Less than half a day later, Lu Ye noticed that something was wrong. There seemed to be no cultivators from the Myriad Devil Ridge in this area. Not only that, but even the monsters that originally lived here seemed to have sensed the danger and fled.
The pursuit of the swarm was endless and relentless. If it weren't for Lu Ye's Talent Tree and Gluttonous Meal to continuously replenish his consumed spirit power, he wouldn't have been able to hold on.
The honey that he had plundered from the huge beehive was a great help. The Good Grade honey was more effective at recovering physical strength and spirit power than the previous inferior honey.
At this time, he couldn't care less about whether he would be contaminated. If he didn't replenish his physical strength, he wouldn't be able to continue escaping.
Lu Ye tried to fly several times, but even if he didn't care about the consumption of spirit power and continued to maintain the wind spirit tattoo, he could only temporarily shake off the swarm. Once he stopped for a moment, the swarm would quickly catch up.
There was no end to it.
Now, if he wanted to get rid of the swarm, he could only take an unconventional approach.
The map showed that in the depths of the Hidden Fog Mountain, there was a land of fire covering thousands of kilometers. The environment was extremely harsh and could be said to be one of the most dangerous places in the Spirit Stream Battlefield.
Logically speaking, such a harsh place should be barren, but in fact, although the land of fire was unbearably hot, there was no lack of vitality in the heat. As a result, although the land of fire wasn't lush, it wasn't a barren land either.
Moreover, that place was rich in fire-attribute spirit plants and minerals.
When he first decided to enter the Hidden Fog Mountain, Lu Ye discovered this land of fire. He thought that after dealing with the people from the Myriad Devil Ridge who were chasing him, he would go to the land of fire to take a look.
After all, the Talent Tree could devour ownerless things with scorching energy, so he might be able to gain something from the land of fire.
Now that the cultivators from the Myriad Devil Ridge were gone and a group of even more troublesome things was behind him, Lu Ye had no choice but to go to the land of fire.
As long as the environment there was harsh enough, it could stop the swarm for him.
Of course, the premise was that he could withstand it!
However, he was a Heaven Rank 7 cultivator, and his physique was comparable to a Body Cultivator of the same rank. His endurance should be stronger than the swarm.
After making a decision, Lu Ye followed the map and headed straight for the land of fire.
During this period, he even tried to fly in the air several times in an attempt to shake off the swarm of bees behind him, but all of them ended in failure.
After two days of walking and stopping, the tall trees disappeared from his field of vision. The vegetation was obviously much thinner, and there was a faint scorching heat flowing in the surrounding environment.
They had arrived at the outskirts of the Land of Fire.
Lu Ye had been on the run for the past two days, tormenting him greatly. Now that he had arrived at the Land of Fire and confirmed that the environment here was similar to what was recorded on the map, a glimmer of hope appeared in his heart.
As they continued forward, the vegetation became even sparser. There were no natural barriers or obstructions, which caused the speed of the pursuing bees to increase greatly.
Lu Ye had no choice but to summon his air-transportation spiritual tool and fly a few meters above the ground.
The further they went, the hotter the environment became. Even the ground began to dry up.
However, it was indeed as recorded on the map. The scorching heat here was not the kind of scorching heat that had no vitality. Instead, it contained a strange vitality. If not for this, ordinary spiritual plants would not be able to survive in such an environment.
There were rumors that there was a supreme treasure in the Land of Fire. This was the source of the strange environment here. Over the years, many cultivators had been attracted to the Land of Fire to search for treasures.
However, they either returned empty-handed or their corpses were left to rot in the wilderness.
One had to know that the Land of Fire was marked as a danger zone on the map sold by the Tianji Merchant Union. Any location marked as a danger zone was a forbidden zone for cultivators.
The danger here didn't just come from the environment itself, but also from factors outside of the environment.
For example … demon beasts!
A special environment like the Land of Fire attracted many fire-attribute demon beasts to live here. Many of them were very powerful, and ordinary cultivators were no match for them.
For example, the Fire Lizard that Lu Ye encountered now. This thing crawled on the ground and blended in with its surroundings. It wasn't inferior to the most outstanding ghost cultivators.
When Lu Ye flew across the sky, a long tongue popped out and stuck to the flying spirit boat. If Lu Ye hadn't reacted quickly and sent out several Imperial Weapons from the weapon box to slash down, the boat would have been torn down by the tongue.
The Fire Lizard's tongue was very flexible. Lu Ye's weapon couldn't completely cut it off. After feeling the pain, the lizard opened its mouth and spat out raging flames.
Lu Ye immediately flew up and hurriedly dodged.
As a result, the bees chasing him were unlucky. Under the raging flames, at least a few dozen of them died.
More and more Fire Lizards showed up in the vicinity. They spurted out balls of flame and swarms of Demon Bees fell down like raindrops.
This scene made Lu Ye raise his eyebrows. The resentment in his heart over the past few days was finally alleviated.
However, these bees weren't to be trifled with. The hundreds of Lu Ye Union cultivators that were stung to death by them were a lesson learned. These guys weren't very intelligent, but they were very vengeful. Lu Ye only went to the huge beehive to plunder some honey and royal jelly, but they chased him all the way here.
