novelraw Chapter 2434: Sacrifice Brings Reward
Chapter 2434: Sacrifice Brings Reward
The scorching sun hung high in the sky, the air hot as fire.
Carson Flores floated mid-air, surrounded by rolling heat, yet felt no discomfort whatsoever.
Mastering the Sun True Scripture and commanding the Five Elements Path, how could Carson fear mere high temperatures?
With the Sun True Scripture circulating, the firelight surged around Carson, making him like a fish in water in such a scorching environment.
This was a world without green; the endless heat turned it into a desolate desert, with vast stretches of sand and barren, clean mountains, which looked quite unusual.
Carson flew tens of thousands of miles and finally stopped because he saw a group of volcanoes.
Hovering in mid-air, looking down into the volcanic crater, one could see the churning magma inside, exuding terrifying heat.
"Underground, the hotter the area, the more likely Phoenix Fire Crystal Stones will appear..."
"Phoenix Fire Crystal Stones do not exist alone. Once you find one, it indicates there’s likely a large deposit here..."
Carson thought of the instructions on the Jade Slip, descending from mid-air and leaping directly into the magma.
Operating the Sun True Scripture, with True Solar Fire emanating from his body, he seemed like a Fire God at this moment, so how could mere magma intimidate him?
Others might need to employ Divine Skills, using a Sky-covering Giant Hand to flip the entire volcano and then meticulously search with their Divine Sense for Phoenix Fire Crystals, but Carson didn’t have to.
Earth Escape allowed Carson to move like a fish beneath the ground, coming and going freely, combined with his Great Land Fairy’s powerful perception. If any Phoenix Fire Crystal brimming with Fire Essence was underground, it could not escape his detection.
Carson entered the magma’s depths, employing Earth Escape to roam underground beneath the volcano.
Carson’s luck was quite good.
He quickly sensed the Fire Essence; even underground, the Phoenix Fire Crystal emitted scorching energy, appearing as a brilliant light source in the darkness, very clearly.
Carson felt a surge of happiness; the red-clad woman only wanted Phoenix Fire, not the Phoenix Fire Crystal. Wasn’t that to his advantage?
Although Carson wasn’t a Fire Spirit Root, he mastered the Five Elements Path and could cultivate Divine Skills of the Five Elements Attribute, thus naturally being able to cultivate using the Five Elements Cultivation Method. As such, he could naturally use the Phoenix Fire Crystal to assist in cultivating the Sun True Scripture, enhancing his strength.
Carson instantly moved next to the Phoenix Fire Crystal, releasing his Spiritual Power. The surrounding soil and rocks instantly shattered, expanding outward into an open space, and the Phoenix Fire Crystal glowing red appeared before Carson.
It was a Phoenix Fire Crystal the size of a soccer ball, quite large, and Carson bent his fingers to gently tap on its surface.
If the Phoenix Fire Crystal had already developed Phoenix Fire, the internal pressure would imbalance, causing any slight external touch to lead to the crystal’s surface cracking and the Phoenix Fire escaping.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
The Phoenix Fire Crystal did not shatter.
Carson wasn’t disappointed, after all, according to experience, if one in a hundred Phoenix Fire Crystals developed Phoenix Fire, it was considered quite lucky. It’s said that for the unlucky, even five hundred might not yield a single Phoenix Fire.
Storing the Phoenix Fire Crystal in his Space Ring, Carson began wandering underground again.
If this place could produce a soccer ball-sized Phoenix Fire Crystal, there’d surely be quite a number.
Indeed, as Carson roamed underground, as soon as he expanded his Divine Sense, it was as if bright kilowatt bulbs were lighting up in the darkness.
Carson thus began to collect them one by one. After acquiring about twenty, Carson came across another one. Just as he was about to attempt tapping it, that Phoenix Fire Crystal suddenly exploded, a scarlet flame flying out, like a Phoenix spreading its wings, trailing a long fiery tail.
Phoenix Fire!
Carson was overjoyed, quickly retrieving the porcelain bottle he had prepared for storing the Phoenix Fire, aiming it at the dancing Phoenix Fire and uncapped it.
As the cap opened, a golden light suddenly shone from the bottle, generating a massive suction force that instantly drew in the Phoenix Fire, which flew over and plunged into the bottle.
Carson capped the bottle, shook it, and his eyes sparkled subtly.
He had secured a cluster of Phoenix Fire!
Quite fortunate!
According to the regulations, within ten days, everyone’s required to submit a cluster of Phoenix Fire to complete the basic task. Extra Phoenix Fire can be exchanged for points or submitted in advance, as no one can be sure if they’ll continue to steadily find Phoenix Fire in the coming days.
Had he completed the basic ten-day task just after setting out?
For the remaining time, aside from Phoenix Fire, all the output would be his own gain?
Suddenly, Carson understood why those people brought here, even though trapped and with so many having perished, didn’t show signs of despair or hopelessness.
In the Ten Thousand Immortals Domain, any resource-rich location inevitably faced fierce battles and competition, but here, although they’d lost their freedom, the conditions given by the red-clad woman weren’t harsh. They could obtain abundant cultivation resources and rapidly enhance their strength!
Freedom?
Everyone desires freedom, but this opportunity to gather cultivation resources freely without competition, even at the risk and temporary loss of freedom, isn’t that worth it?