Chapter 48

In the magma lay a sheet of fiery red.

However, with the aid of a Qi defense shield, Lin Feng could barely make out some of his surroundings.

His gaze swept around, and he quickly shifted his position.

He hurriedly lunged toward the slow-moving vortex drilling into the magma depths, waiting for his fire spirit snake...

Upon reaching Luman's side, Lin Feng finally had time to observe his surroundings.

Gazing at this fiery red subterranean magma world.

Unlike the calm surface of the magma, here inside, dark currents surged.

Occasionally, an extremely fierce streak of magma dark current would erupt violently from some unknown place.

Each time this happened, it always made Lin Feng's heart tremble with fear.

You see, within these dark currents lies an immense amount of energy.

Even if struck, even a senior Fighting Master would only end up severely injured.

Fortunately, the fire spirit snake is extremely familiar with this place.

Before the dark currents arrive, it can always find the most suitable route to sneak through.

And Luman and Lin Feng, closely following behind it, also managed to smoothly evade these magma dark currents.

As they continually proceeded deeper into what seemed an endless magma abyss...

Even with Lin Feng's protective shield, he could faintly feel it.

The external temperature was almost doubling...

The two humans and one beast did not know how long they had been descending.

At this moment, Lin Feng discovered that the surrounding magma, originally fiery red, had turned azure.

And the temperature there surged even more!

Luman also knew this, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Upon entering the azure magma, her consumption of Qi to maintain the shield suddenly increased considerably.

Here, her Qi replenishment was extremely scarce.

She could hardly absorb any wood-attributed Qi.

After descending a bit further, Lin Feng and Luman suddenly noticed.

Not far below, there was an extremely conspicuous green light curtain that attracted their attention.

Gazing at the light source, Lin Feng wiped away sweat and smiled, saying, "Looks like we're almost there."

"Oh, we're almost there..."

Hearing Lin Feng's voice, Luman also curiously gazed at the light curtain.

Although she was a Fighting Emperor powerhouse, she had never seen an exotic fire before...

Soon, the azure light enveloped this stretch of magma.

Approaching near the light curtain, the two focused their gaze and faintly saw.

Within the azure light, they dimly saw: an azure lotus blossom stood gracefully.

"What kind of exotic fire is this?"

Gazing at the faintly visible azure lotus, Luman turned her head toward Lin Feng and asked curiously.

Although she knew there were twenty-three types of exotic fires, she lacked detailed knowledge about them.

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng explained: "Look at that azure lotus; it is the Azure Lotus Core Fire. This fire ranks nineteenth on the exotic fire list. It is born deep in the earth, undergoing countless hammerings, fusions, compressions, and carvings by earth fire... It becomes sentient in ten years, takes shape in a hundred years, forms a lotus in a thousand years, and upon reaching perfection, its hue leans azure, with a cluster of azure flame at its lotus heart. Its name is Azure Lotus Fire, also called Azure Lotus Core Fire."

"Is it the fifth-lowest exotic fire? No wonder I sensed it seems to possess only the strength of a low-ranking Fighting Emperor."

Gazing downward, thinking of his own six-star Fighting Emperor strength, he curled his lips and said.

Hearing the contempt in Luman's words, Lin Feng then knew that Luman was utterly ignorant about exotic fires.

He hurriedly warned: "Senior, you must never be careless; in this environment, the Azure Lotus Core Fire can continuously draw energy from the magma, and combined with the inherent ferocity of exotic fire, even a peak Fighting Emperor might not be able to defeat it."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Luman's expression also turned grave.

She never imagined that this flame, within the magma, could actually contend with a peak Fighting Emperor powerhouse.

"Let's go."

Lin Feng looked toward Luman beside him and said.

"Mm."

She nodded slightly; this time Luman became much more cautious, and only after enlarging her shield did she slowly enter the light curtain.

Lin Feng also closely followed behind, entering it.

Upon entering the azure light, the expected scorching heat did not arrive as anticipated; instead, the temperature around his body strangely dropped considerably.

Faced with this somewhat supernatural scene, since Lin Feng was unaware of these minor details from the original work, he also froze for a moment.

After a brief moment, he regained his composure and hastily swept his gaze around.

Finally, his gaze settled upon the azure lotus at the center.

The azure lotus had eight petals, eight pieces of azure leaves, as perfect as the most flawless jade, naturally formed.

At first glance, it was crystal clear and translucent, giving one the urge to never let go.

Within the lotus, there appeared to be a small lotus pedestal about two to three feet in size.

In some holes on the lotus pedestal, specks of fluorescence were emitted, likely formed by the condensation of the purest fire-attributed energy into lotus seeds.

Beneath the azure lotus, an extremely slender stem stretched over ten meters long.

Covering the stem were dense, fine tendrils.

When these tendrils swayed, Lin Feng and Luman could clearly feel it.

They are in a near‑greedy state, frantically absorbing the violent fire‑attribute energy within the surrounding magma.

And this green lotus flower simply hovers in the endless magma.

Like duckweed floating in the sea, it drifts everywhere.

If it weren't for the fire spirit snake leading the way, with Lin Feng's current strength it would be utterly impossible to navigate such a vast region.

To find such a one, relatively speaking, an extremely tiny green lotus flower...

"Be careful, don't let those tendrils touch you, or else the battle qi inside you will be sucked dry in the blink of an eye."

Gazing at those green roots, Lu Man said with a somewhat solemn tone.

"Thanks for the reminder, senior; let's go get it now."

Lin Feng clasped his hands, looking at the green lotus flower, and said somewhat impatiently.

"Then let's go."

Lu Man nodded, then shook his green wings and flew forward.

Seeing that, Lin Feng also hurried to follow...

As the distance to the green lotus flower drew nearer, Lin Feng could increasingly feel its exquisite splendor.

Something so nearly perfect could probably only be forged by time and nature's tempering.

Carefully avoiding the swaying of those root‑stem tendrils, Lin Feng followed Lu Man and slowly came above the green lotus.

With an eager glance, he spotted that at the center of the small lotus platform within the flower there was a fist‑sized hole.

A cluster of green flame was slowly rising within it.

This cluster of green flame was extremely spirited, as it gently churned.

At times it condensed into the shape of a lotus, at times into a tiny green flame serpent.

Floating and spiraling above the lotus base, its gentle appearance was extremely adorable.

"What should we do now?"

Lu Man was also captivated by the flame's appearance for a moment, then came to his senses and asked.