All Gods: Starting with Two Families

Chapter 23 Lava PurgatoryUtilizing the invisibility of the snake talisman, they quickly retreated toward the most remote boundary of the si snake area.

Just as they reached the vicinity of the boundary and found a hidden crystal fissure to hide in—

RUMBLE!!!!

An earth-shattering explosion, accompanied by an angry dragon’s roar and the howl of some terrifying giant beast, violently erupted from the direction of the adjacent Chen Dragon area!

The violent shockwave of energy even caused the crystal where they were hiding to shed fragments!

Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought immediately projected toward the source of the explosion, his lips curling into a cold arc.

Judging by this commotion and that familiar, exasperated dragon’s roar... it seems that arrogant ’Dragon’ god has hit a brick wall?

”Let’s go take a look.” Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought instruction carried a hint of ill intent.

The booming explosions and chaotic energy fluctuations of the Chen Dragon area were like a lighthouse in the dark night, clearly guiding the way.

Zhou Zheng guided the invisible snake-man squad, silently passing through the distorted energy barrier between the si snake and Chen Dragon areas.

The scene before them suddenly shifted.

Scorching heat!

Beneath their feet was no longer cold glazed crystal, but a scorched earth, cracked and flowing with dark red lava. The air was thick with the pungent smell of sulfur and burning dust.

At the core of this area was a square stone platform constructed of obsidian, suspended alone in the center of the largest lava pool. Atop the platform, a talisman made of pure red gold and carved with winding dragon patterns was emitting a blinding light and a powerful dragon’s might!

However, the path to the stone platform was a path through Hell!

Around the platform, it was densely packed! Countless hideous monsters occupied their field of vision!

They resembled giant hounds but were covered in thick, dark red scales. Their heads were like distorted dragon heads with protruding fangs, and their mouths and noses exhaled flames smelling of sulfur! Their crimson eyes burned with hatred for all living things—they were the Nian Beasts!

They roared and leaped at the edge of the lava pool, and some even soaked directly in the scalding lava as if bathing in a hot spring!

And on the few relatively ’safe’ scorched land bridges leading to the platform, a tragic slaughter was underway.

The Dragon God’s dependents were in a wretched state! Although His dependents possessed a trace of Dragon Clan Bloodline, their foundation was still that of mermen.

Those dragon-mermen warriors, covered in fine cyan-gold scales, though wielding tridents and carrying a trace of mixed dragon’s might, were in a disaster in this extremely dry and scorching lava environment!

The scales on their bodies had lost the nourishment of moisture, becoming dry, curled, and even cracked, seeping pale blue blood. Every breath came with a painful hiss, and their movements became sluggish and stiff due to dehydration and high temperatures.

They formed defensive formations, struggling to fend off the Nian Beasts pouncing from all directions.

BOOM!

An exceptionally large Nian Beast leader, wreathed in lava flames, slammed violently into the dragon-mermen’s shield wall!

The scorching fire and powerful impact instantly sent several dragon-mermen warriors flying. They fell into the adjacent lava pool with screams, instantly turning into blue smoke!

”Trash! Hold your ground! Hold it for me!”

The Dragon God’s divine thought projection roared irritably nearby, filled with anger and frustration.

He constantly consumed Divine Power to summon new dragon-mermen warriors from the Void Realm to fill the front lines.

But as soon as the newly appeared dragon-mermen descended into this lava Hell, they immediately let out painful wails. Their combat power was greatly reduced, and their advancement speed was as slow as a snail.

Every inch of the path to the stone platform was paved with the corpses of dependents and the massive consumption of Divine Power!