The Fire Lizard actually dared to slaughter these bees. How could it have a good ending?
The buzzing sounds became even more intense as the overwhelming number of Demon Wasps descended. The flames that they spat out were quickly extinguished. Accompanied by hissing sounds, the Fire Lizards revealed themselves one after another as they lay stiffly on the ground, twitching from time to time.
After the bee swarm whistled past, only a dozen Fire Lizard corpses were left.
Fire Lizards were only demon beasts in the periphery and weren't very strong. The deeper one went, the more fire-attribute demon beasts they encountered, and the stronger they were.
These demon beasts usually stayed in their own territories and occasionally went out to hunt. No one would have thought that while they were sitting at home, disaster would come from the sky.
Perhaps because they had suffered at the hands of the Fire Lizards, wherever the bee swarm passed, regardless of whether the demon beasts provoked them or not, they would be stung until their bodies swelled and they fell to the ground dead.
For a time, the demon beasts in the Land of Fire suffered heavy casualties.
It was unknown if they were affected by the scorching environment, but the bees seemed to have lost their minds at this moment and madly retaliated against all the creatures around them.
Perhaps their simple intelligence had already realized that Lu Ye, the thief who had stolen their treasures, was about to escape.
Half a day later, Lu Ye had already entered the depths of the Land of Fire.
At this point, the surrounding heat was no longer something ordinary cultivators could withstand. The high temperature caused the surrounding environment to become extremely distorted, and the ground showed an abnormal dark red color.
Lu Ye urged his spiritual power to protect his body, but he was still sweating profusely. The sweat evaporated as soon as it appeared, causing his clothes to become hard and stick to his body. It was extremely uncomfortable.
This was the result of him having a Heaven Grade Seven cultivation base and cultivating a fire attribute cultivation method. If not for this, he would not have been able to hold on.
At this time, the pursuing bees had also suffered heavy losses. Along the way, they were killed by the demon beasts they encountered along the way. The remaining bees seemed to have lost their vitality. Not to mention their speed was greatly reduced, many of the weaker bees had already fallen behind. There were even more bees whose wings were damaged by the high temperature and fell to the ground. Then, their limbs were melted by the terrifying heat on the ground. After losing their vitality, they completely turned into fireballs.
Lu Ye turned his head to look back and his heart settled. He knew that coming to the Land of Fire was the right choice. Otherwise, he really would not have been able to shake off this swarm of bees.
After flying forward for a while, the pursuing movements behind him gradually subsided.
Lu Ye looked back again and saw that the few remaining bees had stopped moving forward. Instead, they hovered in place and quietly looked at him.
After a while, the remaining bees turned around and returned along the original path.
Lu Ye watched them leave.
He had finally shaken off this group of plagues.
His heart relaxed as boundless exhaustion washed over him. The spirit boat that was hovering in the air swayed slightly.
Lu Ye hurriedly took out some good quality honey from his storage bag to replenish his physical strength and spiritual energy. He also took out a few spirit pills and swallowed them.
He did not retreat, nor did he continue forward.
Lu Ye pressed down on the flying light and landed.
After being chased for a few days, he did not have a good rest. Although the current environment was bad, at least he was not in a hurry to be chased. He could rest for a while and recover.
The first reason why he did not retreat was that he was afraid that the swarm of bees would be guarding him outside. After getting rid of them with great difficulty, Lu Ye did not want to deal with them for the rest of his life.
The second reason was the abnormality of the Talent Tree.
Since half a day ago, he had faintly felt that the Talent Tree was a little strange. This feeling was very similar to when he used the Talent Tree to devour the Earth Core Fire.
Looking inside, he could even see that the Talent Tree that was rooted in his Source Aperture had grown some roots and was floating around.
It looked like the Talent Tree wanted to devour something, but could not find the place …
This made Lu Ye certain that there was a fire-attribute treasure in the Land of Fire. Moreover, it was a treasure that could be devoured by the Talent Tree!
This was very attractive to Lu Ye. During these days, the Earth Core Fire that the Talent Tree devoured was bought from the Tianji Treasury by spending merit points. A portion of Earth Core Fire was worth 200 merit points.
For any cultivator, 200 merit points was not a small amount. Lu Ye had spent around 20,000 merit points on it.
If he could find a fire-attribute treasure that the Talent Tree could devour here, it would be equivalent to saving a lot of merit points for Lu Ye.
This was naturally worth exploring.
As time passed, Lu Ye slowly recovered. Moreover, the surrounding heat also lessened a lot.
Lu Ye knew that it was not that the heat had lessened, but that he had slowly adapted to the environment here. His body had a certain degree of resistance to the environment here.
He did not notice it before mainly because he was going too deep. He had flown in using a tool. As he went deeper and deeper, the surrounding environment accelerated too quickly, causing his body to not be able to adapt in time.
Now that he had stopped, this adaptability was slowly showing.
Realizing this, Lu Ye gave up on the idea of using a tool to go deeper. Instead, he walked forward step by step.
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