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In the blink of an eye, the lava took on a humanoid form, growing a head and two arms, vaguely resembling a giant man. Its lower half remained fused with the river of lava and was not fully shaped, but even just the upper body stood over twenty feet tall. Find your adventure at empire

Out of instinct, the Molten Gold Frog was extremely wary of the two Magma Giants that had appeared.

It opened its massive mouth and spewed out a thick stream of high-temperature fire, engulfing one of the giants.

But let's not forget that there were two Magma Giants.

In a flash, the intact giant lunged at the Molten Gold Frog, its arms oozing with lava tightly strangling the demon's mouth while its head and chest turned into a large amount of sticky substance, blinding the frog's six golden eyes.

The suddenness caught the Molten Gold Frog off guard; it was smothered with lava... no, stuck to its body!

At this moment, even more Magma Giants rose from the river of lava beneath them, fearlessly throwing themselves at the Molten Gold Frog one after another. In just a few breaths, they had piled up into a veritable small mountain.

If that were all, it would only trap the Molten Gold Frog temporarily; it wouldn't kill it.

Zhou Yingze needed just that brief moment.

He chanted spells with his mouth, and suddenly, there was a three-inch-long, needle-like bone spur in his hand, with a layer of pale white flame flickering around it.

"When the Prajnaparamita Tribulation comes, the five aggregates are full, the three poisons blaze... go!"

With a low roar from Zhou Yingze, the bone spur shot out like lightning, turning into a streak of white light that disappeared into the pile of volcanic rock.

Wow!

A shrill frog croak was heard, the fire mountain erupted violently in all directions, and within the lava, the huge struggling body was exposed.

At that moment, a fist-sized hole appeared on the Molten Gold Frog's forehead, with red and white brain matter splattering out.

A layer of pale white flame spread rapidly across the frog's body from the center of the hole.

The powerful demon appeared to be in excruciating pain, with jets of molten gold shooting out from its golden eyes like worthless fireworks, reminiscent of both fireworks and the flames before death.

It opened its mouth wide, as if to scream, but in that brief moment, its entire body appeared paralyzed, frozen in the position of looking up with its mouth open. Its golden eyes instantly became lifeless, and the demon's body could no longer maintain balance on the river of magma, toppling over with a thunderous crash into the lava.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng gasped in admiration at the formidable bone spur; struck by just one hit, a Second-stage Demon Beast on par with a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage couldn't even endure for a moment.

Luckily he hadn't acted rashly, or the consequences would be unpredictable.

On the other side, Zhou Yingze's face briefly flashed with a green hue. After catching his breath, he walked over to the bank of the Magma River, stretched out his hands toward the surface, and pushed and pulled.

Immediately, the Magma River roared, its blistering lava churning and flames splashing. Then, two objects slowly rose from below, emerging on the surface.

One of them was the corpse of the Molten Gold Frog, which goes without saying.

The other object was square-shaped and bright red, with lava flowing down its surface, still ablaze; it was hard to make out clearly for a while, but anything that could maintain its shape in the scorching lava surely couldn't be an ordinary object.

Zhou Yingze's expression was one of joy. He drew closer, tugging and pulling with his hands, quickly dragging the two objects to the shore.

Only then did Zhao Sheng get a clear look at the object: it was a half-person-tall, square, entirely crimson metal box. The surface of the box was smooth with no visible seams, as if it were a solid metal block.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng felt somewhat troubled.

Now, he had two choices: one was to act immediately, whether by sneak attack or by force, to prevent Zhou Yingze from obtaining the treasure inside the box.

The reasons hardly needed explaining.

The other was to wait and see how things unfolded until a good opportunity arose to strike a thunderous blow.

Caso!

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He hesitated for just a moment when a sudden voice abruptly rang in Zhao Sheng's ear.

Caught off guard, before he could figure out where the voice came from, he saw Zhou Yingze uncover the metal box's lid in an instant by some method unknown to him.

It was in that instant that a strand of red light burst forth from the metal box, shooting into mid-air.

The moment the red light appeared, it rapidly expanded in all directions, filling the entire space in the blink of an eye.

"Not good!"

Zhao Sheng's thoughts had not yet dispersed when his vision was completely covered by the overwhelming red light.

He was about to make a hasty retreat when suddenly a sharp pain exploded in his mind, as if it were being scorched by fire.

Zhao Sheng grunted, circulating the Profound Water Spiritual Power throughout his body and across the Six Yang Heads, which made him feel slightly better.

But this was a temporary solution, not a cure!

Upon examining his Purple Mansion with his Divine Sense, Zhao Sheng sucked in a breath of cold air – his boundless Soul Sea looked as though it had been doused in oil, ablaze with fierce flames that added a layer of scarlet light on the sea surface.

Simultaneously, his Divine Sense was being rapidly consumed at an abnormal rate, as if it were being used as some sort of fuel.

Facing this terrifying spectacle, Zhao Sheng was extremely shocked and instantly recalled the name of a dreadful sect: "Earth Flame Palace, Destructive God Soul Erosion True Fire!"

The Destructive God Soul Erosion True Fire was a characteristic technique of the Earth Flame Palace. Unlike other True Fires, it did not possess attributes like high temperature or explosive heat common to traditional Spiritual Fires; rather than being called Heaven and Earth True Fire, it was more like a special kind of Divine Light.

It did not burn the flesh but specifically annihilated the Divine Soul. There was no need for contact, as it had the property of 'affecting anyone who sees it.'

Unless one had specific means to protect the Divine Soul, there was no way to avoid the attack of the Destructive God Soul Erosion True Fire.

It was at this time that Zhao Sheng suddenly realized something brutal – the Patriarch of Zhou family, Zhou Xilai, being from the Earth Flame Palace, it wasn't surprising for him to have seized a strand of Destructive God True Fire.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Who would have thought Zhou Xilai would use such a treacherous thing as a protection method, completely catching one off guard!

And just like that, Zhao Sheng was unfortunately struck.

"Damn sneaky..."

No sooner had this thought passed than a sharp scream burst forth suddenly, followed by an invisible shockwave that pierced through soil and stone, shooting towards Zhao Sheng's chest.

"Damn, I've been found!"

He roared lowly, enduring the soul-burning pain as he let out his Spiritual Power from his body, forming a dense, flawless transparent water barrier around himself.

This water barrier was none other than the "Mystic Primordial Water Barrier" he had refined after refining the Primordial Heavy Water, leveraging the heavy water's dense and tough nature. It had become one of Zhao Sheng's most skilled defensive techniques at present.

The next moment, the shockwave arrived.

As the shockwave collided with the water barrier, an invisible turbulence spread instantly; Zhao Sheng's form shuddered, his Purple Mansion violently shaken, and a mouthful of fresh blood rose to his throat.

For an instant, Zhao Sheng's Divine Soul trembled, but fortunately, the Mystic Primordial Water Barrier had reached the instinctual realm, and his Spiritual Power adjusted automatically. Even if his consciousness was disrupted, the circulation of his Spiritual Power did not become chaotic.

Otherwise, he would have been seriously injured by that hit.

Since he was already exposed, there was no point in hiding anymore.

With the water barrier deployed around him, Zhao Sheng moved out from the passageway and into the cavern.

"It's you!" Zhou Yingze, who had been on full alert by the Magma River, upon seeing Zhao Sheng, immediately swelled with anger and disbelief, and shouted, "Damn it! You... You turned out to be a spy sent by the Mo Family! I... I so hate this!"

In that instant, he suddenly understood many puzzling things and realized a lot of facts.