Urban Super Medical Sage
Chapter 465 - 459: Exploring the Earth Fire Vein (2 Updates)

Chapter 465: Chapter 459: Exploring the Earth Fire Vein (2 Updates)

Before they left with Ling Long, Su Chen had already reached his limits, and by that time, it was all over, Su Chen might not even survive.

Moreover, after they left, Su Chen would still have to face the invincible Ancient Arm Ape beneath the Divine Power Realm alone?

Yet, even though she was almost certain that Su Chen was already dead, in this moment, she still wanted to give Ling Long a glimmer of hope.

"Su’er, you don’t need to lie to me!" Sadly, did Ling Long believe her? Lan Su was too naive, as innocent as a blank sheet of paper—her lies were clumsy and unconvincing.

"Sister Ling Long, even if Brother Su has already left us, you still have me, and you have Sister Xia Xi, you can’t..." Ling Long hugged Lan Su tightly: "I won’t let you be reckless. I promise you, I will make sure the Lan Family won’t force you to marry Xing Nie. If it comes to it, I’d even threaten my grandfather with my life—he loves me the most!"

"Mhm!" Ling Long responded with a sound.

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Burning Heaven Sect.

The back hill.

Su Chen was moving along the mountain path at a fast pace, like a roving point of light, occasionally stirring up fallen leaves.

The back hill of the Burning Heaven Sect was vast and seemingly endless, which could be divided into three main areas...

The first area was the Ultimate Peaks, where steep and soaring mountains pierced the sky. The Ultimate Peaks consisted of about forty or fifty crags, each reaching up to ten thousand meters.

The second area consisted of the Pingfeng, or so-called flat mountains, which were shorter and flatter. There was only one, but it covered an area larger than all the Ultimate Peaks combined, with a gray-green surface, three or four thousand meters high, stretching for tens of thousands of kilometers.

The third area was the valley, naturally found where there were mountains, and that needed no further explanation.

Su Chen’s destination this time was Pingfeng, where the Fire Vein of the Burning Heaven Sect was located beneath.

An hour later.

Su Chen stood atop the Pingfeng.

Before him was a cave; a cave situated on the top of the Pingfeng.

The cave wasn’t large, its entrance being about two meters in diameter.

As for the depth of the cave, Su Chen didn’t know, because at first glance, it was winding downwards.

Without hesitation, he went straight down the next moment.

This cave was the entrance leading to the Fire Vein, and according to the records of the Burning Heaven Sect, the cave was naturally formed.

It’s rumored that the cave entrance leads directly to the Fire Vein, but for countless years, the Fire Vein of Burning Heaven Sect had always been a Dead Fire Vein, with no fire ever spouting out. Therefore, the veracity of the rumors was unknown to all.

Historically, a few people from the Burning Heaven Sect had descended into this cave, attempting to explore and find out the truth.

But without exception, all those who entered never came back.

Over time, the Burning Heaven Sect designated this cave as forbidden ground, off-limits to anyone.

As soon as he descended, Su Chen felt a pressure; an oppressive sensation in the air, the cave steep as if going down a cliff.

Su Chen was skilled and fearless, never slowing down, maintaining a high speed as he continued downwards.

Time.

Slipped by, second by second.

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Su Chen frowned.

Too deep!!!

He had descended about ten thousand meters downward, an incredibly terrifying number.

And still, there was absolutely no sense of nearing the bottom.

Moreover, as he went deeper, there was no sign of the scorching hot air one would imagine; instead, it was getting colder and colder.

"So it really is a Dead Fire Vein!" Su Chen couldn’t help but exclaim, for in the case of a Dead Fire Vein, the deeper one went into the Earth Layer, the colder it would be indeed.

"Jiuyou, can you sense anything?" Su Chen asked again.

"I can’t sense anything, but that’s precisely what’s so strange. Using my Divine Soul to investigate, I’ve found that in front and behind, above and below, there’s not a trace of a Life Aura." Jiuyou said earnestly, "It’s too strange, be careful!"

Su Chen nodded and continued descending.

Time passed once more.

An hour later.

Su Chen’s complexion had become ghastly.

"I’ve gone thirty kilometers deep underground, how come I still haven’t reached the bottom?" Su Chen’s voice became somewhat irritable, "Moreover, the deeper I go, the more I find that gravity is changing!"

At the thirty-kilometer mark, Su Chen confirmed that the gravity he was experiencing was two to three times higher than the surface gravity of the Divine Martial Continent, which was definitely a burden for him.

It was at this second.

Suddenly.

Su Chen’s face changed dramatically; without any warning, a flash of orange-red shadow passed before his eyes, as big as a flag, gone in a blink.

"Jiuyou, what was that just now?" Su Chen hurriedly asked.

"What are you talking about?" Jiuyou was puzzled.

"Jiuyou, there was a shadow that flashed before my eyes just now, didn’t you see it?"

"No, I didn’t!"

"How is that possible?!" Su Chen frowned deeply, convinced he had encountered a ghost.

Suddenly, Su Chen exclaimed again, "There it is again, Jiuyou, did you see it? Orange-red, about a meter in diameter, flat..."

"Young boy Su, what’s going on with you?" Jiuyou started to panic, "You might be hallucinating!!!"

"No, Jiuyou, I truly saw it!" Su Chen roared, his voice growing louder and out of control.

Jiuyou’s heart sank; she was certain that Su Chen had unwittingly walked into an illusion.

How had Su Chen been ensnared by an illusion? Poisoned? Along the journey, not only had Su Chen been cautious, but she had been equally careful.

Even so, Su Chen had still silently fallen victim to an illusion? It was terrifying.

Chilling to the bone.

"Jiuyou, it’s getting bigger, it’s going to eat me! I’m completely surrounded! Ahhh..." At the same time, Su Chen’s emotions became increasingly agitated, and if anyone could see his eyes at that moment, they would notice that they were orange-red, strikingly glaring and demonic.

"Young boy Su, be careful!!!" Jiuyou shouted loudly within Su Chen’s Divine Mansion, desperately trying to communicate with him and wake him up.

Alas.

It was in vain.

"Jiuyou, it’s the Fire Spirit, it has consciousness, it’s telling me that it can take me to find the Earth Fire Vein!" Su Chen’s voice became excited again, and furthermore, he began to move his feet in exaggerated, large strides.

"Damn it! Young boy Su, wake up quickly, it’s leading you to lose your footing and fall!" Jiuyou spoke very rapidly, her voice changing with urgency.

"Jiuyou, I see it, I’ve found the Earth Fire Vein!" Su Chen wasn’t paying attention to Jiuyou’s words at all; he rambled on, as if he had lost his soul or was possessed, "The Earth Fire Vein is so scorching hot! I really want to devour it!"

"Su Chen, don’t..." Jiuyou’s voice broke as she yelled.

But alas, it was futile.

In the midst of speaking, Su Chen actually lifted his foot and took a heavy step forward.

Suddenly!

He found nothing but air under his foot.

Boom, boom, boom, boom...

Falling.

Plummeting wildly.

Here, gravity was twice what it was on the surface of the Divine Martial Continent, and the gravity of the Divine Martial Continent was about a hundred times that of Earth.

By that calculation, the gravitational pull Su Chen was experiencing as he fell was over two hundred times what it would be on Earth.

Just thinking about it made one’s scalp tingle, the number too horrifying.

In the blink of an eye, Su Chen’s falling figure resembled a shooting star hurtling downward, too fast!

What made it even more terrifying was that this hole was too deep, and Su Chen, after falling, didn’t hit the ground even after ten full breaths.