Starting from the slope, the temperature rises a few points with each next step. Tian Jihong, who did not take a hundred steps, had no choice but to untie the only life-saving rope in his waist, not because the length of the rope was not enough, but if he went down, even the hemp rope with the thickness of his arm would be ignited under the high temperature. Leave one end of the rope here for now, and then you might be able to do something on the way back.

After diving down the steep slope to a height of about 100 meters, the path in front of Tianjihong can no longer be regarded as a passage, and its near-vertical angle is almost the same as the cliff outside. He had to climb down with his hands and feet and the stalactites around him in order to continue his journey in the direction of the depths of the cave.

At this time, the temperature around him was no different from being in the flames, and even Tianjihong, who had spiritual power protection, gradually began to feel tightness in his chest. In the case that the spiritual energy absorption in the cave cannot be maintained, more than half of the spiritual power in his dantian will be consumed soon, no matter how hard Tianjihong is to complete the task, but after all, his own life is the most important. Tian Jihong immediately decided that if he couldn't see the shadow of the fire fruit in two minutes, he would abandon the plan and retreat quickly.

But at this critical juncture, when Tian Jihong leaned over to look at the soles of his feet, he found that there was a wide platform sunken into the stone wall less than ten meters away from his lower left; Through the thick steam, he could see that a small corner of red magma appeared to be exposed at the edge of the stone wall at the top. According to Master, this kind of realm must be an excellent area for the growth of fire-type elixirs, and the chance of finding a fire fruit there is also quite high.

Now that they have come to this point, Tianjihong will definitely not let go of this close opportunity. Under the increasingly terrifying heat below, Tian Jihong immediately adjusted his body and climbed towards the platform on the side like a dexterous gecko. At this point, even the stalactites in his hands burned Tianjihong's palms like red-hot charcoal, but he finally came to the target position after some hard work.

The sunken platform did isolate the steam rising from the cave beneath the cave, giving Tian Jihong some time to breathe temporarily, but as he slowly approached the magma lake in the distance, the temperature of the air still did not decrease, and the consumption of spiritual power in his body showed no signs of slowing down. Tianjihong knows that every minute and every second at this time cannot be wasted; He had already decided that after he arrived at the platform, he would ignore any opportunities that would take time and energy to obtain, and concentrate on finding the fire fruit in the mission as his only goal.

However, although he was in a life-and-death situation, the magnificent scenery in front of him still made Tianjihong sigh. The red area under his feet that he had just observed was just the tip of the iceberg when his vision was incomplete above, and when Tian Jihong was really in this realm, he realized that this place was not as simple as a platform at all, but almost a vast magma lake.

Unaffected by the air currents, the magma lake in front of it is very peaceful, and apart from the occasional bubbles churning from the bottom of the lake, there are no waves rolling in the calm lake. Of course, this does not mean that Tian Jihong can easily relax his vigilance, not to mention that the terrifying temperature around him has made Tian Jihong a little unbearable, just if there is an elixir growing in this area, it is absolutely impossible for there to be no other living beings. At this moment, you must act immediately, and at the same time, you must always pay attention to your surroundings.

The more such a seemingly calm area, the more uneasy it is. There is such a strange lake in the underground world hundreds of meters deep in this mountain, if there is no other danger hidden behind it, Tian Jihong will definitely not believe it, at this time what he expects is to quickly complete the task and leave here. Fortunately, his efforts were not in vain, and he didn't take a few steps, Tianjihong had already found many rare ores beside him, and if he mined them, he could use them to cast many magic weapons on the market.

It's a pity that he doesn't have so much time to waste in this ore field at this time, and Tian Jihong, who has little spiritual power left, can only focus on the primary task, and find the elixir he needs first. Therefore, he could only temporarily withdraw his greedy gaze and continue to walk farther along the path by the lake.

The only thing that provided light in the dark cave was the hot magma beside him, and in order to see the road under his feet, Tian Jihong had to brave the heat and gradually explore along the edge of the lake. Although the top of the platform is not very high, and Tianjihong can even reach out and jump to touch the rock wall at the top, the road in front of him seems to have no end in sight, all the way to the lake farther away.

