chsdbacks Chapter 179 Rest and Action
Chapter 179 Rest and Action
Chapter 179 Rest and Action
It wasn't just Jemin and his companion; the other logistics wizards clearly shared the same thought.
Jemin stretched again: "The main task for the camp next should be expanding the geological survey area to confirm this theory, right?"
Viola pulled up a chair from the side and sat down leisurely: "That's right, such an important matter definitely needs to be confirmed as soon as possible. The camp's focus will likely shift to this aspect from now on."
"Then there's nothing for us to do. We can finally rest for a while."
That's why they both breathed a sigh of relief just now.
After all, obtaining samples through geological drilling doesn't necessarily require a logistics wizard; most wizards can get the hang of it with a little training.
Furthermore, a sufficient number of people are needed to confirm the data, so the main force of this mission will definitely be a much larger number of combat-type wizards.
Anyway, combat wizards usually roam around the Frostfire Plane, so this mission is just to have them collect some samples while they're mining resources.
Viola swung her legs casually: "So, what are you planning to do during this time?"
"Me?" Jemin leaned back in his chair, looked up at the camp's ceiling, and said, "I'm thinking of going out for a walk."
"You young people are so energetic. We old folks have to rest at the camp for a few more days," Viola joked.
Jemin smiled and shook his head, saying nothing more.
"It's time to venture deeper into enemy territory and seek out more worldly affairs," Jemin thought to himself.
This was his original purpose for this expedition, but he didn't expect there to be so many logistical matters to be handled by the wizards, which has delayed him until now.
Although the wizard had provided him with a considerable amount of worldly energy during this period, it was still far from enough to meet Jemin's needs.
He didn't disturb anyone; he simply put away his research report and changed into a robe that allowed him to move around easily.
After setting the minimum connection permissions for the magic network terminal, Jemin activated his flight spell and flew straight towards the depths of the Blazing Sun Realm.
In order to collect as much mortal energy as possible, he decided to first go to the Fiery Sun Realm and then to the Frosty Dark Realm, covering the core areas of these two extreme civilizations as much as possible.
Just then, the entire wizarding camp released a mission to collect samples for geological surveys in order to confirm the previous news, so a group of wizards were flying around randomly, and Jemin did not attract anyone's attention.
The Blazing Sun Realm is a true scorched wasteland.
After flying for several days, Jemin arrived at a desolate place covered in volcanic ash, with occasional lava flows.
The air was thick with the scent of sulfur and minerals, and the ground beneath our feet was a chilling dark red, with a few dormant volcanoes occasionally emitting white smoke.
The environment here is much harsher than around the camp.
The reason Jemin landed here is because his senses locked onto a special area.
It was a somewhat abandoned ruin, the site of a town that once belonged to lava giants.
The charred rock ruins appear desolate and bleak under the eternal scorching sun.
Even though it was abandoned, the remaining ruins still tell Jemin that a large number of lava giants once lived here.
Because of the wizards' activities, the lava giants' settlements retreated again and again. Finally, they came across some ruins, and Jemin wanted to see if there were any new clues.
Just as Jemin was preparing to land and carefully explore the ruins, he suddenly sensed an unusual energy fluctuation.
Ahead, several faint but rapidly moving small fluctuations of life energy were emanating from the area.
"Looks like I'm in luck, I ran into them directly." Jemin chuckled.
According to the information transmitted through the Eye of Reconnaissance, the opposing side consisted of three level-two lava giants and hundreds of level-one lava giants—undoubtedly a small reconnaissance squad of lava giants.
The lava giants had clearly spotted Jemin as well.
They locked onto the wizard in mid-air, and after a brief moment of surprise, they erupted in a deafening roar.
In their eyes, a lone first-level wizard daring to trespass into their territory was simply walking into a trap!
"Intruders! Die!" The leading level-two lava giant roared, spewing scorching magma from its mouth. The other lava giants on the ground also gathered their power, preparing to launch an attack.
