Free Web NovelChapter 290: Chapter 220: Blazing Fire Insect (2)
’Thankfully, the Blazing Fire Insect’s Talent is very low, so it’s not hard to evolve. With a sufficient supply of Energy, the process will be even faster.’
’However, the panel also provides an evolution method. I should first see how the panel’s method differs from the one the Scorching Sun Bishop gave me.’
Han Ning muttered to himself, spending 100 points of Energy to unlock the Blazing Fire Insect’s evolution path.
This Soul Beast has only one evolutionary branch. Please click for details:
1. [Flaming Fire Insect: Spiritual Energy is a Support Attribute, Fire Type, E Talent... Evolution Method: After a Blazing Fire Insect reaches the Awakened Level, place it inside lava, and it will automatically evolve into a Flaming Fire Insect.]
Seeing the information on the panel, Han Ning’s expression shifted.
’The method the panel provided is actually the same as the one from the Scorching Sun Bishop. It seems that guy wasn’t lying.’
Since he had never seen what a Flaming Fire Insect looked like, the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm was unable to simulate their form. Besides, with the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s current abilities, it could only replicate 60% of their features. To be on the safe side, he decided it was better to raise a batch of real Flaming Fire Insects.
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About 3,700 kilometers north of the academy lay a boundless, desolate, and majestic volcanic range.
After spotting the volcanic range, the crimson Giant Dragon flew high in the sky for about another ten minutes.
Towering trees that blotted out the sun came into view before Han Ning.
The giant trees grew around a vast volcanic crater, surrounded by all sorts of exotic green plants. The high-pitched cries of Soul Beasts constantly drifted up from below.
Wisps of white smoke rose from the center of the crater, forming a thick layer of deep-gray clouds that shrouded the sky above the volcanic range.
By now, five days had passed since he acquired the Blazing Fire Insects. Thanks to Han Ning’s abundant resources, all twenty Blazing Fire Insects had successfully evolved into Flaming Fire Insects.
This was a volcanic range even farther north than Trembling Peak, his previous destination. It was the largest chain of active volcanoes on the Insect Continent, situated on the edge of the Fansen Secret Realm and known to the Insect-men as the Deep Grey Volcano Group.
Unlike the sparsely populated Trembling Peak, the Deep Grey Volcano Group was home to several formidable Insect Master Families, all of whom specialized in the Fire and Earth types.
To avoid encountering them, Han Ning took a detour, choosing an entrance in a particularly harsh environment.
Egg Pancake slowed its speed and descended, drawing closer until it landed with a RUMBLE amidst the dense mountain forest, just a few dozen meters from the summit.
A light breeze carrying the smell of sulfur drifted by.
Looking up, he saw the sky was obscured by a canopy of massive, interlocking branches and leaves.
Light filtering through the dense foliage cast a reddish glow on the otherwise emerald-green leaves.
Curiously, each leaf seemed to reflect the sunlight onto the one below it.
This chain of reflections carried the sunlight all the way to the forest floor, so it wasn’t dim at all.
As Han Ning gazed at the mountain peak and giant trees before him, he could clearly feel waves of Vigorous Life emanating from ahead.
’It’s not just the Fire Type; the Wood Type Spiritual Energy here is also exceptionally abundant. There must be many Wood Type Soul Beasts living here.’
The volcano he was on was the second-largest active one by area in the entire Deep Grey Volcano Group.
He had imagined the area around the crater to be barren and desolate, but the vibrant, thriving scene before him was a true eye-opener.
’Even though it’s an active volcano, it probably hasn’t erupted in a very long time. That’s why the surrounding vegetation is so overgrown and Life is so Vigorous.’
Han Ning crouched down, scooped up a handful of soil, and surveyed his surroundings. Nodding, he turned to Yin Yi beside him. "Yin Yi, release those twenty little guys. Let them go find the underground Fire Vein."
"Ling~"
Yin Yi flicked her vines, undoing the twenty small, vine-woven cages at her side. She shook them out, releasing twenty worms, each one to two meters long and sporting three pairs of tiny insect wings.
The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had implanted these worms with a weakened version of the Blood and Flesh Demon Seed. It had also put them through special training, making them fully tamed and extremely obedient.
