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Below, the lava periodically burst upward in surging sprays, shooting several meters into the air like a fountain. Sparks scattered in showers of fiery gold, making for a spectacular sight.
The lava roiled ceaselessly like water, and the waves of it kept shifting from one place to another, as though some monster beneath were ramming about at will, happily bathing in a pool of fire.
The moment he saw that, He Lingchuan understood why Dong Rui had said seeing it with one’s own eyes was worth more than hearing a hundred accounts.
There had long been rumors among the people that the gods kept some unimaginably powerful aberrant creature on Mount Xu. Judging from the force and fury of this volcanic basin, that rumor might well be true.
After enduring that stretch over menacing molten rock, the grand hall at the end of the stone causeway finally came into view.
Strictly speaking, Star-Plucking Tower ought to have been called a pagoda, as it rose three stories in height.[1]
Anyone walking within it would hear their footsteps ring clearly. The floor was laid in three-colored jade, so smooth it looked as though one could skate across it.
Solemnity and austerity were the fundamental tone of the place.
And yet, the hall was strangely empty.
The eyeball spider was about to follow the young man inside when several guards suddenly poured out from within, planting their staffs...
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