The scorching sun hung high in the sky, covering an area of several thousand li in flames. Lu Ye took off his shirt, bare-chested, and walked forward step by step with the Pan Mountain Saber in hand.
He didn't use his spirit power to protect himself, allowing the scorching heat to corrode his body to increase his resistance to the harsh environment. At the same time, he could directly sense the limits of his body's endurance.
Back when he was a slave miner in Evil Moon Valley, Lu Ye's body was still somewhat thin due to the intense labor and lack of food and clothing.
However, after embarking on the path of cultivation, his physique slowly strengthened, especially after he obtained the scale armor in the Dragon Spring. The strengthening of his physique was visible to the naked eye.
At this moment, his naked upper body was full of strong muscles and crisscrossed scars left behind by sharp weapons.
These scars were the marks of his bloody battles with his enemies.
In fact, after returning to the Jade Blood Sect from the Inner Circle for a month, his Second Senior Sister had already used medical methods to remove the remaining scars on his body.
However, cultivators often fought and killed others, so it was normal for new scars to appear after the old scars disappeared.
Sweat slid down his spine and chest and quickly evaporated. Even a Heaven Grade 7 cultivator like Lu Ye needed to take out a water sack from time to time to replenish his body's water.
He didn't walk very fast. This way, the surrounding environment could constantly temper his body and strengthen his body's resistance to the scorching heat. Therefore, even though he didn't walk very fast, he never stopped walking.
Occasionally, he would stop and fight with the monster beasts he encountered along the way.
The monster beasts that lived here were all fire-attribute. They were attracted by the special environment because their growth rate here was much faster than in other places.
The deeper he went, the stronger the monster beasts he encountered. Fortunately, Lu Ye didn't encounter any that were difficult to deal with.
The yao beasts killed were not wasted. The blood of the yao beasts was collected properly. Some of the special parts of the yao beasts could be used as materials for artefact forging. The fur of the yao beasts could be sold. Even the flesh of the yao beasts was a great supplement for cultivators.
Hu Po liked to eat these the most.
Lu Ye contacted Yiyi and found out that Giant Beetle had taken her and Hu Po out of Hidden Fog Mountain and was hiding in a secluded place. Lu Ye told them to be careful and to meet up with them once she was done with her business here.
Night fell and the full moon rose into the sky. However, the Land of Fire did not change much because of the arrival of the night. It was still so hot and unbearable.
He kept moving forward.
On the morning of the third day after escaping from the swarm of bees, Lu Ye had already ventured deep into the Land of Fire. Judging from the map, he was less than two hundred li away from the core of the Land of Fire.
Even with Lu Ye's powerful physique, it was difficult for him to withstand the pressure.
There was a limit to how much one could increase one's body's resistance to the scorching heat. Since last night, Lu Ye had been circulating his spiritual energy to protect himself, and only then was he able to barely make it this far.
At this point, even with the protection of spiritual energy, it was difficult to continue forward.
At this location, there were no longer any Demonic Beasts around. Even those fire attribute Demonic Beasts could not withstand the harsh environment here.
The name of the Ominous Grounds, the forbidden zone for cultivators, was not just for show.
This caused Lu Ye to be somewhat unwilling.
If there really was a fire attribute treasure in the Land of Fire, it would definitely be in the center. If he was really too far away, he would not force it, but now he was less than two hundred li away from the center …
If he gave up here, all his previous perseverance would be in vain.
However, he had indeed reached his limit. If he continued to persist, he would only be asking for trouble.
He examined himself, wanting to see if there was anything he could use. After looking around, it seemed that the only thing he could use was his Innate Skill Tree.
The Innate Skill Tree could devour fire attribute energy. If he could borrow its power, resisting the scorching heat here should not be a problem.
But the key was that this thing was rooted in his Source Aperture. It seemed illusory yet not illusory, real yet not real. It would never appear, so how could he borrow its power?
After thinking for a while, Lu Ye realized a problem. Since the environment here was so harsh, it meant that there was a lot of fire attribute spiritual energy here. It was just that it could not be seen with the naked eye. This was clearly within the range of the Innate Skill Tree's ability to devour …
Why would he need the Innate Skill Tree to protect himself? As long as he urged the Innate Skill Tree to devour the scorching heat around him, wouldn't it be fine?
Thinking of this, Lu Ye suddenly realized that his understanding of the Innate Skill Tree all this time seemed to have fallen into a misunderstanding. If this was really the case, then he would have a huge advantage when facing enemies who cultivated fire attribute cultivation methods in the future.
With a thought, he urged the power of the Innate Skill Tree. In the next instant, the roots of the Innate Skill Tree in his Source Aperture suddenly increased by a lot. Then, they all disappeared, as if probing into an unknown space.
Lu Ye vaguely sensed something and immediately urged the Insight Spirit Rune to enhance his eyes.
Looking down at his hands, the scene in his field of vision made him slightly startled.
His field of vision enhanced by the Insight Spirit Rune was different from normal vision. This was because the Insight Spirit Rune could see some things that the naked eye could not see, such as the flow of spiritual energy.
