Chapter Twenty-Four: This Is the Death Zone

The group followed the map given to them by the lord's wife and marched westward, and thanks to the mounts, they were able to move much faster than before. But even so, when they arrived near the Ninth Layer Purgatory, half a month had passed.

At this time, the surrounding environment has changed significantly.

The first is that the temperature is getting hotter, the ground is starting to burn the skin, the air is so dry that the tongue is on fire, and their mounts are clearly starting to get tired of the high temperatures, marching more and more slowly, and they are starting to show signs of dehydration after not long.

Along with this, there is a change in the surface environment, there is no green plant around, the original soil on the ground has been replaced by rocks, and there are huge rocks with rugged shapes standing everywhere, their vision is no longer open, and from time to time there is fiery red lava emerging from the rocks, if you accidentally step on it, it can cause people to burn in an instant.

It seemed that they could no longer use their mounts to advance, so after some deliberation, they decided to return to the nearest village of Harvey and leave their mounts there for the time being.

However, there are two people who don't have to store their mounts.

Yi Miao doesn't care, her mount is a broomstick, driven by her own spiritual power, naturally there is nothing to adapt to the environment. The strange thing is that Gu Ci's turtle, I don't know if the skin is too thick or what, it actually has no sense of the changes in the surrounding environment, and there is nothing abnormal at all, so Gu Ci decided to continue riding it.

Thanks to the strength of this turtle, everyone's luggage had a place to rest, and it was all stuffed into the huge space inside its carapace on the left.

"Oh, it's really my good turtle, thanks to you, otherwise they would all have to carry such a big burden forward, I'm afraid they will die of physical exhaustion before they find the entrance to the nine-layer hell. Gu Ci said proudly while patting the tortoise's round head.

The turtle actually raised its head and put on a high-toe appearance.

Shi Di couldn't help but roll his eyes, this gave a pole to climb up, which was really the same as its owner.

After tossing and turning like this, another three days passed, and everyone returned to the place where they had decided to return before.

As we walked further, the temperature became hotter and hotter, and the terrain began to steeper and steeper, and small rivers of fiery red with magma began to appear on the ground, steaming hot, and everyone carefully avoided the area where the magma gathered, and continued to probe forward.

After about fifteen minutes, they reached the top of the steep slope, and a devilish sight appeared before them.

It was a huge crater, so big that its edge was more than the naked eye could see. A strong fire shot out from the bottom of the pit, and the ruins of a city were suspended in the firelight, and wisps of black evil qi emanated from the ruins, and the evil qi continued to emanate from the pit and soar into the sky.

There was not a single person in that suspended city, no, not a living thing, only the charred remains of buildings. Yes, there could not have been any living creature in such a terrible place.

Seeing such a scene, two words invariably appeared in everyone's hearts: death.

A strong breath of death was gushing out of the pit in front of them at this moment, it was an aura that made people almost want to flee from this hellish place without looking back, it was so menacing that it seemed to be haunting them at this moment, enveloping them, eroding them.

People who don't have enough concentration are already out of their minds when they see such a scene.

For example, the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma trio.

I saw that the three of them were staring round, but there was no look in their eyes, and they had extremely frightened expressions on their faces, while muttering to themselves, "It's terrible...... It's terrible......", as he sleepwalked backwards, looking like he was about to fall down a steep slope.

The flute sounded, and it was the smoke singing that played the autumn introduction song, which was a tune that could make one's comrades-in-arms quickly clear up from their confused state.

The three of them suddenly came to their senses, and then stopped.

"Hey, you three are useless, this little scene scared you, and said that you were here to protect Miss Ben, I think you should go back to Napoleon at once, don't be embarrassed here!" said Anna, dissatisfied, her voice trembling at the heart of the fact that she was now deeply frightened.

In fact, it's no wonder that Alpha, Beta and Gamma, the nine-layer purgatory was not a place for ordinary human races to come, if ordinary people received the evil qi emitted from here, they would have a direct mental breakdown and become crazy, and they could quickly wake up, and they could already be regarded as the best of the human race.

"What's next?" Shi Di looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but be a little worried, although the route was recorded on the map, but they were not told how to enter, now the temperature here is so high, and the atmosphere is so heavy, there is no way to follow the map to go inside.

"Take it. Yi Miao stretched out his hand and handed Shi Di a frost elemental crystal.

Shi Di took the ice-blue spar, only to feel that it was cold in his hand, as if the temperature around him had dropped a little, and it felt less hot. At this time, Yi Miao began to chant a spell at Shi Di, only to see a burst of light blue light emitting from the spar, covering Shi Di's whole body in an instant, forming a light blue ball of light around his body, enveloping him.

Shi Di immediately didn't feel a trace of heat, he remembered that when he first saw Yi Miao, her body was shrouded in such a ball of light, so when they collided, he was the only one who was knocked away, but Yi Miao was unharmed.

At this moment, what was also cast on Shi Di's body was the same frost shield.

