The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 893 - 491: Despair

Faster, if the bottom also cracks, the Divine Sword might just fall into the lava—if it’s still in Wu Chi’er Mountain.

She maneuvered around a few fallen big stones and continued descending, like a giant gecko leaping and shifting along the cliff. With Divine Power in operation, her skin instantly became tougher, she sliced through protruding sharp stones and hard rocky corners with her Tusk!

There’s no more time to waste, not even for evasion.

Thirty meters... Sixty meters!

At eighty-five meters as estimated, she finally plunged to the bottom. As expected, the crack was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with only about seven meters and two feet at the base. It was nearly impossible for a person to stand here, even she found it extremely difficult.

Because, the temperature here was frighteningly high, a large amount of lake water rushing in was instantly vaporized, transformed into an astonishing amount of fine white steam, rendering the bottom misty, making it impossible for anyone to see the situation on the ground.

Ning Xiaoxian dared not let her body touch it, feeling she was far from being so resilient. So she only utilized the Insight Heart Method; her Divine Thought wove like a spider’s web across the bottom of the fissure, trying to comprehend every grain of sand, every stone, every rise, and every hollow. However, the terrifying high temperature also greatly affected the Divine Thought, and in just three breaths, she felt her mind extremely exhausted, like if she persisted two more seconds, her heart would leap out of her chest.

Fortunately, within those three breaths, she had already probed the situation at the bottom of the rock.

It was a deep black, a darkness that bred despair.

There was nothing but rocks, clean as if in a vacuum.

The Nanming Lihuo Sword is not here.

Impossible! Unwilling to give up, she once again utilized her Divine Thought to explore.

Still nothing.

Again, again... Blood gradually seeped from her nose and mouth, instantly dissipating into the boiling lake water.

The fourth time she activated her Divine Thought, Changtian finally noticed her abnormality and angrily shouted: "What are you doing! Withdraw your Divine Thought and get up quickly!"

She gritted her teeth and insisted: "I haven’t found it yet!"

"Nonsense! Where have your cultivation and composure gone?" His tone was full of disappointment, "The volcano is about to erupt. Do you want to die here, and incidentally let the God Demon Prison be forever buried in the lava, never to be found again?!"

"I..." She opened her mouth but couldn’t speak; however, her mind cleared a little. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Yes, if she died here, the Divine Ring carrying the God Demon Prison would be lost in the endless magma. Without Spiritual Energy here, wouldn’t Changtian be trapped here forever?

As long as the green mountain is preserved, there is no fear of running out of firewood, she’s been foolish.

Without further hesitation, she forcefully pushed upwards, ready to flee towards the fissure opening.

But a problem arose.

A massive amount of lake water was vaporized by the high temperature at the bottom of the crack, creating a vacuum environment, causing even more lake water to rush in madly, seemingly forming an underwater vortex. The powerful current held her firmly at the bottom of the fissure. She hadn’t realized it when descending, but now trying to ascend, she found it extremely difficult.

Even with the Water-Repelling Pearl in hand, the unprecedentedly strong water pressure made the Water Avoidance Barrier teeter.

The stone wall was now too scorching to touch with bare hands. Ning Xiaoxian, startled but not panicked, tied the Water-Repelling Pearl to her waist and used the Tusk to stab the stone wall, moving her body upwards bit by bit.

The powerful water pressure desperately tried to push her into the fissure’s bottom, making her feel as if this Volcanic Lake was exerting all its strength to keep her there. Fortunately, her arm strength was surpassingly strong now, allowing her to stabilize her body and climb rapidly upwards amidst the high-temperature steam below and terrifying water pressure above.

"Crack-crack"! The rocky ground beneath her feet wailed, and finally, red viscous liquid seeped through the cracks. Upon contact with water, it instantly turned black, but after two breaths of time, the cooled rocky crust resplendently brought forth the red viscose again, then cooled, then rose again... After seven or eight such cycles, the red viscous liquid’s existence time grew longer; it seemed to disregard the boiling water’s existence and began to emerge...

The ground beneath her feet was truly hot. When she inadvertently looked back, she was so startled that the Dead Souls arose.

Granny had never, ever seen lava this close before, had she?!

"Don’t panic!" Changtian shouted lowly by her ear, "You still have time, don’t lose focus! Just keep climbing upwards and be careful not to slip."