Shangyang Grotto Heaven.

Jiang Ning ascended to the mountain peak, where thick smoke surged ahead.

Even in this cold land, the temperature was terrifyingly high, making him feel as if he were in the midst of a fire.

His view was completely obscured by the billowing smoke.

"Finally arrived!" He stood on a small patch of earth, took a breath, and immediately a strong smell of sulfur smoke assaulted his nostrils, making it hard to breathe.

Upon smelling it, he somewhat understood what lay below.

The next moment, he slightly closed his eyes, then opened them.

His pupils were blazing, and he instantly saw through the smoke to the scene below.

At the bottom of the huge crater was rolling golden lava.

As the lava churned, dense smoke arose, blocking out the sky and the sun.

"That is..." Suddenly, his pupils contracted slightly, seeing a golden stone being tossed up among the churning lava, only to be submerged once more.

Heavenly Gang Yang!

In a split second, he made his decision.

It wasn't just its shape; it was the radiant energy cluster like a brilliant sun seen through his Fire Eyes, dazzling and glaring.

Only a highly concentrated energy cluster would exhibit such a phenomenon.

He clenched his fists, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

The next moment.

He directly leapt down.

His form agilely descended along the steep rock face.

From the mountaintop to the churning lava below was a drop of a hundred zhang.

As he descended quickly, the air grew hotter and hotter, with the temperature rising rapidly.

Suddenly.

A wisp of flame ignited on him.

He grasped the cliff with one hand, while the other patted out the flame, extinguishing it, and his entire body was instantly enveloped in a layer of golden light.

"That was truly terrifying; my clothes almost got burned to ashes, and I'd be utterly embarrassed to be stark naked!"

Jiang Ning secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Here, the Jiezhi Leaf couldn't be activated or used; besides the clothes on him, he had no spare set to take out.

If this set of clothes were truly reduced to ashes, he would have no choice but to go on a killing spree with just his body.

"Thankfully!" He let out another sigh of relief.

With the blessing of the Protective Body's golden light, the high temperature was kept at bay, and the clothes on his body were safe once more.

Immediately, he continued downwards.

"The temperature here is truly terrifyingly high; the air temperature must exceed five hundred degrees; otherwise, the special material of my clothes wouldn't ignite spontaneously!" He thought as he descended.

With his current strength, if he wore ordinary fabric, even a slight move would cause the wind to tear it apart unless he constantly used True Yuan to protect his body.

Therefore, the material of his clothes was extraordinary, not only extremely resilient but also impervious to water and fire.

Of course, the so-called imperviousness to water and fire only applied to conventional water and fire.

A moment later, he was only a few zhang above the churning lava.

As the lava ebbed and flowed, it occasionally touched the rock wall beneath his feet.

"No place to land!"

He looked down, silently noting to himself.

Then he glanced around.

He swiftly locked onto a rock on the cliff.

His figure moved like a White Ape, quickly leaping over the lava, landing on the wall on the other side.

The next moment, his five fingers gripped the edge of a protruding rock, his arm vibrated, and power burst forth.

Bang!

The cliff shook, and small rocks instantly fell down with a "rustling" sound, landing in the lava and splashing up golden lava waves.

At this moment, with his exertion, a stone weighing over ten thousand jin was pried from the cliff by him; then he lifted the rock and hurled it downward.

The rock weighing over ten thousand jin fell like a cannonball.

One breath later.

Boom!!

Like a giant stone falling into a lake from high altitude, the lava exploded into waves.

Whoosh—

Seeing the lava waves about to reach him, Jiang Ning blew downward.

Instantly, the thick smoke was blown aside, and the surging lava wave seemed to meet an invisible barrier, stopping in its tracks.

Soon, the potential energy was exhausted, and they all fell downward.

A moment later.

The churning lava below returned to calmness, with the stone weighing over ten thousand jin floating like a boat on the lava. Only then did Jiang Ning jump down.

Bang—

Landing on the rock, his body momentarily paused, dispelling the gravitational force of his fall.

Afterwards, his gaze fell upon the churning lava around him.

From the time he arrived, a cup of tea had passed, yet he had only seen that initial Heavenly Gang Yang Stone.

After a moment more, he shook his head, approached the edge of the rock, and slowly dipped his unprotected finger into the lava.

The moment the golden lava touched his finger, he frowned.

After enduring for a few more moments, he withdrew his finger from the lava and slowly shook his head.

"No way!"

With a simple test, he realized that his current abilities were not sufficient to enter this lava.

The churning golden lava was clearly different from ordinary lava outside.

Even with the blessing of the Water and Fire Immortal Clothes, allowing him to withstand ordinary flames and swim through average lava.

He couldn't freely swim through this lava.

Because the temperature here was terrifyingly high.

The moment his finger dipped into it, the burning pain was evident within just a few breaths.

If it went on for even longer, it might not just be pain anymore.

After the simple attempt, he gave up on his thoughts.

Standing atop the rock, he waited quietly for the scene he had just witnessed.

...

On the other side.

"Yet again, two more opponents vanquished!" The second senior brother from Qingyang Cave Heaven smirked at the corpses left on the ground.

"Second senior brother, this is the second group of opponents we've encountered; it seems many share our intentions," remarked the junior sister beside him.

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