Biss went to Prometheus to demand an explanation, only to find his behavior somewhat abnormal. Biss suspected that Prometheus might be under control.
Just as Biss was about to use her Purification skill to free Prometheus from this controlled state, another invisible person from the US team, Alejandro, appeared and knocked Biss unconscious with an electric baton.
"Lock this woman up in the island's prison and keep a close guard! Don't let her contact anyone else! Her thoughts have serious problems. When I have time, I'll educate her properly."
"Yes, Lord Prometheus!" Alejandro replied very subserviently.
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Ling Tian once again carried Aurora Kuyt through the volcanic area. Aurora, resting on Ling Tian's back, felt incredibly secure against his broad shoulders. She wished she could stay like this forever, never getting down.
Upon reaching the forest in the free zone, Ling Tian put Aurora down. Aurora had her own plans and intended to act alone.
Ling Tian wasn't too worried about her safety. After all, Aurora's unique ability was already terrifying. Furthermore, after a recent qi deviation, the two were forced into dual cultivation, which, fortunately, led to Aurora's ability output more than doubling.
Ling Tian had also taught Aurora several ice-attribute techniques, which she quickly mastered.
Now, even if Aurora faced Mario Kuyt alone, she was confident she could kill him directly!
Moreover, over the past decade or so, Aurora and her father Mario Kuyt had traversed every part of Hell Paradise Island except the volcanic region countless times. No one knew the island's terrain and hiding spots better than Aurora.
However, revenge wouldn't be easy. The Kuyt Castle was heavily guarded, and there were many powerful ability users around the castle.
Ling Tian's advice to Aurora was to first weaken the fake Mario Kuyt! Eliminate his accomplices one by one, create chaos, and then find a suitable moment for a decisive blow!
Additionally, Ling Tian had a final plan, but he didn't want to use it unless absolutely necessary! Because doing so would mean thousands of people would be buried with those Americans!
Aurora strongly agreed with Ling Tian's plan. They parted ways at the edge of the forest. Ling Tian turned and headed directly back to the volcanic area!
His target this time was the cave beneath the crater, as Ling Tian had discovered something extraordinary in the cave during his previous exploration, something he could indeed utilize.
Upon reaching the cave entrance, scorching hot gases billowed out. Ling Tian felt as if he were in a炼丹炉 (liàn dān lú - alchemy furnace). He immediately released four fire spirits from the焚天鼎炉 (Fén Tiān Dǐng Lú - Sky Burning Cauldron) in his spiritual realm.
These four fire spirits were normally housed within the Sky Burning Cauldron. Since the spiritual realm had abundant spiritual energy to power the cauldron, the cauldron's terrifying heat was a great supplement for these fire spirits.
In just a few days, Ling Tian could feel that the strength of these fire spirits had also grown.
With a flash of thought, the bear-shaped fire spirit immediately appeared before Ling Tian and enveloped him.
At this moment, Ling Tian looked as if he were encased in a fiery red glass罩 (zhào - cover/dome).
The other three fire spirits followed closely beside Ling Tian like bodyguards as he entered the cave.
The high temperatures inside the cave were all absorbed by the fire spirits. Ling Tian could sense very satisfied thoughts being conveyed from the souls of these four fire spirits.
Ling Tian followed the winding path downwards inside the cave. On one side of the cave were rivers of lava, a spectacular sight.
After taking many turns, Ling Tian came across a岔路 (chà lù - fork in the road). Ling Tian had not taken this path before, but he sensed something unusual at the other end of this fork.
Entering the fork, he still encountered rivers of lava. Ling Tian also encountered a few fire spirit essences. Before these fire spirit essences could attack Ling Tian, his fire spirits pounced on them, directly devouring them. Ling Tian then sensed their extreme satisfaction.
Continuing along the passage, Ling Tian noticed that the temperature ahead seemed to be decreasing!
This was a strange phenomenon. After all, at the bottom of a volcano, the deeper one went, the greater the pressure and the higher the temperature.
This situation was clearly very abnormal!
He walked for another ten minutes. At this point, Ling Tian discovered that the lava, which had been flowing like flames, had slowed down its flow, and its color had turned black and dark. Clearly, this was due to the decreasing temperature.
Continuing forward, after half an hour, Ling Tian suddenly found that the lava here had completely solidified, with almost no visible flames within the lava.
The temperature here was only one to two hundred degrees Celsius.
Ling Tian pressed on. This time, he didn't know how long he walked, only that the surrounding temperature continued to decrease, even gradually approaching the temperature of the surface!
Finally, Ling Tian's vision suddenly opened up. Before him was a cave covering an area of about 500 square meters. The temperature inside this cave plummeted, even nearing zero degrees!
Ling Tian discovered that the entire space of this cave was almost occupied by a single, crystal-clear, enormous blue crystal!
At this moment, Ling Tian's fire spirits suddenly conveyed thoughts of extreme discomfort and fear.
Ling Tian understood that these fire spirits disliked cold places, so he immediately recalled them into the Sky Burning Cauldron within his spiritual realm.
Ling Tian walked towards the blue crystal, feeling the biting cold air constantly emanating from it.
When he got within two meters of the blue crystal, Ling Tian found that a layer of ice crystals had formed on the surface of his body!
The biting cold air drilled into his body. Ling Tian quickly activated his fire-attribute true essence to resist the invasion of the cold air.
With great effort, Ling Tian finally approached the blue crystal. He reached out a finger and touched it. At that instant, the biting cold air surged fiercely along Ling Tian's finger.
Ling Tian was greatly alarmed. He quickly used all his strength to activate the fire-attribute internal energy within his body, then leaped back two steps, narrowly avoiding being frozen into an ice sculpture.
At this moment, Ling Tian was both surprised and delighted, because his inherited memories contained records of this blue crystal.
This blue crystal was extraordinary; it was called 万年冰魄 (Wàn Nián Bīng Pò - Ten Thousand Year Ice Soul)!
Ling Tian was overjoyed, because this Ten Thousand Year Ice Soul was an absolute heavenly treasure!