The river of black serpents swallowed up the red lava on impact; it was hardly a fight. The black serpents then demolished everything in their path and drenched the lava salamander. The lava exploded, destroying the black serpents—the salamander had self-destructed its outer shell.

After doing so, the salamander revealed its red ruby-like body. Its actual body was far smaller in size; its lava exterior was more like armor that was formed from its excellent lava-manipulation abilities. 

The salamander's true body was only as tall as a regular human, far smaller than the humongous creature that had been formed out of lava.  The difference in size made its true body look rather cute, so much so that Zhang Lie was tempted to keep it like a pet,...