"Little guy, how do you feel now?" Rolling hot waves were tumbling around him, and Yun Feng felt as if he had entered a world of pure steam after charging into the great rift. If it weren't for the protection of the water element, his body would probably have been evaporated in an instant!
"It's okay... just a bit stuffy..." Yun Feng replied reluctantly, continuing to move forward, in front of him was a hazy world, with swirling hot air rolling and roaring around him. This crevice was indeed the Death Crevice; if someone fell in, it would be strange if they weren't steamed to death!
"Xiao Huo, are you okay?" Yun Feng asked as he turned to his side. Xiao Huo's wolf form closely followed behind Yun Feng and let out an excited low growl. "Master, I'm fine. The fire energy here is very abundant, it feels great!"
Xiao Huo's words made Yun Feng slightly relax her eyebrows, she was still worried about what to do with Xiao Huo, the water element couldn't wrap around him, but she didn't expect that this near-abnormal high temperature would make Xiao Huo feel extremely comfortable, mutated magical beasts were indeed different.
"It's all right, where did the meatball go?" Yun Feng went deeper and deeper, only to feel that this crack was endless, and the temperature inside was getting higher and higher. The water elements around her also made a series of sounds. Another layer of pale blue covered Yun Feng's body. Fortunately, Yun Feng's spiritual power was strong, otherwise she would have been steamed to the point where only bones were left if she went deeper.
"Isn't that meatball going to be cooked?" Xiao Huo said with a hint of schadenfreude, and Yun Feng suddenly gave him a loud slap on the head. Xiao Huo let out a wronged whimper and didn't dare speak again.
Yun Feng concentrated on searching in this fog, Rouyuan's body was so small and its movement speed was so strange, how could she find it! Moreover, Rouyuan and Yun Feng themselves didn't have any special connection, unlike Xiao Huo, as Yun Feng's contract demon beast, who could communicate with her through heart-to-heart connection. Now, searching for Rouyuan was no easier than finding a needle in the ocean.
"Little Huo, you search that way, I'll search this way." Yun Feng instructed, although Little Huo and Rouyuan didn't quite see eye to eye, they wouldn't disobey Yun Feng's orders. With a nod, the dark red wolf god swiftly darted off in one direction.
"Water Arrow!" Yun Feng shouted in a low voice, the blue water element in his hand quickly condensed into an arrow, and it shot out from his palm, rushing towards the white mist in front of him. The seven-level Water Arrow had bright blue ripples flowing on its body, but in an instant, the mist swallowed it up like a ferocious beast!
"Is the water element useless...?" Yun Feng thought to himself for a moment, and the water elements on his body collided with the white mist, making a "magnetic" sound like a beast's anguished howl.
"Flame Arrow!" Yun Feng let out a low growl once again, and a red fire element appeared in his palm, condensing into a gigantic arrow. The temperature around them seemed to sense the fire element, becoming even more active. Just then, their ancestor suddenly shouted loudly: "Quickly retract the fire element!"
Yun Feng felt the sudden surge in temperature around her, and the water elements covering her body seemed to evaporate instantly. Her small hand shook violently, and the red fire element immediately dispersed, while the surrounding temperature, like a ferocious beast, quietly calmed down.
"What's going on......" Yun Feng felt the unbelievable moment just now, if his movements were a little more intense, he might have turned to ashes in that one second!
"Little guy, the temperature around here should be closest to the fire element, and if I'm not mistaken, the source of the large rift should be the root of releasing the fire element! What's inside that can make the entire large rift filled with such a high concentration of fire elements is really unimaginable..."
The ancestor's words made Yun Feng's expression slightly tense, and the large rift in front of him was filled with white mist, which was likely a direct result of the extremely dense fire element and water vapor in the air coming into contact!
Let the water element in the air continue to be in such a white fog state, and let it continue to be in such high temperature. What is lurking deep within this great rift... is indeed unknown.
No wonder Xiao Huo felt so at ease here, the fire element is so dense here. If a fire attribute magic attack were to be unleashed, the consequences would indeed be unthinkable!
"Little guy, the fire element here isn't just any ordinary fire element. The fire element here can devour battle aura!"
An ancestor's words completely changed Yun Feng's expression, devouring the battle energy? What kind of overbearing fire element is this! Think about it, even if a warrior with a higher level were to enter here, what would be the consequences? The battle energy in his body was frantically devoured, buried on the spot!
No wonder this place is called the land of death. For the Kalan Empire, where eighty percent are warriors, what else can this place be?
