Click, click, click
The three of them ran forward at full speed, with flames sweeping in from behind.
"I'm counting on you, Red-necked Turtle!"
Xu Chenglu turned his head and raised the red-bellied turtle backwards like a shield.
The volcanic rock cracked along the lines on the tortoise shell, revealing a bright red, high-temperature fire core inside, and faintly forming a vortex of flames that was absorbing inward.
Most of the running flames were absorbed by the tortoise shell, but there was too much flaming fluid, and after a while the red-bellied tortoise could no longer bear it and closed its shell.
The surface of the tortoise shell was glowing hot at this time, and the magma in the volcanic rock was suppressed with great difficulty, as if it was about to erupt at any time.
A deep red rock platform appeared in front of the cave. Climbing up it seemed that they could reach a wider area. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the red-bellied turtle absorbed the flames, the three of them ran hard towards the platform.
It was difficult for Mu Huoyue to jump that high, so he asked Eren to bring him to the platform through shadow stealth.
Bright flame patterns ignited around Wen Li's body, and she jumped high up with Yan Xi Miao, using the momentum of the monster to easily land on the ground.
Only Xu Chenglu was holding the red-bellied turtle in one hand and running at the back. The severe consumption of his physical strength made it impossible for him to climb up the platform.
Seeing that the next wave of flames was about to hit, Wen Li leaned down on the platform, and the flame patterns on her arms suddenly expanded and became more than twice as thick. She reached out and grabbed Xu Chenglu, who had already run to the bottom of the platform, and with one effort, she lifted them up together with the turtle.
The high-temperature fire stream hit the platform, making a burning crackling sound.
Both of them were slightly burned by the fire. They sat slumped on the platform with lingering fear, unable to imagine what it would be like if the fire hit them.
"Thank you, thank you, Wen Li..." Xu Chenglu panted and put the red-bellied turtle on the ground.
The Red Snake Turtle weighs more than 40kg. Being able to run wildly with it in his arms is already the potential that a beastmaster can unleash in a life-and-death crisis. Wen Li can actually lift him and the turtle up together. What a strange power.
"It's okay, it's okay. We were able to escape to the platform thanks to you and the Red Turtle." The flame patterns on Wen Li's body faded.
This is the benefit brought by the [Burning Blood] talent, but the consumption is also very high. She just ate a lot of energy blocks and she feels hungry again.
"Don't let your guard down." Mu Liuyue stared at the passage in the cave. "Based on previous experience, these things will take other measures if they fail to eliminate the target successfully..."
She suddenly thought of something, adjusted the bracelet to investigation mode, and glanced at the readings on the projection.
The normal energy value of the area is still fluctuating, but the value is basically in the range of 1000w-2000wP. The unit space measurement result has become a fire attribute. The hidden energy coverage rate flickers between 99% and 110%, and the detection part of the chaotic area is also flickering.
It seemed like the secret realm was gradually stabilizing, but combined with the previous experience, another possibility flashed through Mu Chuyue's mind.
Just as she was about to speak, Wen Li and Xu Chenglu stood up, and the three of them looked towards the cave passage below the platform.
More and more red liquids gathered together, forming a size that could emit flames. Perhaps because they saw the platform at the end of the cave, these liquids did not move immediately, but stacked up one on top of another, slowly increasing in size.
"They are... stacking them up?" Xu Chenglu said in disbelief.
The volume of the accumulated fiery red liquid was about to exceed the platform. If the fire stream was released at this time...
Without anyone reminding them, the three of them immediately stood up and ran to the wider area behind the platform.
boom--
The high-temperature fire stream surged up, crossed the platform, and engulfed everything.
Allen wrapped Mu Huoyue in shadows, but unfortunately he couldn't bring in humans or supernatural creatures who didn't have dark attributes. He didn't know if the red-bellied turtle's shell could withstand this round of attack.
"Sui Dai Cai Yuan, use telekinesis."
A gentle voice sounded, accompanied by the cry of a kite, and the light blue telekinesis transformed from the spirit into a physical telekinetic field, stopping the rushing stream of fire in mid-air.
A dark cloud suddenly appeared in the cave, with faint flashes of lightning inside. Soon, a wet rain curtain fell, reducing the high temperature caused by the flames.
Those were not naturally occurring dark clouds, but rather elemental supernatural creatures, Chaos Thunderclouds.
"Hurry up, we can't hold on for much longer!" Another voice came from Chaos Thundercloud's beastmaster, Chen Jiashu from Changning No. 1 Beastmaster High School.
There was no time for everyone to say anything, and they tried their best to avoid the stream of flames that were lurking behind them.
Lin Fei and Chen Jiashu also seemed to know the characteristics of the fiery red liquid. The skills of Sui Dai Cai Yuan and Chaos Thunder Cloud were focused on resisting the fire flow, without directly attacking the liquid itself.
The two pets protected Wen Li and Xu Chenglu and their group, and hid in the direction where the sound came from.
Behind the platform is a more spacious cave with a naturally formed depression on the edge, about ten meters flat, which can barely accommodate a few people.
As soon as Wen Li and Xu Chenglu came in, Lin Fei and the others took their pets back into the beast-controlling space, and quickly pulled up the dark red hard skin scattered outside to cover the outer edge of the depression.
This hard leather material is very similar to the deep red rock wall outside. Everyone hid in the depression, and from the outside it looked like a whole piece of it, with nothing unusual.
Mu Huoyue emerged from the shadow in the depression, and the five people reunited safely.
