Chapter 280 – Lair Sweep (2/2)
“If you don’t mind me asking, what rank are you at the moment?” Fatty asked after some consideration.
“I ranked up to the 7th enhancement after you gave me the Dragon Revolution Herb,” replied West without thinking.
“Ah?! You can match the Violent Ox King at the 7th class enhancement?” Fatty exclaimed in shock.
“How can that be?” West laughed. “In fact, I’m no match for it. It only looked that way because we are both fire-attribute, so I have a certain immunity to its attacks. Also, it’s not as fast as me, so it can’t stop me if I want to walk away from a fight. Therefore, we never went all out on each other. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to defeat it. Just now, if I hadn’t borrowed the energy of the Inferno Crystal, I couldn’t have suppressed it.”
“So that’s how it is.” Fatty nodded, then continued, “Bro, have you been cultivating here all along?”
“That’s right. I came here after returning from the East Ocean last time. The fire energy here is very dense and helpful as it can quicken my advancement,” as West talked, a series of Fire Crystal Stones flew out and lined up in some strange magic formation.
After the Fire Crystal Stones finished being arranged, the red armor appeared on West again, automagically falling off before it flew toward the center of the magic formation.
“Refine!” West shouted. The magic formation was suddenly activated, more than three thousand Fire Crystal Stones lit up at the same time and burst with dense fire energy. The energy circulated within the formation and converged into the armor.
West chanted an unknown incantation with a solemn face, his hands depicting some kind of magic rune to add to the magic formation.
As the magic formation ran, the armor suit gradually melted into a puddle of fiery red liquid that hovered at the center.
After about half an hour, a Fire Crystal Stone exploded with a boom. It seemed to trigger a chain reaction as the second one burst shortly after, and then the third, fourth…
The stones exploded at a faster and faster rate. Later on, several dozen of them exploded at the same time. Large masses of rich fire energy gushed out and kept gathering at the puddle of liquid which used to be the armor.
The crystal powder remains after the explosion weren't wasted, they also drifted toward the center.
When the refinement reached its most crucial moment, West’s face grew extremely serious. His eyes gazed intently at the magic formation; he even threw some magic stones into it to provide more mana.
“Condense!” shouted West. At that instant, all the Fire Crystal Stones exploded and the fire energy merged into the red liquid. The puddle then quickly squirmed and formed an armor suit.
This new armor was very different from the original one. The original was fiery red with few spots of light flickering here and there, while the new one was covered in dense sparks. Coupled with the fiery red color, it gave off a strangely aesthetic sense.
“Done!” West made a gesture. The armor flew over and automatically set itself on his body again.
“Congratulations on the successful refinement, big bro.” Fatty came over to congratulate.
“Hahaha, it’s thanks to you, lil’ bro. How could I get the Fire Crystal Stones without you?” West laughed loudly, then sighed. “Too bad that up until now, I could only find Fire Crystal Stones. If I get some Ice Crystal Stones, my armor can be upgraded to an ice and fire suit.”
“No big deal, we can go rob more in the future,” Fatty casually said.
“That’s right! With this new armor, and after I absorb the Inferno Crystal entirely to break through to the 8th class enhancement, I will have the power that nearly approaches the 9th enhancement. Then, we can find that Aliya woman and have our revenge.” West’s expression revealed his hatred at the mention of Aliya.
After the sweep, the valley had turned into a mess. The melted ground was restored later by the system reset, but the Fire Crystal Stones weren’t.
“Woah! If we take care of several more fellows like the Violent Ox King, wouldn’t we strike it big? If you swallow some inner cores, bro, you can quickly advance to the 9th enhancement, the Celestial realm.” Fatty instigated West to kill some more.
“How is that possible?” West couldn’t help but laugh. “In the depths of the Mountain of Flames, there lives a very old monstrous fellow. It’s too lazy to care even if we fuss, fight and kill all day, but if we kill a bunch of monsters to take their cores and rob their properties, that old monster will definitely come out to handle us.”
“Oh, who is this powerful monster?” Fatty was curious. He could have guessed that the Mountain of Flames had a ruler-tier boss to manage everything, but West not daring to provoke this monster was quite surprising.
“This… you’ll know when you get more powerful later,” West prevaricated, he actually didn’t even dare to speak about it.
“Heh, now that we’re done here, where are you going next, bro?” Fatty casually changed the topic.
“I want to find a safe area to digest the Inferno Crystal’s energy and rank up to the 8th enhancement.”
“Here in the Mountain of Flames?” asked Fatty.