"Gumi~"
The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s mouth opened slightly, emitting an invisible pulse.
Upon receiving the command, the twenty Flaming Fire Insects wriggled their bodies and scurried toward the crater dozens of meters away before leaping in.
PLOOSH! PLOOSH! PLOOSH!
To other creatures, the lava was terrifying, but to the Flaming Fire Insects, it was like a comfortably warm hot spring.
The moment they touched the lava, their bodies completely transformed into a state identical to the molten rock, disappearing from Han Ning’s sight.
’This is much more convenient. This time I don’t have to painstakingly burrow underground like a mole.’
Han Ning sensed the twenty slowly moving "dots" in his Spiritual World and muttered to himself in satisfaction.
It would take some time for the Flaming Fire Insects to collect the Purgatory Red Lotus, so Han Ning took his companions and began to wander around the crater.
Egg Pancake’s massive sixty-meter-plus body looked completely out of place in the mountain forest. Some of the weaker Soul Beasts sensed the terrifying might emanating from it and fled with a WHOOSH before Han Ning’s group even got close.
Only a few less intelligent Soul Beasts remained, gawking foolishly as they moved through the forest.
’The Wood Type Spiritual Energy here is so rich. Strange... there aren’t any special Wood Type treasures or particularly powerful Wood Type Soul Beasts around. So why is the Wood Type Spiritual Energy so abundant?’
Han Ning scanned the lush, green mountain forest around him. Out of curiosity, he focused his Spiritual Power into his eyes.
WHOOSH...
The world before him transformed. The real mountains and valleys dissolved into a landscape composed of multicolored particles.
Countless green, red, and yellow particles drifted everywhere.
’What is this...?’
As Han Ning’s gaze shifted to the northeast, a towering curtain wall composed entirely of green particles appeared about a dozen kilometers away.
He dispelled his Spiritual Power and blinked.
The spot a dozen-odd kilometers away was just an unremarkable patch of forest on the mountainside.
He switched back to "particle mode."
The curtain of green particles was well and truly there in the northeast.
Moreover, powerful torrents of Wood Type Particles periodically burst forth from within the curtain.
’Could this be... the legendary entrance to the Fansen Secret Realm?’
According to the lore of the Yinsaike Race, the Fansen Secret Realm was inhabited by various other types of Soul Beasts that had been exiled by the Insect-men.
And his current location was, by coincidence, right on the edge of that Secret Realm.
"Yin Yi, Egg Pancake, let’s go check it out."
With a few nimble leaps, Han Ning landed in Egg Pancake’s cupped claw. He called out to his two Soul Beasts, leaving behind a Puppet Rock-Breaking Ant to wait for the Flaming Fire Insects to return.
Now that the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had reached the peak of the War General Level, the Puppet Insects it summoned possessed the strength of at least a War General III, which was enough to deter most Soul Beasts.
"Lingling~" "CHIRP!"
The dozen-odd kilometers passed in a flash.
Soon, he was standing before the curtain of green particles.
He took a few steps forward, his body passing right in front of where the particle wall should be. Ahead of him, there was still just a relatively normal mountain forest.
The silent curtain of particles only existed within a radius of a dozen meters around this spot.
’How do I get in?’
Curious, he reached out and touched the particle curtain, extending his Spiritual Power to make contact at the same time.
In an instant, the air before him shimmered like the surface of water, spreading outward in concentric ripples.
Han Ning’s vision blurred. When it cleared again, the scene before him had completely changed.
Bright, warm sunlight dappled the forest. Ahead of him was a unique area filled with nests constructed purely from various types of plants.
The edge of each nest was inlaid with a pure green, translucent Crystal Stone. The smallest were the size of basketballs, while the largest were bigger than millstones.
These Crystal Stones emitted a faint, emerald-green halo. Seen from above, the countless stones formed a jade-like sea of light, creating a dreamlike, fantastical scene.
And this was during the day, when the effect was diminished. Han Ning guessed the sight would be absolutely magnificent at night.
At the edge of his vision stood a nameless, silent giant tree that blotted out the sky. It was even more colossal than the giant mushroom he had seen before.
Its towering trunk soared toward the heavens, its upper reaches shrouded by a thick layer of clouds and hidden from view.