"Great! With this, we are not afraid of the heat inside, and as for the evil spirit, we have to sing hard and play the song we just made all the way. Otherwise, we may not have anything to do, and some of us may go crazy again!" Shi Di saw that the problem had been properly solved, and his heart was happy, and his spirit was damaged.

"It was just an accident just now! it won't happen again next time!"

"That's it, Miss Anna, don't listen to that kid's nonsense, I'll protect you!"

"When we see Asmodeus, and see how I kill him with my own hands, you can see me!"

The three of them lost face in front of Anna, and immediately quarreled into a pot of porridge, Shi Di shook his head, only to feel a little pain in his head, and the thought of carrying these three living treasures on the next road made his head hurt even more.

Yi Miao distributed a Frost Elemental Crystal to each of them, and cast a Frost Shield on each of them, and Smoke Sing began to play the Autumn Introduction.

Good, everything is ready, move on.

According to the map, the entrance to the Nine Layers of Hell is in the middle of the suspended ruined city, and the group carefully follows the route drawn on the map. The ruins were empty except for them, and there was deathly silence along the way, the only sound being their footsteps.

After walking for about an hour in a somewhat dreary atmosphere, they reached the center of the ruins, and the entrance to the nine layers of hell appeared before them, if that could be called an entrance.

It was a huge magma pool, surrounded by spiky black rock, and inside was a blindingly bright, fiery red magma that was bubbling at the moment.

"Is it really here?" Shi Di looked at Yi Miao and asked, what are you kidding, what kind of thing about this ghost place seems to be accessible.

"Well, you can look at the map yourself. Yi Miao replied.

Shi Di took out the map and looked at it several times, and finally could only helplessly confirm that the place pointed to by the map was this location.

Although they have a frost shield on their bodies at this moment, it must still be impossible to directly enter the magma at such a high temperature, right? Shi Di thought so, looking at Yi Miao with an inquiring eye.

"If you can't stop it, the moment you go in, it will exceed the temperature that the shield can withstand. Seeing through Shi Di's question, Yi Miao answered directly.

It's miserable, the frost shield is really useless, so how are they going to get in, could it be that they have worked so hard to get here, and they can't even enter the door of the nine-layer purgatory, so they have to turn back?

"Actually, there is a way to deal with this magma, but it is very risky, and I am not sure if it will succeed. Yi Miao continued unhurriedly.

"Okay Yimiao, do you have any other tricks to hurry up, please!" Seeing Yimiao say this, Anna hurriedly pulled up her sleeve and sprinkled her coquettishly, she would not let go of any opportunity to enter the ninth layer of purgatory.

Yi Miao quietly pulled back his sleeve and looked directly into Anna's eyes with a calm but deep gaze and said, "I can cast a large cryo spell to freeze us in the ice, and then pass through those magma together." But there are two risks here, first, I'm not sure if my cryomy can freeze all 10 people, which means that if something goes wrong, someone will die in the lava, and second, I don't know how thick the magma is, and if it's thicker than my cryomy can last, then all of us will die in the lava. I'm done, are you still insisting on going in?"

I didn't expect this method mentioned by Yi Miao to be so dangerous!

"I'm going in!" But despite the danger of this solution, Anna agreed without hesitation.

Yi Miao looked at the others again, and then asked, "What about you, will you believe me?"

Where is this a question of whether to believe or not to believe, this is to hand over his life to her!Shi Di thought to himself.

"I believe in you. "Without hesitation, the first to return to Yimiao was Tammer. He had an incomparably warm smile on his face, his eyes clear and sincere, obviously genuinely believing in Yimiao.

The rest of the people were still apprehensive, and discussed for a few more minutes, and finally Alpha, Beta, and Gamma couldn't resist Anna and chose to agree, while Shi Di and the others chose to trust Yimiao's strength.

"Very well, now that you have gathered around me, I need a little time to recite the incantation. Although Yi Miao's tone was still calm, but a trace of nervousness appeared in her heart, what she said just now was true, she thought that some of these people would definitely retreat, but in the end they all chose to believe her.

This is the first time that Yi Miao feels that she is trusted unconditionally.

Is this what a partner is? she asked herself softly. It seems good to have a sense of companionship.

Throwing away these distractions, he calmed down and began to chant the incantation earnestly.

A huge ice-blue light emanated from her, quickly enveloping everyone, and after a few minutes, everyone was encased in a translucent piece of ice.

The ice slowly floated up and flew towards the lava entrance of the Nine Layers of Hell, drowning in the scorching magma.

Easter Egg Theater?

Bottle: (sneering) And then the lava was so thick that Yi Miao's freezing technique couldn't last that long, and everyone was in the lava, and the whole drama ended.

Audience: (doesn't matter) Oh, it's finally time to abandon the pit.

Bottle: (hugging his thighs) Don't be a guest! It's just a small momentary mouth, don't take it seriously!

AUDIENCE: (disdainful) Cut.

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