. It was an elegiac couplet. The entire elegiac couplet was written like dragons and snakes, which sounded like thunder in the night rain. However, the lines were full of grief and indignation.
— — A real man should be born like this; a real man should die like the king!
There was a line of words on the elegiac couplet, "Brother Cui LI forever."
Below the elegiac couplet, there was another line of words, "Mountain Lifting Hermit's Tears". (To be continued.)
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