The fire element mage coming here is even more out of the question, once the fire element is mobilized, it will be a self-immolation effect! And other elemental mages, without the support of a huge spiritual power, who dares to risk their lives and come here? If not for Rouyu rushing down head-on, even Yunfeng would not dare to jump in.
"Since the fire element didn't work, I don't believe in any of the five elements. None of them can break through!" Yun Feng's small face tensed up, and a wind element appeared in her palm, but just like the water element, it quietly disappeared into the white mist.
Next is the purple Thunder element, which is Yun Feng's first use of the Thunder element so far. Just as he was about to use it, his ancestor stopped him, "Little guy, the Thunder attribute and Fire attribute are quite close, can't move."
Yun Feng took a deep breath, since none of the four had any effect, there was only one element left, an element known for its defense, the most solid element, Earth!
"Earth Hammer!" Yun Feng suddenly shouted, the air around her gradually appearing yellow elemental force, slowly gathering towards her palm, forming a large hammer shape. Yun Feng grasped the hammer with one hand and swung it fiercely at the white mist in front of her!
"Give me a break!" Along with Yun Feng's low growl, the Earth Hammer burst forth in the scorching white mist world like a raging torrent, exploding into brilliant yellow light. And this world of only white mist was suddenly torn apart!
"It's effective!" Yun Feng looked at the white mist in front of him being torn apart, his heart racing with excitement, and he swung his hand even more vigorously. Although the tear in the mist only lasted for an instant, and although the mist would quickly heal itself and re-condense, it was enough for Yun Feng!
Rouyuan, where are you...... If you sense my intentions, speak out, call out! Yun Feng wielded the Earth Hammer, advancing with difficulty through the torn white mist, while his eyes anxiously searched around. Underfoot was uneven terrain, and Yun Feng had no idea where he was headed, only hoping to find that small, chubby figure.
"Na Na!" A loud cry seemed to cut through all the confusion, Yun Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, Rou Yuan's cry was like a beacon shining in the night sky, pointing out a clear path for Yun Feng!
"Little Fire!" Yun Feng shouted in a low voice, and Xiao Huo also immediately sensed Yun Feng's thoughts. One person and one beast rushed towards the source of the sound from their respective directions!
The earth hammer in his hand swung non-stop, like a warrior fighting on the battlefield, Yun Feng had only one thought at this moment, after seeing Rou Ball, he would beat its little butt!
"Roar!" A beastly roar, "Master, over here!" Xiao Huo's voice came through, Yun Feng slightly sensed where Xiao Huo was and immediately took off in a mad dash, clearing a path through the thorns and brambles. The white mist in front of Yun Feng seemed to grow thicker and more dense, the area ahead transformed into a completely white world, unable to see anything else!
"Master, ride on my back!" Xiao Huo said in a sentence. Yun Feng didn't hesitate immediately, looking at the blurry giant beast in the white fog, his small body jumped up and landed on Xiao Huo's wolf back. The elegant and robust wolf body suddenly leaped into the air in the white fog, like a red carp jumping out of the water. As Xiao Huo made a sudden jump, Yun Feng only felt a scorching heat sweeping across both sides of his face, followed by a refreshing coolness!
When I opened my eyes again, what entered my vision was a completely different scenery!
"This is..." Yun Feng looked at the cave in front of him, slightly turning his head back. At the entrance of the cave, there was still a thick white mist that was almost condensed into a solid, but inside the cave, it was clear and cold, as if there was an invisible boundary separating this place from the outside world!
In the very center of the cave, on a stone the size of a fist, Meatball's small body was completely stuck to it, with its black eyes emitting an almost greedy gaze, and its paws grasping tightly onto the stone, as if wanting to swallow it whole.
Yun Feng had no time to attend to anything else, and went forward to grab the meatball's body with one hand, shaking it violently several times. "What are you running around for!"
Rouqiu seemed to sense Yunfen's anger, and its small tail gently patted Yunfen's hand a few times with a hint of flattery. However, Yunfen didn't respond at all, instead picking up Rouqiu's small body and slapping its plump buttocks several times.
The meatball didn't make a sound, it just stared with its big, watery eyes, silently protesting Yun Feng's violent behavior. In fact, when he saw that the meatball was safe and sound, all of Yun Feng's anger dissipated. This little thing being unharmed was for the best.
The meatball's body was lightly tossed, and the meatball's body slid agilely in a circle in mid-air, directly pouncing onto the stone that had been lying down earlier. The grape-like eyes emitted brighter and brighter light, as if it were embracing a delicious feast.
