With Lin Mu's call, a strong gust of energy emanated from Little Shrubby's body. The vortex of fire that had been made by him running in a circle started to rise up like a water spout in the ocean.
~GRRR~
The Bronze Tribe Wolf was certainly anxious and knew that he was not in a good situation. All this time, he had thought that while he had come across some tough prey, it didn't occur to him just how tough.
But now that he had realized it, the time had passed, and it was too late.
~CLANG~
The Bronze Tribe Wolf swatted at Lin Mu in anger and Lin Mu blocked it directly. The brown armor of the mortal strengthening scripture appeared on his arms, absorbing the damage easily without cracking.
Lin Mu had borne the full brunt of a variant tribulation lighting twice before, thus this physical attack was still easy for him to bear. But this time, Lin Mu did not resist and held his ground.
Rather, he let himself be knocked away. The Wolf felt pleased that he had finally managed to hit Lin Mu and was happy at seeing him get injured. Lin Mu was flying towards the ground at a very fast speed and if he slammed into it, he would probably get quite injured.
Unfortunately, what the Bronze Tribe wolf was expecting didn't happen. Instead, Lin Mu sank into the ground as if it was water and the entire time he had a smile on his face. And just as he disappeared into the ground, a large explosion happened.
~KABOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!~
Red flames swirled into a pillar that pierced the sky. The night sky was lit up and now it looked like it was the time for sunset instead. The heat of the flames ignited the trees that were further away from it.
Already a lot of trees had been burned by Little Shrubby, and now more of them were burning. This further fueled the pillar of spinning fire and increased its power. This was exactly the wood fueling the flames, according to the strengthening of the elements.
While Lin Mu and Littler Shrubby could not use wood attribute spirit Qi as of now, they used a different method of powering up the fire. They used the naturally present wood elemental spirit Qi in the plants and trees and let Little Shrubby's fire burn them.
The synergistic reaction caused due to this was the main reason behind the current situation. Lin Mu had picked the right moment to escape as the flames were something that would injure even himself.
The temperature of the flames had already reached the level of the magma that was present in the mouth of the volcano that Lin Mu and Little Shrubby had reached. It was enough to decimate his Mortal strengthening scripture's defenses in just a couple of seconds.
But while Lin Mu had escaped into the ground, he didn't stop there. He continued to get further and further away, as even the soil was heating up at a rapid pace.
~woong~woong~woong~
The flame vortex continued to spin and burn for about a minute as Little Shrubby kept on running. The flames were made by him, thus it was harmless for him. And even if they were not, he still had a high enough resistance to fire anyway.
~Shua~
A mass shot out of the flame vortex after a minute, looking like a meteor descending from the sky.
~THUD~
~CRASH~
Several trees were destroyed in its descent and a deep gully was carved into the ground. Of course, more fires were caused by it and even the ground was scorched. Lin Mu blinked out from the ground and went to check.
"Little Shrubby, are you okay?" Lin Mu asked.
The meteor that had just crashed was none other than Little Shrubby.
~puff~?
This was one of the many weapons he had and was a war hammer. It was over two meters long and had a hammer head that was at least three hundred kilograms in weight. It was made of a mixed iron allow and was quite tough.
Lin Mu raised it with both his hands into the air, making it stir a bit.
~HUU~
He took a breath before slamming the hammer into the bronze mass with full force.
~DENG~
As if a bronze bell had been struck, a loud humming sound was released by it that spread in the surroundings. But that was just the start, as another sound could soon be heard.
~Crack~
It started very lightly, but the new sound increased in intensity.
~crack~crack~crack~
Cracks started to appear all over the bronze mass before finally...
~KACHA~
~SHATTER~
The outer bronze layer shattered like an eggshell, revealing the tender meat within. The aroma of the meat spread in the air like a tsunami and drowned Lin Mu and Little Shrubby's olfactory receptors.
In the next moment, saliva filled their mouths, and they couldn't help but gulp.
~slurp~
Lin Mu walked forward and used his short sword like a knife cutting out a chunk of flesh. It was incredibly tender and Lin Mu felt like he would be able to cut it with a blunt stick if it came to it.
"This looks sooooooo good!" Little Shrubby said out loud.
The Bronze Tribe wolf's meat was like that of Clay Roasted Fish!
But the clay used was its own bronze like metallic fur and the oven was the flame vortex made by little shrubby. Its own bones acted like internal heating prods that cooked the meat very evenly.
The Dao Shell realm beast's tough red meat was now a pleasantly soft brown. Lin Mu passed a chunk to Little Shrubby while he took some for himself.
~huu~
Both of them took a deep breath and inhaled the tantalizing and meaty aroma before biting into the meat.
~NOM~
After the very first bite, an intense and gamy flavor spread throughout their mouths. After chewing a couple of times they swallowed the meat and their eyes lit up.
"THIS IS AMAZING!" Lin Mu let out a loud proclamation.
"INDEED!" Little Shrubby agreed.
Then both of them pounced on the 'Bronze Roasted Wolf' and started to devour it like beasts... well, one of them was really a beast while the other acted like a beast.