Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

"First step, move forward three meters and step on that black triangular stone," Ning Wei shouted from behind.

The two stepped forward simultaneously, landing on the scorched earth.

The heat shot straight up from the soles of my feet.

Lin Bai sensed that the Shadow Cloak was beginning to consume his mental energy rapidly.

Even without being touched by the pillars of fire, the temperature in this place is astonishingly high.

"Turn left two meters away, avoiding that bright red crack."

"..."

"Stop!" Ning Wei suddenly shouted.

The two stopped in their tracks at the same time.

"The underground fire vein's flow has changed! Don't move!" Ning Wei's voice completely changed.

Less than half a meter in front of them, a complete crack suddenly opened up.

White light shone through the earth's surface.

The butcher's eye twitched violently.

He instinctively tried to back away, but Lin Bai grabbed his wrist.

"Don't move," Lin Bai said in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, a pillar of fire, as thick as two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), erupted from in front of the two men.

The distance is too close.

The edge of the clothing spontaneously combusted instantly.

The butcher raised his hand to extinguish the sparks on his sleeve, and a blister formed on the back of his hand.

Lin Bai's shadow cloak hissed under the strain.

A full ten seconds.

The pillar of fire gradually weakened and retreated into the ground.

"Continue." Lin Bai released his hand.

The butcher's expression shifted as he looked at Lin Bai's profile, which was illuminated by the firelight.

He always thought this kid was just relying on his high-level puppets for support.

But just now, when facing the pillar of fire, this person didn't even blink.

He's a ruthless character.

The butcher made his judgment.

"Take four steps forward, quick!" Ning Wei urged.

The two set off again.

We are getting closer and closer to the Fireball Fruit Tree.

The surrounding temperature was ridiculously high, and Lin Bai could feel a stinging pain in his throat even when he breathed.

The two walked a mere hundred meters for a full half hour.

When they finally stood in front of the dark little tree, their clothes were soaked and dried by sweat and heat, covered with a layer of grayish-white salt frost.

The Fire Element Fruit is right in front of me.

Two fist-sized fruits hung on the branch.

Its surface glows with a red light, radiating pure and immense energy fluctuations.

"We've arrived." Lin Bai stopped in his tracks.

The butcher licked his chapped lips.

......

The butcher barely suppressed his overwhelming joy.

He took out a square wooden box from his storage ring.

The box was covered with intricate blue runes, and as soon as it was taken out, the surrounding distorted heat waves were dispelled.

"Mystic Ice Box." The butcher didn't look at Lin Bai; his gaze was fixed on the two purplish-red fruits.

He took a deep breath, and dark red qi instantly enveloped his right arm.

Even the physical body of a ninth-level body cultivator pales in comparison to this small tree.

As soon as the butcher's fingers probed into the foliage, the qi emitted a piercing burning sound.

The fat on his face twitched, but his movements didn't stop at all.

Bring two fingers together and hold the stem of one of the fruits.

A twist, a pull.

The moment the fruit fell, a burst of red light shot outwards, as if it were about to explode.

The butcher was prepared and used his left hand to reach for the ice box.

As soon as the fruit fell into the box, he slammed the lid shut.

The blue runes on it shone brightly, suppressing the violent energy within.

He let out a long breath and shook his trembling right hand.

The skin around the edges of my fingers had been burned and curled up.

After doing all this, the butcher put the box away and turned to look at Lin Bai.

An ugly smile was forced onto his half-burned face.

His tone was playful.

"Once the Fire Element Fruit leaves the branch, its energy will dissipate within ten breaths."

The butcher extended a hand, gesturing for the man to proceed.

"Without a sealing vessel with extreme cold properties, this thing would be impossible to remove."

"Please, I'd like to see how you intend to harvest this fruit."

Lin Bai did not immediately believe the butcher's story.

Who knows if what these seasoned veterans who have lived for thousands of years are telling the truth?

He turned his head and looked at the edge of the scorched earth a hundred meters away.

Ning Wei was standing behind a broken rock ridge.

Seeing Lin Bai looking over, he immediately nodded.

Lin Bai frowned.

The butcher wasn't lying... This is troublesome.

Staring at the fruit that was still swaying gently on the branch.

The red light inside flowed like magma.

Can't leave the branch?

A glint suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Since we can't take it with us, then we won't take it.

Why not just eat it directly?

Lin Bai took half a step back, and with a thought, the mark on his back, which was covered by his clothes, began to flicker.

The butcher had been watching coldly, waiting to see Lin Bai make a fool of himself.

The next second, the sneer on his face froze.

A massive, ten-meter-tall monster crashed to the ground.

The giant foot slammed into the scorched earth, leaving a pit half a foot deep.

The overwhelming pressure instantly pushed away the approaching heat waves.

The Secret of Power.

The butcher paused for a moment, then frowned.

"Why did you summon this giant? You'll only destroy this spiritual fruit by brute force..."

Before he could finish speaking, he froze.

The burly figure didn't pick any fruit at all.

It bent down, opened its huge mouth, and bit down on the dark little tree.

bang.

It bit off the remaining Fire Element Fruit and half a branch still glowing with embers, and swallowed them whole.

He started chewing it in front of the butcher, crunching away.

"..."

The butcher's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"You motherfucker..." he blurted out, his voice trembling with surprise.

That's a Fire Element Fruit!

What's compressed inside is the earth's fiery poison and primordial energy that this magic array has accumulated over countless years.

For a normal person to absorb it, a large amount of ice-attribute precious medicines must be prepared as an auxiliary material for neutralization.

Anyone who dares to swallow even half of it will suffer severed meridians and be burned to ashes from the inside out.

But this thing... you just gulp it down like that?

Before the butcher could recover from his shock, something unexpected happened.

As soon as the Power Body swallowed the chewed fruit, its originally dark golden skin instantly turned bright red.

A visible, violent surge of heat flowed down its esophagus and into its chest cavity.

"roar--"

The power-wielding body raised its head and let out a roar that shattered the air.

A dark red light emanated from beneath its skin and flesh.

Thick meridians emerged, like rivers flowing with lava, spreading wildly from its neck to its limbs and bones.

The surrounding air was ignited by the high temperature emanating from it, crackling and popping.

Standing amidst a sea of ​​fire, it itself has become an active volcano about to erupt.

The butcher instinctively took two steps back.

He could clearly sense that the "puppet" was not only not burst by the violent fire and poison, but instead completely absorbed the energy that even he found troublesome.

"What kind of monster is this..." The butcher swallowed hard, feeling a chill run down his spine.

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