Chapter 0126: Advancing step by step
When the area became quiet again, the fire creatures that were in the way were no longer visible in the field.
The rock python dragged its heavy body to patrol the periphery, while Grimm took off his clothes by the pool and walked into the lava pool naked.
The gurgling molten magma quickly submerged his ankles, calves, and thighs. Every time the bubbles burst, they would spit out hot air currents of up to several hundred degrees. But Grimm continued to go deeper as if he didn't notice anything, allowing the sticky and hot lava to engulf his body and head.
As the terrifying high temperature continued to pour into his body, Grimm felt that every cell in his body was cheering. However, while the fire energy continued to soar, he could not feel the joy that his spirit had jumped with it last time.
It seems that... this lava pool lacks a basic element that can allow his body to continue to evolve.
Grimm stood up from the pool and looked at the area in confusion. Finally, he couldn't help but ask: "Chip, analyze this situation. What caused the Fire Body to fail to evolve?"
The next second, countless analysis information kept rolling in front of his eyes, and finally disappeared one by one, leaving only the final conclusion in front of him. The most likely reason why this lava fire pool cannot promote the evolution of the Fire Body is that it cannot directly reach the deep core of the underground volcano. This is just a small area left after the lava lake retreated, and it has lost direct contact with the lava core of the volcano.
It seems that it is meaningless to just wander around the periphery. Only by going deep underground and finding the lava lake that connects to the core can I make my trip worthwhile.
But taking a bath in this lava fire pool is not without some benefits. Grimm's mental power penetrated into the sticky and hot magma, and soon found some strange things under the pool wall.
Grimm walked to the southeast corner of the fire pool and used the high-temperature force field to force away the nearby magma, revealing the burning red pool wall. Grimm handed the scepter of the flame lord to his left hand, and with his right hand, he gathered violent fire energy and stabbed it into the soft pool wall.
When he pulled his right hand out, he held a rock the size of an egg tightly in his palm. As the surging fire energy continued to be injected, the outer layer of the rock began to soften like hot wax, revealing the dazzling red light of the hot waves inside.
An underground fire diamond!
It was only the size of a fingertip, and judging from the color, it was only medium. However, even such an ordinary fire diamond could be sold at a high price of 120 magic crystals in the secret magic shop. And the wizard apprentice who went deep into the volcano this time only needed to hand in 5 similar fire diamonds to complete the task quota. As for other gains, they could all be used as personal rewards for the apprentices.
Since this place was not of much help to him, Grimm had no intention of staying here for too long. He hurriedly put on his clothes and led the rock python to the next fire element dense point.
Half an hour later, although this underground molten cave was still empty, a faint sound of footsteps sounded strangely.
After a moment, a vague human figure appeared in the steaming heat waves at the edge of the fire pool.
This was a young man with long brown hair and a cold and stern face. The neck exposed outside was painted with mysterious witchcraft runes, which added a weird flavor.
He was one of the two foreign quasi-mages specially marked by Grimm.
He was slightly stunned when he came to this lava cave. As a quasi-magician, he has always acted alone and never disdained to associate with those rookies. With his strange invisibility ability, most fire creatures could not find his existence, so this also allowed him to avoid most of the meaningless battles and come here smoothly.
However, from the burning lava fragments left by the lava dogs on the ground, the volcanic ash left after the death of the flame imps, and the traces left by the large reptiles on the ground, he dared to conclude that someone had already broken in here.
Tymora stood silently at the edge of the lava fire pool, and quickly scanned it with his mental power, but found nothing. It seems that even if there is something here, it has already become the spoils of the previous one.
How could someone be faster than me? Could it be another quasi-witch?
With a trace of doubt, Tymora could only temporarily change his route. He didn't want to follow another strong man and eat some leftovers. Three months is enough for him to dig out enough magic crystals to support his consumption for two years.
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In the following journey, Grimm was no longer as timid as before, but became unrestrained and enthusiastic.
He sat high on the body of the summoned rock python, allowing it to rush through one lava channel after another like a road roller. If the channel is big enough, just rush through it. If the channel is not big enough, it will become big enough after the rock python squeezes through.
Anyway, considering the frequency of the rock python repairing itself, a little wear and tear on its body will not cause any harm to it at all.
