Chapter 442: Upheaval (1/2)
Chapter 442: Upheaval
In a remote and desolate area.
The figure of a skinny man suddenly flew out of the wide mouth of an extinct volcano that was about ten thousand meters high.
The man looked like a bag of bones, and his surprisingly handsome face was filled with madness.
He stopped in midair in a location several hundred meters away from the extinct volcano, where he gazed at it silently.
Around that extinct volcano sat a number of active volcanoes, each of which was thousands of meters high. Endless lava was pouring out of the mouths of several of them.
That entire area was covered in rivers of flowing lava, to the point where anyone on the ground would barely find a place to stand.
At that moment, pale-gray smoke floated out of the mouth of the enormous, extinct volcano the skinny man had just come from.
Clusters of pale-gray smoke gathered in midair and started to emit an aura of death that could extinguish all living beings.
Gray and white light could be vaguely seen glowing occasionally in the depths of the smoke.
The skinny man apparently possessed a very high cultivation base. He floated steadily in the air and muttered, “Go! They are holding a decennial assessment pageant. Take this opportunity and surprise them!”
As soon as he uttered those words, the sizable cluster of pale-gray smoke started floating horizontally, carrying an aura of death that could change heaven and earth.
FIZZ! FIZZ!
In the depths of the cluster of smoke, the white and gray light seemed to be transforming in a certain way, forming a mysterious spherical ward in its surroundings.
A few fire-attributed spirit beasts were absorbing flame power to strengthen their bloodline power in this area, which was covered in lava and flames.
As the huge cluster of pale-gray smoke approached, those spirit beasts seemed to detect danger, and thus fled, howling.
However, the smoke rapidly caught up to them and submerged them.
Engulfed, every spirit beast let out agonized shrieks, but soon became silent.
The speed at which the pale-gray smoke traveled through air was very fast. It wasn’t long before it left that area.
On the ground, the few spirit beasts, which were shrieking a moment ago, were nowhere to be seen.
The bizarre pale-gray smoke continued to fly forward. From the look of it, it was flying towards Desolate City and the Tool Sect.
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In another place...
Nie Tian and Dong Li kept marching forward after passing the old man.
When they were very far ahead of the old man, Dong Li suddenly stopped and said, “I’m afraid we can’t let your Flame Dragon Armor absorb earthflame essence here anymore, Nie Tian.”
“Yeah?” Nie Tian said.
Dong Li shot him a hard look. “I thought that Flame Dragon Armor of yours only needed flame power from these volcanoes. If I knew the Flame Dragon Armor was actually after the earthflame essence in these volcanoes, I wouldn’t have brought you to the Realm of Unbounded Desolation in the first place!”
“Truth be told, I didn’t know that either,” Nie Tian said with an embarrassed expression.
Dong Li’s expression grew grim. “This won’t work. If the Flame Dragon Armor absorbs only flame power from these volcanoes, even if the Tool Sect learns about it, they won’t try to stop us.
“However, it’s a whole other story if we’re taking earthflame essence. A volcano’s earthflame essence is its core, the foundation of its existence.
“If we allow your Flame Dragon Armor to absorb earthflame essence from more volcanoes, more volcanoes will go extinct!
“That will definitely catch the Tool Sect’s attention. I bet their people are already looking into this!”
Nie Tian remained silent.
He sent a wisp of psychic awareness into the Flame Dragon Armor. After a brief examination, he learned that the earthflame essence from that short volcano didn’t help the Flame Dragon Armor restore its original state.
It still needed more earthflame essence or large amounts of precious fire-attributed materials in order to replenish the flame power it had consumed to refine the souls and Specters in the Spirit Pearl.
After a moment of hesitation, he said, as if he were reluctant to give up yet, “Is there a way we can secretly take the earthflame essence without attracting the Tool Sect’s attention? The Realm of Unbounded Desolation is such a vast place filled with countless volcanoes. I refuse to believe that there isn’t a corner that the Tool Sect will ignore.”
“I’ve told you, no! You need to drop that idea!” Dong Li sounded exasperated.
She had already sensed the unfavorable situation now that the Flame Dragon Armor had absorbed earthflame essence from that short volcano. She strongly believed that the Tool Sect had already learned about it.
Under such circumstances, it was actually very dangerous for her to continue to stay here with Nie Tian.
If Nie Tian dared to unleash the Flame Dragon Armor again and let it absorb earthflame essence from other volcanoes, they would definitely be exposed and soon draw retaliation from the Tool Sect.