Knowing that Rouyuan was fine, Yunfeng also began to carefully examine the surroundings. This cave wasn't very large, apart from that fist-sized stone, not far away from it, a tree with a fiery appearance grew quietly here. The branches stretching out had an unusual curvature, and at first glance, they seemed like a cluster of flames burning!
"That is..." Yun Feng took a few steps closer, and within this cold cave, the surrounding area of that tree was shrouded in a scorching temperature. Although it only limited to the surface of the tree, without affecting other areas, yet it made Yun Feng feel the intense activity of the fire element inside, extremely terrifying!
The fiery red tree trunk was deeply buried underground, and Yun Feng also realized that the fire element outside should be due to this tree... "Ancestor, what is this?"
Yun Feng didn't dare to get close easily, standing around the trees, while Xiao Huo was standing next to Yun Feng with a drooling face, his black wolf eyes shining brightly, just like Rou Yuan's when he saw a stone.
"The Fire Spirit gives birth to the Tree." The ancestor seemed to have observed for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion. "The Fire Spirit gives birth to the Tree, only one in ten thousand years, and the specific place of birth is unclear to anyone. The fire element of the Fire Spirit's Tree is the most dense and pure, it is a rare treasure for both fire-type magical beasts and magicians!"
Yun Feng looked at the Fire Essence Origin Tree in front of her, and the fire elements it emitted had already made her feel a bit terrified, not daring to get close. If she could convert all this fire element energy into her own body, what kind of benefit would it bring to a fire system magician?
"Master, can I eat?" Xiao Huo asked lazily. Yun Feng slightly tilted his head to look, and in Xiao Huo's wolf-like mouth, a transparent liquid was actually secreted... saliva?!
"What do you think this tree is? Want to eat it?" Yun Feng pinched Xiao Huo's ear, and Xiao Huo let out a low whimper, slightly suppressing his excited emotions. Although he knew his master was right, he couldn't help but drool with desire.
"Little guy, this thing is good, but it's really not greedy. This fire spirit has been born for tens of thousands of years, its roots have already spread and twisted in the ground, looking at that white fog outside, it may have even extended to the entire big rift!"
Yun Feng looked at the tree in front of her, and it would be a lie if she said she wasn't tempted. Such a top-grade tree, if she could take it away, she naturally would... The fire element emitted by this Fire Spirit Source Tree was capable of devouring battle aura! Even if used to deal with any strong expert, it would be a killer move!
But now it seems that moving the whole tree is absolutely impossible, anything that comes across is considered one's own fate, since one is destined to not get so much, don't be too forced.
Yun Feng quickly adjusted his mindset, and his ancestors were also proud of Yun Feng's mature mind. If it were someone else, facing the rare Fire Spirit Source Tree that appears only once in ten thousand years, what kind of expression would they have? Not even pulling out the roots would be considered a feat!
"But still, I should gain something... " Yun Feng smiled, she wasn't a saint either, seeing such a rare treasure and not taking action? Wouldn't that be wasting the opportunity given by heaven?
"Hehe, you little guy, but it seems that this is also prepared for you. To touch the Fire Spirit Source Tree, two elemental forces are needed."
Yun Feng's lips curled up at the corners as she listened, for she was a fifth-order magician, and this was what had been prepared for her!
Listening to the instructions of his ancestors, Yun Feng carefully mobilized the elemental force, first wrapping the water element around his body. A faint blue color appeared on the surface of Yun Feng's skin, and then a sharp blade formed by the earth element was grasped in his palm. With a thought, a small bottle suddenly appeared in Yun Feng's hand. After preparing everything, Yun Feng took a step forward to the root of the Fire Spirit Tree, where a heat wave that seemed to be distorted instantly enveloped his entire body!
"Zi!" A burst of steam sounded from all over Yun Feng's body, and the violent fire element made a strong counterattack as soon as Yun Feng approached. If it weren't for the water element protecting his whole body, Yun Feng would have turned into a pile of white bones immediately!
Feeling the heat and water elements fighting each other, Yun Feng knew that his time was limited, after all, the water element wasn't omnipotent!
The earth-elemental knife blade swiftly sliced through the bark of the Fire Essence Birth Tree, and the seemingly hard bark was easily cut open like tofu. The area where the bark was cut open was flowing with an abnormally thick liquid, its color a bright red like blood!