If the flame creatures encountered on the road are small, just crush them directly, and if they are medium-sized, smash them first and then crush them. As for the desperate counterattacks of these fire creatures, they could only add one or two insignificant wounds to the rock python's rock body, and could not stop its rapid advance and overwhelming force.
Grimm was too lazy to pick up the flint or broken heart cores dropped by these fire creatures, and let the rock python swallow them all, and then slowly screen them when it needed to rest in the future.
And basically every fire element concentration point has a lava fire pool of varying sizes. The only thing Grimm needs to do is to use his mental power to find those underground fire drills hidden deep in the rock layer or wrapped in the rock through the sticky and hot magma.
Of course, occasionally some other magic gems or special metal ores can be found.
So while rushing forward, Grimm saw several other common fire creatures.
Fire spirits can be said to be the most numerous natural spirits in the volcanic world. They are usually a human-shaped flame that is more than one meter tall and can walk freely. Without eyes, ears, mouths, and noses, and without internal body organs, their bodies are completely composed of steaming flames, and they cannot be too far away from the lava fire pool.
For this kind of guy who has no entity and is just an aggregate of elements, the rock python can crush it directly with its heavy and hard body, and it doesn't even need to fight. Grimm can't get any spoils from this poor guy.
Salamanders are fire-type monsters. They have flesh and blood, and like ordinary large lizards, they like to lie in the dark and attack the enemy. However, in addition to their thick skin and flesh, underground salamanders also have the ability to spit flames and have excellent fire resistance. What they like most is to lurk at the edge of the lava pool, waiting for the flame creatures to come and fall into their trap.
The high concentration of flint and consciousness core in the bodies of flame creatures are their favorite delicacies.
Before entering the underground, Grimm had already had a preliminary understanding of the volcanic world here. In order to save his time to the maximum extent, he would not go out until the last time limit. Then the most urgent problem to be solved is the problem of food and drinking water.
In addition to the water bag carried in the storage belt, Grimm can also solve the problem of drinking water by gathering water elements. Although he is fire-type affinity, this is also a lava volcano. It is difficult to summon water people, but it is still no problem to solve personal drinking water.
Then the remaining problem is food!
The food Grimm brought was only enough for himself for a week. No matter how much food there is, it is difficult to preserve it for a long time in such an extreme environment. Grimm cannot feed on fire like flame creatures, so it is inevitable to find a new food underground.
In the volcanic world, the only thing with flesh and blood that can be used as food is the fire lizard. However, the meat of the fire lizard is tough and rough, and the blood is smelly and hot. If it were not for the fire energy contained in it, which is very beneficial to the body, Grimm would not be willing to abuse his stomach like this.
These small and medium-sized flame creatures basically pose no threat to Grimm, but those powerful lava monsters and flame guards are very difficult to deal with.
Lava monsters and lava dogs are basically two creatures made from the same mold, except that one is human and the other is dog. When facing a lava dog, the rock python can tear it apart with just a bump and a bite. But facing a lava monster, this set of tricks is no longer effective!
The lava monster is a humanoid fire monster with intermediate intelligence. Its body is full of underground volcanic rocks of various sizes. Ordinary witchcraft attacks can hardly penetrate that layer of hard rock armor. And it is an extremely cunning guy, and will never be like a lava dog who can't distinguish the strength of the enemy.
The lava monster likes to stick to the lava pool that it regards as its home, and never let outsiders step in. And its attack method is also similar to that of a fire wizard, such as flint throwing, ignition, and flame storm. It is endless. It uses overwhelming fire spells to turn the entire lava cave into a sea of fire.
When encountering such a guy who hides in the distance and plays remotely, Grim can only command the rock python to rush into the lava pool and fight with the opponent. Although both the rock python and the lava monster are high-level creatures, the rock python has the advantage of size and is stronger than the opponent.
The two sides had a thrilling close combat in the lava pool, and the final winner would only be the larger, stronger, and more physically fit rock python.
However, after a fierce battle, the rock python's thick and sturdy body also successfully lost weight. After all, it was just an earth-type magic puppet, fighting with an opponent of the same level in the opponent's territory, and just soaking in the lava pool caused great damage to its body.
So every time a lava monster was killed, the rock python's thick ring-shaped body would lose at least three circles.
The rock python could still defeat the lava monster, but it would be unpredictable if it encountered the flame guard. chapter;
