Chapter 327: Ultimate Fire Dragon Vein?

Tianshui City, outskirts.

On a wide, flat road.

A black business car with special license plates was speeding along.

Inside the car.

Yan Lie gripped the steering wheel with both hands, driving with focused attention.

In the front passenger seat, Feng Cangqiong leaned back against the seat, closing his eyes to rest.

In the back seat, Lin Mo stared listlessly out the window.

As the car gradually left the bustling urban center of Tianshui City.

The scenery outside the window began to change.

Tall buildings gradually diminished.

Vast stretches of factories appeared within view.

Chimneys stood in dense rows.

Occasionally, heavy trucks passed by, loaded with pitch-black ore.

……

"We're almost there."

Yan Lie, driving, glanced at the navigation and spoke.

"That town ahead is Zhuxing Town."

Hearing Yan Lie's words.

Lin Mo lifted his head.

His gaze crossed the windshield, gazing ahead.

On the distant horizon.

A large town gradually came into view.

The town's architectural style was utterly unlike that of a modern metropolis.

Almost all buildings were constructed from massive blocks of grayish-blue stone.

Crude, heavy.

Above the town.

A faint red mist now hung overhead.

The mist was not thick, but it covered an enormous area.

Like a thin veil, it enveloped the entire town.

Under the glow of the setting sun, the red mist shimmered with a faint golden light.

From afar, it looked strangely magnificent.

Yan Lie glanced at Lin Mo through the rearview mirror.

Noticing he was observing the red mist, he smiled and explained:

"Don't worry."

"It's not pollution."

"It's a peculiar phenomenon caused by the high heat from the town's ever-burning forges mixing with cold air."

"In simple terms…"

Yan Lie thought for a moment.

"It's just steam formed when hot air meets cold air."

"But because these vapors contain fire elements, they appear red."

Hearing this.

Lin Mo nodded.

"I see."

……

Under Yan Lie's control, the car slowly entered the town.

Lin Mo rolled down his window halfway.

Instantly, a deafening clamor of forging sounds flooded his ears.

Dense, rhythmic clangs of metal rose and fell in succession.

Lin Mo surveyed the streets outside.

It was an extremely lively town.

But its liveliness differed from that of an ordinary city.

Along the streets, almost no supermarkets could be seen.

No ordinary commercial shops found in typical cities.

Instead, there were weapon shops, forges, and material stores of all kinds.

"Hundred-Forged Divine Weapon Pavilion."

"Thousand-Hammer Forge."

"Meteor Iron Forging Shop."

Various rugged signs hung above the shop entrances.

Through open doors, one could see rows of forges blazing with fierce flames.

Bare-chested, muscular blacksmiths wildly hammered red-hot metal.

With each swing of their hammers, sparks flew everywhere.

And on the streets.

The crowds moving to and fro were entirely different from those in the outside cities.

Almost all were battle professionals with hurried expressions.

Clearly.

Those who came here were true veterans who had faced death.

High-level battle professionals.

As Lin Mo was intently observing the scene outside,

A disturbance stirred in his skill bar.

【"Huh?"】

The "Fireball Spell," which had been resting with closed eyes, suddenly opened them.

【"What's this?"】

【"Such dense fire elemental energy!"】

Hearing this.

Lin Mo frowned slightly.

"Fire elemental energy?"

He instinctively glanced at the forges lining the streets.

"Is it from those furnaces?"

【"No…"】

The "Fireball Spell" shook its head, sensing carefully.

【"Not from these furnaces."】

【"From underground."】

【"Underground… there's an enormous, incredibly pure fire elemental energy."】

【"Huge beyond reason."】

【"Stronger than the energy emitted by these furnaces by hundreds of times!"】

"Huh?"

"Underground?"

Lin Mo's eyes flickered.

Fire elemental energy underground?

At that moment,

Feng Cangqiong, seated in the front passenger seat, turned his head to look at Lin Mo.

"You felt it?"

Hearing Feng Cangqiong's question,

Lin Mo nodded.

"Yeah."

"Underground… there seems to be a very strong fire elemental energy?"

As soon as he spoke,

Yan Lie, driving, couldn't help glancing at Lin Mo in the rearview mirror.

An expletive slipped out.

"Fuck…"

"Can you feel it?"

Lin Mo looked at Yan Lie in confusion.

"Of course I can, it's obvious."

"What's wrong?"

Yan Lie sighed.

"This fucking…"

Feng Cangqiong laughed heartily.

"Enough, Yan Lie, just focus on driving."

"Stop being jealous."

"It's only natural that Lin Mo can sense what you can't."

Feng Cangqiong's rebuke made him pause.

Yan Lie scratched his head.

"Yeah… right…"

Feng Cangqiong turned his gaze back to Lin Mo in the rearview mirror, his expression growing more admiring.

"No wonder it's you, Lin Mo—your elemental perception is this strong."

Feng Cangqiong sighed.

"Consider this."

"Across the entire Dragon Nation, fewer than a hundred people sitting in this car could sense the fire energy beneath the ground."

"Don't be fooled by the number—these people are all top-tier Flame Mages."

Hearing Feng Cangqiong's praise,

Lin Mo smiled.

"Master Feng, don't flatter me."

"What exactly is down there?"

Lin Mo asked curiously.

Feng Cangqiong paused to collect his thoughts, then spoke slowly:

"Beneath us lies the earth vein energy."

"More precisely, a top-grade 'Fire Dragon Earth Vein.'"

"Earth vein energy?"

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow.

"Exactly."

Feng Cangqiong nodded and continued:

"In today's world, nature contains all kinds of elemental energies."

"In certain specific geographic locations, these energies gather and settle intensely."

"That's what an earth vein is."

Feng Cangqiong pointed out the window.

"Do you know why this place is called Casting Star Town?"

Lin Mo shook his head.

Feng Cangqiong smiled and explained:

"What's most essential for forging equipment?"

"Fire."

"But not ordinary mundane fire."

"No matter how hot ordinary fire gets, it cannot melt top-grade materials infused with supernatural power."

"To forge top-tier weapons—even forbidden-grade specialized weapons—"

"You must rely on special high-grade flames."

Feng Cangqiong paused.

"And this top-grade Fire Dragon Earth Vein hidden beneath Casting Star Town—"

"Is one of the purest, most violent fire sources in all of the Dragon Nation, even across the entire Blue Planet!"

"Every forge here draws its core flame directly from the earth vein."

Hearing this,

Lin Mo suddenly understood.

So that's how it is.

No wonder Xiao Huo reacted this way.

At that moment,

in his skill bar,

"Fireball" licked its lips.

【"Master…"】

【"That Fire Dragon Earth Vein beneath us…"】

【"I really want to go down and absorb it."】

【"Drain it dry."】

【"Not a single drop left."】