Super Evolution System

Chapter 68 - Red Fire Lotus

When the three of them entered the cave passage, the three of them did not expect that the inside was not as narrow as they had imagined. At least Prince Alfred didn't have to lower his knees to walk into the cave passage.

Then after several hundred meters of walking in the extremely dark and hot cave passage, the three of them finally saw their way out of the cave passage.

"Finally we have arrived!" Chiaki said in a happy tone with beads of sweat sticking to his face, She was very happy because she didn't have to linger in the dark and very hot cave passage any longer.

But by the time Chiaki walked out of the cave passage, his gleeful expression had turned to disgust. Chiaki raised his hands to cover his nostrils as if She had smelled a scent that disgusted him so much.

When William saw the change in expression on Chiaki's face, He subconsciously frowned and said, "Chiaki, did you find anything?"

Even Prince Alfred asked curiously, "What happened?"

“Young master, hurry over here!” Chiaki didn't explain anything to William or Prince Alfreed, Her only called the two of them to hurry out of the cave passage.

When William saw Chiaki's expression did not have the slightest panic, He immediately heaved a sigh of relief. At least what Chiaki saw wasn't bad news for the three of them.

Currently, William is not activating his Eyes of Wrath ability, that's because activating the Eyes of Wrath ability can drain his soul energy quickly.

Even though William was very wary of the dangers that would occur around him, it didn't mean Him would take careless actions in draining his soul energy. If only William continued to activate the Eyes of Wrath ability, maybe it could keep him safe from enemy attacks.

But by doing that continuously until his soul energy was depleted, it was possible that an unexpected event would appear in front of him. Like high-level Spirit Warriors suddenly coming here, flying-type Soul Beasts suddenly passing through the area they were standing in, as well as other unforeseen events. Because of that William would keep his soul energy capacity full to deal with unexpected situations.

When William walked out of the underground cave passage, He immediately frowned.

Not only William, even Prince Alfred who just came out had his brows furrowed.

As they walked out of the underground cave passage, they began to smell something very strange like a piece of iron that had been rusting for a long time.

"Smell of blood?"

That's right, what William and the others had just breathed in was the smell of fresh blood coming from a living creature. Surrounded by a pool of hot lava fire, the smell of fresh blood was even more intense than the smell of fresh blood they had previously remembered.

“Young master, look towards the north! 10 meters from where we stand!

When William and Prince Alfreed heard what Chiaki said, they both immediately turned their heads towards the designated place.

In the view that the two of them looked towards the north, there was a large patch of living creature's blood that had clotted black due to the high temperature of the flames. On top of the large patch of dried blood, there were several pieces of corpses scattered like lego toys. Just by looking at the wounds on the bodies of these corpses, William immediately knew that the corpses looked like they were torn apart by a very strong Soul Beast.

Even Chiaki who was originally only feeling disgusted instantly turned pale after seeing the sight. Chiaki unknowingly walked up to William and hid behind his body, Her not daring to look at the gruesome sight anymore.

“William, it looks like all of this is the work of tier 8 advanced soul beast! Does that mean that there are fire-type Soul Beasts that can survive under a volcano?” Prince Alfreed subconsciously swallowed his own saliva, He suddenly felt a little scared at the thought of a living being that could survive under a very hot volcano like this.

If there really is a Soul Beast that can survive in this extremely extreme environment, then that means that the Soul-Beast has a very strong physical body. Not only that, it is very likely that the Soul-Beast can control the lava pool around it freely.

Although Prince Alfreed has a karmic fire that can penetrate objects and burn them from within, the heat of the karmic fire he possesses cannot match the heat emanating from the lava pool. That was the only weakness of someone who had the Battle Soul ability as an elemental type. Against an enemy that has a higher fire quality than his own, then the resistance will be in vain.

“Seems like you're right because between the pieces of the corpses I can feel the traces of remnant soul energy belonging to a tier 8 Spirit Warrior!” William nodded his head while activating his Eyes of Wrath ability.

After William focused his soul energy on the Eyes of Wrath to see the dangers around, He still didn't find anything out of the ordinary. Even William saw absolutely no sign of any Soul-Beast within a hundred-meter field of vision.

“Looks like something valuable has been heavily guarded in this area! I don't know if they did it on purpose to let weaklings in as Soul-Beast food? Or is this all just an obstacle that the participants are required to overcome?” William frowned before shaking his head.

