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Ye Hao's handsome face twitched slightly. His eyes were bloodshot. He pushed his soul consciousness to its limit and kept probing deeper into the volcano.

Below was a vast expanse of lava. The temperature was so hot that even the air seemed to be distorted and hazy. The lava slowly rippled like a tidal wave and bubbled like boiling water.

It was easy to imagine how an expert of the great circle of the Life Sea would be incinerated into nothingness if they accidentally made contact with the magma.

These days, Ye Hao's soul consciousness kept checking the bottom of the magma. He felt that there seemed to be a powerful force here, but it was very hard to catch.

His current physical strength was already infinitely close to the 20,000 jin barrier. But, no matter how many Flame Essences he refined, he still couldn't break through this barrier.

Ye Hao understood that if he wanted to break through this bottleneck, he could only do it with the help of the great and erratic power contained in the magma.

"You've been searching like this for so many days, and yet you still came up empty-handed. Could it be that you've made a mistake in your senses?" Outside the cave, Han Yitian asked doubtfully.

Ye Hao shook his head and did not say anything, because not only him, even Shen Jiuyou felt that something was amiss. However, Shen Jiuyou was currently too weak, otherwise, with his powerful divine sense, he would have figured out the reason.

"What could be inside this volcano? There's only one month left before the opening of the academy's ancestral grounds, so we don't have much time left. " Han Yitian sat down and began fanning himself with his palm. At the same time, he wrinkled his brows as he began to ponder.

After a long while, Han Yitian seemed to have thought of something as he shot into the cave. His eyes lit up as he said, "Ye Hao, I seem to have heard from some of the older disciples that in addition to Flame Essence, there is also an incomparably rare and wondrous object in the Flame Spirit World. In the entire history of the Sky Profound Academy, the number of people who obtained this item are very few."

"Strange item?" "What is it?" Ye Hao raised his head slightly and looked at Han Yitian with bloodshot eyes.

"Flame Soul Essence!" Han Yitian spoke word by word with a solemn expression.

"I've heard that the Flame Soul Essence is a unique treasure of the Flame Spirit World. It contains the same amount of energy as the Flame Essence, but its density is a hundred times greater than that of the Flame Essence!" Han Yitian's breathing slightly quickened as he said with a burning expression.

These rumors were only made up by a few passionate senior sisters before he entered the Flame Spirit Realm. However, he had always treated them as rumors and didn't take them to heart.

Right now, he saw that Ye Hao was very sure that there was something underneath the volcano. Han Yitian could not help but recall this matter.

However, even though he was excited, there was still some hesitation in his eyes because he had never seen the Flame Soul Essence before. It was said that in the long history of Tianxuan Academy, there had only been two or three times, and no one knew who had obtained it.

"Flame Soul Essence …"

Ye Hao narrowed his eyes. Although Han Yitian was only a rumor, he was already very much assured.

That was because from what he sensed, the powerful energy that was hibernating in the magma did indeed come from the same source as the Flame Essence. However, it was over a hundred times more vigorous and violent.

"It must be that. Brother Han, thank you." Ye Hao's eyes were filled with determination. He got up and walked towards the cliff at the deepest part of the cave. He then looked down at the magma that was like a sea of fire.

"Hey, hey, Ye Hao, what are you doing?" Han Yitian held onto Ye Hao with a terrified expression as he cried out, "You can't go down there! The temperature of this magma is something even Dao Soul Realm cultivators can't withstand! You better not court death!"

"Who said I'm going down?"

Ye Hao rolled his eyes at Han Yitian as if he was an idiot. He then slapped his storage bag. Immediately, a tall and icy-cold figure, filled with an oppressive aura, appeared at his side.

"This is …" A Dao Soul Realm battle puppet? "

Seeing the figure that had suddenly appeared at the side, Han Yitian widened his eyes as his face stiffened. "You even have this kind of treasure?"

"You want to control this battle puppet to go down?" Instantly, Han Yitian understood Ye Hao's thoughts. He frowned and said, "Even this battle puppet might not be able to withstand the temperature of the magma, and it is also unknown whether or not the Flame Soul Essence exists. If you dare to send the battle puppet to search, it would be fine if you can find it, but if you fail to find it, then you will have lost this great treasure for nothing."

Ye Hao naturally knew about this, but in order to break through the 20,000 jin barrier with his physical strength and open up a higher grade life sea, he had to take the risk.

Ignoring Han Yitian, Ye Hao sat down cross-legged and sent his soul consciousness into the battle puppet, controlling it to jump down towards the lava below.

Right now, his spiritual sense was still not strong enough, so he was unable to accurately capture the power drifting in the magma. Only by attaching his spiritual sense to the battle puppet, would he be able to clearly investigate.

Bang!

The Battle Puppet crashed into the magma, causing a wave of viscous liquid with flames to splash out. Han Yitian, who was watching from above, felt his eyes twitch.

As for Ye Hao, the soul consciousness attached to the battle puppet, he suddenly felt a sharp pain the moment he rushed into the magma. The temperature inside the magma was so high that even his soul consciousness almost couldn't withstand it.

If Ye Hao's soul consciousness had not been constantly refined by the Seeds of the Dark Thunder, which was far more powerful than the average person's soul consciousness, he probably would have been completely destroyed long ago.

"Over there!"

As the Battle Puppet sank into the ground, Ye Hao's senses towards the floating power became clearer and clearer. Enduring the burning pain of his soul consciousness, he controlled the Battle Puppet and quickly flew towards the left front.

However, after walking forward for a while, Ye Hao discovered that the source of the energy was moving left and right, floating in the air. It was still extremely difficult to pinpoint clearly.

"What the hell is that thing!"

At this moment, even Ye Hao could not help but curse in his heart. In the hellish temperature, his soul consciousness could not hold on for long. If this continued, this part of his soul would completely collapse.

"..."

Finally, after half an incense stick of time, when Ye Hao's soul consciousness was almost unable to take it anymore, a pigeon the size of an egg appeared in front of him.

"Found it!"

As he sensed the tiny crystal that was filled with a vast energy that far surpassed the Flame Essence, Ye Hao's mind shook. He controlled the battle puppet and instantly rushed out, grabbing it in his hand.

Immediately, an indescribably terrifying heat spread out like the fires of hell. Under this terrifying heat, even the Battle Puppet's metal body gradually melted.

Ye Hao was extremely anxious. He endured the pain of his soul consciousness and controlled the battle puppet to quickly float upwards.

However, the moment the battle puppet rushed out of the magma, Ye Hao's soul consciousness finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed with a loud bang.

Without the control of his consciousness, the refined iron battle puppet that was half melted and completely unrecognizable seemed to have lost all of its power. Its upper body was exposed outside of the magma, and in its hand, it held the sun-like crimson crystal while its lower body was still within the magma.

Slowly sinking.