Chapter 1826: Chapter 1811: Nine Heavens Divine Thunder (Second Update)
Even though Ye Zhen was fully prepared when charging into the magma vortex, the terrifying high temperature that hit him still made Ye Zhen wonder if he would turn to ashes.
This thought flashed away instantly.
Almost in an instant, the protective spirit armor on the surface of Ye Zhen’s body shattered. The Bone-attached Poison Flame Pearl, which had just been refined not long ago, spewed out large swaths of green flames, protecting Ye Zhen securely, keeping him from being harmed by the extremely high-temperature magma.
However, the heat that rushed at him was still intense enough to turn Ye Zhen into ashes in an instant.
Even the Dragon Scale False Body densely covered with mysterious patterns on his body surface couldn’t isolate this terrifying high temperature.
The fire flame protective shield formed by the Bone-attached Poison Flame Pearl was rapidly dissolving in the magma river. Almost at the same moment, the Acquired Spirit Treasure Thunder Light Whip in Ye Zhen’s possession flashed, and a dazzling Thunder Light Barrier was added to the outside of his body.
Ye Zhen could only use these means as much as he could to buy time. The moment he entered the magma tunnel recorded in the Shadow Capture Jade Slip, Ye Zhen’s pressure would be much reduced.
Ye Zhen believed that since Wang Baimu dared to enter this magma vortex, that magma tunnel must not be far.
At the moment he entered the magma vortex, Ye Zhen immediately entered the state of Sword Heart Enlightenment. His divine sense attached to the omnipresent Fire Spirit Power, rapidly extending outward.
The divine sense propelled by Ye Zhen’s Primordial Spirit was extremely fast, in an instant extending nearly fifty miles in the direction of the magma vortex.
But what he saw stunned Ye Zhen.
There was no magma tunnel following the magma vortex down; below was the more terrifyingly and surprisingly Earth Core Lava.
Ye Zhen could guarantee that if he dared to rush in there, he would definitely turn to ashes in the first instant.
Also, going down the magma vortex with his divine sense, Ye Zhen didn’t find any trace of Wang Baimu.
Where did Wang Baimu go after rushing in?
Ye Zhen absolutely didn’t believe that Wang Baimu used some concealment technique after entering the magma vortex.
Performing an escape skill requires a relatively stable environment.
In this Magma Hell Sea, the magma emitting terrifying high temperatures is constantly fluctuating and exploding. Even the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape of Ye Zhen is of no use here.
Under such circumstances, Wang Baimu could absolutely not conceal himself.
"Where did he go?"
In the frenzied urging of his divine sense, Ye Zhen’s sense adhered to the Fire Spirit Power, exploring in all directions. His surrounding skin had already started feeling the burning-like pain.
Ye Zhen felt that if he couldn’t find a passage to leave here in ten breaths, he wouldn’t be able to hold on.
But the next moment, Ye Zhen’s expression was stunned.
To his right, behind the vortex wall of the magma vortex, there was actually a hollow magma tunnel.
Ye Zhen had no time to think about how a hollow magma tunnel appeared in the Magma Hell Sea. Instinctively, Ye Zhen moved, carrying a massive amount of magma, breaking through the vortex and rushing into the hollow magma tunnel.
The instant he plunged into the magma tunnel, Ye Zhen’s heart relaxed.
The temperature in this magma tunnel was still high, but it was much more bearable than staying in the magma.
Moreover, relative to the high temperature here, a faint coolness was actually coming from inside the tunnel.
While marveling at the wonders of creation, Ye Zhen cautiously flew deeper into the tunnel.
Boom!
A mass of crimson magma suddenly exploded from the lower side of the magma tunnel wall, catching Ye Zhen off guard and directly blowing it over him.
The Earth Core Lava, which emitted terrifying high temperatures, instantly broke through Ye Zhen’s fire flame barrier and thunderclap barrier. Even the Fake Dragon Scales on Ye Zhen’s body, which had the ability to ward off water and fire, shattered into pieces amidst a violent explosion.
Large patches of skin were instantly seared as if roasted, and some skin on his back even turned to charcoal.