"Quickly, little one!" The ancestor's words made Yun Feng swiftly take action, and the small bottle in his hand immediately stretched out. The thick blood slowly flowed into the bottle from the cut on the tree trunk, and the pure energy contained in the red, viscous liquid was also felt by Yun Feng at the same time.
"Boom!" A loud noise, Yun Feng only felt that the ground under his feet seemed to tremble slightly, and the entire cave also shook for a few seconds! The thick liquid in the bottle was already full, no longer greedy, Yun Feng quickly sealed the bottle and jumped away from the tree, the shaking of the cave was still continuing, as if some kind of giant beast hidden deep within had awakened!
The little wolf's mouth let out a hoarse howl, its sharp claws digging deep into the ground, and its smooth fur standing on end like thorns. Its wolf eyes emitted a fierce glow as it vigilantly looked around. The cave was still shaking, seemingly more violently, and the sound of air flowing in the sky echoed beside Yun Feng's ears. The fluffy sensation on his cheek also made Yun Feng realize that this was Meatball. His hand suddenly grasped the back of Meatball's neck, lifting it up to his face. Sure enough, Meatball's small paws were tightly clutching a fist-sized mysterious stone!
"What are you doing with this?" Yun Feng looked at Rouyuan who wanted to take the stone, but Rouyuan was holding on tight and wouldn't let go. The cave shook, and Yun Feng didn't have the heart to ask any more questions. He grabbed Rouyuan's chubby body and jumped onto Xiao Huo's wolf back in one swift motion. Xiao Huo immediately understood Yun Feng's intention, and his beautiful wolf body suddenly leapt up from the ground, dashing towards the dense white fog at the cave entrance!
"Think you can just take my things and run?!" A furious roar echoed throughout the cave, Xiao Huo leaped into the air with a swift flash of his wolf body, landing on the ground. Yun Feng, who was riding on Xiao Huo's back, clearly saw a terrifying airflow slash through the white mist and charge out!
"Master, sit tight!" Just as Xiao Huo finished speaking, his body jumped up again, flying and falling down, dodging the terrifying streams of air. Wherever Xiao Huo dodged, several meters deep marks were left behind!
Yun Feng was on Xiao Huo's back, her black eyes narrowed as she looked inside the cave, wondering what was attacking them. Had her actions just now triggered some kind of trouble?
Xiao Huo made a light landing, his body quickly spinning around, and was about to rush back into the white mist of the cave again. However, three sonic booms came from the air, blocking all of Xiao Huo's escape routes!
"Little Fire, crouch down." Yun Feng shouted in a low voice. Little Fire immediately obeyed and lowered its body, while Yun Feng, who was originally on Little Fire's back, faced the three terrifying air currents head-on in mid-air!
Yun Feng's dark eyes narrowed slightly, and his surging spiritual power burst out wildly. Around Yun Feng, a dense earth element appeared, like a shield that firmly blocked the way between him and Xiao Huo!
"Hmph! You're overestimating yourself!" A voice floated in from somewhere, and three fierce gusts of air shot towards Yun Feng like a broken bamboo, but Yun Feng stood firmly behind the earth element, neither dodging nor flinching.
The oppressive pressure came straight on, as if the air in this space was sucked away instantly. Yun Feng only felt that breathing was difficult. The three auras came with the momentum of Mount Tai crushing the top, and Yun Feng's fists clenched suddenly!
This time, she faced an attack that was stronger than her own abilities!
"Na Na!" A loud shout from Rouyuan made the suffocating pressure in the air disappear instantly. A figure as fast as lightning leaped out of Yunfeng's hands, Rouyuan's body strangely penetrating Yunfeng's earth element barrier and rushing outside!
What? It actually went through! Yun Feng stared blankly at the scene, and even Xiao Huo was shocked, a pair of wolf eyes staring at the meatball that had already flown out. I'm relying on it, what is that meatball?
Yun Feng looked at Rou Yuan and rushed out, immediately removing the earth element barrier. He only had time to see a small figure baring its teeth and fiercely colliding with something in mid-air!
"Bang!" A dull thud came from the air, as if something had been thoroughly smashed. "Who is it! How dare you break through my spatial barrier!" Accompanied by a furious roar, Yun Feng's gaze fell upon the upper part of the cave, where the originally smooth space had been smashed out with a faint crack by a meatball, and from that crack, a figure emerged, looking quite disheveled.
"Wow, wow, wow!" Meatball's body was like a shadow, moving so fast that it was hard to believe that was the speed possessed by chubby Meatball!
