Chapter 428 - Scarlet Flame Drake Calls For Help. Flame Giant (1/2)

After swallowing a scarlet crystal core, the Scarlet Flame Drake’s aura grew a little stronger. It barked at the remaining large fiery beasts and rushed at them as fast as lightning.

Seeing their companion killed and its life core eaten by the Scarlet Flame Drake, the rest of the large fiery beasts roared furiously, one after another. Each of them breathed out flaming long spears at the Scarlet Flame Drake from all directions, trapping it.

The flames whistled in the air, and a bitter fight broke out.

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Outside the flaming mountains, Zhang Che was bored out of his mind waiting for the Purple Crystal Tortoise to recover from its injuries.

“What exactly did the Scarlet Flame Drake run into in there? Why isn’t it coming out after so long?”

Zhang Che had clearly instructed that fellow to go and scout the situation there. Who would’ve thought that it never came back, seemingly having forgotten his orders.

Needless to say, that fellow must have came across something greatly beneficial to it, and cried out so excitedly, forgetting about everything else.

A few minutes later, the Purple Crystal Tortoise’s injuries were healed. Zhang Che summoned it out once more, asking it, “Are there more of those fiery red crystals in the ground ahead?”

Although he didn’t know what exactly those fiery red crystals were, it didn’t stop Zhang Che from realizing their value. They were definitely a type of rare mineral worth a fortune.

The Purple Crystal Tortoise nodded, but its eyes revealed traces of fear.

Evidently, it was too hot underground over there. Despite the Purple Crystal Tortoise being at legend-quality, it couldn’t really handle the heat.

If it wasn’t for the fact that subdued beasts would never go against their owner’s orders, the Purple Crystal Tortoise would have rejected Zhang Che’s request outright.

“Then be a little more careful. Come back immediately if you can’t take it,” Zhang Che instructed. The Purple Crystal Tortoise quickly sank into the sandy ground.

Zhang Che and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon were the only ones left again. He was bored of waiting and leaned back, laying on the dragon’s back.

It was too hot here. Only by sticking close to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s body would he feel a little cooler. Even breathing the air here felt uncomfortable.

Regrettably, the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm’s Elemental Protective Barrier skill only lasted an hour. Otherwise, Zhang Che wouldn’t have to worry about the heat wave at all.

No matter what type of elemental damage it was, as long as it wasn’t divine-quality, it would be perfectly blocked off by the Elemental Protective Barrier. It was simply a must-have skill!

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While Zhang Che was waiting leisurely outside, the Scarlet Flame Drake was displaying its might inside the flames, beating the living daylights out of the large flaming beasts. Sparks erupted from time to time, a sign of the Scarlet Flame Drake tearing the beasts’ bodies to pieces.

Bam! With a loud noise, the Scarlet Flame Drake found an opportunity to directly tear the throat of one of the large flaming beast open. Its head fell off, and its body suddenly exploded, leaving only a scarlet crystal core behind on the golden yellow ground.

The Scarlet Flame Drake wouldn’t miss such a delicacy. It immediately slurped up the crystal core, swallowing it into its stomach. The scarlet flame light on its body grew slightly more intense once again.

As the difference in strength between them increased, the remaining large flaming beasts found themselves less and less of a match for the Scarlet Flame Drake. They only managed to hold on for a few more minutes before they were all wiped out. The Scarlet Flame Drake obtained a few more fiery crystal cores, the dancing golden flames around its body now looked almost solid.

The Scarlet Flame Drake focused its eyes, looking deeper into the flaming mountains, hoping for more of those large flaming beasts to appear for it to kill.

However, there were no signs of movements after waiting for some time.

The Scarlet Flame Drake suddenly found itself at a loss for what to do. It didn’t know whether it should continue exploring deeper.

After all, it still remembered Zhang Che’s instructions. It was also afraid of an overwhelmingly powerful fiery creature appearing. At that time, it wouldn’t be able to leave even if it wanted to.

However, the taste of those fiery crystal cores were truly too tempting.

In the end, the Scarlet Flame Drake’s desire for food triumphed over its thinking. It carefully started forward, slowly walking deeper in.

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The Purple Crystal Tortoise rose from the sandy grounds once more. This time, the fiery aura remnant on its body was much less intense than before. It remembered Zhang Che’s instructions very clearly; it immediately returned to him when it almost couldn’t take it anymore.

Naturally, due to the reduced time the Purple Crystal Tortoise went underground, its harvests were less than the last time. It only managed to gather a few dozen of those fiery crystals, varying in sizes.

Even so, Zhang Che didn’t feel any regrets.

Slow and steady was the way to go. He couldn’t let the Purple Crystal Tortoise get into dangerous situations.

The fellow’s strength and the space inside its body were extremely important to Zhang Che. He couldn’t afford to lose it!

Moreover, that fellow was built from a mountain of gold. It had consumed tens of tons of purple-gold crystals. Even if they were converted to purple crystal points, it had been an astronomical sum.

Although the Purple Crystal Tortoise wasn’t injured, it suffered pretty badly from the heat. It was temporarily unable to go gather more fiery crystals for Zhang Che.

Time was money; Zhang Che felt like he couldn’t afford to waste it.