288 Entering The Centipede’s Cavern
A moment later, the Flame Owl rushed toward the Centipede King, its eyes were burning with red flames. Moreover, the Flame Owl was extremely fast and reached the Centipede King in a blink.
This Centipede King was not simple either. It waved its poisonous pincers fiercely, and a violent rumble was heard. However, it did not hurt the Flame Owl at all. Instead, the Flame Owl spat out two fireballs that struck the Centipede King’s Head.
Whoosh!
The Centipede King’s Head was immediately burned through, and two holes appeared there. Fresh blood gushed out continuously—it was a ghastly sight.
As for the Centipede King, it fell to the ground.
‘Hahaha! I can finally eat again!’ The Flame Owl cried excitedly. Then, it jumped onto the Centipede King’s body and started to feast on the carcass. The Centipede King’s corpse may have been hard as iron, but it was still a corpse, so the Flame Owl tore at it easily.
During this process, the poisonous insects and ants were all scared away. Seeing this, Shen Fei could not help but laugh in his heart. Although the Centipede King was powerful, it was still vulnerable before the Flame Owl, and was easily dealt with.
After eating the Centipede King’s corpse, the Flame Owl’s body burst out with the same rich spiritual Qi. Not to mention, the feathers on its body became even more vibrant.
They glistened like real phoenix feathers, and the scorching heat they emitted was even more shocking.
“Flame Owl, how about exploring the path ahead?” Shen Fei asked.
Hearing this, the Flame Owl nodded. It then flapped its wings slightly and flew forward.
‘Huh? There was actually a cavern ahead!’ The Flame Owl landed in front of the cavern and looked at it in surprise.
When Shen Fei heard the Flame Owl’s thoughts, he was secretly shocked. ‘Could this cavern be the Centipede King’s lair?’
However, since the Centipede King had been killed, how could there be a cavern? This made Shen Fei suspect that it might be a trap that the Centipede King had deliberately set up to confuse the enemy.
“Flame Owl, be careful. I’m afraid there’s something strange about this cavern!” Shen Fei warned.
“Coo, coo!” the Flame Owl replied, and then flew into the cavern. After entering, Shen Fei followed it.
‘This cavern must have been built by the Centipede King at the last minute. It won’t rot so quickly, so we can still go inside,’ Shen Fei thought to himself.
After entering the cavern, Shen Fei discovered that the walls and the stone pillars were all made of lava. The lava was constantly boiling and emitting a high temperature, heating up the entire cavern.
This made Shen Fei frown. He did not believe that the Centipede King had intentionally set up such a hot environment. There must be a problem here. But Shen Fei had no way to find out what it was.
‘No matter what, let’s go see what secrets this cavern holds!’ Shen Fei thought as he walked toward the depths of the cavern.
After going deeper into the cavern, Shen Fei discovered that the cavern was not very big. It was only a few dozen meters across.
There were three large rocks in the cavern. These three large rocks were placed in a circle. On each rock were various images of ferocious creatures.
The strangest thing was that each of the large rocks emitted a dense spiritual Qi!
Shen Fei was quite shocked. The spiritual Qi contained in them was definitely far more than any spiritual Qi vessel known to the outside world. Moreover, these three large rocks were all constructed from a perfect crystal, which showed how precious these rocks were.
One had to know that the perfect crystal was something that even peak Saint-tier cultivators could only dream of!
Shen Fei’s heart was filled with awe. He never thought that this place would actually contain perfect crystals! This was clearly the heavens favoring him!
Thinking of this, Shen Fei quickly flew forward. He approached one of the perfect crystals and began to carefully observe it.
The surface of the perfect crystal was covered with a layer of light blue liquid. The liquid looked like it was a blue gem, but it was not. Instead, it was a liquid crystal, obtainable from a strange ore.
Under the influence of Shen Fei’s soul power, these crystals became transparent. Moreover, they were filled with profound patterns, appearing like huge snakes.
Shen Fei carefully studied these patterns and sighed in his heart. These patterns were actually the most exquisite spirit markings in the world.
This kind of spirit rune could have been the masterpiece of a peak-level spirit inscriptionist. However, spirit inscriptionists were extremely rare.
Generally, only Sage-tier experts could cultivate this branch. Furthermore, if one wanted to cultivate the spirit rune branch, they would need to spend a huge amount of wealth. This would probably be a drop in the bucket to powerful families, but ordinary families would definitely feel the heavy financial burden of such a path.
Therefore, when Shen Fei gazed at these lines, he felt a little envious.
‘The power of this spirit rune seems to be growing stronger,’ Shen Fei thought.
At this moment, a scorching heat wave swept out from the cavern. Shen Fei was shocked and immediately circulated his divine power to resist it.
This lava was not the usual kind of lava. Shen Fei’s divine power was unable to block it well! Furthermore, Shen Fei also realized that there was a strange liquid flowing within the lava.
‘Could the lava be poisonous?’
Shen Fei thought to himself as he hurriedly circulated his divine power, preparing to isolate the liquid. Unfortunately, he did not succeed.
This liquid seemed to be growing inside the lava. Shen Fei’s divine power was unable to isolate it. Furthermore, the more he tried to block it, the more liquid there was. Shen Fei even realized that it was melting his powers.
“This… What’s going on?!” Shen Fei exclaimed.
This liquid was too terrifying; it could actually melt his divine power. If this liquid were to flow into the human body, the consequences would be unimaginable!
At this thought, Shen Fei hurriedly circulated his divine power, wanting to stop this liquid from expanding.
But just as his divine power was released, the liquid seemed to have found a breakthrough point. It directly penetrated Shen Fei’s divine power barrier and continued to flow into Shen Fei’s body.
Shen Fei’s expression was a whole new level of panic. He hurriedly circulated his spiritual Qi and prepared to resist the corrosion of the liquid.
However, it was obvious that Shen Fei’s actions were in vain because the liquid’s power was simply too great. Even if he used his full strength, it was still futile. Instead, it seeped into his skin!
The moment the liquid seeped into Shen Fei’s skin, it immediately began to devour Shen Fei’s flesh and blood. Even his bones and armor were eaten away.