Both of the scouting puppets had been destroyed, and both of them had been destroyed by the red screen.
This couldn't be a coincidence. Both puppets were attacked in the same way. The puppets were flying at a low altitude, and there were no fire pillars on the surface of the lava lake. Therefore, it must be the work of an elemental creature hiding in the lava lake.
Angor wasn't surprised by this. He was already prepared to check if his scouting puppets were damaged. Unfortunately, he couldn't find out who did it.
Angor wasn't affected by the damaged puppets. He calmed himself down and kept controlling the scouting puppets.
Thirty seconds later, the screens of three more scouting puppets turned red at the same time.
This time, Angor didn't look away at all. Even so, he still couldn't figure out what happened to the puppets. Why did their screens change so suddenly?
A few seconds later, the three scouting puppets, whose screens had turned red, were destroyed.
While Angor was still wondering, he saw more scouting puppets being attacked.
This time, they weren't flying at a low altitude. Instead, they were flying in the air. Five of the flying puppets were surrounded, and Angor was able to see the attacker's face.
It was a creature with green flames all over its body.
It was about two meters long. The front half of its body was the head and claws of a Finks cat, while the back half was a worm with a long tail. It didn't have any hind legs or wings. However, they could still fly in the air at a very fast speed.
Also, these elemental creatures gathered in groups. There were only five scouting puppets, and each of them was surrounded by at least thirty other scouting puppets. There was no way for them to escape.
"Looks like a Tazo Worm, but it's a fire-elemental version," Angor thought to himself.
The Tazo Worm was a kind of magical creature that lived in the dense forest. Its appearance was half cat and half worm, and it could also fly in the air. It fed on eagles, and its attack method was the sharp claws of a cat, as well as the deadly poisonous fog it breathed out.
"These fire-elemental Tazo Worms have green flames all over their bodies. They're not poisonous creatures, are they?"
As Angor was thinking about this, one of the scouting puppets was hit by a Tazo Worm's green flames. The puppet's eyes flickered and closed completely.
Another scouting puppet had been destroyed.
Using a nearby scout puppet, he saw that the puppet wasn't burning at all. Instead, it was being corroded by the green flames like maggots that were trying to eat away at its bones.
He couldn't find out the cause of the corrosion, but judging from the current situation, the Tazo Worms were probably poisonous creatures.
Poison Fire Creatures were also a type of Fire Creatures.
After the poisonous green flames corroded the first scouting puppet, the other four puppets that were surrounded followed suit one by one.
He tried to run, but there were simply too many Tazo Worms, and they were just as fast as the scout puppets. No matter how fast Angor's reflexes were, the scout puppet's upper limit limited his speed. There was no way he could escape.
He gave up on these four and continued to observe the other puppets in different directions.
The deeper they ventured into the lava lake, the more dangerous it became.
The scout puppets flying at low altitudes were attacked again. Just like before, their screens turned red all of a sudden, and two of them broke into pieces.
Even if Angor tried to explore from different directions, he would still encounter the same situation as long as he flew at low altitudes.
In other words, the entire lava lake was within the hunting range of some unknown fire-elemental creature.
Right now, there were only two scouting puppets left flying at low altitudes.
Angor kept them flying at low altitudes. It wasn't that he didn't want to go higher, but the danger at high altitudes was just as great.
The danger at low altitudes was invisible, but the danger at high altitudes was obvious. Groups of fire elemental creatures chased after the remaining four altitudes. Other than the Flaming Tazo Worms from before, there were also other fire elemental birds that could fly.
It could be said that there wasn't a single place that was safe for the scouting puppets.
Angor tried his best to hide in the smoke to cover his sight, but it didn't help much. There were also fire-elemental creatures living in the smoke. For example, the Black Flame Fish.
The Black Flame Fish didn't have much firepower, but its fire-elemental energy was getting stronger and stronger. Even a simple bubble from its mouth couldn't be touched by the scouting puppets.
Two minutes later, the fire-elemental creatures caught up to the four puppets in the sky. Several seconds later, the puppets' fragments fell into the boiling lava, signifying the failure of the scouting operation.
On the other hand, the remaining two puppets at low altitudes were lucky and managed to fly much further away.
But in less than half a minute, one of the scouting puppets' screens turned red and shattered.
Only one of the puppets was still trying.
One minute later, it was fine.
Two minutes, three minutes … Five minutes later, it was still fine.
Angor thought the scouting operation was going to fail. He didn't expect the scouting puppet to be so lucky.
He couldn't help but feel hopeful again.
But sometimes, the more hopeful you were, the harder it would be for you to fulfill your expectations.
Another half a minute later, Angor saw a pitch-black land at the end of the smoke.
Angor was overjoyed. He believed he had reached the scorched land on the other side of the lava lake.
As long as he could locate the scorched land and find a spot where there were no elemental creatures around, he could use the Gate of Illusion to teleport there.
Angor's expression darkened as soon as he thought about it.
The screen went dark. The last scouting puppet was also destroyed.
This time, it wasn't as sudden as before. Angor finally saw who killed the puppet. It was the dark, scorched land.
It wasn't a piece of land at all. It was the shell of a giant tortoise.
The tortoise was also a fire-elemental creature. But just like the poisonous creatures, it was a special type of fire-elemental creature: lava.
There wasn't any lava on the tortoise's shell, but it was hotter than the lava lake. The scouting puppet was floating above the tortoise shell when it was melted by the heat and fell on the shell.
Fortunately, the tortoise happened to turn its head around before the puppet was destroyed, which allowed Angor to confirm that this wasn't the scorched land, but the tortoise's back. Angor didn't have to open the door and face a giant lava creature without realizing it.
