54: Chapter 54 Five-Colored Fire Lotus, Refining Crystal Source

After entering the cave, the light was slightly dim, with some golden crystals embedded in the stone walls.

These crystals were natural products, perfect for providing illumination.

The interior of the cave was adorned with these crystals, making it look quite noble.

Hun Tiandi sighed inwardly, wondering how he could find the yellow spirit crystal source in such a short time within this labyrinthine cave, as he carefully searched along the way.

However, there were no other magical beasts present, which confirmed Yu Xiao's words.

The tunnels here wound and twisted like snakes. He released the soul power from his sea of consciousness, and with a thought, it surged out and spread toward the depths of the cave.

"Found you!"

In an instant, he opened his eyes and darted toward the tunnel on the right.

The further he went inside, the higher the surrounding temperature became.

He circulated his Dou Qi throughout his body, ready to deal with danger at any moment. Having made these preparations, he continued moving forward.

After an unknown amount of time, he arrived at the core of the cave, where a crystal platform over a meter high stood before him.

On the crystal platform rested a golden sphere the size of a watermelon.

Staring at the golden sphere, he suddenly realized that the heat inside was being released by this very object.

His eyes flashed with surprise; Hun Tiandi had not expected the power condensed within the golden sphere before him to be so terrifying.

He scanned his surroundings cautiously once more.

Flipping his hand, he took out the white jade, but it remained unchanged, without a glimmer of light.

Putting the white jade away, he slowly approached the crystal platform. A faint, searing temperature washed over him, and what shocked Hun Tiandi was just how terrifyingly hot this object was.

"yellow spirit crystal source, I have finally found you!"

Hun Tiandi revealed a faint smile. After circling the object, he sighed, "The Golden Snake King is truly a Rank 7 magical beast with gifted talents; when giving birth to offspring, there is a certain probability that it will also produce a yellow spirit crystal source."

"The yellow spirit crystal source gestates within the Golden Snake King for a very long time, and the energy it contains is incomparably pure."

"When the offspring Golden Snake grows to a Rank 5 magical beast, as long as it devours the crystal source, it can directly become a Rank 6 magical beast, and the Yellow Spirit Fire within its body will also be extremely terrifying."

"Crack..."

Hun Tiandi flipped his hand to retrieve a longsword and swung it with all his might at the yellow spirit crystal source. A snapping sound rang out as the longsword shattered into several fragments and fell to the ground.

"Damn, it's so hard. Do I have to dig it out to take it with me..."

Hun Tiandi muttered, his expression turning ugly. He didn't know how far this crystal platform extended underground; relying on himself alone, let alone two hours, he wouldn't be able to handle it even in a few months.

He had an idea. After pondering for a moment, he turned and walked toward the deeper parts of the cave; if he wanted to break the yellow spirit crystal source, he had to find the yellow spirit crystal first.

"However, the yellow spirit crystal is guarded by a small Golden Snake, so obtaining it will not be a simple matter!"

Hun Tiandi said.

Finally, in another cave that was almost completely filled with yellow spirit crystals, there were three small Golden Snake Kings lying on the ground, sleeping in the center.

"Bastard, wasn't there supposed to be only one? How can there be three Golden Snake Kings?"

Looking at the sleeping small Golden Snake Kings, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Killing them is impossible; I can't kill three Rank 3 Golden Snake Kings in such a short time!"

Hun Tiandi pondered, then flipped his hand to take out three red medicinal pills. A rich medicinal fragrance spread out; the Fire Spirit Pills contained rich fire-elemental energy, and he believed they would like them.

He flipped his hand to take out a bottle of medicinal powder, coated the Fire Spirit Pills with it, took out some Soul-Guiding Incense, crushed a piece, and coated the pills with that as well.

A rich medicinal fragrance spread. While he was lowering his head to prepare, he suddenly felt a chill in front of him.

"Holy crap..."

Looking up, he saw that the three small Golden Snake Kings had woken up at some point, their golden-flecked beast eyes staring fixedly at Hun Tiandi.

To be precise, they were staring at the Fire Spirit Pills in Hun Tiandi's hand. He flicked his finger, and the three Fire Spirit Pills shot out toward the outside of the tunnel.

Hiss...

