Chapter 140: A Small Goal, Kill a Soul Beast and Pluck Some Grass! [Update 1]_1
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Ye Feng was still heading toward the east.
He had just spent twenty million gold coins on a detection device and located a fifty thousand year soul beast that was perfect for him in the distance!
So now, Ye Feng didn't have any particular plans,
he aimed to be an idle player, setting a small goal for himself, to kill a soul beast and pluck a blade of grass, that's all.
To the east, he walked for a day.
Suddenly, he felt the temperature ahead was a bit off.
It was an unprecedented sensation of intense heat.
In the west of the Sunset Forest.
"Boom!!"
That was a thunderous sound!!
The Hao Tian Hammer had smashed a deep pit into the ground!!
Dust flew all around!
"Don't let me find out where you are, otherwise I'll crush your body to dust!"
Tang Hao was furious to the extreme.
That's right, after searching for an entire night, he still had not found where Ye Feng was.
Now it was sunset again.
With the situation as it was, that kid must have slipped away.
He had to stay close to Tang San, after all, he had made too many enemies on this Continent.
Therefore, he could no longer continue his search.
He never imagined that he, a Titled Douluo, could be outwitted by a fourteen-year-old child.
He was infuriated!
He disappeared into the Sunset Forest.
He had to go back.
He couldn't leave his son for too long.
Indeed, since Tang San had come out, he hardly ever left for more than two days at a time, always watching his son's growth.
Whether it was at the Master's Attic exchanging tokens, or at the blacksmith shop in Notting City, or even dealing with Zhao Wuji.
None of these escaped his eyes.
Even the fact that Ye Feng was bitten to death by a snake, he knew it.
After all, back then the Master was only a twenty-ninth level Grand Soul Master, and the Hunting Soul Forest had no ability to protect his child.
As a father, he had to stand by.
That child was the only treasure he had with his beloved Ah Yin.
On the other side, it was nighttime again.
"Been guarding for so long and it still hasn't come out? That's a bit much!"
Ye Feng was sweating profusely as he waited in an extremely hot area of magma.
Underground Flames.
This was the site of an old volcano.
Ye Feng had burrowed his way into it through a cave.
He was specifically waiting here for his prey to take the bait.
However, after waiting a full day, there was no sign of it.
The key issue was that magma couldn't be treated like water; you might be able to lure prey out by poisoning water, but how do you lure something out of magma?
That was utterly impossible.
He had no choice but to wait.
Time flew by, and before he knew it, three days had passed.
That's right, Ye Feng had spent three days in this cave three hundred meters under the ground.
Every day he spent here was like being in a sauna.
But after his detection the other day, he found that the soul beast in this location was the most suitable for him.
Moreover, he needed its strength very much!
"Hiss hiss~"
On this morning, after a week in the cave,
just as he was running out of supplies and preparing to retreat, he heard a very subtle sound.
"Is it coming?!"
Upon hearing the sound, Ye Feng's eyes narrowed, and he carefully shifted his head a bit.
Good grief, how cautious.
He had waited a full week just for it to stick its head out of the magma.
Normally, this type of snake would come out of the magma to breathe every three days.
It probably sensed his presence, so it waited a whole week, coming out only when it could no longer bear it.
"Hiss hiss."
It was a snake the size of a thumb.
Its entire body was a fiery red, hot as flames.
And on its back were five vertical stripes.
They were golden.
Incredibly thin!
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This is their life line; every ten thousand years, a line would be added.
And five lines indicates a fifty-thousand-year feature.
Moreover, this kind of serpent is extremely bizarre, completely contrary to the theory previously mentioned by Yu Someone.
The older the serpent, the smaller its body would be.
For example, at one hundred years, they are as thick as a thigh, appearing much like a python.
When they reach ten thousand years, they are approximately the size of an arm, with a golden line added to their back.
Spanning from head to tail.
At fifty thousand years, they are roughly the size of a thumb.
With five golden lines on their back.
If it were a hundred thousand years, they would be like a little finger, with ten slender golden lines on their back.
This peculiar type of snake is called the Scarlet Flame Serpent.
Born in magma, peak in magma.
It is rumored to be the spokesperson of the Fire God.
It is also the most pure fire element soul beast in the world.
Honestly, Ye Feng never even dreamed that such a soul beast could exist in the Sunset Forest.
He thought it over for the last seven days and figured it must be because of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.
Beneath the Fire Eye Spring of the Icefire Polarized Eyes, there must be extremely hot magma!
Only with such a feature could it constantly supply energy to the spring above the ground, a hundred meters above.
And it is in such an environment that a pure fire element soul beast like the Scarlet Flame Serpent could be born.
This volcano must be very ancient.
At this moment, Ye Feng is fixating his spiritual power on the Scarlet Flame Serpent in front of him.
The Scarlet Flame Serpent is now about the size of a thumb, and roughly one meter long.
It surfaces for air every three days; now that it has emerged, it is as though it has taken its breath.
Therefore, he absolutely cannot let it escape.
If it were to run away, he would have to wait another seven days.
Seizing the opportunity as the Scarlet Flame Serpent approached, a light radiated from Ye Feng's left leg!
Gale-force Rush!
He executed his fastest speed to block in front of the magma.
To prevent the Scarlet Flame Serpent from returning.
In his hand, he tightly grasped the Bloodthirsty Demon Scythe.
"Hiss-hiss!"
The Scarlet Flame Serpent stared at Ye Feng.
Then it opened its mouth!
"Sizzle—"
Other snakes spit venom!
But the Scarlet Flame Serpent spit magma.
Don't underestimate this magma, for it had a temperature of ten thousand degrees.
Hot enough to kill people!!
"Whoosh!"
Ye Feng quickly dodged!
Nonsense, if the surrounding rocks could be melted through, how could he face it head-on??
So the clever him dodged!!
With such a small thing, it dreams of injuring him.
Dream on!!
"Hiss-hiss-hiss!"
The Scarlet Flame Serpent was clearly infuriated.
After all, it was a fifty-thousand-year soul beast, and the person in front of it seemed to be just a teenager in his teens.
What was key was the lack of strength!
It appeared to be at the Soul Ancestor realm.
That someone of such a realm dared to hunt it, truly an act of immense bravery or foolishness!
After seeing Ye Feng dodge, the serpent quickly flicked its forked tongue and again aimed a jet of flaming magma in Ye Feng's direction!!
It was an unprecedented sensation of intense heat!!
Wherever the magma fell, flames blazed forth instantly.
The temperature of the entire cave had multiplied many times higher than before.
Previously, it was like a steam room.
Now, it was as stiflingly hot as a steaming basket!
But after all, Ye Feng was exceedingly fast.
He dodged with ease.
Immediately after, a pill appeared in the palm of his hand, his Endure for One Minute Pill.
Mainly because the Scarlet Flame Serpent was just too difficult to deal with.
Following its assault, there was no way to defeat it without taking the Endure for One Minute Pill.
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