King of Creation Chapter 1820 - 1805: Molten Hell Sea
Previously on King of Creation...
Ye Zhen was forced by his father, Ye Tiancheng, to read many books during his childhood. Those books often mentioned the saying, "A day in the mountain is a thousand years in the world."
At that time, Ye Zhen did not believe it and even scoffed at it.
But today, Ye Zhen believes it completely.
A year in the world, Ye Zhen has been cultivating in the Mirage Dragon Pearl for ten years.
Although it’s still far from the legend of "a day in the mountain is a thousand years in the world," Ye Zhen feels that if there exists a ten-fold Temporal Power in this world, there could also be a hundred-fold, thousand-fold, or even ten thousand-fold Temporal Power.
During the year waiting for Wang Baimu to return from beyond the domain, Ye Zhen quietly cultivated in the Mirage Dragon Pearl for ten years, achieving remarkable results.
Not only did his cultivation progress rapidly, but Ye Zhen also had a comprehensive upgrade in his own strength.
At this moment, Ye Zhen is riding on the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, like a gray lightning bolt, shuttling through the clouds.
Three days ago, which is just a few days after the one-year period ended, Mountain God Yi Xun informed Ye Zhen that Wang Baimu had returned from beyond the domain and sent the rendezvous location.
Ye Zhen hurriedly set off.
After ten years of arduous cultivation, the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten appears even more majestic. Its strength has soared, and its speed has increased by a third compared to before.
The meeting place agreed upon by Wang Baimu and Ye Zhen is called Molten Hell Sea, which is one of the renowned dangerous areas on the Primordial Continent.
The Primordial Continent is vast and boundless, with areas occupied by the Great Zhou Dynasty and Demon Clan featuring beautiful mountains, clear waters, and stable Earth Veins, capable of nurturing living beings.
This includes the remote barbarians and hundreds of clans and the Four Seas, all of which are similar.
However, these lands capable of nurturing living beings only occupy a third of the Primordial Continent’s area. Even after being explored and developed by various clans for millions of years, most of the remaining areas are still true wilderness.
In those places, the Power of Earth Vein is tremendously surging, just like ever-flowing floodwaters, with extremely intense fluctuations.
Perhaps one moment the winds are clear and the sun is bright, and the next moment the earth might split and the skies erupt, or floods rage, the wind and thunder are endless.
The creatures able to survive in the wilderness are incredibly terrifying.
Even an ant might possess an Ancient Bloodline, with terrifying power.
Walking in the wilderness, even a Dao Realm Expert must be extremely cautious.
And this is merely the wilderness; within the wilderness, there are many more dangerous areas.
These dangerous areas are formed by sudden changes in the heavens and earth, special environments evolved over millions of years, or after a battle that shakes the heavens and earth, lasts long, and involves top-tier Creation Gods, a dangerous area can be formed.
How this dangerous area, Molten Hell Sea, agreed upon by Wang Baimu, was formed, Ye Zhen does not know.
However, the terror of Molten Hell Sea definitely ranks among the top dangerous areas on the Primordial Continent.
And because of this, Molten Hell Sea is rarely visited by people.
This dangerous area, Molten Hell Sea, is located in the north of the Great Zhou.
Ye Zhen first arrived at the northernmost Sha State through the Ancient Teleportation Formation before riding the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten to fly for three days and three nights, crossing the northern border of the Great Zhou.
He stepped into the territory of the Sha Clan, which the Great Zhou has not conquered in tens of thousands of years.
The territory of the Sha Clan is an endless desert, dotted with oases where Sha Clan people gather.
The entire endless desert is the territory of the Sha Clan.
This desert, named Yizhi Sand Sea, spans tens of millions of miles.
However, this Yizhi Sand Sea is too barren. Barren to the point that no one else comes to explore it except for the Sha Clan, who have lived in this Yizhi Sand Sea for untold tens of thousands of years.
Not only have they continued to exist, but they have also become a border threat to the Great Zhou Empire.
Even within the Heavenly Patrol Department, there is only a simple map of Yizhi Sand Sea, not a detailed Spirit Map.
The reason why the Sha Clan can be a border threat to the Great Zhou is because of this Yizhi Sand Sea.
Yizhi Sand Sea is vast and boundless; when the army comes to besiege, the Sha Clan, like sand mice, burrow into the sand sea. Even if millions of troops enter, they are powerless.
And the Sha Clan emerges unpredictably.
After several futile sieges, the Great Zhou Empire’s approach to dealing with the Sha Clan shifted from offense to defense. Once the Great Zhou turns to defense, the Sha Clan can hardly pose a significant threat.
However, the desert at the border invades Sha State at a rate of nearly a hundred miles each year. If this invasion continues, in several thousand or tens of thousands of years, the Great Zhou’s Bian State and Sha State might no longer exist.
But this is not Ye Zhen’s concern.
Ye Zhen’s target is the Molten Hell Sea, which lies at the end of Yizhi Sand Sea.
Perhaps due to the barrenness, the Sha Clan is extremely aggressive. Even flying quickly at high altitude in the Yizhi Sand Sea, powerful Sha Clan Martial Artists capable of sensing Ye Zhen’s presence pursue him like vultures smelling carrion.
At most, there are over ten Realm King Realm presences, and hundreds of Dark Palace Realm presences chasing Ye Zhen.
This made Ye Zhen sweat coldly; fortunately, his Cloud Winged Tiger King’s speed was exceedingly fast, so the Sha Clan Martial Artists could not catch up. Otherwise, Ye Zhen would have surely been embroiled in a bitter battle.