William originally planned to come and collect some fire lotus spiritual plants in order to get free spiritual resources, but He never thought that the things the Secret Service Organization was hiding were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

“I still don't know if that advanced stage 8 Soul-Beast is still around here or not, but it looks like the three of us will have to walk close together from now on in order to react quickly to an unknown attack. Do you understand?" William's facial expression turned a little serious, now He doesn't want to play around anymore after knowing that the underground in the volcano region is not just a place where the fire lotus spiritual plant grows.

"Yes!"

The two people answered it very seriously, even Chiaki immediately grabbed William's black robe and didn't dare to let it go again.

Then after some time walking through the dungeon, it didn't take long for the three to find a red fire lotus Spiritual plant.

The spiritual plant in front of the three of them had green leaves that were round in shape and 10 centimeters wide. The stalk of the red fire lotus spiritual plant had grown upright and supported the beautiful lotus flower-like red crystal. With the lava pool as the backdrop, the red fire lotus spiritual plant had blown away William and the other two a little.

William never expected that the red fire lotus spiritual plant faintly emitted a very bright and warm red light, only from afar William could feel the abundant soul energy enveloping the red fire lotus spiritual plant.

"Oh? So is that the red fire lotus spiritual plant we've been looking for?” William was slightly surprised after seeing how abundant soul energy was in the spiritual plant in front of him.

“It seems so!” Prince Alfred looked at the spiritual plant in front of him in surprise.

As for Chiaki, She looked at the spiritual plant with eyes full of admiration, "It's so beautiful!"

Chiaki subconsciously walked forward to approach the red fire lotus spiritual plant as if hypnotized by the spiritual plant's allure. But unfortunately, before Chiaki could reach the red fire lotus spiritual plant, a human hand had tightly gripped his shoulder.

"Chiaki wake up!" William channeled his soul energy into Chiaki's body to restore his consciousness.

By the time William's flow of soul energy entered Chiaki's body, the eyes that were originally full of admiration for the beauty of the red fire lotus spiritual plant had returned to normal as before.

"What happened to me?" Chiaki looked at William in bewilderment, as if Her didn't know what he had just done.

“Chiaki, you were just hypnotized by that spiritual plant! Previously I thought there was no need to explain to you two about the hidden dangers of the red fire lotus spiritual plant, but I changed my mind after seeing the situation.” William pulled Chiaki back to keep him away from the red fire lotus spiritual plant that was ahead.

"Hidden danger?" Prince Alfred frowned upon hearing those words.

"That's right! I heard it myself from the mouths of the young people who came along with the previous person in charge! They say that the red fire lotus spiritual plant will suck dry the soul energy of anyone who touches it directly!” William nodded his head.

Then William walked over to the red fire lotus spiritual plant that had been floating above the lava pool in front of him.

William covered his right hand with the white bones that came from the Hundred Bones Battle Soul ability before approaching him.

After approaching, then William raised his hand to hold the red fire lotus spiritual plant that was in front of him with his palm which had been covered by white bones.

“Young master be careful!” A worried cry had sounded in William's ears, it came from Chiaki who was behind him.

In the few seconds after the red fire lotus spiritual plant separated from the lava pool, William suddenly felt the red fire lotus in his hand tremble slightly as if it wanted to suck up everything that touched it.

But all this only lasted a few moments before the vibration calmed down again into a normal spiritual plant that anyone could touch.

“Sure enough, this red fire lotus spiritual plant can actually absorb the soul energy of any living thing that touches it. But I never thought that the trigger for the absorption of soul energy would be when this plant separated from the lava pool!” William subconsciously looked at the lava pool in front of him, now He knew why all this was happening.

The red fire lotus spiritual plant was like a fish in water. When the fish are caught and brought out of the water, the survival instinct in the fish's body will move according to the instinct to open its mouth to absorb as much water as possible.

That meant that when the red fire lotus spiritual plant separated from the lava pool, the spiritual plant's survival instinct would awaken and suck in any soul energy that touched it.

Just as William was about to put the red fire lotus spiritual plant into the storage bag, something happened that made him instantly stop moving.

"Ding! Finding quality soul energy that is extremely abundant and very suitable for enhancing the host's Battle Soul abilities!”

“Expected to directly absorb the soul energy contained within the peak-stage mortal-level spiritual plant that is in the hands of the host!”

"Would you like to absorb it?"