360: Chapter 360 The Crimson Longsword in the Lava Lake!

In the iron cage, a dark shadow slowly stood up.

Its blood-red eyes, like two red lanterns, stared at Su Yang's group as they approached.

The monster let out a low growl.

Its thick arms grabbed the rusted iron bars and pulled hard.

There was a loud crack.

The iron bars, as thick as arms, were snapped directly. The monster squeezed out of the cage.

It was an ape-like monster with a body as large as a small mountain.

Covered in black fur, its eyes were blood-red, and its fangs were exposed.

It exuded the tyrannical pressure of the Early Stage of the Soul Transformation Stage.

Mary hovered in mid-air and curled her rosy lips.

“It's so ugly and smells terrible. Even a monkey dares to block the way.”

Mary looked disgusted, her curvaceous body in a black lace bikini swaying slightly.

Chu Ling tightened her grip on her longsword, a cold light flickering in her ice-blue eyes.

Su Yang raised his hand to stop the two women.

“Stand back. It's just a beast; there's no need for you to intervene.”

Su Yang walked up to the monster with his hands in his casual pants pockets, his expression calm.

The ape monster roared and swung a massive fist, bringing a gale as it smashed toward Su Yang's head.

The wind howled, blowing the surrounding dust everywhere.

Su Yang pulled out his right hand and clenched his fingers into a fist.

Brilliant golden Pure Yang True Fire instantly enveloped his fist.

The high temperature caused the surrounding air to warp and distort.

Su Yang met the monster's fist and threw a punch.

Boom!

Two fists of vastly different sizes collided in mid-air.

A dull, massive thud echoed through the underground corridor.

The ape monster's entire right arm instantly exploded, turning into a rain of blood.

The golden flames spread frantically along the wound.

“Aow—!”

The ape monster let out a shrill scream of agony.

Its massive body flew backward, crashing heavily into the hard stone wall. A large crater was smashed into the wall, and rubble tumbled down.

The Pure Yang True Fire burned fiercely.

In less than five seconds, the Early Stage Soul Transformation Stage monster was burned into a pile of white ash.

Having dealt with the monster blocking the way, the group continued down the corridor.

On the walls on both sides of the corridor hung various rusted torture instruments.

They were covered in blackened bloodstains, exuding a hair-raising, eerie smell.

Qin Xueji followed behind Su Yang, her high heels making a crisp clicking sound on the stone slabs.

The terrifying environment made her heart race, and she gripped the corner of Su Yang's jacket tightly with both hands.

“Boss, this place is really creepy,” Qin Xueji said with a trembling voice.

Su Yang patted the back of her hand.

“Stay close. If you encounter danger, just hide behind me.”

At the end of the corridor was a massive Profound Iron gate.

The gate was tightly shut, its surface carved with complex defensive runes.

Bai Li stepped forward, swaying her fan, her purple eyes carefully examining the patterns on the gate.

“Hubby, there is an ancient Formation on the door. Forcing it open will trigger the destruction mechanisms inside,” Bai Li reminded him softly.

Su Yang ignored the runes on the gate.

He raised his right leg and, with the force of ten thousand catties, kicked the Profound Iron gate hard.

Bang!

The massive Profound Iron gate was kicked into pieces. Heavy metal fragments smashed into the space behind the door, creating a deafening roar.

In the face of absolute violence, the so-called destruction mechanisms didn't even have a chance to activate.

Behind the gate was a spacious circular hall.

In the center of the hall was a black stone platform. On the platform, a disheveled figure was tied up.

Eight stone pillars stood around it, with green ghostly fire burning on them, lighting the hall in a gloomy and dismal way.

Hearing the sound of the gate shattering, the bound figure slowly raised its head.

It was a pale and thin face. Its eyes were filled with deep weakness and fatigue.

“Save me... please save this Sword Sect Elder... I've been trapped here for over a hundred years...” the figure said hoarsely, full of pleading.

