My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 531: Chapter 338: The Molten Abyss’s Saint’s Path: White Tiger Sword Dance 3

”This damn place...” she muttered through gritted teeth. She gathered Water Spiritual Power at her fingertips and gently ran them over her throat, the cool sensation slightly easing the burning feeling.

Seven or eight kilometers away, a cluster of inverted volcanoes spewed crimson magma, defying the laws of physics as it flowed upward into a vortex in the sky. Centered on the volcanoes, a scorched earth had formed. Tens of kilometers beyond that, black mist roiled, matching the apocalyptic scene from the Dream Realm.

’The Extraordinary Particles... they’re very dense here.’ She sensed her surroundings, her brow furrowing slightly. ’Strange. When the spatial rift opened before, why didn’t any Extraordinary Particles flood into Earth?’

Luo Feifei pondered for a moment and guessed that the Extraordinary Particles of this world were likely bound by some kind of Supreme Law, preventing them from easily leaking out. Although the spatial rift had briefly connected the two worlds, the Otherworld’s laws had automatically sealed off the outflow of energy to prevent its own world’s power from being lost.

Luo Feifei’s gaze locked onto the area beside the largest volcano—a colossal beast was coiled there like a mountain. Crimson flames flowed from the gaps in its scales, and every breath it took stirred up rolling heat waves.

’A Molten Core Giant Lizard...’ Her pupils contracted slightly. ’So enormous... could it be Divine Tier? If not, it has to be at least at the High Tier of the Saint Tier.’

The giant lizard’s mountain-like body rose and fell slightly, its snores rolling like muffled thunder, causing the ground to tremble. With every inhalation, the surrounding magma was drawn in like a tide, converging into the fiery patterns between its scales. With every exhalation, a blast of scorching sulfuric air spewed forth, condensing into crimson crystals in the air that rustled as they fell.

’It’s asleep...’ Luo Feifei breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately became vigilant. ’I can’t wake it. If I do, I’m dead for sure.’

She cautiously concealed her aura, the Abyssal Sea Royal Seal hovering over her palm, ready to deploy a Water Barrier to hide her form at a moment’s notice.

’My chance to break through to the Saint Tier must be... inside that Tower of Skeletons.’ Luo Feifei performed another Divination and sensed it. Now that she was in this world, the ”connection” was much stronger.

An image appeared in her mind: within the Tower of Skeletons was an ancient altar, and hidden inside that altar was a ”Nine Nether Ice Soul,” a perfect match for her Water-Induced Ice Superpower.

Soon, the image vanished. Her head throbbed with a piercing pain as she returned to reality.

’If I can get my hands on it, I’m sure I’ll be able to break through to the Saint Tier soon!’ Luo Feifei was secretly thrilled, but she remained cautious as she crept toward the Tower of Skeletons.

As she was sneaking over, just as she was about to reach the entrance, the Molten Core Giant Lizard’s eyes suddenly snapped open.

Luo Feifei’s heart leaped in alarm. She instantly used her Electric Light Illusion Armor to create six phantom Clones to act as decoys while her real body shot toward the entrance of the Tower of Skeletons at Mach 9.

WHOOSH! Luo Feifei’s real body rushed into the Tower of Skeletons. Behind her, the roar of the Molten Core Giant Lizard shook the tower, causing it to tremble violently. The phantom Clones were, of course, all destroyed by the giant lizard.

The Molten Core Giant Lizard roared again and again but, surprisingly, didn’t follow her inside. Luo Feifei guessed that it was either too large to enter or it was merely a guardian of this Heaven-Reaching Tower and didn’t dare to go in.

The interior of the tower was not the enclosed space she had expected. Instead, it was a vast wasteland of lava. The sky was as red as blood, and in the distance, an altar towered into the clouds, shrouded in a sulfurous haze.

’Three hundred li... it’s all a death trap.’ Luo Feifei ran her fingers over the Abyssal Sea Royal Seal as icy-blue light flowed across the surface of her Armor. She took a deep breath, and her Electric Light Illusion Armor flared with lightning as she shot like an arrow toward the altar.

