1444 West Kunlun Wind (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Mui Guangqing looked rather awkward, but soon regained his serious expression and replied, ”We believe the White Lava is the core of the fire vein at the bottom of the caldera, where the meteorite smashed into the mountain. If we aren't mistaken, its temperature should be high enough to burn a Ruler-level to ashes within a minute.”
”Are you being f**king serious now!?” Zhao Manyan screamed at the top of his lungs.
”The White Lava should only appear in fixed locations, which is why we need a Fire Spirit Summoned Beast to cross the White Lava and set the space coordinates. None of us have gone inside, so you'll have to act according to the situation. If you can't find a way to cross the White Lava, you'll have to leave with the Scrolls of Space,” Mui Guangqing said.
The Fire Spirit Summoned Beast obviously referred to Little Flame Belle.
In other words, the White Lava was located at the bottom of the volcanic pond. It had the highest temperature, and could set anything on fire with the slightest touch. Even a Ruler-level creature had no chance of enduring its heat. Advanced Mages like them would be burned to ashes if even a single drop of the White Lava touched them!
The only way across the White Lava was using the Scrolls of Space.
However, they were a lot of uncertainties when using the Scrolls of Space, especially when they had no clue how many walls, rocks, or obstacles there were in the surroundings. Using the Scrolls of Space recklessly was only going to get themselves killed. Because of that, someone had to cross the White Lava first and set the coordinates where the Scrolls of Space would teleport them to!
Only then would they be able to teleport to the right spot!
”Your job is done once you've set the space coordinates. Leave the excavating to professionals like us,” Mui Guangqing said blithely.
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They went through the plan once again. It turned out that they only had a single Scroll of Space. It was currently in the hands of Mui Zhuocheng, who was also a Space Mage himself. It was the Mui Clan that had provided them with the extremely rare magic Scroll. Mo Fan would have been more than happy to keep it as a safety measure, but it was unlikely that Mui Zhuocheng would give it to him.
All magic Scrolls were uncommon. Only a very few factions had the skill to produce magic scrolls, not to mention something as extravagant as the Scroll of Space. Mo Fan had seen Asha'ruiya using one before when they were at the top of Mount Tyrant. Mo Fan could still feel chills running down his spine whenever he recalled the shadows of the enormous creatures above the clouds, and the giant hand looming over them.
Mo Fan's Blink could teleport him less than three hundred meters. The walls in the volcanic pond were clearly more than a thousand meters thick, so it was impossible for him to teleport out of the volcanic pond with Blink. The thought of teleporting into the lava accidentally was already creating great pressure on his thoughts...
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After the team was done with the preparations, all they needed was a suitable time to jump into the hole.
Mui Guangqing kept his eyes on the volcanic pond all the time. He was waiting for a longer opening before giving the signal.
Every time a hollow appeared as a result of an explosion, the lava would scatter across the place. It was suicide to fly above the lava, so the team could only wait at the edge patiently until a hollow was formed closer to the edge they were standing at.
It was a long wait. Hollows would not appear all the time, and due to the size of the volcanic pond, most of the hollows either appeared closer to the center or on the side opposite where the team was at...
”It's here, the next one is very close to us!” Dongfang Linlin said.
”It won't do, it won't last for long. The hollow is going to fill up before you can make it to the bottom,” Mui Guangqing shook his head.
”But we've waited for so long.”