Bai Li stepped forward, her purple eyes staring at the bound person.

“Su Yang, be careful of a trick. This person doesn't have a shred of a Sword Cultivator's noble aura; instead, he exudes a thick smell of blood,” Bai Li warned softly.

Su Yang walked to the stone platform and looked down at the person claiming to be a Sword Sect Elder.

“An Elder of the Qingyun Sword Sect? Your act isn't convincing at all.” Su Yang's tone was flat, his eyes full of mockery.

The bound person's expression changed instantly. The previous weak expression vanished, replaced by a very hideous and ferocious look.

“Kid, you saw through me!”

The figure's body instantly turned into a cloud of black blood mist. The black iron chains that bound it fell directly to the ground.

The blood mist condensed into a massive ghostly face in mid-air, opening its bloody maw and lunging straight at Su Yang's head with a strong corrosive aura.

“Courting death.”

Su Yang gave a heavy snort. His right hand instantly ignited with a mass of gold and purple Mutated Pure Yang True Fire.

He raised his right hand and slapped the massive ghostly face hard.

Boom!

The golden flames instantly swallowed the ghostly face completely.

“Ah—!”

A tragic scream resounded through the hall. Under the high-temperature burning, the black blood mist made a sizzling sound and was rapidly evaporated into white smoke.

Pure Yang True Fire was the absolute nemesis of all evil things. In less than two seconds, the blood mist was burned clean, leaving not even a trace of residue.

A black bead fell onto the stone platform.

Su Yang picked up the bead and glanced at it. A rich amount of Soul energy was sealed inside the bead.

“Deceptive trash.” Su Yang casually put the bead into his Storage Ring.

At the exact moment the blood mist monster died.

The floor of the hall suddenly began to shake violently.

Ka-ka-ka.

A crack opened in the center of the stone platform.

A black metal box slowly rose up.

There were no keyholes on the box.

Su Yang reached out and took the metal box, channeling his Pure Yang True Qi to forcibly break the Seal on the box's surface.

With a click, the box lid popped open.

Inside was a black jade plaque.

A lifelike black dragon was carved on the jade plaque, which emitted a powerful spatial fluctuation.

“What kind of treasure is this?” Mary flew over to take a look.

“It looks like a pass for some kind of ruins,” Bai Li gave her judgment.

Su Yang put away the black jade plaque.

Suddenly, the walls around the hall made the dull sound of gears turning.

Eight hidden doors in the walls opened at the same time.

A thick smell of blood gushed out from the hidden doors.

“Roar—!”

Deafening beast roars joined together.

Hundreds and thousands of massive mutated Vicious Beasts charged frantically out of the eight hidden doors.

Some of these Vicious Beasts had two heads, and some were covered in bone spikes.

Their eyes were all a frenzied blood-red, clearly having lost their sanity, leaving only the instinct to kill.

The thousands of Vicious Beasts were like a black tide, instantly surrounding Su Yang's group of five.

The air in the entire hall seemed to freeze. The heavy pressure made it hard to breathe.

Qin Xueji turned pale with fear and gripped Su Yang's jacket tightly.

“Boss, there are too many monsters...” Qin Xueji's voice trembled.

Su Yang stood with his hands in his casual pants pockets, watching the tide-like beast swarm, a smile full of Battle Intent appearing on his lips.

“What's the use of numbers? They're all just punching bags delivered to my door.”

Su Yang gave a loud shout.

His Soul Transformation Stage cultivation broke out completely without reservation!

Dazzling golden light instantly illuminated the entire underground hall.

A two-headed giant tiger at the very front opened its mouth and lunged fiercely at Su Yang.

Su Yang's right leg suddenly rose like a battle-axe and slammed heavily onto the giant tiger's back.

Bang!

The giant tiger's massive body was split directly in half. Blood and organs splattered everywhere.