She had only traveled a few dozen li when the sky suddenly darkened—hundreds of Blazing Flame Vultures with five-meter wingspans dove down, their beaks spewing pillars of fire that melted charred pits into the ground. Luo Feifei spun around and threw out nine Ice Dragons, but they rapidly melted under the suppression of the Fire Element Law.

’My Ice Element’s power is halved... I’ll just have to force my way through!’ She stomped her foot hard, and the speed of her Electric Light Illusion Armor surged. Her body tore through the flock of vultures, leaving an afterimage. The vultures missed and crashed into each other, exploding into a shower of fiery rain. One vulture launched a sneak attack from the side, its sharp talons aiming for her back.

Luo Feifei snorted coldly. With a flick of her wrist, a pristine white sword with a blade that gleamed with a cold light—the White Tiger Sword—leapt out from a Spiritual Power Vortex within her body. The blade trembled, and the faint sound of a tiger’s roar seemed to emanate from it.

A sharp arc of light flashed.

The blade suddenly shone with a blinding, cold light. The vulture’s hard talons were severed, and the blood evaporated from the high heat before it could even splash.

Her ”Sharpness” Superpower was all-penetrating. The vultures weren’t that much stronger than she was.

’Slow!’

Within a three-zhang radius around her, the air suddenly grew thick. The vultures’ movements became as sluggish as if they were trapped in mud, while her own sword strikes grew even faster.

’Critical Strike!’

The White Tiger Sword erupted with a brilliant radiance. With one thrust, it pierced the Vulture King’s head. Its core shattered, and a surge of scorching energy flowed into her body, briefly strengthening her.

Luo Feifei’s sword light was fierce. After fighting for about half an hour, the flock of vultures finally scattered.

She snorted lightly and continued onward.

Unfortunately, she hadn’t gone far when the ground began to tremble. Three five-meter-tall molten lava golems climbed out of the magma, their liquid metal bodies reflecting a blinding red light.

The White Tiger Sword’s blade once again glowed with a ghostly blue, cold light—empowered by her ”Sharpness” Superpower, the blade could sever an Elemental Core!

The golem’s giant fist slammed down, but it was slowed within her ”Slow” Force Field. Luo Feifei dodged to the side, and her White Tiger Sword shot out like lightning, precisely piercing the Crystal Core in the golem’s chest.

HSSST! HSSST! HSSST! Luo Feifei’s Body Technique was as graceful as a Celestial Maiden’s. Her White Tiger Sword erupted with dazzling flashes of cold light, and the cores of all three golems shattered at almost the same time, turning them into a pile of Obsidian fragments.

However, these golems had been powerful, not much weaker than she was. The battle had been brief, but she had used all her strength in that explosive burst, and her Spiritual Power was now nearly depleted. She hid in a crevice in the rocks, took out a Spiritual Medicine from her Space Gem Ring, popped it into her mouth, and began to chew slowly.

Streams of pure Water and Ice Spiritual Power flowed into her body. After Refinement, they gathered in her Spiritual Power Vortex, rapidly replenishing her Spiritual Power and stamina. At the same time, some of the internal injuries from the concussive force of the previous battles also began to heal slowly.

’He gave me so much Spiritual Medicine and so many Extraordinary Items, but in the end, he married someone else.’ As Luo Feifei ate the Spiritual Medicine from Li Xiang, she couldn’t help but think of his kindness. But the thought that they were not fated to be together filled her heart with a growing bitterness.

However, the series of difficult battles had also brought Luo Feifei many benefits. Her Swordsmanship had been tempered through the ordeal, becoming more fluid and effortless, sharper and more ferocious—it had reached a new level.

Once she had recovered to her peak condition, Luo Feifei set out again.

At last, she was within a hundred li of the altar. But suddenly, a purple-black fissure tore open in the space before her, and a violent spatial turbulence ripped at her Armor.