After flying at a speed of 200,000 miles for seven days, the hot wind suddenly hits him. The kitten’s fur rapidly curls, and Ye Zhen smells a scorched odor.
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Ye Zhen knew that the Molten Hell Sea had arrived.
Before his eyes, a vista filled with dark red hues emerged; on the surface, there were even streams of dark red lava flowing incredibly slowly, making the entire land seem as if it were ablaze.
Swoosh!
A special signal charm left by Wang Baimu shot skyward, exploding into a vivid blue ice flower above the edge of the Molten Hell Sea, exceptionally conspicuous.
Subsequently, Ye Zhen released his Divine Sense, sensing the power fluctuations around him.
This Molten Hell Sea stretched endlessly; Ye Zhen was eager to find out where Wang Baimu was hiding.
Suddenly, the Void-Slaughtering Radiance within Ye Zhen’s Xuan Palace trembled slightly, and a figure appeared out of nowhere ten miles away.
"This person is at least adept in one kind of Spatial Divine Ability." This was Ye Zhen’s conclusion.
"Di Kuohai?"
"Wang Baimu?"
As they spoke, Ye Zhen and Wang Baimu simultaneously flicked their hands, each sending out a piece of Jade Talisman, or rather, half a piece of Jade Talisman.
These two halves seemed to have a peculiar magical power; the moment they drew near each other, they merged into one with a sudden force, then exploded into a dazzlingly colorful firework.
Within it, the words "Five Immortals Hall" were faintly visible.
This was the Jade Talisman the Five Immortals Hall used to confirm the identities of both parties in the bounty.
"Why are you only here now? I’ve been waiting here for nearly a year. If you hadn’t shown up soon, I was planning to leave." Wang Baimu looked displeased.
Ye Zhen was taken aback, just about to explain, but stopped himself.
This didn’t seem to align with what Mountain God Yi Xun said, Ye Zhen suddenly realized something.
"Could that great ominous omen truly make Elder Yi so apprehensive?"
With this thought, Ye Zhen quietly warned himself to be extremely cautious this time, to avoid capsizing in the gutter.
"Take me to where the Five-clawed Durian Fruit appeared, let’s complete the transaction." Ye Zhen’s eyes shone with Divine Light, trying hard to see Wang Baimu’s features clearly, but it was as if a ripple obscured Wang Baimu’s face, making it impossible to discern.
Hearing this, Wang Baimu glanced at Ye Zhen, furrowing his brow, "You’re alone?"
"Why? Is that a problem?"
"Kid, this journey is extremely perilous, even a Dao Realm expert would struggle in such a desperate situation, with the possibility of falling. It’s best you have your people emerge soon.
As for you, it’s better not to throw your life away." Wang Baimu’s voice wasn’t grating, yet it gave an uncomfortable feeling upon hearing.
Clearly, Wang Baimu thought Ye Zhen’s Cultivation was lacking and saw Ye Zhen merely as a pawn, "The people behind me..."
Ye Zhen was just about to say that he was the real deal, but halted his words.
"The people behind me? When it’s time for them to appear, they naturally will." Ye Zhen’s lips curled into a mysterious smile.
Wang Baimu stared intently at Ye Zhen for a few moments, "Did you bring the bounty?"
"What do you think?" Ye Zhen replied with a question instead of an answer.
Vaguely, Ye Zhen felt a fierce glint rise in Wang Baimu’s eyes, though it was veiled by the white mist on his face, unclear.
"You better not try any tricks!" With a cold snort, Wang Baimu glanced a few times at Ye Zhen’s back. Finding nothing, he said, "This Molten Hell Sea is extremely dangerous, you’d better keep up. If you take the wrong path and die, don’t blame me!"
After speaking, Wang Baimu turned and walked away, but his pace wasn’t quick, seemingly to accommodate Ye Zhen.
Most beasts naturally feared fire. Although the little kitten wasn’t terrified by the Molten Hell Sea ahead, it clearly didn’t like it here.
Gently patting the little kitten’s head, it meowed softly and quickly shrank in size to nestle into Ye Zhen’s arms.
This made the mysterious Wang Baimu’s gaze towards Ye Zhen show a hint of surprise.
"Follow my flight path closely, don’t go the wrong way." Wang Baimu reminded again.
With a cautious approach, Ye Zhen followed behind Wang Baimu’s flight path, but merely half a quarter-hour later, Ye Zhen turned pale with shock, understanding the reason for Wang Baimu’s warning.
As Ye Zhen flew, below on the left, without any forewarning, red-hot magma erupted like a geyser.
Shooting up to thousands of meters high, it sprayed directly into the clouds, turning the entire sky a shade of red.
Even from kilometers away, Ye Zhen could feel the terrifying high temperature the magma carried.
The Protective Spirit Force on both Ye Zhen and Wang Baimu’s bodies was violently shook by the temperature’s impact, and Ye Zhen’s protective aura on his body even flashed intensely, nearly collapsing.
Then, large amounts of dust and various mixed gasses rose. Taking a careless breath, Ye Zhen felt dizzy, his body teetering.
Quickly channeling Spiritual Power and using the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s refining power, he purified the inhaled toxic gases in no time, finally steadying himself.
While inwardly shocked, Wang Baimu ahead leading the way was watching Ye Zhen, a mocking expression on his face. Yet his gaze, as if seeing through space, continuously scoured the space behind Ye Zhen, searching for something.