Xu Chenglu could no longer hold on and sat down on the ground. His physical condition was not as good as the others to begin with, and he had been carrying the turtle and moving forward, so his physical strength had long been exhausted.
It's not that he hadn't thought about taking the Red-Snake Turtle back to the Beast Taming Space, but he was always under the threat of the fire flow, and the Red-Snake Turtle was his only means of defense.
Wen Li sat down panting, and looked at Mu Liuyue who was safe and sound beside her, and then she felt relieved.
Lin Fei and Chen Jiashu were also in a miserable state, with marks of burns all over their bodies. It seemed that they had been harmed by the fiery red liquid before.
They didn't expect to meet under such circumstances. The five people looked at each other, and for a moment, silence shrouded the sunken cave.
In the end, it was Mu Liuyue who spoke first.
"...You were also brought here by that strange energy fluctuation?"
"Everyone's situation is similar." Lin Fei replied, "I was less than 20 meters in front of you at the time. I guess you and Wen Li must have come in as well."
Mu Shuyue had expected Lin Fei to be here. She turned to look at another classmate, "Forget about Lin Fei, but why are you here too, classmate Chen Jiashu?"
Chen Jiashu, who was named, was silent for a while, "...I just happened to see you fighting with Lin Shen, so I was planning to take advantage of you?"
No matter who wins in the end, there will definitely be a lot of consumption. Chen Jiashu was originally planning to start a fight at this time, but who knew that an accident suddenly happened halfway through the fight, and when he came to his senses, he was already in this ghost place.
Mu Chuyue paused. She didn't expect that Chen Jiashu was also nearby at that time.
By the way, is there something wrong with the educational philosophy of Changning No. 1 Middle School? Why are the students always thinking about sneak attacks and taking advantage of opportunities?
The same goes for Lin Fei, Chen Jiashu, and the others who entered the qualifying round. They are obviously from the same school, but have no intention of uniting at all.
Look at other people's Shengshuitan Middle School and Lishang Middle School...
Oh, Fang Xuyang and Lu Ai have been defeated by her and returned home, so it’s okay.
"Sure enough, the people who were brought here by the energy fluctuations were all near the central area at the time, right?"
Wen Li tried to analyze, "I wonder... could it be related to the Lord of the Secret Realm? Ah Miao once felt the vigorous fire energy in that area, and these monsters can also breathe fire."
"Meow!" Yan Ximeow beside her expressed affirmation.
"The first thing we need to confirm is, have we been involved in a new secret realm?" Lin Fei looked at Mu Liuyue.
Others may not know, but he recognized Mu Liuyue's bracelet. It was the equipment of the secret realm investigator of the Affairs Bureau.
This may also be one of Mu Huoyue's [secrets].
Thinking of the unfinished battle before, Lin Fei no longer had the ease he had in the past. If he continued to fight according to the current situation, he would most likely lose to Mu Chuyue, especially the card tooth soldier of the monarch race.
"I can't be sure either..." Mu Liuyue paused, ignored Lin Fei, and turned to look at Xu Chenglu.
"But I guess Xu Chenglu might know better than us what this place is."
"Huh?!" Wen Li was very surprised. She looked at Mu Liuyue and then at Xu Chenglu. How come they were all friends who had fled together, but she was the only one who was kept in the dark? !
"You said before that you appeared near the central area in search of the Lord of the Secret Realm. If that's true, then you must know some information about the Lord of the Secret Realm." Mu Liuyue continued.
She was interested in the Lord of the Secret Realm with 10,000 points because she had absolute confidence in Allen's strength and was confident that he could fight her even in a one-on-one duel, but Xu Chenglu was different.
The Red-bellied Turtle, a medium-level warrior race in its growth stage, may be quite powerful in a 1V1 battle against a beastmaster of the same level, but it cannot defeat the Lord of the Secret Realm.
The fact that Xu Chenglu dared to go to the central area alone showed that he had a considerable understanding of the Lord of the Secret Realm.
What’s more, the volcanic rocks on the back of the red-bellied turtle were spewing flames...Mu Liuyue always had a vague sense of déjà vu.
After Mu Liuyue finished speaking, everyone looked at Xu Chenglu.
He lowered his eyes, a struggle between his conscience and his desires in his mind, and it took a while before he looked up.
"Well...it doesn't really make sense now that I'm the only one who knows this."
As Xu Chenglu spoke, he looked at the red-bellied turtle beside him.
"As you know, my family's main business is breeding red-necked tortoises."
"The red-necked tortoise is a medium-level warrior race. Its core talent skill is the C-level fire skill Flowing Flame. After evolution, it will become the B-level fire skill Sky Burning Fire. The race will also evolve into the medium-level monarch race Fiery Tortoise."
"This is the stable evolutionary route that my family has mastered, and it is also the inheritance route of the Yunzhou Red Snake Tortoise since ancient times."
"But about twenty years ago, the Capital's Secret Realm Affairs Countermeasures Bureau stepped in to suppress a sudden B-level secret realm. The master of the secret realm was a special monarch race, the Flame Tortoise, who possessed a completely different innate core skill, a special-level fire skill, Flame Absorption Reaction."
"This skill is a long-term status skill. It can absorb fire attribute hidden energy without limit, quickly improve one's own qualifications, and expand the upper limit of potential, especially in places with abundant fire attribute hidden energy."
"For example, inside the B-level secret realm... when the executors of the Affairs Bureau were suppressing it, the master of the secret realm completed his evolution from the Flame Tortoise to a new intermediate emperor race, the Angry Rock Black Tortoise."
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