Under the enhancement of the Insight Spirit Rune, the world Lu Ye saw was colorful. These were the brilliant colors of spiritual energy of various attributes.
At this moment, the scene in his field of vision was fiery red. There were no other colors.
This was because the fire attribute spiritual energy here was too rich.
The spiritual energy flowing on his hands was also fiery red, mixed with a faint golden color. This was because Lu Ye's spiritual energy was mainly fire and supplemented by metal.
However, on the spiritual energy flowing on his hands, there were countless root-like things that were constantly swaying with the flow of spiritual energy.
Those roots were clearly the roots of the Innate Skill Tree.
Not only on his hands, but also everywhere in his field of vision.
At first glance, Lu Ye looked like a furry humanoid monster.
In the past, when he urged the Innate Skill Tree to devour the Core Fire, Lu Ye really did not urge the Insight Spirit Rune to observe. It was only now that he understood how the Innate Skill Tree devoured the Core Fire.
It obviously used his body as a transit, using the roots as a bridge.
No wonder every time the Innate Skill Tree devoured the Core Fire, he could not feel the heat of the Core Fire, even if he held it in his hands. This was because his hands were covered with invisible roots of the Innate Skill Tree.
The Innate Skill Tree's devouring showed results. The surrounding heat quickly subsided, and the sudden change in the environment gave Lu Ye an unreal sense of coolness.
Now that his thoughts were verified, Lu Ye took large strides forward.
Urging the Innate Skill Tree like this did not consume much spiritual energy, but it consumed a lot of spiritual energy. Lu Ye had already clearly felt this, so he had to speed up. It would not be good for him to drag it out for too long.
After walking for a while and confirming that there were no problems, Lu Ye simply took out the spirit boat and flew forward.
The speed of flying was much faster than walking, and dozens of miles were quickly passed.
Lu Ye, who was flying in the air, suddenly stopped and stood on the spirit boat and looked down.
On the dark red ground below, a figure was crawling obliquely. Her exquisite and graceful curves were curvaceous, and her snow-white skin formed an extremely sharp contrast with the dark red ground. She was only wearing a corset made of animal skin on her upper body and a short skirt made of animal skin on her lower body. Not only was her slender figure extremely beautiful, but it also gave people a sense of explosive power.
There was actually someone here? Lu Ye was very surprised.
Since yesterday, he had not even seen a single demonic beast, but he actually encountered a person here.
She should not be dead yet because Lu Ye could feel her vitality.
This person had probably also come to the Land of Fire to search for treasures. To be able to survive the harsh environment here, one could imagine how strong she was.
However, looking at the other party's posture at this moment, it was obvious that she had reached her limit. Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to crawl here without moving.
Just as Lu Ye was about to activate the Insight Spirit Rune to observe the other party's cultivation level, the woman suddenly straightened up, and a pair of red eyes coldly met Lu Ye's eyes.
Lu Ye immediately felt that something was wrong. Without any hesitation, the spirit boat quickly rose into the air, and an afterimage swept below and landed not far away. The spirit boat shook slightly, almost throwing Lu Ye off.
Lu Ye turned his head and looked to the side. The woman, who was crawling on the ground just now, was now on both hands and feet. Her body was burning with flame-like spirit energy, and her fiery red hair fluttered. She bared her teeth at Lu Ye, looking like a cheetah ready to pounce on its prey.
The other party's violent spirit energy and dazzling spirit light gave Lu Ye a fright.
He had not seen such a resplendent spirit light even on Feng Yuechan and Li Baxian.
And the other party's spirit energy … It was not spirit energy, but boiling demonic energy!
This woman was a demonic beast, and an overlord-level great demonic beast!
A great sense of danger grew in his heart. Lu Ye's heart suddenly contracted, and a stabbing pain came from his chest. His powerful mind allowed him to sense where the other party was about to attack.
Almost at the instant he sensed the danger, Lu Ye instinctively constructed a defensive spirit rune on his chest.
His vision blurred, and the demoness, who was still on the ground, had already pounced in front of him. Her hand formed a claw and clawed at his heart.
With a cracking sound, the sturdy defensive spirit rune was pierced by the sharp nails, and cracks appeared. Lu Ye could even feel the pain of the other party's sharp claws piercing his chest.
If there was no defensive spirit rune to block this attack, his heart would definitely be dug out.
At the same time, nine streams of light shot out from the weapon box at Lu Ye's waist, attacking the demoness in front of him.
The demoness withdrew her hand, and her body spun lightly. She did not make any movements, but while dodging all the attacks, her long leg was like a whip, lashing down in the air.
Lu Ye unsheathed the Pan Mountain Saber at his waist and slashed at the other party's leg whip with the Double Sharpness Spirit Rune.
The saber slashed at empty air. The other party changed her move extremely quickly, probably because she sensed the sharpness of the saber. She changed from a whip to a kick at the last moment. Her speed was so fast that it was hard to react to.
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