The Land of Pure Fire.
Surging flames burned fiercely, and fire tongues could be seen spewing from time to time. The entire secret realm was a scorched earth and fire as far as the eye could see.
The heat waves, visible to the naked eye, washed over Chen Yu and the others like tides.
While breathing would be difficult for others entering this place due to the extreme high temperatures, it did not cause any particularly severe problems for Chen Yu and his companions.
Whether it was Chen Yu, Little Demon, or Nuo Yi, they walked through the secret realm with ease, as if strolling through their own backyard.
"Nuo Yi's fire resistance is quite good," Chen Yu raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Little Demon, of course, was a given. She was once a great Demon Lord, possibly a Demon King, and a demon who primarily cultivated fire. For her, these small fires were certainly not a problem.
Chen Yu had also consumed quite a few cans of Lava Fruit, making his resistance outrageously high. He himself cultivated fire magic, so his resistance to flames was also higher than others. This allowed him to walk through the Land of Pure Fire with ease.
"Resistance? I'm not sure either."
Nuo Yi blinked and lifted her robe to reveal the belt around her waist. The pure white belt was inlaid with several pure white gems.
"All-resistance gems, I didn't expect you to have such good things," Little Demon said plainly. Chen Yu also scanned the stones on the belt with his wristband.
[All-resistance Gem: All Resistances +100]
Chen Yu silently lowered his head and looked at his own fire resistance gem. In comparison, his fire resistance gem was worthless. Furthermore, Nuo Yi's belt was inlaid with a total of 12 gems. 1200 points of resistance. With her absurd resistance, ordinary mages probably couldn't harm her, right?
"Where did you get it?" Chen Yu pouted. Nuo Yi shrugged, "Brother Su Zhan and Sister Liu Yue got it when they were dealing with the demons around He Town. Do you like this stone, Brother Chen Yu? Wait for me, I'll pry some off for you."
As she spoke, Nuo Yi reached out to pry off a gem, but Chen Yu quickly stopped her.
"Keep them and use them yourself. A few hundred resistance points wouldn't do me much good anyway. Since this belt is inlaid with 12 gems, perhaps it requires all 12 to activate a special effect. Prying them off would only damage the belt's overall capability. Besides, if Su Zhan knew I scammed things from you, he'd scold me to death."
"That's true, Brother Chen Yu is a Saint of Magic," Nuo Yi murmured and stopped trying to pry off the gems.
Chen Yu, with his hands behind his back as he strolled through the secret realm, surveyed the surroundings with his eyes. The secret realm, as a whole, felt somewhat like an ant's nest to Chen Yu. It wasn't that the secret realm was small, but rather that its internal pathways were intricate and complex, like an ant's nest, resembling a labyrinth.
The thick underground magma bubbled and gurgled as if it were boiling water, with occasional fireballs leaping out of the magma and falling back into it after a brief period of leaving it. The main area of the secret realm was a scorched zone approximately a thousand meters wide and long. The ground was blackened by the scorching heat. Several Flame Trees, whose fruits had been picked, stood scattered on the scorched earth. Their thick trunks were so large that even if Chen Yu and another person embraced them, they couldn't encircle them, indicating that the age of these Flame Trees was immeasurable.
"These should be the Flame Trees that Nuo Yis and the others picked." There were still traces of new fruits being picked from the branches of the Flame Trees.
"He left me dozens of unpicked ones. Let's search."
As they strolled along the main area, they could also see several caves. The terrain of the caves was much lower than that of the main area. The magma on both sides of the scorched road was about to overflow.
"Does the underground magma also have tidal effects?" Chen Yu looked down at the path beneath his feet. There were obvious traces on the scorched road surface left by the overflowing magma. Currently, the road was exposed, and the magma on both sides was calm.
"You mean the tide?" Little Demon raised her eyebrows and glanced at Chen Yu. Then, she lightly stomped her right foot twice. Although it was a very light stomp, the magma on both sides seemed to boil and suddenly became active. The underground magma pool also seemed to stir, beginning to churn violently.
Seeing this, Chen Yu quickly retreated from the narrow path and stared at the churning magma. In less than five minutes, the entire path was submerged by the magma.
"What's the principle behind this?" Chen Yu looked at the submerged scorched road in a daze. Little Demon shrugged and spread her hands.
"Who knows? If you absolutely need a term, you can call it the 'Stomp Principle'."
With such a casual naming, Chen Yu's forehead broke out in a few lines of black.
"Before we entered the Land of Pure Fire, since there were no living beings within it, everything here was in a relatively stable state. My stomp just now disrupted the stability, and the dormant magma consequently became active." Little Demon looked at the still churning magma and said, "The traces of the path being submerged by magma that you saw earlier appeared like this. It might have been from an adventure group you encountered before, or it could be due to energy released from the core of the Land of Pure Fire. However, this situation usually doesn't last long, and this magma will recede later."
"Is there a difference between the magma in the Land of Pure Fire and the magma areas I've been to before?" Chen Yu turned his head.
"How could there be a difference?" Little Demon suddenly chuckled, tilted her head, and stared at Chen Yu for quite some time, as if trying to figure out how such a clever person could ask such a foolish question. "It's all magma, how special can it be?"
"I was just thinking, perhaps the magma in the Land of Pure Fire might be special," Chen Yu grinned. Little Demon immediately pouted and said, "Special? How special can it be? The magma you encountered before is magma, but the magma in the Land of Pure Fire can make soup?"
Completely unable to retort, Chen Yu could only sheepishly rub his nose. Coincidentally, at this moment, the magma that had submerged the scorched road receded. Chen Yu followed the path into a separate cave, with Little Demon and Nuo Yi following behind him.
"This path is quite long." Chen Yu held up a magic torch to illuminate the dark path. The walls on both sides were thick, but the traces on the walls suggested that the magma had once reached very high here.
"Will we encounter any guardian spirit beasts inside?" Chen Yu suddenly had a whimsical thought.
"Yes, of course, there will be," Little Demon snorted with a forced smile. "Perhaps there will be a guardian spirit beast of the Seven-Colored Realm inside, which will beat you into a pulp with one punch and embed you in the wall so deeply that you can't be dug out. Hurry up and say any last words."
"What's wrong with you? It's like you've eaten gunpowder." Chen Yu didn't know what was going on with Little Demon. Ever since entering the Land of Pure Fire, her mouth hadn't stopped. Whatever Chen Yu said, she could retort. If Chen Yu had offended her, it would make sense, but she hadn't done anything along the way.
"It's because you always say such brainless things?" Little Demon looked at him with disgust. "I truly find that when there's something important, you're genuinely smart, your brain works like it's equipped with a drive. But when there's nothing going on, you're like an imbecile. And guardian spirit beasts? If there really were guardian spirit beasts, those few adventure groups would have been wiped out long ago."
Chen Yu listened silently, not speaking for a long time. He couldn't refute. In fact, Chen Yu felt very wronged. He was just very curious and knew little about the underground world, so he naturally had to ask more questions. Before entering the underground world, he had read so many books, and secret realms usually had guardian spirit beasts. Who knew the underground world didn't?
Scolded, Chen Yu became much more honest and stopped asking random questions. The group held their torches and continued forward along the scorched road until they reached a crimson area.
"Wow, Nuo Yis and the others are truly polite!"