No choice but to run!

Gu Yuan could handle three to five Fire Serpents, but ten or eight would be somewhat dangerous.

Now, over a dozen Fire Serpents swarmed around, and more kept emerging from the Magma Lake upon hearing the commotion.

Gu Yuan would be crazy to stay and fight with a bunch of beasts.

And he probably wouldn't win anyway.

Moreover, from the sounds just now, there was clearly something large hidden beneath the Magma Lake, though he didn't know what it was.

Whatever it was, it would definitely be even more dangerous!

After flying a distance, most of the Fire Serpents had given up the chase, but a few persistently followed closely behind Gu Yuan, screaming and spitting fire.

Their sharp and eerie cries gave Gu Yuan the creeps.

Simply flicking his fingers, a few Purple Sky Divine Thunders shot out, hitting the Fire Serpents directly.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

With the sound of thunderous explosions, several Fire Serpents were blown to pieces, scales scattered, and dismembered parts fell to the ground.

By the time the remaining Fire Serpents arrived shrieking, Gu Yuan had already fled far away.

The remaining Fire Serpents couldn't catch up, and could only circle around angrily, expressing their frustration before leaving.

As for Gu Yuan, after escaping from the influence range of the Fire Serpents and confirming no pursuit, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Having been in this small world for over ten days, Gu Yuan could feel the level of danger in this world.

Logically, with his current Celestial Human Realm at Great Success, having a strong cultivation, mastering three top-grade divine techniques, and some other upper and middle-grade divine techniques, he had even killed three Golden Core Great Cultivators.

This level of ability could definitely not be considered weak.

Moreover, before entering this realm, he had never truly encountered many crises.

However, since entering this small world, flying all the way, Gu Yuan had encountered various dangers, several times nearly losing his life.

This caused any trace of satisfaction and pride in Gu Yuan's heart to disappear without a trace, and suddenly felt weak.

Whether it was those ferocious ancient beasts, the flocks of Fire Crows, or the group of Fire Serpents just now, they all instilled a sense of crisis in him.

His current strength was decent, and his swordsmanship was considered good, but it was still far from enough!

"After exiting the Red Dragon Cave, meeting up with Ji Canghai and others, I will gather some Divine Gold and Spiritual Iron materials in the Thousand Flame Mountain, then go to the Black Mud Swamp to collect the Purple-Green Twin Lotus!"

Gu Yuan made a silent decision.

At this stage, in his current situation, there are three approaches to enhance strength.

One is to cultivate more or several offensive divine techniques or to improve one's own swordsmanship and Purple Sky Divine Thunder.

Another is to improve one's cultivation, which is the most basic and solidly reliable approach.

The third is to use external forces, for instance, finding some powerful magical artifacts or even a set of array magical artifacts, like Gu Yuan's previous Trapped Dragon Array, which can enhance one's strength.

However, the third approach is discounted.

Gu Yuan doesn't lack magical artifacts; he now has the Silver Flood Dragon Sword and the Wood Spirit Shield, two top-grade magical artifacts, more of them wouldn't make much difference.

As for magical treasures…

Such treasures are rare and much rarer than magical artifacts.

Gu Yuan's master, He Ling True Master, as the ninth elder of Medicine King Mountain, has been famous for years, with cultivation and strength in all aspects. To this day, his Lifebound Flying Sword is just a top-grade magical artifact, slightly stronger than Gu Yuan's Silver Flood Dragon Sword but still limited.

To cultivate it into a magical treasure flying sword, he would likely need to continuously integrate some rare spiritual materials and require hundreds of years of nurturing.

Array magical artifacts are even rarer. Gu Yuan plans to find an opportunity to repair the two damaged Trapped Dragon Stakes of his Trapped Dragon Array.

As for the first approach, Gu Yuan's swordsmanship has reached a certain limit, exquisite and unique, but trying to break through further would be extremely difficult, not just a matter of time and effort, requiring an opportunity or perhaps some luck.

If luck comes, his swordsmanship might advance to the next level; without it, he'd be stuck at a bottleneck.

The same goes for Purple Sky Divine Thunder and other divine techniques. Although he has mastered the Purple Sky Divine Thunder, he has not spent enough time comprehending this technique, and it's not something that can be fully accomplished in a short time.

Therefore, to enhance his strength, Gu Yuan has only one path, which is to improve his cultivation.

Improving cultivation is generally not easy, similarly not an overnight thing, but given that this Red Dragon Small World contains the Purple-Green Twin Lotus.

With such a thing, enhancing his cultivation becomes feasible.

...

Gu Yuan, controlling Sword Light, flew towards a certain location, following the link between the Red Fire Pearl and the Red Dragon Cave.

Rumble!

Flying along, a gigantic volcano ahead of Gu Yuan suddenly erupted.

Billows of thick smoke rolled forth, soaring into the sky, even obscuring Gu Yuan's view.

More magma mixed with terrifying heat waves assaulted him, easily burning through Gu Yuan's Protective True Qi, the dreadful heat distorting his hair through the Sword Qi.

However, this sudden situation did not cause Gu Yuan to panic.

He decisively gathered a pool of Primordial True Water, forming a layer of water shield around himself.

Gu Yuan accelerated, taking over half an hour, depleting nearly half of his True Qi, to pass through the area.

Afterward, Gu Yuan hurried to refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to quickly restore his Cultivation True Qi.

In an environment like the Thousand Flame Mountain, excessive depletion of cultivation is particularly dangerous.

Flying not far ahead, Gu Yuan suddenly paused, a look of surprise crossing his face.

Because he clearly felt that the surrounding temperature was dropping, even the surface magma hardened into solid stones.

Some green grass blades had even grown in the crevices of these stones!

This was really peculiar.

This was the Thousand Flame Mountain, filled with volcanic lava, heatwaves, flames, and thick smoke everywhere.

Under such conditions, the temperature should be very high, and magma should be flowing on the ground, so how could the temperature drop, and even vegetation grow?

With such thoughts, Gu Yuan continued flying a bit further, finding the greenery more lush, the temperature dropping, already reaching normal outside temperatures.

After crossing a mountain, a clear view of a flat land opened up before him.

This area was lush, vibrant, teeming with life, with some small animals roaming inside.

And in the center area of the flat ground, there grew a peculiar Spirit Root.

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