It was said that there were various treasures and chances that would appear at the deep side of the Earth Fire Place. Along the periphery, there was nothing useful, only dancing flames which engulfed everything. Along the way, they only felt the sweltering heat. This was by no means a comfortable journey.
The time limit of three months was not a long time for them. In order to obtain the harvest, they had to make full use of every second to head to the depth of the Earth Fire Place.
Immediately, all of them took a Spiritual Energy Nourishing Pill before embarking on their journey to the depth of the Earth Fire Place. Various unknown dangers were hiding in the Earth Fire Place. They made sure to keep themselves stay in peak energy at all times. The pill would help them sustain their energy and keep them alert. As attacks here usually took place suddenly, they needed to be in shape to defend themselves at any second.
As they walked towards the depth, Ricky thought to himself, 'The spiritual energy here is really quite intense. Perhaps, I can absorb it to take advantage of it... But Theo said that it won't work.'
Bearing this thought in mind, he tried to absorb a little bit of spiritual energy from the air around him.
Immediately, he found out that what Theo had said was true.
Outside this place, when he drew the spiritual energy in, he felt rather at ease. But the moment he absorbed the spiritual energy here, he felt his organs burning strongly. Even if his body was at the Fifth Degree of Nine-degree Body Refining Formula, he almost couldn't withstand it.
What was more, the intense spiritual energy shot rapidly around his body, trying to destroy his meridian.
'Damn it! Theo was right!' Ricky sighed secretly, working hard to control the spiritual energy and stop it from running freely inside his body.
However, something happened at the same time. The Flame Zone in the second segment of his spiritual meridian suddenly reacted to the spiritual energy from the Earth Fire Place. A strand of fire leaped out from the zone and ran quickly into his meridian. In the blink of an eye, it had already reached the spiritual energy from this place and absorbed its heat before retreating back to its source.
After that, Ricky suddenly could not feel any heat or intensity anymore. The spiritual energy of the Earth Fire Place was now as peaceful and enjoyable as those from the outside!
'The Flame Zone can absorb the heat from the spiritual energy in this place!?' Ricky thought, rather shocked and excited at this discovery.
Discretely, he tried to absorb more spiritual energies. As before, a strand of fire burst out from the Flame Zone and absorbed the heat from them. What was more, the zone seemed to be telling him something. It was as though it were suggesting that he keep on absorbing more spiritual energy.
'If I'm right, the Flame Zone thrives off of the fire in this place, ' Ricky speculated. 'I don't need to take the Spiritual Energy Nourishing Pill anymore! I have the zone to do it for me!'
He had thought that he hid his delight well. However, Theo and Kayla noticed his excited expression.
"Ricky, why do you look so happy? Did you think about something interesting? Tell us! Let's share some happiness in this lonely and boring journey!" Theo asked with a smile.
"Oh, Theo, nothing, actually. I was just remembering a joke my friend told me once," Ricky said. He decided to keep it a secret, at least for now.
"Humph! What a jerk!" Kayla cast a disdainful look at Ricky, snorting and rolling her eyes.
"Grrrrowl!" Suddenly, they heard something growl menacingly several times. They gathered their courage and took a closer look. Three wolves, each with double heads, were rushing to them ferociously. Around their bodies were burning hot flames.
"It's the Flaming Double-headed Wolf!" Theo said, his eyes lighting up at the sight of them.
"The beasts! It seems that we are about to leave the periphery of this place and reach the center soon!" Kayla said. Kayla then geared up for a fight and dashed at the wolves.
Ricky and Theo did not bother giving her a hand. They sensed through their internal strengths that these beasts were at most at the third grade of Blood Purification. Kayla was a warrior at the sixth grade of Blood Purification. It would be an easy victory for her.
Before long, she had slain the wolves.
Ricky, meanwhile, went to collect their carcasses at once, putting them into the bag Theo handed him.
"Ricky, why do you keep them? They're not useful at all!" Theo asked curiously.
Kayla also looked at Ricky, bewilderment on her face.
"We can use them as food! The Fasting Pill tastes so terrible. Do you want to be eating only that the whole way? With these wolves, at least we'll have another choice!" Ricky explained with a smile.
"Oh, yes! You are right, Ricky! That's quite clever and considerate idea," Theo replied happily.
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