CHAPTER 237: Fire Attribute Treasure

The temperature inside the boundary remained at around forty degrees, while the magma spewing from the crack in the ground was stopped outside the boundary, without affecting the three people inside.

Fire Grand Magus Marceau clearly found the process very difficult. Since there was a large amount of magical element within the boundary, it meant that she had used a great deal of mental power to move it.

After the boundary had shrunk to a size of three to four metres, it became quite a small space. Add to that the fact that the temperature inside was a sweltering forty degrees, and even though it wasn't as scorching as outside, it made people feel wet and uncomfortable.

However, Han Shuo's body could easily handle a temperature of this degree. His body was not covered in sweat even though he was not using his demonic arts to defend himself. Instead, he used this rare spare time to sit cross-legged, calmly adjusting his breathing to recover the magical yuan he'd used up earlier.

Beautiful Knight Sophie wore tight clothing that clung to her large frame. Her sweat soaked through her clothes, making it look as if she'd just taken a bath in them, accentuating the curves of her body. Due to the high temperature, the sweat on her body was constantly flowing as she gasped irregularly, constantly fanning herself with her hands to create a bit of wind to cool herself down.

The Fire Grand Magus was just as focused as Han Shuo as she paid careful attention to controlling the boundary. The wrinkles on her face were like gullies that were currently filled with sweat. They were unable to stop the sweat from slowly dripping down her body due to gravity.

The two Yin Demons that were left in the valley were monitoring everything that was going on outside so that Han Shuo could find out everything that was going on above in order to make the most accurate decisions.

After descending into the magma fissure at the bottom, the boundary continued to sink. As the surrounding flames burned fiercely, chunks of magma and loud rumbling sounds shot everywhere. When they collided with the rim, bright sparks appeared, creating a beautiful scene of a sea of fire.

Unfortunately for the three people inside the boundary, Han Shuo and Marceau had no spare effort to pay attention to the surrounding scene, while the female knight Sophie was uncomfortably covered in sweat, creating a burning fire of anxiety in her heart. Of course, she wasn't in the mood to pay attention to the beautiful scenery around them.

The three of them and the Boundary slowly sank downwards amidst the searing and brilliant sparks. During this process, Fire Grand Magus Marceau manipulated the direction of the Boundary, causing it to slowly fall towards the centre of the Earth. She seemed quite familiar with the situation here.

Finally, the moving boundary stopped. Han Shuo immediately opened his eyes and carefully surveyed the scene around him. He wanted to take in everything in as little time as possible.

The first thing he saw was a huge lake of fire. It was like the burning sun, releasing searing light and heat. Churning magma emerged in the form of columns of fire dragons. They shot up pillar by pillar. They were probably so fierce because of the influence of the Lord of Flames' powers.

Flaming walls of boulders surrounded the huge lake of fire. These walls of boulders were red like heated metal as they radiated an intense temperature. They filled the surrounding area with a piercing red light, turning the whole area into a huge space of flames.

At the centre of the fire lake was a strange fire lotus that had miraculously blossomed in the turbulent magma-filled lake. It simmered with an unusual red light and seemed to have a kind of seductive beauty as it swayed on the fiery waters.

The three of them were still trapped by the boundary, floating in an opening in the wall of boulders. This kept them safely away from the erupting magma.

"Firespark Stone, FireSun Crystal, Red Onyx..."

Han Shuo exclaimed softly in surprise as he noticed that several pieces of magical stone were scattered not far from the cave's entrance. They were all Fire attribute weapon refining treasures. They were of the highest quality and could be used to refine high-quality fire flying swords, or they could be directly absorbed by fire cultivators to improve their arts.

"This area is very mysterious. It's filled with strange energy, and the stones around it are very valuable. If they were embedded in a magic staff, it would definitely be a great improvement for fire mages!" Grand Magus Marceau said as she wiped away her sweat.

