In a rather dim space, a flash of light occurred, and Zhang Ling shook his head a few times to regain consciousness.
He scanned the area with his divine sense and found himself in a stone cave, standing on a black stone teleportation array. Beside him, three other teleportation arrays remained intact.
He stepped off the teleportation array and walked through a dark, thirty-foot-long tunnel to the outside, where a fiery red color filled his vision.
In the sky, fiery red clouds churned endlessly, stretching as far as the eye could see.
The ground was a blackish-red expanse, flanked by dark, towering stone mountains, many of which emitted billowing smoke, clearly volcanoes.
Directly ahead was a relatively flat area, resembling a large plain nestled between the mountains. He could hear intermittent puffing sounds, and wisps of white smoke rose from the ground.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling was taken aback. This was the second layer of the Heavenly Abyss, the "Lava Canyon."
The environment gave him a sense of familiarity, instantly reminding him of the Blazing Flame Valley, the first secret realm he participated in when he entered the world of cultivation, which had a similar environment.
However, he immediately sensed the difference. This place was also a typical Yang Fiend location, but far more terrifying than the Blazing Flame Valley.
Standing there, he felt like he was soaked, covered in a layer of fine, hot sweat, and an inexplicable sense of heat arose within him, as if he were in a furnace.
Keep in mind that he was now a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, and his physical body had been tempered by spiritual energy for many years. He had also cultivated the Thunder Light Mantra, which had further enhanced his physical strength.
Yet, in the short time he stood there, he was already drenched in sweat, indicating that the fire spiritual energy in the Lava Canyon was at least one or two times stronger than the earth vein fire.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but frown, gazing into the distance, unsure of the area's size, but it didn't seem easy to traverse.
According to the jade slip, the Lava Canyon was quite large, inhabited by many fire-attribute wild beasts, and one might even encounter fire spirit monsters, such as the Fire魅 (Fire Enchantress).
He was currently standing on a black rock mountain several hundred feet high, with the exit of the cave located halfway up the mountain. Beneath his feet was solid black rock.
Zhang Ling didn't delay, immediately casting the Wind Control Spell and rushing down the mountain.
As for why he didn't fly directly, it was because the fire clouds above the Lava Canyon, although naturally formed, were gathered by ancient cultivators using formations, creating a fire spirit grand array.
Flying into the air would trigger the array, causing countless fire rain to fall. Although it wasn't a no-fly zone, it had the same effect, and no cultivator dared to fly there.
Soon, he reached the foot of the mountain, his body already soaked. Zhang Ling stopped, took out a cyan jade bottle, poured out a blue pill, and swallowed it, finally feeling refreshed.
This was the Ice Heart Pill he had previously refined using ice mulberry fruit, containing the power of ice and cold, which could calm the mind and assist in cultivation. It was a top-grade pill. Although it wasn't specifically for resisting fire spiritual energy, swallowing one now did provide a good resistance effect.
At the same time, he also put away the Spirit Concealing Veil. This treasure had the effect of concealing aura and form, but it was of little use here.
The Lava Canyon was filled with strong fire spiritual power, constantly consuming spiritual power to resist, so there was no point in concealing anything. As long as there were other cultivators nearby, they could easily find him with a sweep of their divine sense.
Simultaneously, Zhang Ling flipped his hand, and an ice-blue pearl appeared. He channeled spiritual power into it, and the pearl released an ice-blue light. He placed the pearl directly into his chest, immediately feeling a warm, cool force.
Instantly, he no longer felt any heat and felt refreshed.
This pearl was an ice-attribute magical treasure, useful for both defense and attack. It wasn't refined by him, nor was it purchased.
It was one of the magical treasures he obtained from the ice-fire jade mine. Although he hadn't refined it, using some spiritual power to activate it at this time was perfect for resisting the surrounding fire spiritual energy.
After preparing, Zhang Ling sped forward, hoping to reach the other side quickly.
But after running only a hundred feet, a loud bang occurred a few feet ahead, and a scorching white gas erupted from the ground, shooting a stream of hot air into the sky.
Zhang Ling frowned but didn't slow down, instead detouring around it and continuing forward.
He continued like this for a quarter of an hour. The surroundings were full of black-red rocks, and even the soil on the ground was baked into a reddish-brown color and was very hard.
The ground was covered with cracks, some large and some small, the small ones only the width of a thumb, the large ones several feet, even ten feet wide, with scorching lava flowing inside.
From time to time, a stream of white gas would emerge from the cracks, which could cause some damage if hit.
Therefore, Zhang Ling was covered in a layer of spiritual light to prevent himself from being injured.
The environment here, besides rocks, also had some black strange trees and a small amount of flowers and plants. Many were of the spiritual herb level, and he collected some along the way.
Zhang Ling dodged the white smoke shooting from the ground while moving forward quickly, gradually moving away.
...
At the same time, in another part of the canyon.
A black-faced man dressed in cloth, holding a black token, released a layer of blue shield to cover himself, and also moved forward quickly.
Shi Ming was a mid-stage Golden Core rogue cultivator. Originally, he was just an ordinary villager on a small island in the Flowing Cloud Sea. Once, the island was attacked by a group of low-level demon birds, and countless mortals were killed or injured, and their village was also destroyed. Coincidentally, a high-level rogue cultivator passed by and killed the group of demon birds.
Then his immortal opportunity came, the high-level rogue cultivator saw that he had spiritual roots, and his aptitude seemed to be good, so he accepted him as a disciple.
After that, he followed the high-level rogue cultivator for a hundred years. That person also became his master, until after the master passed away, Shi Ming had the opportunity to cultivate to the Golden Core realm, and also became a high-level cultivator.
Counting his age, he was only over three hundred years old, and his strength reached the middle stage of the Golden Core. This kind of cultivation is also famous among rogue cultivators. Not weaker than the cultivators of those big sects.
Just in time for the opening of the Heavenly Abyss this time, he caught up with it, and there was also a Heavenly Abyss Token left by his master in his hand. In order to break through the realm faster, even if he still has half of his lifespan, maybe he can condense the Nascent Soul, and the Great Dao is promising.
For this goal, he entered this place. At this moment, he came to the Lava Canyon on the second floor. For this place, Shi Ming has enough confidence to pass.
Because he himself is an ice spiritual root aptitude, and the main cultivation technique is also the top technique Xuanbing Jue passed down from his master. Originally, according to his speculation, entering this place, as long as he runs the exercises to form an ice shield, he can resist the fire spiritual energy here.
But I didn't expect to walk in this place for more than a day, although the practice of cultivating the power of fire spirit resistance is very good, but this place can't fly, and the speed of travel is more than half slower.
