Chapter 415: Entering the Land of Death

With the threat of the blue dragon, Ye Feng and the others finally calmed down a bit. In fact, there were still those who tried to stir up trouble, but after several gods-level strongmen were flung away by the dragon’s tail, such incidents ceased.

The news that the God of Death and Blade had formed an alliance spread throughout the entire Demon Realm and even to the major forces in other realms within just three or two days. As for Blade’s pet dragon, which reached the peak of the Supreme God level, it filled many strongmen in the Heavenly Realm with envy and jealousy, yet they dared not provoke Ye Feng.

Blade alone was already difficult to deal with—he was stronger than some gods-level beings even at the semi-god level. Now that he had reached the gods level, who knew how powerful he had become? Not to mention his pet dragon at the peak of the Supreme God level. Dragon monsters were already extremely powerful, and one at this level was likely stronger than even mid-stage Imperial Gods. Such strength would allow them to rank among the strongest even in the Divine Realm, let alone in the Heavenly Realm.

“That secret realm opens today. Let’s set off!” Inside the tavern, Long Tian seemed to suddenly sense something and opened his eyes.

Ye Feng looked at Long Tian in surprise. He had no idea how Long Tian had done it—just like the others, he hadn’t detected any changes, not even the slightest energy fluctuation. The blue dragon, also named Deep Blue by Pearl and the others and at the peak of the Supreme God level, hadn’t noticed anything unusual either.

Instead of recalling Deep Blue, Ye Feng teleported away with Long Tian and the others. He knew well that many people were watching him through Deep Blue. If the blue dragon moved, it would attract the attention of numerous factions. He didn’t want too many people competing for the secret realm. Though he was strong, success in such matters didn’t depend solely on strength. With enough luck, even someone of mediocre strength might obtain the realm’s inheritance. So, the fewer people who knew about the secret realm, the better for them. Using Deep Blue to create a diversion was a great idea.

When Ye Feng and his group appeared not far from the foot of a volcano tens of thousands of feet high, they were stunned. The massive volcano stretched for thousands of miles, with its crater diameter estimated at dozens of kilometers. Its height was equivalent to four Mount Everest peaks. Without their exceptional vision, they would never have been able to see the crater hidden by the clouds.

Hearing the dull roaring sounds in the distance and the red flames flickering from the volcano’s crater from time to time, Ye Feng and the others realized it was still an active volcano.
“Let’s go!” Long Tian stared at the volcano, his eyes glowing with an inexplicable fire, as if he knew what secrets lay hidden in this secret realm.
Ye Feng also noticed Long Tian’s expression. He frowned slightly but said nothing and followed.
“Bro, is that secret realm inside the volcano?” Long Yue seemed a bit worried.
“Mm, it will open today. Let’s go in and wait!” Long Tian quickened his pace even more.
“Everyone, follow me.” Ye Feng didn’t say much and called out to those behind him before following as well.
They soon reached the volcano’s crater. The pungent sulfur smell made Pearl and the others cough a few times, but they quickly adjusted to it.
“Let’s go down,” Long Tian said once everyone was there, then leaped down.
“Haha… enjoying the feeling of free fall!” Ye Feng jumped down as well.
“Wow…” The others also jumped one after another.
They landed on a huge rock at the bottom of the volcano, heated by flowing magma. Looking around, they saw that there were already quite a few people there.
“Uh, Brother Long, do so many people know about this?” Ye Feng couldn’t help but send a message.
“Not necessarily. These people are probably fire-type cultivators who chose this place as their cultivation ground. Didn’t you notice that most of them aren’t even at the Jue Mo level?” Long Tian concluded at a glance.
“That’s true!” Ye Feng then realized that these people weren’t very strong.
“Who are you?” At that moment, a powerful late-stage Xuan Mo cultivator walked up to Ye Feng and the others, asking in a hostile tone. He could sense that there were a few individuals at the Jue Mo level among them, but since this area was his territory, he couldn’t easily back down.
“Hi, handsome…” Pearl gave Ye Feng and the others a wink before stepping forward.
The late-stage Xuan Mo cultivator was stunned when he saw Pearl. But when a delicate hand touched his chin, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat, his gaze toward Pearl turning wary. He couldn’t figure out how she had moved in front of him so quickly—seemingly speaking one moment and touching his chin the next.
“I’m Pearl. What’s your name, handsome?” Pearl said softly.

