Martial Peak

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When Yang Kai extended his Divine Sense beyond his body, it was immediately distorted by the extreme temperatures, and although he only spread it out for a moment, his Divine Sense was still burned slightly.

This made Yang Kai’s expression contort in pain, but fortunately his Divine Sense was extremely powerful and with the Soul Warming Lotus constantly nourishing his Soul, this bit of damage could be ignored.

During his brief investigation, Yang Kai was able to locate a certain landmark several thousand meters away from his current position. Looking over in that direction, all he could see was a horrifying red eruption of heat coming from the ground. This burst of heat soared up into the sky like a soaring dragon and seemed as if it would burst through the red curtain covering the sky, but the Flowing Flame Sand Field’s barrier seemed able to perfectly disperse this wave of heat, scattering it evenly across its surface at the moment of impact.

An extremely pure Fire Attribute energy was being released from the place where the heat wave had appeared, and it wasn’t long before it swept across Yang Kai’s position. At once, the sand and stones in the fifth layer of the Flowing Flame Sand Field were blown away by this heat shockwave.

Yang Kai’s heart clenched as he stood in place and waited until this eruption finally subsided before arduously heading over towards its source.

After two full hours, Yang Kai managed to traverse the thousand-meter distance and found himself staring at a huge pit, his expression filled with doubt and uncertainty.

This was a massive hole in the ground, and standing at its edge and looking down, all Yang Kai was able to see was dark red lava that seemed to be flowing about like water. At this moment, while still roiling, had no semblance of its previous explosive ferocity. The Fire Attribute aura which escaped from the depths of this hole was quickly mixing with the air of the fifth layer and strengthening its ambient heat little by little.

Occasionally, some gravel would fall into this pit and disintegrate upon contact with the lava, making it clear just how terrifyingly hot it was.

It looked like a volcanic crater, but it was clearly not a volcano, because this giant hole was on flat ground and no magma was erupting from it.

Moreover, Yang Kai was keenly aware that there seemed to be countless tunnels extending out in all directions beneath this pit. Every now and then, one could even hear what sounded like regular breathing coming from down below.

The gears in Yang Kai’s mind started to turn and he soon blurted out a name, “Earth Lung Fire Pond?”

After speaking, Yang Kai was instantly stunned, seemingly unable to believe what he was looking at.

An Earth Lung Fire Pond was an extremely rare subterranean fire vein and it was the most prized geographical formation for Artifact Refiners. When an Artifact Refiner was engaged in their craft, they could take advantage of this underground fire vein’s extreme heat to help them temper and purify materials, saving them a great deal of time and energy.

However, there were very few Sects that could possess an Earth Lung Fire Pond. Yang Kai had not had much contact with many Sects on Shadowed Star and naturally didn’t know much about their secrets or heritage but he was fairly certain that on this star, there were absolutely not more than three Sects which possessed an Earth Lung Fire Pond for Artifact Refining.

One of the most recognizable characteristics of an Earth Lung Fire Pond was the faint breathing sound it gave off, as if it were a pair of lungs contracting and releasing air, making it easy for Yang Kai to recognize it at a glance.

Artifact Refiner who worked here would be able to completely display their skills and maximize their

Kai’s mind as he stared down in pleasant

this Earth Lung Fire Pond away with him, it was without a doubt the best place for him to refine the Profound Yin Sunflower Water. He hadn’t been expecting to come across such a perfectly location. Originally, Yang Kai was planning to simply find a nearby spot where the heat was especially high to refine the Profound Yin Sunflower

was dangerous to dive into such a place, the great the danger, the greater the reward.

recklessly. Pushing his Demonic Flames to their maximum, Yang Kai also

freely spend his Saint Qi to condense several dozen Grand Heavenly Shields

preparations did he take a deep breath

his figure flickered and he quickly descended to reach a rocky outcropping. Identifying another foothold, Yang Kai leapt out, repeating this process again

*Chi chi chi…*

very unstable, and it bubbled up and burst from time to time, sputtering molten rock

was much more powerful than the lava in the ancient Spirit Array Wei

Yang Kai, shattering his Grand Heavenly Shields on contacted. In the blink of

while those that still managed to make it through were blocked by the layer of Demonic Flames around Yang Kai’s body. Seeing this, it allowed him to

continuously replenished his destroyed

of time later, Yang Kai’s eyes brightened, and his figure flickered

around him decrease dramatically, as if it was being blocked by the invisible

out, Yang Kai gawked in

countless caves on the opposite wall, all of which seemed to be roughly the same as the one he had entered and were obviously not naturally generated because

caves turned out to be artificially

Yang Kai immediately understood what all of this

meters into the rock. After walking down this long, straight passage, Yang Kai came

lighting stones that despite having been here for countless years were still

illumination, Yang Kai began looking around this stone room while putting away his

of this stone chamber was smooth and flat, and there was a massive Spirit Array engraved onto its surface. This Spirit Array still seemed to

the centre of the stone room stood a huge tripod furnace that was engraved with coiling dragons and soaring phoenixes but otherwise seemed somewhat plain in design. At first glance, it was obvious that this furnace was quite old and after being baked

furnace

but since the birth of the Stone Puppet, she no longer needed to use it. Only occasionally, while refining high grade artifacts, she would use

saw such an Artifact Refining Furnace,