In the magma river, Jared moved around at the bottom as if he were a fish.
On the other hand, Maurice was watching the magma river and its rising flames with a slight furrow in his brow. He hadn’t expected Jared to jump into the river.
Gazing at the vast, endless magma river, Maurice released his spiritual sense to pinpoint Jared’s exact location.
However, the magma river was immense, and Jared had dived to the bottom. Maurice’s spiritual sense couldn’t penetrate through the magma river, making it impossible to locate Jared.
“I must not let this guy get away, otherwise I won’t be able to explain myself…”
Maurice wasn’t merely trying to stop Jared anymore, it was more than that now.
Jared had eliminated numerous disciples from their Ghost Mask Sect, and he could trade for the hundred-year offering from the Demon Seal Alliance.
Maurice was eager to leap down and pursue Jared, but he wasn’t sure of Jared’s exact location. If he acted rashly and descended but did not find Jared, it would be a problem!
Moreover, without using his spiritual sense to search, trying to find Jared in the lava river by himself would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
As Maurice gazed at the disciples of the Ghost Mask Sect who had died not far away, he thought of something.
He furrowed his brows, forcing a drop of pure blood to emerge. As the drop fell to the ground, it instantaneously transformed into a cloud of blood mist.
This cloud of blood mist rapidly morphed into the shape of a ghost mask!
Then, beams of light began to shine through the blood mist!
Accompanied by the continuous spread of a chilling aura, the ghost masks formed from the blood mist slowly ascended into the sky.
Right after the ghost masks formed by the blood mist rose into the sky, the ghost masks worn by the deceased disciples of the Ghost Mask Sect on the ground all started to levitate!
These ghost masks emitted a series of chilling screams as if something was being suppressed within them.
“Go…”
With a grand sweep of Maurice’s hand, dozens of ghost masks swarmed and plunged into the magma river as if they had come alive.
These ghost masks showed no fear of the flames at all. They dispersed and plunged into the magma river. Maurice was hoping to use these ghost masks to track down Jared.
Unaware to this, Jared frantically swam in the depths of the magma river.
Luckily, Jared had already harnessed the fire of the Earth’s core, so he only had to slightly manipulate this energy to withstand the intense heat within the magma river.
However, Jared’s body was now experiencing waves of soreness and pain from various parts.
These were all after-effects from being controlled by Vermilion Demon Lord.
This guy had agreed to restrain himself, but in the end, he went crazy trying to absorb all the surrounding energy and condense it into an arrow.
Even though Jared was physically strong, he couldn’t bear it any longer. Fortunately, at the last moment, the Golden Tome sensed Jared’s perilous situation and forcefully separated the soul remnant of Vermilion Demon Lord from Jared’s body.
Otherwise, Jared would now be a lone soul because his physical body would have burst long ago.
Having noticed the changes in Jared’s physical body, Vermilion Demon Lord said apologetically, “Kid, I got a bit too excited there, my apologies…”
“Apologizing now does you no good. I need to find a relatively safe place where I can slowly cultivate for a few days to allow my body to recover,” Jared said, annoyed.
“That guy can’t find you in this magma river. Here, you won’t be detected by any spiritual senses,” Vermilion Demon Lord replied.
He knew he was in the wrong, so when Jared criticized him, all Vermilion Demon Lord could do was listen.
“Get further away, this guy is really hard to deal with…”
After swimming with all his strength for a while, Jared finally allowed himself a brief respite and stopped.
Jared planned to harness the fire of the Earth’s core here and utilize the True Fire Spiritual body to temper his physical form.
It was perfect to use the True Fire Spiritual body to temper his physical body in this magma river, as it would surely yield twice the result with half the effort.
Jared attempted to absorb the fire of the Earth’s core from within the magma river, but as soon as he began, he heard a series of buzzing sounds. Immediately afterward, he noticed the surrounding flames becoming more turbulent.