"Halt, halt! Halt!" A middle-aged man with a sturdy build floated out, his face seemingly bruised and swollen in one area, likely from being struck by the meatball earlier. Confronted with the meatball's rapid attacks, the man was extremely flustered, dodging left and right before finally swinging his large hand, instantly unleashing over a hundred blasts of air that had just attacked Yun Feng!
Yun Feng's pupils suddenly contracted, and his body was about to rush over, but he was shocked to find that Rouyuan's small body, like a black shadow, was actually unscathed under the attack of hundreds of air currents!
The man seemed to be blinded as well, only seeing a small black dot quickly shuttling back and forth in his airflow, his attack seemingly having no threatening power at all! And after the meatball passed through that airflow, a lovely little face had already become completely ferocious!
"Ruff ruff!" With a loud bark, the little ball of fur charged at the man's body. The man hastily dodged to the side, but another wave of attack came immediately after, and he was caught off guard!
"Ah! Oh! Bang!" After a series of consecutive crashes, the mysterious man who was just majestic and powerful was now being chased by the meatball, running around in all directions, looking very comical.
The man's airflow attack had no effect, and the meatball not only dodged it but also counterattacked with ease. Yun Feng and Xiao Huo watched with interest, their faces filled with amusement as they saw the mysterious man being chased around.
"Damn it, stop this thing quickly! It's not like we're begging for it to be given to us, I don't want it anymore!" The man yelled while running away in a flustered manner, paying attention to the direction of the meatball's attack, and still trying to talk to Yun Feng.
"Master, he's really interesting." Xiao Huo sat lazily on the ground, completely gone was the tense atmosphere from earlier. It didn't think that Rouyuan would actually pin this man down so tightly.
Yun Feng smiled, looking at the meatballs that were flying around in the air, almost invisible to the naked eye. He was also shocked in his heart, "Meatballs, come back, after all, we took someone else's things."
"Didn't you hear?! She's already said that, stop it now, I'm exhausted!" The middle-aged man let out a loud roar, and suddenly felt a black dot flash before his eyes. "Bang!" A violent impact, the man covered one of his eyes in pain and knelt to the ground. Meanwhile, Yun Feng saw the black dot quickly fly towards him, landing on his shoulder. The fluffy ball of fur nuzzled its head against Yun Feng's face, as if comforting him that it was there for him, and he didn't need to be afraid.
Yun Feng smiled and picked up Rou Yuan's body, but she didn't forget that even when it attacked the mysterious man, its small paws were tightly grasping a fist-sized stone. Yun Feng's black eyes looked at the stone, while Rou Yuan carefully tried to protect it, even moving its mouth as if it wanted to swallow it.
"Is this a top-grade ore?" Yun Feng asked tentatively. Rou Yuan's eyes blinked several times, "Top-grade ore? Are you insulting me?"
Yun Feng was stunned, the mysterious man had already stood up from the ground, only to look comical at this moment, with a black eye circle hanging on his originally dignified face.
Yun Feng watched the man warily, the attack from that man earlier gave him a kind of pressure that made it impossible for him to counterattack. Even if he tried to force his way through, the outcome wouldn't be good. Moreover, that man had appeared from within the spatial barrier... Being able to create a spatial barrier, this man... had at least reached the Unity level!
At the very least, he's a mysterious man of the Overlord level. If he wanted to kill himself, wouldn't that be an easy task? Those below the Overlord level are nothing but ants. For an Overlord-level expert to eliminate a Ninth-Grade master would also be a trivial matter!
The mysterious man looked at Yun Feng with dissatisfaction, but didn't easily make a move again, as if he was considering the meatball in her hand. When his gaze fell on the small fire beside him, the mysterious man's eyes, looking at Yun Feng, couldn't help but show some interest. "Human, are you a summoner?"
Yun Feng slightly furrowed his brow, did he just call himself human? Could it be that this mysterious man... was a demon beast?!
When a demon reaches level 7 or above, it can speak human language, and when it reaches the leader level, it will transform into a human form! Xiao Huo is a variable, as a variant demon, he has a special talent in this aspect, which is also stronger than others.
"It's unexpected that you still have some endurance, being able to contract with variant magical beasts." The man's gaze swept across Xiao Huo's body, and Xiao Huo felt inexplicably tense, his body immediately becoming rigid.
The mysterious man sized up Yun Feng a few times, suddenly bursting into laughter. "I don't want the thing anymore, but as a condition, you have to stay here with me until I'm satisfied!"
