Angor walked forward for another few kilometers. Apart from the six-tailed fox, he also saw a Cauchy Fire Salamander poking its head out of the lava.
However, this Cauchy Fire Salamander only poked its head out and looked around. Then it quickly dived back into the orange lava and did not show up again.
Angor had a feeling that the Cauchy Fire Salamander only looked at him for a second before it dived back into the lava.
Did it notice me?
"Probably not," Angor muttered. He was covered by nightmare nodes all over his body, and he also removed all remaining information elements on purpose. Even a truth-finder wizard would not be able to find him. That Cauchy Fire Salamander did not look like a wizard-level wizard, so how could it notice him?
Maybe he was overthinking. Angor shook his head and did not think about it. He kept moving forward.
On his way, Angor would see one or two unique elemental creatures every few kilometers. However, he did not disturb them and only avoided them.
Still, Angor already felt a lot of emotions after traveling for half a day.
According to the common records of the wizarding world, it was very difficult for an elemental creature to be born in nature. It had to be in an extreme environment, be lucky, and have enough elemental energy in the area to support the elemental creature. None of these three conditions could be missing.
This was different from the fire-type creatures Angor encountered in the spirit garden. Back then, those creatures were created by Reeves' elemental energy, not natural forces. These creatures formed after birth also carried some of Reeves' elemental properties. This was why Angor did not choose to capture them back then.
But all the fire-type creatures he saw in this area were born naturally.
In the outside world, it was already good enough for one or two elemental creatures to be born in a volcanic area. But here, even if so many fire-type creatures were born, the fire element energy was still so abundant as if it was never used up at all.
Such a place was unimaginable in the outside world.
Angor sighed and arrived at a crack in the ground. This fissure was different from the previous ones. It could almost be called a "gorge". It was about ten meters wide, and a large amount of grayish-black smoke was coming out of the fissure. Looking down through the smoke, one could see the bright orange lava river.
The lava river was so hot that the air above the crack was distorted by the heat. Not only that, Angor could clearly see a large amount of fire rising from the lava river into the sky.
Compared to the Earth Flame he had encountered before, it was even more terrifying.
Ordinary apprentices wouldn't dare to fly here even if they had a flying vehicle.
However, the flames did not do much damage to him. His reflexes were enough to outrun the flames.
With that in mind, he tapped the ground and leaped into the crack.
After dodging all five attacks, he successfully reached the other side of the fissure.
Instead of moving forward, he turned around and looked at the flowing orange river in the fissure.
"Something's not right. Even if the Earth Flame is frequent, it shouldn't have sprayed me five times in a short span of ten meters, right?" He sensed something strange about the flame attack. It was as if the attack was targeted on purpose.
Could it be that the elemental creatures in the lava river had discovered him? However, he had clearly concealed his aura from beginning to end.
Or was it really just a coincidence that the Earth Flames had shot at him five times in a row?
Angor considered for a moment and decided to try again. This time, he didn't choose to fly. Instead, he took a step forward and floated above the fissure.
Boom! Boom!
Three consecutive loud noises erupted from the lava river. The three Earth Flame Blasts, which carried glowing hot lava, were heading straight for Angor.
"So I'm really being targeted?" Angor dodged the Earth Flame Blasts and retreated to the edge of the fissure. "Elmi!"
As his voice fell, the shadow on the ground seemed to have turned into a boiling black swamp, rolling over and over. Not long after, the silhouette of a head with a blue flower emerged from the shadow. It was Elmi!
Elmi looked up at Angor with its crimson eyes. Even before Angor gave the order, Elmi already knew what to do.
Elmi shrank his body and turned into a shadow again. Like an arrow released from a bow, Elmi dashed toward the lava river below along the edge of the fissure.
When Elmi arrived above the lava river, his black shadow turned into a bright red color, which looked like boiling blood. He plunged into the bubbling lava.
Half a minute later, dozens of Earth Flame Blasts erupted from the lava river, each reaching a height of dozens of meters.
However, the Earth Flame Blasts soon weakened, and their number decreased as well.
Two minutes later, Elmi flew out of the lava river and quickly returned to the edge of the fissure, where he merged into Angor's shadow again.
Once inside, Elmi's head slowly poked out of the shadow.
In the next second, Elmi opened his mouth and a bright orange fire butterfly flew out from his mouth.
"That's the elemental creature that caused the Earth Flame Blasts?" Angor asked in a low voice.
Elmi nodded. The blue flower on his head swayed a little, and several ripples carrying telepathic information were transmitted into Angor's mind.
Elmi transmitted the memory of him chasing the fire butterfly in the magma to him.
In the image, the fire butterfly had almost become one with the surrounding magma. Every time it flapped its wings, a spiral of fire elemental shockwaves would fly towards Elmi. Elmi would then redirect these fire elemental shockwaves upwards, forming the Earth Flame Pillar that reached the sky.
"So it's him." Angor looked at the butterfly again.
After the fire butterfly was spat out from Elmi's mouth, it did not show any signs of fear. It even circled around the blue lantern and landed on it. It seemed to be quite relaxed.
Angor quickly understood why the butterfly was so fearless.
Because this fire butterfly … was an elemental sprite.
Elemental Fairies were also elemental creatures. They were called "fairies" because they were still in their infancy stage. Most young elemental creatures were small, naughty, and cute, just like elves.
This butterfly was one of those young elemental creatures.
Elemental Fairies were always fearless. As Jon once taught Angor when he was young, a newborn calf was not afraid of a tiger.
It didn't care what the Earth Flame Blasts would do or who it was attacking. It just did what it wanted to do.
It wasn't afraid of being captured by Elmi. Instead, it was curious about the blue flower on Elmi's head.
