Published: March 2, 2025
Ahead was a sea of red.
The originally slightly moist black soil gradually transformed into burning lava, waves of heat and the smell of smoke rushed towards them, turning this place into a forbidden realm.
Deep within the earth, the magma sea was ever-present, continuously radiating heat, which formed the basic conditions for carbon-based life forms to exist.
However, the situation in the Demon Realm was quite different from that on Earth.
"The layers of the Demon Realm can be simply divided into three parts. One part is the Crystal Sand Layer, which is barren land, comparable to deserts on Earth. Below that is the Black Soil Layer, which is relatively fertile. These two layers intertwine; although the Crystal Sand Layer generally floats on the surface, this is not absolute. However, these two layers only occupy a small portion of the Demon Realm's strata, while the majority consists of the magma layer we see before us."
"Our target is at the center of the magma layer."
Bai spoke telepathically to Wen Yu, briefly explaining the situation here, while Wen Yu had just killed another Variant Soul Puppet and was looking ahead.
In front, the surface was calm, the magma sea flowed slowly along a special trajectory, occasionally bubbling up with big and small bubbles—similar to the Earth's core. However, after experiencing the attacks from the Variant Soul Puppets, Wen Yu would have to be foolish to think that nothing was wrong.
"Let me share my observations. We have traveled about 100 kilometers; the first ten thousand meters were calm, but the further we went, we encountered these air Variant Puppets everywhere. Based on my observations, these air Variant Puppets are distributed in a tiered manner—there are very few at the front, and they gradually increase in number. As we approach the magma sea, the number of these puppets decreases. I believe the area we just passed through is the territory of the air puppets, while here is the domain of something else."
After speaking, Wen Yu fell silent for a moment before adding, "I still maintain my opinion that we should retreat. However, if you wish to continue forward, I will do everything I can to repay this favor, that's all."
Wen Yu had gained quite a lot; this was the truth. The air soul puppets capable of killing a level 10 limit breaker contained origin power that surpassed Wen Yu's imagination—each was equivalent to an origin fruit condensed by the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine. Throughout this journey, Wen Yu had killed far more than a thousand! Yet countless past lessons had taught Wen Yu that the greater the rewards, the greater the risks. As they delved deeper, Wen Yu's sense of crisis grew stronger.
From the very beginning, Wen Yu had no desire to take this risk.
However, Bai completely disregarded Wen Yu's thoughts, or rather, what Bai intended to do was far more important to him than the risk—more important even than his own life! At this moment, Bai simply waved his hand, and then, with a blank expression, Ye Nan slowly stepped out of the team. He floated nearly a hundred meters above the magma sea, flying towards it at a steady pace.
The concept of an immortal body made him the perfect candidate for a suicide squad… However, everyone present merely lowered their heads in silence.
These Variant Soul Puppets possessed origin power, and origin power was a natural enemy to conceptual abilities… For the Avengers, Ye Nan dying like this might be a good thing, but for Bai, once Ye Nan died, he would lose his ability to control the Avengers.
Bai was no longer just acting in desperation. His actions appeared completely reckless in Wen Yu's eyes, but still, that was their personal vendetta, and Wen Yu couldn't be bothered to care.
…
Ye Nan flew further and further away. As he scouted ahead, everyone's gaze was fixated on the roiling magma sea.
Bubbles continuously burst, making a series of "pop" sounds that melded into an irritating cacophony. However, aside from that, there were no other anomalies.