Seeing the Lava Giant Crocodile severely wounded, Fang Yu let out a long sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly the Lava Giant Crocodile's eyes suddenly turned savage.
Buzz!!
A dazzling blaze erupted from its body.
Amid the brilliant flames, accompanied by the roar of burning air, countless tongues of fire shot outward, arranging themselves around the Lava Giant Crocodile in a breathtaking display.
Standing at the center of it all, the Lava Giant Crocodile's aura rose to an incomparably terrifying level.
Crack! Crack! Crack...
The next moment, the Lava Giant Crocodile, engulfed in surging crimson flames, transformed into a massive fireball and charged straight at Fang Yu.
"Holy crap!"
Feeling the overwhelming pressure radiating from his opponent, Fang Yu's expression turned solemn.
There wasn't enough time to cast Blink!
The Golden Ape tried to rush over, but its speed was nowhere near that of the Fire Element Lava Giant Crocodile.
The attack was about to land.
With no time left to dodge, Fang Yu's vision was filled entirely with crimson.
At the critical moment, he summoned the Ice Armor Magic Equipment that Tang Yue had once given him, using it as his final lifesaving protection.
At the same time, he barely managed to condense an Ice Shield with the power of his Domain to block the attack.
Boom!
Fang Yu's pupils contracted as he watched the Ice Shield shatter instantly beneath the Lava Giant Crocodile's overwhelming strength.
Immediately afterward the Lava Giant Crocodile crashed into him like a raging tsunami, completely swallowing him within its flames!
Boom!
With an explosive roar, Fang Yu's body was blasted backward like a meteor traveling in reverse, hurtling dozens of meters through the air!
Bang! Bang! Bang...
Fang Yu rolled violently across the ground.
Ten seconds later, he finally came to a stop.
"Cough... Cough!"
Covered in dust and looking utterly battered, Fang Yu slowly climbed to his feet.
A chill ran down his spine.
Had he not been wearing his Armor Magic Equipment, he would have died here.
I underestimated it!
Although his body had suffered burns from the scorching flames, he had ultimately survived the Lava Giant Crocodile's fatal strike.
Seeing this, Fang Yu immediately took out medicine to treat his injuries.
At the same time, he had the Little Snow Maiden separate from him and join forces with the Golden Ape to finish off the Lava Giant Crocodile.
The Lava Giant Crocodile had already been severely weakened.
The Little Snow Maiden and the Golden Ape were more than enough to deal with it.
Boom!!!
Boom!!!
Across the battlefield, black radiance flashed while frost and ice intertwined.
Strike while it's down!
With the Snow Maiden coordinating with the Golden Ape, they continuously wore the Lava Giant Crocodile down through relentless bombardment.
The flames surrounding its body had already become incredibly weak, like the last flicker of a candle in the wind.
Before long the fierce battle came to an end, leaving devastation everywhere.
Looking at the corpse of the Fire Element Lava Giant Crocodile,
Fang Yu harvested all of its valuable materials.
Then he recalled the heavily exhausted Golden Ape and Snow Maiden so they could rest.
As for himself, he immediately withdrew to find a safe place to recover from his injuries.
His current condition was practically at the end of his strength. Even if a Servant-class demon appeared now, he wouldn't be able to defeat it.
For the next period of time, Fang Yu focused entirely on healing.
He spent a full week recovering.
Only then did he finally regain his strength.
After that iy was time for revenge.
Ever since their leader had fallen, the Fire Crocodile pack panicked at the mere sight of Fang Yu.
They weren't even capable of surviving a single exchange against him.
In just three days, Fang Yu completely exterminated the Fire Crocodile pack.
He also thoroughly cleaned out every resource hidden throughout the great rift.
The abundant Fire Element magic ore had never been utilized or consumed by the demons.
In the end, every bit of it fell into Fang Yu's hands.
Afterward, Fang Yu arrived at the location of the Lava Giant Crocodile's nest.
This was the final resource site.
After carefully sensing the surroundings, he discovered that the temperature here had already reached the level of molten lava.
Streams of lava continuously surged throughout the cave.
For an environment like this to exist, there had to be a Fire Element treasure residing within.
Fang Yu withdrew his perception and sensed the aura of a fire seed inside.
No wonder that Lava Giant Crocodile had refused to leave no matter what.