On the premise of not knowing whether there are other exits in the depths of the platform here, the somewhat anxious Tianjihong is already silently calculating the time to turn around in his heart. According to his estimates, this place must be nearly a hundred feet deep from the cave at the entrance, and he did not know where the direction of the end of the lake in the distance led, but if he wanted to open a path between the rocks above his head, he would definitely not be able to do it in three years and five years, so his only way out was to return the way he came.

Fortunately, the hard work paid off, and Tian Jihong finally saw signs of the growth of the elixir at the lake two hundred meters away from the landing place of the platform, and he was overjoyed in his heart and hurried to identify it. However, after yesterday's lesson, this time he kept an eye on it, in order to ensure that there was no spirit beast like an earth salamander guarding in the dark or not acting recklessly, he chose to constantly change his body shape between the stone crevices, looking for a suitable path for his retreat at that time, and at the same time he did not forget to stare nervously at the magma lake in the distance, and always watch out for possible sneak attacks around him.

However, until he reached the lake, he still didn't notice any other movement around. Looking at the lake without a trace of ripples in front of him, the worry in Tianjihong's heart not only did not decrease, but he frowned more and more. However, now that he was close to the position where the elixir was growing, he couldn't care about it, so he decided to complete the task first no matter what, and then quickly turn around and leave this ominous realm after the fire fruit was in hand.

Retracting his gaze to the elixir in front of him again, the joy in Tian Jihong's heart could not be concealed. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't have imagined that such a rare fruit could be born in such a harsh environment in the depths of the earth. At this time, although the vegetation growing at the feet of Tianjihong was not as large as the spiritual grass in the medicinal field yesterday, it was by no means barren: there were nearly twenty or thirty strange plants with reddish-brown rhizomes around the magma lake, and their appearance was quite different from the vegetation in the outside world, and the scattered and twisted branches were more like vines clinging to the rocks than grass. But on closer inspection, unlike the vines, these dozens of plants do not rely entirely on the rock wall to grow, and their branches do not have much force on the parts that come into contact with the rock, and these branches can still stand in mid-air after being pulled off the rock surface.

And the most peculiar point is that due to the particularity of the region, these elixirs in front of them cannot absorb water from the underground at all, and their growth is completely dependent on absorbing the fire attribute aura that permeates the soil. Therefore, in addition to the original brown color, the branches are constantly permeated with a strange red light, as if you can see that the aura circulating in them is constantly giving birth to the top fruit. And because of the thinness of the air in the underground and the shielding of sunlight, there are basically no leaves growing on the plants of this elixir; In addition to the rhizomes underground, it absorbs aura in the same way as some amphibians, and can breathe through the epidermis of its branches.

Of course, what Tianjihong is really interested in is the red fruit that is connected by only a very thin stem between the branches. In fact, from the appearance of such a bare plant without branches and leaves, in the outside environment, it looks like it is sick and withered, and theoretically it cannot support the fruit at the top that is half the size of its own fist.

But the facts are in front of you, and the spirit fruits on the top of the branches of many plants are not only bright in color and intact, but even the branches supported under them are standing straight and upright, as if they are not subject to gravity, and there are no signs of being bent. After Tian Jihong inspected it several times, he had to attribute it to the fact that the elixir did have many incredible effects compared to ordinary plants, and the strength of its branches was far from comparable to that of mortal plants.

Among the twenty or thirty elixirs, about half of them bear fruit, and most of them Tianjihong don't even recognize them, and finally rely on their own memory to distinguish them, and four of them grow the fire fruits they need. After removing the unripe fruit, Tian Jihong was satisfied with the six round fire fruits into the package, and he took all the trouble to risk his life to go deep into the cave, but it was not in vain, with the fire fruit in hand, at least he would be able to communicate with the master when he went back tonight, as for whether he could find the remaining land fruits in the remaining half a day, it depended on his luck.

After completing the task, Tian Jihong suddenly felt that the pressure on his body had been reduced by half, and at this moment, he even felt that his breathing had become smoother in the depths of the earth. It's just that driven by his nature, Tian Jihong will definitely not stop there, and the color and quality of these other growing spirit fruits in front of him are no less than the fire fruits that have already arrived, and their picking is far less troublesome than ore mining. Since he had already made such a great effort to come here, of course, he had to take these spirit fruits into his pocket, and identify them one by one after he went back to find the master.