Lu Yu demanded something, and his aggressive attitude enraged the snake people!
“Human, do you think you can intimidate me by killing a wolf? Do you think I would fear you?” The serpent-man’s hair bristled as he coldly interrupted, “Let me repeat myself one more time—”
Before the snake man could finish speaking, Lu Yu had already reached his side.
The snake man’s reaction was not slow either.
As soon as he raised his hand, Lu Yu seized the snake’s tail and swung it around, slamming it down to the ground fiercely.
“Let go!”
Another snake person shouted from the side and reached out to grab Lu Yu.
Boom!
Lu Yu raised his arm and threw a punch that sent the attacking snake man flying.
“Who exactly is this person? How can someone be so unbelievably powerful?”
A wild wolf’s fur stood on end.
Over a hundred humanoid lives were not weaklings. At this moment, they watched as Lu Yu stepped on the back of a snake-man with one foot, pulled off the backpack, glanced at it, and then threw it into his own storage space.
“Very good, very good. Five Blue Star Souls, and in another small bottle there’s actually Evolution Liquid. Tsk, even the materials for refining a Star-forging Device are present. And there are also several Star Essences. This is quite a fortune!”
Of course, that’s not the end of the calculation!
Lu Yu decisively grabbed the snake-man by the neck and pressed him into the sea of molten lava as well.
After several rolling bubbles, Lu Yu also threw the bone-only snake person into the storage space.
Robbery, murder!
Oh no, it’s the snake killer!
All humanoid lives were stunned.
“Who are you?” a Yuan demon stared at Lu Yu, sensing a great danger.
Lu Yu extended his hands towards all the humanoid beings without hesitation and said coldly, “I’m no longer interested in Yuanmo. Hand over everything you have and then get lost!”
The person with the strange mouth roared in anger: “Human, don’t get too arrogant. You’re only one person; it’s far too easy for our hundred Zun to eliminate you.”
“Talk too much.” Lu Yu walked towards the strange-mouthed person.
Boom, boom, boom…
In an instant, over a hundred Supreme Beings acted together.
The powerful waves they stirred up swept the flames from the ground.
A wall of flames surged toward Lu Yu.
Vroom!
Lu Yu was struck; even a hundred Supreme Beings attacking together sent him plummeting into the flames.
“Alright!”
A serpent person laughed.
However, his laughter had barely begun when he saw Lu Yu leap out from the flames.
Not only was Lu Yu’s body unharmed, but his clothes weren’t even burned!
“Uh!”
The laughing snake-man statue, with its neck pinched like a duck’s, had its eyes wide open in shock as it watched Lu Yu standing right in front of it.
“Don’t!”
The snake man thought of his companion being thrown into the lava, let out a strange cry, and jumped up.
His snake-like body twisted, trying to recoil backward.
Lu Yu’s hand moved faster, already grabbing the snake man’s neck and slamming him to the ground.
The supreme beings around stood rooted to the spot, stunned.
They are the supreme ones; when did they become such weak targets for robbery?
Lu Yu unceremoniously threw the small backpack from the snake creature into his storage space, then he pushed the snake creature into the sea of flames, collecting its charred bones afterward.
It was so quiet all around!
This, this doesn’t feel right!
They are the ones with more people, after all.
Lu Yu thought to himself, “Why does this human seem even stronger now?”
Lu Yu stretched out his hand again and said, “Now, who still wants to take off their backpacks?”
No one dared to speak; the numerous humanoid beings were already covered in goosebumps, obediently placing everything they carried on the ground.
Lu Yu picked them up one by one without hesitation, examined each carefully, and then threw them all into his storage space.
A total of twenty-five Blue Star Souls, seven types of materials for crafting star artifacts, and thirty drops of evolution liquid.
Moreover, there were also two Supreme Star Weapons, three sets of armor, nearly one billion Star Spirit Stones, and five hundred million Star Spirit Beads!
His eyes sparkled with excitement as he asked, “Does everyone of you have a backpack like this?”
What, what?
All humanoid lives were even more stunned.
What are these humans going to do?
Lu Yu pointed his finger at a wild wolf and said, “Tell me, does every living creature that enters here have such a backpack?”
The wild wolf nodded instinctively.
Even he himself didn’t know how he had become so obedient.
Lu Yu nodded and said, “Good. From now on, you are my dog and will follow me. Now tell me, where exactly is this place?”
“A dog?” The wild wolf’s eyes flared as if spewing flames upon hearing those words.
Lu Yu’s eyebrows shot up as he fixed the wolf with a cold stare and said, “What’s wrong? Not happy about it?”
The wild wolf’s two hind legs nearly gave way, almost causing it to sit on the ground, as it stammered, “Okay, okay, I admit defeat!”
Lu Yu said coldly, “Dare to utter even a single word of refusal, and I’ll throw you into the lava to melt into bones! Now tell me, where is this place?”
The wild wolf spoke honestly, “This place wasn’t like this originally! A king once came here, and in the end, this place became such a crimson land.”
“Has a king been here before?” Lu Yu’s expression shifted slightly.
The wild wolf said, “Long ago, there was a powerful human who ascended to kingship in the Monster Hunting Plains. He became a king here, turning this place into a sea of flames. Later, he returned here several times, transforming this area into what it is today. We suspect that this king must have left something important here, protected by these flames!”
“Tell me, why do you know that this King has been here?”
Lu Yu was filled with confusion.
