Deserted World was large. It was not surprising for it to have several passages. There had been three discovered and the one connecting to the Central Plains was destroyed under Lu Li's command. He didn't expect that a new one would appear.
If this new passage was connected to the Central Plains or the other plains, Lu Li wouldn't give it much thought and would have it destroyed. But it was connected to a new small world, a one that was large with many strange creatures. Lu Li was very interested.
Why was that?
Small worlds like this usually meant cherished treasures. Who wouldn't want resources for cultivation? With more resources, there would be more powerful warriors. Not only would all those working for Lu Li could benefit, he himself could see advancement on his realm as well.
Lu Renhuang wouldn't return to the Northern Desert soon now that he was dealing with his own matters. His wife had passed away and Lu Li and Lu Ling couldn't be able to go down the Ice Abyss now. Lu Ling had met Lu Feixue so there was nothing for her to do here. She planned to pay the Deserted World a visit and then go back to the Clouds Plains.
The Clouds Plains had just been unified. She wouldn't let go of her command. She couldn't stay away for too long. She had to assume command there. Many Teleportation Formations had been built. It was easy for her to come to the Northern Desert, which would only take her half a day. It made no difference where she stayed, the Clouds Plains or the Northern Desert.
Under the guide of Ye Cha, they flew toward the area of demons. They were in the Thousand-island Lake. They could arrive in less than half a day given that they were all fast. It was unnecessary to take Teleportation Formations, especially when Lu Li and Lu Ling's return to the Northern Desert was kept a secret.
They flew for less than half a day. With Ye Cha exploring the way, never once did they run into any warriors. Lu Li and Lu Ling entered the small world with Green Dwarfs and then the Deserted World.
After their arrival, Lu Li made no stop and teleported to the Snow Mountain of Dragons to pay Bai Qiuxue a visit. Then he told Lu Ling to bring Qu Cheng, Hu Lang and the other Human Sovereign Realm warriors with her.
Ye Cha said that the strange creatures were powerful. It would be safer for them to go with four Human Sovereign Realm warriors. On the off chance that there were strong beasts in the small world, Qu Cheng and the others could offer some protection.
The way Lu Li saw it, the small world was his already. Now that he learned about it, he must conquer it. He would be a fool not to take the Mystical Materials in there. If some tunnel were to appear to connect the small world to the Central Plains, big families of the Central Plains would go and conquer the small world as soon as they noticed it.
The entrance to the small world was at the southeast side where there were no Teleportation Formations. They must teleport to the Shadowland City at the southeast and then flew toward the south for another four hours.
"Buzzing~"
A group of men showed up in the Teleportation Formation in the Shadowland City. Ke Lv, the Clan Leader of Shadowland Race and Ke Mang who had already come back were informed in advance and they were waiting outside the Teleportation Formation.
Detecting that Ke Lv looked worried, Lu Li asked in surprise, "Did something happen?"
"Let's talk on our way."
Ke Lv was a bit relieved to see so many Human Sovereign Realm warriors had come. He flew out of the city with others and Ke Mang followed them. When they left the city, Ke Lv began to explain, "God of Meng has asked all his patriarchs to go but we learned half a day ago that they have suffered from great loss. A patriarch perished in fights and the others were all wounded. The creatures in the small world are exceptionally cruel."
"Um…"
Lu Li and Lu Ling looked at each other, surprised. Titan Race was so powerful in their defense and all their patriarchs were at the Noble Lord Realm, which meant the patriarchs were even more powerful. They couldn't be hurt by average beasts. Could it be that the small world had many Beast Kings?
Lu Li picked up his speed. Finally, they arrived in a mountain range after flying for two hours. Shadowland Race warriors were staying on guard at the foot of the mountain. They bowed to saluted Lu Li from the distance.
Lu Li and the others kept going forward. Soon, they found the volcano located in the middle of the mountain range. The volcano was huge. Every half a year, it would erupt. Nobody ever thought of going in there. If it were not for the fact that some beasts were spurted out, nobody would pay any attention to the volcano.
In the areas surrounding the volcano, there were some temporary caves dug out. Meng Huo was there with someone else. He was so badly injured that he couldn't even get up.
"Where is God of Meng?"
Lu Li asked as soon as he entered the cave. He noticed there were five or six patriarchs in the cave and all of them were carrying wounds. A patriarch had a broken arm.
Meng Huo couldn't sit up. Another patriarch sat up and said, "Clan Leader is still in there with several other patriarchs to fight off the beasts. This time…we have made too many noises and we have lured over too many creatures. Clan Leader is afraid that the creatures will go into the Deserted World along the passage so he has to stay on guard there."
"Show us there. We will have a look."
Learning that God of Meng was still in there, Lu Li decided he could not miss another minute. A mildly injured patriarch got up and showed them the way. They rushed into the crater and wend down.
"Right here!"
Pointing to a dark cave in the wall of the volcano, the patriarch said, "You can get to the small world from here."
"Go back and tend to your wounds. We will go ahead and have a look. Also…get someone to dig the volcano open, divert the lava so that it's an easier way. Send someone to build Teleportation Formations here."
Lu Li gave a set of orders. Qu Cheng and the other Human Sovereign Realm warriors had already rushed in. Lu Li and Lu Ling were right on their tails.
After a white flash, they found themselves in a strange world. It felt like a world of fire. As soon as they entered, they felt an assault of heat. Everywhere they could see, they saw maroon rocks. Some lava streams were faintly visible in the distance. There were some trees but they were all of the maroon color, even the leaves.
"They are lava streams."
Lu Li inspected with psychic power. Air above the streams were curling. There were even some flames. Lu Li felt shocked.
Because…
There were living beings in the streams. They were swordfishes brown in color. Fishes that could survive lava of high temperatures…were they even fish?
"Boom, boom, boom~"
Soon, Lu Li's attention were lured by the fights in the distance. Lu Li looked up and saw a valley afar. The fights were happening there.
"Whoosh~"
Lu Ling waved her hand. Qu Cheng, Hu Lang and two others whooshed on. Lu Li and Lu Ling followed them closely.
The valley had high and barren walls around. But in the middle, there was a lava stream giving off heat. Lu Li and Lu Ling were sweating.
"God of Meng, come back here!"
Lu Li noticed with psychic power that God of Meng and his patriarchs were fighting in the valley against some strange-looking creatures. Lu Li sensed that the other three patriarchs were all injured except for God of Meng. He yelled to get them back at once.
"Retreat~"
Hearing Lu Li's voice, God of Meng was relieved. He fell back with his three patriarchs at once. Qu Cheng, Hu Lang and the other two Human Sovereign Realm warriors took their places.
Lu Li saw that a patriarch's abdomen was pierced and his chest and back were covered in wounds. It was alarming. Lu Li also saw countless bodies of creatures lying around in the valley. He asked, "How can it be so bad? There are thousands of this kind of creatures?"
"Thousands?"
God of Meng told his three patriarchs to tend to their wounds and continued, pouting, "We have already killed more than 1000. There must be more than 10,000 on the other side of the valley. Saint Lord, if you come later, I will not be able to hold up. I can manage for half a day, at best. I would have to leave and destroy the passage."