Chapter 179: Rest and Action

Not just the two of them, other logistics wizards obviously had the same idea.

Gao Jie Ming stretched again: "The main task of the camp next should be to expand the scope of geological survey and confirm this theory, right?"

Sister Wei Ao also pulled a chair from the side and sat down leisurely: "That's right, such an important thing must be confirmed as soon as possible, the focus of the camp next should turn to this aspect."

"Then it has nothing to do with us, finally can rest for a period of time·—"

This was also the reason why the two breathed a sigh of relief at the same time just now.

After all, things like geological drilling to obtain samples do not need to be logistics wizards, most wizards can get started after a little training.

And wanting to confirm the data requires enough manpower, so the main body of this task must be combat wizards with larger numbers.

Anyway, combat wizards also run around on the Flame-Frost Plane daily, this task is nothing more than letting them get some samples while digging for resources.

Sister Wei Ao shook her legs slightly relaxed: "Then what do you plan to do during this time?"

"Me?" Gao Jie Ming leaned on the chair, looked up at the ceiling of the camp, "I plan to go out for a stroll."

"Worthy of being a young man, really full of vitality, like us old people, we have to rest in the camp for a few more days—" Sister Wei Ao teased.

Gao Jie Ming smiled and shook his head, not saying much.

"It's time to go deep into the enemy territory and find more Red Dust Qi." Gao Jie Ming thought in his heart.

Originally, his purpose for this expedition was this, but he didn't expect that there were so many things for logistics wizards, and it had been delayed until now.

Although the Red Dust Qi provided to him by wizards during this period was not small, it was still far from enough for the amount Gao Jie Ming needed.

He did not disturb anyone, just silently put away the research report and changed into a magic robe convenient for action.

Gao Jie Ming set the lowest contact authority of the Magic Net terminal, then activated flight magic, and galloped straight toward the depths of the Flame-Sun Realm.

In order to collect as much Red Dust Qi as possible, he decided to go to the Flame-Sun Realm first, and then go to the Frost-Dark Realm, covering the core areas of these two extreme civilizations as much as possible.

It just so happened that the entire wizard camp had also released tasks about geological survey and sample collection to confirm the previous news, so a group of wizards flew around, and Gao Jie Ming didn't attract attention.

Flame-Sun Realm, this is a real scorched earth wasteland.

After flying in the air for several days, Gao Jie Ming came to a dead land covered by volcanic ash, occasionally with magma flowing.

The air was filled with the smell of sulfur and minerals, the ground under his feet presented a heart-palpitating dark red, and occasionally he could see a few dormant volcanoes still emitting white smoke.

The environment here was even worse than around the camp.

The reason why Gao Jie Ming landed here was because his perception locked onto a special area.

That was a somewhat abandoned ruin, which was once a town site where Lava Giants lived.

The scorched rock buildings were broken walls and ruins, appearing lonely and desolate under the eternal scorching sun.

Even though it was abandoned, its remaining ruins still told Gao Jie Ming that dense Lava Giants had lived here.

Because of the activities of wizards, the gathering places of Lava Giants retreated again and again; finally encountering a ruin, Gao Jie Ming wanted to see if there were any new clues.

Just as Gao Jie Ming was preparing to land and carefully investigate this ruin, he suddenly perceived a trace of unusual energy fluctuation.

Ahead, a few weak but rapidly moving small life energy fluctuations came.

"Looks like luck is good, met directly." Gao Jie Ming smiled lightly.

Through the information sent back by the Eye of Reconnaissance, opposite were three Tier 2 Lava Giants, over a hundred Tier 1 Lava Giants—this was undoubtedly a small reconnaissance team of Lava Giants.

This group of Lava Giants obviously also discovered Gao Jie Ming.

They locked onto the wizard in mid-air, and after a short surprise, they erupted with deafening roars.

In their view, a lonely Tier 1 wizard actually dared to break into their hinterland, simply throwing himself into the net!

"Invader! Die!" The leading Tier 2 Lava Giant roared, scorching magma sprayed from its mouth, and other Lava Giants on the ground also gathered power one after another, preparing to launch an attack.

