Chapter 982 - Sudden Increase in Power
Chapter 982 Sudden Increase in Power
Gangsas Volcano, beneath the lava.
There was a lava cave deep within the volcano crater.
If one stood in front of the crimson barrier of light at the entrance to the cave, they would see the thick, heavy sea of magma rumble past their eyes. The volcanic rock that had yet to melt completely had wrapped around the lava, along with some unusual ores glinting with metal.
The elementium magical machine guarded the entrance like a loyal hound, its eyes occasionally gleaming with an odd light as it monitored all the movements in its surroundings. Various wavelengths of detection lights firmly protected this seemingly crude cave in layers, along with a variety of fire traps scattered across the pool of lava.
Greem was lying down upon a stone bed in the cave. The soul-gathering crystal was on his chest, and he was performing a strange breathing exercise.
The frequency of his breathing was unusually slow. He inhaled and exhaled an average of only five times a minute.
He would inhale with his nose then exhale with his mouth, continuing to breathe at this odd frequency. Every time he inhaled, all the air in the cave would be instantly drawn empty. One could even faintly hear the hissing sound of the air as it traveled into his lungs. Meanwhile, every time he breathed out, a small stream of fire would come surging out of his mouth, scorching the ceiling above until it was black.
An unprecedented feeling of replenishment in Greem’s Spirit made him feel exceptionally active. His powerful Spirit merged with the dense fire elementium aura outside the cave, making him feel as if he was one with the world itself.
Very faintly, it seemed as if he could hear the shapeless sounds of the laws of the universe as the ground and moved. The laws of fire that he had always dreamt of appeared as if they were right in front of him. However, when he reached to grab them, he was obstructed by an unseen barrier, making him utterly incapable of touching them at all.
Just as rage boiled in Greem’s heart and he prepared to muster all his flames to burn through this damned barrier, the elementium magical machine sent him an urgent alert.
The enemies had arrived!
As Third Grade adepts, most natural environments in the plane could no longer be considered hazardous to them. Even without the ability to manipulate fire, their power allowed them to easily remain within this pool of lava for an entire day.
However, it was a completely different matter to fight a fire adept of the same grade under such conditions!
“We are almost at his base,” Benija sent a mental message to her companions, “The fire elementium here is too vicious and wild. It’s too much disruption for me. I can’t continue locking on to the fire adept. That said, his mental flux still appears to be chaotic and unorderly. It seems like he has yet to turn away from his magical experiment!”
“No more hesitation, then. Act according to the plan once we see that fire adept. We must capture him today!” Serpentine Adept Natagu encouraged his party as he prematurely started to transform into a fearsome Black Mamba, shaking his thick and long tail as he swam forward into the lava.
Dirt-yellow halos radiated from his thick scales, keeping the shockingly hot lava away from his body and preventing the heat and pressure from affecting him. The halos also occasionally spread out to protect the old witch and the Blade Princess as well.
They crossed three hundred meters in a matter of moments.
When Natagu saw the dark red fire barrier at the entrance of the cave, he immediately shook his tail and surged past Benija, charging headfirst at the elementium magical machine standing at the front.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
A storm of bullets came firing out of the magical machine’s hands, turning into a terrifying current of metal and fire. These projectiles shot through the viscous lava and crashed against the body of the serpentine adept.
A yellow Halo of Gravity wrapped around the barrage of bullets, causing them to swerve in a different direction and slide past his serpentine body harmlessly. Even the shots that found their mark were greatly weakened by the Halo of Gravity. They crackled against Natagu’s scales, but they could not pierce his defenses at all.