The three small Golden Snake Kings slithered away, chasing after the Fire Spirit Pills. With the Golden Snake Kings gone from the cave, he felt very happy.

He released his soul perception and found the necessary yellow spirit crystal on the stone wall. He pried off a fist-sized, sharp golden crystal and held it before his eyes; golden light flowed across its surface.

He flipped his hand to take out the white jade, which emitted a brilliant golden light. He put it into his storage ring and also put away the yellow crystal.

He turned and ran toward the outside of the tunnel. A quarter of an hour later, he finally found the cave of the yellow spirit crystal source again.

A hint of greed appeared in his eyes; the energy contained within could allow a small Golden Snake King to advance by one rank—a terrifying amount of energy.

If he absorbed it, perhaps he could also advance to a Dou Master.

He flipped his hand to take out the yellow spirit crystal, held it in his palm, and cast his gaze upon the crystal platform.

"I should just smash it, right? Eighty... eighty..."

Hun Tiandi seized the moment, swung his right hand around with all his might, and smashed it against the golden sphere.

"Crack!"

The yellow crystal struck the sphere, and a shattering sound rang out. A tiny crack spread across it, and in the blink of an eye, it gradually split open and burst apart.

Golden liquid flowed out—the yellow spirit crystal source.

Hun Tiandi waved his large sleeve, took out a row of jade bottles from his storage ring, and continuously filled them with the golden liquid.

The exterior of the yellow spirit crystal source was hot, but the golden liquid inside was like cool boiled water.

The golden sphere was not large, but the golden liquid it contained filled eight small jade bottles. After collecting the last drop of the yellow spirit crystal source, he placed them into his storage ring.

Looking at the golden liquid on the crystal platform, it had spread over a large area; it was likely enough to fill another small jade bottle.

Hun Tiandi, as if he hadn't drunk water in years, lay on the crystal platform and frantically licked it up...

Fortunately, no one saw this scene at this moment, otherwise...

After licking it clean, he looked around and turned to run toward the outside of the tunnel.

Silver arcs flowed beneath his feet, his speed increased to the limit, leaving behind trails of afterimages.

He didn't stop for a second; he just sprinted away.

Hiss...

Suddenly, three angry hisses came from the entrance ahead. Immediately after, the three small Golden Snake Kings glared at Hun Tiandi with murderous intent, looking ferocious.

A solemn expression appeared on Hun Tiandi's handsome face. He came to a sudden stop, steadying his figure.

The distance between the two sides was over ten meters.

"Bad luck, I was almost able to escape..."

Hun Tiandi said with a bitter smile. Although the three Golden Snake Kings were not as powerful as their father, their long snake bodies emitted a faint golden light.

Hmph!

Hun Tiandi let out a cold snort. With a thought, he activated his Soul Technique: Soul Weapon Art. A red soul sword surged out from his sea of consciousness and shot toward the three small Golden Snake Kings.

In terms of Dou Qi cultivation, in this narrow space, he was definitely no match for three Rank 3 magical beasts.

Hissing...

The soul attack caused the three small Golden Snake Kings' heads to ache violently, and their massive bodies rolled around frantically.

Hun Tiandi took the opportunity to use his movement technique and dashed toward the cave entrance.

Damn it!

Just as he was about to leap past the three magical beasts, three massive snake tails swept in from the front, left, and right, slamming heavily into Hun Tiandi.

Crack!

Hun Tiandi tried to counterattack, but he was accidentally struck by the snake tails. His ribs shattered, his left arm broke, and his internal organs were injured...

However, by leveraging the force of the small Golden Snake Kings, he seized the chance to rush out of the cave.

In the blink of an eye, his figure disappeared into the mountain forest...

After running for a short distance in the mountain forest, he felt his body becoming increasingly hot. Waves of heat from within his body permeated from various meridians, drilling into his bones and flesh in wisps.

"yellow spirit crystal source?"

While running away injured, the immense energy blooming within Hun Tiandi grew even larger, causing his speed to increase by more than double.

He also managed to evade the magical beasts chasing him.

"What pure energy..." he sighed. Hun Tiandi's expression changed; as he ran rapidly, the heat energy within his body surged out frantically.

At first, as his physical body tried to contain and refine it, he even had the feeling that he was about to explode.