Gao Jie Ming also did not talk nonsense, the six "autonomous floating cannons" behind him started instantly, the pitch-black cannon bodies flowed in the air, and the light flashed.

He had partially improved these floating cannons in this year, making them capable of more precise sniping and point killing while maintaining large-scale fire coverage.

"Clear!" Gao Jie Ming gave a simple instruction.

The next second, six floating cannons fired at full power, hundreds of missiles and energy rays like a bright death net, instantly covering the hundred Tier 1 Lava Giants in that area.

These low-tier Lava Giants, lacking flexibility and precise defense, almost had no resistance.

Their rock bodies were like paper under the dense fire strike, and in just a few seconds, they were bombed into countless scorched rock fragments.

And Gao Jie Ming himself locked his target on the three Tier 2 Lava Giants.

The attack-type rune magic tool on his right wrist hummed, and three sharp light blades shot out from the magic tool almost simultaneously, at a speed that made it impossible to react.

Those three Tier 2 Lava Giants obviously possessed higher defensive consciousness and faster reaction speed.

They immediately waved their magma giant hands, trying to resist, but the speed of Gao Jie Ming's rune magic tool was too fast, and the light blades accurately tore through their lava armor.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three muffled sounds, three light blades accurately hit their core vulnerable parts—Gao Jie Ming had long analyzed the weaknesses of Lava Giants thoroughly based on a year of research experience.

The light blades exploded rapidly after hitting, and the powerful vibration force accurately destroyed the lava cores in their bodies.

The three Tier 2 Lava Giants didn't even have time to wail, and like statues that had their core parts pulled out, they fell to the ground with a bang, and the lava flow on their bodies also stopped, falling into complete stiffness,

The entire battle process took less than ten seconds. The Lava Giant reconnaissance team that was still aggressive a few minutes ago had all turned into piles of scorched rock fragments and remains in the ruins.

"Looks like the effect of the magic I newly researched is not bad." Gao Jie Ming nodded with satisfaction.

The rune magic tool he was wearing on his wrist now, the magic stored inside was a by-product of Gao Jie Ming's transformation of "Lava Annihilation" during this year.

It specialized in release speed and added an automatic locking function.

Coupled with the super-strong destructive power of targeted destructive magic against targeted targets, even Tier 2 creatures could be killed with one blow.

This is the terrifying part of wizards; once they conduct targeted in-depth research according to a certain race, the lethality will be strong to an exaggerated degree.

Gao Jie Ming walked to the corpse of a Tier 2 Lava Giant, took out a Tier 4 soul search magic tool, and pressed it gently on its core position.

The light of the "All-Purpose Eye" in his eyes lit up again, and his huge spiritual power, under the action of magic, permeated into the residual soul fragments in the Lava Giant's body like tentacles, conducting soul searching!

From the fragmented memory fragments of the Lava Giant, he quickly obtained a lot of valuable intelligence—the recent activity range, gathering points, and the way they hid.

Sure enough, after a year of high-intensity fighting, Lava Giants had also learned to be smart.

They no longer easily moved on the surface, most of the time hiding deep in the earth veins, or even directly hiding in the scorching magma!

These magma zones not only had extremely high temperatures but also huge pressure, which could effectively block the entry of most Tier 1 wizards.

Even Tier 2 wizards, if they were active in magma for a long time, would consume a lot of spiritual power to maintain protection.

Over time, combat effectiveness declined seriously, which greatly limited the pursuit of wizards.

But this point was not a problem for Gao Jie Ming!

Although Gao Jie Ming was still a Tier 1 wizard, his body had been tempered by the in-depth body-forging method on the Elosia plane, and his physical strength had long exceeded the imagination of wizards of the same level.

With his physical body alone, he could withstand the high temperature of magma and the huge pressure of the underground, without needing to maintain a high-consumption energy shield at all times.

"Found it." Gao Jie Ming said to himself, locking his gaze on a huge underground lava vein in his memory.

Gao Jie Ming flew up, followed the Lava Giant's movement trajectory in his memory, and found a huge active volcano.

Inside the volcano, scorching magma was flowing slowly, emitting suffocating heat.

Gao Jie Ming did not hesitate at all, put the clothes on his body into his body space, his figure moved, and he jumped directly into the magma bubbling with scorching heat!

