As soon as Su Yao finished speaking, many fiery red rat-like creatures crawled out of the magma pool. Those creatures rushed towards the four people with agility, and kept squeaking from their mouths.
Several people quickly gathered together and took out their swords. It was not until these rat-like creatures came closer that they realized that they looked similar to ordinary rats, except that they were larger in size.
Su Yao swung her sword to chop at the rat-like creatures that rushed up, and said, "What the hell are these? Why do they look so much like rats, but they are not afraid of the high temperature of magma."
"These things make me think that the magma is fake, but they are also extremely hot. Fortunately, my robes are good things, otherwise they would have burned holes in them by now." Ning Jing said while swinging the sword in her hand.
"Why are there so many of them? It seems like we can never kill them all. It's definitely not a solution if we keep wasting time fighting them like this." Xu Fuyi said loudly while taking time to deal with these creatures.
These creatures are not actually very strong, but they are numerous.
"Let's go, we'll fight and retreat at the same time." Nalan Jingyue said loudly.
The four of them began to move forward in tacit cooperation, and soon they came to an open space. Miraculously, these rat-like creatures did not continue to chase them, but stopped directly in front of the open space.
It was as if something was blocking them from getting closer. They looked at Su Yao and the others unwillingly, then ran back towards the lava pool.
Ning Jing said in surprise, "Huh? They didn't chase us anymore? If we had known they wouldn't come this way, we would have come here earlier and wouldn't have been chased and bitten by them for so long."
"Yeah, I don't know what kind of creature this is, but it can actually survive in magma!" Su Yao couldn't help but sigh.
"I think we will have the answer to this question soon!" Nalan Jingyue said lightly.
"What do you mean?" Su Yao asked.
"Look at the wall in front." Nalan Jingyue raised his chin slightly and motioned them to look over there.
Su Yao and the other two turned around and looked over. Sure enough, there was a huge stone wall in front of them, with many patterns and words carved on it.
"Let's take a closer look." Xu Fuyi suggested.
A few people walked closer to take a look, and saw many circular holes painted on the wall. There seemed to be liquid rolling in the holes, and there was also a rat-like creature that had just appeared in the magma pool.
"It seems that the painting above is the magma pool and rat-like creature we just saw." Su Yao said softly.
"Look, there are records about the rat-like creature on the wall over here." Ning Jing said, pointing to the wall next to her.
The other three looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, there was information about rat-like creatures written on it. It turned out that these rat-like creatures were called fire rats. They lived in magma and were not afraid of any fire spells. They would not actively attack people, but if their peace was disturbed, they would chase and bite people.
Initially, these fire rats were discovered accidentally by the ancestor of their Lihuo Sect. At that time, he was just very curious about this kind of creature, so he caught two fire rats and released them into the Lihuo Realm. Unexpectedly, these fire rats had a strong reproductive capacity and their numbers were increasing. However, thinking that these fire rats had no strength and generally could not hurt people, he ignored them.
Seeing this, everyone finally understood why the fire rats were chasing and biting them. It turned out that they had disturbed their peace.
"So that's how it is. When we walked to the center of those magma pools just now, we were indeed talking a little loudly. I guess that's why we woke up those fire rats. But if you ask me, the ancestor of the Lihuo Sect is really cunning. Since the origin of the fire rats has been clearly written here, he is not willing to put up a sign at the entrance to remind people. This way, we can save some effort." Xu Fuyi couldn't help but complain.
"You're dreaming. If we let people pass so easily, this place is really a secret place. And from this point of view, we have to be more careful on the rest of the journey and not be careless." Ning Jing hit Xu Fuyi lightly.
"Jingjing is right. I think this fire rat is reminding us to be careful on the road ahead. However, no matter what danger we encounter later, it should not be life-threatening. Otherwise, the Lihuo Sect will lose many disciples." Su Yao said with a smile.
Nalan Jingyue couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on the situation: "Is it possible that the Lihuo Sect has given each of their disciples who come in a spiritual key? If they encounter danger here, they can just crush the spiritual key and get out."
The other three people fell silent instantly. After all, this method was adopted by most sects. In this way, they could ensure that their disciples could grow to the greatest extent while training in the secret realm, but they would not lose their lives due to encountering danger.
After a long silence, Su Yao spoke again: "It seems that we really need to be careful, otherwise we may lose our lives here instead of finding the treasure."
"Yes, anyway, it's better to be safe than sorry. It's always better to be careful." Ning Jing said with a smile.
"Then let's keep going."
Naturally, everyone had no objection, and the group continued to move forward.
Soon a stone bridge appeared in front of the four people. Under the bridge was a river, which was, unsurprisingly, a lava river.
"This Lihuo Sect is really interesting. There is either a magma pool or a magma river here. I won't be surprised if a magma waterfall appears soon." Su Yao couldn't help but complain.
"That's right, but this scene is very consistent with the name of their sect." Ning Jing couldn't help laughing.
"Let's go and see what's over there." Nalan Jingyue suggested.
The other three naturally had no objections. With their previous experience, they did not talk out loud while walking on the bridge. Instead, they lightened their steps and walked slowly on the bridge. Fortunately, no accidents occurred this time.
The four of them didn't speak until they got off the bridge.
"Huh~ I thought some monster was going to pop out from some corner, but I didn't expect it to come over so easily." Ning Jing breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems a little too simple this time." Su Yao was a little skeptical.
"It's a bit too easy." Nalan Jingyue also added.
Xu Fuyi thought they were worrying too much and said nonchalantly, "Oh, what's the big deal? It simply means that the checkpoint he set up isn't here. Maybe it's further ahead."
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