Without further ado, the six "autonomous floating cannons" behind him instantly activated, their black barrels swirling in the air, flashing with light.
During that year, he made some improvements to the floating cannons, enabling them to maintain wide-area fire coverage while also enabling more precise sniping and pinpoint kills.
"Clear!" Jemin gave the simple command.
The next second, the six floating cannons unleashed their full firepower, and hundreds of missiles and energy beams, like a dazzling net of death, instantly covered the hundreds of level-one lava giants.
These low-level lava giants, lacking flexibility and precise defense, were virtually powerless to resist.
Their bodies were as fragile as paper under the intense barrage of fire, and within seconds they were blasted to pieces, turning into countless charred rock fragments.
Meanwhile, Jemin himself set his sights on the three level-two lava giants.
With a hum, the offensive rune artifact on his right wrist shot out three sharp blades of light almost simultaneously, at a speed that was impossible to react to.
Those three level-two lava giants clearly possessed a higher level of defensive awareness and a faster reaction speed.
They immediately brandished their giant magma hands in an attempt to defend themselves, but Jemin's rune artifacts were too fast, and the light blades tore through their lava armor with pinpoint accuracy.
boom! boom! boom!
Three muffled thuds followed as three beams of light accurately struck their core, vulnerable points—based on a year of research experience, Jemin had already thoroughly analyzed the lava giants' weaknesses.
The light blades exploded rapidly upon impact, and the powerful shockwave precisely destroyed the lava cores within them.
The three level-two lava giants didn't even have time to utter a cry of despair before they collapsed to the ground like statues stripped of their core components. The lava flowing from their bodies stopped, and they became completely stiff.
The entire battle lasted less than ten seconds. The lava giant reconnaissance team, which had been so aggressive just minutes before, was now reduced to piles of charred rubble and debris in the ruins.
"It seems my newly developed witchcraft is quite effective." Jemin nodded in satisfaction.
The talismanic artifact he now wears on his wrist contains sorcery that is a byproduct of Jemin's modifications to "Lava Annihilation" over the past year.
It features a customized release speed and an added automatic locking function.
In addition, the targeted destructive magic has an extremely strong destructive power on the targeted target, and can kill even a level two creature in one hit.
This is what makes wizards so terrifying; once they conduct targeted and in-depth research on a particular group, their destructive power can be ridiculously strong.
Jemin walked up to the corpse of a level 2 lava giant, took out a level 4 soul-searching artifact, and gently pressed it into its core.
The light of the "All-Purpose Eye" in his eyes shone again, and his immense spiritual power, under the influence of witchcraft, carefully seeped into the remaining fragments of the lava giant's soul like tentacles, searching for the soul!
From the fragmented memories of the lava giants, he quickly obtained a lot of valuable information—the lava giants' recent activity range, gathering points, and methods of hiding.
Sure enough, after a year of intense fighting, the lava giants learned their lesson.
They no longer move around easily on the surface, spending most of their time hidden deep in the earth's veins, or even directly hidden in the scorching magma!
These magma zones are not only extremely hot, but also have enormous pressure, effectively preventing most first-level wizards from entering.
Even a level two wizard would expend a lot of mental energy to maintain protection if he spent a long time in lava.
Over time, their combat strength declined significantly, greatly limiting the wizards' pursuit.
But this was not a problem for Jemin!
Although Jemin is still a first-level wizard, his body has been tempered through in-depth body-forging techniques in the Erosian plane, and his physical strength has long surpassed the imagination of wizards of the same level.
With his physical body alone, he could withstand the high temperature of magma and the immense pressure underground without constantly maintaining a high-energy shield.
"Found it." Jemin muttered to himself, his gaze fixed on a massive underground lava vein in his memory.
Jemin leaped into the air and, following the path of the lava giant from his memory, found a huge active volcano.
Inside the crater, molten lava flows slowly, radiating a suffocating heat.
Without the slightest hesitation, Jemin put his clothes into his inner space, and with a swift movement, jumped directly into the molten lava that was churning with hot bubbles!