With the destruction of the last scouting puppet, Angor's exploration journey came to an end.
He didn't find his target, but he did find something.
At least, he confirmed that there were a large number of fire-elemental creatures in the sky, unknown dangers below, and a powerful lava tortoise.
All of this information would help him a lot in the future.
Unfortunately, he didn't find a safe location to open the door.
Angor's Gate of Illusion didn't require a set of coordinates. He only needed an approximate distance and direction to open the door. However, he didn't know what awaited him. To avoid danger, Angor wouldn't open the door recklessly.
As for teleporting to the lava lake, which he already knew about, there was a certain degree of danger involved.
The teleportation of the Gate of Illusion would be affected by external energy. If an elemental creature attacked him on the other side of the door with malicious intent, the space around him would be affected, and the teleportation would be affected.
However, the chances of that happening were slim.
However, no matter how small the chance was, he did not want to risk his life for it.
…
Standing on the cliff, Angor slowly opened his eyes.
She patted Toby's head and tugged at the little ball on his snow cap. Then, she turned to look at the black smoke in the distance.
"Let's go." Angor jumped down from the cliff.
He didn't plan to use the scouting puppets again.
In the end, the scouting puppets were just an extension of their eyes. There were many things that they couldn't personally perceive. For example, why did the scouting puppets that were flying at low altitudes suddenly turn red? It would be very difficult to know the answer just by looking at it with the naked eye.
He decided to check it out himself.
At least, according to the scouting puppets, Angor didn't think there were any elemental creatures that could threaten him. At most, the tortoise would be a little difficult to deal with. If he couldn't handle it, he could just run.
Angor landed on the ground and continued walking along the scorched land.
Since the scouting puppets had already explored the area, Angor didn't need to worry about danger.
While walking, Angor answered Toby's questions about the area.
Toby wasn't surprised to hear that they had arrived at another affiliated world. Even if it was the Bottomless Abyss, as long as Toby was with Angor, it was a safe place.
Toby didn't need to step out of his comfort zone.
While Toby happily looked around, Angor began to think about something.
According to the map of Tidal Realm, as well as the drawing left behind by the magician on the giant rock, the Blackfire Monkey should be the representative creature of this area.
But why didn't he see a single monkey after walking for so long?
Or could it be that the so-called "representative creature" that Feng left on the map was not a widespread species but the most powerful elemental creature in the Land of Fire?
If that was the case, it would explain why he didn't see any Blackfire Monkeys.
As the strongest elemental creature in this area, it had to occupy the best areas.
If the Blackfire Monkey was the king of this area, he should be able to find it as long as he went to the place with the most active fire energy.
The place where the fire energy was the most abundant was exactly where he wanted to go.
Elemental creatures had a long lifespan. If the Blackfire Monkey was drawn by Feng's drawing, it must have seen Feng before.
Maybe it knew something about Feng.
For example, the treasure left behind by Feng for the future generations.
With that in mind, Angor picked up his pace again.
Five minutes later, Angor arrived at the lava lake after going around the area where the scouting puppets told him about the elemental creatures.
Angor already saw the lava lake from the scouting puppets, but he still couldn't help but feel amazed when he saw it up close.
Every time he thought he had reached the extreme of the Fire Realm, he would find something even more extreme waiting for him in the distance.
This endless sea of lava was a new challenge for Angor.
Back when the Yuantan Continent was about to collapse, a large amount of lava gushed out from the ground. Even so, it was still nothing compared to this place.
In such an extreme environment, ordinary people would definitely stay far away from it. But for supernaturals, this place was a paradise that could make them go crazy.
If the Tidal Realm was discovered by outsiders, the entire wizarding world would be shocked.
After all, naturally formed elemental creatures were too rare. Elemental creatures were companions that every official Magus had to have.
How should he deal with the Tidal Realm in the future?
Angor shook his head and decided not to think about it for now. He had to wait until he finished exploring the Tidal Realm.
He looked at the lava lake again and calmed down a lot.
What he needed to consider now was, should he take a high altitude or a low altitude?
The scouting puppet's vision was a little strange. The screen would occasionally turn red, and then it would be damaged.
But Angor believed it was a fire-type creature that could hide from the naked eye.
Elemental creatures were made of pure energy, so it was normal for energy creatures to be invisible.
Angor believed that there was an invisible fire-type creature hovering above the lava lake.
"Normally, invisible creatures like this can only hide their appearance. They can't hide their true form." Angor considered. Well, it was easy to use spirit feelers to sense the creature.
Angor released his spirit feelers toward the lava lake in the distance.
Since he didn't want to lose control of his spirit feelers in time, Angor didn't fully release his spirit feelers. Instead, he used a hundred-meter radius around himself.
There were no abnormalities within a hundred meters of his current position.
After walking along the shore for about ten minutes, he finally found something.
About sixty meters away from the shore, he saw a creature made entirely of burning energy.
It was a fire-type creature that couldn't be seen by the naked eye, but its energy waves couldn't be hidden.
Angor could clearly see its shape in his vision.
Its appearance was very strange. It looked like a bean sprout. Its entire body was a transparent, slender tube with a large head at the top. However, there was nothing on the head except for a mouth.
The tail of the "bean sprout" was rooted in the lava, so Angor couldn't see it clearly.
Angor thought for a moment and summoned Elmi. He told Elmi to dive into the lava lake and see what the "bean sprout" looked like.
Without hesitation, Elmi transformed into a fiery shadow and quietly dived into the lava.
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