Cautiously and swiftly descending the rock, Li Pu immediately distanced himself from the pool of magma lake water.

Yes, distanced.

No choice, as he's still a mortal flesh and blood, not capable of wading into magma.

He also had no means to support the grass creature from afar.

Some summoner skills indeed provided fire and high temperature resistance, but evidently, he didn't know them.

Right now, the only thing Li Pu could do was to take out a revival charm.

Due to the special nature of the second-round mode, the organizers provided everyone with two field revival charms.

Using them after a creature's death for a certain time, it could be revived by their side.

However, from telepathy now, the grass creature's vitality was still surging.

It's not an exaggeration to say it's vigorous and lively.

So, he simply found a rock nearby as cover and waited.

Approximately less than 5 minutes later, the magma lake surface that was already bubbling suddenly became violently turbulent.

[Grass!!!]

Along with a powerful shout, the grass creature's figure leaped out from the lake.

Li Pu saw that the grass creature's mental state seemed fine, but its body showed several bite marks and damage.

"What's happening inside?"

So he asked.

[Caocao! Caocao Cao!]

Grass creature: Summoner, punch me!

Unexpectedly, the grass creature made a seemingly absurd request.

However, Li Pu understood that it was asking for healing.

Feeling the grass creature's urgency, he activated the double power of 'Fatherly Love' and proceeded with a punch and kick.

[Grass!]

Grass creature: Ben Cao recovered!

30 seconds later, the grass creature that was originally crouching defensively raised both hands.

[Caocao Caocao!]

Grass creature: Summoner, there's a big guy below! Wait, Ben Cao wants revenge!

With that said, the grass creature actively leapt into the lake this time.

Plop!

[Grass!]

Another 5 minutes passed.

Grass creature: Summoner! Heal!

[Grass!]

Grass creature: Ben Cao recovered!

Plop!

Under Li Pu's bewilderment, this repeated several times.

[Grass...]

When the grass creature climbed out of the lake for the last time, it looked several times more battered than before.

Its head had been gnawed down to half, exposing the grass inside.

One arm was broken, and there were concave bite marks on its waist and thigh.

And with its remaining grass hand, it held a strange-looking big fish bottom-up.

Its length exceeded 5 meters, thicker than a human thigh.

"What on earth is this?"

Li Pu couldn't recognize what kind of magical beast it was.

It somewhat resembled a snake and somewhat resembled a fish.

It had a long snake-like body, but with fish gills, fish fins, and scales all over.

Its body was a dark stone color, yet it had cracks all over, with orange light shining through, resembling a stone wrapped with magma.

At this moment, the snake-fish's head was flat, already lifeless, clearly crushed by the grass creature.

After all, this was the first magical beast encountered in the Fire Domain, so Li Pu felt it necessary to examine it.

But they soon discovered that the wristband had completely melted into a metal bracelet after being submerged in magma.

Looks like they'll have to wait until returning to get another one from Chacha for the grass creature.

Chacha: [Grass!]

"Dig it open and see."

Thus, after healing the grass creature, he threw it a short knife, while Li Pu began touching around.

Soon, they discovered relevant items on the snake-fish, specifically its fish fins.

[LV1-Magma Gathering Strike (C)] 7/100

Active Effect: Harness the energy provided by magma for a powerful strike

Attribute Requirement: 1~10 Fire + 1~10 Water

Type Requirement: Breakthrough

Species Requirement: None

It seems this snake-fish has fire and water attributes, no wonder it can survive in magma.

And it's a C-level magical beast, just unknown what rank it belongs to.

Even ignoring the geographical advantage factor, its ability to make the grass creature so battered suggested its rank wasn't low, possibly being a 1st-order beast.

Just that this skill requires using magma, its general applicability is too poor, only useful as a sacrifice.

The snake-fish had four fins, totaling 30/100 pieces of relevant items, carefully torn and placed into the storage space by him.

[Caocao!]

Once Li Pu secured the fins, the grass creature also extracted items from the snake-fish's belly.

In its left hand a round crystal, in its right an orange-red bead.

"Impressive."

Li Pu first noticed the crystal.

Upon receiving and inspecting it, it indeed was a complete Fire Element Crystal.

That means if lucky, just defeating four of these monsters would complete his collection task in the Fire Domain.

"Seems this creature is truly remarkable."

Li Pu glanced at the snake-fish, seemingly understanding something.

Perhaps unlike the Water Domain, magical beasts in the Fire Domain are rarer and more formidable, but you can obtain more crystals from them.

"However, hunting in the magma indeed presents a tremendous challenge."

Li Pu realized not every summoned beast could maneuver freely like the grass creature in magma.

Even Fu Erdai's fire cricket would struggle, as a cricket's combat effectiveness in a liquid environment diminishes significantly.

No wonder they allotted 5 days for the second round; who knows how many would be stumped by the Fire Domain alone.

While contemplating, he accepted the orange-red bead from the grass creature.

"Holy cow."

Upon taking the bead, Li Pu's eyes immediately lit up.

This... was a magical artifact!

[Magma Heart (C)]

Accompanying Effect: Shields oneself and the summoner from magma environment impact

Attribute Requirement: Fire + Water/Earth

Type Requirement: None

Species Requirement: None

"This is simply a treasure for the Fire Domain."

He promptly bound the bead, then held it preciously.

The most valuable aspect of this item is that it can protect the summoner from magma!

Exactly what he needed right now.

This artifact's sole requirement is based on attributes.

The requirement is to have the fire attribute and either the water or earth attribute.

The grass creature with 10 wood clearly couldn't meet the condition, but fortunately Bu Bu's 5 fire 5 water perfectly matched.

"Surely, fate works mysteriously."

Murmuring, Li Pu opened the storage space and summoned Bu Bu.

[Nom Nom?]

When Bu Bu saw the orange-red bead, its first instinct was to nibble on it out of curiosity.

"No no no!"

Thankfully, Li Pu, quick to react, held onto its neck.

[Nom Nom?]

Bu Bu: Ben Bu was just tasting, definitely not eating.

Bu Bu lifted its head, its big eyes blinking.

"I trust you, not a bit."

Having been fooled before, Li Pu directly placed the bead against Bu Bu's forehead, merging it into its body as equipment.

Then, he tentatively approached the lake edge, touching the magma lake water, and indeed, it felt like lukewarm water.

He probed several times, confirming he truly wasn't afraid of the magma anymore.

"Invincible."

Filled with confidence, he stood up and jumped into the lake.

Unfortunately, this magma lake only contained one snake-fish, with no other magical beasts.

Moreover, his clothes ended up being scorched away.

The loss was immense.

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