If the world is truly as Xue Ji described, where all existence is merely for the purpose of evolution.
He had also seen the ancient Demon Hunting Plains!
All living beings were nonexistent, and then in a single night, they became entirely different realms.
He had also once walked an entire night to reach a place extremely far away, where there would never be a massive city.
Then by that logic, everything in the Demon Hunting Plains should have been created by that entity.
They should not have thoughts, nor should they be so humanized.
Or could it be said that they, like those resurrected by the war model, were originally living beings?
The wolf, with his head bowed, replied to Lu Yu’s inquiry, “It’s a legend. We’ve been searching for decades, and we only recently discovered it.”
“What? That’s not right!” Lu Yu’s face slightly changed, his heart filled with shock.
These lives have no memory of ever dying, as if they had been alive all along, and even showed no surprise at their own appearances.
Puppet!
Lu Yu felt that he had touched something, which also made him sense the approach of death!
These lives were created with the sole purpose of continuing their puppet existence, following the path set by their creator, surviving, and growing stronger!
And in the end?
Destroy humanity, just as you destroyed the city of Xue Ji?
Lu Yu’s heart pounded as he stared in the direction of the lava sea and coldly asked, “What lies beyond this lava sea?”
“No one knows!” the wild wolf shook his head. “We came here merely to explore. Once we have news, someone will surely come to take action!”
“Who is it?” asked Lu Yu, frowning.
The wild wolf lowered its head and said, “We, our rank is too low. We are merely warriors living at the outermost perimeter and do not know what the life form in the innermost area is!”
Lu Yu stared at the wild wolf, his eyes emanating a chilling coldness that seemed to lower the surrounding temperature.
“It’s true,” a snake person stepped forward, his voice trembling. “We are merely the lowest-ranking warriors among our respective races. To enter the next tier, one must reach the strength of three hundred Zun. We—we haven’t even reached one hundred and fifty Zun. We came here merely to scout. If we can bring back some information, the leader might grant us some treasures to help enhance our strength!”
The wild wolf continued, “However, this time’s scouting mission isn’t only involving us lowly warriors. I heard that among the first group of fighters who arrived, there are actually some hidden experts from the next cultivation stage. I—I’ve heard that one of our clan’s leaders has come over.”
“What level of strength?” Lu Yu asked with a furrowed brow.
All the humanoid lives present shook their heads together and said, “Once the leader is no longer in hiding, we won’t even dare to resist!”
Lu Yu could see the fear and reverence for the leader in the tone of voice and eyes of these lives.
“A powerful enemy, huh?” The flame in Lu Yu’s eyes seemed ready to ignite.
He smiled slightly and said, “Very well, consider it a practical exercise for entering the realm!”
Lu Yu was smiling when the sea of lava behind him suddenly surged violently.
“Roar!” One after another, crimson dragon-like creatures leaped out from the lava. They opened their enormous mouths wide and charged toward the group standing before the sea of molten rock.
Dozens of dragons, each as massive as a mountain, dragged crimson rays like two stars glowing from their eyes.
“Oh, it’s the Fire Dragon! Just as recorded!” The Wolf and others, disregarding Lu Yu, all instinctively stepped backward.
The power of these dragon-like creatures surged like a storm, driving the magma from the lava sea towards the group of people on the shore.
Those who ran too slowly were directly engulfed by the lava.
Though the mightiest and supreme, he too possesses flesh and blood like any other.
The temperature of magma can melt even stone, making it all too easy to melt flesh and blood.
More than ten humanoid lives were swallowed by the magma, their screams barely escaping before they were all dragged into the sea of molten lava.
“Boom!”
Several humanoid beings confronted a dragon-like creature, only to be swallowed whole in one bite.
Bang!
Lu Yu collided head-on with a dragon-like creature as well. The flames spewing from the dragon’s mouth struck Lu Yu, delivering a tremendous impact that sent him flying backward.
“At least one hundred and fifty statues!” Lu Yu’s heart was filled with shock.
There are actually such ferocious monsters in this sea of lava.
The dragon, seeing that the flames failed to engulf Lu Yu, plunged directly into the Sea of Lava and vanished.
The carnage came swiftly and receded just as quickly.
The remaining humanoid lives watched from a distance as the magma retreated into the sea. Thinking about the massacre that had just occurred, all of them felt their hearts pounding with terror.
The wild wolf trembled and said, “Just as recorded, there’s no ferry. Standing before the Sea of Lava, one could be attacked at any moment!”
“You!” Lu Yu pointed back at the wild wolf. “Tell me, where exactly is the ferry?”
Boom!
The magma in the Lava Sea surged once more as a colossal dragon burst forth, lunging toward Lu Yu with a ferocious bite.
Suddenly, dazzling starlight emanated from Lu Yu’s right hand.
In the blink of an eye, the starlight transformed into a sharp sword.
The dragon swooped down, and Lu Yu’s sword slashed right back, splitting open a several-feet-long gash along the dragon’s neck.
“Roar!” The dragon, in pain, swung its body and plunged back into the sea.
However, the blood spewing from the dragon’s neck burst into flames as it fell onto Lu Yu’s body.
Lu Yu sensed a thread of royal power from the blood.
Very faint power.
“Fire King!” Lu Yu noticed a small rune within the power, a rune that Xue Ji had once pointed out to him in his memories. It belonged to a mighty warrior who transformed his human body into flames to become a king!
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