So it had been guarding a treasure all along!
A short while later the moment Fang Yu stepped inside, an unexpected change occurred.
A violent eruption of flames nearly blasted him straight back out of the cave.
Even with his exceptional resistance to fire,
he could still feel his skin being scorched.
Fang Yu waited patiently for some time,
carefully observing the pattern of the eruptions.
When the lava activity reached its weakest point, he wrapped himself in frost and advanced.
Ice continuously offset the torrents of fire spewing toward him.
Before long,
Fang Yu reached the middle section of the cave.
Here lava erupted irregularly from every direction.
The flowing magma continuously poured over the object located at the very center.
It was a crystal-like mass of flames, as brilliant and translucent as molten lava itself.
"My goodness a Soul Seed!"
"I never expected the fire seed here to be of such a high grade. That Lava Giant Crocodile had actually been hiding a treasure like this."
Fang Yu was overjoyed.
It's mine.
However just as Fang Yu prepared to collect it, the Soul Seed's flame fiercely resisted.
A Soul Seed Flame possessed far more than mere spirituality.
It also had its own consciousness and temperament.
Some Soul Seed Flames were like untamed wild horses, violent and unruly.
Subduing such flames required an even stronger will and presence, often demanding a direct clash of strength.
Others were as gentle as a quiet rabbit.
They burned softly and calmly, neither dazzling nor quick to attack nearby creatures.
Yet the more one tried to forcefully subdue such Soul Seed Flames, the more violently they would retaliate.
They required patience and above all, sincerity.
At that moment the Totem Feather within Fang Yu's Contract Space suddenly stirred.
As he opened the Contract Space, the Totem Feather slowly floated out.
It radiated a mysterious and divine aura.
The Sky Bird's soul projection manifested once again.
It spread its wings, filling the heavens with crimson radiance, exuding an incomparably tyrannical aura.
It forcefully suppressed the rampaging Soul Seed Flame.
At that instant, the crystal-like molten fire mass gradually calmed after its violent trembling.
Seeing this, the Sky Bird's soul projection reached out and touched the Soul Seed Flame.
Thenit swallowed it whole.
After absorbing the Soul Seed Flame's power, the flames surrounding the Sky Bird's soul projection became even more dazzling.
"Chirp! Chirp!!"
Clear cries continuously echoed from the Sky Bird's soul projection.
The sound seemed to strike directly at one's soul, high-pitched, graceful, and beautiful.
After devouring the Soul Seed Flame,
it appeared exceptionally delighted.
Fang Yu was equally astonished upon witnessing the scene.
He had never expected awakening the Totem Feather would trigger such a transformation.
Not long afterward, once the Soul Seed Flame had been completely absorbed, the Sky Bird's soul projection floated around Fang Yu.
Crimson flames shimmered around its body.
The brilliant feathers covering it transformed into drifting embers that gently scattered downward.
They were both scorching and breathtakingly beautiful, as though countless stars themselves had ignited with radiant light.
Standing within that sea of flames,
Fang Yu felt incomparably warm.
Burning yet gentle.
The fiery embers also released countless glowing motes of light, which gradually gathered toward Fang Yu.
This was the Totem's Origin Power.
"I can absorb it!"
Fang Yu was overjoyed.
He drew the power into himself, allowing it to surge into his Fire Element Nebula.
His Nebula was like a young sapling being nourished by warm sunlight, growing at an astonishing rate.
The breakthrough came effortlessly.
With the Totem Origin Power serving as its catalyst, Fang Yu's Fire Element advanced directly into the High Tier.
Now that's satisfying!
Never before had a breakthrough been so effortless.
The next moment the Sky Bird's soul projection gradually dispersed.
It transformed back into the Totem Feather and returned to Fang Yu's Contract Space.
In an instant, the entire space was flooded with brilliant crimson light.
At its center, the Totem Feather stood upright.
It burned continuously, as though building a nest or perhaps preparing for rebirth through nirvana.
Fang Yu examined his Contract Space from within.
He discovered that the Totem Feather actually showed signs of reviving.
As long as it could absorb even more pure fire energy perhaps it truly could be reborn.
Although the Totem itself had perished countless ages ago, it was very likely descended from the lineage of the Supreme Sacred Totem, the Vermilion Bird, and therefore possessed the power of nirvana.
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