However, as a demonic cultivator, Han Shuo was able to recognise many of the strange stones from Chu Canglan's memories even without her explanations. He understood that these special stones all had different types of great effects, and each of them was extremely useful.

"Open the boundary, I need to go and collect some!" Han Shuo was really excited, but he still spoke with a calm expression.

Marceau blinked, then hesitated for a moment before reminding him benevolently, "The temperature outside the boundary is several times higher than inside. I believe that the moment you leave the boundary you will be baked by the high temperature. I would advise you not to take that risk!"

"It's okay, I think I can withstand it!" Han Shuo used his magical yuan to make a leaping ball of purple flame appear in his left palm. A wave of cold breeze air instantly blew into the forty-degree interior of the border, causing Sophie and Marceau to shiver with cold despite their heavy sweating. Their flowing sweat suddenly stopped, leaving them with a cold sensation.

"What kind of magic is that?" Fire Grand Magus Marceau couldn't help but exclaim after seeing the high temperature within the boundary drop instantly, almost turning into an extremely hot spot in an ice cave the moment the purple flames appeared in Han Shuo's palm.

"Hehe, it's just a special type of martial arts, so don't worry, I think I can withstand the high temperatures outside!" Han Shuo smiled faintly as he looked confidently at Marceau while holding the ball of leaping purple flames.

"I think you're right!" Marceau nodded and then said. "Listen, the moment I count to three, I will send you out of the boundary, so get ready."

Han Shuo took a deep breath and circulated his magical yuan, moving the fingers on his hands nimbly as waves of purple flames appeared from his fingertips.

As Marceau counted to three, the section of boundary in front of Han Shuo was sheared off like a knife. The high temperature attacked his face as scorching waves of fire broke through the boundary and instantly covered Han Shuo's entire body. Without Marceau's control, the boundary cracked like an egg shell. Not only did it lose its ability to block the heat wave, it also lost its ability to stay in the air.

The rocks where Han Shuo had landed were boiling with heat. If he stepped down, his feet would be burnt to ashes in an instant. Of course, when he activated his magical yuan to cast the Mystical Glacial Fire spell, he hadn't forgotten about the Demonic Ninth Heaven Arts. The moment his feet were about to land on the famed stone, he suddenly stopped moving in mid-air.

The Yin Demon that Han Shuo had left behind in the boundary was paying attention to the two women's actions. Han Shuo himself didn't waste a split second as he used the extreme coldness of the Mystic Glacial Spellfire to cover his entire body in white smoke as he planned to act covertly.

As Han Shuo began to fly, Marceau and Sophie looked at his actions in shock. They were obviously very surprised. At the same time, when the extreme cold on Han Shuo's body met the high temperature, his body was instantly covered in white smoke, hiding his figure from their eyes.

"The most magical thing in this area is supposed to be the Fire Lotus in the centre of the lake. He's gone to collect stones to forge weapons, then let's go and pick that fire lotus!" Fire Grand Magus Marceau did not seem to care about the unfamiliar rocks around her. Perhaps it was because she didn't know what kind of miraculous effects these rocks had, and had focused all her attention on the Fire Lotus.

The Fire Lotus had about ten bright red leaves the size of palm leaves. It was transparent like a crystal. Strange red light flowed through the texture of each leaf, as if they were nourishing life through flames. The fire lotus was extremely eye-catching in the flaming lake of fire, giving people a sense of awe-inspiring beaut.

Fire Grand Magus Marceau and Sophie were completely captivated by this strange lotus. They both stared at the fire lotus as if hypnotised. Marceau began to move the magic boundary and slowly approached the fire lotus together with Sophie.

Han Shuo did not activate his arts in the thick white smoke to collect fire stones. Instead, he quickly dug a large hole and dripped his blood essence into it. His sparkling eyes occasionally glanced over to the fire lotus, while the expression on his face was extremely calm, as if he was quickly thinking about setting something up.