As Ye Zhen gasped in pain, he accelerated forward. In this narrow tunnel, strong fire spirit power waves were everywhere, rendering Ye Zhen’s Sword Heart Enlightenment useless here.
He could only endure it.
Fortunately, as Ye Zhen’s divine sense sank into the Strong Wind Spirit Essence Pearl, even without activating Wind Flash and Sweep, his speed was extremely fast.
After about twenty breaths, he had traveled nearly four hundred miles in this magma tunnel, suffering three bursts of magma eruption damage, and this magma tunnel gradually began to widen.
But Ye Zhen did not dare to stop. At this moment, the magma tunnel had already overlapped with the one in the Shadow Capture Jade Slip.
Every scene in that Shadow Capture Jade Slip, Ye Zhen had watched many times.
So Ye Zhen was very familiar with this section of the magma tunnel.
His speed increased rapidly, and after an hour, Ye Zhen had been running nearly eight thousand miles in the magma tunnel.
By this time, the magma tunnel had gradually begun to solidify. The temperature was still high but within a range that Ye Zhen could easily endure.
Extremely abruptly, Ye Zhen, in full sprint, suddenly stopped.
"You?"
The shocked voice of Wang Baimu, who had earlier escaped inside, sounded at this moment, "How did you find this place?"
Ye Zhen, who had stopped, sneered, "How did I find it? Didn’t your Shadow Capture Jade Slip point out the tunnel for me?"
"No, there’s no method to find the entrance in my Shadow Capture Jade Slip..."
Halfway through the sentence, Wang Baimu’s voice suddenly halted, then he stared fiercely at Ye Zhen, eyes blazing with intense hatred.
"It was you!"
"It was all you, making two years of my efforts go down the drain, without even obtaining a single Spirit Void Fruit."
Ye Zhen coldly chuckled, "You still blame me? That was the calamity brought by your greed! Serves you right!"
Ye Zhen’s angry rebuke made Wang Baimu’s eyes gleam with viciousness, "Hmph, about to die and still so stubborn!"
Almost at the instant Wang Baimu’s eyes shot with malice, his figure, ghost-like, flickered, and layers of black fist shadows, like a venomous serpent, twined toward Ye Zhen.
It was then that Ye Zhen noticed Wang Baimu’s hands were wearing a pair of black gloves exuding a chilling aura.
Facing the charging Wang Baimu, Ye Zhen showed no intention of dodging, only a cold sneer.
Seeing Ye Zhen unmoved, Wang Baimu’s eyes were full of doubt.
But at this point, there was no turning back.
Wang Baimu’s palms flickered, black light erupted, and he approached Ye Zhen like a slippery venomous snake.
Ye Zhen didn’t move, but his divine sense did.
A deep purple lightning flashed from Ye Zhen’s forehead, accurately striking Wang Baimu’s head as he lunged close.
If there were any observers, they would have seen Wang Baimu seemingly thrusting himself upon Ye Zhen to take the hit.
Almost as soon as the deep purple lightning appeared, Wang Baimu’s eyes widened, without time to let out a cry.
The purple lightning hammered into Wang Baimu’s chest, instantly breaking his protective spirit armor and the just-emerged mid-grade suppressing armor.
The purple lightning caused Wang Baimu’s entire body to convulse uncontrollably, and in his spasms, he rolled backward in the magma tunnel like a purple ball.
Surrounded by purple electricity, convulsing without end.
Rumble!
Only until then did the rolling thunder from Ye Zhen’s lightning strike rumble across.
When the rolling thunder faded, Wang Baimu’s continually rolling figure finally came to a stop, and the purple lightning around him slightly diminished.
At that moment, Wang Baimu’s stammering voice sounded.
"You... you... how could you possibly use the... Nine Heavens Divine Thunder... this secret technique..."
Seeing the shock and continued convulsions in Wang Baimu, Ye Zhen grinned, showing a set of white teeth gleaming with cold light. With a flicker, he appeared beside Wang Baimu, clutching Wang Baimu by the back of the neck as if picking up a chick.