Ignorant and fearless.
Angor looked at the fairy and didn't know what to say.
Elemental creatures had a certain level of intelligence. However, most elemental fairies had low intelligence and acted on instinct. This fire butterfly belonged to the type that did not have intelligence. Angor wouldn't get any response from the creature even if he wanted to ask it.
However, since elemental fairies had low intelligence, Angor could tell that the butterfly didn't do it on purpose. It was probably just acting on instinct.
Fire fairies were usually stubborn and mischievous.
When he was caught by Bogula in Silent Hill, Bogula's Fire Spirit kept in the fireplace while he was unconscious. Every now and then, Bogula's Fire Spirit would grab at Angor's hair and burn it into pieces. The fire fairy didn't really want to attack Angor. It was just being naughty.
Fire fairies were the most typical of all elemental fairies.
Angor could understand why the creature would attack him for no reason. However, there was something else he didn't understand.
"How did it find me?"
Due to its low intelligence, the butterfly couldn't answer this question. However, there were only two possibilities he could come up with.
The first possibility was that the butterfly had a special detection ability that allowed it to see through Angor's illusions.
Second, it wasn't that the butterfly was special. It was that the Tidal Plane, the area, or the elemental creatures here all had the ability to see through everything.
The first one was fine since only the butterfly could see him. But if it was the second one, did it mean that all the elemental creatures he met so far saw him?
Angor thought about the Cauchy Fiery Salamander he saw earlier. The salamander poked its head out of the lava and looked at his direction. Then, it slowly went back into hiding. Angor already felt that something was wrong. Now that he thought about it, did the salamander hide because it saw him?
"That's possible." Angor pinched his forehead in frustration. He said that he would stay hidden to gather information. If the fire creature could really sense his presence, he would have already told the creature about himself, not to mention gathering information.
Angor sighed. "Forget it. Let's not think about it for now." He would just pretend that he wasn't noticed and keep moving forward. When he encountered another fire-type creature, he would test it out again.
Once he made up his mind, he looked at the fire butterfly on the blue lantern again.
How should he deal with this fire sprite?
The deeper meaning of this question was: Should they release it or capture it?
Before coming to the Tidal Plane, Angor did some in-depth research on elemental creatures. Elemental creatures were very useful to wizards. Not only could they help in learning elemental spells, but they could also be used as a medium to cast powerful spells. Moreover, a well-trained elemental creature was also a powerful fighting force.
As a wizard, having an elemental creature as a companion was a must.
But how should one choose a suitable elemental creature?
Setting aside the artificially bred elemental creatures, there were currently two main opinions in the wizarding world regarding the selection of elemental creatures born in nature. The first was to choose elemental fairies, which were nurtured and accompanied the elemental creatures when they were still in their infancy. The second was to choose elemental creatures that were already in their growth stage. These elemental creatures already possessed certain abilities and could directly assist their master in practicing elemental spells.
Both options had their pros and cons. Generally speaking, Elemental wizards would choose to nurture an elemental spirit first. This was because nurturing an elemental spirit would be very helpful, and the wizard could also interfere with the spirit's future development.
More importantly, once an elemental spirit matured, there was a great chance that it would grant its master an ability called Elementization.
As long as a wizard could turn himself into an elemental spirit, he or she could basically ignore most physical attacks.
Choosing an infant elemental spirit had great advantages, but there were also obvious disadvantages. The cost of nurturing an elemental spirit was too high, and the nurturing time was too long. Usually, it could take decades or even centuries.
An infant elemental spirit, on the other hand, would have a ready-made ability, which would allow it to become quite powerful. But there were also disadvantages. An infant elemental spirit already had a certain level of intelligence. It might not be willing to follow someone, and even if it did, its abilities and attributes might not be suitable for someone.
If Angor had to make a choice, he could choose either option.
If he chose an infant elemental spirit, he would have enough magic crystals to nurture as many elemental spirits as he wanted.
If he chose an infant elemental spirit, he would not need to rely on elemental creatures to fight. For him, elemental creatures were just a medium to help him learn elemental spells.
Since he could choose either option, he could take the butterfly as well.
Angor crouched down and touched the fire butterfly, trying to sense the elemental structure inside. But the fire butterfly suddenly flapped its wings and sent a fire tornado straight at Angor's face.
The fire tornado created by an infant fire butterfly was not a powerful ability, but the fire element in this place was too active. The fire tornado covered a large area.
Angor was not affected by it, but he managed to activate the underground lava lake nearby.
A large amount of fire gushed up from the ground like an upside-down waterfall.
He quickly leaped into the air and dodged the fire.
When the fire subsided a little, Angor looked at the fire butterfly with a grim expression. He did not want to make a decision now. He reached out a finger and flicked it.
Go.
The fire butterfly turned into a burning arc and fell into the depths of the underground fissure.
"Let's wait for someone else to teach the kid a lesson," Angor said without hesitation.
As for talent? When he touched the fire butterfly earlier, he didn't find anything special about it. The fire structure inside the butterfly was quite normal, and he didn't find anything special about it.
There must be a lot of elemental creatures and elemental spirits here anyway. There was no need to play around with a kid.
Without hesitation, Angor turned to leave.
Angor did not see any elemental creatures in the next few days. Perhaps they were all hiding in the lava. However, he did see a lot of fire materials exposed on the scorched earth. There were gemstones, magic ores, and other things left behind by fire elemental creatures, such as fire feathers and fire nails.
Angor did not touch any of these things. There were too many of them, and most of them were low-tiered ones. He could give out quests in Brute Cavern and ask apprentices to collect them here.
Right now, he was still prioritizing exploration and exploration. Everything else came second.
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