After hearing Marceau's description before they came down, Han Shuo understood that the Place of Extreme Fire had nurtured a Fire Lotus, and so he formed his own plans. No matter what, the Fire Lotus could not be obtained by Marceau or Sophie. As a fire attribute treasure and a spiritual treasure nurtured by the extreme fire place, the fire lotus had the miraculous effect of directly surrounding a zombie to help a zombie directly become a fire elite zombie.

The places of the five extreme elements had the opportunity to cultivate treasures of the five elements based on time and special circumstances. The Extreme Earth Place, Extreme Wood Place, and Extreme Water Place in the Valley of Sunshine might have taken too much time, or they might not have been suitable locations, so no treasures had appeared.

However, this place of extreme fire might have existed for hundreds of thousands of years, storing energy for such a long time. Thanks to the Lord of Flames, it had indeed successfully nurtured the Fire Lotus Treasure. As the spiritual treasure of the Place of Extreme Fire, the Fire Lotus had absorbed all kinds of fire attribute power during the thousands of years it had to grow.

Thanks to the existence of the Fire Lotus, Han Shuo did not have to spend a lot of time gathering all kinds of materials. He could use secret techniques to build a formation at the place of extreme fire and start the formation with his blood essence. Then, when he placed the zombie in the Fire Lotus, the nutrients that the Fire Lotus had absorbed over the years and the dense concentration of fire element energy in the Extreme Fire Site could help the ordinary zombie evolve into an elite fire zombie.

This was an extremely rare opportunity. Han Shuo would definitely not allow Marceau to take the Fire Lotus. That's why he had started to organise everything after leaving the boundary.

As Marceau manipulated the Boundary and slowly approached the Fire Lotus, Han Shuo's wave of thick white smoke passed through the caves made of the reddened rock walls. When the two women saw this, they thought Han Shuo was taking the opportunity to collect some unique ores in the area. Little did they know that by using the cover of the dense smoke, Han Shuo had already finished digging the formation eyes needed to refine the Fire Elite Zombie. Although there was the Fire Lotus, since there weren't any other materials to refine the Fire Elite Zombie, the connection between the eyes of the formation was made using Han Shuo's blood essence. It was lucky that Han Shuo had swallowed a three hundred year old blood essence grass earlier and had enough blood essence. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to successfully use the formation at this time.

After Han Shuo walked around the walls, dug out all the eyes of the formation, and dripped his blood essence into them, he immediately chanted an incantation and summoned the little skeleton from the other dimension.

"Quickly, bring me a zombie you approve of. It will receive the same treatment as the Earth Elite Zombie!" After giving the order, he sent the little skeleton back to the other dimension before the little skeleton could nod in understanding.

Purple flames then leapt from Han Shuo's hand as he activated his magical yuan in the direction where the little skeleton had stood, creating a temperate place.

The little skeleton's body was made of crystal-like white bones. After much refinement and training, Han Shuo had enough confidence in the strength of the little skeleton's body to know that this kind of temperature wouldn't affect the little skeleton at all.

However, if a normal zombie suddenly appeared in a place like this, it would definitely be in terrible pain due to the scorching high temperature. They might even be burned to death. Therefore, in order to successfully refine the Fire Elite Zombie, Han Shuo needed to make some preparations first so that the zombie wouldn't die from the heat once it was placed inside.

An urgent call came from the other dimension from the little skeleton. When Han Shuo received the call, he immediately cast the spell, causing the little skeleton to appear in front of Han Shuo within the tempered area he'd created. When the little skeleton appeared, it was holding a zombie warrior with an extremely large head.

Perhaps the little skeleton had sensed Han Shuo's anxiety, and so it did not take too long in its search before randomly grabbing a zombie warrior with an extremely large head.

"Alright, it's you!" Time was short. Han Shuo saw that everything was prepared. When he saw the two women approaching the fire lotus, he had no time to hesitate as he grabbed the huge zombie and dashed towards the centre of the fire lake.