60: Lava Pool

Lin Ye covered his entire body with black Star Force, and with Wang Mengmeng's shield, he barely managed to withstand the aftershocks.

It seems I need to absorb Star Force Body Armor sooner, Lin Ye thought to himself.

Star Force Body Armor is the most important defensive method for a Martial Artist.

Unlike traditional defenses that form shields or armor, Star Force Body Armor tempers the body, increasing physical defense and elemental resistance.

When actively used, Star Force will actively condense and flow under the skin of the covered area, enhancing the defense of that spot to the extreme.

This is just the introductory Star Force Body Armor; at higher levels, the body is normally soft and elastic, but when used, its hardness instantly surpasses that of alloys.

It is said that Great Achievement Star Force Body Armor can form a protective aura; as long as the aura is unbroken, the Martial Artist is undefeated.

But there's nothing to be done now; only teammates can compensate for weaknesses.

As the aftershocks weakened, Lin Ye seized the opportunity and unleashed a full-powered Breaking Void Fist at the still groggy Blazing Dominator.

This punch slammed into the recently struck weak point of its knee, and the Blazing Dominator's joint instantly shattered.

Supported by only one leg, its flexibility was greatly reduced, and it was surrounded and beaten to death by the surging crowd.

Chen Ou learned his lesson; he knew about the Blazing Dominator's fire explosion, but he still chose to experience it up close to test it.

As expected, its temperature reached several thousand degrees Celsius, and even with a layer of Earth Power covering him and armor isolating him, he was still scalded.

He learned his lesson and simply thrust with a condensed rock spear, refusing to get close no matter what.

Lin Ye, however, had no choice but to attack in close quarters, but fortunately, with Wang Mengmeng's assistance, his scalds quickly recovered.

"You mages are so good, possessing noble long-range attacks," Lin Ye said, full of envy.

Bai Zhiqing rolled her eyes at him, "Martial Artists aren't without long-range attacks; didn't you practice quite a bit before the competition?"

"No choice, this rock is too tough; it's hard to break its defense without Breaking Void Fist," Lin Ye complained.

Bai Zhiqing said nothing; she couldn't break its defense either.

The Blazing Dominator is a very powerful exotic beast.

The universe has a classification system for exotic beasts.

It's called Challenge Level.

A level five dragon, the highest, requires a team of elite ability users of the same level to achieve a draw.

Elite ability users refer to those like Zhao Wenlong, who are top-tier in their profession and have mastered their skills.

The Blazing Dominator is not weak either, reaching level two, requiring two complementary elite ability users to team up.

"If only we had a water-element ability user, this thing is weak to water," Zhao Wenlong said pitifully; he was just an extra throughout.

Water element greatly restrains this kind of rock-and-fire mineral Life; once the temperature drops, they even lose the ability to move.

"It's just bad luck, I guess, but as long as we secure a spot to advance, that's fine."

While the group chatted, Chen Ou had already finished collecting the fiery core and the ability seeds; he has Earth Power and can roughly sense which part of the Blazing Dominator the fiery core is in.

The harvest was decent; this fiery core was fist-sized, and while its weight was unclear, it certainly wasn't light.

The fiery core is an irregular black metal, covered with naturally formed flame patterns.

And two abilities were dropped: a gold-grade Stone Armor and a gold-grade Fire Element Control.

"The harvest is good, let's continue," Chen Ou said cheerfully; he liked the feeling of a good harvest.

There are quite a few six-level Blazing Dominators in this area, so there's no need to search carefully.

Everyone entered a long period of hunting.

It wasn't until the third day that the situation changed.

Having just hunted a Blazing Dominator, everyone was bored, waiting for Chen Ou to finish collecting.

In these three days, they had hunted about 12 Blazing Dominators.

"Everyone, come quickly! There's a rock nest here," Zhao Wenlong's surprised voice came from afar.

"Wenlong, why did you run so far?" Bai Zhiqing asked with a frown, displeased.

"Wasn't I taking a dump? Never mind that, come look at this cave first; I estimate there will be a good harvest," Zhao Wenlong said excitedly and loudly.

Everyone's interest was piqued.

Chen Ou finished collecting and gave the harvest to Lin Ye, who stored it in the space he had created.

This place lacks water and food; it's thanks to the stored water and food that everyone has been able to hunt freely recently.

This was Lin Ye's own ability and not considered a violation.

Everyone set off to investigate.

Upon closer inquiry, they learned that while Zhao Wenlong was bored taking a dump, he was picking at the rock wall, and as he picked, he noticed an unusual sound—it was hollow.

So, he pulled up his pants and immediately started breaking open the rock wall.

The cave was not small, a full four meters high and two meters wide.

"Isn't this the special terrain mentioned in the data? There should be an unexpected harvest inside," Lin Ye sighed, marveling at Zhao Wenlong's stroke of luck; Zhao Wenlong, who had been a sentry for three days, finally made a significant contribution.

Zhao Wenlong was beside himself with glee, stroking his emo haircut, and said, "Absolutely, the Blazing Dominators in here are also cunning; they actually knew to seal the cave entrance. Weren't they supposed to have low intelligence?"

The others naturally couldn't answer that question.

However, they were all very interested in the special terrain.

Chen Ou took the lead, with Lin Ye following closely, carefully exploring.

After walking over a thousand meters, they finally arrived at an open area.

This was a magma pool emitting heat, surrounded by large and small boulders—Blazing Dominator Dweller forms.

"What good luck! So many Blazing Dominators," Zhao Wenlong exclaimed excitedly.

"Be careful, these Blazing Dominators seem to have unusual strength," Bai Zhiqing said, frighteningly calm.

Only then did everyone notice, approaching a boulder, that it was a circle larger than the six-level Blazing Dominator Dweller forms outside.

Level seven?

Everyone exchanged glances, all shocked.

"Or should we just leave? We might not be able to handle level seven Blazing Dominators," Wang Mengmeng was a little scared; anyone encountering so many level sevens would panic.

Even if these level sevens were all super dwellers.

"Exactly, if we want to kill level sevens, we can go to higher places; there's no need to come here. This place is near magma, which is an epic buff for Blazing Dominators," Zhao Wenlong was very disappointed, originally thinking it was a pleasant surprise.

Chen Ou and Bai Zhiqing expressed strong agreement.

Lin Ye carefully sensed everything around him and suddenly spoke, "This might not be the Blazing Dominator's pantry, but rather its graveyard."

"Graveyard?" everyone said in unison.

Lin Ye nodded, "I sensed that the Life aura of these Blazing Dominators is much lower than those outside; logically, level seven shouldn't be like this."

Lin Ye pointed at the boulder in front of them, "I feel its Life aura is even weaker than a level five Blazing Dominator."

"Why is that?" Wang Mengmeng couldn't help but ask.

Lin Ye pointed to the cave entrance.

"Did everyone notice that the cave entrance is only five meters high, while a level seven Blazing Dominator is seven meters high and three meters wide?" Bai Zhiqing analyzed.

"Are you saying?" Chen Ou was surprised.