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This kind of blue flame, although not a Heavenly Flame, was still extremely strange and powerful. Ordinary Dou Qi before such a flame was like gasoline meeting fire. Not only could it not extinguish the flame, but it would instead make it burn even fiercer.
Once stained by it, one either had to forcibly endure it or find some other means to put it out. Otherwise, one could only watch as their Dou Qi became fuel, burned away completely.
Thus, Wei Yang couldn't help but grow a little interested in this strange flame. He planned to take some back to study it carefully, to see what was so special about this flame said to have been passed down from ancient times.
After collecting it, he didn't linger any longer. With a wave of his sleeve—
Whoosh~
Black Sun's speed suddenly soared again, transforming into a blur of black light as it shot straight toward the end of the fiery tunnel. As they advanced, not a single silhouette could be seen ahead. Even Tang Zhen and his group, who had been in front, were nowhere to be found.
This passage, strangely enough, seemed endless—no matter how far they flew, they couldn't reach the end.
Hmm?
Wei Yang frowned, gradually realizing something was off. He began to slow down. His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked deep into the fiery tunnel ahead. There, it was still a sea of crimson with no sign of an end.
After pondering for a moment, he suddenly chuckled softly, quickly understanding where the problem lay. At that moment—
"Brother Wei, wait a moment, something seems off." From behind, Xiao Yan caught up, calling out.
Black Sun came to a halt.
Roar~
The purple-brown fire dragon let out a low growl and stopped as well.
Xiao Yan gave a bitter smile. "Brother Wei, I think we've been played. This fiery tunnel isn't the real path into the ruins. If we keep flying forward like this, our Dou Qi will eventually be completely drained."
"Yeah, I just realized that too. This tunnel truly isn't the right way in." Wei Yang also smiled wryly and nodded.
They had been tricked by the ancients.
"This fiery tunnel isn't the real path? Then where's the real one?" Qing Lin frowned and asked.
As she spoke, her gaze shifted toward the crimson walls on both sides. The walls here were forged from extremely hard crimson rock. Even with her experience, she couldn't tell what kind of material it was.
However, being able to withstand such extreme heat without melting—and to be chosen by a Dou Sheng powerhouse to build his own tomb—it clearly wasn't an ordinary material. Trying to brute-force their way through was clearly not an option.
Wei Yang and Xiao Yan's gazes almost simultaneously shifted downward, settling on the thick, molten magma below.
"The path's beneath the magma?" Qing Lin said in surprise when she saw that.
"The master of this ruin really was cunning. Who in their right mind would think of diving into magma for no reason?" Ah Da said in realization, a bit speechless.
"No wonder we kept flying and could never reach the end." Zi Yan's eyes widened, her face full of astonishment.
"Let's go." Wei Yang shook his head.
Black Sun moved, and with a splash, dove straight into the blazing crimson magma. Behind, the purple-brown fire dragon followed closely, plunging in right after. Once they entered the magma—
Black Sun and the fire dragon began to dive downward rapidly. From a distance, they looked like a fire dragon chasing a black sun, playing together within the molten sea.
Though the magma was scorching hot, for Black Sun and the fire dragon, the temperature was no different than soaking in warm water. They continued descending for about a minute when—
Pop~
With a faint muffled sound—
The magma around them suddenly thinned, and they passed through a barrier, entering a completely new space. They slowly descended a short distance, finally landing on solid ground.
When Wei Yang and the others looked up, expressions of astonishment appeared on all their faces. They looked up, and saw that dozens of zhang above their heads, the crimson magma flowed like winding rivers, twisting and circling across the sky in a ring-like formation.
If one looked carefully, faintly visible were small silhouettes occasionally darting across the fiery tunnel above.
That was the so-called fiery tunnel.
If someone truly followed that tunnel all the way through, who knew how many years it would take to reach the end.
"Tsk tsk, worthy of being an Ancient Ruin, it actually fooled everyone."
"If those people, after struggling through countless dangers and finally reaching the end of the fiery tunnel, discovered that it was just a stone wall, I wonder if they'd vomit blood from rage on the spot."
Xiao Yan looked up at the winding, endless fiery tunnel and couldn't help but say with a hint of gloating. Hearing that, Wei Yang and the others couldn't help but shake their heads and chuckle.
"So that means, the people who previously ventured into this place never actually found the true passage."
"Perhaps it was because the seal was still active that the mechanisms here didn't fully activate, which let a few lucky ones stumble in and bring word back to the outside world." Ah Da said thoughtfully.
"Mm." Everyone nodded.
Before the spatial seal had dissipated and the ruins were truly opened, those who slipped through cracks in space and managed to return alive were indeed lucky beyond belief.
Retracting their gazes from above, they looked around. They were now in a vast stone passage. The passage stretched far into the distance, and at its end, one could faintly see what appeared to be a massive square plaza.
On that plaza, there seemed to be figures, and waves of battle energy fluctuated faintly from that direction.
"Let's go. We should've truly entered the inner part of the ruins now. But our main goal is to find the Soul Baby Fruit. Everything else can wait until after." Wei Yang said.
"Mm."
Then, a blazing black sun and a purple-brown fire dragon surged forward together with tremendous momentum toward the plaza ahead. As they traveled—
"In a bit, the search for the Soul Baby Fruit will depend on you, Zi Yan. You have a unique sense for heavenly treasures. Searching will be much faster for you than for us fumbling around blindly." Xiao Yan said.
"Hehe, no problem, leave it to me." Zi Yan said proudly with a nod.
When it came to finding heavenly treasures, she was a professional. Within the wide passage, the purple-brown fire dragon followed closely behind the black sun.
Whoosh whoosh~
The tunnel wasn't very long. With Wei Yang and the others' speed, they arrived at the plaza after just a few minutes.
At this moment, quite a few people had already reached the plaza ahead of them. Most of them were among the first batch of experts who had rushed in earlier—among them were members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and Burning Flame Valley.
The sudden entrance of the Black Sun and the purple-brown fire dragon, with such forceful momentum, immediately drew everyone's attention.
Feng Qing'er and the white-robed young man beside her both furrowed their brows, their gazes fixed on the two flames, their expressions somewhat grave.
Both of these flames were far from ordinary!
After entering the plaza, the Black Sun and the purple-brown fire dragon paused briefly, then dissipated, revealing Wei Yang and the others' figures.
Their feet landed firmly on the cold surface of the plaza. They ignored the curious stares directed their way and instead turned their gazes toward where the waves of battle were coming from. There, at the far end of the plaza, stood a massive, heavy stone gate.
Before that gate, ten figures resembling dried corpses were fiercely battling an old man in grey robes. Those ten corpses had skin that shimmered with metallic silver, their eyes hollow, their faces expressionless.
"Earth Demon Puppets!"
Seeing those corpse-like beings, the corner of Xiao Yan's eye twitched uncontrollably, his face filled with shock as he muttered under his breath.
Wei Yang and the others also showed traces of astonishment on their faces.
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