Su Fan continued to advance, but the Lava Serpent became anxious at this moment.
Seeing Su Fan intending to move further in, the Lava Serpent immediately blocked his path, trying to stop him.
However, Su Fan was in a soul state, how could it be stopped?
Su Fan passed through the Lava Serpent's body without any obstruction.
"You don't want me to pass? It seems there's definitely something good inside."
Seeing the Lava Serpent's reaction, Su Fan became even more certain that there was a treasure inside.
If there were no treasures, why would the Lava Serpent be so anxious? It looked like its hidden wealth was about to be discovered.
Seeing that it couldn't stop Su Fan, the Lava Serpent became enraged and slammed its tail onto the ground.
The hard black ground remained completely intact under the Lava Serpent's immense force, not even a crack appeared. Su Fan marveled at this.
If this thing were made into a weapon or armor, it would definitely be a divine artifact level. It was too hard!
Although Su Fan was covetous, he couldn't get any of it. Although he could interact with objects in his soul state using the power of the Pisces Diagram, he could only touch them and couldn't exert any strength, let alone pry off the black ground that even the Lava Serpent couldn't damage.
Su Fan immediately abandoned this thought and decided to see what treasures were inside. If the item wasn't too big, he could take it out. If it was too heavy, he couldn't.
As he proceeded, not long after, a high platform resembling an altar appeared before Su Fan's eyes.
The platform was over thirty meters high, with stairs leading directly to its summit.
"Someone actually built an altar here?"
Su Fan exclaimed in surprise.
This altar was clearly man-made and could not have formed naturally.
Su Fan calculated that after jumping from the canyon cliff, he had been in freefall for so long, at least nearly ten thousand meters, and then submerged in the lava lake for so long. He was almost at the center of the earth.
To build an altar at such a depth? Who was so formidable?
Su Fan marveled at this.
The Pisces Diagram was floating above the altar, spinning continuously.
Su Fan immediately flew up to the altar.
At a height of thirty meters, Su Fan reached the top in the blink of an eye.
On the altar was a stone platform, and on the platform was a flaming hand. The Pisces Diagram was currently floating above that hand.
Upon seeing this fiery hand, Su Fan was stunned.
This reminded him of one of the Four Divine Artifacts, the Hell's Grasp, which he had never seen before.
The Four Divine Artifacts were Nightmare, Destiny, Heart of Ice, and Hell's Grasp.
Nightmare and Destiny had appeared in the original work and had related descriptions. However, due to the game company's bankruptcy, the subsequent plot was left unfinished. Heart of Ice and Hell's Grasp became legends, never seen by anyone, and their whereabouts unknown.
Previously, Su Fan had heard the Ice Queen mention the Heart of Ice in the City of Ice and Snow. It should be one of the Four Divine Artifacts. Could this be the last Divine Artifact, Hell's Grasp?
Su Fan looked at the fiery hand before him, somewhat uncertain.
After Su Fan arrived, the Pisces Diagram immediately came before him and drilled into Su Fan's spiritual body. Su Fan immediately felt his spiritual body solidify slightly.
It seemed he could now touch things.
Before Su Fan could savor the change, his expression suddenly shifted.
"Damn it! Can you stop screwing with me!"
The solidification of his soul state meant he could now be attacked by the Lava Serpent. With his current soul state's strength, wouldn't that be a sure death?
Su Fan secretly glanced behind him. The Lava Serpent's massive head was staring intently at Su Fan from behind, as if it would devour him in one bite if he made any sudden moves.
Su Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that after multiple failed attempts to attack Su Fan, the Lava Serpent had given up on attacking. This was good news for Su Fan. As long as he wasn't discovered by the Lava Serpent, there was still hope now that Su Fan could be harmed.
Su Fan turned his gaze back to the fiery hand on the stone platform.
This thing was most likely Hell's Grasp, otherwise, the Pisces Diagram, which possessed half of Nightmare's abilities, wouldn't have brought him here.
Su Fan looked at Hell's Grasp, his mind racing.
Could obtaining Hell's Grasp give him the strength to fight the Lava Serpent?
Su Fan shook his head. Not necessarily. Although Divine Artifacts were powerful, they only excelled in certain aspects and weren't outrageously powerful in all. Like Nightmare, it only gave him the ability to astral project and enter others' dreams. As for Destiny, its limitation was obeying royal commands, essentially sacrificing freedom.
Heart of Ice and Hell's Grasp should be similar. They were powerful in certain aspects but not omnipotent. They shouldn't give his soul state the ability to deal with the Lava Serpent.
However, Su Fan guessed that Hell's Grasp's ability should be related to flames. While it might not be enough to defeat the Lava Serpent, it might allow him to escape.
After figuring this out, before the Lava Serpent could react, Su Fan suddenly charged forward and reached out to grasp Hell's Grasp.
"Hiss!"
Seeing Su Fan's action, the Lava Serpent let out a roar and spat a mouthful of phlegm at Su Fan.
Su Fan had no time to look back. He grabbed Hell's Grasp from the stone platform at the fastest speed possible.
The first reaction Su Fan had upon touching Hell's Grasp was heat, a heat that penetrated his soul.
Su Fan felt as if he were holding a red-hot piece of iron.
But he didn't let go. Letting go now would be a complete waste of effort, and a mouthful of phlegm from the Lava Serpent could take his life.
After Su Fan grasped Hell's Grasp, the Pisces Diagram in his spiritual world flickered incessantly, as if communicating with Hell's Grasp.
In an instant, Hell's Grasp also reacted. The flames on Hell's Grasp receded slightly, revealing its true form.
It was a severed hand, a severed right hand.
Su Fan's right hand, which was holding Hell's Grasp, suddenly felt empty. Hell's Grasp passed through Su Fan's spiritual body and perfectly merged with Su Fan's right hand.
At this moment, the "phlegm" spat by the Lava Serpent reached Su Fan's face. Su Fan had no time to dodge and could only watch as the "phlegm" covered his entire body.
Su Fan was greatly alarmed, thinking he was doomed.
To his surprise, Su Fan only felt a slight warmth. The scorching lava caused him no substantial harm.
"Hmm?"
Su Fan looked down at his intact body with some surprise.
He then understood something and looked at his right hand.
Hell's Grasp (Divine Artifact)
Description: Immune to all flame damage. Increases all flame damage dealt by the wielder by up to ten times.
Good heavens, it was indeed Hell's Grasp's ability.
Hell's Grasp granted Su Fan immunity to all flame damage and could also increase his flame damage by tenfold. It truly lived up to its name as a Divine Artifact, amazing!
The Lava Serpent's face showed joy when it saw its attack hit Su Fan, but then it became confused when it discovered Su Fan was unharmed.