After dawn, various factions on the island once again dispatched large numbers of personnel to search for the whereabouts of those who had pursued Ling Tian.
This time, they were more familiar with the task and found over a dozen more corpses in tragic states.
Traps, poison, flames, being cut in half... various ways of dying indicated how frustrated these dozen individuals must have been before their deaths.
But it was all their own doing. As the saying goes, wealth makes people risk their lives, and birds die for food. Those who live by the sword will eventually perish by it.
However, the outcome this time seemed somewhat different. These assassins had disappeared, but Ling Tian had also vanished.
People had not seen Ling Tian return from the free zone, yet after searching the free zone for a long time, they found no trace of him.
This led many to speculate whether Ling Tian had perished along with his pursuers.
Although Ling Tian had killed these individuals, those who dared to venture out the next day possessed strength far exceeding the first group. Ling Tian would have had to pay a price to defeat them.
They surmised that Ling Tian might have been injured and then jumped into the lava, or been eaten by the island's beasts. These were all possibilities.
But how could they know that Ling Tian had already arrived at the volcanic region? Just tens of minutes ago, Ling Tian had seen a sign with the word "Danger" written in various languages.
Next to the danger sign, there was a metal plate with an explanation.
The area Ling Tian was looking at was called the Forbidden Land by the islanders. Although it appeared to be just a barren, flat expanse, in reality, magma lay dozens of meters beneath the surface.
Here, the ground temperature reached one to two hundred degrees Celsius. If a piece of paper was thrown onto it, it would ignite within seconds.
And for a person walking on it, it was like walking on a sizzling hot plate. Wearing ordinary shoes, they would melt within ten seconds. If their shoes broke and they fell onto this ground, they would become roasted meat, seared to a crisp.
But this was not the most dangerous situation. Scientific technology was already very advanced. If one wore heat-resistant protective gear, walking on ground with such temperatures would not be a major issue.
However, the greatest danger came from the plasma, or high-temperature gas, that drifted everywhere on this ground.
This substance was invisible from a distance, but once you got close, it would actively drift towards you.
This high-temperature gas had a temperature of thousands of degrees Celsius. Even with protective gear, it was impossible to withstand. Those who were touched by it were quickly reduced to ashes by the gas!
Mario Kuiet and his geological survey team had tried many methods but could not effectively detect or avoid this gas because it seemed to possess a life of its own!
Therefore, the island had designated this area as forbidden, prohibiting anyone from entering or exiting.
Ling Tian, fully prepared, took a deep breath. His fire-attribute true essence began to circulate, forming a protective shield composed of fire-attribute edges around his body and the soles of his feet.
With this protective shield, the extreme heat from the outside was prevented from directly harming Ling Tian.
Ling Tian began to walk inward. As he proceeded, Ling Tian was surprised to find that this space was filled with a large amount of fire-attribute innate spiritual energy!
This innate spiritual energy was a great tonic for Ling Tian!
Although fire-attribute innate spiritual energy was considered poison to ordinary cultivators, causing fire poison.
Only a very small number of cultivators who practiced fire-attribute techniques could absorb and utilize this fire-attribute heaven and earth spiritual energy in small amounts.
But for Ling Tian, this was not a problem. His body automatically circulated the Chaos Devouring Heaven Art.
Under the effect of this technique, a large amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy poured into Ling Tian's body continuously.
Ling Tian felt as if his body were a phone with no battery placed on a wireless charger, with his internal true essence being replenished endlessly. The feeling was truly wonderful.
After walking inward for more than half an hour, the ground temperature had already reached four to five hundred degrees Celsius, and the fire-attribute heaven and earth spiritual energy was becoming increasingly dense.
At this moment, Ling Tian felt that his meridians were nearing their capacity for fire-attribute true essence.
Even with the heaven-defying Chaos Devouring Heaven Art, it still required a lot of time to convert this heaven and earth spiritual energy.
But the problem was that the surrounding fire-attribute heaven and earth spiritual energy was so abundant, pouring into his body with all its might, that he couldn't stop it!
Ling Tian was now in a dilemma: should he leave immediately for a safer place outside to refine the heaven and earth spiritual energy absorbed into his body, or should he continue to venture deeper?
Choosing the former would waste a lot of time, while choosing the latter might put him in a dangerous situation.
Just as Ling Tian was hesitating, the true form of the Spirit Realm Key suddenly appeared on his chest.
This magical key began to frantically absorb the surrounding fire-attribute heaven and earth spiritual energy.
Soon, Ling Tian felt a massive spiritual energy vortex forming around his body, centered on the key.
Ling Tian felt relieved. This had happened before several times, where the Spirit Realm Key would proactively emerge in areas with dense heaven and earth spiritual energy and begin absorbing it.
This absorbed heaven and earth spiritual energy was not wasted. After absorbing it, the Spirit Realm Key itself would evolve, unlocking many new functions.
The heaven and earth spiritual energy absorbed into the Spirit Realm Key was not wasted. Besides being used to unlock new functions of the Spirit Realm space, any excess spiritual energy would be stored within the Spirit Realm space.
The only thing that made Ling Tian regretful was that he could not directly absorb and use the heaven and earth spiritual energy stored in the Spirit Realm space.
This spiritual energy, however, would be used for the Spirit Medicine Garden and the Beast Taming Garden!
With the Spirit Realm Key playing its role, the external pressure on Ling Tian was greatly reduced. His Chaos Devouring Heaven Art also had enough time to digest the heaven and earth spiritual energy that had entered his body. Thus, Ling Tian decided to continue moving inward!
After walking for another ten minutes, Ling Tian looked up and saw that he was still about two to three thousand meters away from the island's largest volcano.
And at this moment, Ling Tian saw something extraordinary with his eyes!
They were clusters of orange energy bodies, about one cubic meter in diameter. What surprised Ling Tian was that these energy bodies even faintly showed facial features.
However, these were things that Ling Tian could only see through his Heavenly Eye divine ability. If an ordinary person were to look with their eyes, they would be completely unable to see these things!
Ling Tian then recalled the warning on the sign several kilometers away about the dangerous high-temperature gas present in this area. Could these be it!