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Since he could not hide the treasure within the lake of fire anymore, he might as well investigate what was going on below. If he had the chance, he would immediately flee if he caught it. With Old Mu's strength, it should not be a big problem.

After he rushed into the lake of fire, he pushed his speed to the limit and headed straight to the bottom of the lake. He wanted to see just what kind of divine object was under the lake of fire that could even give birth to so many Scarlet Snake spirits, which were normally extremely rare.

Hualala …

Within this lake of fire, a figure was like a fish swimming as he quickly advanced. The lake water within this lake of fire was also not an ordinary lake, but the crimson colored water was slightly viscous.

Magma sprayed out from the bottom of the lake, causing the temperature of the lake to rise even higher.

What was fortunate was that Xia Hun Wu was already immune to the fire energy, but even so, when he touched the magma, he still let out a series of crackling sounds. It was hard to imagine what would happen if the weak were to charge into the bottom of the lake.

As this thought flashed through Xia Hun Wu's mind, a sense of vigilance appeared in his eyes.

Behind Xia Hun Wu, Xuan Bing and the other powerful practitioners from the various empires rushed into the lake of fire. It was evident that they understood that the lake of fire was not as simple as it seemed …

Xia Hun Wu tilted his head and glanced behind him. The commotion behind him also caused him to frown before he shook his head helplessly. Since this situation couldn't be avoided, it all depended on their abilities.

As his speed increased, he could clearly feel the vastness of the Fire Lake. He didn't expect that the ground beneath the Fire Lake would be even more peculiar.

At first glance, it was obvious that these rocks were formed from the lava spewed out by the volcano. They intersected with each other and formed a maze of reefs, and at a glance, one could not see the end of them.

Xia Hun Wu followed the crimson red rocks and scanned his surroundings warily. After a while, his heart skipped a beat and he lowered his head to look down. There was an extremely strong flame energy surging down there.

In the center of the vortex, a scarlet red ball of light appeared. In the middle of the scarlet ball of light, a small snake about three inches long slowly appeared. This was the Scarlet Snake's Soul.

"This …!"

When Xia Hun Wu saw the scene before him, he was completely shocked for a moment. However, after a short moment, he recovered his wits and a smile emerged on his face. Then, his figure suddenly dashed forward.

"Kid, quick, stop quickly!"

However, not long after he dashed out, Elder Mu's hurried voice rang out from within his body. Although Xia Hengwu did not understand, he still stopped due to his trust for Old Mu.

"Elder Mu, what's wrong?"

The instant his body stopped, Xia Hun Wu immediately asked. After all, there were experts from various empires behind him. It would be a pity if they were to snatch the treasure away.

"Below, I can feel a very obscure black demonic energy. Although it is very obscure, it is definitely not something the two of us can solve."

"Oh?"

As Old Man Mu's voice faded, Xia Hun Wu's gaze shifted downwards. In an instant, his face was filled with intense shock.

However, as his body got closer, Xia Hengwu could clearly see that underneath the vortex, there were many ravines formed by fiery rocks. This gully was so deep that it seemed to be the gateway to hell. On both sides of this gully, there were several caves densely packed like an ant's nest.

With the help of the surging flames from the rocks, he could clearly see that there were several figures sitting cross-legged in the caves. They looked just like old monks who were meditating.

However, Xia Hun Wu could not feel any signs of life from these people.

Xia Hun Wu's eyes flashed as he looked at the unfathomably deep fiery cliff. He guessed that this must be the source of the Scarlet Snake's spirit.

Even though Xia Hun Wu was surprised, he slowly approached the cave in front of him. As he got closer, he could clearly see the figures within the cave. However, these figures looked like skeletons.

On top of these skeleton-like figures, a scarlet red luster flickered. Xia Hun Wu could clearly feel a flame energy being tightly compressed within their bodies.

Clearly, these human figures might have lost their life force, but their bodies had already been refined by the fire energy in this lake of fire for so many years. The great water pressure at the bottom of the lake had basically turned these bodies into dry corpses that were formed from the fire energy.

The shock in Xia Hun Wu's eyes became even stronger as he looked at the corpses that were about to turn into fire spirits. A while later, his eyes were fixed on the location of the red corpse's Dantian.

Fortunately, they were at the bottom of this lake of fire. These corpses were not controlled by this thread of black air like they were on the outside. This thread of black air was naturally the black demonic Qi.

"Could it be that these people... Did he intentionally choose to pass away in the depths of this lake of fire? Do you want to use the power of the flames here to completely wipe out the black demonic energy that had invaded your body? So we can prevent them from completely passing away and becoming demon corpses controlled by black demon energy? "

He immediately looked at them with a hint of reverence in his eyes. None of these powerhouses were not worthy of his admiration; in order to prevent himself from being controlled by the black demonic energy to become a monster that only knew how to kill, they would rather sit at the bottom of the lake of fire and assimilate their own bodies into the fire spirit.

"Buzz!"

While Xia Hengwu was lamenting, a faint sound came from a nearby cave. Xia Hengwu then saw a flame suddenly erupt from one of the mummified corpses, and the fire continued to travel back and forth inside his body. From afar, it looked like a small sun, emitting a shocking luster.