When Bu Xu entered the Void Heaven Hall and saw so many Nascent Soul old monsters arrive one after another, it was like a bucket of cold water over his head, leaving his heart utterly icy.
Nascent Soul cultivators coming here were naturally after the treasures of the inner hall, and the Void Heaven Cauldron was definitely top priority.
Although Nascent Soul cultivators had visited the Void Heaven Hall before, there had only been three or four. But this time, it had unexpectedly attracted eight of them, naturally making him feel his hopes were extremely slim.
However, since he was already here, he wasn't willing to slink back in defeat.
He still clung to a sliver of hope, successfully passing through the Ghost Mist and entering the Lava Path.
To be honest, if the Ghost Mist and the next trial, the "Extremely Wonderful Illusion," were somewhat intimidating, he wasn't worried about the Ice and Fire Path at all. He had never doubted he could pass this trial.
Because the technique he cultivated was the "Taiyang Force," which held considerable fame in the Chaos Sea.
This technique was one of the top-tier fire-attribute methods in the Chaos Sea, easily ranking within the top ten. Using the Taiyang True Fire from this technique, he had turned countless enemies to ash and sent them into the endless abyss. Therefore, when it came to resisting fire, he was naturally full of confidence, considering it a piece of cake.
Of course, after so many years of cultivation, he wasn't arrogant enough to think he could cross this Lava Path barehanded. He had prepared two fireproof magic artifacts. It wasn't that he didn't want to prepare more, but purchasing that Fire Dragon Worm had already nearly bankrupted him.
Possessing the "Taiyang Force," he also felt that with the help of these two artifacts, crossing the Lava Path would be no problem at all.
But now, Bu Xu regretted it so much his intestines were twisting.
Because not long after entering this place, he discovered that while the Taiyang Force was indeed exceptionally effective against fire, it also meant that if he didn't want to be roasted into human jerky by the surrounding high temperature in a short time, he had to keep the Taiyang Force running at full power.
This was completely different from his initial assumption that only a tiny bit of magical power consumption would let him ignore the harsh environment.
Outside, running just ten percent of the Taiyang Force technique was enough to completely avoid the scorching of ordinary flames.
Obviously, the high temperature radiating from the Lava Path was vastly different from ordinary fire. It was likely due to the restrictions, which contained some kind of suppression against fire-attribute techniques.
And his two fireproof artifacts had very limited effectiveness in such a bizarre environment.
This had Bu Xu, who had been walking for several hours, feeling panicked.
Judging by the rate of his magical power consumption, even though he was clutching a spirit stone in each hand to constantly replenish his spiritual energy, he could only last for another day or so at most before his magical power ran dry, and he would turn to ash.
Bu Xu certainly didn't want to die and dissolve into the Dao like this. He kept running desperately while nervously looking around in all directions.
But the surroundings were completely silent, without a single shadow. This killed his idea of killing other cultivators to snatch their fire-resistance treasures.
The more he ran forward like this, the stronger Bu Xu's sense of despair became.
After running desperately for a quarter of an hour, Bu Xu finally stopped, his eyes filled with anxiety.
Although techniques like the Lightness Skill were boosting his magical power, at this speed, there was no hope of reaching the end of the canyon. Moreover, if he kept running, even if he encountered other cultivators, his magical power would be severely depleted.
When that time came, let alone killing others, the moment they saw him so weakened, they would probably attack him instead.
Bu Xu paced back and forth in place like an ant on a hot pan. As time passed, various thoughts and ideas surged in his mind, trying to find a way out alive.
Suddenly, he looked up at the deep red sky, his expression shifting between dark and light.
A look of resolve flashed across his face, then a yellow light flickered over his body, and he slowly began to float upward.
During this process, he didn't blink once, his face full of caution.
When he reached a height of two or three zhang from the ground and nothing happened, he revealed a look of wild joy.
At this height, he could completely use flight spells. And as long as he employed a flying escape technique, reaching the end of the canyon would be a matter of moments.
Suppressing the ecstasy of finding hope in a desperate situation, Bu Xu formed a spell seal with his fingers. His body turned into a ball of yellow light and vanished from the spot in a flash.
"Boom!"
A loud crash sounded. Bu Xu, who had just flown out over ten zhang, was directly struck by a silver lightning bolt from the deep red sky. He immediately let out a tragic scream, and his body instantly turned to flying ash and vanished without a trace. Two items fell from mid-air and landed silently in the nearby grass.
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At some point along the Lava Path, a stunning woman in her thirties, draped in a light gauze robe shimmering with blue light, stood hesitantly before the river of lava. Aside from a square stone pillar about a foot wide, a crimson riverbed over forty zhang wide blocked the path of the female cultivator.