Cultivation Starts from Farming-Chapter 329 - 113: Lava World, Top-Tier Spiritual Material Cyan Phoenix Fire Tree
Xu Ping stood on the broad back of the Spirit Worm, feeling the seething lava around him, with hot air rushing towards him, as if the space itself were being roasted and distorted.
The massive body of the Spirit Worm moved agilely through the magma, where its path caused the lava to be pushed aside, forming waves of hot molten rock.
"Roar!"
Perhaps the commotion caused by the Spirit Worm as it traversed the magma alarmed the demon beasts residing within it.
Or perhaps it was due to some other unknown reasons, at this moment, waves of deafening beast roars echoed from afar.
At this moment, waves of beast roars came from afar.
A hint of vigilance immediately surged in Xu Ping’s heart, and he scanned all directions with his Divine Sense, constantly observing the movements around him.
Fortunately, despite the continuous beast roars, no demon beast rashly launched an attack against them.
However, Xu Ping did not relax his vigilance in the slightest, still constantly observing the movements around him.
The Spirit Worm steadily carried Xu Ping further into this scalding world of magma.
Suddenly, a vast cluster of black reefs appeared in his field of vision ahead.
These reefs were of varied shapes, densely covered with bizarre patterns on their surfaces, which, at first glance, seemed to have been formed by lava.
However, through Xu Ping’s Divine Sense sweep.
He discovered that this seemingly tranquil reef group was actually a swarm of demon beasts, silently lurking among them.
After a round of investigation, Xu Ping felt somewhat relieved, as it was merely a group of First Rank demon beasts mingled with a few Second-stage demon beasts.
With his current strength, these demon beasts posed no threat whatsoever.
Just then, with a loud "boom".
A previously quiet reef suddenly moved, transforming instantaneously into a giant black crab-like demon beast.
This crab demon beast brandished its claws menacingly, opening its massive pincers and swinging them fiercely towards Xu Ping.
An intense wave of hot air was stirred up, causing the surrounding magma to roll violently.
With the leading crab demon beast initiating the attack, the other crab demon beasts, camouflaged as black reefs, also began to move.
In an instant, dozens of crab demon beasts opened their massive pincers, attacking Xu Ping from all directions.
Witnessing this scene, Xu Ping’s gaze turned cold, his palm flipped, and the Magical Treasure Wooden Sword appeared in his hand.
"Slash!"
With a thought, Mana surged around Xu Ping.
In an instant, the sword’s body radiated brilliant light, dazzling and bright, as a resplendent Sword Qi shot out from the sword’s tip.
The formidable Sword Qi rampaged like a torrential flood, where it passed, the crab demon beasts shattered like ants, unable to withstand the fierce attack.
Sword Qi crisscrossed and streaked through the crab swarm, instantly slaughtering a large number of crab demon beasts.
Blood splattered amidst the scalding magma, soon evaporated by the intense heat.
Immediately after, Xu Ping’s wrist twisted, and the Magical Treasure Wooden Sword drew sharp arcs in the air, thrusting swiftly several more times.
The dazzling sword light flickered incessantly, with an overwhelming momentum obliterating more of the remaining crab demon beasts.
Those lucky enough to survive were now terrified, fleeing frantically into the depths of the magma, disregarding anything else.
Xu Ping watched the escaping crab demon beasts with a calm expression, choosing not to pursue them further for another attack.
Although the materials on these demon beasts did hold certain value.
Expending too much energy and precious time for such incremental gains was evidently not worth the effort.
He jumped off the Spirit Worm’s back and began to simply collect the materials from the slain demon beasts around.
These demon beast materials, be they fur, bones... all had certain value and should not be wasted.
After finishing the collection, Xu Ping leapt back onto the Spirit Worm’s back, calmly instructing, "Let’s go."
"Hiss hiss!"
The Spirit Worm responded with a hiss, swaying its massive body, proceeding slowly into the deeper magma world.
On their journey further, they encountered several more demon beasts.
Some of these demon beasts were akin to massive lizards, covered in hard scales, swimming quickly through the magma.
Others were like winged snakes, spiraling and flying through the air, occasionally spewing fire at Xu Ping and the Spirit Worm.
However, for Xu Ping nowadays, these demon beasts posed no substantial threat.
With a few strikes of his sword, he slew them, gaining numerous demon beast materials and Demon Cores.
Even so, the frequent encounters with demon beasts in this magma world left Xu Ping secretly astonished.
He felt that the frequency of demon beast appearances in this magma world seemed higher than that within the Yellow Dragon Mountain Range’s inner mountains.
As it is known, quite a number of Third-rank demon beasts dwelled within the inner mountains of the Yellow Dragon Mountain Range.
Therefore, it is highly likely that this place, too, harbors Third-rank demon beasts.
Xu Ping’s vigilance increased even more.
If it was merely a Third-rank Lower Grade demon beast, that would be manageable; what worried him was encountering those of Third-rank Middle Grade or higher.
...
One man and one beast progressed steadily through the magma world.
In this scorching environment, time seemed to lose its meaning.
No one knew how much time had passed, the flow of magma around them grew more turbulent, and the heat more intense, as if the very air were ignited.
Xu Ping remained highly vigilant, sweeping his Divine Sense across all directions without reservation, not missing any abnormality amidst the restless magma around.
Suddenly.
A faint, elusive fluctuation of Wood Attribute Spiritual Qi, like a pebble tossed into a calm lake, immediately caught his attention.
Despite being weak, this Spiritual Qi fluctuation was distinctly out of place in the magma world filled with Fire Attribute energy.