The crimson magma instantly wrapped him, but no energy shield rose around him.

His strong physique allowed him to shuttle through the lava easily.

The only disadvantage was that the density of the lava was too high, and he couldn't do the elegant posture like swimming at all, but rather more like a groundhog digging an underground tunnel.

Gao Jie Ming sighed, his hands were like two giant shovels, forcibly digging a stable channel inward in the lava!

The surrounding lava was briefly pushed away under Gao Jie Ming's power, creating a space for him to move forward.

He was like a real underground creature, diving rapidly in the scorching lava, deep into the earth veins.

Soon, he arrived at an external entrance of the Lava Giant gathering place according to the intelligence in his memory.

Gao Jie Ming soon faced the first problem: this entrance was not a simple rock blockage, but an energy barrier that was almost materialized!

This barrier presented a translucent orange-red color, with complex and primitive runes flowing on it, emitting an unsettling powerful energy fluctuation.

It was highly integrated with the surrounding earth vein energy, as if it were a part of the underground lava, indestructible.

Gao Jie Ming slightly released spiritual power to detect, and soon judged the strength of this energy barrier.

It did not only have defensive power, it seemed to have some effect of devouring energy.

Although this effect was simple, with the assistance of many earth vein energies around, it turned into an unusually solid fortress.

Gao Jie Ming tried every means to check a circle, but really couldn't find a way to break through.

With his current knowledge and power, if he tried forcibly, even if his spiritual power was exhausted, he would probably not be able to break through.

Using "Great Light Phase" could break through, but the movement was so big that I'm afraid by the time he broke through this barrier, those Lava Giants would have already escaped along the earth veins.

Moreover, this barrier was originally part of the warning system; as long as it was broken, no matter what method was used, it would be discovered by the Lava Giants inside.

However, Gao Jie Ming's mood was not sad, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but smile!

Because he couldn't help but recall a famous saying from his previous life: "When the door is too solid, the wall becomes the door."

Without paying attention to that indestructible energy barrier, Gao Jie Ming simply "swam" back to the volcano, followed the channel he just dug, and returned to the lava channel not far from the entrance.

He set his target on that thick and solid rock wall, which was the "wall" "protected" by the energy barrier.

Because in the lava, Gao Jie Ming was very sorry that he couldn't take a deep breath.

But he still adjusted his mentality, urged alchemy, and skillfully permeated his spiritual power into the volcanic rock wall.

Invisible drills seemed to appear in front of his hands, and any area he noticed automatically moved to both sides.

Gao Jie Ming just dug from the rock wall next to the channel this time, he was not chiseling in the lava, but digging in the solid volcanic rock and solidified lava layer!

The hard crust became like quicksand and could be shaped under the influence of his alchemy, and was instantly solidified in the next second, giving himself as narrow an operating space as possible.

Gao Jie Ming dug out the rocks in front while filling them behind to prevent being squeezed by the lava.

The high heat and immense pressure pressed in from all sides at every moment, but under his formidable physical defense, none of this could affect him.

Relying on precise alchemy control and tenacious spiritual power, he forcibly dug more than a kilometer in the solid rock under the lava!

Crack·——

With a slight crisp sound, the rock wall in front became thin.

Gao Jie Ming cast alchemy again, carefully pushing away the last layer of rock.

A breath of unprecedented, extremely scorching air and a strong smell of sulfur rushed toward his face!

His figure jumped, and he jumped out of the narrow channel, landing steadily on a scorching ground.

By the way, he reached out and wiped backward, and the entire rock wall was "healed" by him.

Appearing in front of Gao Jie Ming was an extremely scorching huge underground cavity.

This cavity was even wider than he imagined, the space was high, firelight was soaring, and huge lava crystals were inlaid on the cave wall, emitting scorching brilliance.

Not far away, he could hear the low sound of lava squeezing, and—.

The low roars and conversations of a huge number of Lava Giants!

Gao Jie Ming's mouth raised a cold smile, squinting his eyes.

He had successfully bypassed the strongest "door" and successfully infiltrated the real lair of the Lava Giants through the "wall." ===== CHAPTER 180 =====