“I… my name is Wang Yan.” The man, who was a few inches taller than Ye Feng and Long Tian, felt his body stiffen; he didn’t even know where to put his hands.
“Oh, Wang Yan, what a nice name!” Pearl blew softly in the man’s ear. “Could you tell us what you’re doing here?”
“The people here all have a fire attribute constitution, so their cultivation progresses much faster here,” Wang Yan replied honestly.
“How long have you been here?”
“Over 30,000 years.”
“Has anything special happened here recently?” Pearl continued to ask.
“Something special?” The man searched his mind for a moment before shaking his head. “Nothing special has happened. At least during my 30,000 years here, aside from occasional volcanic eruptions, nothing else.”
“Nothing at all?” Pearl glanced at Long Tian and pressed on.
“If I have to say something did happen, it’s that these past few days, there have been several groups of people similar to you, seemingly also searching for something. They went into that magma,” the man said after hesitating for a while.
“Jumped into the magma?” Pearl was slightly stunned upon hearing this.
“That’s likely right,” Long Tian nodded. “That’s the only explanation for why he’s been here for 30,000 years without any problems and hasn’t noticed anything unusual.”
“What exactly are you looking for?” Wang Yan asked curiously.
“That we can’t tell you, kid!” Pearl gave a dismissive look.
“Let’s go! It seems there are others ahead of us,” Long Tian said, ready to leave.
“Hey, this magma is different from ordinary magma. No one with a semi-divine level of cultivation will get burned, but without an Absolute Demon-level cultivation, even just touching it will cause fire poison to enter the body, which is extremely difficult to remove,” Wang Yan warned. “Unless you have divine armor…”
“Thanks for the warning!” Ye Feng fired a lower-grade divine crystal with his thumb.
The divine crystal landed in Wang Yan’s hand. He was momentarily stunned, then his face lit up with ecstasy. But he quickly put the crystal into his ring. “I don’t know what you’re looking for, but legend says there’s a place called the Land of Death beneath this volcano, and no one has ever come out of there.”

“If that were really the case, no one would know about this rumor…” Ye Feng shook his head and smiled. Pearl and the others, equipped with divine armor, jumped into the magma, with only Tie Niu and Ye Feng left without armor. In this magma filled with intense fire energy, even mental detection was greatly hindered, and Ye Feng’s detector was completely useless in such an environment—likely to turn to ash from the heat as soon as it was taken out. He could only rely on his own senses to decide his next move. “Everyone, keep going down. If you can’t hold on, don’t stubbornly persevere—tell me!” Ye Feng actually found the magma to feel like a hot spring, but thanks to the previous boy’s warning, he knew others might not feel the same. He could also sense the fire elemental energy entering the fire attribute crystal in his dantian through his pores. Tie Niu also felt comfortable; being at the divine realm already and having a slightly stronger physique than Ye Feng, he only felt heat in this environment. With the help of their divine armor, Pearl and Long Tian also managed to cope easily. As for Long Yue and the others, despite being protected by divine armor, they still felt the terrifying heat, though it wasn’t yet harmful to their current physical condition. A few minutes passed, and Ye Feng and the others continued to sink, as if the magma had no bottom. The increasing pressure made Yi Fan and the others feel increasingly uncomfortable. Just when they thought they couldn’t hold on any longer and wanted to give up, a strange sound came from beneath their feet. It felt like boiling water, and they could clearly sense vibrations not far below their feet. “No way… Is a volcano about to erupt?” Ye Feng was shocked. “Why exactly now?” At that moment, he felt his feet lose support—completely different from swimming in magma, more like freefall. He stabilized himself and looked around. It was a desolate land, vast and endless, yet scarred beyond measure. Occasionally, dried bones were visible, half-buried with only their heads or palms exposed. A howling sound came from above; it was pitch black, like a house with its roof torn off in the night, filled with fierce winds. “It seems we can’t get out!” Long Tian’s voice came from behind Ye Feng. “Then let’s start exploring the treasure!” Pearl, on the other hand, remained optimistic.