Time was tight and the task was heavy.
Zhu Zhi, banished to the endless abyss, was missing and presumed dead, and Zhang Yang dared not rest too much.
Saving him was the priority!
Under the cover of night.
Zhang Yang and the giant python followed the trail of the Mo King's descendants' settlement and crept to the rear of the Mo King's Hall castle.
After walking for a distance.
Zhang Yang felt the surrounding temperature rising and quickened his pace.
Indeed, not far ahead, he saw a huge sinkhole.
Within the sinkhole.
Endless flames were burning.
Though not like lava, the flames instilled a sense of dread in their hearts.
The giant python poked its head down to look, then quickly retracted it.
"Master, do we really have to go down there? Won't we be roasted alive?" the giant python said.
"Probably not," Zhang Yang shook his head slightly.
His gaze fixed on the burning black flames, he silently recalled what Mo He had said that morning.
If everyone thrown from here would be burned by the flames of the endless abyss.
Then!
Mo He should not have told Zhang Yang that Zhu Zhi's fate was unknown.
Therefore.
Zhang Yang felt that beneath the burning flames, there must be another world.
For example...
A small world like Happy Valley?
The more Zhang Yang thought about it, the more likely it seemed, but he didn't jump in blindly.
Instead, he stood at the edge of the endless abyss entrance and took out the stone tablet!
He unleashed all the vital energy within him and then hurled the stone tablet into the abyss!
The stone tablet instantly turned into a meteor, smashing into the endless abyss.
Boom!
The flames of the endless abyss, sensing the approach of the stone tablet, flared up fiercely and instantly engulfed it.
The vital energy on the stone tablet immediately spread outwards, quickly repelling the black flames.
Finally.
The stone tablet disappeared from Zhang Yang's sight, plunging straight downwards!
Seeing this.
Zhang Yang had a clear understanding!
As expected.
Beneath the endless abyss, there was indeed another world!
"Shrink quickly, I'll take you down," Zhang Yang said.
"Ah? We're really going down?" the giant python flinched, somewhat unwilling.
However, after being glared at by Zhang Yang, it obediently shrunk and coiled around Zhang Yang's arm.
As for Zhang Yang.
The True Dragon Qi within him surged, using it to wrap himself layer upon layer.
Finally, Zhang Yang felt it wasn't safe enough.
A white light flashed in his palm, and the crystal coffin reappeared.
Zhang Yang directly opened the coffin lid and climbed inside.
Then.
Riding the crystal coffin, he plunged into the endless abyss.
Boom!
As expected.
The moment the crystal coffin entered, it was immediately enveloped by black flames.
Earlier, from above, Zhang Yang hadn't felt the scorching heat.
But upon entering, the temperature was truly terrifying.
Even within the crystal coffin, even with the protection of the True Dragon Qi.
But!
The thousands of degrees of heat were truly unbearable.
Zhang Yang noticed cracks appearing on the crystal coffin and his own vital energy being evaporated, and he was shocked!
"Oh my god, it's over, we're going to be roasted," the giant python also felt terrible.
After shrinking, the giant python's small face turned red from the burning, which was somewhat cute.
"What's the hurry? We'll be through soon!" Zhang Yang glared at the little snake, then covered it with his palm, lest it worry unnecessarily again.
Finally!
After enduring the scorching heat, the crystal coffin finally broke through the layer of flames.
And landed on the ground.
Inside the crystal coffin, Zhang Yang saw the scorched stone tablet not far away and gave a bitter smile.
The stone tablet, which had always been invincible and never damaged, was also scorched.
Then.
He quickly got out of the crystal coffin, recalled the damaged crystal coffin into his palm, and began to nurture it anew with True Dragon Qi. He also put away the stone tablet.
Zhang Yang looked around, surveying this unfamiliar place.
He had to admit.
The principle of extremes reversing itself was indeed true.
After experiencing the extreme heat, Zhang Yang was now facing bone-chilling cold!
"This extreme western region is truly perverse, with all sorts of harsh environments!" Zhang Yang lamented inwardly.
Fortunately, he had vital energy protecting him, and the giant python had thick skin and tough flesh, otherwise, they would have been frozen into ice sculptures here!
The temperature here was much colder than any snowy ground!
"Master, where do we go now?" the giant python asked.
Zhang Yang pondered for a moment.
The terrain here was mountainous and treacherous.
Within such a vast area, finding one person would be extremely difficult.
"Let's walk around and see!" Zhang Yang said.
The giant python understood Zhang Yang's intention and took Zhang Yang to gallop around the area.
The commotion created by the man and the beast was significant.
The purpose was for Zhu Zhi to discover their presence.
However, after a long search and crossing three mountains, they still found nothing.
"Master, could that Zhu Zhi you mentioned have been burned to nothing by the flames we entered?" the giant python guessed, panting from exhaustion.
They had been searching for a long time, and the commotion they made was so great that if Zhu Zhi were really here, he should have noticed them.
But they hadn't seen a single trace.
"Probably not, Zhu Zhi's strength should be enough to survive that layer of flames," Zhang Yang guessed.
After a short rest.
Zhang Yang and the giant python searched again.
However, still no discovery!
They had searched for about three to four hours and had covered more than half of the area.
Logically, Zhu Zhi had arrived half a day earlier than them, so he shouldn't have gone this far!
At this moment, Zhang Yang's heart sank.
He wondered if Zhu Zhi had really been burned to nothing by the flames?
This...
Suddenly.
As Zhang Yang was feeling disheartened, the giant python looked up and shouted.
"Master, look! What is that flying in the sky?"
Zhang Yang immediately looked up, and his pupils widened!
Those wings that blotted out the sky!
"A three-headed bird? What is that thing?" Zhang Yang exclaimed.
"I've never seen it either!" the giant python was also scared.
The bird flying in the sky was terrifyingly large; even the hundreds-of-meters-long giant python looked like a small insect compared to it!
If it were to be caught in its mouth, wouldn't it be swallowed in one gulp!
Instantly.
The giant python, terrified, shrunk and hid on Zhang Yang's wrist!
"You sure are quick to run!" Zhang Yang was speechless.
The giant python could shrink, but he couldn't.
This monster with a three-headed bird was truly bizarre.
Zhang Yang also quickly hid behind a rock, hoping not to be discovered.
Fortunately.
Zhang Yang was too small in front of the three-headed bird and was not discovered. The giant python flew past them and went to the place where they had fallen.
The three-headed bird stood there observing for a long time.
Finally, it let out a seemingly unwilling cry, and then flew away along the same path!
Zhang Yang held his breath!
He stared in the direction the three-headed bird had flown.
A guess suddenly formed in his mind!
Perhaps, he knew where Zhu Zhi had gone!