"Roar!"
The Lava Crystal Beast in the distance let out a roar, but as the aura emanating from Su Han grew more terrifying, it instantly felt uneasy.
It began to tremble!
Seeing an opportunity, Su Han pressed his advantage.
He let out a cold snort, staring disdainfully at the Lava Crystal Beast, and spoke with utter contempt.
"I thought it was some kind of powerful ferocious beast, but it turns out to be a lapdog. Heh, it's so ugly, I wonder if it would taste good stewed!"
As soon as he spoke, Su Han could clearly feel the Lava Crystal Beast on the opposite side shiver.
It could actually understand him, clearly intimidated by his aura. The flames in its mouth ceased, gradually subsiding.
"Damn it, it really is a bully. What if I subdue this guy and it refuses to fight when I encounter stronger opponents?" Su Han felt a headache. This fellow was truly somewhat despicable, but considering its extremely high combat power of over 1000 points, Su Han decided to observe the situation first.
If this guy dared to refuse to fight in the future, he would use it as a sacrifice!
Or, once his own strength surpassed this guy's, he could perform a soul extraction on it.
As he entertained these wicked thoughts, Su Han suddenly felt the Lava Crystal Beast become even more terrified. He looked and realized that his Emperor's Cloak, influenced by his emotions, was radiating even more terrifying power. The scenes that had just unfolded were being transmitted to the Lava Crystal Beast.
In other words, it had vaguely guessed many of his intentions!
"Wuwu..."
With a whimper, the Lava Crystal Beast immediately prostrated itself on the ground like a lapdog, rolling around to show its goodwill to Su Han.
Su Han ignored it and continued to walk forward!
Approaching the Lava Crystal Beast, the Emperor's Cloak's pressure intensified. Su Han could already feel the intense fear emanating from the beast.
"Now, you have two choices: one is to become my pet mount, the other is to die! Choose!"
Accompanied by bursts of heavenly thunder, Su Han's voice seemed to descend from the heavens.
Instantly, the Lava Crystal Beast, prostrate below, trembled. Almost immediately, it chose the former. To become the pet mount of a powerful individual like Su Han was its destiny!
Soon, Su Han discovered that the Lava Crystal Beast was also bound by a chain, unable to break free!
Beside the chain was a mechanism!
Engraved on this mechanism was a question: "The chessboard's squares double in value, starting from 1, find the answer for the 10th square."
Upon seeing the hint, Su Han immediately calculated. This was too simple for him; it was merely 2 to the power of 9. With a quick calculation, he pressed a number on the mechanism below.
"Five hundred and twelve! Here goes."
With a rumbling sound, the chain automatically unlocked, leaving only two shackles on the Lava Crystal Beast's feet. However, this seemed to have little impact on its movement.
"Wuwu..."
The Lava Crystal Beast began to act cute and affectionate. Su Han patted it. It seemed this guy had been locked up here for a long time, and he couldn't tell how happy it was now.
"By the way, have you seen a little girl a few days ago? She seems to be lost," Su Han asked.
Upon hearing this, the Lava Crystal Beast immediately gestured inwards. Su Han then saw that further inside the cave, there was a large, dark, and terrifying nest.
"Hmm? Let's go take a look!"
Su Han immediately moved to investigate, but the Lava Crystal Beast dared not approach.
It was evident that something inside was even more terrifying!
At this moment, the usage time for Su Han's Emperor's Cloak had expired, and its terrifying power gradually subsided. After weighing the options, Su Han decided to wait until the cloak could be used again tomorrow before venturing further.
However,
Just as he was about to leave, a little girl's cry for help came from the depths of the nest.
"Help, save me!"
Su Han felt a chill run down his spine. Today's events were too bizarre. If even Elder Jing were here, he wouldn't dare to advance rashly. Coupled with the Lava Crystal Beast's unusual behavior, Su Han felt that whatever was inside was an extremely terrifying entity.
As for the little girl, she had likely already met her demise. The probability of him falling into a trap now was extremely high!
"Heh, I'm sorry, little one. Although I'm not the worst villain, I'm certainly not stupid. You want me to go in? Dream on!"
Su Han immediately stayed outside and felt around.
Finding the exit switch, Su Han decisively left the area!
However, soon after his departure, a pair of green eyes deep within the cave revealed intense anger, and the ground began to rumble as if struck.
.....
"Oh, heavens! Why did you take so long?"
Zhen Ji was worried. After all, Su Han was a newcomer she had brought along. If this mission could be completed successfully, she planned to get to know Su Han better. She felt she was already at an age where marriage was appropriate, and there had never been anyone who caught her eye in her previous workplace. But this time was different; this young newcomer had truly captured Zhen Ji's heart.
Su Han shook his head.
After all, he hadn't found the little girl, so the mission was considered a failure.
"I'm sorry, I looked in the cave below. It's extremely dangerous there. I hope to have this area sealed off and prevent any ordinary people from entering!" Su Han said, looking at the little girl's family members. Su Han spoke frankly, "To be honest, old sir, your granddaughter has a 99.99% chance of being dead. Please accept my condolences. Our Mysterious Department will continue to follow up on this matter. After this lockdown, please do not rashly enter. It is extremely dangerous inside, and there may be unknown life forms that pose a significant threat!"
Unknown life forms!
As soon as Su Han spoke, everyone around was shocked.
At the same time, some people expressed disbelief!
"Tch, you're too scared to go in yourself and you're saying all this. Tell me where it is, and I'll go take a look. I don't believe it, at most it's some mountain wolves or wild beasts. If I had a hunting rifle, I'd blast them all."
"Exactly, we should have asked the town's hunters. What kind of Mysterious Department, truly trash!"
"Let's go, let's go take a look ourselves. Since the professionals don't want to act, we'll do it ourselves!"
For a moment, seven or eight 'brave souls' ignored the advice and descended into the cave.