Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 852 - 102: One-Hit Kill

When the lava erupted, it was without warning, and Xi Yuan had no defenses in place. By the time he realized and wanted to dodge, it was too late.

Scorching lava, as hot as iron, splashed onto Xi Yuan’s lower limb, instantly melting a piece of flesh. The left lower limb emitted a charcoal-like smell, and Xi Yuan’s face turned pale, quickly leaping into the air.

Despite the severe pain, he still worried about Yue Jinghua’s safety, wanting to carry her on his back.

Just as he left the ground, dozens of tree-root-like lava cracks rapidly appeared on the ground.

The ground, still covered in ice, broke into chunks, resembling shattered ice blocks. The lava surged out from the ground like a raging flood wave.

In just a moment, this area of thorny shrubs transformed into an underground lava zone.

"Xi Yuan, take care of yourself, I can handle it," Yue Jinghua glanced at her feet—the once frozen and rigid ground was quickly shrinking, leaving less room for her to stand.

In urgency, Yue Jinghua remained calm. As she looked at the rolling lava, she saw countless red fish swimming beneath—it was akin to loaches but only as big as a thumb, numbering in thousands or tens of thousands in the Fire Melt Rock zone.

These fish were unafraid of the lava, swimming leisurely as if comfortably in water.

Before the ground beneath her feet was entirely melted, she needed to catch enough Fire Dragon Fish. Thinking quickly, she took out several iron chains from the Desire Gourd.

These iron chains were taken from the Mountain Barbarians, proving quite useful today.

The Mountain Barbarians were not only skilled in hunting but also had talent in iron forging; these chains they carried were made from Cold Iron, remaining unmelted even against the intense heat of lava.

Yue Jinghua infused Dark Energy into the Cold Iron chain, which immediately stretched into a straight line. With a flick of her wrist, the chain, weighing dozens of pounds, darted like a spiritual snake with a hissing sound into the rolling lava without causing any splash.

Pulling back the Cold Iron chain forcefully, she saw dozens of Fire Dragon Fish strung together like candied haws, forcibly dragged out. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

After capturing nearly a hundred Fire Dragon Fish, the ice beneath Yue Jinghua’s feet completely melted. She tapped lightly on her feet, sprang several times, and landed in a safe area.

She removed the Fire Dragon Fish from the chain; the fish on the chain were very resilient. Their bodies were red, except for their translucent lips, resembling ice sculptures.

With a thought, Yue Jinghua swiftly tore off the fish lips and tossed one to Xi Yuan while quickly swallowing one herself, "Cover the wound with it."

Xi Yuan applied the cooling fish lip to his wound, feeling a coldness spread. Soon, the originally charred and blackened area began growing new tissue.

The Fire Dragon Fish meat wasn’t palatable, like chewing wax, but its essence was the fish lips capable of regenerating flesh and bones.

The fish lip Yue Jinghua swallowed was tastier than sashimi and could clear heat and detoxify, removing Evil Qi from the body, which was why the expert in the monastery specifically wanted these lips, indeed recognizing their value.

Yue Jinghua calculated silently; she had caught eighty or ninety Fire Dragon Fish. The expert asked for ten, leaving the rest for her own use.

Having pinpointed the exact location of the Fire Melt Spring and acquired the fishing method, the next visit to the thorny shrubs would be much more convenient.

After catching the Fire Dragon Fish, Yue Jinghua immediately led Xi Yuan away from the perilous underground lava area.

Once out of the thorny shrubs, Yue Jinghua quickly turned back towards the monastery.

Long before reaching the monastery, she heard the howling of wolves.

Hearing the wolf howls, Yue Jinghua’s brow furrowed, pulling Xi Yuan aside cautiously, watching vigilantly.

Outside the monastery, a group of robust, vicious Ice Thorn Wolves had it surrounded.

The Demon Beasts were the largest clan in the Divine Ruins; though lacking the intelligence of the Human Race, numerous Dark Practitioners entering the ruins had let them taste fresh human flesh.

For the Demon Beasts in the ruins, once they’ve tasted human blood and flesh, they crave the taste persistently.

Days ago, the monastery expert had killed a Mountain Barbarian; the scent of blood attracted the wolf pack.

Wolves with blue glowing eyes and bodies covered in rigid Ice Armor surrounded the dilapidated monastery.

This monastery near the shrubbery was first to become a target.

After nightfall, the Ice Thorn Wolf King led the pack out of the shrubs, searching for food.

The leading wolf’s limbs were as thick as a human waist, its size comparable to a grown calf. With a giant mouth, it sprayed a stream of Ice Breath, instantly turning anything it touched into an ice sculpture.

The wolf king was a tyrant among the shrubs, leading over a hundred fierce wolves, comparable to a small battle unit, with the leading wolf king being a Peak of Eighth Rank Dark Beast.

The wolf pack was restless, continuously howling at the snow-beaten monastery.

The wolf king roared, its powerful body crashing into the monastery door like a projectile, diving into the building.

The unparalleled expert was not mobile, facing the wolf king, perhaps...

Without hesitation, Yue Jinghua moved to charge into the wolf pack with Xi Yuan.

A red shadow flew out from the monastery door, landing at Yue Jinghua’s feet.

On the ground was a blurred mass of flesh.

If not for the ice-blue fur mixed with the flesh, Yue Jinghua couldn’t have recognized it as the once mighty Ice Thorn Wolf King.

The wolf king’s entire skeleton had shattered like broken glass, fractured to powder, without visible external wounds, but had been crushed to this extent by someone’s Dark Power.

Yue Jinghua and Xi Yuan’s eyes widened; any who saw the Peak of Eighth Rank wolf king crushed in an instant would be dumbfounded.

The unimaginable strength of the unparalleled expert was evident.

The wolf pack, shrinking away without their wolf king, scattered swiftly, diving into the shrubs.

Surrounded by the wolves, the monastery became dead silent once more.

The monastery door, damaged by the wolf king, gaped open like a mouth missing teeth, coldly gazing at Yue Jinghua and Xi Yuan.

"Hehe, only two people left, just two? Could it be all those kids died uselessly in the Firethorn Shrubbery?" The eerie and terrifying voice arrived abruptly, causing Yue Jinghua to startle; standing ghostlike directly before her was a person, eye-to-eye, nose-to-nose staring.