Su Yang's figure turned into a golden lightning bolt, charging directly into the beast swarm.

Fist winds howled, and flames reached the sky.

With every punch thrown, a Vicious Beast was surely beaten into mincemeat. Pure Yang True Fire spread accordingly, burning the surrounding monsters along with their corpses into ash.

Chu Ling and Mary were not to be outdone.

“Half each, let's see who kills more!” Chu Ling shouted, her ice-blue dress fluttering. She swung her ice sword, and large numbers of Vicious Beasts were frozen into ice sculptures.

Mary turned into a black whirlwind, her ten blood-colored claws frantically harvesting the beast swarm. Severed limbs and broken arms flew everywhere.

Under the joint slaughter of the three, the number of thousands of powerful mutated monsters rapidly decreased.

The hall floor was covered in a thick layer of bone ash and shredded meat.

In less than five minutes, the tide-like beast swarm was cleared away completely.

Only a massive One-Horned Earth Dragon remained, shivering in a corner.

The One-Horned Earth Dragon exuded the pressure of the Middle Stage of the Soul Transformation Stage, but now it was like a frightened kitten, not daring to resist at all.

Su Yang strolled over and stepped directly on the One-Horned Earth Dragon's head.

“Go down and join them.”

He applied force with his foot.

With a crack, the hard dragon bone instantly shattered. Golden flames completely swallowed its massive body.

The hall returned to silence.

Su Yang brushed the dust off his hands and turned to look at the deepest part of the hall.

Behind the eight hidden doors, a deeper aura of darkness was faintly revealed.

Su Yang chose the hidden door in the middle and led the way in.

The passage spiraled downward. The torches on the walls burned with ghostly green flames, elongating the group's shadows.

After walking for a long time, a red light appeared ahead.

Exiting the passage, before them was a massive lava lake. Scalding lava rolled in the lake, with huge bubbles rising.

In the center of the lava lake stood a tall stone pillar.

At the top of the pillar, an entirely crimson longsword hovered.

The longsword emitted astonishing heat, trembling slightly in mid-air as if it were alive.

“Such strong fire-attribute fluctuations. This sword is a treasure forged from Volcanic Earth Core Fire.” Surprise flashed in Bai Li's eyes.

Su Yang looked at the crimson longsword and nodded in satisfaction.

“A decent weapon. I'll just take it back and throw it into the Inner World.”

Su Yang tapped his toes on the ground, his body soaring into the air, flying directly toward the stone pillar in the center of the lava lake.

Just as he approached the longsword.

The lava below suddenly boiled violently.

A Fire Giant dozens of meters long emerged from the lava.

The giant was covered in flowing magma, its eyes like two balls of fire.

It roared and swung a massive fist, smashing hard toward Su Yang in mid-air.

“Get lost.”

Su Yang didn't pause. His right fist condensed Pure Yang True Fire as he met the Fire Giant's punch head-on.

Boom!

Two powerful fire forces collided in mid-air.

The temperature of the Pure Yang True Fire far exceeded the magma.

The Fire Giant's arm was instantly burned into nothingness.

Su Yang took the opportunity to kick the giant's head.

The massive head shattered directly. The Fire Giant's body turned into a pool of lava and fell back into the lake.

Su Yang landed steadily on the stone pillar and reached out to grab the hilt of the crimson longsword.

A strong resisting force broke out from the sword's body, trying to break free from Su Yang's control.

“Behave yourself.”

Su Yang mobilized his Pure Yang True Qi and directly suppressed the longsword's spirituality. The longsword let out a wail and stopped trembling.

He casually put the longsword into his Storage Ring.

Without the longsword's suppression, the lava lake became even more violent.

Countless lava pillars shot into the sky, and the entire underground space began to shake violently.

“Prepare to leave.”

Su Yang flew back to the shore, landing beside the women.

The walls of the passage suddenly collapsed, and a massive black underground river blocked the way.