170: Dragon Sparrow

It was piled there like a small mountain, most of its skeleton deeply embedded in the crimson crystals formed by solidified lava, while the exposed portions still radiated a suffocating pressure.

The bones were a dark gold color, flowing with an immortal radiance. Each one was as thick as a palace pillar, their surfaces covered in complex and profound flame dao patterns that seemed naturally formed.

Even after being dead for countless years, the skeleton still emitted a terrifying aura capable of incinerating mountains, boiling seas, and looking down upon the eight desolations!

The skull portion of the skeleton was relatively intact, shaped like a giant bird yet bearing majestic dragon horns, with its sharp beak thrust deep into the glazed rock of the bridge surface.

Inside the hollow eye sockets, it seemed as if inextinguishable flames were still burning silently, staring fixedly in the direction the stone bridge extended, carrying endless unwillingness and sky-toppling hatred!

“Dragon Sparrow...” Feng Linger's voice trembled with disbelief. The buzzing of the ancient zither in her arms suddenly intensified, and the strings moved without wind, seemingly mourning, yet also resonating!

“An ancient Vicious Beast bird that governs solar flame and destruction. Its bones are immortal, and its flames can incinerate gods! This... this is actually the fallen Dragon Sparrow remains! No wonder it could leave behind such a terrifying passage and a sea of lava!”

Di Jingzhe's breathing suddenly quickened.

Dragon Sparrow! A top-tier Vicious Beast bird that, according to legend, could fight with True Dragons!

Its remains were a supreme divine material for refining fire-attribute treasures!

No wonder the solar flame Qi here was so overbearing and ancient; even his Kui Niu thunder power felt excited!

This was absolutely an earth-shattering Opportunity!

However, this place of Opportunity was also a place of absolute slaughter!

Just as the minds of the two were awestruck by the Dragon Sparrow remains—

“Sss sss sss—!”

A sharp, ear-piercing hiss, like countless steel needles, instantly pierced through the roar of the lava sea!

From the boiling magma on both sides of the stone bridge, dozens of crimson shadows suddenly lunged out!

They were shaped like giant lizards, nearly ten feet long, their entire bodies covered in sharp-edged scales that looked like solidified crimson crystals. Scalding lava flowed between the gaps in their scales, emitting an astonishingly high temperature.

On their triangular heads, a pair of vertical pupils burned with pure fire, staring fixedly at the two uninvited guests.

Their thick limbs gripped the scalding glazed bridge surface, making a sizzling burning sound, yet they remained completely unharmed.

The end of their long tails was not a normal tip, but a ball of raging fire that constantly dripped magma!

Molten Crystal Lizards! Companion Vicious Beasts born from devouring the power of solar flames!

These crystal lizards clearly regarded the Dragon Sparrow remains as a sacred object and their nest. The intrusion of Di Jingzhe and Feng Linger instantly provoked their most violent killing intent!

“Roar!” The leader, a Crystal Lizard King who was significantly larger and had a dark red crystal horn on its forehead, let out a heaven-shaking roar.

Following its roar, dozens of Molten Crystal Lizards charged like a commanded crimson torrent. Their limbs clawed the ground, leaving molten trails on the hard glazed bridge surface as they lunged frantically toward the two at the bridgehead, accompanied by a heatwave of burning wind!

They were extremely fast, like dozens of lava arrows flying close to the ground!

A searing air current rushed at them first, carrying the scent of sulfur and death!

“Fight!” A sharp light surged in Di Jingzhe's eyes as all his shock instantly transformed into boiling Battle Intent!

The pursuit of the Zhou Family? The desperate situation of Ghost Cry Ridge? In the face of these ancient Dragon Sparrow remains and the lunging lava Vicious Beasts, it all seemed insignificant!

Only by breaking through with thunder could he tread through blood and move forward!

“Sister Linger, clear the field!”

These Molten Crystal Lizards were mainly numerous; their strength was only average, not even as formidable as the Crimson Thunder Guards of the Zhou Family.

Before his voice had even faded, Di Jingzhe had already charged toward the beast swarm like an arrow from a bow! The majestic true essence of the Profound Core Realm erupted without reservation, pouring into the Awakening Thunder Sword!

“Ang—!”

The Awakening Thunder Sword let out a roar like an Ancient Thunder Beast awakening!

Upon the sword blade, the dark gold lightning was no longer just flickering; it gushed out like boiling magma!

Strands of crimson blood dragon patterns clearly emerged and moved within the dark gold lightning, emitting a destructive aura that was even more violent and noble than the lava!

Thunderous Annihilation of the Eight Desolations!

Di Jingzhe's figure seemed to transform into a bolt of dark gold lightning tearing through the lava Hell!