The crimson magma instantly enveloped him, but no energy shield rose around him.
His powerful physique allowed him to move easily through lava.
The only downside is that the density of the lava is so high that it's impossible to swim gracefully; instead, it's more like a gopher digging underground tunnels.
Jemin sighed, his hands like two giant shovels, digging a stable passage into the lava!
The surrounding lava was briefly pushed aside by Jemin's power, creating space for him to move forward.
He was like a true subterranean creature, rapidly descending into the scorching magma and penetrating deep into the earth's veins.
Soon, based on the information he remembered, he arrived at an external entrance to the lava giants' settlement.
Jemin soon faced his first problem: the entrance was not simply blocked by rock, but was a nearly solid energy barrier!
This barrier is a translucent orange-red color, with complex and primal runes flowing across it, radiating unsettlingly powerful energy fluctuations.
It is highly integrated with the surrounding earth vein energy, as if it were part of the underground lava, making it indestructible.
Jemin released a little mental energy to detect it and quickly determined the strength of the energy barrier.
It doesn't just have defensive capabilities; it also seems to have some kind of energy-absorbing effect.
Although the effect is simple, with the assistance of the surrounding ley line energy, it has become an exceptionally sturdy fortress.
Jemin tried every possible method to check everything, but he still couldn't find a way to break through.
With his current knowledge and strength, if he were to force it, he would probably not be able to break through even if he exhausted all his mental energy.
Using the "Great Light Phase" could break through, but with such a huge commotion, by the time he breaks through this barrier, those lava giants will probably have already escaped along the earth's veins.
Moreover, this barrier is part of the warning system; once it is breached, the lava giants inside will detect it no matter what method is used.
However, far from being heartbroken, Jemin couldn't help but laugh deep down!
He couldn't help but recall a famous saying from his past life: "When a door is too sturdy, the wall becomes a door."
Ignoring the impenetrable energy barrier, Jemin simply "swam" back into the volcano, following the passage he had just dug, and returned to the magma passage not far from the entrance.
He set his sights on the thick, solid rock wall, the "wall" that was "protected" by the energy barrier.
Because he was in the lava, Jemin unfortunately couldn't take a deep breath.
However, he adjusted his mindset, activated his alchemy, and skillfully infused his mental energy into the volcanic rock wall.
It was as if an invisible drill appeared in front of his hands; wherever he focused his attention, the stone walls automatically parted to the sides.
Jemin began digging from the rock wall beside the passage. This time, he wasn't chiseling through lava, but rather digging through solid volcanic rock and solidified magma layers!
Under the influence of his alchemy, the hard earth's crust became malleable like quicksand, only to be instantly solidified in the next second, giving him as little room to maneuver as possible.
As Jemin dug away the rocks in front of him, he filled them behind him to prevent them from being crushed by the lava.
The intense heat and immense pressure constantly pressed in from all sides, but none of this could affect him thanks to his powerful physical defenses.
With his precise alchemical control and unwavering mental strength, he managed to dig more than a kilometer through the solid rock beneath the magma!
Click—
With a soft, crisp sound, the stone wall in front of them thinned out.
Jemin used his alchemy again, carefully pushing aside the last layer of rock.
An unprecedentedly hot and scorching atmosphere, along with a strong smell of sulfur, hit us!
With a leap, he jumped out of the narrow passage and landed steadily on a scorching hot ground.
He casually reached out and wiped behind him, and the entire stone wall was "healed" by him.
What appeared before Jemin was an extremely hot and enormous underground cavity.
The cavern was even more expansive than he had imagined, with a vast space, flames shooting into the sky, and huge lava crystals embedded in the cave walls, radiating intense heat.
Not far away, one could hear the low rumble of lava being squeezed, and—.
The deep roars and conversations of a vast number of lava giants!
A cold smile crept across Jemin's lips as he narrowed his eyes.
He has successfully bypassed the most fortified "door" and passed through the "wall," successfully infiltrating the lava giant's true lair.