Rivulets
While Hao Xuan was trying to come up with some of the more 'unorthodox' methods to get rid of the creature something caught his eye.
*Sniff*Sniff*
The smell of burning wood carried over on the wind along with clouds of white smoke. Faint tremors could be felt every few seconds but they were so weak that no normal human being could have been able to detect them.
Hao Xuan turned towards the easterly direction with a grim expression, "Did you wake up?" he muttered out loud while moving deeper into the forest.
After barely crossing a few tens of meters he came upon a small stream of molten lava slowly edging closer to the many failed (and some successful) creations he had left behind. It was just a couple of inches wide so there was not much risk. (Reference Images posted in discord)
"Damn it!!" he cursed loudly because it could be a symptom of something much worse.