The Awakening Thunder Sword swept out. In an instant, eight dark gold thunder pillars as thick as water buckets, entwined with ferocious crimson blood dragon patterns, were like eight roaring ancient thunder dragons. With him as the center, they blasted fiercely toward the lunging crystal lizards in a fan shape!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dark gold thunder dragons collided violently with the crimson crystal lizards!

A blinding light instantly illuminated the entire underground space! The violent power of thunder and the searing power of solar flames clashed and annihilated each other frantically!

“Screech—!”

A chorus of miserable shrieks rang out! For the seven or eight Molten Crystal Lizards in the lead, their crimson crystal scales, which were enough to resist the high temperatures of lava, were as fragile as paper before the dark gold divine lightning that contained the true intent of the Kui Niu and the crimson blood dragon patterns!

The thunder light exploded, and the hard crystal armor was instantly torn and shattered!

The violent power of thunder forced its way into their bodies, blowing their tough lava flesh and bones into flying crimson crystal fragments and charred meat!

Dark gold electrical arcs jumped and rampaged between the shattered crystal pieces, completely annihilating any remaining life!

However, the Molten Crystal Lizards were too numerous and too fast!

Di Jingzhe's 'Thunderous Annihilation of the Eight Desolations' cleared the fan-shaped area in front, but the lizards on both sides and slightly behind had already lunged close without fear of death!

Searing claws carried a whistle that tore through the air, and long tails with lava fireballs whipped out fiercely!

Several more crystal lizards opened their huge mouths, and within the depths of their throats, crimson light rapidly condensed. Pillars of lava fire, as solid as physical objects, shot straight at Di Jingzhe like red-hot spears, carrying an aura that could incinerate everything!

“Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!”

At the critical moment.

Feng Linger's zither music rang out!

Three light green sonic light wheels, flowing with dense sonic runes, instantly appeared in three directions around Di Jingzhe!

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Several lava fire pillars slammed hard against the sonic light wheels! The searing magma and the tough sound waves rubbed and annihilated each other intensely, producing an ear-piercing sizzling sound as a large amount of sparks sprayed out!

The light wheels vibrated violently, the runes on their surfaces flickering. They barely managed to block the high-temperature impact that was enough to melt gold and iron!

At the same time, several crystal lizards that had lunged to Di Jingzhe's side, their claws almost touching his clothes, were struck fiercely by the edges of the rotating sonic light wheels!

Chila—!

It was like a hot knife cutting through solidified grease! The tough crimson crystal scales emitted a tooth-aching cracking sound under the cutting of the pure sound waves!

The crystal lizards' tough limbs were instantly severed and shredded! Foul-smelling lava blood and shattered internal organs sprayed out, only to be vibrated into a bloody mist by the sound waves!

Feng Linger's support was precise and lethal, neutralizing the deadly threats from the flanks and rear for Di Jingzhe!

“Good!” Di Jingzhe shouted, his pressure suddenly reduced! Thunder light exploded in his eyes as he moved forward instead of retreating. The Awakening Thunder Sword turned into a bolt of dark gold lightning, piercing straight into the head of a crystal lizard that had been knocked back by a sonic light wheel and was off-balance!

Puchi!

The sword tip pierced through the burning flame vertical pupil without any resistance, and dark gold thunder light exploded violently from the back of the crystal lizard's head!

This Vicious Beast didn't even have time to scream before its head was turned to dust!

The two coordinated seamlessly—one attacking with overbearing power, sweeping the front with thunder; the other controlling the field with precision and ruthlessness, neutralizing crises and cutting the flanks with sound waves.

For a moment, the glazed ground at the bridgehead was covered in crimson crystal fragments and charred beast corpses. Lava blood stained the glazed ground into a mess, only to be quickly evaporated by the high temperature.

Dozens of fierce Molten Crystal Lizards were actually nearly half slaughtered in just a few breaths!

However, the Crystal Lizard King, which had remained unmoved, saw the flames in its vertical pupils suddenly turn from crimson to a deep dark gold!

It looked up and let out an even more violent and ancient hiss! The roar was like a physical sound wave, making the entire underground space hum and vibrate, and even the rolling lava sea below momentarily paused!

Following its roar, the remaining twenty-odd Molten Crystal Lizards seemed to receive some kind of berserk stimulation. The crimson crystal scales on their bodies suddenly lit up with a blinding red glow, and the lava flowing in the gaps seemed to boil, their auras instantly surging!

Their speed, strength, and defense all rose to a new level! They lunged forward even more frantically, completely disregarding their own lives!

Even more terrifyingly, the Crystal Lizard King moved!